Wide field

The Rim Nebula

Posted on July 27, 2015 by chrisvdberge

The Rim Nebula, or ‘The Hands’, as imaged from Namibia

The Carina Nebula

Posted on July 26, 2015July 26, 2015 by chrisvdberge

The Carina Nebula as imaged during my stay at Kiripotib in Namibia

M16 Eagle nebula and M17 Omega nebula

Posted on July 26, 2015 by chrisvdberge

The Eagle and Omega nebula from Kiripotib, Namibia

M20, M8 and IC1274

Posted on July 24, 2015July 24, 2015 by chrisvdberge

The Lagoon and Trifid nebula from Kiripotib, Namibia

24mm wide field of Lagoon Nebula in our Milky Way

Posted on June 17, 2015June 20, 2015 by chrisvdberge

Wide angle photo of Lagoon Nebula and friends in center of our Milky Way. Taken with Nikon D7000 and Nikkor 24-85mm F2.8-F4 at 24mm F4.

Aurora photography from the Netherlands

Posted on March 18, 2015May 27, 2015 by chrisvdberge

Yesterday we actually got the chance to witness the aurora from my ‘regular dark spot’ near my hometown, which is located at 52 degrees north. Pretty rare to be able to see and capture the northern lights from this location! The light pollution from the towns and cities did make it harder to witness the aurora, but I think it actually made a pretty colourful picture with the bright orange glow 😉 It was also…

Comet LoveJoy and the Pleiades

Posted on February 4, 2015June 14, 2015 by chrisvdberge

INTRODUCTION It had been almost a full year since I last went out for some astrophotography, other than the trips to La Palma and Hohen Woos (Germany). Finally the circumstances looked to be good to capture the comet LoveJoy, that was making a spectacular show passing by the Pleiades. Clouds were coming in, but I was able to capture 40 frames of 2 minutes each which allowed me to capture the comet’s impressive tail. Photographing…

North America Nebula at 200mm with DSLR and Astrotrac

Posted on July 31, 2014June 14, 2015 by chrisvdberge

Introduction The North America Nebula in the constellation Cygnus is probably one of the most popular widefield subjects of the northern hemisphere. This beautiful field of view contains a very large emission nebula for which it’s shape resembles that of the continent of North America. Photographing the North America Nebula with unmodified Nikon D7000 I was very curious to see how much h-alpha my unmodified Nikon D7000 would capture when photographing this emission nebula. I…

Comet PanSTARRS C/2011 L4 with DSLR

Posted on July 30, 2014June 14, 2015 by chrisvdberge

Introduction C/2011 L4 (PANSTARRS) is a non-periodic comet discovered in June 2011 that became visible to the naked eye when it was near perihelion in March 2013. It was the first comet I saw after getting started with astronomy and astrophotography so I was quite excited about this one. After having seen it a view times with my binoculars I finally had the chance to photograph it during an astro-trip to Hohen Woos in Germany….

Antares wide field 80mm

Posted on July 16, 2014June 14, 2015 by chrisvdberge

Wide field image of Antares and Rho Ophuichi region, taken with the Nikon D7000 and Nikkor 80-200mm f/2.8

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