[Photography] My Night Sky Astrophotography Part 2

Part 1 >>>>>> Orion Nebula - My Night Sky Astrophotography


Wide-field Photo of Orion Belt

taken with 55-300mm AF-S nikkor lens + D5100 DSLR
mounted on EQ3 equatorial single axis auto guided mount.
no telescope used, DSLR+Lens only

Lens : Nikkor AF-S 55-300 @150mm (225mm effective)
ISO : 1600
exposure :30sec X 50 = total 25minuts
mount : EQ3 - single axis auto guided

Main nebulae from left to right : Orion nebula, RunningMan nebula, Horsehead nebula, Flame nebula.




Rosette Nebula ( cluster NGC 2237 associated with nebulosity )

taken with 55-300mm nikkor lens+D5100 DSLR
no telescope used
only 8min exposure 30sec X 16,
DSLR mounted on a auto guided EQ3 mount.

you cannot see anything in this image from naked eye (including starts) have to observe it from a telescope to see 7-10 starts in the middle and only long exposure DSLR/CCD astrophotography can reveal the rest of the starts and the red dust gas clouds of the nebula.
The cluster and nebula lie at a distance of some 5,200 light-years from

පියවි ඇසට මෙතන තියෙන එක තරුවක් වත් පේන්නෙ නෑ. බොහොම අදුරු නෙබියුල එකක්. අමාරුවෙන් හොයාගත්තෙත්
තව ටිකක් වෙලා exposures එකතු කරා නම් (පැය බාගයක්) තව ලස්සනට ගන්න තිබ්බ




Moon 31.2.2013
Telescope Prime focus. 1125mm effective focal length
Taken with Visionking 6" F5 Telescope attached to D5100 DSLR , EQ3 Mount

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From the 1st thread

Great Orion Nebula(left) and Running Man Nebula(right)

You can see 6 nebula here
M42 , M43 , NGC1973, NGC1975, NGC1977, NGC1980
10 sec X 32 subs
Taken with Visionking 6" F5 Telescope attached to D5100 DSLR , EQ3 Mount, single axis auto guided
effective focal length 1150mm (750mm X 1.5 APS-C crop factor)
Stacked with Deep Sky Stacker , further tweaks with Photoshop CS5