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Nighstcapes and Astrophotography

My new budding passion is 'astronomy' in the widest sense. I've always been intruiged by the night sky, and finally have the minimal tools necessary to try and capture some of its beauty. As yet, my minimalist toolset consists of: a Canon Eos 70D, a fast UWA (Tokina 11-16mm f/2.8), a fast medium length zoomlens (Sigma 50-150mm f/2.8), a decent tripod, an intervalometer, and the freeware programs DeepSkyStacker and RegiStax. The lack of a tracking mount and telescope means results so far are not mightily impressive... Until I have those, I enjoy the challenge of shooting 'bright wide-field' objects, hone my postprocessing skills, and most of all: enjoy the time spent gazing at the stars!

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Perseid 2021 (crop) Perseid 2021 Comet C/2020 F3 (Neowise) 18/07/2020 Comet C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE) Noctilucent Landscape Noctilucent Clouds over Belgium
Last Full Moon of the Decade Lunar Eclipse 21 January 2019 April Lyrid fireball and the Milky Way (slightly more dramatic edit) Jupiter (left) and Venus (right) in close conjunction Venus in the clouds and airplane in flames Jupiter (left) and Venus (right) in close conjunction
A bright Perseid traveling the Milky Way The Milky Way erupting from the Roche Tuilière Geminids meteor shower 2015 Happy Hollidays to all! Moon Day versus Night Comet C/2013 US10 (Catalina), Venus, and the Moon
Taurid fireballs SuperBloodmoon.jpg Moon and Venus Rising April Lyrid fireball (top right) outshining dawn Lyrid fireball on the horizon April Lyrid meteor and the Milky Way
Irridium flare Fireball smoke #3 Fireball smoke #2 Fireball smoke #1 April Lyrid fireball and the Milky Way Comet Lovejoy and the Andromeda Galaxy
Jupiter and its Gallilean moons Jupiter and its Gallilean moons Zodiacal light enveloping Venus and Mars (left), and the Winter Milky Way (right) Comet C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy) @ 125mm (100% crop from previous image) Comet C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy) @ 125mm Comet C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy) @ 11 mm
Comet C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy) @ 150mm (100% crop from previous image) Comet C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy) @ 150mm Comet C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy) @ 54 mm Orion and Running Man Nebulae (100% crop) Orion, Running Man, Flame and Horsehead Nebulae (original size - large file!) Orion, Running Man, Flame and (just about) Horsehead Nebulae
Comet C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy) Comet C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy) Andromeda B&W Andromeda 2 Andromeda (M31) Perseids(?) 2014
The Milky Way in a light-poluted sky Comet Lovejoy (C/2013 R1) and Geminid Bowtie focus mask test Orion Nebula Orion's Belt and the Orion Nebula Comet Lovejoy (C/2013 R1)
Comet PanSTARRS (C/2012 K1) Meteor meets Milky Way meets Active Volcano 2 Meteor meets Milky Way meets Active Volcano 'Worm Moon' and Puy de Dôme Sun(spots) through the fog Clermont-Ferrand and a nearly Full Moon
The Sun Puy Pariou, the Milky Way, and a Geminid shooting star... Geminid meets Lovejoy Moon g9/23/58723/3/150881186.x27eDhux.jpg