Astrophotography: My Other Hobby

[fort384]

I had a thread with a bunch of pics but all the image links are broken as I revamped the website, so wanted to share a few photos I have taken with my telescope.

M33: Triangulum Galaxy

M51: Whirlpool Galaxy

M81/M82: Bode's & Cigar Galaxies

IC1396: Elephant's Trunk Nebula

Horsehead and Flame Nebulae

 

[fort384]

M42: Great Nebula in Orion

M16: The Eagle Nebula

NGC7635: Bubble Nebula

NGC 2244: Rosette Nebula

 

[Hholly]

Wow Fort! Those are awesome pics! Thanks for posting!

 

[Bichir Bro]

Gosh my goodness what amazing pics! Those need to be used in classrooms and such!


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[fort384]

Thanks! It is a fun hobby, was a bit of leap, but it is connected to my aquarium hobby... when I got into SW reef tanks, I figured I needed to get good at photography, from there leaped into astrophotography. It takes a lot of time and the learning curve has been steep, but the results are rewarding. Every time I go to process captured data, I am amazed at what shows up.

 

[Bichir Bro]

Thanks! It is a fun hobby, was a bit of leap, but it is connected to my aquarium hobby... when I got into SW reef tanks, I figured I needed to get good at photography, from there leaped into astrophotography. It takes a lot of time and the learning curve has been steep, but the results are rewarding. Every time I go to process captured data, I am amazed at what shows up.

If you don't mind me askin, how much does a system like that cost? I'd assume a lot, plus that on top of your tanks you must make bank bro


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[fort384]

LOL I definitely don't have cheap hobbies, unfortunately. There is about as much in all the equipment as a small new car give or take when you put everything together.

There is a lot of detail on my website about the equipment... http://claustonberry.com

 

[Bichir Bro]

LOL I definitely don't have cheap hobbies, unfortunately. There is about as much in all the equipment as a small new car give or take when you put everything together.

There is a lot of detail on my website about the equipment... http://claustonberry.com

Wow! Great website and very interesting read!


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[Hholly]

Fort, have you ever tried selling your photographs to magazines or anything? They are that good.

 

[fort384]

Nah, never tried selling. One has been featured as NASA's APOD (astronomy picture of the day).

 

[fort384]

A new image from last night - a bit closer Version of the Horsehead/Flame nebulae.

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[Brookster123]

That's amazing!

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[NatureFish]

How do you take these amazing pictures?!


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[fort384]

With a couple of telescopes, a thermal electrically cooled Monchromatic CCD, and lots of time and effort . There is a lot more about the equipment on my website claustonberry.com


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[Autumnsky]

Great hobby! Friend of mine said that my hobby of fish and invert keeping isn't as expensive as most people's hobbies, boating, skiing,.......astrophotography, lol, so now I don't feel so bad.

Excellent photos. Keep it up.

 

[brennae]

Wow! These are great! I bet you could sell posters and prints easy. Very nice!

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[Autumnsky]

Any new pics?