Astrophotography
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Welcome to !astrophotography!
We are Lemmy's dedicated astrophotography community!
If you want to see or post pictures of space taken by amateurs using amateur level equipment, this is the place for you!
If you want to learn more about taking astro photos, check out our wiki or our discord!
Please read the rules before you post! It is your responsibility to be aware of current rules. Failure to be aware of current rules may result in your post being removed without warning at moderator discretion.
Rules
- I | Real space images only.
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Astrophotography refers to images of astronomical objects or phenomena exclusively.
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~~Images that show objects or people below the Kármán Line (100km) will be removed.~~ We won't be enforcing this rule for now, but as the community grows eventually we will split and have a separate space for just landscape astro.
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Images must be an accurate representation of a real astronomical object.
- II | Original and Amateur Content Only
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Image posts can only be images that you have captured and processed yourself, or discussion about capturing and/or processing your own images.
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Images acquired from public sources, professional observatories, or other professional services are not allowed.
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If you have done a drastic alteration or reprocessing of a prior submission, you may repost your edit - but only after a minimum of one week has passed.
- III | Post Types
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Image posts are to link directly to the image, not to landing pages, personal galleries, blogs, or professional sites. Link to these in the comments. (AstroBin and Imgur, are allowed)
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Questions are welcome here for the time being.
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Links to blogs, articles or external websites should be interesting and promote discussion about amateur astrophotography.
- IV | Titles
- All image posts should just include include the name of the object being photographed. Extra info such as equipment, it being your first image, or other information should go in a comment along with your acquisition info. Please see this page for more details.
If your post is removed, try reposting with a different title. Don't hesitate to message the mods if you still have questions!
- V | Acquisition and Processing Information
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All submitted images must include acquisition and processing details as a top-level comment. All posts without this information may be given a warning, and if not updated will be removed.
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This includes the telescope, mount, camera, accessories, and any other pieces of equipment you used to capture the image.
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You must also include processing details, i.e. the programs you used and a general rundown of the workflow/processes you used within those programs. “Processed in Photoshop” is not enough.
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There's about 30 x 22 sec lights for the sky, pasted over a 2,5 min single shot of the foreground.
Shot with a stock Sony a6000 and a Samyang 12mm f2.0, untracked, under Bortle 3 skies.
Stacking was done in Siril and the rest in Photoshop.
Feedback appreciated!
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Image showing the crescent nebula and fascinating surrounding objects, like WR134, the soap bubble nebula (very faint) and if you really know where to look there are even some pixels of Abell69 (only visible in full resolution)
Shot with:
- Samyang 135mm
- Fuji X-T5
- Star Adventurer 2i
Data:
- 692x 60s lights
- ISO3200
- Bortle 2
Edited with:
- Siril
- BXT, SXT
- Photoshop
More info: https://telescopius.com/pictures/view/233261/deep_sky/ngc-6874/cresent-nebula/by-maxi_franzi
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3D model (gaussian splats) turned into an animation.
The setup consists of:
- Samyang 135mm lens
- Fuji X-T5
- Star Adventurer 2i
- 3d printed lens mount
- STC dual narrowband filter
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My first attempt at the Trifid and Lagoon nebulae!
A few minutes worth of 30sec exposures, 10 darks (had to leave in a hurry) and 20 flats/bias.
Edit: Shot with a 500mm f6.3 camera lens and a stock Sony A6000 on a Star Adventurer.
Edited with Siril, then Starnet++, then Photoshop and some minor adjustments in Lightroom.
Feedback appreciated!
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I took 230 11s ISO1600 f/1.8 esposures and one 2min ISO600 f/1.8 for the foreground.
Both with my Nikon Z5 and Nikkor Z 24mm f/1.8 S
For post processing I used sequator and affinity photo 2
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- 156x 60s
- ISO 3600
- dual narrowband filter
- Bortle 5
- Samyang 135mm @f2.8
- Fuji X-T5 (unmodified)
- Star Adventurer 2i
- processed with Siril and PS
- BXT, NXT, SXT
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8min 400ISO f/2.8 16mm
I used my Nikon Z5 and the OG startracker (DIY startracker)
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First image with my new Star adventurer GTI tracker
Image of the Monkeyhead nebula I took last night.
Equipment:
- Lumix G85
- Lumix 100-300 f4-f5.6
- Sky watcher Star adventurer GTI Image:
~ 1.95 hours of exposure
- 100mm zoom (200mm ff. eq.)
- 30 sec, f/5, 1600 ISO
- 233 Lights
- 50 Biases, Darks, Flats
Stacked and using Siril with Starnet++
With the new mount Im seeing a lot less walking noise compared to the old one (Omegon Mount MiniTrack LX3 Essentials) and its a hole lot easier to get setup because of the easy polar alignment and goto.
Can anyone explain to me the horizontal stripe of noise at the top of the image? Its only red/yellowish noise and only there. Part of it might still be nebula, but especially to the left is a lot of noise. There are more stripes like this all over the image when bumping up the contrast and saturation. Some of them are more green and blue and some like this.
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Canon 90d, canon EF 200mm f2.8 l ( @f4) Star adventurer 2i, with a 30mm guidescope 30s exposures
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Equipment:
- Samyang 135mm @f2.8
- Fuji X-T5 (unmodified)
- dual narrowband clip in filter
- Star Adventurer 2i
Image:
- 735 x 60s lights @ISO 800
- 409 x 60s lights narrowband @ISO 3200
- Bortle 2
- stacked in Siril
- BXT, NXT
- final composition in PS
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I need to get more integration time, but already really happy.
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Amazing what you can do in a Bortle 5!
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I realized half way through the shoot I should leap through a couple frames. This was my favorite. Nikon D810. wide angle. Most of my aurora shots are from the October 2024 storm. I spent most of it driving around looking for angles and trying to track the intense bursts and different colors.
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Nikon D810 for all the aurora shots, different parts of the Schoodic National Park loop. ISO settings timer settings were adjusted on the fly due to the severity of the storm.
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Schoodic National park. Nikon D810. 20mm. 2.7 aperture. 8 seconds.
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Image of the Monkeyhead nebula I took last night.
Equipment:
- Lumix G85
- Lumix 100-300 f4-f5.6
- Omegon Mount MiniTrack LX3 Essentials
Image:
- 5 sec, f/5.6, 6400 ISO
- 1634 Lights
- 50 Biases, Darks, Flats
Stacked using Siril and edited in GIMP
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Got my pictures of the total lunar eclipse together, this was my first attempt at doing a final collage photo at each phase, which I kind of bunged up the timings a little bit but it still turned out good enough.
Wow thankyou everyone! I was not expecting to get 280+ upvotes
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