GQ MartinezJan 22, 2025
I'm looking for a venue to post my astrophotography instead of Instagram because I don't want to support misinformation and sites that streamline radicalization. Not sure if mastodon is the place yet. But here's a smart telescope image of the orion nebula (Messier 42).
Show threadGQ MartinezJan 22, 2025
And another one with the same smart telescope (an inherited Vaonis Stellina) with a mosaic to increase the field of view. Previous image was 15 minutes of exposure time, this one is about an hour and 10 minutes. Mosaic means less integration time at each section, and you can see slightly less detail in the orion nebula even though I imaged it longer. Nebula to the left is barely noticeable.
Show threadGQ Martinez
After a month since those last images, I had a single clear night to try one of my wide field imaging setups (AT60ED scope with ASI2600MC Duo camera) on my Celestron CGX mount. I did a two panel mosaic to get the orion and running man nebulas (one panel) in the same image as the horsehead nebula (second panel). I've been wanting this image for years, but weather and location have prevented it from happening. Not my best image, but excited to finally get these together. #astrophotography
Jan 22, 2025 at 2:31amWeb