Stars: week 27 of 52 wks: the 2016 edition
Trifid and Lagoon Nebulae, located in the constellation of Sagittarius, about 5200 light years away.
My husband has been an avid amateur astronomer/astrophotographer since his teens; in fact, we met through a shared interest in astronomy. I've always loved the images he produces, and have been wanting to try my hand at astrophotography for some time, so this week's theme was the perfect excuse to finally give it a go!
This image was captured by piggybacking my DSLR onto one of my husband's telescopes. He wrangled the 'scope and did the initial compilation of images (4 'light' frames and 4 'dark' frames) in Images Plus, but I looked after the focusing/framing/exposure settings and did the final editing with my usual editing software - so it was a team effort! I definitely couldn't have done this without his coaching and advice - and gear :)
Stars: week 27 of 52 wks: the 2016 edition
Trifid and Lagoon Nebulae, located in the constellation of Sagittarius, about 5200 light years away.
My husband has been an avid amateur astronomer/astrophotographer since his teens; in fact, we met through a shared interest in astronomy. I've always loved the images he produces, and have been wanting to try my hand at astrophotography for some time, so this week's theme was the perfect excuse to finally give it a go!
This image was captured by piggybacking my DSLR onto one of my husband's telescopes. He wrangled the 'scope and did the initial compilation of images (4 'light' frames and 4 'dark' frames) in Images Plus, but I looked after the focusing/framing/exposure settings and did the final editing with my usual editing software - so it was a team effort! I definitely couldn't have done this without his coaching and advice - and gear :)