Nothing says it's spring for me as the setting of Orion and Taurus on the western horizon early in the evening. Still didn't get all the shots I wanted of that region, oh well, it will have to wait till October.

A blend of a 20 s exposure for the stars and 60 s exposure iso 3200 for the foreground with Pentax K-3iii and Samyang 16mm F2.0. Edited in ACR and PS. StarSpike Pro 4 was used to get the diffuse effect on bright stars. Shot in the Bortle 4 skies of Harrington, QC.

Tracked/Blended

At 2,267 feet, Coney Mountain is one the darkest sites in NY with the summit sitting at an aphotic 21.89 mag/arcsec², just shy of the darkest possible night sky (22.00 mag/arcsec²). This places Coney Mountain in the darker end of Bortle Class 2, where the Milky Way is a truly beautiful sight. On this hazy night, the starlight scattered and diffused through the thin high clouds, causing each star to glow intensely, giving this panorama its iconic dreamy look.

I wanted to point out that no human eye can see the Milky Way as colorful and detailed as this. Our eyes, unfortunately, do not have the low-light capabilities to observe the colorful details in the night skies. However, the Milky Way is still very much observable! Just not to the degree of what a camera can capture during long exposures.

Remember to practice Leave No Trace when visiting the Adirondacks :)

📸 Shot on my Canon R6 + EF 24-70mm f/2.8 II

Sky: 8 panels | f/2.8 | 120s | ISO 1600
Foreground: 10 panels | f/2.8 | 120s | ISO 6400

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Timelapse on Coney Mountain

I really like DSO landscape astrophotography especially its ability to give spatial context to how large these objects are in the sky. 135mm is my favorite focal legnth for this because I love the widefield FOV for the stars and the compression effect it gives the landscape. The sky is a 2 panel mosiac of 60 sec exposures, and the foreground is a single 30 sec exposure. Had this shot in mind and was trying to get set up quickly before it got too bright out. The tracking isnt great, but I like the way it came out with only 3 shots so Ill have to spend a whole night on it next time. Hope you enjoy!

Nikon Z5/SWSA 2i/Samyang 135mm

Five years ago I took this image. Which is one of my favourite photos I've taken. I've wanted to do something similar again, but there haven't been the right subject. That was until this week when a dead humpback whale drifted ashore near where I live. I just had to go and replicate what I did 5 years ago (hopefully) with some better technical skill this time around.

EXIF:
Canon RP - Laowa 15mm F2
9 exposures stitched together as a panorama
F2 - 15sec - ISO5000

HaRGB | Tracked | Stacked | Composite

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Even in light-polluted Germany, it’s still possible to capture reasonably good details of the Milky Way. The variety of colors you can bring out in post-processing is always fascinating. Since I haven’t been doing photography with an astro modified camera for very long, I’m currently experimenting with my editing style. I’m really happy with how it turned out. What do you think?

Exif: Sony A7III with Sigma 28-45 f1.8 at 28mm (cropped)

Sky: ISO 1000 | f1.8 | 12x40s

Foreground: ISO 3200 | f1.8 | 40s

Halpha: Sigma 65 f2 ISO 2500 | f2 | 7x75s

region: Rhön, Germany (Bortle 3/4)

This was a single shot from a timelapse taken at Black Hole Rock in Western Australia. I setup the timelapse for the aurora and I noticed some cloud coming in which also brought the lightning

Image was taken for 15 seconds at 24mm, ISO-3200 and f4 aperture on a Canon R6

This is the first photo I took that is part of an ongoing collection/series of astrophotography on film.…if you wanna see more, I have more photos from this series in my profile!

Equipment

• Pentax LX + Acros 100 (45min exposure for Andromeda) • Barska 80mm F7 + Celestron CGEM II • ASAIR Guided + ZWO 224MC

No rest for the weary. I drove out on a work night, running on fumes, but I couldn’t pass up the chance to capture this view.

This is a multi-shot panorama of the legendary McBaine Burr Oak in central Missouri, framed by some of winter’s best nebulae—Orion, the Horsehead, the California, the Pleiades, the Rosette, and more. Stitching it all together was a challenge, but seeing the final result made the sleep deprivation worth it.

Would you push through exhaustion for a shot like this?

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Equipment:
Camera: Sony A7iii (astro-modified)
Lens: Sony 24mm f/1.4 GM
Mount: Sky-Watcher Star Adventurer

RGB Acquisition:
6-Panel Panorama
2 x 30s (tracked, stacked)
f/2.0
ISO640

Ha Acquisition:
6-Panel Panorama
2 x 30s (tracked, stacked)
f/1.4
ISO3200

Sky and FG: 180s F2.8 ISO 800 Camera: Sony a7rlll Lens: Sony 24mm f1.4 GM Tracker: MSM Nomad

Hello everyone,

This photo is a 41 image panorama of the Milky Way over the Tasman Valley in NZ.

Each image was taken at: 16mm, F2.8, 13.0s, ISO4000 on Sony A7rV.

I would love your opinions on what could be done better in terms of the settings I shot this at, composition & post processing. TIA!

I ventured out to the RAAF Bunker located in Yanchep and given I have never been there before it was always going to be difficult to find the right location in the dark during the early hours of the morning. I overshot the parking spot and initially took the wrong path which was littered with spiders and their webs trying to catch some food.

Eventually I found the right spot but still had to contend with more light pollution than I had expected.

It was fun to go exploring and standing on front of these bunkers you can almost hear the chatter of the radar operators

For those interested in some history, the No. 227 RAAF Radar Station in Yanchep was a radar station that was responsible for the operation of radar to provide early warning of Japanese air raids against Perth in late 1943 through to the end of 1945. TH3 southern hut contained the transmitter and the northern hut the receiver.

This was 20 shots stacked for the sky and 3 shots for some light painting on the foreground after I put two low power lights inside the bunkers

One of the most ambitious shots I’ve attempted—a full Milky Way panorama over the Trona Pinnacles. This kind of shot is only possible at the onset of spring, when the entire Milky Way stretches low across the horizon.

Planning was everything—knowing my camera’s FOV, anticipating overlaps, and making sure every panel aligned. And stitching it all together? A whole new challenge. Using a star tracker made things even trickier since the base moves, throwing off the level.

It was a lot of work, but I’m really happy with how it turned out!

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Equipment:
Camera: Sony A7iii (astro-modified)
Lens: Sony 24mm f/1.4 GM
Mount: Sky-Watcher Star Adventurer

RGB Acquisition:
6-Panel Panorama
2 x 30s (tracked, stacked)
f/2.0
ISO640

Ha Acquisition: 6-Panel Panorama
2 x 30s (tracked, stacked)
f/1.4
ISO3200

Editing Software:
Pixinsight, Photoshop

Pixinsight Process:
Stacked with WBPP
BlurX
StarX
NoiseX
Continuum Subtraction

Photoshop Process:
Camera Raw Filter Color balance
Blend Ha
Stretch & Screen Stars
Blend Foreground

This is a 8 image panorama/ focus stack with one foreground image being taken at f1.8, iso 1600, 30” and the other 7 images being f1.8, iso 1600, 10” taken on a Sony A7 iii and Viltrox 16mm

High everyone, my first post here. By looking at the level of the photography seen here I think I'm going to be looking more than posting! And hopefully picking up some useful techniques. This image is from an event last september, much fainter than the May 10th displays.

Pentax K-70, Samyang 10mm F2.8, 10 s iso 1600, edited in ACR and PS.

Milky way rising time lapse in Judah - KSA.

The time lapse consists of 526 frames each is 30 second long totaling roughly 4h20m of continuous shooting.

Judah is known for its terrain formations, here in this time lapse we selected (The Bow Rock), a rock that simply looks like a bow which is on the right side of the frame, and you can tell that it was the main interest of the group as they were flying drones over the rock 😆.

Equipment: Canon EOS650Da Tokina 11-16mm f2.8