Andromeda Galaxy

Hello again,

I would like to show you now, what I did last summer.

It is my very first deep sky picture. As an object I choose an Andromeda galaxy (M31, or NGC 224) whitch is easy to find and nice and bright. I used free expositures of 8 minutes, without pointing in the primar teleskope view.

All the set up is my good old Skywatcher 750/150 newtonian teleskope with a Nikon D7000 on a HEQ5 mount. I still suffer from missing off-axis guider whitch I need for mount correction (aka pointing).

And I would like to continue with a small habbit I used to do with my entries. A poetry. This one is from pre-war writer William Carlos Williams and is called Peace on Earth:


The Archer is wake!
The Swan is flying!
Gold against blue
An Arrow is lying.
There is hunting in heaven--
Sleep safe till to-morrow.

The Bears are abroad!
The Eagle is screaming!
Gold against blue
Their eyes are gleaming!
Sleep!
Sleep safe till to-morrow.

The Sisters lie
With their arms intertwining;
Gold against blue
Their hair is shining!
The Serpent writhes!
Orion is listening!
Gold against blue
His sword is glistening!
Sleep!
There is hunting in heaven--
Sleep safe till to-morrow.

Moon 3.3. 2012

Long time no see, but here I am now, and I want to show you some nice pictures I've been doing this summer. I'll start from the start. March 2012.

I'll start with a moon (yes again [3.3.2012]).

Moon is really good object for astrophotography, because you can learl all kind of things. Expositure, focusing, post-procesing. And the final product is beautiful. I can stare at the moon looong hours.

Skywatcher 750/150 + Celestron CCD nexImage + Lynkeos + Photoshop