Cosmic Photons Astrophotography : Galaxies

Every day our eyes catch the light of our memories – time spent with family, the journey to work, a special holiday, a beautiful sunset or a dark starlit night. Each image captured is a picture drawn in light – a photograph: only to be lost in our minds or forever forgotten. Nearly two hundred years ago a small group of amateur scientists achieved what had eluded mankind for centuries – the ability to capture a permanent record of an image seen by their own eyes – a moment in time frozen onto a surface. They had discovered Photography. They were the ‘Catchers of the Light’.

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Tuesday, May 19, 2009

NGC4631_NGC4656 rework

LRGB 5h25min
R:G:B 45:60:60 L:150
Imaging with:
FLT110 TMB Field Flattener ST10XME-CFW9 Baader LRGB filter set.
Guiding with:
ZS80ED DSI

14-16/4/2009
Kallithea
Athens
Greece

Wednesday, April 22, 2009

NGC 4725

NGC4725:mag 9.3 distance 41 million light years
NGC4712:mag 12.5
NGC4747:mag 13.2

LRGB 5h45min
R:G:B 40:40:40 L:225
Imaging with:
FLT110 TMB Field Flattener ST10XME-CFW9 Baader LRGB filter set.
Guiding with:
ZS80ED DSI

17-18/4/2009
Kallithea
Athens
Greece

Tuesday, February 10, 2009

M82 ...small

M82

Messier 82 (also known as NGC 3034 or the Cigar Galaxy) is the prototype^[3] nearby starburst galaxy about 12 million light-years away in the constellation Ursa Major. The starburst galaxy is five times as bright as the whole Milky Way and one hundred times as bright as our galaxy's center.

This photo is taken under the full moon of Athens!!!

100min total exposure
20x5min lum

8''SCT (LX90 OTA only)
ST10XME
EQ6 Pro

Friday, January 23, 2009

NGC 6946 unfinished

Unfinished image
only 45 minutes total exposure from Athens Greece
19/7/2008

William Optics FLT110 with TMB flattener
SBIG ST10XME
EQ6PRO
ZenithStar 80 II ED
DSI and PHD GUIDING

Sunday, December 28, 2008

M81and M82

W.O FLT 110 4''TMB flattener
SBIG ST10XME

W.O ZS80 ED_ DSI color
Synta EQ6 Pro

Total exposure 245 min LRGB

22x5min Lum 9x5min each color

Kallithea
Athens
Hellas