(Click here for a higher resolution)
Date: 28 March 2014
Location: Sutherland, South Africa.
Equipment
Officina Stellare HiperAPO105
Canon60Da
Orion SSAG
Celestron Advance VX
Chasing the chicken… IC2944
IC2944, The running chicken nebula
(30 March 2014, Sutherland, South Africa)
IC2944, The Running Chicken Nebula, is located in the constellation Centaurus. To image this I used the 8” Orion Astrograph and Canon 60Da. The light gathering capabilities of the scope at F/3,9 is a pleasure to work with, but left me with a very rich star field.
(See the higher resolution here: http://www.astrobin.com/full/102682/0/)
Gabriela Mistral Nebula
NGC 3324 is a star forming region at the northwest corner of the Carina Nebula. It is called the Gabriela Mistral nebula, because of the resemblance with the Nobel Prize winning Chilean poet. It’s shown in the center of this image, with Eta Carina Nebula to the left and NGC 3293 upper right.
Reflection Nebula in Corona Australis, with NGC6723 and friends…
Dark cosmic dust spreads across the Corona Australis constellation, with light from hot blue stars reflecting a blue glow. Top right of the image also contains NGC6723, a globular cluster in Sagittarius.
There’s a lot happening in this image, I have to thank Cory for giving me this target idea to shoot as it was something he wanted to acquire.
Karam Al Snjarae – Internet Astro Thief
UPDATE: 18:48GMT 2014-04-14 / Full Story below
Karam Al Snjarae has admitted guilt and apologized, and we have replied
Karam Al Snjarae – Internet Astro Thief
Cory and I are amateur astrophotographers, very proud of the works we produce. We put a lot of time, money and great effort into the photos we take. It was brought to our attention that a gentleman based in Iraq, Karam Al Snjarae, has been stealing our photos and posting them as his own. He posts these images on Flickr, 500PX and various other social media sites, and is now claiming that WE have stolen his images.
Naturally we’re very upset. It’s one thing to repost with no credit – but to steal, alter by cutting off our signatures, repost with HIS signature on them and sell prints… That’s copyright infringement.
Here follows simple examples of his poor attempt to fool the public.
It saddens me that he takes advantage of users lack of knowledge on photographing and editing targets like these. To general photographers, he can find ways to justify these as his own works, but I’m hoping to serve internet justice by highlighting the “astronomical” mistakes he’s made.
M16 re-processed
Astrophotography & Post Processing Presentation
Tanja & Cory will be speaking at the West Rand Astronomy Club
February 26, 19h00
Venue: Dutch Reformed Church, 844 Corlette Avenue, Witpoortje.
Telescopes will be set up for viewing (weather permitting)
Cost: Donation of R10 for use of the venue which includes tea / coffee
(Unable to attend? Leave your question in the comment section below for us to answer)
Introduction
The astrophotography talk touches on all topics from equipment, styles of astrophotography to processing skills. After each section we’ll have a Q&A.
DSLR Astrophotography – Part 3 – Connecting your DSLR
M42 quick re-edit
I recently did a blog about acquiring and processing M42, “Processing the star factory”.Revisiting my image, as one does when it’s cloudy for months…. I realise that there is more data buried in the image. I fear over processing, and I hate adding noise to images. My approach is always a little reserved and somewhat natural.
DSLR Astrophotography – Part 1 – Gathering light
By Tanja Sund and Cory Schmitz
The magic of long exposure astrophotography reveals so much more of our universe: a plethora of colours and structures that tend to go unseen by the naked eye. From wide field lens photography to imaging through a telescope, astrophotography remains the pinnacle of long exposure photography.
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