Photography

teemu.koskimaki

My first picture of the Andromeda galaxy, our clos

My first picture of the Andromeda galaxy, our closest neighbour. The conditions were not ideal. It's still not astrodark in Finland, it was full moon, and the location is Borte 6 light polluted. However, 232 x 20s exposures (1 h 17 min total) stacked with AstroPixelProcessor allowed me to cut through.

@spacex Starlink mission Falcon 9 first stage rock

@spacex Starlink mission Falcon 9 first stage rocket landing, as seen from Nokia, Finland. This was a very confusing and awesome surprise! I just happened to be doing some #astrophotography and watching the #Perseid meteor shower with my father (you can actually see a meteor near the end of the video) - we just stood there clueless, like two dinosaurs about to go extinct. 😄

Emu in the sky. Can you see it? It is a constellat

Emu in the sky. Can you see it? It is a constellation common in Australian Aboriginal culture, formed by dark nebulae (opaque clouds of dust and gas in outer space) that are visible against the bright Milky Way background.

Taken 2022-05-02 in the outskirts of Canberra, Australia, under bortle 4-5 light polluted skies. 15 minutes of data, stacked from 30s exposures.

📷 Camera: Nikon D3500
🔎 Lens: AF-S DX Nikkor 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6 G ED VR II. At 18 mm.
🌠 Guidance: MoveShootMove rotator.
📳 Remote control / intervalometer: qDslrDashboard app.
💻 Software used: Stellarium, APP, Darktable.

#EmuInTheSky #MilkyWay #galaxy #nightsky #nightscape #fantastic_universe #stargazing #stars #universe #photography #astrophotography #space #lightpollution

Starlink satellites crossing Comet Leonard (C/2021

Starlink satellites crossing Comet Leonard (C/2021 A1), 25 Dec 2021.

Starlink is a satellite internet constellation operated by SpaceX. Comet Leonard (C/2021 A1) was discovered earlier this year. It will make its closest approach to the Sun on 3 January 2022, which will eject it from the solar system - it will never return.

Photographed on Christmas day (Dec 25, 2021) from my balcony in Canberra, Australia, under bortle 6-7 light polluted skies.

The frames in this gif are each 2s, f2, ISO1600.

#Starlink #SpaceX #Satellites #Satellite #CometLeonard #Comet #C2021A1 #C2021 #Christmas2021 #nightsky #nightscape #fantastic_universe #stargazing #stars #universe #photography #astrophotography #space #lightpollution

This is Comet Leonard (C/2021 A1), discovered earl

This is Comet Leonard (C/2021 A1), discovered earlier this year. It will make its closest approach to the Sun on 3 January 2022, which will eject it from the solar system - it will never return.

I feel incredibly lucky that I managed to photograph it on Christmas day (Dec 25, 2021) from my balcony in Canberra, Australia, under bortle 6-7 light polluted skies. Due to the light pollution, the comet was not visible with the naked eye but I did manage to observe it using small binoculars (poorly, but still quite amazing).

475 x 2s, f2, ISO1600. Total exposure time: 15 min 50s.

📷 Camera: Nikon D3500
🔎 Lens: Samyang 135mm F2.0 ED UMC II (Nikon AE).
🌠 Guidance: None.
📳 Remote control / intervalometer: qDslrDashboard app.
💻 Software used: Stellarium, APP, Darktable.

#CometLeonard #Comet #C2021A1 #C2021 #Christmas2021 #nightsky #nightscape #fantastic_universe #stargazing #stars #universe #photography #astrophotography #space #lightpollution

This is where the Tawny frogmouth (Podargus strig

This is where the Tawny frogmouth (Podargus strigoides) gets its name. Mum enjoying the sun with her fledgling.

#TawnyFrogmouth #PodargusStrigoides #Fledgling #nature #photography #naturephotography #wildlife #Australia #Canberra #JerrabomberraWetlands

Tawny frogmouth (Podargus strigoides) fledgling a

Tawny frogmouth (Podargus strigoides) fledgling and it's mom. You never know what you can find when you explore your surroundings and talk to people. This time I found the Jerrabomberra Wetlands Nature Reserve, met
@davidcunninghamwildlife and because of this I got to see Tawnies for the first time. Thanks David! 😁

#TawnyFrogmouth #PodargusStrigoides #Fledgling #nature #photography #naturephotography #wildlife #Australia #Canberra #JerrabomberraWetlands

Enjoying the views. Taken last March at the @taron

Enjoying the views. Taken last March at the @tarongazoo Sydney.

#giraffe #sydney #tarongazoo

Close-up of the Rho Ophiuchi star-forming regions.

Close-up of the Rho Ophiuchi star-forming regions. The bright star is Antares, a red supergiant.

#Antares #RhoOphiuchi #Nebulae #nightsky #nightscape #fantastic_universe #stargazing #stars #universe #photography #astrophotography #space

The Rho Ophiuchi cloud complex is one of the close

The Rho Ophiuchi cloud complex is one of the closest star-forming regions to the Solar System. The brightest of the stars is Antares, a red supergiant star which is one of the largest stars visible to the naked eye.

Photographed from my balcony, 7 September 2021, in Canberra, Australia, under bortle 6-7 light polluted skies.

43 x 30s, f2.8, ISO800. Total exposure time: 21 min 30s.

APP processing:
- Remove light pollution
- Crop

Darktable edits:
- Levels adjustment
- Base curve adjustment
- Sharpen
- Astrophoto denoise
- Chromatic aberrations
- Color zones

📷 Camera: Nikon D3500
🔎 Lens: Samyang 135mm F2.0 ED UMC II (Nikon AE).
🌠 Guidance: MoveShootMove rotator.
📳 Remote control / intervalometer: qDslrDashboard app.
💻 Software used: Stellarium, APP, Darktable.

#Antares #RhoOphiuchi #Nebulae #nightsky #nightscape #fantastic_universe #stargazing #stars #universe #photography #astrophotography #space

A sun among suns. The double star Acrux, in the co

A sun among suns. The double star Acrux, in the consellation Southern Cross, with some of Milky Way's dark nebulas in the background.

Photographed from my balcony in Canberra, Australia, under Bortle 7-8 skies, 2021-09-02.

**APP processing**
85 x 20s, f4, ISO1600
30 dark, flat & dark flat. 20 bias.
Crop (edges)
Remove light pollution
Stretch (15bg-3s-0b)

**Darktable edits**
Sharpen
Astrophoto denoise
Base curve adjustment
Chromatic aberrations reduction
Exposure adjustment
Black level adjustment

#Acrux #consellation "SouthernCross #Crux #milkyway #nightsky #nightscape #fantastic_universe #stargazing #stars #universe #photography #astrophotography #space

Carina Nebula, photographed from my balcony. 191

Carina Nebula, photographed from my balcony.

191 x 15s, f4, ISO1600 = 47.5 min of exposure in total.
50 x dark, bias, flat, & dark flat (calibration frames).

Stacked with APP.
Edits in APP: Crop, Remove light pollution, Stretch.
Edits in Darktable: Base curve, Chromatic aberrations.

Taken 2021-07-27 in Canberra, Australia, under bortle 7-8 light polluted skies.

📷 Camera: Nikon D3500
🔎 Lens: Samyang 135mm F2.0 ED UMC II (Nikon AE). With a Rollei Astroklar Light Pollution filter.
🌠 Guidance: MoveShootMove rotator.
📳 Remote control / intervalometer: qDslrDashboard app.
💻 Software used: Stellarium, qDslrDashboard, APP, Darktable.

#CarinaNebula #nebula #nightsky #nightscape #fantastic_universe #stargazing #stars #universe #photography #astrophotography #space #lightpollution

Can you see the galaxies among the stars, millions

Can you see the galaxies among the stars, millions light-years away? Swipe to see more. I wrote a blog post about this astrophotography expedition, have a look (link also in bio): https://medium.com/@teemu.koskimaki/capturing-galaxies-with-a-dslr-9399f24387d6

Taken 2021-07-21 in Canberra, Australia, under bortle 7-8 light polluted skies. Cropped from a wide field photo included in the blog post.

📷 Camera: Nikon D3500
🔎 Lens: Samyang 135mm F2.0 ED UMC II (Nikon AE). With a Rollei Astroklar Light Pollution filter.
🌠 Guidance: MoveShootMove rotator.
📳 Remote control / intervalometer: qDslrDashboard app.
💻 Software used: Stellarium, qDslrDashboard, APP, Darktable.

#galaxy #galaxies #nightsky #nightscape #fantastic_universe #stargazing #stars #universe #photography #astrophotography #space #lightpollution

Astroselfie in the garden of peace. I took advanta

Astroselfie in the garden of peace. I took advantage of the clear skies, which have been rare this year, and cycled to take some pictures of space and galaxies by the lake. Despite the near full moon and city light pollution. A great expedition!

International Space Station timelapse! Managed to

International Space Station timelapse! Managed to capture the station from my balcony, streaking over the pretty tower on Canberra’s black mountain.
The ISS flies at an average altitude of 400 kilometres (248 miles) above Earth, circling the globe every 90 minutes at a speed of about 28,000 km/h (17,500 mph).

There are currently seven people on board:

Pyotr Dubrov (@pyotr_dubrov9)
Shane Kimbrough (@astro_kimbrough)
Megan McArthur (@astro.megan)
Thomas Pesquet (@thom_astro)
Akihiko Hoshide (@akihiko_hoshide68)
Oleg Novitskiy (@novitskiy_iss)
& Mark Vande Hei

Taken 21 June 2020 – 18mm, f4.5, 2s, ISO 800. [Focal Length, Aperture, Shutter speed, Sensitivity]

The video is sped up and cropped.

📷 Camera: Nikon D3500.
📳 Intervalometer: qDSLRdashboard app.
💻 Other software: Stellarium, Blender.

#InternationalSpaceStation #ISS #photography #astrophotography #space #Canberra #Australia

Superb Fairy-wren (Malurus cyaneus). #Fairywren

Superb Fairy-wren (Malurus cyaneus).

#Fairywren #Malurus #nature #photography #naturephotography #wildlife #Australia #BebblyBeach

Did you know that over 20 dwarf galaxies circulate

Did you know that over 20 dwarf galaxies circulate our home galaxy, the Milky Way? This is one of those dwarf galaxies, the Large Magellanic Cloud. It is 12 times larger in the night sky than the full moon - you just have to be in a dark enough place to see it, or you'll need to cut through the light pollution by collecting enough data with a camera, like I did.

I took this photo from my balcony… Swipe right twice to see what the sky looks like above the city of Canberra with a 1 minute exposure. With my own eyes I only saw a few dim stars. To make the galaxy visible, I took 28 exposures and stacked them together. After some adjustments in Darktable, I was able to get a decent final image, given the conditions. Swipe right once to see the image before edits (after processing in APP).

Taken 2021-05-15 in Canberra, Australia, under bortle 7-8 light polluted skies.

📷 Camera: Nikon D3500
🔎 Lens: Samyang 135mm F2.0 ED UMC II (Nikon AE). With a Rollei Astroklar Light Pollution filter.
🌠 Guidance: MoveShootMove rotator.
📳 Remote control / intervalometer: Camera Connect & Control (CCC) app.
💻 Software used: Stellarium, CCC, APP, Darktable.

#LMC #dwarfgalaxy #galaxy #nightsky #nightscape #fantastic_universe #stargazing #stars #universe #photography #astrophotography #space #lightpollution

I don't think I've ever seen a forest this big. Ma

I don't think I've ever seen a forest this big. Made me happy. The vast #BlueMountains National Park.

#Katoomba #Australia #Nature #Photography #naturephotography

Another look at the lace monitor (Varanus varius).

Another look at the lace monitor (Varanus varius). I was so thrilled to spot this. 🙂

#Varanus #monitor #nature #photography #naturephotography #wildlife #Australia #BebblyBeach

The lace monitor (Varanus varius), also known as t

The lace monitor (Varanus varius), also known as the tree goanna.

#Varanus #monitor #nature #photography #naturephotography #wildlife #Australia #BebblyBeach

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