2024 Author: Malcolm Clapton | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:44
Its lens captures the Sun, Moon, planets of the solar system and distant nebulae.
Andrew McCarthy from Sacramento (USA) has an unusual hobby: he is engaged in astrophotography, creating high-quality photographs of objects in our galaxy and beyond. To do this, he uses two telescopes and combines data from them to achieve the required level of texture and dynamic range.
The technique is located in the backyard of his house and sometimes takes up to 15 hours in a row to get a decent result. Andrew does the processing himself and uploads the raw data to his Patreon page. Collected several examples of his work.
200-megapixel photo of the Moon, collected from over 50 thousand frames
The Bubble Nebula in the constellation Cassiopeia
A dying star in the constellation Cochlea
15 phases of the moon combined into one image
Mars (combining 30 thousand frames into one)
ISS against the background of the Sun
Moon before and after processing (forest fires made the original image red)
Nebulae in the Milky Way
Elephant trunk nebula
Andromeda Galaxy
Saturn
Comet NEOWISE, which approached Earth in July 2020.
North America Nebula
Lagoon nebula
The eastern portion of the Veil Nebula, resembling a xenomorphic face
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