March 23, 2024 - Is there such a thing as casual astrophography? :)

Some pictures from last night. A very casual shoot with a limited number of exposures and no calibration frames. Honestly, last night was going to be one of the best evenings until Thursday, so I figured I’d use the opportunity to practice and get used to some new equipment. Also, it’ll be fun to come back to this in a few months to benchmark my progress :)

~~Hyades is a new one for me. It’s an open cluster in the… checks notes… Taurus constellation. It’s near the Pleiades star cluster which is on the target list. ~~ EDIT: I went back and checked: This is not Hyades, but Pleiades. Remember when I said I had a lot to learn…

Revisited Orion because it’s an easy target from the back porch. You can faintly see 2 more nebulae: (1) Running Man Nebula which is above the Orion Nebula and (2) Flame Nebula which is around the leftmost star on Orion’s belt. I think more exposures will bring these out. 🤩

Goodness tho isn’t that moon pic a look?

Objects: Pleiades (open cluster); Orion; the moon Capture Date: March 23, 2024 Equipment: Canon T7 w/ Rokinon 135mm lens Pollution Level: Bortle 4 (low-to-medium) Settings: 135 mm focal length; f5.6 Software: Stacked with Deep Sky Stacker and processed with GIMP.