Tuesday, December 31, 2019
Happy New Year 2020
The year 2019 was very quiet regarding astronomical imaging. I'm building up a new imaging system with new optics and camera. Lots have been done though, I have been in many imaging conferences as a speaker. Beside that, I have been working in a book project with some of the most famous names in the world. I'll wrote more about this book next year before it's published at Spring 2020!
SILENT FIREWORKS FOR THE YEAR 2020
Info about the photo above:
Saturday, November 2, 2019
Art exhibition in Tampere, Finland
An exhibition of my astronomical photos in Tampere, Finland
Opening at Wednesday 6.11.2019 18.00, welcome!
Before the actual opening at 17.30 I'm talking about my work as an astronomical photographer.
Q-GALLERIA OJAKATU 3, TAMPERE. OPEN WE-FR 13-18, SAT 11-15.
Opening at Wednesday 6.11.2019 18.00, welcome!
Before the actual opening at 17.30 I'm talking about my work as an astronomical photographer.
Q-GALLERIA OJAKATU 3, TAMPERE. OPEN WE-FR 13-18, SAT 11-15.
Saturday, March 23, 2019
Exhibition in Helsinki, Finland 27.3. - 14.4. 2019
New exhibition in Helsinki about my astronomical nature photographs, lots of new material to see.
Opening hours Wednesday-Friday 12-18, Saturday-Sunday 12-16 27.3. - 14.4. 2019
Address: GALLERIA KAJASTE, Albertinkatu 30/Bulevardi 32, 00120 Helsinki
Welcome!
Thursday, March 14, 2019
All of my photos taken with the Celestron Edge 11" telescope and 0.7 reducer for the Edge scope
Well served Celestron Edge 11" telescope went back the Celestron seller. They borrowed it to me back in 2014 and make possible to me to continue my imaging work. It was a great instrument, especially equipped with the Celestron 0.7 reducer for the Edge telescope. This system was able to cover the large CCD in Apogee alta U16 camera. The field of view was about one square degree and the image scale was optimal to my conditions, about 1 arc second per pixel. I'll publish later a collection of images taken with this combo.
With this setup, I got three APOD images published by NASA.
You really should click the image to see it at full size, 4000 x 6000 pixels and 20MB
My photos from Autumn season 2014 to Spring season 2019
All of my photos from 2014 to 2019 are taken from my city center observatory. Celestron Edge 11" telescope, 0.7 reducer for the Edge telescope, 10-Micron mount, Apogee alta U16 camera and the Astrodon narrowband filters, H-alpha 5nm, S-II 3nm and O-III 3nm.
large images in this poster are my mosaic image projects. Single frame from the camera is square with 4048 x 4048 pixels. Largest mosaic has 20 frames and about 200 hours of exposures.
large images in this poster are my mosaic image projects. Single frame from the camera is square with 4048 x 4048 pixels. Largest mosaic has 20 frames and about 200 hours of exposures.
I'm now looking for a new instrument to replace the well served 11" Celestron.
Monday, March 4, 2019
Simeis 147 closeup, my last photo for the Spring season 2019
This is my last photo for ongoing season. Well served Celestron Edge 11" telescope went back the Celestron seller. They borrowed it to me back in 2014 and make possible to me to continue my imaging work. It was a great instrument, especially equipped with the Celestron 0.7 reducer for the Edge telescope. This system was able to cover the large CCD in Apogee alta U16 camera. The field of view was about one square degree and the image scale was optimal to my conditions, about 1 arc second per pixel. I'll publish later a collection of images taken with this combo.
With this setup, I got three APOD images published by NASA.
Now I need to find a new scope for the next season. One possible way to go is buying a second hand medium format camera lens. In medium format lens the image circle is large enough to cover the large CCD-shell in Apogee Alta U16 camera. Also I need a tool for a longer focal length work.
Please, click for a large image
Natural color scheme from the emission of an ionized elements, H-a, S-II and O-III. This is a very dim and diffused nebula, this image spans vertically about one degrees (= two full Moons side by side in a sky.)
An experimental starless viewPlease, click for a large image
INFO
Simeis 147 (sharpless 240), is a very faint and very large supernova remnant in constellation Taurus at distance of ~3000 light years. It's constantly expanding at speed of 1000 km/second but due the size of it, we can't see any movement in it. This SN spans over 160 light years and the apparent scale in the sky is about three degrees (Moon has an apparent size of 30" = 0,5 degrees). Explosion took place approximately 30.000 years ago and left behind a pulsar (Neutron star). The pulsar has recently identified.
Please, click for a large image
Technical details
Processing workflow
Image acquisition, MaxiDL v5.07.
Stacked and calibrated in CCDStack2.
Deconvolution with a CCDStack2 Positive Constraint, 33 iterations, added at 50% weight
Color combine in PS CS3
Levels and curves in PS CS3.
Imaging optics
Celestron Edge HD 1100 @ f10 with 0,7 focal reducer for Edge HD 1100 telescope
Mount
10-micron 1000
Cameras and filters
Imaging camera Apogee Alta U16 and Apogee seven slot filter wheel
Guider camera, Lodestar x 2 and SXV-AOL
Astrodon filters,
5nm H-alpha 3nm S-II and 3nm O-III
5nm H-alpha 3nm S-II and 3nm O-III
Exposure times
H-alpha, 33 x 1200 s, binned 2x2 = 11 h
O-III, 15 x 1200 s, binned 4x4 = 5 h.
S-II, 9 x 1200 s. binned 4x4 = 3 h
Total exposure time, 19h
Single 20 min. calibrated and stretched exposures
Please, click for a large image
H-alpha
S-II
O-III
Wednesday, February 27, 2019
Sharpless 132 (Sh2-132)
My first photo for the Spring season 2019, Sharpless 132 in Kefeus.
Generally the start of the year 2019 has been very cloudy up here 65N. This four panel mosaic image has been taken between 1.1. and 11.2. 2019. Total exposure time is around 30h.
Generally the start of the year 2019 has been very cloudy up here 65N. This four panel mosaic image has been taken between 1.1. and 11.2. 2019. Total exposure time is around 30h.
Sharpless 132 in Kefeus
Please, click for a large image
Please, click for a large image
A closeup
Please, click for a large image
INFO
Sharpless 132 is a very faint emission nebula, it locates at the border of Cepheus and Lacerta. Distance is about 10.000 lightyears. My photo covers about four square degrees of the sky. The blue color in the image is from the emission of an ionized Oxygen (O-III).
Technical details
Processing workflow
Image acquisition, MaxiDL v5.07.
Stacked and calibrated in CCDStack2.
Deconvolution with a CCDStack2 Positive Constraint, 33 iterations, added at 50% weight
Color combine in PS CS3
Levels and curves in PS CS3.
Imaging optics
Celestron Edge HD 1100 @ f10 with 0,7 focal reducer for Edge HD 1100 telescope
Mount
10-micron 1000
Cameras and filters
Imaging camera Apogee Alta U16 and Apogee seven slot filter wheel
Guider camera, Lodestar x 2 and SXV-AOL
Astrodon filters,
5nm H-alpha 3nm S-II and 3nm O-III
5nm H-alpha 3nm S-II and 3nm O-III
Total exposure time for all of the four panels
H-alpha, 48 x 1200 s, binned 2x2 = 16 h
O-III, 24 x 1200 s, binned 4x4 = 8 h.
S-II, 18 x 1200 s. binned 4x4 = 6 h
Tuesday, January 15, 2019
Astro Anarchy gets published
I have been chosen to receive a recognition in astrophotography by the Universo Mágico / Magical Universe, www.universomágico.com
Wednesday, January 2, 2019
All my photos from the year 2018
A poster format collection of my photos from the year 2018. The Spring season 2018 was very cloudy, the Autumn season 2018 was kind of good and I was able to finalize couple of long imaging projects.
All my photos are taken with my current setup, the main instrument is an excellent imaging scope Celestron EDGE HD 1100 with a 0.7 focal reducer from Celestron. That's simply a best reducer I have ever used! (Some optical testing can be seen HERE)
The mount from 10-micron is a top performer too. All images are taken with Apogee Alta U16 astronomical camera and Astrodon narrowband filter set, H-alpha 5nm, S-II 3nm and O-III 3nm.
The mount from 10-micron is a top performer too. All images are taken with Apogee Alta U16 astronomical camera and Astrodon narrowband filter set, H-alpha 5nm, S-II 3nm and O-III 3nm.
I do purely narrow band imaging since my observatory is located at downtown of the City Oulu.
So far the light pollution has been massive in this industrial city with about 200 000 inhabitants but it used to be mostly from narrowband light sources, like old sodium and mercury lamps. Now the most of the light sources have been updated to LED-technology and it makes the light pollution much worse, since LEDs are emitting light at full spectrum. The broad band light from LEDs is practically impossible to filter out. I need to find a new location to my observatory during the Summer season 2019.
All my photos from the year 2018
Click for a full size image it's worth it (3000 x 5500 pixels)
Image details
- Dark nebulae of NGC 7000, https://astroanarchy.blogspot.com/2018/11/dark-dust-in-cygnus.html
- Bow Tie of LBN 251, https://astroanarchy.blogspot.com/2018/10/this-new-photos-shows-lbn-251-and.html
- Gian Cosmic Squid, Au4, https://astroanarchy.blogspot.com/2018/12/the-giant-cosmic-squid-nebula-au4-new.html
- Clouds of Swan, https://astroanarchy.blogspot.com/2018/10/clouds-of-swan.html
- The Cygnus Shell, W63, NASA APOD, a supernova remnant, https://astroanarchy.blogspot.com/2018/10/a-very-rare-photo-cygnus-shell.html
- LBN 239 and 243, https://astroanarchy.blogspot.com/2018/11/lbn-239-and-243.html
- Clouds of Cygnus, https://astroanarchy.blogspot.com/2018/11/clouds-of-cygnus.html
- North America and the Pelican nebula, https://astroanarchy.blogspot.com/2018/11/deep-photo-of-north-america-pelican.html
- LBN 243, https://astroanarchy.blogspot.com/2018/11/lbn-243.html
- The Sky on Fire, https://astroanarchy.blogspot.com/2018/11/the-sky-on-fire-filaments-of-western.html
- Sharpless 224, https://astroanarchy.blogspot.com/2016/12/extremely-dim-supernova-remnant-in.html
- A detail of IC 1396, https://astroanarchy.blogspot.com/2018/01/ic1396-detail-image.html
- Sharpless 157, https://astroanarchy.blogspot.com/2018/02/sharpless-157-in-cassiopeia-project.html
- Sharpless 188, https://astroanarchy.blogspot.com/2017/02/a-new-photo-sharpless-188-sh2-188-in.html
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