Calling all Astrophotographers, all skill levels. Post your work.

originally posted by: ngchunter
Asteroid 2004 BL86 flying by the Beehive Cluster last night:

Really beautiful image!! I like that a lot!

originally posted by: hillbilly4rent
A couple from the Geminid meteor shower this past weekend.

Great photos!!

Last night was Jupiter opposition, so here are a few of my pics:

Jupiter and the Beehive cluster:




Beehive cluster:




Jupiter and its moons (annotated):

a reply to: hillbilly4rent

Awesome shot.. I see a " shooting star" .. I'm curious, what's the segmented row of lights on the right?

a reply to: ngchunter

Great shot! Can I just ask are you hand guiding motors with a controller or literally nudging the manual controls on the mount? Just asking as it's not a technique I've used and always like to know more!

originally posted by: router404
a reply to: ngchunter

Great shot! Can I just ask are you hand guiding motors with a controller or literally nudging the manual controls on the mount? Just asking as it's not a technique I've used and always like to know more!

Manual guiding uses buttons to control the motors. It's not humanly possible to physically nudge it without ruining the photograph. Manual guiding was originally the only way guiding could be done until electronic autoguiders were invented. Even professional telescopes were manually guided, and it was quite a grueling process even with electronic motors. This drawing of the 48" Schmidt at Palomar depicts an observer manually guiding the huge telescope through a guide scope:
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a reply to: HooHaa

That would be a common UFO.............

Its another shooting star, I thought it was a plain till I took a closer look.

originally posted by: ngchunter

That is beautiful bro, I wish that I could take photos like that. You're really good at what you do. ~$heopleNation

Couldn't resist trying some long exposure during or last snow storm. This is a stacked and stitched vertical pano 3 rows wide and 4 rows tall done with a Pentax 50mm f/2 hope y'all like.

originally posted by: ngchunter QUOTE REMOVED BY STAFF.

Jeezus, Who pissed in your cheerios? You know, When someone gives you a compliment, you should show better manners Pal. I like your images a lot, maybe you're just having a bad day? Well it happens to all of us sometimes.

Here, hope this helps. Turn that frown upside down ngchunter! ~$heopleNation

a reply to: hillbilly4rent

That's a vaaast image! Great work!

a reply to: router404

Thank you so much. It sure was a pain in all it has 108 frames for the stacked part and to process the photo. My fiancee thinks I'm going crazy for doing it.

a reply to: hillbilly4rent

Wow it is beautiful, thanks for sharing. & also: More! More!

a reply to: ngchunter

Is it ISS? I am no expert on our space vessels, but it is, right? Too big for a sattelite. Or is it MIR? Is that thing still up? Urch I don't even know that...
But I love all pretty space pictures.

a reply to: Peeple

It's ISS, Mir was deorbited a long time ago.