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Thought I'd stick up a few of my latest astro images up.

First two are wide field shots taken with my new toy. An Askar FMA180 Pro APO Sextuplet Astrograph. This thing is mega! 180mm focal, 40mm aperture at f4.5. It is an absolute gem. For anyone wanting a small telescope to slap on your camera, then look no further than one of these! You will need an M48 T Ring tho!

The last one was took with my big refractor!

North American & Pelican Nebulae

Sadr Region of the constellation Cygnus

Wizard Nebula

Comment by Spad posted on Spad's latest astro! at 10/05/2025 - 19:27

loadoftripe wrote:

Spad wrote:
Thought of that....

But it didn't do it for me. Thats why i blurred the foreground to drag your eyes up the image

Plus because it's a hyperwide on an FF it will make the perspective "lean" more pronounced!

Okie doke,

Comment by Spad posted on One from last night..... at 01/05/2025 - 22:16

A few nights ago I went out with a Cokin 6 point star filter, Clearsky LPF, my K3 and Sigma 50mm Macro....

MY idea was to create Stars and Trails along a road jsut outside Buxton, where I live!

These are the results....

And last night I went out on a clear night to do some Dep Sky stuff, as well as the Milkyway way iamge i put up earlier. I also had a tragic view....

The moors behind the Cat and Fidle pub near me were on fire.... and from the field I shoot my deep sky stuff from I had a sad view of this tragedy. This is the image i took of it.

Comment by Spad posted on Stars, Trails and Fire Sky at 01/05/2025 - 22:15

Thought of that....

But it didn't do it for me. Thats why i blurred the foreground to drag your eyes up the image

Plus because it's a hyperwide on an FF it will make the perspective "lean" more pronounced!

Comment by Spad posted on One from last night..... at 01/05/2025 - 20:32

I had a nice night out last night in some clear and WARM!!! weather. Was so nice not freezing my nuts off in the back of a vancicle!

Milkway composite image shot with dirty word FF camera with a Samyang 15mm f2.8.

Core image info - 26 x 10 sec exposures at 3200iso f2.8. Stacked and stretched in Pixinsight, the PP'd in PS.

Comment by Spad posted on One from last night..... at 01/05/2025 - 18:44

Fantastic, detail and the colour is epic!

You have a 645....

WARNING - Jealousy alert...

I am going off you

Comment by Spad posted on 645Z Safari at 30/04/2025 - 10:10

loadoftripe wrote:
I like best the "jaded subject" the first one that is. Did you not use a reverse grad filter for it Spad?

I did indeed!

Thank you all for the nice comments!

Comment by Spad posted on A cluster of random images at 29/04/2025 - 22:24

Over the last few weeks I have been playing!

Been a while since I have posted any images!

1. A jaded subject that I have tried to do differently

2. Long exposure looking out from Deganwy

3. A long exposure in my wild back garden!

4. My lose change bottle.... an empty 3ltr Jack Daniels Bottle!

Comment by Spad posted on A cluster of random images at 28/04/2025 - 23:51

A few weeks ago I went for a drice thru Wales with our lass, and we went to see the Llangernyw Yew tree. This is one of the oldest trees in the world!