How i collect the photons

I get a lot of questions of how i am taking my pictures, will try to explain as good as i can 🙂 The most important thing of astro photography is the mount. It has to be sturdy and compensate for the earth rotation, other wise, i would get elongated stars. The mount that i […]

First of the season – Wizard nebula (ongoing)

Called in sick, had a Whiskey and editing some “Wizard nebula” When i am editing my deep sky photos, i am using a software called PixInsight, very powerful, but also a steep learning curve which i am struggling with for several hours on each picture. I am photographing with a monochrome camera, Atik 460EX and […]

#Throw back Saturday?

Digging in the archive. This is the Horse head nebula, even called B33 (Barnard 33, from Edward Barnard, American astronomer) It lies 1500 light years from us and is a star nursery, within the dust clouds, which is among other gases, hydrogen gas, hundreds of stars are born. The bright star on the far left (just […]

Perseid meteor shower – season starts with a bang!

The season starts with a bang (litterally) It isn’t quite yet astronomical twilight here in Sweden, but the Perseid meteor shower is a nice start for a bit of wide field photography. This picture was taken a bit outside of Arvika, which you can see in the background. The same night, just after i was […]

Astrophotography 101

Well… Messier 101 in this case, even called the Pinwheel galaxy A Galaxy not that far away, just around the corner at 21 million light years. I have used 4,5hrs of exposure on this one, 70 mins in each Luminance and Hydrogen alpha and about 45 mins of R,G and B. This time, i tried […]

Let there be light!

In a small village in the western part of Sweden, Värmland, i have setup my own observatory. When i first started photographing galaxies and nebulas, i litterally stuffed my car with cameras, computers, tripod, mount, telescope, cables, batteries… the list goes on. The weather was always freezing, but the sky was clear, at least for […]