Astrophotography

Astrophotography

Astrophotography

Astrophotography enables a completely different view of the sky than we can achieve with the eye or the telescope. Due to the long exposure times, details in objects can be shown that until a few years ago could only be reached at the largest telescopes. Even the light pollution of cities can be avoided by using special filters.

On this page we present the possibilities of this fascinating technique. Most of the pictures were taken at the University of Oldenburg or in the immediate vicinity. Please refer to the image description for the techniques used.

With automatic telescopes, images of current observation objects can also be created in a short time. Here you will find a short description and processed images.

Oldenburg All-Sky Camera

Aurora over Oldenburg (start 17.3., ca.23.30, AllSky-Cam)
Geminids 2014 (Sandra Drolshagen and Jana Kretschmer)

Remote telescope recordings

Astrofotos
NGC 3372 (Eta Carinae Nebula, Planewave 700, 5min ha,r,g,b,l each)
Messier 33, taken with robotic telescope on Tenerife (SLOOH T2HM, 42cm diameter, f 2939mm ca 400min exposure time)
Messier 42, taken with robotic telescope on Tenerife (SLOOH T2HM, 42cm diameter, f 2939mm)

Astrophotos with SLR and tripod without tracking

Moon (1 x 1/2000s, 400 mm focal length)
Detail of the constellation of Orion (200 x 5s, DSLR 50mm focal length)
Pleiades (100 x 5s, DSLR 50mm focal length)
Venus in phase ( 1/10s, 400mm focal length)
Central region of the Milky Way with localisation of Sag A* (central black hole) (20 x 5 s, focal length approx. 30mm, location Capo Lavantado, Dom. Republic).
Lovejoy (C/2014 Q2) Nikon D610, 50mm focal length, f=2.2, exp 4s per exposure, ca 600 exposures, ISO=1250-2000, processed with DSSand Iris (A. Schönfeld)
Lovejoy, Canon 600da, 46x15s, f/2.8, Pixinsight, reddish shimmering of the so called California Nebula)

Astrophotos with DSLR and tracking

Andromeda Galaxy (M31), 200 x 30s, 50mm focal length
Constellation Orion with Bernards Loop, 200 x 30s, 50mm focal length

Astrophotos with tracking and telescope

C2PU - Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur

Excursion to the C2PU in Nice 2015.

 

1m telescope of the C2PU.

 

C2PU in Nice. Taken with a reflex camera. By Andreas Schönfeld

 

Image of comet LINEAR-C-2016-A8 in front of NGC 6992, part of the Cygnus arc. Image taken at 12x300s. Taken at the C2PU.
NGC 7331 taken with the 1m telescope of the C2PU

 

M 57 taken with the 1m telescope of the C2PU

 

M 104 taken with the 1m telescope of the C2PU

 

M 51 taken with the 1m telescope of the C2PU

 

C2PU in Nice. Taken with a reflex camera. By Andreas Schönfeld

 

Student recordings

Pleiades - Taken by students with EQ1 and SLR camera in winter semester 2016/17 as part of the seminar for the astrophysics lecture.
Teide, Tenerife. Taken with a reflex camera. By Andreas Schönfeld

 

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