Showing posts with label galaxies. Show all posts
Showing posts with label galaxies. Show all posts

Wednesday, March 21, 2012

Astrophotography is fun. My photo of the M81 galaxy

Internet browser, remotely point the telescope to target, select exposure time (this one was 600 seconds), run script. I am sitting in Ontario. The telescope is on a 2200 meter mountain in New Mexico. 5 minutes after I close the shutter, the image is in my hand. I am very happy with my first deep space photograph.

Here is M81, a spiral galaxy in Ursa Major, along with key info about my session, and conditions at the observatory site.