some night sky shots

[rdking647]

finally had some clear skies and time to shoot at night

Jupiter


saturn


full moon



dumbbell nebula (M27)

[elleng]

1. OH MY GOODness!!!!

[Blue Dawn]

2. Wow....

I especially love your photo of Jupiter!

Thank you for sharing these.

[GPV]

3. Wow!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

4. Those are superb captures! It amazes me that you can do this.

Thank you so much for sharing your outstanding work!

[rdking647]

5. technical details

the planets are with a cheap telescope i bough severl years ago at costco. i used a 3x barlow lens (like a teleconverter) plus an aold sony a6000 camera for a combined effective focal length of 4050mm

the moon is with the scope and no barlow lens

the nebula is with a 250mm f4.9 lens on the sony a6000
its a total of a 3 hour exposure (120 90 second shots) plus calibration shots

all taken just outside of Austin Texas

[ManiacJoe]

9. Thank you!

[wyn borkins]

6. Heavenly

Thank you most-kindly for sharing these heavenly images.

[Grumpy Old Guy]

7. Spectacular!

[mnhtnbb]

8. Fabulous!

I was out looking at the sky last night with just my eyeballs. Even without magnification, it's an amazing sight.

Love your shots! Thanks for posting them.

[HAB911]

10. love your work!