Astrophotography in Guyana - Capturing the Night Sky
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This document discusses astrophotography as a hobby in Guyana. It can be done with a budget-friendly beginner's telescope and smartphone, or with more expensive equipment like telescopes over 6 inches and DSLR cameras. The types of astrophotography covered are planetary imaging of objects like Jupiter, Saturn, Mars, and Venus, as well as deep sky imaging of nebulae, galaxies, stars, and the moon. Taking pictures of the night sky can be for personal reasons like meaning or study, or scientific reasons to learn more about celestial objects. Examples are provided of images taken of various planets, galaxies, nebulae, and stars.
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- 1. ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHOTOGRAPHY IN GUYANA
- 2. What is Astrophotography? • Taking pictures of celestial objects (stars, planets, galaxies, etc.) for hobby or scientific purposes. • An exciting hobby that every Guyanese can participate in, regardless of age and class. • Budget friendly endeavor, or very expensive depending on what you want to accomplish. • How to start? Least expensive: Beginner’s telescope with a smartphone. Mid-budget: 4-6” aperture Newtonian reflector with DSLR (digital single- lens reflex) camera High budget: 6” and above aperture with DSLR or CCD (charged coupled device – mainly for scientific study) • DO NOT SELL YOUR HOUSE OR CAR (which is what I would do)
- 3. Types of Astrophotography • Planetary Imaging • Deep Sky Imaging
- 4. Why take pictures of the night sky? • Personal reasons: meaning, purpose, religious, hobby, study • Scientific reasons: studying the nature and motion, past and future of celestial objects.
- 5. So many telescopes, which one to choose???
- 6. Typical Astrophotography Gear • Telescope (Refractor or Reflector) • Camera (DSLR) • Laptop to control aspects of the telescope and post-processing • Battery power pack • USB cables • Post-processing software
- 9. Mahendra Mahadeo – Mechanical Engineer
- 11. Chasing Jupiter
- 12. As Jupiter Turns
- 13. The Planet Venus
- 15. The Planet Mars
- 16. Lunar Captures
- 17. 2015 Blood Moon
- 19. Lunar 1st Phase
- 24. The Core of the Great Orion Nebula
- 25. Horsehead and Flame Nebulae
- 27. Leo Triplet Galaxy Cluster
- 28. Stars
- 30. Antares
- 31. Regor
- 32. Sirius
- 33. More to come! Follow us on Facebook. Thank you!
- 34. • Ferlin F. Pedro • Amateur Astronomers Association of Guyana
Editor's Notes
- The Orion Nebula is a diffuse nebula situated in the Milky Way, being south of Orion's Belt in the constellation of Orion. It is one of the brightest nebulae, and is visible to the naked eye in the night sky. Distance to Earth: 1,344 light years Constellation: Orion
- The Horsehead Nebula is a dark nebula in the constellation Orion. The nebula is located just to the south of the star Alnitak, which is farthest east on Orion's Belt, and is part of the much larger Orion Molecular Cloud Complex. Wikipedia Distance to Earth: 1,500 light years
- The Sculptor Galaxy, also known as the Silver Coin or Silver Dollar Galaxy, NGC 253, is an intermediate spiral galaxy in the constellation Sculptor. Wikipedia Distance to Earth: 11.42 million light years Apparent mass: ~100 billion M☉ Magnitude: 8 Apparent size (V): 27′.5 × 6′.8 Right ascension: 00h 47m 33s Constellation: Sculptor
- small group of galaxies about 35 million light-years away[5] in the constellation Leo. This galaxy group consists of the spiral galaxies M65, M66, and NGC 3628.
- Antares, also designated Alpha Scorpii, is on average the fifteenth-brightest star in the night sky, and the brightest star in the constellation of Scorpius. Wikipedia Distance to Earth: 619.7 light years Magnitude: 1.09
- Sirius is a star system and the brightest star in the Earth's night sky. With a visual apparent magnitude of −1.46, it is almost twice as bright as Canopus, the next brightest star. The system has the Bayer designation Alpha Canis Majoris. Wikipedia Surface temperature: 9,940 K Distance to Earth: 8.611 light years Mass: 4.018 × 10^30 kg (2.02 M☉) Radius: 1.191 million km (1.711 R☉) Constellation: Canis Major