Single-Shot Astrophotography Entries

Entries must consist of a single image (no flats, dark frames, stacking, etc.).

  • Waxing Gibbous Moon

    Jose Aguilar: Waxing Gibbous Moon 92% full moon.

    Equipment:
    Celestron Powerseeker 70mm on tripod.
    Canon EOS Rebel T5i DSLR.

    Exposure and Processing:
    Single raw image converted to Jpeg.
    ISO 100 at 1/320s

  • Moonrise

    Mike Porras: Date of Photo: July 19, 2021 7:56 PM (0256 GMT)
    The Moon of the Earth as seen through the telescope (Image is reversed). 73% Waxing Gibbous Moon

    Equipment:
    Nikon D7100
    Barska Refractor on a Skywatcher HEQ5 Pro

    Exposure and Processing:
    1/100 sec
    Aperture: 60mm
    Focal Length: 700mm
    F-Ratio: 11.7
    Images: 1
    Slight reduction in saturation applied.

  • Jet and Moon

    Ray Blumhorst: Jet & Moon

    Equipment:
    Canon720HS, hand held

    Exposure and Processing:
    one image, auto exposure,
    Photoshop cropped and processed.

  • Partial Solar Eclipse

    Lewis Chilton: Partial solar eclipse of October 23, 2014 (mid-eclipse).

    Equipment:
    Canon EOS T3i DSLR, Celestron-Vixen 4-inch f/9.8 achromatic refractor, white light solar filter, at prime focus.

    Exposure and Processing:
    Approximately 1/750 sec.
    Processed in Adobe Photoshop to enhance contrast and color.

  • Wide Angle Photo of Milky Way

    Eric Yaras: Wide angle photo of the Milky Way

    Equipment:
    Shot on a Nikon D800 using a 28mm lens, mounted on a Celestron CG5 mount.

    Exposure and Processing:
    Single shot exposure 4 minutes.
    Only basic color correction in Light Room.

  • C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE) @ Mt Wilson Comms towers

    PJ Goldfinger: C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE) @ Mt Wilson Comms towers. On Top of LA

    Equipment:
    Canon T2i

    Exposure and Processing:
    just a happy snap || Shot noise , Low-Fi fun