Astronomy

Basic astrophotography without a telescope. I find it fascinating that we live in a time where we can observe the sky with a normal camera. And once I move out of the light-polluted "Randstad" I will buy a proper astrophotography setup.

The Milky Way

As seen from Germany
August 2016

Earthshine

The light side is lit by the Sun and the dark side by light reflecting off Earth
April 2016

Comet

The comet Neowise seen from Delfgauw in July 2020. The sky in this area is always orange because of greenhouse lights, but I managed to reduce this in the photo editor.
July 2020

Jupiter and the Galilean moons

Galileo discovered these in 1610 and now we can see them orbit Jupiter with a 300mm zoomlens from our backyard.
March 2016

Another Milky Way

This one is taken from a ski resort in France, where the sky is clear.
February 2016

The Moon

As seen from Delft
May 2020

Orion Nebula

Hard to get this sharp with my current setup. The result required some photoshop to get the purple gas clouds stand out a bit.
February 2015

Orion drowning in stars

Seen from France
February 2016

The phase of Venus

Just like the Moon, Venus has phases. These depend on the relative position between Earth, Venus and the Sun
April 2020

Milky Way Périgord

Above the mansion
September 2022