Photography

moonshinegnomie

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10. yes,multiple nights

Thu May 8, 2025, 08:58 AM

May 8

with astrophotography rather than one super long exposure you take a series of shorter exposures and use special software to stack the individual exposures together. because the object is in he same position relative to other stars you can use exposures taken a while apart.
this shot is actually a total of 175 separate 5 minute exposures stacked and processed in specialized software

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M81 and M82 [View all] moonshinegnomie May 8 OP

How many light years... GiqueCee May 8 #1

about 150k light years moonshinegnomie May 8 #5

How many of those stars no longer exist but their Phoenix61 May 8 #12

Congrats for a stunning photo Danascot May 8 #2

This photo is really something. democrank May 8 #3

Very cool ! Just Jerome May 8 #4

Fantastic image! How do you do 14 hours of exposure though? Is that over a few nights? LymphocyteLover May 8 #6

yes,multiple nights moonshinegnomie May 8 #10

very cool! LymphocyteLover May 8 #20

So you have a tracking telescope? marble falls May 8 #7

yes i do moonshinegnomie May 8 #9

Nice work! marble falls May 8 #21

Wow! 2naSalit May 8 #8

Donald Trump has just signed an executive order renaming galaxies M81 and M82 as Ray Bruns May 8 #11

That's so awsome! Thank you for sharing. Buddyzbuddy May 8 #13

Mind boggling to know there are thousand of galaxies out there in space, many like ours. Fla Dem May 8 #14

So those aren't in our local group. padfun May 8 #15

Oh, I see they're in the big dipper padfun May 8 #16

Way Kool, thanks. Magoo48 May 8 #17

This is an astonishing photo! Thank you so much for sharing your work. CaliforniaPeggy May 8 #18

Very impressive. Thanks for sharing. Martin68 May 8 #19

Wow! Grumpy Old Guy May 8 #22

That is truly cosmic wendyb-NC May 8 #23