Informations about this site

This is just my small home for my astrophotographys in the unlimited and space like internet. Astrophotography is a very new hobby for me. I made my first images in december 2019 with a newly bought Skywatcher Sky Adventurer and using my Nikon D5700 and a 300mm telephoto lens. I’m still learning something new every night.

It’s a hobby I do for fun and interesst in science. As a child I have been fascinated with space, space travel and everything that belongs in this area.

In 2019 I got into contact with astrophotography. A collegue of mine showed me his photos from the moon and other targets and I was in awe. I caught fire on the spot and wanted to try this too. So a big thanks to Thomas for showing me a new world that’s waiting to be explored.

The results of my adventure and experiments will be shown on this homepage. I wish you fun and I hope you will like the photos. But please remember…. I’m not a professional photographer or astronom. So there can and will be mistakes. You are free to shoot me a message so that I can fix them. 😉

Equipment:

  • Nikon DSLR – D5600
  • Nikkor AF-S 70-300mm 4.5-5.6 G lens
  • Nikkor 18-70mm lens
  • Carbon Stativ
  • Sky Watcher – Star Adventurer Skytracker
  • 3D printed Bathinov mask
  • Skywatcher EQ5 Pro with SynScan GoTo equatorial mount
  • Skywatcher Newtonian 150 PDS / 750 mm f/5
  • Baader 2″ Coma Corrector MPCC Mark III
  • 2x Barlow
  • Artesky Guidescope UltraGuide 32mm
  • Omegon Kamera GUIDE 1200b M Mono

Software (pre-/post-processing):

  • N.I.N.A.
  • PHD2
  • SharpCap Pro
  • Stellarium
  • AstroPixel Processor
  • Regim
  • RNC Color Stretch
  • Siril
  • Astra Image
  • Affinity Photo

I also have an instagram account where I post my photos and other stuff. I would be happy if you follow me on instagram:

https://www.instagram.com/astro_adastra

All photos are public domain – https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ .

No one owns space, stars, galaxies or nebula. So I do not own them either. I have the honor to take photos of it. So I invite everyone to use, save, share and view my photos. In every post is a link to the high res version of the photo for you to download.

If you use the photos feel free to give me credits if you want. I short feedback/information would be very kind and a realy motivational push for me. 😉

Should I have to protect/copyright a picture due to persons or buildings, companys, etc. that can be seen, I will post an information about the copyrights in that case on the page of the posting.