Astronomy Now: Orion Constellation/Nebula by DSLR/telescope

Below, I used the telescope to photograph the Orion Nebula. Stars have some tails. A more success image is the one shot on October 21, 2012.

Above:
Name: Orion Nebula
Location: Baia Mare, Romania
Date: 28/12/2013
Time: 00:28:46
Telescope: Newtonian 8 "Celestron
Ocular: No
Camera: Nikon D80 body
Exposure: 25 sec
Aperture: F1
ISO 1000
Edit: FastStone

Edited: exposures of 20, 25 and 30 seconds.

Above are edited images.
Below are the original photos.

Originals: exposures of 20, 25 and 30 seconds.

Last night, I went out with the telescope on the outskirts of Baia Mare city. It was an acceptable temperature for this period of 5 degrees. The sky was completely clear. I can not say that this night was successful, but is my duty to post here what I have achieved with and without telescope.

Above are images of Orion constellation photographed without telescope. I've posted here the original images to see the difference for every more 5 seconds exposure in each image. Notice the light pollution in each of the three pictures. The level rises as the exposure is longer. At 30 seconds, the picture is already orange.

Above:
Name: Orion
Location: Baia Mare, Romania
Date: 28/12/2013
Time: 12:00 to 1:30
Telescope: No
Ocular: No
Camera: Nikon D80, 18-55mm
Exposures: 20, 25 and 30 sec
Aperture: F5.1
ISO 1000
Edit: FastStone

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Nikon D80 DSLR Orion Pictures Observational astronomy

Photo with name of stars, exposure 15 sec, F 5.66, ISO 400

Exposure 13 sec, F 5.6, ISO 400, edited, at 19:24:44

Original photo, no editing, exposure 15 sec, F 5.66, ISO 400, at 19:26:32

15 sec exposure, F 5.66, ISO 400, edited, at 19:24:44

Original photo. no editing, exposure 30 sec, F 5.6, ISO 400 at 19:30:14

Exposure 30 sec, F 5.6, ISO 400, edited, at 19:30:14

I made ​​these images with the constellation Orion on the night the Moon, Jupiter and Venus were close to each other. Images were taken with Nikon D80 DSLR. The device was screwed on the telescope tube, designed for piggyback.
It was not a motorized mount, but I moved the telescope manually with the Earth rotation. The longest exposure time that I managed to achieve without the stars leaving traces, was 30 ".

Name: Orion Constellation
Location: Baia Mare, Romania
Date: 26/02/2012
Time: 7:03 p.m. to 7:11 p.m.
Telescope: No (used only for piggyback)
Eyepiece: No
Camera: Nikon D80, 18-35mm kit
Exposure: 13 to 30 sec, manual
Aperture: F5
ISO: 400
Edit: FastStone

Name: Orion Constellation
Location: Baia Mare, Romania
Date: 26/02/2012
Time: 7:36 p.m.
Telescope: No (used only for piggyback)
Eyepiece: No
Camera: Nikon D80, 18-35mm kit
Exposure: 13 sec, manual
Aperture: F3,5
ISO: 1000
Edit: FastStone

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Moon, Jupiter and Venus with DSLR Nikon D80 - observational astronomy.

Tonight I had a night out on the outskirts of Baia Mare. It was a splendid sky, and it meant for me  my baptism in DSLR  astroimaging, because I managed to shoot Orion without elongation of stars at a maximum time of 30 seconds (not much, but for me is good, given that was not geared a motor on the mount), but the result will be in another article. The device was screwed on the telescope tube, designed for piggyback.

 I took a taxi with a friend of mine and went to the edge of town. It was pretty cold but we were lucky with the thermos with hot tea we had. To the end of the observations, at 21:00, we had frozen fingers, but it worth the suffering: I filmed and photographed with and without the telescope. Clouds have walked everywhere, but they were fast, so we had always where to find a place to observe.

These photos with Nikon D80, captures Luna in center, left Jupiter, and Venus right, all at ISO 400.

Name: Moon, Jupiter and Venus
Location: Baia Mare, Romania
Date: 26/02/2012
Time: 7:03 p.m. to 7:11 p.m.
Telescope: No (used for piggyback)
Eyepiece: No
Camera: Nikon D80 18-35mm kit
Exposure: 1/4 - 1/2 to 2 - 3 - 6 to 13 sec, manual
Aperture: F5
ISO: 400

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Venus through Celestron 8"

Photographer: Lupu Victor
Telescope:Celestron C8-N(celestron newtonian)
Mount: C5
Eyepiece: Hyperion 10mm,Barlow 2x
Camera: Nikon D80,adaptor Hyperion,inel T Nikon
Filter: no
Date: 16.01.2011
Hour:07:10
Location: Baia Mare,Romania
Exposure details: - 1000

These are the first pictures taken with the 10mm Hyperion of an heavenly body this morning on my balcony.The results are not so successful, but Venus anyway it's hard to catch in less light being closer to the Sun.The firstpicture above is the original, and yhe others are edited in Fast Stone.I've reduced gamma slightly and increased the sharpness.

I wanted to test for connecting the accessories of Hyperion 10mm. with Nikon D 80, and it seems like two of the accessories I bought for no use this moment. Buy first only the T-2 M43 adapter for Hyperion and extension tubes T-2 40mm. and 7,5mm.,later. And of course you have to buy the T ring for Nikon.

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