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November 2025 Balboa Park pics (Part 1 of 2) After running an errand in Balboa Park late Saturday afternoon, I decided to do some...

For me, mostly reading posts, threads then following up where I can on references given by the experts. All your above points also to...

As Greg has mentioned in the past, caring and sharing with the community, as well as the intellectual stimulation, and learning...

I like seeing crackpots banned. Especially when stupidity is triumphing in real life.

Politics, spam, and silly beliefs are banned and rudeness is discouraged. These rules are diligently enforced. Such service is rare on...

Me and My Dad do a lot of astrophotography in our back garden, me and my little sister have been helping him out since he was young...

Some amazing photos in this article! 15 Otherworldly Finalists of the 2025 Astronomy Photographer of the Year Contest...

Could be! Here's an image I took a while ago, my 15mm lens on a regular-ol' tripod, 30s exposure: M31 is the smudge in the lower...

I don't know if its the minimum. I took this picture end of 2021 with my Sony A7III using a 200 mm telephoto lens together with the...

Flaming Star Nebula (IC 405), celebrated from my back patio, January-March, 2025. IC 405 is an emission and reflection nebula in the...

I had in mind something like we see here: https://www.blog.jimdoty.com/?p=31403 although even here the kit being used is a bit out of my...

FWIW, a good telephoto lens is also a good refracting telescope. But I am not sure what you mean by "resolve Andromeda as a galaxy"...

Experimenting with a wider lens, imaging the area around Brocchi's cluster/NGC 6802: Nikon D810 + Nikkor 105/1.4 @ f/2; 30s subs on...

I would suggest a 135mm or 200mm tele lens, but it also depends on if your camera is a full frame, APS-C (or even Micro Four Thirds)...

Wish I had kit to take pics like you guys are taking! Practically speaking I guess the next step for me will be some form of telephoto...