Orion Nebula M42 and M43 in OIII

This evening I made some pictures of M42 and M43 using an OIII filter. Pictures where stacked and editing using CS4.

Running Man Nebula NGC 1977 with M42 and M43

Observation of the Running Man Nebula NGC 1977, Orion Nebula NGC 1976 M42 and de Mairan’s Nebula NGC 1982 M43. All in one picture, taken with Nikon D7500 and TLAPO480/80. Limited editing using CS4.

Smiley in the Sky

Beautiful  upside-down rainbow or circumzenithal arc located "above" the Sun. This halo was almost at the zenith of the sky and bright enough to see with the naked eye. 

What's happening with the Camera Industry?

Overview of the Camera Industry year by year. Interesting facts of the total camera market aswell as the significant drop over the last years.

Nikon D7500 Temperature effect on ISO and Noise

Picture below shows the impact of temperture on noise levels for different ISO values.
The colder, the less noise, as we all know :)

Morning Sky with Jupiter and Mars

Again a very clear sky this morning with Jupiter and Mars stealing the show.

Explored setting of the camera and decreased shuttertime to 8 seconds and increased ISO level up to ISO 3200. Stars are better visible and more bright. Above picture is not RAW but started from Jpg.

The Power of Pixels

I keep being impressed on the Power of Pixels. My first DSLR Nikon D60 had 10.9Mp, My Nikon D7500 has 20.9Mp. Even though the sensor of Nikon D60 is 4% bigger then Nikon D7500; the latter one has a pixel density twice as big. I know, the difference is 9 years between the two camera's and technically this difference is huge. In that, the D60 is equiped with a CCD chip and the D7500 with a CMOS chip. Processing the picture after once it's shot, takes no time to store and to show. It took almost 50s for the D60 (Time = 30s)
But the most impressive are the results of the picture... everytime I'm amazed.

Orion and Orion Nebula M42

Big picture taken with 27mm lens, insert with TLAPO80/480 f/6.