All posts by Khosro Jafarizadeh

DeepSky, NightSky, Sky Events, Transit the Planet

Mars shines inside the Beehive cluster (M44)

The glow of the planet Mars in the beehive star cluster..
Friday evening, June 12, 2023, was the best opportunity to see the planet Mars among the stars of the beautiful beehive star cluster .
Prepared to photograph this fascinating phenomenon and the sky became cloudy as usual.
But I didn’t stop trying and I got this image with proper photography and processing.

Equipment :
Camera : Canon6D
Optic : Canon 200mmII
Mount : Sky-Watcher HEQ5Pro

Data :
RGB : 25x5s
Dark : -15
Flat : -60
Software : PixInsight, Photoshop

Credit :
Khosro Jafarizadeh
www.instagram.com/khosro.jafarizadeh

DeepSky, NightSky

Interstellar dust in Auriga

One of my favorite constellations is Auriga.
This constellation is full of dark nebulae, open and closed star clusters, molecular clouds and interstellar dust.
This January, I had the opportunity to photograph this beautiful constellation with the Sigma 85 Art lens in the unique and dark sky of the Iranian desert.
This image is the result of 144 photos with exposure of 2 minutes for each photo, which is a total of 4.8 hours of photography of this area of ​​the sky.
When I look more closely at the Flamingo Nebula and the dark clouds near the red giant star, Theta Auriga, I scream with excitement.

Equipment information:
Camera : Canon6D Modified
Lens : 85 Art Sigma
Tracker : Sky-Watcher Adventurer ProPack

Data Information:
Date : Jan, 25, 2023
Location : Mesr desert – Iran
RGB : 144x120s
Dark : 22x120s
Flat : -60
Bias : -200
Software : PixInsight, Photoshop

Credit :
Khosro Jafarizadeh
www.instagram.com/khosro.jafarizadeh