A personal journal of the night sky.
What began as simple curiosity about the night sky gradually evolved into a passion for astrophotography. Through long nights of observation, imaging, and processing, I’ve learned that astrophotography is as much about patience and precision as it is about the final image. Every photograph in this archive represents hours of planning, data collection, and post-processing, capturing light that has often travelled for hundreds, thousands, or even millions of years before reaching my sensor. For me, astrophotography is where engineering, science, and wonder come together. It continues to inspire the same curiosity that drives my work in technology and research.
4 platesDeep sky
Plate 01M42 
Orion Nebula
- Type
- Deep sky
- Captured
- RA / Dec
- 05h 35m / −05° 23′
- Light travelled
- about 1,300 years
Plate 02M51 
Whirlpool Galaxy
- Type
- Spiral galaxy
- Captured
- RA / Dec
- 13h 30m / +47° 12′
- Light travelled
- more than 20 million years
Plate 04M16 
Eagle Nebula
- Type
- Emission nebula
- Captured
- RA / Dec
- 18h 19m / −13° 49′
- Light travelled
- about 6,000 years
Plate 07M66 
Leo Triplet Member
- Type
- Intermediate spiral
- Captured
- RA / Dec
- 11h 20m / +12° 59′
- Light travelled
- about 35 million years
3 platesSolar system
Plate 03High-res mosaic 
Lunar Surface
- Light travelled
- 1.3 seconds
Plate 05Gas giant 
Jupiter
- Light travelled
- 35 to 50 minutes
Plate 06Ringed planet 
Saturn
- Light travelled
- over an hour
InstrumentEquipment

- Telescope
- Celestron NexStar 130SLTAstro-modified for deep-sky imaging.
- Camera
- Canon EOS Rebel T3i (600D)Modified for enhanced hydrogen-alpha sensitivity.
Signal chainSoftware and workflow
- PlanningStellarium
- AcquisitionPIPP
- StackingDeepSkyStacker, AutoStakkert!
- ProcessingSiril, GraXpert, AstroSharp, RegiStax
- FinishingGIMP
Some of the light captured here started its journey long before human civilization existed.