Hi PROXIMO here . I live in Italy, in a city in Tuscany called Pietrasanta ( in the Versilia area ), which is within a step from the seaside;just about fifty miles from Florence. I'm a designer in marble works and I'm very passioned about astronomical photography ,reading and music. I approached photography late, around when I was 25. I started directly from astro photography . I began with an old olympus OM-1, 'till when, one fine day, I came across in a Nikon FM2 SLR camera...It was love at first using! I really got good time ,in those days, with it and my telescope. My firs experiences in the astronomical photography was not so good ,and those first results really frustrated me! I spent four years under the night sky before reaching decent results. Those first experiences led me to a new approach to the photography ,technical and expressive, and led me to the knowledge ,step by step, of the "tradictional photography. Recently I turn from the analogic photography to the digital ( which I distrusted till that moment )...I have to tell you the truth..I found it very funny and this new rush led me to a new inpirations. Now ,for the astrophoto, I generally use a MEADE Schmidt Cassegrain 8" reflector telescope (F2000mm f/10 ,that I use to reduce to f/6.3),one F 800mm refractor ,and a russian made F 1000mm catadioptric that I use also as guide instrument.
Comments (13)
jared99
Magical! Such excellent work.
Janiss
Fabullous work!
carlx
M33 is Triangulum galaxy! Is this M31, isn't it? Great capture!!!
PR0XIM0
uh sorry ,I made mistake!!! thank you so much!
TwoPynts
An awe inspiring capture of our nearest galactic neighbor ...and friends. =oD
PR0XIM0
Yes Andromeda is our neighbor and friend...our sister and companion in the local group I'm glad this picture likes you Thanks
brevis
Spectacular shot P - I really like the nice blue tint to the halo and you've done an excellent tracking job and focus is immaculate. Beautiful dust lanes, pin-point stars - perfect shot. Thanks for sharing.
Cosine
Beautiful. It reminds me of an SF story by Isaac Asimov, "The Stars Like Dust."
alhak
WOW....excellent..i don't think we are alone down here..lol
IATROU
Wonderful image ! What kind of telescope do you use ? I'd thought that only Hubble or large telescope based on Earth would be able to catch a picture of such quality ! thanks for your informations back
PR0XIM0
@:IATROU Hi Pictures like these were unthinkable 10 years ago using relatively modest instruments. Today digital technology allows us to obtain almost PRO images. I generally use a MEADE Schmidt Cassegrain 8" reflector telescope (F2000mm f/10 ,that I use to reduce to f/6.3),one F 800mm refractor ,and a russian made F 1000mm catadioptric that I use also as guide instrument. Thanks
Aka-paah
Fantastic Photo! The number of stars in this one little slice of sky boggles the mind!
G_Mansco
I have no words for this, really splendid ;O)