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 (11)
alhak
very cool..or should i say hot..lol nice shot
Cosine
The spiral on the right is awesome! I want a telescope. My birthday is coming up...
dgrits
Nice!! Showing the Dipper to my 8yr old last night, I had no idea these are in there...!
TwoPynts
Amazing...the sheer mangitude of the distances involved here boggle the mind. Great capture.
PR0XIM0
@:Cosine I hope you'll get a good telescope for your birthday,It would be a nice gift! If you will get the telescope you have to prepare yourself to spend long night out your bed,and to get stars in your heart and in your head :)
PR0XIM0
@:TwoPynts The light from these galaxies come from the distant border of our local group..about 12 000 000 light years...completely breathtaking.
PR0XIM0
@:dgrits Yeah...these nice galaxies are only two of an incredibile and nuberless family of different and marvelous object of the sky :)
jcastel
Very, very professional! How long it takes to make a shot like this one?
PR0XIM0
@:jcastel Hi This is a relatively short exposure ,this is a 5x6 min expusure (800ISO) thanks
zina
I want a telescope too - your images are fascinating!
Svarg
Marvelous images! Great job!