
AAPOD COLLECTION
Amateur Astronomy Picture of the Day (AAPOD2) is a website and social media presence. It was built, coordinated, and edited by Jason Matter and Charles
TO EXPLORE THE UNKNOWN UNIVERSE
Telescope: Planewave CDK20 (f/6.8 version)
Mount: Planewave L-500
Frames: Astrodon Gen2 E-Series Tru-Balance Blue 50 mm: 7×300″(35′)
Astrodon Gen2 E-Series Tru-Balance Green 50 mm: 7×300″(35′)
Astrodon Gen2 E-Series Tru-Balance Lum 50 mm: 11×300″(55′)
Astrodon Gen2 E-Series Tru-Balance Red 50 mm: 7×300″(35′)
Amateur Astronomy Picture of the Day (AAPOD2) is a website and social media presence. It was built, coordinated, and edited by Jason Matter and Charles
The Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) is based upon work supported by NASA under award No. 80NSSC17M0076. Each day a different image or photograph
The “AstroBin Image of the Day ” (IOTD) is a long-running system to promote beautiful, interesting, peculiar or otherwise amazing astrophotography. Its goal is to
Our home page banner is left for our user’s photos! The top banner is planned to be changed every two or four weeks. You can
For many years, Terry Hancock imaged from his backyard, but upon retirement, he managed the Grand Mesa Observatory in Colorado, where he currently serves as
Kevin Morefield:” Finding beauty in the night sky is my passion. Reading the works of Clark and Asimov in my youth I dreamed of what
Jarrett Trezzo is an amateur astrophotographer based in Florida, USA. He captures the majority of his images from his Bortle 5 backyard with his primary
Tudor Chibacu is an astrophotographer from Kingston Ontario, Canada. He has captured many wonderful Astro images with QHY cameras, such as below. 【Cygnus Wall HARGB】
The Virgo Cluster(APOD 20230526 ) Camera: QHY 268M Filters: Chroma 36mm LRGB Telescope: Askar 600 Mount: CEM-40 Exposures: L 300*131 R 300s*35 G 300s*35 B
Ron: “I am working to master the art of astrophotography, shooting galaxies, nebulae, star clusters and more. I’ve used just about every digital camera and
“My name is Terry, an amateur astrophotographer, from Hong Kong. In 2015, I started my journey of astrophotography. I can still remember how happy I
“Hi! My name is Antoine Grelin, and I created Galactic Hunter with my wife Dalia. We do our best to make useful astrophotography content for
Graeme Coates has been interested in astronomy for almost 30 years and doing astrophotography on and off for about 25 years, having started and having
Sendhil Chinnasamy lives in Georgetown, Texas USA and got involved in amateur astrophotography since July 2020. He images from his Bortle 4 backyard using Sky-Watcher
Patrick Dufour is a lifelong fan of astronomy, instrumentation and image processing projects living in Quebec, Canada and doing remote imaging from Chile with his
Amit Ashok Kamble: “I am Amit Kamble, originally from Nagpur, India. But have made New Zealand my home for the last 10 years. I have
Ethan Wong is an astrophotographer from Singapore. He has captured many wonderful works. “My first foray into the world of astrophotgraphy was during a vacation
Chuck: “I started Astrophotography in 2011. Shortly after starting my adventures, I bought a QHY9M from advice from a friend and fellow astrophotographer. I’ve been
“My name is Jeremy Hunt and I live in the north of England (UK) in a beautiful place called the Lake District. As the name
Toshiya Arai is a Japanese amateur astrophotographer, he has been working on astrophotography of nebulae and galaxies since 2009 and he has never lost interest.
Mikhaile Savary has captured many nice images. The images of the Veil Nebula, the Flying Bat and Squid Nebula, the Crescent Nebula below are photographed
A life long photographer- Matt Harbison has been photographing space and using QHY cameras for ten years. Having created a full color 200 panel mosaic
Tran Ha is a great astrophotographer from Vietnam. He has shot many nice images like NGC 7293, the “naked” Andromeda, the Witch’s Broom Nebula in
Bogdan Jarzyna is a Polish astrophotographer, who lives in the city of Cracow in Poland. Over the last 15 years, Bogdan has gained a lot
Christopher is an amateur astromer who lives in the island of Cebu, Philippines now. On 2015, the International Astronomical Union officially designated Asteroid 2000 EL157
“Hello, my name is Christoph Kaltseis. I am living in Upper Austria and I took my 1st astronomy image more the 20 years ago. 2015
“My name is Mariusz Szymaszek. I have been involved in photography for 30 years and astrophotography for 7 years. I always try to show the
Francesco Battistella: “I am an Italian astrophotographer based in Venice, Italy. I started my journey of astrophotography in 2016 and, about one year later, I
Rafael R Morales: “This hobby fascinates me since I can remember, at age 11 I bought my first book in a library that no longer
Lukasz Socha is an astronomy amateur, who lives in a small city in the southern part of Poland. He has been interested in astronomy ever
Hi, I have always had a keen interest in astronomy. I made my first steps in astronomy with incredible stories of stars and planets from
Anis Abdul lives in Austin, Texas, USA and has been actively involved in astrophotography since Jan 2014. He is interested in all types of astrophotography
Simon Todd has captured many wonderful works like 【Cocoon Nebula】, 【Cone Nebula – HaRGB – Processed – Signed】,【IC434 – 19x300S RGB – Signed】,【Leo Triplet in
Although Mostly Dr.Qiu is using the camera for testing propose. But sometimes there are nice astronomy images that come out. He has captured many works
Wu Zhen has captured many nice images. The images of Horsehead Nebula, IC 2177/Sh2-292, M31, IC4685, Trifid Nebula, NGC2264 Christmas Tree Cluster below are photographed
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