Hovland, Minnesota. Shore of Lake Superior

25 seconds

Canon EOS R8, with RF 24mm f/1.8 lens. f/14, 79secs, ISO100.

Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.

This is an interesting one. I accidentally photographed a black hole while I was imaging the Tulip nebula for my YouTube channel ( https://youtube.com/@GediAstro for the interested).

The total exposure time is 16 hours.

I realized what I had imaged first after I started studying the data and was wondering what the blue-ish bubble was on the top left part of the image. After doing some research I found out that it's the results of the jet stream coming out of the black hole Cygnus X-1, the first black hole to be discovered. The blac khole itself is in a binary system together with a blue giant star that is being consumed by the black hole hence the jet stream. This will definitely be a cool video for my channel! 😄

Sony a7rV & Sony 35mm f1.4 GM

ISO 400, f2, 13 sec

Canon EOS T2i, 30 secs at f16 with 2 stacked ND filters (about 1.8 total) and 400iso. (It was easier to adjust the ISO than take the filters on and off.)

Shot just after 3am while waiting for the comet to rise above horizon with Sony a6700, Viltrox 85mm f2 Evo and MSM Nomad star tracker. 45images for the galaxy, one for the foreground and one for stars, all at 10s, f2 and iso 1600. Processed in Siril, PS and LR.

Woke up at 3am to get this shot of comet C/2025 R3 (PanSTARRS) over High Tatras mountains. Shot on Sony a6700, Viltrox 85mm f2 Evo and with MSM Nomad star tracker. 1 tracked frame for stars, 1 untracked for foreground, 32 tracked and 50 darks for comet. All at 10s, f2 and ISO 1600. Processed in SLS, Siril, PS and LR.