New projects
Astrophotography

SH 2-94 SNR

Most basic star atlases don’t even depict it, but like the famous Veil Nebula, it’s hiding in Cygnus. It is located near Albireo. Sure, it looks a lot like the popular Veil complex, but it is actually much, much fainter, more difficult to capture.

PLANETS AGAIN

It’s planetary season. With the new cameras, I’ll try to visit them and take some nice pictures to remember these spacewalks…

Aerial photography
DRONE

NEW DRONE PHOTOS

From the hills of Balaton Highlands to Adriatic Sea… we can enjoy the beautiful view of the nature.

BALATON SUNSET

NEW AERIAL VIDEOS

Although I rarely shoot aerial video, sometimes the moving image and sound capture the mood better than the still image. In the latest short clip, Tündi and I send greetings from the magical mountains of Gran Canaria.

Former projects

MOON MOUNTAINS

I have dedicated a camera for the Moon, Sun and planets and a suitable stretching, which allows me to get closer to the optimal resolution in good seeing. This is the first test image with the camera at 10 meters focus.

ET’S FINGER

NGC 6820, or Sh 2-86, is a moderately bright emission nebula at a distance of about 6000 light-years.

COILING DRAGON NEBULA

The huge Veil complex covers an area the size of 6 Full Moons in the sky and is one of the most beautiful objects in summer. NGC 6979 is a faint, rarely photographed part of it.

RING NEBULA

The picture shows the Ring Nebula, which has been very thoroughly photographed. It’s a really common object because the centre is very bright. But the outer regions are more difficult to show.

click to see all solar system images!

click to see all deep sky images!

River of Stars

A special video project, a kind of summary from my astrophotos of the last decade. It is only 4 minutes with 4k resolution. We are many amateurs who enjoy cosmos at home, relaxing, while putting a whole serious amount of work on the table. This is how the 2010s looked to me.

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Current news
CLOUD OCEAN

COMPETITIONS OF 2024

My image of Venus & Moon in IR was selected by two international juries. It came runner up in Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition and third place in Astrocamera 2024 competition.

APOD

SOUTHERN MOONSCAPE

The Moon’s south pole is toward the top left of this detailed telescopic moonscape. Captured on August 23, it looks across the rugged southern lunar highlands. The view’s foreshortened perspective heightens the impression of a dense field of craters and makes the craters themselves appear more oval shaped close to the lunar limb.

Equipment

TELESCOPES, MOUNTS, CAMERAS…

  • 400/1820 ANT Home Made Newtonian
  • 300/1200 Home Made Newtonian
  • Sky-Watcher 355/1600 Dobsonian
  • Fornax Mounts 150
  • Sky-Watcher EQ-6
  • ZWO ASI cameras and filters
  • ZWO ASIAIR full system package
  • TeleVue and Explore Scientific products


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Home made Newtonian - blog

My main telescope is a special product of my own design and manufacture. Many months of planning, calculations, then finding the professionals, many online discussions, then calculations again, budget, ideas, ideas rejected, then new ideas, their implementation… It was a very busy process. A telescope that truly encapsulates the experience of my past years. I blogged about it all the way through. It’s written in English, but you can read it with Google translate.

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It happened earlier...

GRAN CANARIA

When we’re not sitting in the tourist resorts, this island is very diverse (we’ve experienced this before in neighbouring Tenerife). There are several climate zones, from desert to tropical vegetation to mountain forests. And the change happens within a few kilometres, quite amazing, you can find yourself in another world in just a few minutes.

UNIVERSO MÁGICO

Universo Mágico astronomy portal has chosen my latest photo as a featured image. This is now my 14th image chosen by the site since 2017.

Travel 

Click and enjoy some wonderful and inviting pictures from our trips with my family. Our world is one amazing place, we tried to capture something unique from each country.

Aerial moments

I believe you do not need to visit exotic places to capture beautiful moments. Somtimes the best shots are to be found locally, even around your home. I like it here. Silence, mist, sunlight, fog, sailboats, ruins, birds, water, hills.

Awards and publications

NASA APOD - ASTRONOMY PICTURE OF THE DAY

COMPETITIONS

OTHERS

Ars poetica
About me

Hello and welcome to my astrophotography and aerial photography page! I am Lóránd Fényes Hungarian photographer, member of the Hungarian amateur astrophotographer community.

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