New projects
Astrophotography

M106

The M106 galaxy is a very interestingly coloured star city in itself, I published a photo of it a few years ago. However, I have not been able to capture the reddish jets before.

SN 2024GY IN NGC 4216

The supernova SN 2024gy, discovered in early January 2024, is still very visible in March in the galaxy NGC 4216.

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.

Explore my astrophotohraphy!

Surf through the wonders of the Universe and find some colorful deep space pictures.

Former projects

ROARING DRAGON

This image shows the central part of the IC 405 emission nebula (popularly known as the Flaming Star Nebula), a reflection nebula within the red nebula, located near the hot O-type star AE Aurigae.

MOON PICTURES

I take photos of the moon all the time. I uploaded the most recent ones recently. Craterlands, and full moon images have been added to the gallery.

MESSIER 78

Of the winter objects, I can get lost the most in the blue glow of Messier 78 and the prominent dust lane stretching in front of it. I think it’s beautiful.

NGC 2903

The first astrophotograph of 2024 is of a beautiful, small galaxy at the head of Leo. An ideal target for the ANT, with fine details.

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.

Interests

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.

APOD

IRIS

These cosmic clouds have blossomed 1,300 light-years away in the fertile starfields of the constellation Cepheus. Called the Iris Nebula, NGC 7023 is not the only nebula to evoke the imagery of flowers.

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


Check it out!

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.

Check out the blog!

It happened earlier...

UNIVERSO MÁGICO

Universo Mágico astronomy portal has chosen my latest photo as a featured image. This is now my 13th image chosen by the site since 2017.

CLOUD OCEAN

ASIWEEK

ZWO has chosen an image of the Tiger Eye galaxy as its image of the week. (ZWO Astronomy Picture of the week /#24 / 2023.)

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.

Write me

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me. I will respond to your email as soon as possible. Thank you!