New projects
Deep sky

LAGOON NEBULA

One of the most stunning jewels of the summer sky is the Lagoon Nebula (M8), a vast, glowing cloud of gas and dust that acts as a veritable star factory at the heart of the Milky Way.

ETA CARINAE NEBULA

The Eta Carinae Nebula (or NGC 3372) is one of the most fascinating and active star-forming regions in the night sky. It is four times larger and much brighter than the famous Orion Nebula.

Solar system

THEOPHILUS

If you’ve ever pointed a telescope at the Moon around the first quarter, your eye has almost certainly been drawn to a monumental triple crater on the northern edge of Mare Nectaris…

JUPITER

I only create planetary images a few times a year; it’s not my main genre. But now I’ve made one of the king of planets.

Former projects

M82

M82 (or NGC 3034) is not a peaceful, spinning star-filled city. This galaxy is one of the cosmos’s “powerhouses,” earning the nickname “Cigar Galaxy” due to its striking shape and extreme physical processes…

M42 AND M43

M42 and M43: high-resolution photos of the popular Orion Nebula, allowing you to explore the details.

PLATO, MONTES ALPES

The enormous Plato crater shown in the picture is not an ordinary impact crater. The Alpine Valley is a 166-kilometer-long, straight-as-an-arrow fissure.

DRONE

CLAVIUS

High-resolution lunar photo, taken under perfectly calm skies, with a G filter at a focal length of 5 meters.

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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

nPAE COMPETITION

First Place: Planetary Project – nPAE 2026 Northern Hemisphere Championship. Thank you to the jury for this honor.

APOD

IOTD

Another Moon IOTD, the third in a row: my image “Peaks, shadows” was recognized as the image of the day on the Astrobin portal.

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.

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It happened earlier...

AP. PRIZE 2025

My image of the crescent moon received a Golden Award in the finals of the international Astrophotography Prize competition and achieved a combined 3rd place (TOP 5). In addition, four of my other images received smaller and larger awards.

CLOUD OCEAN

ASTROCAMERA 2025

The Astrocamera 2025 international astrophotography competition allowed participants to submit up to five images in different categories. This year, all of my submitted images received some kind of award, even though, as announced during the gala show, this year’s competition had the most diverse international field in its history.

Aerial moments

Click and enjoy some wonderful and inviting pictures from the sky…

Lake Balaton...

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

ASTROBIN

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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