Adriano Almeida

Adriano Almeida Urban astrophotographer and space enthusiast. Explore the cosmos with me!

It's not the eclipse photo I was hoping for, but after a day of overcast skies, I was just happy to see the sun peek thr...
04/09/2024

It's not the eclipse photo I was hoping for, but after a day of overcast skies, I was just happy to see the sun peek through and create this beautiful rosy nebula effect through the clouds.

Sun, Sand and Smithsonian. Our 2024 spring break road trip to Myrtle Beach with a stop in Washington DC. Just in time to...
03/23/2024

Sun, Sand and Smithsonian. Our 2024 spring break road trip to Myrtle Beach with a stop in Washington DC. Just in time to catch the first cherry blossoms!

Everyone's been talking about this green 'Neanderthal' comet that hasn't visited our inner solar system since the last i...
02/03/2023

Everyone's been talking about this green 'Neanderthal' comet that hasn't visited our inner solar system since the last ice age. I figured they were all full of $&^% because all I could see for week was clouds.

Well, I guess it wasn't a hoax 😜
The skies finally cleared on Tuesday/Wednesday and I got this shot of comet C/2022 E3 ETF (This thing needs a publicist, that name sucks!).

I shot it with my 80mm refractor and a cooled astro camera. Processed with APP, Pixinsight and some Photoshop. This is my 2nd (and cleaner) edit of this data set. I hope you enjoy it!

In celebration of the successful NASA Artemis launch a few days ago and our return to the moon, here's a high dynamic ra...
11/19/2022

In celebration of the successful NASA Artemis launch a few days ago and our return to the moon, here's a high dynamic range photo that I took last week. It's 99.9% full in this shot and I've combined two separate exposures to bring out that beautiful sky-glow.

11/11/2022

Here's a little video I shot to illustrate some of my solar photography/timelapse process.

I was focused on active sunspot regions 3140 & 3141 for about an hour and I was rewarded with a nice little burst 🌞

NEVER VIEW THE SUN WITHOUT PROPER PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT!

11/08/2022

Here's a quick 3D animation of one of my 2D astro photos. Not super scientific, but lots of fun!

This is the centre of the Heart Nebula in Cassiopeia... a formation of twisting gasses called Melotte 15.

10/28/2022

Our Star, Sol - 24.10.2022

Last week I managed to capture 1hr of solar footage. On the northern limb of the sun these two lovely prominences of superheated Hydrogen plasma were rising up on massive magnetic currents.

[NEVER ATTEMPT TO VIEW THE SUN WITHOUT PROPER PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT]

This video is an accelerated timelapse of 90 still images that were taken over a period of roughly 1hr.
I used a EvoStar 120ED telescope and EQ6-R mount, plus a Quark Chromosphere Ha solar eyepiece and 174MM camera.

Ever wonder what happens when stars die? We've all heard of a supernova, but those huge explosive ends are usually reser...
10/19/2022

Ever wonder what happens when stars die? We've all heard of a supernova, but those huge explosive ends are usually reserved for only the largest and most volatile stars. When a star like our sun has burned through most of its fuel and its mass can no longer generate enough gravitational force to hold it together, everything simply lets go.

Most of the remaining material is blown out into space, leaving behind a small core that eventually becomes a white dwarf. All of the hydrogen, oxygen and other gasses spread out, being charged by the remaining hot core. We call these planetary nebulae, mostly because early astronomers mistook them for planets.

Last week I completed this edit of one of the most beautiful planetary nebulae in our galaxy; The Helix Nebula.... sometimes called the eye of God or eye of . This is a challenging target from northern latitudes due to its low position on the horizon. I managed about 19.25hrs of narrowband exposures to complete this image.

I hope you enjoy it!

So this happened today! One of my pictures was selected by NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration for thei...
10/11/2022

So this happened today! One of my pictures was selected by NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration for their Astronomy Picture of the Day! This is the 'holy grail' for astrophotographers. What an amazing honour!! Thanks APOD team!

Here's a link to the page
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html

10/11/2022

Here's a time-lapse of the very large active sunspot region 3112 that is currently travelling across the surface of the sun. On October 5th, I captured 3hrs worth of images, processed them and combined them into this accelerated video in order to better see the movements of superheated Hydrogen plasma on the sun's chromosphere.

One more photo from my recent canoe trip with the 'bushwhackers' up to French River Provincial Park. This is a simple st...
10/05/2022

One more photo from my recent canoe trip with the 'bushwhackers' up to French River Provincial Park. This is a simple star trail that combined about 5hrs of exposures to show the rotation of the Earth around the north star (celestial pole).

The image was taken from our campsite on the Pickerel River, facing north towards Polaris and the subtle sky-glow from the city of Sudbury Ontario can just be seen on the far horizon.

10/01/2022

Earlier this week Jupiter was at opposition. That means Earth was in a direct line between the sun and Jupiter. It also means that the gas giant looks brighter than at any other time of the year. This year, because of where the orbits of the two planets line up, Jupiter is also physically closer to us than it has been since 1963 and won't be this close again until 2129!

Clouds kept me from seeing it on the 26th, but things finally cleared up a couple of days later and the seeing was really good.

I grabbed a few still images and then created this short timelapse. Another fun fact about this planet is that it has the fastest rotation in our solar system. A day on Jupiter lasts just 9.9hrs! So, the movements Jupiter (and its moons) can be easily observed. This timelapse covers only 1h15' of real time. TheJovian moons that are clearly visible (from left to right) are Callisto, Europa & Io.

I hope you enjoy it.

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