Astrophotography

Tracked Photos - With an iOptron SkyGuider Pro Star Tracker

Shot by Fahd Bin Abdul Hasis & Kiran Mohan (unless otherwise stated)

Main Astrophotography Equipment


Nikon Z6ii

iOptron Skyguider Pro

iOptron iPolar

William Optics Red Cat 51

William Optics Low Altitude Base

William Optics Extension Rod

Kodak T451 Tripod

Celestron Nexstar 8SE

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Samyang 135mm

3D printed Bahtinov mask 

Nikon 35mm f1.8

Tamron 70-300

Rosette Nebula

Photographed with Nikon Z6ii and RedCat 51.

Unguided, tracked on iOptron SkyGuider Pro

Planet Saturn at Conjunction

Photographed along with Sarath Prabhav using Celestron Nexstar 8SE with Nikon D5300a and 4x Barlow (27th Aug, 2023)

The Moon (left) and Mineral Moon (right)

(Photographed along with Sarath Prabhav using Celestron Nexstar 8SE with Nikon D5300a and 4x Barlow on 27th Aug, 2023)

Rho Ophiuchi Molecular Cloud Complex

2 hours of exposure at 250 mm using RedCat 51

Supernova in M101 Pinwheel Galaxy

Above: Milky Way

Above: Rosette nebula and its neighbourhood.

Above: The Dog Star, Sirius.. and the open cluster M41 Little Beehive Cluster

Above: Orion and neighbouring H-alpha clouds and nebulae

Above: An artistic perspective to the Orion and Running Man nebulae

Above: Pleiades - The Seven Sisters

Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) photographed from Trivandrum, Kerala

Clockwise beginning from top left: Orion Nebula, Milky Way, Eagle Nebula, Orion Nebula and the setting Moon.

Rho Ophiuchi Cloud Complex

A part of the Milky Way

Omega Nebula

A nebula within the Milky Way

Lagoon & Trifid Nebula

A part of the Milky Way

A Landscape Shot of Milky Way

A single shot

Andromeda Galaxy - Our Friendly Neighbourhood Galaxy

Capturing Earth's Rotation

A different perspective and approach. In this timelapse, the sky is made constant while the Earth is seen to rotate. Shot over a duration of approximately 2 hours.

A Once in a Life-Time Visitor

Comet C/2020 F3 NEOWISE

Un-Tracked Photos - With a Simple DSLR (Nikon D5300) and a Tripod

Shot by Fahd Bin Abdul Hasis & Kiran Mohan

Above: Eta Carina Nebula and its neighbourhood region 

Annular Solar Eclipse

December, 2019 | Shot from Nadapuram, Calicut, Kerala

Time-Lapse of Eclipse

A series of photographs taken from Nadapuram in Dec, 2019 was compiled to form a GIF.

Baily's Beads

December, 2019 | Shot from Nadapuram, Calicut, Kerala

Caught in a Whirlpool

Whirlpool Galaxy (M51)

A Star Cluster

Omega Centauri

Friendly Neighbour?

The Moon

Partial Solar Eclipse

June 2021, 2020

Moon-1

Moon-2

Composite Photographs

Light Painting