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National Annual Star Party 2023

The 15th Panhellenic Gathering of Amateur Astronomers took place with great success on Mount Parnon, in the Sparta peninsula.

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To Mod or Not to Mod?

The process of removing filters from a camera sensor with the purpose of increasing its sensitivity to spectra of light of astronomical interest is something that will concern anyone seriously involved in astrophotography at some point.

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Nightscapes and Digital Manipulation

The growing interest in landscape astrophotography has brought to the fore, a peculiar bras de fer among photographers focusing mainly on the so-called Composites.

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Παιδιά των Άστρων : Αντώνης Φαρμακόπουλος

Τον Αντώνη τον γνώρισα για πρώτη φορά στον Πάρνωνα το 2016 σε μια εξόρμηση του συλλόγου ΑΕΣ Σπάρτης. Το ιδιαίτερο παρουσιαστικό του που παραπέμπει σε ινδιάνο αρχηγό, ο φιλικός και άμεσος χαρακτήρας του και το γεγονός ότι είναι μεγάλο πειραχτήρι σε κερδίζει αμέσως.

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Battle of Fire and Ice: C/2020 F3 Neowise

What brought me to astronomy almost seven years ago was a comet, that's why my logo is a comet. Comet Ison in fact. I fascinated from the reports about the Comet of the Century that media speculated that it would outshine the full Moon. I lost my sleep but i found a great hobby. So when i learnt about Neowise a day after perihelion my interest skyrocketed!

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Summer mood

Every man's work, whether it be literature, or music or pictures or architecture or anything else, is always a portrait of himself.

Samuel Butler

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ΜΕΤΑΤΡΟΠΗ DSLR ΓΙΑ ΑΣΤΡΟΦΩΤΟΓΡΑΦΙΑ

Η διαδικασία της αφαίρεσης φίλτρων από τον αισθητήρα της φωτογραφικής μηχανής με σκοπό την αύξηση της ευαισθησίας της σε φάσματα φωτός αστρονομικού ενδιαφέροντος είναι κάτι που θα απασχολήσει κάποια στιγμή κάθε σοβαρά εμπλεκόμενο με την αστροφωτογραφία.

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Tough times

I have a room all to myself; it is nature.

-Thoreau Henry David

The last few months are going to be tough on my photography.

As an amateur photographer i have few hours to spent and practice what i love. Lack of money doesn’t help either. I am going to work hard for the next few months so travel is out of my frame. Anyway none of the above can stand as an excuse to stop being creative.

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We are true pagans

During my short vacations i didn’t do much of photography. I chose to sleep, swim and share time with my loved ones. There was an exception to that. I woke up as the soft blue horizon threatened to eliminate the stars in the morning sky. I made some coffee and drove towards the sea..

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