My first attempts to record the night sky on photographic film started in 20. century. Recently I reanimate this activity during the 2020 stay on Madeira island. The most important goals were:
1. To demonstrate the beauty of the night sky from the top of the island.
Venus and Mercury setting in Zodiacal light. Estanquinhos, Paula da Serra, Madeira, 21-05-2020. Nikon 750D, 14 mm lens, Exposure 6 sec, ISO 1600
Zodiacal light from Estanquinhos, Paul da Serra, Madeira, 21-05-2020, Nikon 750D, 14 mm lens exposure 10 sec, ISO 6400
Star trails around the north pole.
21/22-07-2020. Nikon 750D and 24 mm lens, 16 minutes exposure ISO 400, aperture 4.
Milky way in east direction from Estanquinhos, Paula da Serra, Madeira. 21/22-05-2020. Nikon 750D, 14 mm lens, stacked 5 images, each 10 sec exposure, ISO 6400
Milky way in south direction from Estanquinhos, Paula da Serra, Madeira. 21/22-05-2020. Nikon 750D, 14 mm lens, stacked 5 images, each 10 sec exposure, ISO 6400
Milky way in North-East direction from Estanquinhos, Paula da Serra, Madeira. 21/22-05-2020. Nikon 750D, 14 mm lens, stacked 5 images, each 10 sec exposure, ISO 6400
Milky way rising above Funchal. From las Pedras, Paula da Serra, Madeira. 03/04-03-2020. Nikon 750D, 14 mm lens, stacked 3 images, each 13 sec exposure, ISO 6400.
Milky way and wind mills from Las Pedras, Paul da Serra, Madeira, 03/04-03-2020. Nikon 750D, 14 mm lens, stacked 3 images each 13 sec exposure, ISO 6400
Gegenshein in Leo. Las Pedras, Paul da Serra, Madeira, 03/04-03-2020. Nikon 750D, 14 mm lens, stacked 3 images each 13 sec exposure, ISO 12800
Airplane above Madeira – rare event. The telescope is looking to the Jupiter. 21/22-07-2020. Nikon 750D and 24 mm lens 13 seconds exposure, ISO 6400, aperture 1.8
2. To record the green flash phenomenon
Green flash 10-05-2020 from Ponta do Sol beach, Madeira. Nikon 750D, 300 mm lens, exposure 1/400 sec, ISO 400
Green flash 24-05-2020 from Cais Ponta do Sol, Madeira. Nikon 750D, 300 mm lens, exposure 1/400 sec, ISO 400
3. Some by-products
Conjunction Moon, Mercury, Venus 24-05-2020 from the cais Ponta do Sol, Madeira. Nikon 750D, 14 mm lens, Exposure 1 sec, ISO 400
Conjunction Jupiter, Saturn, Moon 18-03-2020. Nikon 750D, 400 mm lens, exposure 1/4 sec, ISO 3200
Penumbral lunar eclipse 04/07/2020
Nikon D750 + 300mm photolense; exposure time 1/320 s, aperture 5.6. ISO 100
Geosynchronous satellites 26/27-06-2020. Nikon D750, 300mm lense, exposure time 30 sec., ISO 4000, Aperture 4.0, 239 images stacked
Comet C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE) Morning 12/07/2020 04:42:45 UT Casa do Areiro. Artificial satellite crosses the comet tail.
Nikon D750, 14 mm lense, exposure time 13 sec., aperture 2.8, ISO 3200
Comet C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE) Evening 21/07/2020 Estanquinhos. Nikon D750, 24 mm lense, exposure time 13 sec., aperture 2.0, ISO 12800. 3 images stacked
Comet C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE) Evening 21/07/2020 Estanquinhos. Nikon D750, 300 mm lense, exposure time 2 sec., aperture 4.5, ISO 6400. 12 images stacked.
The complete Madeira 2020 gallery is here: https://photos.app.goo.gl/t2TkjVS886n61t9CA
Acknowledgement
All these images were taken using instruments kindly provided by the director of the Observatory and Planetarium M.R. Štefánik in Hlohovec Mgr. Karol Petrík.