Thanks!

It is actually a real village. The blur was added in post processing to imitate the tilt shift effect.

Ha, thanks for letting me know. I didn’t know satellites can create flares like this. As all the other satellites were so dim I assumed it had to be something different.

For editing I chose the single sub with the flare and screen blended it in photoshop.

Thank you!

Very interesting, thank you for sharing. Your linked gif makes it very apparent that it was indeed a satellite.

I also searched in Stellarium and found a decommissioned military satellite called STSS Demo 2 that fits the path and time stamp perfectly.

-9 magnitude is insane, must’ve been a very cool sight.

Glueing and screwing the parts:

One result shot with this mount (and many other accessories):

Thank you! I agree, it really is an amazing topic.

The Samyang 135mm f2.0. In some markets it‘s also called Rokinon

The lens is the telescope in this case. But as the focal length of 135mm is fairly short it works best for objects appearing very large in the sky. Astrophotography can get very expensive very quickly, so we try to make the most out of the equipment we have. Just like with the 3d printed mount.

Thank you! Andromeda is way bigger than most people think. That’s the reason why it is a very (maybe the most) popular target for beginners. Also there went a lot of processing into the image, so don’t let the image deceive you from the actual conditions where I live (Bortle 5 zone)