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I thought my backyard had too much light pollution for astrophotography. This telescope proved me wrong

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Each image was captured from my light polluted suburban sky with the Vaonis Vespera Pro. (Image credit: Daisy Dobrijevic) I live under heavily light-polluted suburban skies in Nottingham, U.K., where the glow of streetlights often drowns out all but the brightest of stars. My backyard — boxed in by rows of terraced houses — offers only a small window of visible sky, and on most nights I'm lucky if I can spot the Pleiades with the naked eye. Astrophotography always felt out of reach. So when I set up the Vaonis Vespera Pro telescope for the first time, I wasn't expecting much. While Vaonis loaned me the Vaonis Vespera Pro telescope for testing, I wasn't expecting to be nearly this impressed by what it could do under my suburban skies. All opinions in this article are my own. Not long after setting up the Vaonis Vespera Pro , I watched on my phone as the telescope began to capture light. Within minutes, I could make out the delicate wisps of the Veil Nebula appear in the Vaonis Singularity app.…

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