About Me

I’m Nazmus Nasir, but most people know me as Naz. I’m an amateur astronomer and astrophotographer, and I share my passion for the cosmos under the moniker Naztronomy.

My journey into astronomy started in 2005 with a humble Celestron 60AZ telescope, and I captured my first lunar photos using a modified Logitech webcam. In 2012, I upgraded to a NexStar 6SE, a telescope that has since allowed thousands of people to the wonders of space at star parties. They saw Saturn’s rings, Jupiter’s cloud bands, and the Moon’s craters up close.

I do all types of astrophotography, including deep-sky, planetary, lunar, solar (both white light and hydrogen alpha), and eclipse photography. I also enjoy landscape astrophotography, capturing the Milky Way, meteor showers, and star trails. Some of my go-to telescopes include:

• Askar 71F
• Askar 91F
• Askar 131F
• Askar 120APO
• Celestron NexStar 6SE
• Celestron Edge HD 8
• TPO 6″ f/4 Newtonian
• AT60ED
• ZWO Seestar S30 and S30 Pro
• Dwarflab Dwarf 3
• Vaonis Vespera III
• Samyang 135mm f/2 lens
• Samyang 14mm f/2.8 lens (for milky way)
• Lunt 40 h-alpha telescope
• Svbony SV545
• Orion 100mm f/6 Achromat

Some of my cameras include:

• ZWO ASI2600MC Pro
• ZWO ASI533MC Pro
• ToupTek ATR2600M
• Canon T5i
• Canon T2i
• QHY5-III 178m (for guiding and h-alpha imaging)
• ToupTek AE676c

And my Mounts include:

• iOptron CEM40
• MLAstro SAL-33
• ZWO AM5
• Celestron AVX
• Celestron CGEM
• Sky-Watcher AZ-GTi
• Sky-Watcher SolarQuest
• Orion SkyView Pro

Other Accessories include:

• ToupTek AFW-L 7×2 Filter Wheel
• ToupTek 4nm SHO Filters
• ToupTek LRGB Filters
• ToupTek GS-200 Guide Scope

Do I have too many things? Maybe, especially because I haven’t even listed them all.

Beyond imaging, I love sharing astronomy with others. I’ve given a talk on Hydrogen Alpha Solar Imaging to the Amateur Telescope Makers of Boston, several talks at the Boston Museum of Science, as well as advanced imaging talks at the Northeast Astro Imaging Conference in 2026.

I continue to create educational content to help others get started in astrophotography. But what excites me the most? Seeing the reaction of someone looking through a telescope for the first time. That moment of wonder is what keeps me looking up.