After several weeks with only grey sky, January 2nd was clear skies and I took the opportunity to shoot some objects. First I tried to shoot the Lowers’ Nebulae but it was too low at the sky so the house roof came into the view and I had to abort this session.
Next object were the Pleiades (will be added to this blog shortly) and again the M81/M82 Bode and Cigar Galaxies.
M81/M82 – Bode & Cigar Galaxy
Below are the shooting parameters and the Astrometry annotations.
A shot with the Dwarf II from yesterday evening. However, more focal length is necessary for the galaxy… Recording data
An image (from 50 individual images) of the comet that could possibly be visible to the naked eye from April. Predicting comets is always a bit difficult, but the development of the magnitude until May could make it possible. However, it will probably not be as bright as C/2020 F3 Neowise in 2020.
A somewhat older image with the DWARF II. Here I photographed the area around the Flame and Horsehead Nebula. The image is from January 9, 2024. The image was taken directly from the DWARF II, as I was unable to stack the individual shots afterwards despite several attempts. The differences to the Skywatcher telescope […]
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