This was already an exceptionally interesting cloud formation in front of the 90% waxing moon. However, I didn’t have time to search for a better location, so I just took a picture in front of the front door.
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One day in Hamburg
For some time I wanted to photograph the planetarium. Last Sunday we are among other things therefore early in the morning to Hamburg. Around 9:30 on site were also still enough parking spaces free and few people on the road. Very nice light of the morning sun in the east, perfect. From the above […]
Perseids
In the night from Saturday August 12th to Sunday August 13th this year was the Perseids peak. The weather was actually the whole week before not inviting. On Saturday, on top of that, it was also completely rainy and very gloomy with dense clouds in the sky. However, almost all weather apps agreed that it […]
Waxing Moon at 12%
A shot from yesterday evening. Venus was then nevertheless a little far away from the moon, that did not work to get both on the picture (at least with 500mm focal length). Shot with Nikon D500 and Nikkor 500f/5.6 PF; freehand at ISO 100!
DWARF II
First Light with the DWARF II. This all-in-one device is not as problem-free as it is often portrayed. Now and then the software goes on strike, but when it works, the little device positions itself quite accurately and then tracks the object in the sky quite precisely. However, I had only taken a few test […]
M51 – Whirlpool Galaxy
Last night it was finally clear again. However, the moon was also meanwhile back to 89% and on top of that quite windy. The focal length of my telescope is quite short for such objects. Shown above is a crop which was upsampled afterwards. The (almost) uncropped image looks like this. Recording data […]
Spaghetti al Pomodoro
No, not a delicious pasta recipe but the so-called Spaghetti Nebula was my object last night. Since the exposure time was only about 3.5 hours at aperture 2, it is of course not comparable with other images (usually from about 10 hours exposure time). But I am still quite satisfied with the result. The […]
Rosette-Nebula
Last night it was finally clear again; at least until about 11 pm. An opportunity to photograph the Rosette Nebula NGC 2244. Originally I didn’t think that with “only” 2.5 hours exposure time I would get much out of it, but I was proved wrong. OK, more is always good, but here in the north […]
M81/M82 – Bode Nebula
Actually, it was supposed to be the Rosette Nebula, but the full moon in almost the same direction made me choose another object. It became – like a few times before – the M81/M82 galaxy group. In contrast to the longer focal length earlier, the galaxy NGC3077 is also in the picture here. Recording […]
C/2022 E3 (ZTF)
In the night of 7 February to 8 February 2023, I had another opportunity to photograph the comet. This time I used my astro equipment. Tracking was great and the ZWO ASI183 MC also provided the better image quality. With the shots, the processing in Pixinsight also succeeded perfectly, which I didn’t manage at […]