Probably the last opportunity of the winter/spring half-year for a recording. Now it’s time for a summer break. The nights are simply too short for astrophotography. But it was also the first opportunity to test out the fully automated system. The new toy, Deep Sky Dad’s Flat Panel FP2, fully lived up to expectations. […]
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IC 342 – Hidden Galaxy
With an exposure time of 6 hours and 25 minutes, an image from last night. This time it was IC 342 (often called the Hidden Galaxy), a galaxy located near the galactic equator, where dust veils make observation difficult for amateur and professional astronomers. Recording Data
NGC 2403
Last night it was clear again. Opportunity to photograph the NGC 2403 galaxy (also known as Caldwell 7). It’s starting to get scary. So many clear nights and flawlessly functioning equipment… 🙂 Recording Data
Partial solar eclipse
Today around noon the partial solar eclipse took place. From my location, about 20% coverage was possible. The recording devices were ready for use at around 10 am. Unfortunately, there were heavy clouds at times, but that can’t be helped. A triptych with three individual shots from 11:37 am, 12:12 pm and 12:40 […]
Messier 106
Hard to believe, but already the 5th night in a row with clear skies… This time I set my sights on M106. In contrast to the evenings before there was already more wind, but the guiding still remained below 0.5 RMS, so that the recording turned out quite well. Recording Data […]
M63 – Sunflower Galaxy
Extremely unusual weather conditions here in Cuxhaven. Already the 4th night in a row with absolutely clear skies. Last night the seeing – probably due to the Sahara dust in the atmosphere – was not optimal, but still sufficient for the galaxy M63, also known as the Sunflower Galaxy. However, the galaxy is already […]
NGC 4565 – Needle Galaxy
Yesterday evening I took a look at NGC 4565, also called Needle Galaxy. I took 30 pictures with a total exposure time of 9000s. Compared to the Dwarf, it’s a lot better… Recording data
IC 1396 – Elephant’s Trunk
On Monday evening I pointed my telescope at IC 1396. The original plan was to take pictures all night long, but after the Meridian Flip my Raspberry failed, so I only took 20 pictures. Recording Data
Perseus A
My telescope equipment is working again… 🙂 Yesterday evening I took 40 images from the Perseus A region for about 4 hours. Best conditions and flawless working of the equipment. Recording data
Leuphana University in Lüneburg
Yesterday’s destination was the Leuphana University in Lüneburg. I hadn’t thought about it at all during my last visit to Lüneburg… Here, too, the black and white realization will follow at some point…