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 […]
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Deep Sky photography using the Skywatcher EQM-35 with SynScan Goto
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 […]
C/2022 E3 (ZTF)
So far it was only once clear enough for me to photograph the comet. And, how should it be different, screwed up in many ways…. The image(s) were taken on January 28, 2023 around midnight with the Fuji X-T5 on the Fujinon XF50-140mm at f/2.8 and ISO 1600. Not focused accurately, tracking not set well […]
Search image
The brightness and therefore visibility especially of the tail of C/2020 Neowise will surely not reach the comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF). Yesterday evening at the ferry port it was in the picture, but it is still so dark that you can find it only by extensive search in the picture.
Sunspots
Two (single) shots from yesterday morning with the Fuji X-T5 on the Nikkor 500mm. The first picture was taken with the 1.7 teleconverter on the Nikkor. So the focal length is 850mm. The second one was taken with the Nikkor and a Kenko 2.0 plus a Kenko 1.5 teleconverter. That gives a focal length […]
Astro images reprocessed
With more progress in editing, it is also worthwhile – in case of persistent bad weather – to reprocess some previous shots. In the new edits, the image detail was not chosen 100% exactly the same. Here are some comparisons… M31 – Andromeda from October 7, 2022. M33 – Triangulum Galaxy from […]
Leo-Triplett
Today I integrated the existing images of the Leo Triplet from 2020 and reprocessed them. The result can be seen quite well. A total of 161 exposures with the Nikon D5200 with Kenko 1.5 converter and the Skywatcher 130/650 PDS at ISO 800 and 75 exposures without the Kenko at ISO 1600 (plus corresponding […]
Geminids
Over two hours at -6°C at the Kugelbake. The quality of the image leaves much to be desired, but still. I knew that I should rather not use the Zodiak at open aperture. 10 meteors I saw, one of them directly above my head. On my pictures there are 12 meteors in total. Of course […]