Yesterday evening it was clear again. I was able to set up the small DWARF II once again and photograph two objects. Since the small telescope has some problems with darker objects, I pointed it at two old acquaintances this time. The M33 galaxy is one of the brighter and above all larger appearing […]
IC342
An image from yesterday evening. The image of the IC342 galaxy was taken with the DWARF II with an exposure time of 1 hour. IC 342 is a barred spiral galaxy with an active Hubble-type SAB(rs)cd galactic nucleus in the constellation of Giraffe in the northern starry sky. It is around 11 million light […]
Geestland
Finally, no gray skies in Cuxland. In the morning, we took a trip through the town of Geestland. Our destinations were Ringstedt and Geestenseth. On the way to Ringstedt, we were able to catch a seasonal glimpse of the Valenbrook manor house in Fickmühlen. This is only possible in the winter months when the trees […]
Wurster North Sea coast
On the way to Bremerhaven, this time along the Weser dyke. With wind speeds of around 70 km/h, I wouldn’t have expected this kind of swell.
Stormfront Zoltan
Storm Zoltan, which swept across northern Germany in the night from Thursday to Friday, was announced well in advance. The waves didn’t get that high, but large parts of the harbor and the Kugelbake were under water. Fortunately, the tide was high at sunrise, so there was an opportunity to take a few […]
Northern lights over the tidal Elbe
Yesterday evening there were auroras to marvel at over the Tidal Elbe. Marveling because – for me – it was the first time I could see the lights directly. Despite the bright moon, it was quite impressive. There was also very little boat traffic, which made the whole thing even better. The wind of […]
M45 – Pleiades
Over 3 nights since November 7th I took 836 exposures of 15s each with the Dwarf II of the Pleiades. Here are the results. Not quite as great, but at least they are recognizable. I’m still hoping for the higher resolution of the Dwarf II, which should be available in the next few weeks. […]
Well…
…at least there is something to see. Unfortunately, unfortunately, unfortunately the sky was completely cloudy here in the night from November 4 to 5 and the gray mass did not allow any attempt to take photos of the substorm. Too bad, though. Then yesterday evening another aurora forecast. But not with the same intensity as […]
Partial Lunar Eclipse
Yesterday evening at 22:14 the maximum of the partial lunar eclipse was to be observed. My picture from 22:18, when finally the clouds had some gaps, was taken freehand with the X-T5 and the 50-140mm. The weather was simply too bad for a timelapse series, so I didn’t even try.
M74 Galaxy
It was just an attempt… The focal length for the Messier 74 object is too small. In addition, the resolution of the Dwarf camera is quite poor. But, at least, the galaxy is visible. Shooting Data