Optik / Mount: Tak Epsilon 180 f2.8, Alt-5 TeenAstroCamera / Filter: ZWO ASI 6200 MM Pro MonoAstrodon LRGB true colors 4h ( 3min sub)Date 11.10.2023 The Andromeda galaxy belongs to the group of spiral galaxies and, with its diameter of approx. 200,000 light years, is twice as large as the […]
Author: Edmund Georgii
Markarian’s Chain in the Virgo Cluster
Optik / Mount: Tak Epsilon 180 f2.8, Alt-5 TeenAstroCamera / Filter: ZWO ASI 6200 MM Pro MonoAstrodon LRGB true colors 7h30 ( 3min sub)Date 11 – 12.05.2024 The Markarian chain is a group of galaxies belonging to the Virgo cluster. It owes its name to Benjamin Markarian, who discovered that […]
California Nebula
Optik / Mount: Tak Epsilon 180ED, Alt-5 TeenAstroCamera / Filter: ZWO ASI 6200 MM Pro MonoMosaik 2 panels: Astrodon SII, Ha, OIII, 3h all 2binDate 13.01.2024 The California Nebula (NGC 1499/Sh2-220) is an emission nebula located in the constellation Perseus. Its name comes from its resemblance to the outline of […]
M33 Triangulum Galaxy
Optik / Mount: Tak Epsilon 180 f2.8, Alt-5 TeenAstroCamera / Filter: ZWO ASI 6200 MM Pro MonoAstrodon LRGB true colors 7h ( 3min sub)Date 18 – 19.12.2023 Like our own galaxy, or M 31, the Andromeda galaxy, M 33 is part of the “Local Group”, “our” galactic group.Located 3 million […]
Witch Head Nebula
Optik / Mount: Tak Epsilon 180 f2.8, Alt-5 TeenAstroCamera / Filter: ZWO ASI 6200 MM Pro MonoAstrodon LRGB true colors 7h ( 3min sub)Date 18 – 19.12.2023 NGC 1909 is an extremely faint reflection nebula in the constellation Eridanus (distance about 900 light years), which could have originated from a […]
Celebrities in the Swan
Optik / Mount: Tak Epsilon 180ED, Alt-5 TeenAstroCamera / Filter: ZWO ASI 6200 MM Pro MonoAstrodon SII, Ha, OIII 3h all 2bin Date 11.08.2023 On the left, the North American Nebula and on the right, the Pelican Nebula.Colors according to Hubble’s palette. A gauche la nébuleuse de l’Amérique du Nord […]
Soul Nebula
Optik / Mount: Tak Epsilon 180ED, Alt-5 TeenAstroCamera / Filter: ZWO ASI 6200 MM Pro MonoAstrodon SII, Ha, OIII 5h30min all 2bin and RGB for the starsDate 08.10.2023 IC 1848, also known as Soul Nebula, is an emission nebula and open cluster in the constellation Cassiopeia. IC 1848, également connue […]
IC 63, the Ghost of Cassiopeia
Optik / Mount: Tak Epsilon 180ED, Alt-5 TeenAstroCamera / Filter: ZWO ASI 6200 MM Pro MonoAstrodon SII, Ha, OIII 5h30min all 2bin and RGB for the starsDate 10.10.2023 IC 63 is an emission nebula in the constellation Cassiopeia. Close to the bright star Gamma Cassiopeiae this nebula is located as […]
The Heart Nebula
Optik / Mount: Tak Epsilon 180ED, Alt-5 TeenAstroCamera / Filter: ZWO ASI 6200 MM Pro MonoAstrodon SII, Ha, OIII 8h30min all 2bin and RGB for the starsDate 05-06.10.2023 IC 1805, nicknamed the Heart Nebula, is an emission nebula located around 6,500 light-years away in the constellation Cassiopeia. It covers a […]
The Cassiopeia OB2 region
5 min Optik / Mount: Tak Epsilon 180ED, Alt-5 TeenAstroCamera / Filter: ZWO ASI 6200 MM Pro MonoAstrodon SII, Ha, OIII 5h30min all 2bin and RGB for the starsDate 26.09.2023 The Cassiopeia OB2 region includes a long, bright H II region linked to a large association of young, hot stars, […]