Optik / Mount: 12″ACF f7, Alt-5 TeenAstroCamera / Filter: ZWO ASI 6200 MM Pro MonoAstrodon LRGB true colors 2.5hDate 20.07.2023 Caldwell 12, also known as NGC 6946 or Fire Wheel Galaxy, is a fascinating spiral galaxy in the constellation Cepheus. It is about 22.5 million light-years from Earth. Particularly noteworthy […]
Author: Edmund Georgii
Crab Nebula
Optik / Mount: 12″ACF f7, Alt-5 TeenAstroCamera / Filter: ZWO ASI 6200 MM Pro MonoAstrodon Ha, OIII, SII 6h all 2bin and 1h for RGB-StarsDate 14/15.02.2023 In 1054, Chinese astronomers took notice of a “guest star” that was, for nearly a month, visible in the daytime sky. The “guest star” […]
Medusa Nebula
Optik / Mount: 12″ACF f7, Alt-5 TeenAstroCamera / Filter: ZWO ASI 6200 MM Pro MonoAstrodon Ha, OIII 3,5 all 2bin Date 27.12.2022 The Medusa Nebula is a planetary nebula in the constellation of Gemini. It is also known as Abell 21 and Sharpless 2-274. It was originally discovered in 1955 […]
Wizard Nebula
Optik / Mount: 12″ACF f7, Alt-5 TeenAstroCamera / Filter: ZWO ASI 6200 MM Pro MonoAstrodon Ha, SII, OII 5h all 2bin and 1h for RGB-StarsDate 02.11.2022 NGC 7380 is a young open cluster of stars in the northern circumpolar constellation of Cepheus.The cluster spans ~20 light-years with an elongated shape […]
The Milky Way’s twin
Optik / Mount: 12″ACF f7, Alt-5 TeenAstroCamera / Filter: ZWO ASI 6200 MM Pro MonoAstrodon LRGB true colors 5hDate 20.09.2022 NGC 7331, also known as Caldwell 30, is an unbarred spiral galaxy about 40 million light-years away in the constellation Pegasus. It was discovered by William Herschel in 1784. NGC […]
WR 134
Optik / Mount: 12″ACF f7, Alt-5 TeenAstroCamera / Filter: ZWO ASI 6200 MM Pro MonoAstrodon Ha,OII 7h all 2bin Stars RGB 1.25hDate 22-23.09.2022 WR 134 is a variable Wolf-Rayet star located around 6,000 light years away from Earth in the constellation of Cygnus, surrounded by a faint bubble nebula blown […]
Omega Nebula
Optik / Mount: 12″ACF f7, Alt-5 TeenAstroCamera / Filter: ZWO ASI 6200 MM Pro MonoAstrodon Ha, SII, OII 11h all 2binDate 08.07.2022 – 28.07.2022 The Omega Nebula, (Messier 17 ) is an H II region in the constellation Sagittarius. It was discovered by Philippe Loys de Chéseaux in 1745. Charles […]
NGC 6781
Optik / Mount: 12″ACF f7, Alt-5 TeenAstroCamera / Filter: ZWO ASI 6200 MM Pro MonoAstrodon LRGB true colors 7hDate 28-31.07.2022 NGC 6781 is a planetary nebula located in the constellation of the Eagle in the North Star sky. It is located between 3000 and 5000 light years from the Solar […]
Cocoon Nebula
Optik / Mount: 12″ACF f7, Alt-5 TeenAstroCamera / Filter: ZWO ASI 6200 MM Pro MonoAstrodon LRGB true colors 9.5hDate 01-03.08.2022 IC 5146, also known as the Cocoon Nebula, is an astronomical nebula with an embedded open star cluster in the constellation of Swan. The star cluster is designated Collinder 470. […]
Eagle Nebula with Pillars of Creation
Optik / Mount: 12″ACF f7, Alt-5 TeenAstroCamera / Filter: ZWO ASI 6200 MM Pro MonoAstrodon Ha, SII, OII 3x30x5min all 2binDate 06.07.2021 and 07.07.2022 The Eagle Nebula (Messier 16 and also known as the Star Queen Nebula) is a young open cluster of stars in the constellation Serpens, discovered by […]