Optics/mount: Zeiss 4/16-70 (70mm), Star Adventurer Camera/filters: Sony a6000 Exposure: 60x100sec 9 July 2018 Rho Ophiuchi is a multiple star system in the constellation Ophiuchus. It is a gas and dust nebula in which the Rho Ophiuchi system is integrated. It is one of the easiest star-forming regions to observe, […]
Month: August 2018
North Amerika and Pelican Nebula
Optics/mount: 180 Epsilon f2,8 Takahashi Alt-5 Camera/filters: QHY12 OSC Exposure: 19x600sec 16 August 2018 The North America Nebula (NGC 7000 or Caldwell 20) and the Pelican Nebula (IC 5070) are emission nebulae in the constellation Cygnus, close to Deneb (the tail of the swan and its brightest star). The North […]
Milky Way in the Swan
Optics/mount: Zeiss 4/16-70 (40mm), Star Adventurer Camera/filters: Sony a6000 Exposure: 8x600sec 16 August 2018
Iris Nebula
Optics/mount: 180 Epsilon f2,8 Takahashi Alt-5 Camera/filters: QHY12 OSC Exposure: 34x600sec 12 August 2018 New version with 12h exposure time Exposure: 34x600sec 12 August 2018 plus 26x600sec 15 August 2018 = 12h These cosmic clouds were formed 1,300 light years away in the constellation of Cepheus. NGC 7023, however, is […]