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, […]
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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 […]
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 […]
Snake Nebula
The Snake Nebula (also known as Barnard 72) is a dark nebula in the Ophiuchus constellation. It is a small but readily apparent S-shaped dust lane that snakes out in front of the Milky Way star clouds from the north-north-west edge of the bowl of the Pipe Nebula La nébuleuse […]
Leo Triplet
Optics/mount: 180 Epsilon f2,8 Takahashi Alt-5 Camera/filters: QHY12 OSC Exposure: 43x600sec 20/21 april 2018 The Leo Triplet (also known as the M66 Group) is a small group of galaxies about 35 million light-years away in the constellation Leo. This galaxy group consists of the spiral galaxies M65, M66, and NGC […]
M33 Triangulum Galaxy
Optics/mount: 180 Epsilon f2,8 Takahashi Alt-5 Camera/filters: QHY12 OSC Exposure: 10x600sec 09 january 2018 The Triangulum Galaxy is a spiral galaxy approximately 3 million light-years (ly) from Earth in the constellation Triangulum. It is catalogued as Messier 33 or NGC 598. The Triangulum Galaxy is the third-largest member of the […]
Orion Nebula
Optics/mount: 180 Epsilon f2,8 Takahashi Alt-5 Camera/filters: QHY12 OSC Exposure: 15x600sec 15x40sec 25 december 2017 The Orion Nebula (also known as Messier 42, M42, or NGC 1976) is a diffuse nebula situated in the Milky Way, being south of Orion’s Belt in the constellation of Orion. It is one of […]