Optics/mount: Samyang 135 mm, Star Adventurer Camera/filters: Sony A7III Exposure: 70x30sec 25 July 2019 Chile near San Pedro de Atacama Dans la constellation d’Ophiuchus, à proximité de la Voie lactée, la partie centrale de notre galaxie, il semble qu’un peintre nous a laissé l’une des plus belles toiles célestes. Ce […]
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Whirpool Galaxy
Optics/mount : 12″ACF 2.7m AP-Reduzer Alt-5 Camera/filters: Atik 11002 AstrodonL,R,G,B Exposure:50×300 L and 15×30 RGB all 2bin Date 01/02 June 2019 The Whirlpool Galaxy, also known as Messier 51a, M51a, and NGC 5194, is an interacting grand-design spiral galaxy with a Seyfert 2 active galactic nucleus. It lies in the […]
NGC 4216 in the Virgo Cluster
NGC 4216 is one of the largest and brightest spiral galaxies of the Virgo Cluster, with an absolute magnitude that has been estimated to be −22 (i.e.: brighter than the Andromeda Galaxy), and like most spiral galaxies of this cluster shows a deficiency of neutral hydrogen that’s concentrated […]
NGC3628 Hamburger Galaxy
Optics/mount : 12″ACF 2.7m AP-Reduzer Alt-5 Camera/filters: Atik 11002 AstrodonL,R,G,B Exposure:15×300 L and 15×30 RGB all 2bin Date 04 april 2018 NGC 3628, also known as the Hamburger Galaxy or Mahasin’s Galaxy,is an unbarred spiral galaxy about 35 million light-years away in the constellation Leo. It was discovered by […]
Rho Ophiuchi
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
M8/M20 Widefield
Sony alph6000 70mm zoom f4 30x200sec. The Lagoon Nebula (Messier 8, on the left side ) is a giant interstellar cloud in the constellation Sagittarius. It is classified as an emission nebula and as an H II region. The Trifid Nebula ( Messier 20, on thie right side) is a […]