The observatory on the periphery of a small village called Landos in the south of France at 1100m altitude
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Sombrero Galaxy M104
Optik / Mount: 12″ACF f7, Alt-5 TeenAstroCamera / Filter: ZWO ASI 6200 MM Pro MonoAstrodon LRGB true colors 7.5hDate 25.03.2022 The Sombrero Galaxy (also known as Messier Object 104, NGC 4594) is a spiral galaxy in the constellation borders of Virgo and Corvus, being about 9.55 megaparsecs (31.1 million light-years) […]
Needle Galaxy NGC4565
Optik / Mount: 12″ACF f7, Alt-5 TeenAstroCamera / Filter: ZWO ASI 6200 MM Pro MonoAstrodon LRGB true colors 9hDate 08.03.2022 NGC 4565 (also known as the Needle Galaxy or Caldwell 38) is an edge-on spiral galaxy about 30 to 50 million light-years away in the constellation Coma Berenices. It lies […]
NGC 2359 Thor’s Helmet
Optik / Mount: 12″ACF f7, Alt-5 TeenAstroCamera / Filter: ZWO ASI 6200 MM Pro MonoAstrodon Ha, SII, OIII 2,5hours Astrodon LRGB true colors 7.5hDate 11.03.2022 NGC 2359 (also known as Thor’s Helmet) is an emission nebula in the constellation Canis Major. The nebula is approximately 3,670 parsecs (11.96 thousand light […]
Widefield photos with the SonyA7III
Widefield Orion Widefield Orion Wiedfield M81 82 Wiedfield Cepheus Widefield Polaris All wide field images were taken in 2021 and 2022 with the Sony A7III not astro modified. Mount is a Star Adventurer and the lens Samyang 135 at 2.8
NGC 3718, 3729
Optik / Mount: 12″ACF f7, Alt-5 TeenAstroCamera / Filter: ZWO ASI 6200 MM Pro MonoAstrodon LRGB true colors 9.25 hDate 01.03.2022 NGC 3718, also called Arp 214, is a galaxy located approximately 52 million light years from Earth in the constellation Ursa Major. It is either a lenticular or spiral […]
NGC 3432
Optik / Mount: 12″ACF f7, Alt-5 TeenAstroCamera / Filter: ZWO ASI 6200 MM Pro MonoAstrodon LRGB true colors 2hDate 11.02.2022 NGC 3432 is a barred spiral galaxy with an active Hubble-type SBm galactic nucleus in the constellation of Leo Minor in the northern starry sky. It is estimated to be […]
Leo Cluster
Optik / Mount: 12″ACF f7, Alt-5 TeenAstroCamera / Filter: ZWO ASI 6200 MM Pro MonoAstrodon LRGB true colors 2.5hDate 12.03.2020 annoted image The Leo Cluster (Abell 1367) is a galaxy cluster about 330 million light-years distant in the constellation Leo, with at least 70 major galaxies. The galaxy known as […]
M94
Optik / Mount: 12″ACF f7, Alt-5 TeenAstroCamera / Filter: ZWO ASI 6200 MM Pro MonoAstrodon LRGB true colors 3h12.03.2020 Messier 94 (also known as NGC 4736) is a spiral galaxy in the mid-northern constellation Canes Venatici. It was discovered by Pierre Méchain in 1781, and catalogued by Charles Messier two […]
NGC 2403
Optik / Mount: 12″ACF f7, Alt-5 TeenAstroCamera / Filter: ZWO ASI 6200 MM Pro MonoAstrodon LRGB true colors 4hDate: 11.02.2021 NGC 2403 is a Hubble-type SBc barred spiral galaxy in the constellation Giraffe in the northern starry sky. It is about 10 million light-years away from the Milky Way and […]