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 […]
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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 […]
Cigar Galaxy M82
Optik / Mount: 12″ACF f7, Alt-5 TeenAstroCamera / Filter: ZWO ASI 6200 MM Pro MonoAstrodon Lum 40x3min, RGB 30x3min, Ha 60x10min all 2binDate 24.03.2021 and 04.04.2022 ( 30x10min Ha) Messier 82 (Cigar Galaxy ) is a starburst galaxy approximately 12 million light-years away in the constellation Ursa Major. A member […]
The Observatory
The observatory on the periphery of a small village called Landos in the south of France at 1100m altitude
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) […]