Sunday, May 10, 2026

Aurora Flatfield ¨Panel

At the annual ATT Essen I purchased a second hand flatfield panel. The Aurora Flatfield Panel with a diameter of  315 mm and an 12V Inverter works perfect with my ASIair. 
This flatfield shield will serve to make flats. 




Saturday, May 9, 2026

Supernova SN2026kid in NGC5907

NGC 5907 is spiral galaxy located in constellation Draco and about 46,5 million lightyears away from Eath. It's magnitude is 10.3 and is commonly called the Splinter Galaxy or Cat Scratch Galaxy.
On April 22, a supernova was detected in NGC5907; a supernova type II, and was noted as SN2026kid. This is the second supernova, the first one in 1940.


Capturing the supernova using TAL200K f/8.5 with ASI2600MC on May 1 and May 2. 

- Total integration time 2h40min (Lights 32x300s).
- Bias, Darks
- Flats using Aurora Flatfield Panel Flat315R with ASIAir. 

Processing with APP and editing using CS4 and DeNoise AI.


 


Wednesday, May 6, 2026

300.000 Visitors on my Blog. Thank You

 


Today my blog reached 300.000 visitors. Thank you for keep reading my blogposts.

Tuesday, May 5, 2026

Saturday, May 2, 2026

Supernova type 2 SN2026kid in NGC5907

NGC 5907 is spiral galaxy located in constellation Draco and about 46,5 million lightyears away from Eath. It's magnitude is 10.3 and is commonly called the Splinter Galaxy or Cat Scratch Galaxy.
On April 22, a supernova was detected in NGC5907; a supernova type II, and was noted as SN2026kid. This is the second supernova, the first one in 1940.

I could image the supernova using TAL200K f/8.5 with ASI2600MC.



Polaralignment and Staralignment using SharpCap
Capturing with ASIAir Plus
Filter : Optolong L-Pro
Exposure : 10x300s (with guiding)
Software: SharpCap, ASIAir Plus, APP, DeNoise AI, CS4


Friday, May 1, 2026

Workproces astrophotography using ASIair Plus

 


My workprocess when using TAL200K with ASIair for deepsky imaging. 

Sunday, April 26, 2026

44 Nysa in M44

This weekend, asteroid 44 Nysa could be observed when crossing M44. M44 or Beehevi Cluster, is a bright open star cluster.

Setting:
TLAPO80/480 with ASI2600MC.
Filter Optolong L-Pro
Exposure : 37x60s (FITS)
Software: SharpCap, ASTAP, CS4

The best fits files were stacked using ASTAP. Stacking was done both on stars as on 44 Nysa.