Wednesday, February 27, 2019

C/2018 Y1 Iwamoto and Messier M36

Comet C/2018 Y1 Iwamoto near Open Star Cluster Messier M36 in constellation Auriga.


C/2018 Y1 Iwamoto

Currently comet C/2018 Y1 Iwamoto is travelling through constellation Auriga and north of the open star cluster M36 (pictures will follow later).


Monday, February 25, 2019

The UFO Galaxy NGC 2683

The UFO Galaxy, NGC 2683 is located in the constellation Lynx at a distance of 25 million light years. The picture was taken with Nikon D7500 on TAL200K f/8.5. DeepskyStacker was used to stack the DNG pictures and final editing with CS4. Total exposure is 6 minutes and darks are set.




The "37" Cluster

NGC 2169 or The "37" Cluster is an open star cluster located at a distance of 3600 light years from us.


Sunday, February 24, 2019

Flame Nebula NGC2024

East from the belt of constellation Orion you can see the Flame Nebula or NGC2024. This emission nebula is located at a distance of 1350 light years from Earth.
The nebula was exposed for 9 minutes and all pictures stacked (DNG) with DeepskySkacker. Final editing using CS4. The bright star on the picture is Alnitak.


Whirlpool Galaxy M51


An 18 minutes exposure of the Whirlpool Galaxy or Messier M51 located in the constellation Canes Venatici. This distance is about 23million light years.
The picture was taken with Nikon D7500 on TAL200K f/8.5. Deepskystacker is used to stack the pictures including darks. Final editing with CS4. No moon and temperature -1°C.



Moon Waning Gibbous (80%)



The moon (waning gibbous 80%) was low above the horizon right after midnight. So time to finish my observation of deep sky objects as the moon will overshine the sky.