Sundog

Bright Sundogs and partial halo just before sunset.

Moondog or Paraselene

My first ever Moondog was observed yesterday evening. The sky was almost open and with the naked eye I could observe some color at 22° east from the Moon. My pictures proved I was right and thus confirmed my first ever Moondog. Scientifical speaking is's called a Paraselene and it is the same phenomenon as with sundogs.

Globular Cluster M70 is located in constellation sagittarius and about 30000 light years from Earth. The age of the cluster is estibated to be 12,8 billion years.

Details : Nikon D7500 with TAL200K f/8.5 80/480 f/6 and total exposure of 150s; each picture ISO800 and 30s exposore. Raw files converted to DNG files and stacked using DeepSkyStacker. Final editing with CS4.

Nightscape in Ko Pha-ngang

Picture was taken on the Island Ko Pha-ngang in Thailand. Constellation Scorpius is clearly visible as well as Jupiter and Saturn.  The fact that Jupiter looks so bright is due to moisure in the air and Jupiter really bright.

Globular Cluster M54

Globular Cluster M54is located in constellation Sagittariusand about 17500 light years away from Earth.

Details : Nikon D7500 with TAL200K f/8.5 and total exposure of 210s; each picture ISO800 and 30s exposore. Raw files converted to DNG files and stacked using DeepSkyStacker. Final editing with CS4.

Messier to do list : 9 Objects to go

A couple of Messier Objects to go to finish the Messier list and the PSA list (Periodical System for the Amateur Astronomer) :

To Do list of my 9 Messier objects ordered by date of midnight culmination and altitude above horizon :

March 21 : M109
April 1 : M58, M68 and M104
April 16 : M83 8°55'
April 22 : M101
June 16 : M6 6°34'
June 20 : M7 3°58'
June 29 : M69 6°22

Challenging as can be seen will be M7, M69, M6 and M83.
Object M58 and M59 are forming a "pair" only seperated 1°1'.

Globular Cluster M75

Globular Cluster M75 is located in constellation Sagittarius and about 67000 light years away from Earth.

Details : Nikon D7500 with TLAPO 80/480 f/6 and total exposure of 30min; each picture ISO800 and 30s exposore. Raw files converted to DNG files and stacked using DeepSkyStacker. Final editing with CS4.