M104 Sombrero Galaxy

Messier M104, Sombrero Galaxy is located in constellation Virgo and about 50million ly from Earth.
Picture was taken with Nikon D7500 and TLAPO80/480 f/6. Setting : ISO3200 with darks and 44pictures, each 30s - total exposure time 22min. Raw data converted to DNG and stacking using DeepSkyStacker and final editing in CS4.

Comet C/2019 Y4 Atlas

Yesterday evening pictures were taken of Comet C/2019 Y4 Atlas. The comet is almost visible with the naked eye (magnitude 8) and can be seen in constellation Ursa Major.
Picture taken with Nikon D7500 and TLAPO 80/480 f/6. Setting : ISO3200 and 30s. Also a sequence was made of 23minutes. Raw pictures converted to DNG and stacking using DeepSkyStacker with final editing in CS4.

Long exposure of 23minutes

Coming up close approach of Venus and Pleiades M45

Block your agenda : April 3 and 4, 2020; close approach of Venus and Pleiades, the open star cluster M45. This is visible with the naked eye.
On thursday I took the picture below with Venus still south of the open star cluster.

Galaxy M58

Galaxy Messier M58 in constellation Virgo is located a distance of 65 million lightyears away from Earth.
Setting : Nikon D7500 and TAL200K f/8.5; ISO6400 and 24 pictures each 30s exposure. Darks are taken. Raw pictures converted to DNG and stacked using DeepSkyStacker. Final editing with CS4.

The Leo Triplet Galaxies

The Leo Triplet Galaxies consist of M65, M66 and NGC3628 and are located in constellation Leo about 35 million lightyears from Earth.
The picture was taken using Nikon D7500 and TAL200K f/8.5. Setting : 21 x 30s each and ISO6400. Raw data converted inot DNG and stacking using DeepSkyStacker. Final editing with CS4.

First day of Spring

Exactly at 4h30 local time, the first day of spring will start.

Kennedy Space Center & Cape Canaveral Air Force Station

Entrance of Kennedy Space Center

Visiting Kennedy Space Center and Cape Canaveral Air Force Station March 6-8, 2020.

Entrance of Atlantis building with Shuttle Boosters

Saturn 1B rocket on the ground

Mercury-Redstone Rocket - Alan Shepard - first American in Space

In front of Saturn V building complex

In front of incredable Space Shuttle Atlantis

Selfie with Astronaute Heidi Stefanyshyn-Piper

Selfie with Astronaute Wendy Lawrence