Venus and Pleiades

Venus and Pleiades on April 1,  2020.  Setting with Nikon D7500 and TLAPO80/480 f/6 ISO800, 45s exposure.

Venus and Pleiades

Still two days to go before we can observe Venus within the Pleiades. But today I was able to get Venus and the Pleiades in one frame. Picture taken with Nikon D7500 and TLAPO80/480 f/6. Setting ISO 1600 and 30s exposure time. Limited editing using CS4.

Sunspot of Cycle 25

This evening a picture was made of the Sun with a sunspot of the new cycle #25. The picture is a compilation of different pictures made with ZWO224MC and SolarMaxIII 70/400 DS BF15.
Next to the sunspot some huge prominences can be seen.
AutoStakkert!2 was used to stack AVI movies; final editing with CS4.

Comet C/2019 Y4 Atlas Widefield

This morning, UT 2h58, a widefield picture (13mm) was taken of the area of Ursa Major. The comet can be seen as a very faint "star". Models predict the comet will be as bright as magnitude 2à3 and thus visible with the naked eye. Timing early May.

M109 Galaxy

Messier M109 Galaxy is located in constellation Ursa Major and about 83million lightyears away from Earth. Picture was taken with Nikon D7500 and TAL200K f/8.5. Setting : ISO6400 and 26minutes exposure, each picture 30s.
Raw data converted to DNG format and stacking using Deepskystacker with final editing in CS4.

Moon, Venus and Pleiades at Sunset

Sunset March 28, 2020 : close encounter of the Moon, Venus and the Pleiades.

Still 5 Messier Objects to go

Still 5 Messier Objects to go to finish my Messier list.

Below my "To Do list" of my 5 Messier objects and arranged by date of midnight culmination and altitude above horizon :

April 1 : M68
April 16 : M83 8°55'
June 16 : M6 6°34'
June 20 : M7 3°58'
June 29 : M69 6°22