Fireworks Galaxy NGC6946

 Fireworks Galaxy or NGC6946 : picture edited using DeNoise AI

Galaxy NGC6946

Galaxy NGC4946 is located in constellation Cepheus and about 25million lightyears away from Earth.

Setting : Nikon D7500 and TAL200K f/8.5, ISO4000, 11x60s. DigiCamControl used to control my camera. Raw data converted to DNG and stacked using DeepSkyStacker. Final editing with CS4.

Mars Mapper

An interesting website is Mars Mapper. It shows how the Red Planet shows up in your telescoop. Any date between july 2020 and the spring next year will give you a simulation of Mars.

I used my picture from last night to compare. See the result for yourself :)

Mars

Last night I took some pictures of Mars. Even though the sky was very clear, seeing was not that good. But still, I was able to get to best out of it. See result below and also a copy of Mars Mapper.

Setting : ASI224MC on TAL200K f/8.5. Use of ADC and barlow x2. Frames stacked using AutoStakkert! and final editing with CS4.

Sun CaII K-line

This afternoon I took some pictures of a quit Sun using Baader filter CaII K-line without my solarfilm ND3.8. Doing this I was able to focus much better which resulted in very sharp pictures.

Setting : Nikon D7500 with TAL200K f/8.5; ISO800 and exposure time of 1/50s. Editing using CS4.

Sun in CaII K ND3.8 : first details

Observation of the Sun with Baader Ca II K filter showed some details. I was still practicing and did not expect too much. So this result was far more then I expected. 

Set up : Nikon D7500 and TAL200K f/8.5. Baader Ca II K filter, Solarfilm ND3.8, ISO800 and exposure time of 8s. Editing using CS4.

Mars with ASI224MC

A month from today, Mars will be at opposition. Last night I was able to make some pictures of Mars. Right after midnight (local time),  Mars was bright and high in the sky. Pictures were made with ZWO ASI224MC on TAL 200K f/8.5. I used my ADC and Barlow x2. Capturesoftware ASICAP was used and stacking was done with AutoStakkert!. Final editing with CS4.