Lezing Ruimteweer

Binnen enkele minuten start de lezing over de gevaren van Ruimteweer. Deze gaat door in de volksterrenwacht Mira te Grimbergen. De lezing wordt verzorgd door Prof Stefaan Poedts van KU Leuven.

NGC Open and Globular Star Clusters

Astropictures of a couple of NGC Open and Globular Star Cluster.

NGC 6633 : Open Star Cluster - Italy Cluster
NGC 6517 : Globular Star Cluster
NGC 6709 : Open Star Cluster - Flying Unicorn
NGC 6760 : Globular Star Cluster
NGC 6535: Globular Star Cluster

All pictures taken with Nikon D7500 on refractor TLAPO80/480 f/6. Pictures in DNG and stacked using DeepSkyStacker with final editing in CS4.

Plane with Pleiades M45

Funny, plane crossing Pleiades M45.

21P Giacobini-Zinner

Comet 21P Giacobini-Zinner this morning UT02h13. Setting ISO1600, 30s, single shot.

Pleiades Messier M45

Restacking my 77 pictures using DeepSkyStacker to remove the planes :)

Comet 21P Giacobini-Zinner

The Comet 21P Giacobini-Zinner, this morning UT02h15 as seen in the constellation Gemini. It's current distance is about 60 million km from Earth.

Pleiades Messier M45

Astropicture of the Seven Sisters or the Pleiades (Messier M45) can be fount in the constellation Taurus. The open star cluster is located at a distance of 444 light years from Earth.

The picture is the result of a long exposure of 40 minutes. It's a combination of ISO800, ISO3200 and ISO6400 with exposure each time 30s. Pictures are converted to DNG and stacked using DeepSkyStacker; final editing using CS4 16bits and result below is Jpeg.
The green line is probably an airplane.