Astropictures DeepSky Objects

The idea was to photograph comet C/2018 Y1 Iwamoto but I could trace the comet at all. Probably due to the Moon (81%) which was outshining the comet and the fact the comet is already very faint.
So I decided to talk some pictures of some Deep Sky object. They are not perfect due to the Moon. Pictures are taken with TAL200K f/8.5 and Nikon D7500. No darks were taken and pictures are stacked with DeepSkyStacker (format DNG). CS4 was used for final editing.

Observation list

- Messier M46 : Open Star Cluster with Planetary Nebula NGC 2438
- Messier M48 : Open Star Cluster
- Messier M81 : Galaxy
- Messier M65 and M66 : Galaxy
- Messier M67 : Open Star Cluster
- NGC 1545: Open Star Cluster
- Messier M42 :Orion Nebula
- NGC 2903 : Galaxy
- NGC 3115 : Galaxy, with a black hole of 2 billion Sunmasses!

Regulus

 Alpha Leonis or Regulus is a star located about 79 light years from our Sun. The picture was taken with a Bathinov Mask in prepartion of deep sky photography.

Moon Waxing Gibbous 81%

Almost full Moon. Picture taken with Nikon D7500 on TAL200K.

Orion Nebula Messier M42

A clear sky and almost full Moon. So not perfect for deep sky objects, but still I was able to shoot the Orion Nebula Messier M42. The bright nebula was taken using Nikon 7500 on TAL200K. Editing of Jpeg with CS4.

How huge are prominences

This afternoon the Sun was covered with huge prominences. But how huge? I made some calculations and draw Earth next to the large prominence.

Gigantic Filament on the Sun

This afternoon I could observe some huge filaments or prominences. Observations done with SolarMax3 70/400 DS BF15 and pictures taken with Nikon D7500. Limited editing using CS4.

Halo around Moon

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High clouds and thus a nice halo around the Moon