Whirlpool Galaxy M51

An 18 minutes exposure of the Whirlpool Galaxy or Messier M51 located in the constellation Canes Venatici. This distance is about 23million light years.
The picture was taken with Nikon D7500 on TAL200K f/8.5. Deepskystacker is used to stack the pictures including darks. Final editing with CS4. No moon and temperature -1°C.

Moon Waning Gibbous (80%)

The moon (waning gibbous 80%) was low above the horizon right after midnight. So time to finish my observation of deep sky objects as the moon will overshine the sky.

Sun in H-Alpha

This afternoon I took some time to observe the Sun in H-Alpha. No sunspots but some huge filaments could be observed. When comparing the two pictures below you can see how dynamic the filaments are and changing geometry. Both pictures taken with Nikon D7500 on SolarMaxIII 70/400 f/5.7 double stacked. Pictures are converted into DNG and edited using CS4.

Filament, Airplane with Sun in H-Alpha

Some luck... airplane with Filament with Sun in H-Alpha.

Filament on the Sun

This afternoon a huge filament is covering the Sun. This can be seen in H-Alpha. Picture is taken with Nikon D7500 on SolarMax3 d70/400 f/5.7. The insert is taken from the Gong H-Alpha network.

Flame Nebula

Flame Nebula during a waxing gibbous moon (90%). The horsehead nebula is too faint as the moon is shining out the famous nebula.
Picture taken with Nikon D7500 on TLAPO 80/480 f/6 ISO800 and 46 minutes exposure. Stacking with DeepSkyStacker and final editing with CS4.

Supermoon Coming

One day to go for full moon and it will be a Supermoon. Full moon of february will have the closest distance Earth-Moon this year 2019, 356 761 km.

Moon Febrruay 17, UT20h