East from the belt of constellation Orion you can see the Flame Nebula or NGC2024. This emission nebula is located at a distance of 1350 light years from Earth.
The nebula was exposed for 9 minutes and all pictures stacked (DNG) with DeepskySkacker. Final editing using CS4. The bright star on the picture is Alnitak.
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Sunday, February 24, 2019
Whirlpool Galaxy M51
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%)
Saturday, February 23, 2019
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.
Monday, February 18, 2019
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.
Picture taken with Nikon D7500 on TLAPO 80/480 f/6 ISO800 and 46 minutes exposure. Stacking with DeepSkyStacker and final editing with CS4.
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