Wednesday, February 27, 2019

Owl Nebula M97 and Surfboard Galaxy M108


Both the Owl Nebula M97 as the Surfboard Galaxy M108 are located in the constellation Ursa Major. Picture consist of 31 photo's, each 30s exposure and ISO6400.



Leo Triplet M65 M66 and NGC3628

Three spiral Galaxies M65, M66 and NGC3628 in constellation Leo. The three are located at a distance of about 35 million light years from us.
The picture is a result of 46 photo's, each 30s exposure with Nikon D7500 on TLAPO 80/480 f/6. Raw pictures are converted into DNG and stacked using DeepSkyStacker. Final editing with CS4.



C/2018 Y1 Iwamoto and Messier M36

Comet C/2018 Y1 Iwamoto near Open Star Cluster Messier M36 in constellation Auriga.


C/2018 Y1 Iwamoto

Currently comet C/2018 Y1 Iwamoto is travelling through constellation Auriga and north of the open star cluster M36 (pictures will follow later).


Monday, February 25, 2019

The UFO Galaxy NGC 2683

The UFO Galaxy, NGC 2683 is located in the constellation Lynx at a distance of 25 million light years. The picture was taken with Nikon D7500 on TAL200K f/8.5. DeepskyStacker was used to stack the DNG pictures and final editing with CS4. Total exposure is 6 minutes and darks are set.




The "37" Cluster

NGC 2169 or The "37" Cluster is an open star cluster located at a distance of 3600 light years from us.


Sunday, February 24, 2019

Flame Nebula NGC2024

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.