Moon this morning with earthshine

This morning the moon was low above the eastern horizon and 15% illuminated and with a bright earthshine.

NGC 6992 Eastern Veil Nebula

NGC 6992 is a supernova remnant located in the constellation Cygnus. The star exploded about 8000 years ago at a distance of 1470 light years from Earth.
The picture was taken from another location then my backyard with Nikon D7500 and TLAPO 80/480 f/6. Setting : 30min exposure with each picture 30s and ISO3200. Raw data converted to DNG and stacked using DeepSkyStakker. Final editing with CS4.

Extreem color balancing in CS4

Dark Matter & Dark Energy

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Little reading and understanding about the topics dark energy and dark matter.

Star Vega

The bright star Vega in Lyra with Bahtinov mask.

Globular Cluster M80

Low above my southern horizon I could observe the globular Cluster M80. It's  located in the constellation scorpius and about 32000 light years away from Earth.
As the picture was taken low above the horizon and having the impact of city lights the picture is not fantastic. Picture was taken with Nikon D7500 and TAL200K f/8.5. Settings are ISO800 and 30s with a total of 4,5 minutes exposure. The raw format was converted to DNG format and stacking using DeepSkyStakker. Final editing and cropping in CS4.

Omega Nebula M17

The Omega Nebula or Swan Nebula (Messier M17) is located in the constellation Sagittarius and about 5000 light years away from Earth.
The picture is taken with Nikon D7500 and TAL200K f/8.5. Total exposure of 15 minutes : each picture exposure time 30s and ISO1600. Raw pictures converted to DNG and stacked using DeepSkyStakker. Final editing in CS4. The line below is the track of an airplane.

Lagoon Nebula M8

The Lagoon Nebula, Messier M8 is an interstellar cloud in the constellation Sagittarius and about 4100 light years away from Earth.
The picture was taken with Nikon D7500 and TAL200K f/8.5, with settings : ISO3200 and exposure of 19 minutes (each picture 30s). Stacking using DeepSkyStakker and final editing using CS4. On the left, open star cluster NGC6530.