Pascal Hilkens Astro Page

Saturday, August 31, 2019

North America Nebula

Part of the North America Nebula NGC7000 in constellation Cygnus.

Details : picture was taken with Nikon D7500 and TLAPO80/480 f/6. Total exposure of 23 minutes, each picture 30s exposure and ISO6400. Raw pictures converted to DNG and stacking using DeepSkyStacker. Tiff32 bit files edited in CS4 and saved as 8bit Jpg.

Andromeda Galaxy M31, M32, M110

With a clear sky, no city lights after midnight and no time constrainst I was able to make to photograph the Andromeda Galaxy Messier M31. On the picture is also M32 and M110. The result is amazing and personnaly I'm very proud I'm able to make these kind of pictures myself.

Details : picture was taken with Nikon D7500 and TLAPO80/480 f/6. Total exposure of 40 minutes, each picture 30s exposure and ISO6400. Raw pictures converted to DNG and stacking using DeepSkyStacker. Tiff32 bit files edited in CS4 and saved as 8bit Jpg.

August 31 Observation

Clear sky and perfect to observe and making pictures :
- Andromeda Galaxy M31
- Galaxy M77
- Planets Uranus and Neptune
- Western Veil Nebula NGC6960
- North America Nebula NGC7000

Also a couple of Perseid (2) and one Aquarid meteors observed. Picture will be posted later.

Wednesday, August 28, 2019

Crescent Moon

The Moon is low above the eastern horizon and only 7% illuminated.

Tuesday, August 27, 2019

Globular Cluster M55

Globular Cluster M55 is located in constellation Sagittarius and about 17500 light years away from Earth.
This one picture was made low above the southern horizon with Nikon D7500 and TAL200K f/8.5 and setting ISO800 during 30s exposure. Editing in CS4.

Globular Cluster NGC6342

Globular Cluster NGC6342 is located in constellation Ophiuchus and about 28.000 light years away from earth.
Picture is taken with Nikon D7500 and TAL200K f/8.5. Total exposure 6,5 min, each picture with settig ISO800 and 30s exposure time. Raw data converted to DNG and stacked using DeepSkyStakker. Final editing in CS4.