Monday, September 23, 2019

Moon Last Quarter

On the morning of September 22, the moon is exactly 50% illuminated and thus "last quarter". Picture was taken with Nikon D7500 on TLAPO80/480 f/6 and setting in mirror up position.


Sunday, September 22, 2019

The Triangulum Galaxy M33

The Triangulum Galaxy M33 is located in constellation Triangulum and located about 2.7 million light years from Earth.



Details : Nikon D7500 with TAL200K f/8.5 and 53 min exposure. Each picture ISO3200 and 30s exposure time including darks. Raw data converted into DNG and stacked using DeepSkyStakker. Final editing in CS4.

Saturday, September 21, 2019

Globular Cluster M92

Globular Cluster M92 in constellation Hercules.


Details : Nikon D7500 on TAL200K and 12minutes exposure. Each picture ISO3200, 30s exposure time including darks. Raw data converted into DNG files and stacking using DeepSkyStakker. Final editing in CS4.

Ring Nebula M57

Planetary Nebula Messier M57, Ring Nebula in constellation Lyra.


Details : Nikon D7500 with TAL200K, total exposure 22min. Each picture ISO3200 and 30s exposure including darks. Raw data converted to DNG files and stacking using DeepSkyStacker. Final editing in CS4.

Hercules Globular Cluster M13

Hercules Globuluar Cluster M13 was observed yesterday again but this time wioth TAL200K. Pictures were taken including darks.


Details : Nikon D7500 on TAL200K f/8.5, total exposure 36 min. Each picture ISO3200 and 30s exposure time. Darks are included and RAW data converted into DNG files. Stacking using DeepSkyStakker and final editing with CS4.

Galaxy NGC7331

Galaxy NGC7331 or Caldwell 30 is located in constellation Pegasus and is about 40million light years away from Earth. The other galaxies next to NGC7331 are at a distance between 200 and 400 million light years. The data of the other galaxies are provided via Astrometry.




Details : Nikon D7500 on TAL200K f/8.5 with total exposure of 25min. Each picture 30s, ISO6400. Raw data converted into DNG and stacked using DeepSkyStacker. Final editing in CS4.

Stephan's Quintet

Stephan's Quintet is a group of galaxies in the constellation Pegasus. It consist of NGC7317, NGC7318A&B, NGC7319, NGC7320, NGC7320B&C.
NGC73118A&B are colliding galaxies about 300million light years away from Earth.



Details : Nikon D7500 on TAL200K f/8.5 total exposure of 50min. Eacht picture 30s and ISO6400. Raw data converted to DNG and stacked using DeepSkyStakker. Final editing in CS4.