Comet C/2019 Y4 Atlas Widefield

This morning, UT 2h58, a widefield picture (13mm) was taken of the area of Ursa Major. The comet can be seen as a very faint "star". Models predict the comet will be as bright as magnitude 2à3 and thus visible with the naked eye. Timing early May.

M109 Galaxy

Messier M109 Galaxy is located in constellation Ursa Major and about 83million lightyears away from Earth. Picture was taken with Nikon D7500 and TAL200K f/8.5. Setting : ISO6400 and 26minutes exposure, each picture 30s.
Raw data converted to DNG format and stacking using Deepskystacker with final editing in CS4.

Moon, Venus and Pleiades at Sunset

Sunset March 28, 2020 : close encounter of the Moon, Venus and the Pleiades.

Still 5 Messier Objects to go

Still 5 Messier Objects to go to finish my Messier list.

Below my "To Do list" of my 5 Messier objects and arranged by date of midnight culmination and altitude above horizon :

April 1 : M68
April 16 : M83 8°55'
June 16 : M6 6°34'
June 20 : M7 3°58'
June 29 : M69 6°22

Close encouter Moon Venus Pleiades : Video

Close encounter of the Moon, Venus and the Pleaides at sunset of March 28, 2020. Video taken  with Nikon D7500. Setting Timelapse mode with 3min interval.

M101 Pinwheel Galaxy Re-edit

Re-editing the Tiff file of M101, the Pinwheel galaxy.

M101 Pinwheel Galaxy

Galaxy Messier M101, the Pinwheel galaxy is located in Ursa Major and about 21million lightyears away from Earth.

This is so far my longest exposure I ever made. With almost 2h30m and taking 292 pictures each 30s exposure. The picture was taken with Nikon D7500 and TAL200K f/8.5. Setting : ISO6400 including darks and 292 pictures 30s exposure each. Raw data converted to DNG and stacking using DeepSkyStacker with final editing using CS4.