Thursday, May 21, 2020

Halo

High clouds and thus some nice 360' halo's around the Sun.

Wednesday, May 20, 2020

Venus and Mercury after sunset


This evening Venus and Mercury 30 minutes after sunset.


Rework Galaxy M61 and Supernova SN2020jfo


Rework of Tiff 16bit picture from M61 and Supernova SN2020jfo. The result is sharper and colorfull. 



Venus - Mercury getting closer - May 19-23 2020


Last evening but also the next 3 evenings, Venus and Mercury will be "meeting" each other. Not in space of  course but as seen from Earth. 


My weather station VWR200



Supernova SN2020jfo in Galaxy M61

Last night I took time to make more pictures of Galaxy M61 to capture supernove SN2020jfo. Total exposure of 60x60s ISO6400 with Nikon D7500 and TAL200K f/8.5/ Stacking with DeepSkyStacker of both pictures of last night as from May 16. This results of a total exposure of 1h30m. Final editing using CS4.


Monday, May 18, 2020

Siamese Twins or Butterfly Galaxy

NGC 4567 and NGC 4568 are part of the Butterfly Galaxy or also known as the Siamese Twins. Both galaxies are located in constellation Virgo and about 60 million light years away from Earth. Together with NGC 4564 (55 million light years from Earth) they are all part of the Virgo Cluster.

Picture taken with Nikon D7500 and TAL200K f/8.5. Setting ISO6400 and 10x60s exposure time. Stacking with DeepSkyStacker and final editing using CS4.


Picture uploaded in Astrometry - see results.


Galaxy NGC 4526 or NGC 4560

Galaxy NGC 4526 (also listed as NGC 4560 - see astrometry) is located in constellation Virgo and is part of the Virgo Cluster and about 55 million light years away from Earth. 
Picture taken with Nikon D7500 and TAL200K f/8.5. Setting ISO6400 and 16 minutes exposure time (16x60s). Stacking using DeepSkyStacker and final editing with CS4.