NASA SpaceX Demo-2 with Astronauts on Wednesday May 27

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the Crew Dragon spacecraft onboard is raised into a vertical position on the launch pad at Launch Complex SLC 39A. NASA’s SpaceX Demo-2 mission is the first launch with astronauts of the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket to the International Space Station as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program. Behnken and Hurley are scheduled to launch at 22h33 local time (GMT+1) on Wednesday, May 27 at the Kennedy Space Center. A new era of human spaceflight is set to begin as American astronauts once again launch on an American rocket from American soil to low-Earth orbit for the first time since the conclusion of the Space Shuttle Program in 2011. 

Final editing of Supernova SN2020jfo in M61

My collegue Walter from Astronomy club Helios challenged me to rework my picture of M61 with Type 2 Supernova SN2020jfo. Walter edited the picture using Software Denoise Al. CS4 was used to approach this base as best as I can. 

The result is the best so far. As described earlier, the picture is the result of two sessions, May 16 and May 20 with Nikon D7500 and TAL200K f/8.5 setting ISO 6400, 90x60s exposure.

Halo

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

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.