Astroblog: The Lonely Photon

Two astro bloggers: Pascal (l) and Adriano (r)

End of March I met in Berzieux (France) a new friend, Adriano, with the same intrest. Both stayed in the very dark skies of Berzieux making astropictures. It was a pleasure talking with him and to share tips and ideas. Interesting as well is that we both have a personal blog.

Adriano's blog can be found as The Lonely Photon - see this link.

Adriano has build up lot's of experience with installing his astro equipment on different locations as his own location suffers from lightpollution. This was clearly shown in Berzieux: remote, fast and efficient set up.

Lately he is taking pictures of nebulas and galaxies with long exposures (5-15hours) with some awesome results. 

Comet C/2019 L3 (Atlas)

Comet C/2019 L3 (Atlas) was photographed on March 24, 2022 (UT20h35).The comet was located in constellation Gemini and about 3.8 Astronomical Units away from Earth. According Stellarium, magnitude 12,73.

Setting: TAL200K f/8.5 with ASI2600MC, guidescope 30/120 with ASI224MC

Software: N.I.N.A., Stellarium, PHD2, APP, CS4

Location: Backyard

NGC1893 and Flaming Star Nebula

NGC1893 and IC405 Flaming Star Nebula (partial).

Setting : TLAPO80/480 f/6 with ASI260MC, guidescop 30/120 with ASI224MC
Lights: 12x300s, darks, bias, flats and darkflats

Software: N.I.N.A, Stellarium, PHD2, APP, CS4, DeNoise AI

Location : Berzieux (F)

Photo Collage Berzieux

I made a photo collage of my astroweekend in Berzieux (France) on March 25-27, 2022

My picture of Moon-Uranus published in magazine Heelal

My picture of planet Uranus near the Moon (see this link) earlier this month was published in magazine Heelal. 

Comet 19P/Borrelly & NGC1499

On Saterday March 26, 2022, Comet 19P/Borrelly was visible near NGC1499 (California Nebula). Picture was taken in Berzieux (F) without using filters. 

Setting: TLAP80/480 f/6 with ASI2600MC, guidescope 30/120 and ASI224MC

Light: 1x300s, darks, flats, darkflats, bias

Software: N.I.N.A, Stellarium, PHD2, APP, CS4.

Location: Berzieux (F)

Coma Cluster Abell 1656

The Coma Cluster (Abell 1656) is a collection of galaxies (more then 1000 identified galaxies) located in constellation Coma Berenices. The brightest member in the central region of the Coma Cluster is Coma B (NGC4889 or C35) and about 300 million ly away from Earth.

Using Astrometry.net about 100 galaxies can be seen on the picture (both NGC and IC)

Setting : TLAPO80/480 f/6 with ASI2600MC, guidingscope 30/120 with ASI224MC

Light : 12x300s, darks, bias, flats and darkflats

Software : N.I.N.A., Stellarium, PHD2, APP, CS4, DeNoise AI

Location : Berzieux (F)