Antennae Galaxies NGC 4038/4039

Reworking my picture from Antennae Galaxies NGC 4038/4039.

Antennae Galaxies NGC 4038/4039

Galaxies NGC 4038/4039 also know as the Antennae Galaxies are located in constellation Corvus and about 45 million lightyears away from Earth.

The Antennae Galaxies are an example of colliding galaxies. In better circumstances and longer exposure time it should be possible to see the antennae. Yesterday conditions were moderate with Moonlight (75%) and 100% relative humidity.

Setting: Nikon D7500 and TAL200K f/8.5; ISO 1600 and 21x60s exposure time. Stacking with DeepSkyStacker and final editing using CS4.

Galaxies NGC 4762 and NGC 4754 - Use of PAE

Both galaxies NGC 4762 and NGC 4754 are located in constellation Virgo and both are part of the Virgo Cluster. NGC 4762 is located at a distance of 60 million lightyears from Earth; NGC 4754 about 53 million light years.

Setting: Nikon D7500 and TAL200K f/8.5, ISO3200 and 46x60s exposure time. Stacking using DeepSkyStacker and final editing using CS4.

The equatorial mount and Synscan v4 was connected to my PC and Stellarium software. After 3 star allignment the mount was set to a nearby star and again corrected via PAE, Point Accurancy Enhancement.  The nearby star was centered and via menu Utililty, PAE corrected. This was a great help to located the galaxies.

Moon, Venus Compilation

Moon and my Weatherstation

Evening Moon and Da Vinci Glow

Moon with Earthshine also know as The Da Vinci Glow, Venus and my Weather Station.

Comet C/2019 Y4 with TAL200K from March 26

I reworked earlier pictures from Comet C/2019 Y4 (Atlas) made on March 26, 2020. Pictures made with Nikon D7500 and TAL200K f/8.5; setting ISO6400 and 19 x 30s exposure time. Raw data converted to DNG and stacking using DeepSkyStacker with focus on the Comet. Final editing with CS4.

The picture shows a bright coma a getting brighter then previous days. Now we know the comet fell apart the beginning of April.