After a 3 month break, finally a new image. I choosed M13 to start this season and to gain back practice 😉 Details
I wish everyone clear skies for 2018! Hopefully the weather will be much better than 2017 😉
After weeks of bad weather finally a clear night. I started shooting 10 minutes after setup, so the lens had to cool down during the session. I had to re-focus every 20 minutes… Drizzled 2x, resized to original resolution. Details
I got a new 3D printed polar scope illuminator adapter for my Star Adventurer (Thank you, Stefan!!!). It should be delivered with the Star Adventurer… IMO it’s absolutely neccessary to be able checking polar alignment with all equipment mounted, or simply to check polaris position during a session. And this is the new, 3D printed […]
This is the result of my first attempt to combine my 2016 and 2017 image with different exposure in PI. Both sessions @ f/5.6, Total integration time 214min. Details
My new Retrospective 2017 Part II is online. Enjoy the images from our night sky 🙂
I noticed during B22 shooting, I can go higher with exposure time than I tought. So I tried 180s for the California Nebula. And it worked like a charm 🙂 Details
Since days very good weather conditions. It’s a complete different thing to photograph with a modified DSLR compared to last years image. Details
The weather is still good 🙂 Again B22 Taurus dark cloud nebula. This time 240s exposure instead of 120s. Much better result than my first image. Details Now I have more than 5 hours lights. Combined image from 2 sessions (46 x 240s + 74 x 120s = 332minutes) Session 2 image (46 x 240s, […]
A very special object. NGC2087 surrounded by Barnard 22 interstellar matter. I had no idea what to expect regarding to a single 120s preview image… I like the result but it will be worth to invest more time in it 😉 Details
