OK, this one was really a challenge… first, it was very windy and a little bit cloudy. Second, I lost the guide star and therefore more than 1 hour was worthless (86 total acquired lights = 215minutes) … Actually I don’t know why… everything was fixed well. An acoustic alarm if the guide star is […]
The Wizard Nebula, for the first time with modified DSRL and drizzled 2x. The weather was not excellent… but I’m quite happy with the result. And finally the nights starts becoming longer again soon… Details
Again I had to realize that the Elephant Trunk Nebula is very very faint. The modified DSLR captured more colors than last year unmodified, but next time I need more lights. Anyway I’m surprised with the result because it was very high temparature (RAW shows about 30°C sensor temperature) and not 100% clear weather. Details […]
With more focal length it is no more possible to catch the whole Cygnus loop on one image… 400mm seems to be the limit 😉 Details
North America and Pelican Nebula in Swan. First time at 400mm focal length. And again a rewarding target for my modified 70D. Details
Continue to capture the wonderful Cygnus regions… this time region around Sadr. Best to show the advantage of a DSLR modification. The HII regions are glowing 🙂 Details
Finally clear sky after raining the whole day yesterday… a wonderful area in Cygnus constellation: the Crescent Nebula and nebulosity around it. I re-focused 3 times. I started shooting without let the lens cooling down first… I don’t know if the low temperatures was responsible for de-focusing… Details crop 2x drizzle:
This collection is a successor for my discontinued DSO calendar. I want give especially beginners a short overview of rewarding DSO targets using the Star Adventurer or similar photo mounts. This collection is not intended to be complete and I’ll show only targets which I’ve already photographed to give an example how objects looks at […]
I just found a really, really great deep sky objects browser on the net. The idea of my own DSO calendar was very similar. But that page is incredible and what I searched for a long time 🙂 So I decided to remove my calendar and share that great page with you: Telescopius Register for […]
Yesterday I shooted M92 cluster because no other object was well in sight. Until 0:30h CET. M27 came in perfect position so I decided to stop M92 shooting, and I switched to M27 at the same settings (400mm, f/5.6, ISO1600, 120s). This way I was able to use the darks and bias frames (taken after […]
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