Oct 31

IC 405 Flaming Star Nebula

Ok, I’m convinced about the DSLR modification. Fantastic how the red colors come trough… See here how I remove the green tint from the stacked image. Details

Oct 30

First Light EOS 70Da

First light with my modified EOS 70D (80-85% H-Alpha-Sensitivity). Unfortunately the weather is very bad since a few weeks…. but yesterday I catched a little cloud-free window so I could test my “new” modified DSLR. Only 12 minutes exposure time, the red big nebula of IC405 is more visible than before with 1h exp.time. And […]

Oct 29

EOS 70D Astro Modification

Finally, today my EOS 70D was astro modified by DSLR Astrotec. I choosed the basic modification (H-Alpha sensitivity 80-85%). I was so dissapointed about my last picture of the Flaming Star Nebula (400mm f/5.6 compared to my last year image of the Flaming Star Nebula at 200mm f/3.5), so I decided to modify my 70D. […]

Oct 23

IC 405 Flaming Star Nabula

Finally clear sky 🙂 I’m a little bit dissapointed… On my last year IC 405 picture much more red color. OK, that was at f/3.5. I need more exp. time, a darker place… and modify my DSRL 😉

Sep 30

IC 1805 Heart Nebula

I tried to capture the Heart Nebula again, because I was not really happy with my previous shot. After 2 sessions with very bad results in the past days this one looks much better for me, also than my previous shot. Details

Sep 8

IC 342 Galaxy

Third largest spiral galaxy on our sky, smaller only than the Andromeda Galaxy (M31) and the Triangulum Galaxy (M33). But it is very very faint. Even not visible on a 180sec. shot. Total integration time: 6 hours, 9 minutes (3 sessions) Details