The summer is here! My first shot of Saturn… I need a bigger telescope đ
Clear sky alarm! Today it was a very clear night. I tried my luck again with M57 ring nebula (NGC 6720). For the first time I can see the little red-yellow outer ring in my final composition đ It’s all about exposure time! This time total 6’56” (32 x 13s). Still not enough đ
The weather was not so good this evening… but I catched a cloud free 1-hour window đ Here is my first shot of open cluster M39 – NGC 7092.
Almost clear sky tonight… My second shot of M27 nebula (NGC 6853). Exposure time per shot: 13s. I tried to make more shots like before to stack them later, but unfortunately I had to stop shooting… clouds… đÂ
Wonderful clear sky tonight đ Here is my first shot of M27 – NGC 6853.
We had some stormy weather tonight. My chance to get some first shots of lightning.
For the third time I shot the moon with the Skywatcher Explorer 130P, the Canon EOS 100D and a 2x barlow lens. This setup enlarges the focal length to 1300mm. But one point remains… this Skywatcher focuser is not for photography purposes… Its very hard to find the focus and stay at the good point. Anyway… […]
My first attempt to shot M13 (NGC 6205) star cluster with the Canon EOS 100D on the Skywatcher Explorer 130P. Unfortunately with the Skywatcher 130P I can only focus an object, if I use a 2x Barlow lens to double the focal length. And because of the azimutal GoTo mount, I have to keep the exposure time low: […]
Again I shot series of images of the sky to stack them later. The second image was exposed too long. 13 seconds was too much for this low angle. The first shooting angle was about 50° (declination), the second somewhere about 5°. Direction: East / South East
Last night I shot with ISO800 instead of ISO1600 (like in the past days). Also I shot a whole series of 5-10 photos to stack them later. The result is realy nice đ To stack the photos I use the freeware Deep Sky Stacker. Direction: North East
