Sep 22

IC 1848 Soul Nebula

Finally cooler and longer nights πŸ™‚ But the session started with a non-responding GEM28 after starting the guiding calibration… so annoying!​​​​​​​At least the rest of the night was problem-free… Details

Aug 1

NGC 281 Pacman Nebula

My DSLR doesn’t like these temperatures… Had to fight with background noise structures. Looking forward for the colder nights πŸ˜‰ Details

Jul 3

Cygnus Wall

650mm focal length is already to much for the whole North America Nebula, so I tried to capture the most interesting area of the North America Nebula. At least most interesting to me πŸ˜‰ Details

Jul 2

NGC 7380 Wizard Nebula

Finally clear sky! The Wizard Nebula now with 650mm focal length.What a difference to my previous shots of the Wizard Nebula at 400mm πŸ™‚Β  Details

May 28

DWB 111 Propeller Nebula

The nebula season is coming πŸ™‚ I think I now know how to prevent reflections: if there are no bright stars near to the field of view. Like in this one. Another solution would be probably to darken the inner tube and the spider. Details

May 10

M 57 Ring Nebula (1mm T2 Ring)

This time I used the 1mm distance ring to fine adjust the distance between sensor and corrector. 1mm seems to be too much distance between DSLR sensor and coma corrector… the borders are worser than with the 0.5mm ring. And still not enough focal length for M 57 Ring Nebula, one of my favorite objects… […]

Apr 29

NGC 6543 Cat’s Eye Nebula

This time especially the right upper corner is problematic (left upper corner too, but not that much as the right upper corner). At least not all 4 corners are affected in the same way… I’m unsure what’s the reason for this… So far, after reading a lot about the topic, I think the problem is: working […]