Show full image It has taken me 3-4 scattered night sessions to get these 4 hours of data. Mist and clouds came up around midnight every night. I normally do ony L-Enhance filter on nebulas, but this time I mixed in a part without filter. I took the stars from this part. Of course I […]
IC 1396 Elephant trunk nebula in dualband Read More »
Show full image For the full picture I stacked 15% of frames acquired during 60 s @ 132 FPS and native focal length. Stacking in Autostakkert and wavelet sharpening in Registax. Mosaic of three frames stitched in ICE. Videos acquired around 22:00 – 22:45 which in my case means more or less full daylight. Seeing
The moon 6-7 days after new moon Read More »
Show full image This nebula is very nice. I did not know about it until very recently before I imaged it. It is located in the constellation Monoceros. The image also includes the so called Christmas Tree cluster. Sometimes a Fox Fur nebula and a Snowflake nebula is also mentioned within this complex. There is
NGC 2264 Cone Nebula Read More »
Show full image This is a supernova remnant in the constellation Cassiopeia. Basic astronomical data on the object is sparse to find, but recent information indicates a distance of approximately 6500 ly and an age of about 10 000 years. The size is approximately 1/100 of the distance. However, data are rather uncertain. It has
Medulla nebula – CTB 1 – Abell 85 Read More »
Show full image This comet was visible in the southeast in the early morning when the image was taken. This image was acquired early on Christmas Eve. I had the telescope out all night and had a lot of frost on the rig, possibly also on the secondary mirror. The FWHM was not ideal. I
Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) Read More »
Show full image This is the NGC 6888 Crescent Nebula imaged with a dualband filter. Near this nebula is also the Soap Bubble Nebula which is designated PN G75.5+1.7. The imaging session was framed in by clouds and fog. I could have done better with focusing and the FWHM was rather large. I would have liked
Crescent Nebula and Soap Bubble Nebula Read More »
Show full image The Pacman nebula imaged in dualband and shown in a syntetic HOO palette.
Pacman nebula NGC 281 Read More »
Show full image The Bubble Nebula with a dualband filter. A large part of the subs are acquired during full moon. Conditions were mostly difficult, with moist air and clouds coming and going. The final result is better than I expected given the conditions. Nebula and stars were imaged and processed separately, The stars were
Bubble Nebula NGC 7635 Read More »
Show full image This supernova was discovered on 2022-04-16 by Koichi Itagaki. It is of type Ia, meaning it originates from an exploding white dwarf in a binary pair. I photographed it during two consecutive nights. The time of year means there was a limited amount of astro darkness. The supernova is located in the
Supernova sn 2022hrs Read More »
Show full image This image shows the M106 galaxy. It is located in the constellation Canes Venatici, just below the Big Dippers handle. It is of the Seyfert II type, which means that it resembles a quasar. It is believed that the inner parts of the galaxy are falling into a supermassive black hole located