New data from the IAS remote telescope, comprising 2 panels for this mosaic. Somewhat uncharted territory in Puppis, at least regarding the NGC and IC catalogs, with several cometary globules in the outskirts of the very large Gum Nebula.
More scientific details about the objects can be found in this older publication by ESO, see page 71, section 2.1.4 CG30/31 and HH12.
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Heavy snowfall converted the south of Northrhine-Westfalia into a picturesque winter landscape. Couldn’t resist to give my camera an airing.
Starker Schneefall verwandelte den Süden von Nordrhein-Westfalen in eine pittoreske Winterlandschaft, das hat man in Köln nicht so oft. Kitsch as Kitsch can, heute Vormittag war ein kleiner Spaziergang mit der Kamera angesagt.
Continue readingThe website now uses the CC Child Pages plugin, replacing the Flexi Pages Widget, which vanished without trace from the WP plugin directory. Hopefully no hickups, and slowly but surely the parent category pages (especially in the Photography gallery hierarchy) will be updated accordingly.
More data from the IAS remote telescope, the Abell 194 galaxy cluster in Cetus. Featuring NGC 519, 530, 535, 538, 541, 543, 545, 547, 548, 557, some ICs and tons of PGCs, see below.
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Recent data from the IAS remote telescope, collected over two nights. NGC 1546, NGC 1549, and NGC 1553, plus IC 2058 in this field of view in the constellation Dorado. The interacting galaxies NGC 1549 and 1553 are part of the Dorado Group.
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After a long hiatus from the group I processed the recent C088 data posted to DSLR AIP. Sh2-113 and Sh2-114, very faint H-alpha emission nebulae in Cygnus with some surrounding OIII streaks.
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Aus dem Archiv: ein paar Eindrücke zwischendrin von einer Geschäftsreise nach Berlin, auch schon wieder 15 Jahre her.
From the archive: some in-between impressions from a business trip to Berlin in 2009.
Alle Bilder / all images: Deutschland > Berlin 2009
Aus dem Archiv: Bilder aus dem Atombunker Ausweichsitz NRW, im kalten Krieg für für die Landesregierung Nordrhein-Westfalen gebaut und noch inklusive der Technik komplett erhalten. Entstanden während einer Fototour im Jahr 2010 und erst jetzt auch hier auf der Website. Alle Bilder in der Galerie unter Deutschland > Ausweichsitz NRW.
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Like a dolphin ahead of the red flood. Nick-named “Flipper” by the IAS remote team, this is the Cometary Globule CG1 in the outskirt of the Gum Nebula. [1] [2]
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Der Dellbrückentag nächstes Jahr am 10. Mai 2024 wirft seine Katzen … äh … Schatten voraus.