First result from this year’s trip to Namibia, including two nights at the IAS observatory on the Gamsberg plateau using the mighty 28 inch Newtonian telescope for astrophotography. I came across this field of view when observing the supernova SN 2026cff in NGC 3660 with the IAS remote telescope and noticed the near-by, peculiar Hoag-type galaxy PGC1000714 with its ring structure.

More details at Astrobin.

IAS – Internationale Amateursternwarte e.V. – Gamsberg Observatory, Namibia
IAS 28″ Newtonian “71er”, 3″ 0..73 reducer, f/3.2, custom fork mount, ASI2600MC Duo
36 x 300s, gain 100, offset 50, -5C, 30 sky flats, 50 bias, 30 darks
Total time: 10800s / 3h00
Data acquisition: N.I.N.A
Data calibration/integration: PixInsight WBPP
Image processing: PixInsight, BlurXTerminator, NoiseXTerminator, Lightroom