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Night in Namibia 2023-2025

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Two years in the making, here comes a new Night in Namibia time-lapse video.

Special thanks to:
Internationale Amateursternwarte e.V. https://www.ias-observatory.org/

Locations: TimBila Camp Namibia, IAS Observatory Hakos and Hakos Astrofarm, Namibia

An mj’s photography production https://photo.m-j-s.net/

Time-lapse photography Copyright (C) 2023-2025 Martin Junius
Music “Sequenced Variations 1” Copyright (C) 2025 Martin Junius
(Home-made in my studio, hopefully avoiding Youtube Content-ID hell)

Omega Centauri

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NGC 5139 – Omega Centauri Globular Cluster – OSC v1

And one more. ;-) Of course, Omega Centauri aka NGC 5139 is a jewel in the southern sky and a go-to-target. So Omega Centauri’s photons were the “first light” for the ASI 2600 MC Duo on the AK3 astrograph, but I messed up focussing and had to redo it later.

All three globular clusters here in the blog were processed in PixInsight and Lightroom with the same color calibration and processing steps. Interestingly enough, their appearance varies quite a bit!

Also compare this with be previous image of Omega Centauri.

More details at Astrobin.

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Flickering Globular Cluster

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Messier 62 – Flickering Globular Cluster in Ophiuchus – OSC v2

Another globular cluster, only about 9 degrees from M4 towards the constellation Ophiuchus, Messier 62 or NGC 6266 against the dense background star field of the Milky Way.

More details at Astrobin.

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Spider Globular Cluster

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Messier 4 – Spider Globular Cluster in Scorpius – OSC v3

More processed OSC data with the ASI 2600 MC Duo and the IAS 20″ telescope AK3, featuring the globular cluster Messier 4 aka NGC 6121.

Notable change to my previously shown OSC workflow: I used “K2V star” as the white reference for SpectrophotometricColorCalibration. Standard “Average spiral galaxy” yielded stars, which were too “golden” for my taste, thus this bluer/colder rendition.

See also at Astrobin.

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Dellbrückentag – Mehr Impressionen

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Dellbrückentag 2025 – Doppel im Viertel

Dellbrückentag – Doppel im Viertel – Von Schaufenster zu Schaufenster

Ausstellungsrundgang zu Fotos von Rebecca Peetz mit „Kulturpaaren“ aus Architektur, Bildung, Fotografie, Literatur und Medien sowie (viel) Musik. Fand am Freitag, 30. Mai 2025 statt.

Die komplette kleine Serie findet sich hier unter Gallery > Photography > Köln > Dellbrückentag 2025.

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Dellbrückentag – Doppel im Viertel

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Dellbrückentag 2025 – Doppel im Viertel

Dellbrückentag – Doppel im Viertel

Ausstellungsrundgang zu Fotos von Rebecca Peetz mit „Kulturpaaren“ aus Architektur, Bildung, Fotografie, Literatur und Medien sowie (viel) Musik. Fand am Freitag, 30. Mai 2025 statt.

Die komplette kleine Serie findet sich hier unter Gallery > Photography > Köln > Dellbrückentag 2025.

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Cometary Globules CG 8 and 9

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CG 8 and 9 – Cometary Globules in Puppis – OSC v1

Continuing with the cometary globules, CG 8 and 9 were captured on-site at the IAS observatory Hakos with the 20″ Newtonian Astrograph AK3 and a new ASI 2600 MC Duo camera, which works quite nicely with this scope.

One more step on the long way to complete the CG catalog here. Most of the CGs are in Puppis, which meanwhile sets quite early in the southern hemisphere night.

Details at Astrobin.

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