Completing the Grus Quartet with the spiral galaxy NGC 7552. Last data from September at IAS Observatory, Hakos, Namibia.
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London 2010
From the archives: impressions from some idle hours during a business trip to London in June 2010, not yet published here.
Photokina R.I.P.
Aus dem Archiv: beim Aufräumen von alten Blog-Einträgen ein paar Bilder von der Photokina im September 2010 entdeckt … damals, als es noch diese “richtige” Fotografie-Messe gab …
Scotland 2010 Refurbished
From the archive: refurbished article on the Scotland 2010 (Edinburgh and Islay) journey (German) and extended Scotland 2010 album in the gallery.
Continue readingGrus Quartet Galaxies
Only three of the quartet, NGC 7522 is a bit further out, but NGC 7599, 7590, and 7582 just barely fit the frame. Data from September at IAS Observatory, Hakos, Namibia.
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Another galaxy from the September 2023 data, NGC 7424 in Grus.
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Continue readingStrom in der Wüste
Mein aktuelles Projekt “Strom” hat mich auch in Namibia nicht ganz losgelassen, hier ein paar Eindrücke entlang der C14 im Namib-Naukluft Nationalpark.
Continue readingReclaim Award 2019
Im Archiv gefunden und noch nicht auf der Webseite hier veröffentlicht, einige Bilder der Führung zum Reclaim-Award 2019 in Köln-Ehrenfeld.
NGC 1097 and Supernova 2023rve
Image data from 18 Sep 2023, taken on-site at the IAS Hakos Observatory, Namibia. The spiral galaxy NGC 1097 in Fornax with a back then new type II supernova 2023rev, discovered on 08 Sep 2023. So only 10 days old in this image (see marker), or 45 million years, depending on the perspective.
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Continue reading47 Tuc Cluster
My personal first test run with the VdS remote telescope, also based at Hakos, Namibia. A well known target deep in the southern skies here, the 47 Tucanae globular cluster, near the Small Magellanic Cloud, also known as NGC 104.
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