Category Archives: Astronomy

NGC 1097 and Supernova 2023rve

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NGC 1097 and Supernova 2023rve – Galaxy in Fornax – IAS Hakos, Namibia – 18 Sep 2023 v1

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.

More details at Astrobin.

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47 Tuc Cluster

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47 Tuc Globular Cluster – VdS Remote Telescope, Hakos, Namibia – Oct 2023 – RGB v1

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.

More details at Astrobin.

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IC 2395 – Open Cluster in Vela

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IC 2395 – Open Cluster in Vela – IAS Remote Telescope, Hakos, Namibia – Feb 2023 – RGB v1

Another open cluster of the southern skies … and a lot of cosmic “Schmodder” ;-)

All details at Astrobin, see also Herbert Walter’s Astrobin IOTD.

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NGC 2547 – Open Cluster in Vela

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NGC 2547 – Open Cluster in Vela – IAS Remote Telescope, Hakos, Namibia – Feb 2023 – HaRGB v1

Quite a bit more colorful nebulosity in this image of NGC 2547, an open cluster in Vela. Took me while to finalize the image processing, the data is back from February 2023, using the IAS remote telescope at Hakos.

All details at Astrobin.

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Coathanger

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Cr 399 – Coathanger in Vulpecula – Jun 2023 – LRGB v1

Back to the roots. After all the data acquired under pristine Namibian skies, both locally and remotely, I managed to capture the Coathanger Asterism in my backyard. A few days after summer solstice, when astronomical dusk isn’t reached during the night.

All details at Astrobin.

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Outskirts of Carina

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NGC 3324, IC 2599 Open Cluster and Emission Nebula in the Outskirts of the Carina Nebula – IAS Remote, Hakos, Namibia – Feb 2023 – SHO w/RGB Stars v1

NGC 3324 / IC 2599, an open cluster and emission nebula in the Outskirts of the Carina Nebula, imaged as narrowband data using the SHO Hubble palette with added RGB stars at the IAS Remote Observatory Hakos, Namibia.

All details at Astrobin.

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