More southern sky galaxies from the trip to Hakos, Namibia in April/May 2022, the Meathook Galaxy NGC 2442 and the elliptical galaxy NGC 2434 plus some smaller PGCs.
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Category Archives: Astronomy
A New Elephant Trunk
A quick capture during a clear mid summer night. An “advantage” of the light polution here: even so astronomical twilight isn’t reached, the sky brightness is for approx. 3 hours in the range of SQM 19.5 to 19.9. SQM 20.0 is the maximum I measured in my backyard in spring 2020 with the excellent “lock-down” skies.
Hopefully a break in the currently cloudy and rainy weather for some additional O3 und S2 data during the next days before the moon returns.
Continue readingNight in Namibia 2022
A new night sky time-lapse video from Namibia April/May 2022 is ready and posted to Youtube. Full HD, due to the size limitation not available at Vimeo. Enjoy!
For the gear heads: I switched from Canon EOS to Sony Alpha for the night sky time-lapses. The combination A7 III + FE 14 mm F1.8 GM is really a game changer for me.
Galaxies in Hydra
Finally, something fresh from Namibia, captured on-site. Details at Astrobin.
Continue readingIC 2631 – Reflection Nebula in Chamaeleon
A true southern skies object, the IC 2631 reflection nebula and dark friends in Chamaeleon.
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Continue readingSeelennebel zwischendrin
Fast schon aus Verzweiflung ;-) zwischendrin ein paar H-alpha Daten vom Seelennebel, mehr war bei Mond und leichter Schleierbewölkung nicht drin, das Wetter in Köln ist leider in den letzten Monaten wenig astrofreundlich.
Nicht die erste Variante, die älteren finden sich im kompletten Artikel.
Continue reading19P/Borelly – Comet in Pisces
Some remote data from Hakos before the rain season started. Comet Borelly one day after perihelion (2022-02-01).
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Continue readingvdB 31 – Reflection Nebula in Auriga and Dark Friends
Processing of some data already acquired in Dec 2021.
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Continue readingIC 2118 – Witch Head Nebula
A two panel mosaic of the Witch Head Nebula, with Rigel to the right outside the field giving his very best to produce some light streaks.
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Continue readingNGC 104 – Globular Cluster
A true southern skies object, NGC 104 or 47 Tucanae, appears to be in the outskirts of the Small Magellanic Cloud, even though the SMC is farther away.
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