Comet Leonard at Perihel (already quite a bit darker) and one day before.
All details here (02 Jan) and here (03 Jan) at Astrobin.
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C/2021 A1 Leonard – Animation
Clouds/haze around dusk and limited transparency, but Leonard was bright enough to deliver approx. half an hour of usable data for this animation of the movements within the comet’s tail (22 RGB frames).
Also posted to my YouTube channel (new version).
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More spectacular day by day (or rather night by night), a shot one week later at comet Leonard.
All details at Astrobin.
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The “Christmas star” from southern skies. ;-)
Full details at Astrobin, Image of the Day on 30 Dec 2021!
Continue readingM45 – Pleiades
A well known star cluster from the southern hemisphere.
All details and full size at Astrobin.
IAS – International Amateuersternwarte e.V. – Hakos Observatory, Namibia
Test of IAS remote telescope “Klein-Lukas”
Remote team: F. Hund, J. Obstfelder, L. Demetz, M. Mushardt, T. Klemmer, T. Winterer, M. Junius
Takahashi Epsilon 160, 10Micron GM3000 HPS, QHY268M, Chroma LRGB filters
71 x L, 25 x R, 23 x G, 22 x B, 60s each, mode 1, gain 56, offset 30, -10C, 4 x 20 skyflats, 12 darks
Total time: 8460s / 2h21
Data calibration/integration: PixInsight
Image processing: PixInsight, Photoshop, Lightroom
M78 – Reflection Nebula
A northern sky object (by just a few arc minutes ;-) from southern skies.
All details at Astrobin.
IAS – International Amateuersternwarte e.V. – Hakos Observatory, Namibia
Test of IAS remote telescope “Klein-Lukas”
Remote team: F. Hund, J. Obstfelder, L. Demetz, M. Mushardt, T. Klemmer, T. Winterer, M. Junius
Takahashi Epsilon 160, 10Micron GM3000 HPS, QHY268M, Chroma LRGB filters
210 x L, 64 x R, 70 x G, 62 x B, 60s each, mode 1, gain 56, offset 30, -10C, 4 x 20 skyflats, 12 darks
Total time: 24360s / 6h46
Data calibration/integration: PixInsight
Image processing: PixInsight, Photoshop, Lightroom
Squares 2 Fotobuch
“Squares 2” gibt es jetzt auch als Fotobuch bei Blurb. Einfach nur durchblättern ist natürlich auch herzlich willkommen, hier entlang. ;-)
Squares 2
Runde zwei der “Squares” findet sich hier in der Galerie, auch als Fotobuch in der Produktion.
IAS Remote First Light
IAS – International Amateuersternwarte e.V. – Hakos Observatory, Namibia
First light of IAS remote telescope “Klein-Lukas”, Details at Astrobin.
Remote team: F. Hund, J. Obstfelder, L. Demetz, M. Mushardt, T. Klemmer, T. Winterer, M. Junius
Alas, the setup had to be done in a hurry with many problems and the Epsilon is badly collimated at this point in time. A planned maintenance trip now most likely faces travel restrictions.
So please bear with the image quality, especially on the left side. ;-)
Continue readingMore H-alpha
A completely clear night – not that many of them lately – provided several hours of H-alpha to catch the nebulosities above. Meanwhile I switched from the Optolong LRGBSHO filter set to the new Baader CMOS-optimized filters. At least H-alpha seems to work better in the combination with the Esprit 100 ED and QHY 268M, but still some problems with the flats.
See Astrobin here and here for details.
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