
Nightscapes

Another open cluster of the southern skies … and a lot of cosmic “Schmodder” ;-)
All details at Astrobin, see also Herbert Walter’s Astrobin IOTD.
Continue readingQuite 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.
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Continue readingBack 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.
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Continue readingFrom the archives: Images from an unsually cold and snowy winter, December 2010 in Cologne, now in the gallery here.
Aus dem Archiv: Bilder eines ungewöhnlich kalten und verschneiten Winters, Dezember 2010 in Köln, jetzt hier in der Galerie.
Aus dem Archiv: 3 Tage in Berlin mit Alex, Christian, Ingo, Klaus, Anne, Birgit und Susanne im Juli 2011, alle Bilder hier in der Galerie.
From the archives: 3 Days of Berlin with Alex, Christian, Ingo, Klaus, Anne, Birgit and Susanne in July 2011, all images can be found here in the gallery.
From the archives: St. Paul’s Cathedral in London, from a short trip in October 2013.
From the archives: portrait of Mick Stuart of Port Ellen, Islay in 2011. Nature lover, photographers and host extraordinaire. Alas, I couldn’t find any news of his whereabouts, presumably deceased. R.I.P. See all the Scotland 2011 images in the gallery.
Another IAS Remote image from Hakos, Namibia. NGC 4038/4039, the Antennae Galaxies in Corvus.
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Continue readingA lesser known object, the reflection nebula vdB 96 in Canis Major. The vdB catalog was originally published in 1966 by Sidney van den Bergh and contains 159 reflection nebulae.
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