A new image from the IAS remote telescope, the NGC 300 galaxy in Sculptor.
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NGC 55 – Galaxy in Sculptor
Sort of first light for the new IAS remote telescope at Hakos, Namibia.
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Continue readingNGC 3621 – Field Galaxy in Hydra
And yet another image from April/May at the IAS Observatory Hakos, Namibia. NGC 3621 is a field galaxy, i.e. lonely galaxy ;-), in the constellation of Hydra.
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Continue readingNGC 2997 Revisited
Already done in 2019, here comes another shot at NGC 2997, a face-on unbarred spiral galaxy in Antlia. Only 1 hour of total exposure time due to many technical problems with the 20″ Cassegrain.
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Continue readingMeathook and Friends
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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Continue readingGalaxies in Hydra
Finally, something fresh from Namibia, captured on-site. Details at Astrobin.
Continue readingM31 – Andromeda Galaxy
Because it’s that time of year … a fresh shot at a very familiar target during two clear nights in October. Ha, L, R, G, B with the QHY268M, but still facing problems with the Esprit and the Optolong filters.
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Continue readingM81 Bode’s and M82 Cigar Galaxies
The last one for this season, weather wasn’t that stellar for astrophotography in the last months, so too little exposure time and too much noise. To be continued in 2022 …
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Continue readingM106 – Galaxy in Canes Venatici
Another backyard galaxy before the summer break, details here at Astrobin.
Continue readingISS Strike at the Center of the M106 Galaxy
When the ISS flew over Cologne, Germany on 15 May 2020, 02:17 – 02:24 CEST, the path went straight through M106 which I was imaging at that time.
Given the recent Starlink upheaval, I was a bit angry that one of my subexposures had been ruined by a bright satellite. But on second thought I realized that this was a special event. The path of the ISS flyover can be seen here on heavens-above.com.
Single image, exposure time 10 min, not stacked. See below for technical details.
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