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.
A true southern skies object, the IC 2631 reflection nebula and dark friends in Chamaeleon.
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Some remote data from Hakos before the rain season started. Comet Borelly one day after perihelion (2022-02-01).
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Processing of some data already acquired in Dec 2021.
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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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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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More spectacular day by day (or rather night by night), a shot one week later at comet Leonard.
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The “Christmas star” from southern skies. ;-)
Full details at Astrobin, Image of the Day on 30 Dec 2021!
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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. ;-)
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Auch 2019 war wieder Hakos, Namibia auf dem Programm, dieses Mal “nur” Astrourlaub pur mit reicher Ausbeute, da zwei Wochen lang “Schönwetterkatastrophe”, auch für Namibianische Verhältnisse. Die astrofotografischen Ergebnisse gibt’s schon länger im hier Blog, eine Zusammenfassung u.a. im Deep Sky Video 2017-2020. Ergänzend neu in der Galerie eine kleine Bildserie “drumherum” – Hakos Guest Farm, Rooisand Desert Ranch, Groot Gamsberg Farm.