
Sort of first light for the new IAS remote telescope at Hakos, Namibia.
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Continue readingSort of first light for the new IAS remote telescope at Hakos, Namibia.
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Continue readingA true southern skies object, the IC 2631 reflection nebula and dark friends in Chamaeleon.
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Continue readingSome remote data from Hakos before the rain season started. Comet Borelly one day after perihelion (2022-02-01).
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Continue readingProcessing of some data already acquired in Dec 2021.
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Continue readingA 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 readingComet Leonard at Perihel (already quite a bit darker) and one day before.
All details here (02 Jan) and here (03 Jan) at Astrobin.
Continue readingClouds/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).
Continue readingMore spectacular day by day (or rather night by night), a shot one week later at comet Leonard.
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Continue readingThe “Christmas star” from southern skies. ;-)
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Continue readingA well known star cluster from the southern hemisphere.
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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