See the Moon through an 1000mm Newtonian telescope

See the Moon through a 1000mm Newtonian telescope. This short video gives a first impression of how it is to look through a telescope. Since everyone already saw the moon without a telescope this is a good object because it allows an easy comparison. My telescope has a focal length of 1000mm. As camera I have use the DMK31AU03.AS from “The Image Source”. More details on the equipment can be found on the equipment page. If you are currently thinking about buying your first telescope, maybe this simplifies your decision 🙂

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Last updated: June 20, 2022 at 22:09 pm

Astrophotography – Taking a deep look into the Virgo cluster

The Virgo Cluster is a large cluster of galaxies in the constellation Virgo. It is approximately 65 million light years away from the earth. The brightest member is galaxy Messier 49 (M49) – a giant elliptical galaxy. To me it is amazing to see what can be done with this kind of amateur equipment! There is also a full resolution image available.

Date2013/04/17
LocationBöblingen / Germany
ObjectVirgo Cluster
CameraAtik383L+
Guidingyes, DMK31AU03.AS via OAG
Telescope8" GSO Newtonian
Barlow lensnone
MountEQ6Syntrek
Cooling-15°C
Luminance9x 600s, bin: 1x1
Red8x 150s, bin: 2x2
Green8x 150s, bin: 2x2
Blue8x 150s, bin: 2x2
Dark4x
Flat-
Total exposure~2h30m

Clear skies!

Last updated: June 20, 2022 at 22:10 pm

Astrophotography – Imaging the galaxies M65 & M66

Tonight I imaged three galaxies at a time! The spiral galaxy M65, the “Hamburger Galaxy” NGC3628 and another spiral galaxy M66. All those objects are located in the constellation Leo. The picture is also available in full resolution here. For stacking I used DeepSkyStacker 3.3.2 with Kappa-Sigma Clipping.

Date2013/04/01
LocationBöblingen / Germany
ObjectSpiral Galaxy M65 & 66 and Hamburger Galaxy NGC3628
CameraAtik383L+
Guidingyes, DMK31AU03.AS via OAG
Telescope8" GSO Newtonian
Barlow lensnone
MountEQ6Syntrek
Cooling-15°C
Luminance6x 300s, bin: 1x1
Red5x 100s, bin: 2x2
Green5x 100s, bin: 2x2
Blue5x, 100s, bin: 2x2
Dark5x
Flat-
Total exposure~55min.

Clear skies!

Last updated: June 20, 2022 at 22:16 pm

Astrophotography – A little summer in the sky – Imaging the Sunflower Galaxy (M63)

The image is also available in full resolution.

Date2013/03/04
LocationBöblingen / Germany
ObjectSunflower Galaxy (M63)
CameraAtik383L+
Guidingyes, DMK31AU03.AS via OAG
Telescope8" GSO Newtonian
Barlow lensnone
MountEQ6Syntrek
Cooling-15°C
Luminanceunknown, bin: 1x1
Redunknown, bin: 2x2
Greenunknown, bin: 2x2
Blueunknown, bin: 2x2
Darkunknown
Flat-
Total exposureunknown

Clear skies!

Last updated: June 21, 2022 at 20:42 pm