Astrophotography on La Palma – Taking a look at spiral galaxy “Messier 100”

27th March 2017 / Carsten / Leave a comment

	Date	2017/03/27
	Location	La Palma / Spain
	Object	Messier 100 (spiral galaxy)
	Camera	Atik383L+
	Guiding	yes, QHY5-II Mono via OAG
	Telescope	8" GSO Newtonian
	Barlow lens	none
	Mount	EQ6Syntrek
	Cooling	-10°C
	Luminance	11x 600s, bin: 1x1
	Red	9x 150s, bin: 2x2
	Green	9x 150s, bin: 2x2
	Blue	9x 150s, bin: 2x2
	Dark	2x
	Flat	10x
	Total exposure	~2h57m

In a clear night I recorded this image of “Messier 100” – a spiral galaxy located within the southern part of constellation Coma Berenices – from Los Llanos de Aridane on La Palma. It is an LRGB composite consisting of 11 luminance frames a 600 seconds and 9 red, green and blue frames a 150 seconds respectively. The image is also available in full resolution.

The seeing conditions tonight were perfect (seeing ~1.95″) and there was no local wind. The annotated image shows a lot of other interesting objects like NGC4323, IC783, NGC4312 and NGC4328 beside M100. Some objects I was not able to assign, yet – those are marked with question marks and could be additional galaxies.

Clear skies!

Last updated: June 16, 2022 at 12:52 pm

¿Por qué dormir en un hotel de cinco estrellas si puedes dormir bajo millones de estrellas?

25th March 2017 / Carsten / 3 Comments

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This image of the Milky Way has been recorded in a clear, cold night not so far away from Roque de Los Muchachos on La Palma. It has been recorded with an EOS6D in combination with a Rokinon 14mm/f2.8 fast lens. The exposure time was 20s with ISO6400. A darkframe has been subtracted later on. The RAW file has been developed using rawtherapee. For correction of vignetting and perspective a lens correction profile from this website has been used (btw. thanks for providing this profile!).

The image is also available in full resolution (3.1MB).

Last updated: June 9, 2022 at 22:10 pm

Falling clouds over Los Llanos de Aridane – La Palma

21st March 2017 / Carsten / Leave a comment

While I was on a short walk through Los Llanos I had the chance to record this time-lapse. There is a nice spot close to the hospital from where one has a great view over the city. The frames were recorded with a Fujifilm X-T1 camera. Darktable was used to develop the raw frames and blender was used for video stabilization.

Clear skies!

Last updated: June 16, 2022 at 12:59 pm

Fast falling clouds on a hike to Pico Bejenado – Timelapse

11th March 2017 / Carsten / Leave a comment

On a hike to Pico Bejenado (1854m) on La Palma I captured this time-lapse. The clouds moved quite fast and in addition the optical zoom was used. For this reason the movement appears that fast. The frames were recorded with a Fujifilm X-T1 camera. The raw frames were developed using darktable and the video was stabilized using blender.

Clear skies!

Last updated: June 16, 2022 at 13:06 pm

Nubes flotando en la Cumbre Nueva – La Palma – Cámara rápida

10th March 2017 / Carsten / Leave a comment

On a hike from Pico de La Nieve to Rifugio Pico de La Cruz this time-lapse of rolling clouds was created. The blender tool was used for image stabilization. The images have been recorded with a Fujifilm X-T1 camera and were developed with darktable.

Clear skies!

Last updated: June 16, 2022 at 13:08 pm