Tag: galaxy

Astrophotography – Taking a deep look into the Virgo cluster

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Virgo Cluster - 2013/04/17

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

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Spiral Galaxy M65 & 66 and Hamburger Galaxy NGC3628 - 2013/04/01

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.
Spiral Galaxy M65 & 66 and Hamburger Galaxy NGC3628 - 2013/04/01

Clear skies!

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

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

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Sunflower galaxy M63 - 2013/03/04

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

Astrophotography – Imaging the Whirlpool Galaxy (M51)

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Whirlpool Galaxy (M51) - 2013/03/03

The Whirlpool Galaxy (M51) – also known as NGC 5194 – is a big spiral galaxy in constellation Canes Venatici.

Date2013/03/03
LocationBöblingen / Germany
ObjectM51 (Whirlpool Galaxy)
CameraAtik383L+
Guidingyes, DMK31AU03.AS via OAG
Telescope8" GSO Newtonian
Barlow lensnone
MountEQ6Syntrek
Cooling-15°C
Luminance4x, 400s, bin: 1x1
Red3x, 100s, bin: 2x2
Green3x, 100s, bin: 2x2
Blue3x, 100s, bin: 2x2
Darknone
Flatnone
Total exposure~42min.

Clear skies!

Last updated: June 21, 2022 at 20:46 pm

Imaging Bode’s Galaxy & Cigar Galaxy (M81 & M82)

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Bode's Galaxy & Cigar Galaxy (M81 & M82)
Date2013/01/02
LocationBöblingen / Germany
ObjectM81 & M82 (Bode's Galaxy & Cigar Galaxy)
CameraAtik383L+
Guidingyes, DMK31AU03.AS via OAG
Telescope8" GSO Newtonian
Barlow lensnone
MountEQ6Syntrek
Cooling-15°C
Luminance3x, 20s, 40s, 100s, 300s, 600s (bin: 1x1) (HDR image)
Red3x, 200s, bin: 2x2
Green3x, 200s, bin: 2x2
Blue3x, 200s, bin: 2x2
Dark3x
Flatnone
Total exposure~1h23min.

Clear skies!

Last updated: June 21, 2022 at 20:56 pm