Tag: nebula

Astrophotography – NGC6995, again

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Veil Nebula (NGC6995) - 2013/06/11

After the camera went out of focus last time, I decided to give NGC6995 another try. This time the focus is much better. Here is the result 🙂 The image is also available in full resolution.

Date2015/06/11
LocationBöblingen / Germany
ObjectVeil Nebula (NGC6995)
CameraAtik383L+
Guidingyes, DMK31AU03.AS via OAG
Telescope8" GSO Newtonian
Barlow lensnone
MountEQ6Syntrek
Cooling-15°C
Luminance8x 600s, bin: 1x1
Red8x 150s, bin: 2x2
Green8x 150s, bin: 2x2
Blue8x 150s, bin: 2x2
Dark12x
Flat10x
Total exposure~2h20m

Astrophotography – Imaging the Owl nebula and galaxy M108

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Owl nebula M97 and spiral galaxy M108 - 2013/06/06

The Owl Nebula (M97) (the little blue circle) is a planetary nebula located approximately 2000 ly away in constellation Ursa Major. It has already been discovered in 1781 by Pierre Méchain – a French astronomer. The cool thing about it is that there is a spiral galaxy M108 which is “close” to that nebula – at least from our perspective.

Date2013/06/06
LocationBöblingen / Germany
ObjectSpiral Galaxy M108 & Owl Nebula M97
CameraAtik383L+
Guidingyes, DMK31AU03.AS via OAG
Telescope8" GSO Newtonian
Barlow lensnone
MountEQ6Syntrek
Cooling-15°C
Luminance8x, 800s, bin: 1x1
Red7x, 200s, bin: 2x2
Green7x, 200s, bin: 2x2
Blue7x, 200s, bin: 2x2
Dark5x
Flat-
Total exposure~3h56min.

In a clear night I was able to shoot this image. With 3j56m the total exposure time is relatively long compared to other images. I did not use any flatfield images for the post-processing. Based on that fact I am quite satisfied with the result.

The image is also available in full resolution.

Clear skies!

Last updated: June 20, 2022 at 10:46 am

Astrophotography – Veil Nebula (NGC6995)

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Veil Nebula (NGC6995) - 2013/06/05

For this image I setup the telescope and went to bed… Unfortunately, due to a major temperature drop at night the camera went out of focus. So I think I will visit this object quite soon, again. The image is also available in full resolution.

Date2015/06/05
LocationBöblingen / Germany
ObjectVeil Nebula (NGC6995)
CameraAtik383L+
Guidingyes, DMK31AU03.AS via OAG
Telescope8" GSO Newtonian
Barlow lensnone
MountEQ6Syntrek
Cooling-15°C
Luminance10x 600s, bin: 1x1
Red9x 150s, bin: 2x2
Green9x 150s, bin: 2x2
Blue9x 150s, bin: 2x2
Dark12x
Flat-
Total exposure~2h47m

Clear skies!

Last updated: June 20, 2022 at 10:48 am

Imaging the “Witch’s broom” nebula (NGC6960)

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Date2013/05/26
LocationBöblingen / Germany
ObjectWitch's broom nebula (NGC6960)
CameraAtik383L+
Guidingyes, DMK31AU03.AS via OAG
Telescope8" GSO Newtonian
Barlow lensnone
MountEQ6Syntrek
Cooling-15°C
Luminance17x 600s (bin: 1x1)
Red16x, 150s, bin: 2x2
Green16x, 150s, bin: 2x2
Blue17x, 150s, bin: 2x2
Dark3x
Flatnone
Total exposure~4h55min.

Clear skies!

Last updated: June 20, 2022 at 21:11 pm

Astrophotography – Pelican Nebula (IC5070)

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Pelican Nebula (IC5070) - 2013/05/14

The image is also available in full resolution.

Date2013/05/14
LocationBöblingen / Germany
ObjectPelican Nebula (IC5070)
CameraAtik383L+
Guidingyes, DMK31AU03.AS via OAG
Telescope8" GSO Newtonian
Barlow lensnone
MountEQ6Syntrek
Cooling-15°C
Luminance9x 600s, bin: 1x1
Red9x 150s, bin: 2x2
Green9x 150s, bin: 2x2
Blue9x 150s, bin: 2x2
Dark4x
Flat-
Total exposure~2h37m

Clear skies!

Last updated: June 20, 2022 at 21:47 pm