![]() | Date | 2017/03/29 |
![]() | Location | La Palma / Spain |
![]() | Object | Messier 65, Messier 66 & NGC3628 |
![]() | Camera | Atik383L+ |
![]() | Guiding | yes, QHY5-II Mono via OAG |
![]() | Telescope | 8" GSO Newtonian |
![]() | Barlow lens | none |
![]() | Mount | EQ6 Syntrek |
![]() | Cooling | -10°C |
![]() | Luminance | 9x 600s, bin: 1x1 |
![]() | Red | 9x 150s, bin: 2x2 |
![]() | Green | 9x 150s, bin: 2x2 |
![]() | Blue | 9x 150s, bin: 2x2 |
![]() | Dark | 2x |
![]() | Flat | 10x |
![]() | Total exposure | ~2h37m |
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Imaging the emission nebula NGC6914 in constellation Cygnus from Böblingen / Germany
Behind the unspectacular name NGC6914 a nice emission nebula in constellation Cygnus is hidden. To me the nebula looks a little like a dark monster with two deep blue eyes 😀 The picture is also available in full resolution here.
![]() | Date | 2015/07/15 |
![]() | Location | Böblingen / Germany |
![]() | Object | NGC6914 (Emission Nebula) |
![]() | Camera | Atik383L+ |
![]() | Guiding | yes, QHY5-II Mono via OAG |
![]() | Telescope | 8 |
![]() | Barlow lens | none |
![]() | Mount | EQ6 Syntrek |
![]() | Cooling | -15°C |
![]() | Luminance | 7x, 600s, bin: 1x1 |
![]() | Red | 5x, 150s, bin: 2x2 |
![]() | Green | 5x, 150s, bin: 2x2 |
![]() | Blue | 5x, 150s, bin: 2x2 |
![]() | Dark | 10x |
![]() | Flat | 10x |
![]() | Total exposure | ~1h50min. |
Last updated: May 30, 2019 at 13:28 pm
Astrophotography Oberstdorf – Imaging the Witch’s Broom Nebula
This article is about Astrophotography in Oberstdorf. Last year I put all my equipment into the car and drove to Lake Garda. Unfortunately, in contrast to the forecast I had lots of clouds and no chance to take a good astro-picture. Last weekend I decided to give it another try and took all my equipment to Oberstdorf – a small village at the foot of the German Alps. Beside hiking I think this place is well suited for astrophotography.
I found a good place not far from the center of Oberstdorf, with free view to Polaris and almost no traffic:
GPS coordinates: 47°24’17.5″N 10°17’28.9″E
(Oh, and btw. a good Italian restaurant is also not too far: Ai Quattro Canti…)
Compared to Böblingen the light pollution in Oberstdorf is much less critical. I was even able to see the Milky Way from my observation point. The picture on the left I took this evening with my Fujifilm X-T1 camera (f/2.8, 15s, ISO2000). The image was saved as RAW and post-processed with rawtherapee. For this image the dark-frame subtraction was enabled. Unfortunately there is still some noise in the image…. :/
Anyhow, due to the good conditions I decided to give the Witch’s broom nebula another try.
Continue reading →NGC2264 – Cone Nebula & Christmas Tree Cluster
![]() | Date | 2015/02/19 |
![]() | Location | Böblingen / Germany |
![]() | Object | Messier 35 cluster |
![]() | Camera | Atik383L+ |
![]() | Guiding | yes, QHY5-II Mono via OAG |
![]() | Telescope | 8" GSO Newtonian |
![]() | Barlow lens | none |
![]() | Mount | EQ6 Syntrek |
![]() | Cooling | -15°C |
![]() | Luminance | 9x, 400s, bin: 1x1 |
![]() | Red | 8x, 150s, bin: 2x2 |
![]() | Green | 8x, 150s, bin: 2x2 |
![]() | Blue | 8x, 150s, bin: 2x2 |
![]() | Dark | 5x |
![]() | Flat | 10x |
![]() | Total exposure | ~2h00min. |
Last updated: July 22, 2016 at 9:21 am
Astrophotography – Flame Nebula (NGC2024)
![]() | Date | 2015/02/11 |
![]() | Location | Böblingen / Germany |
![]() | Object | Flame Nebula (NGC2024) |
![]() | Camera | Atik383L+ |
![]() | Guiding | yes, DMK31AU03.AS via OAG |
![]() | Telescope | 8 |
![]() | Barlow lens | none |
![]() | Mount | EQ6 Syntrek |
![]() | Cooling | -15°C |
![]() | Luminance | 8x 400s, bin: 1x1 |
![]() | Red | 8x 150s, bin: 2x2 |
![]() | Green | 8x 150s, bin: 2x2 |
![]() | Blue | 8x 150s, bin: 2x2 |
![]() | Dark | 6x |
![]() | Flat | 10x |
![]() | Total exposure | ~1h53m |