In a clear night on La Palma I made some single-shots from the moon, the Orion nebula, the Andromeda galaxy and the Triangulum galaxy.
Tag: star-gazing
An article from lost-infinity.com in the “Dark Sky Travels Magazine”!

Recently Dark Sky Travels Magazine contacted me and asked if they could publish one of my blog articles in their magazine. The article describes how one can use DeepSkyStacker to stack conventional DSLR camera RGB frames. Of course I didn’t say no and in the end it just happened and I saw my article on page 42/43 in Issue 4 of the DarkSkyTravels magazine!
I am very happy about that opportunity and the chance to share my experience this way.
Thanks and clear skies!
Andromeda Galaxy (M31) – The first time from La Palma
![]() | Date | 2018/12/31 |
![]() | Location | La Palma / Spain |
![]() | Object | Andromeda Galaxy (M31) |
![]() | Camera | Atik383L+ |
![]() | Guiding | yes, QHY5-II Mono via OAG |
![]() | Telescope | 8 |
![]() | Barlow lens | none |
![]() | Mount | EQ6 Syntrek |
![]() | Cooling | -10°C |
![]() | Luminance | 6x 600s, bin: 1x1 |
![]() | Red | 5x 150s, bin: 2x2 |
![]() | Green | 5x 150s, bin: 2x2 |
![]() | Blue | 5x 150s, bin: 2x2 |
![]() | Dark | 2x |
![]() | Flat | 10x |
![]() | Total exposure | ~1h38m |
Tonight I again decided to image the Andromeda Galaxy (M31) – the first time from La Palma. The seeing tonight was very good – around 1.5~2″ which was extraordinary! Also the weather conditions as shown by La Palma HDMeteo were excellent.
Back in 2013 I already imaged the Andromeda Galaxy with the same equipment but from Boeblingen. It is interesting to see the difference here.
For post-processing I used the free software DeepSkyStacker and GIMP.
The full resolution images is available here.
Clear skies!
Back in 2013 I already imaged the Andromeda Galaxy with the same equipment but from Boeblingen. It is interesting to see the difference here.
For post-processing I used the free software DeepSkyStacker and GIMP.
The full resolution images is available here.
Clear skies!
Trifid nebula M20 & open cluster M21 from La Palma
![]() | Date | 2017/07/20 |
![]() | Location | La Palma / Spain |
![]() | Object | Trifid nebula (M20) & open cluster M21 |
![]() | Camera | Atik383L+ |
![]() | Guiding | yes, QHY5-II Mono via OAG |
![]() | Telescope | 8" GSO Newtonian |
![]() | Barlow lens | none |
![]() | Mount | EQ6 Syntrek |
![]() | Cooling | -10°C |
![]() | Luminance | 8x 600s, bin: 1x1 |
![]() | Red | 7x 150s, bin: 2x2 |
![]() | Green | 7x 150s, bin: 2x2 |
![]() | Blue | 7x 150s, bin: 2x2 |
![]() | Dark | 2x |
![]() | Flat | 10x |
![]() | Total exposure | ~2h12m |
Tonight I decided to image the Trifid nebula (M20)
which is quite “close” to the Lagoon nebula M8 from my last session. The seeing tonight was around ~2.4″ which could have been better – but certainly it was still sufficient.
Back in 2013 I already imaged the Trifid nebula with the same equipment but from Boeblingen. It is interesting to see the difference here.
For post-processing I used the free software DeepSkyStacker and GIMP. The full resolution images is available here.
Clear skies!
Back in 2013 I already imaged the Trifid nebula with the same equipment but from Boeblingen. It is interesting to see the difference here.
For post-processing I used the free software DeepSkyStacker and GIMP. The full resolution images is available here.
Clear skies!
A look at the “Lagoon nebula” from La Palma
Tonight I was able to proof that the “Lagoon nebula” M8 was still there ~4100 years ago – wow! With a teapot, a sunlounger (probably better a starlounger) and the right music the night passed quickly 🙂
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