2017 January

IC447

Exposure: LRGB, (19,16,16,16) x 900sec Date: 2016-12-10…2017-01-18 Setup: Takahashi FSQ106 EDXIII with QSI 683WSG-8 Site: Deep Sky West Observatory, NM, USA

2017-01-29

Markarian’s Chain

Markarian’s Chain as seen from the dark skies of the Deep Sky West observatory. This LRGB image with a total exposure time of almost 17 hours shows lots and lots of tiny galaxies beyond the well known chain. Exposure: LRGB, (19,16,16,16) x 900sec Date: 2016-12-27…2017-01-09 Setup: Takahashi FSQ106 EDXIII with QSI 683WSG-8 Site: Deep Sky […]

2017-01-10

Wizard Nebula – Sh2-142

The Wizard Nebula, Sh2-142, in a plain H-alpha image. Composed of a total of 7.5 hours of 10 min exposures from my backyard. Exposure: H, 45 x 600sec Date: 2016-12-29… 2017-01-07 Setup: APM 107/700 Triplet, 0.79 Reducer, ATIK 460 EXm Site: Langen, Hessen, Germany

2017-01-08

Tadpole Nebula – Sh2-236

The Tadpole Nebula, Sh2-236, now in a bi-color HO narrowband image. You can easily find the two tadpoles that give rise to the name of this nebula. It belongs to one big emission complex together with the Flaming Star Nebula. Composed from over 9 hours of 10 min exposures with the Baader Ha and OIII […]

2017-01-07