38 hours after new moon, I was able to spot the crescent moon at dawn on the western horizon. A clear night with a transparent sky revealed a good view of the summer Milky WayContinue reading
Category: Object type
Comet observing / C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE) with NLC, 10 July 2020
The last visual observation Comet C / 2020 F3 (NEOWISE) was discovered on March 27, 2020 using the Near-Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (NEOWISE) space telescope. On the morning of July 10, 2020, theContinue reading
Deep-Sky spring observing of galaxies and globulars, 22 April 2020
The last visual observation evening was a long time ago and the spring galaxies in Coma Berenices were grateful targets for the C11.
Venus and Pleiades, 2 and 4 April 2020
At the beginning of April 2020, Venus as the brightest planet, wanders through the bright open star cluster Pleiades, also known as Messier 45 in Taurus. Christian was able to take images of this constellation.
Christians march 2020 observing
Christian has been very active in March 2020 and was able to extensively test his camera equipment over several days. A sun halo, Venus with the Plejades and the Starlink satellites were photographed.
Sun halo with sun dogs
Viktor and Jürgen could observe a sun halo and sun dogs from different locations in Austria. Viktor were Viktor was at the traditional ski flying event on the Kulm in Tauplitz, Styria; Jürgen was ableContinue reading
Deep sky image: IC 1805, the heart nebula in Hα :
IC 1805 is a huge emission nebula in Cassiopeia.is emission nebulae in Cassiopeia. The exposure time was about 4 hours using a Takahashi FSQ106ED refractor @ f/5 and an ATIK 383L+.
Deep sky image: IC 1848, the Soul Nebula in Hα
IC 1848 is a huge emission nebula in Cassiopeia.is emission nebulae in Cassiopeia. Several small open clusters are embedded in the nebula: CR 34, 632, and 634 (in the head) and IC1848 (in the body).Continue reading
Deep sky image of Nov 2013: Messier 45, the Pleiades in Taurus
The Pleiades or Seven Sisters (Messier 45) is an open star cluster in the constellation Taurus. The cluster is dominated by hot blue and extremely luminous stars that have formed within the last 100 millionContinue reading