Category Archives: Gallery of Astrophotography

IC1396A, Elephant’s Trunk Nebula

Nebulas
Friday, 14 December 2018 17:47

vdB142 (IC1396A, Elephant’s Trunk Nebula)

An interstellar gas and dust within the much larger ionized gas region of IC 1396 located in the constellation Cepheus.
 
IC 1396 Ha OII

Date:
September 2017
Location:
Lomianki near Warsaw
CCD:
Apogee U8300
Scope:
TEC 140 APO @F7
Mount:
AP1200GTO
Exposure
HaOIII (17 hours in total)
Processing:
MaximDL, PixInsight, Photoshop CS6

A wider look of the Milky Way

Wide fields
Friday, 14 December 2018 17:43

A wider look towards the center of the Milky Way

A wider look (a multi panel mosaic) at treasures like the open clusters Messier 6 and Messier 7 or emission nebulae NGC6334 and NGC6357.
 
NGC 6334 and NGC 6357

Date:
June 2017
Location:
Bateleur Nature Reserve, South Africa
CCD:
Canon 6D (mod)
Scope:
Carl Zeiss Sonnar APO 135mm L2 @F4
Mount:
Astrotrac
Processing:
MaximDL, PixInsight, Photoshop CS6

Musca

Wide fields
Friday, 14 December 2018 17:41

Musca (the Fly)

A wide filed image (a multi panel mosaic) of the constellation Musca and its treasures.
 
Musca (the Fly)

Date:
June 2017
Location:
Bateleur Nature Reserve, South Africa
CCD:
Canon 6D (mod)
Scope:
Carl Zeiss Sonnar APO 135mm L2 @F4
Mount:
Astrotrac
Processing:
MaximDL, PixInsight, Photoshop CS6

Eta Carina

Wide fields
Friday, 14 December 2018 16:42

Eta Carina

A very impressive emission nebula in the constellation Carina (longer subframes version)
 
Eta Carina

Date:
June 2017
Location:
Bateleur Nature Reserve, South Africa
CCD:
Canon 6D (mod)
Scope:
Carl Zeiss Sonnar APO 135mm L2 @F4
Mount:
Astrotrac
Processing:
MaximDL, PixInsight, Photoshop CS6

Eta Carina, Running Chicken and the Southern Cross

Nebulas
Friday, 14 December 2018 16:37

Eta Carina, Running Chicken and the Southern Cross

A very impressive emission nebula in the constellation Carina (longer subframes version)
 
Eta Carina Running Chicken

Date:
June 2017
Location:
Bateleur Nature Reserve, South Africa
CCD:
Canon 6D (mod)
Scope:
Carl Zeiss Sonnar APO 135mm L2 @F4
Mount:
Astrotrac
Processing:
MaximDL, PixInsight, Photoshop CS6