Supermoon, Nov’25

The “supermoon” in November 2025 — captured at the end of a rather late comet session.

Andromeda Galaxy, Sep’25

The Andromeda Galaxy as an intermediate project. I still had 5 hours of luminance data from September, which I combined with the RGB data from 2021. Thanks to my current workflow, it looks really good.

Lunar Eclipse, Sep’25

Magical evening in Lahnstein: witnessing the total lunar eclipse with students, visitors & cameras – the Moon appeared right on time!

Milky Way – Fearnach Bay, Aug’25

With the IRIX 15 mm f/2.4 and Canon EOS R: Milky Way over Fearnach Bay (Scotland, Bortle 2). Single shots without tracking.

Sharpless 119, Aug’25

41 hours of exposure over 14 nights – my most demanding astrophotography project yet: Sh2-119 in Cygnus.

Caldwell 47, Jun’25

Captured Caldwell 47 (NGC 6934) in Delphinus – 50,000 light-years away. My final globular cluster of the season.

Messier 15, Jun’25

Snapped M15-globular in Pegasus, ~33 600 ly out-on a single clear early-summer night with my VC200L & Canon EOS R(a). So worth it!

Surveys in Stellarium

Perfect detailed planning of the deep-sky object and the framing using Stellarium HiPS full-sky surveys!

Hercules Globular Cluster, May’25

Just captured M13, the Hercules Globular Cluster – 25,000 light-years away in Hercules. A dense ball of 300,000+ stars!

APO optimized with the Baader UFC Tilter

Before the current nebula season, I once again improved the optical system of my APO. I could have saved myself a lot of trouble if I had chosen this path from the very beginning.