Astrophoto: Hyades – Caldwell 41 – 12/23

My first try of the nearest Star Cluster to earth, the Hyades, with my legacy lens Olympus OM MC 135mm.

BlurXTerminator 2

The PixInsight plugin BlurXTerminator V2 was a spontaneous purchase for me. The result seriously surprised me.

Caldwell Catalogue

List of the northern hemisphere part of the Caldwell Catalogue. The focus here are the information I use to plan my astrophotography projects.

Astrophoto: Pleiades – Messier 45 – 12/21

I found unused M45 data while organizing my astrophoto data. The Pleiades data is from 2021, the telescope already sold and the picture reprocessed after a single month due to a new plugin.

Astrophoto: The Moon – 10/02/2023

The Moon in mineral colors. The result of a short lucky imaging session.

Astrophoto: Caldwell 16 – 10/23

The Open Cluster Caldwell 16, NGC 7243 in the constellation Lacerta. The result of a short evening.

Astrophoto: Moon, Mare Crisium – 09/30/2023

Mare Crisium – Photo taken at 4500mm with VC200L using Televue Powermate 2,5x.

NoiseXTerminator

When should NoiseXTerminator be used, in linear or non-linear state?

Astrophoto: Saturn – 10/01/2023

While waiting for Jupiter and the Moon there was still Saturn. This was the last Saturn for this year.

Astrophoto: Jupiter – 09/30/2023

Too much Moon leads me to planetory imaging … here my Jupiter. One month before opposition.

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