Astrophoto: Wizard Nebula – Sharpless 142 – 09/23

The Wizard Nebula or Harry Potter Nebula. 8h35′ exposure time with my Baader Travel Companion.

Astrophoto: Messier 29 – 09/23

Open star clusters are always welcome targets when it is clear that the weather will not hold in the coming days, and only a limited amount of exposure time will be available.

Astrophoto: Iris Nebula – Caldwell 4 – 09/23

My 1st version of the beautiful Iris Nebula Caldwell4 with my Baader Travel Companion 95/580.

Meteor infront of Iris Nebula – Caldwell 4 – 09/09/2023

Singleframe of the Iris Nebula with Meteor/Shooting Star. This time it was neither a plane nor a satellite.

Astrophoto: Fireworks Galaxy – Caldwell 12 & NGC 6939 – 09/23

The Fireworks Galaxy and the Open Cluster NGC6939. The result of 4 awesome evenings of integration time.

Astrophoto: Cloudy Moon – 09/03/2023

Taken after clouds came in while testing some focus configuration with an OAG.

Astrophoto: NGC 6914 – 08/23

Reflection nebula embedded in HII. The newly processed data from my first astrophoto taken with my Baader 95/580 CaF2 Travel Companion APO in 2023.

Starting points for better Astrophotography Guiding

Some starting points for those who are still looking for better guiding (like me) for astrophotography. If you got more good ideas for better guiding, please let me know in the comments.

Messier Catalogue

List of the complete Messier Catalogue. The focus here are the information I use to plan my astrophotography projects.

Astrophoto: Eagle Nebula – Messier 16 – 07/23

Reprocessed 2024: My 2023 and 1st try ever of the 7000 LJ away nebula in the constellation serpens. And my only real Astrophoto with my Takahashi FS-60CB.

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