Thank you, Bernd! 😊

Thank you - and you're absolutely right with Alnitak 😅

Thank you!

Foto des Pferdekopfnebels im Sternbild Orion, aufgenommen mit einer gekühlten Astrokamera durch ein Teleskop Celestron C8. Zu sehen ist ein rötlicher Nebelstreifen von links oben (=Norden) nach rechts unten (=Süden), vor dem sich eine scharf begrenzte Dunkelwolke abzeichnet, die an die Form eines Pferdekopfes erinnert. Unten links ist zudem ein blauweißer Reflexionsnebel zu sehen

The Horsehead Nebula (IC 434) was my little side project in late winter; the total exposure time of this image is 7h 49min (North is left). Processing turned out to be surprisingly difficult, since the nearby star Alnitak left a lot of reflections in the field of view 🔭
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Klasse, Bernd! Da hast Du ja einiges an Ha rausholen können 👏🏻

NGC 3344 is about 24 million light years away from Earth and is located in the constellation of Leo Minor. It’s a beautiful barred spiral galaxy seen almost face on.

NGC 3344 - The Sliced Onion Galaxy captured from my patio on seven nights this month 😊🔭

It was shot on the EdgeHD 8 for a total integration time of about 46 hours in LRGB and Ha to reveal the star forming regions.

#Astrophotography

@kat-astro-bot.bsky.social‬ what do you see?

Before a friend recommended Siril I used DeepSkyStacker and also tried Fitswork, when I was not happy with the result of DSS. Siril immediately gave much better results, but I am still not really happy with the comets. In some cases DSS performs better, so I just try

The Leo Triplet is a small group of galaxies bound together by gravity in the constellation Leo. It lies approximately 35 million light-years from Earth and consists of three prominent spiral galaxies: Messier 65, Messier 66 and NGC 3628.
Captured over two nights in March 2026.
#Astrophotography

Currently, I am using Siril. It has a lot of editing functions and works really well (the only thing I am not too happy with are comet images)

Thank you. Light pollution increases the background noise a lot and reduces the contrast, so the comet tails "get lost"

Foto des grünlich erscheinenden Kometen C/2024 E1 (Wierzchos) vom 5. März 2026 mit Sternen und mehreren Galaxien im Hintergrund, aufgenommen durch ein Teleskop C8 mit 25 Minuten Belichtungszeit

Foto des grünlichen Kometen 24P/Schaumasse aus der Nacht vom 12. auf den 13. März 2026 mit vielen Sternen im Hintergrund, aufgenommen durch ein Teleskop C8 mit 73 Minuten Belichtungszeit

Two of the currently visible comets: C/2024 E1 (Wierzchos) and 24P/Schaumasse, taken with an ASI294mc Pro through my C8 on 5 & 12 March, respectively (techn. details in images). No "pretty pictures" due to dust and light pollution, but at least two interesting objects for #astrophotography. #comet 🔭

Thank you! NGC 3921 came as a little surprise to me since I has not known it yet. Would definitely be worth an own picture

The time was definitely not wasted!👍🏻

Great shot, Bernd! Amazing details... 🤩

I guess then astrophotography would not be possible for a looong time anymore...

Thank you, Kat! I was really surprised at how clearly the supernova is visible, it is even brighter than the galaxy itself

Thank you, Beatrice!

Merci beaucoup! 😊

Astrofoto der Spiralgalaxie NGC 3913 mit der darin kürzlich aufgeleuchteten Supernova SN 2026dix (orange Markierung), südöstlich sind die beiden Galaxien NGC 3916 und 3921 zu sehen. Die Aufnahme entstand durch ein Teleskop C8 und ist ein Summenbild mit insgesamt 220 Minuten Belichtungszeit.

In February, the #supernova SN2026dix flared up in the spiral galaxy NGC 3913. I captured it along with the galaxies NGC 3916 and 3921 on 8 & 9 March using my C8, but conditions were rather unfavourable due to Saharan dust in the atmosphere. #sn2026dix #astrophotography 🔭
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Thank you, Bernd! It's really a great object for photography 😊

Thank you, Phillip! 🙏

Foto der Spiralgalaxie Messier 94 mit 12 Stunden Belichtungszeit, aufgenommen durch ein Teleskop C8. Zu erkennen ist das helle Zentrum, das von einem Ring aus hauptsächlich blauen Sternen umgeben ist. Weiter außen folgen die Spiralarme und weit außen ein großer, schwacher Ring aus Sternen.

The spiral galaxy M 94 in Canes Venatici is an easy object to observe due to its bright centre with an inner ring of young stars. This photo, which I took over 3 nights in January with an exposure time of 12 h, also shows the faint outer ring of stars. #astrophotography 🔭
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Das klappt bestimmt, in der Nacht waren die Polarlichter ja auch wieder bis in die Alpen zu sehen...

Ja, das war schon ein wirklich beeindruckender Abend

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Thank you! Has been an amazing night...

Wow, what a great image! Absolutely love it! I don't know the region that well, but there even seems to be galactic cirrus 😍

PuWe 1 is one of the largest and faintest planetary nebula known. Its apparent size almost reaches that of a full moon! It lies in the constellation of Lynx at a distance of about 1200 light years.

PuWe 1 captured from my dark site in southern France 🇫🇷 😊🔭

This was shot on the EdgeHD 8 with Hyperstar at f/2 for a total integration time of about 6.5 hours using an OSC cam with the Baader UHCL filter.

PuWe 1 is one of the largest and faintest planetary nebula known!

#Astrophotography

Thank you, Phillip! 😊
Was also surprised about all the details, but I think I still need to sharpen a bit more...

Thank you, Bernd! 😊