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Sequence is Date - latest images are on top.
Centaurus A Galaxy
Cederblad-110, -111, IC2631, GN11.07.03 
Chameleon Dust Clouds and Reflection Nebulas.

In this dusty area IC2631/Ced112, Ced110 and Ced111 are reflection nebulas. Their declination is strongly Southern (DEC -77), they can be observed exclusively from the regions of the southern hemisphere. IC 2631 reflection nebula is the brightest part of the Chameleon molecular cloud in which the phenomena of star formation creating low-mass stars takes place . This cloud is of great importance in the study of the formation of planetary systems and brown dwarfs.
GN11.07.3 is the orange triangular nebula - an infrared nebula.

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Exposures: 11 x 10  Minutes + 2 x 5 Minutes RGB,  with my QHY8 on a TS-APO 90/600mm


All images were exposed at
Astrofarm Kiripotib Namibia   May 30th  2014.

Thanks to the team of the Astrofarm Kiripotib Namibia, especially
to Rolf Scheffer!!
Find more details at my travel report  - Skywatch_Namibia_2014


Centaurus A Galaxy
Centaurus A Galaxy - NGC5128 

NGC5128 is one of the most interesting and peculiar galaxies in the sky, and is a strong source of radio radiation (therefore the designation Centaurus A); it is actually the nearest radio galaxy. It is of intermediate type between elliptical and disk (spiral) galaxies: The main body has all characteristics of a large elliptical, but a pronounced dust belt is superimposed well over the center, forming a disk plane around this galaxy. What we may very well be viewing is the early results of an giant elliptical merging with a much small spiral structure – creating a stunning halo. This adds a nice example in the local universe to the growing evidence that galaxy halos are built up from the accretion of dwarf satellite galaxies.
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Exposures:
24 x 10  Minutes RGB,  with my QHY8 on a TS-APO 90/600mm


All images were exposed at
Astrofarm Kiripotib Namibia   May 28th  2014.

Thanks to the team of the Astrofarm Kiripotib Namibia, especially
to Rolf Scheffer!!
Find more details at my travel report  - Skywatch_Namibia_2014


 
M4 in Scorpio
Globular Clusters M4, NGC6144, Emission Nebula Sh2-9,
Reflection Nebulas VdB104 and part of IC4606 in Scorpius near Antares. 

IC 4606 can be seen on the middle of the left part of the image. It surrounds the bright star Antares (left outside the image), known as the "Heart of the Scorpion". IC4606 is a yellow reflection nebula reflecting the light of Antares.

The more distant globular NGC 6144 (left middle) is a 10th magnitude globular star cluster that lies just to the north of it's famous neighbor, the globular cluster M4. NGC 6144 lies 33,000 light years distant (three times farther away than the more nearby M4).
At that distance it also appears over three times smaller, 6.2' in diameter.
M4 is the bright globular cluster in the middle of the bottom. The reason why M4 is bright and large is simply due to its distance. At only 7,200 light years, it's one of the closest globular clusters to Earth.
The bright star on the right side of the photograph is Sigma Scorpii. Surrounding σ Scorpii is the blue reflection nebula Ced 130 and red emission nebula Sh 2-9. (in the top right)
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This image is a cooperation between Dr. Franz Gruber and me.
I did the RGB images and processing, Dr. Gruber spent the Ha part

Exposures:
30 x 6  Minutes RGB,  with my QHY8 on a TS-APO 90/600mm
5  x 10 Minutes Ha,  by Franz, Canon 400mm 2.8 at F/4 and his SBIG 11000K

All images were exposed at
Astrofarm Kiripotib Namibia   May 27th(Ha)  and
May 31st  2014(RGB).

Thanks to the team of the Astrofarm Kiripotib Namibia, especially
to Rolf Scheffer!!
Find more details at my travel report  - Skywatch_Namibia_2014



 

IFN in Apus
Galaxies - IC4633, IC4635 and Molecular Dust Nebula
in Apus 
This seldom imaged area is situated only 13° from the South Celestial Pole and
is in the constellation Apus (Bird of Paradise) A few galaxies are in this area but the fotographic eyecatcher is the IFN (Integrated Flux Nebula) named Jacob`s Ladder, "Desktop-Universe" catalogue name is AGN17.20.0
Around the South Celestial Pole the are many of these IFN`s
which are thin haze of gas and dust above our Galaxy's plane .
IC 4633 (left of the middle at top) is  on the edge of the emission glow while just below lies the bright sliver of a distant edge-on spiral or lenticular system, IC4635.

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Exposures:
23 x 10  Minutes,
with my QHY8 on a TS-APO 90/600mm with focal length 600mm

All images were exposed at
Astrofarm Kiripotib Namibia   May 27th 9:00 pm
till May 28th 3:10 am 2014.

Thanks to the team of the Astrofarm Kiripotib Namibia, especially
to Rolf Scheffer!!
Find more details at my travel report  - Skywatch_Namibia_2014



IC4628 Reflection Nebula IC4606 (Yellow), Globular Cluster NGC6144, Part of Reflection Nebula IC4605 (Blue) , and the area North of Antares  (The bright star in the top middle).
Antares is about 600 light years away. It is a first magnitude star 15 times more massive than the Sun, and tens of thousands of time more luminous.This star is about 700 times the diameter of the Sun. If Antares were to replace the Sun in the solar system, both the Earth and Mars would be inside the atmosphere of the star. At its cool surface, tiny solid particles begin to appear, made from traces of heavier elements formed inside the star. In this image the tiny dust grains drift away, reflecting Antares' yellowish light and making the wispy nebula that seems to envelop the moribund star, soon to be a supernova. In the background is a globular cluster, NGC 6144, over 30,000 light years away.


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Exposures:
35 x 6 Minutes,
with my QHY8 on a TS-APO 90/600mm with focal length 600mm

All images were exposed at
Astrofarm Kiripotib Namibia   June 1st 2014.

Thanks to the team of the Astrofarm Kiripotib Namibia, especially
to Rolf Scheffer!!
Find more details at my travel report  - Skywatch_Namibia_2014


 
IC4628
Emission Nebula IC4628 the Prawn Nebula, Cr316 
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The nebula IC 4628 in the constellation of Scorpius is a HII region filled with gas and dark dust.The nebula can be found just north of NGC 6231 and south of Antares, in the tail of Scorpius.
IC4628, also called the Prawn Nebula is around 250 light-years across, covering an area of the sky four times that of the full Moon. The nebula is also named Gum 56, after the Australian astronomer Colin Gum, who published a catalogue of HII regions.

Over the last few million years this region of sky has formed many stars, both individually and in clusters. There is a large scattered star cluster named
Collinder 316 which is visible in the lower right middle of this image.

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Exposures:
22 x 6 Minutes,
with my QHY8 on a TS-APO 90/600mm with focal length 600mm

All images were exposed at
Astrofarm Kiripotib Namibia   June 1st 2014.

Thanks to the team of the Astrofarm Kiripotib Namibia, especially
to Rolf Scheffer!!
Find more details at my travel report  - Skywatch_Namibia_2014


Ngc6723
Globular Cluster NGC6723,   Reflection Nebulae NGC6726-7, IC4812
and the variable nebula NGC6729. All embedded in the
Corona Australis Molecular Cloud Region.
NGC6729 is a Reflection and Emission Nebula (star forming region) and reflects the light of the variable star R Corona Australis. Also some PGC Galaxies can be seen in the larger image
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Exposures:
20 x 10 Minutes,
with my QHY8 on a TS-APO 90/600mm with focal length 600mm

All images were exposed at
Astrofarm Kiripotib Namibia   in May  2014.

These object is located in the Southern constellation Corona Australis,
Dec -36°56'02" South and RA 19h02m53s. Distance approx. 400 light years.
Thanks to the team of the Astrofarm Kiripotib Namibia, especially
to Rolf Scheffer!!
Find more details at my travel report  - Skywatch_Namibia_2014


Omega Centauri Globular Cluster
Omega Centauri Globular Cluster - NGC5139

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Exposures:
9 x 10 Minutes,
33 x 50 Seconds,
19 x 5 Minutes
with my QHY8 on a TS-APO 90/600mm with focal length 600mm

All images were exposed at
Astrofarm Kiripotib Namibia   in May  2014.

These object is located in the Southern constellation Centaurus, Dec -47°33'06" South and RA 13h27m38s.
Thanks to team of the Astrofarm Kiripotib Namibia, especially to Rolf Scheffer!!

Find more details at my travel report  - Skywatch_Namibia_2014.ll image

    

Eta Carina Nebula
Eta Carina Emission Nebula - NGC3372 in RGB only
Mouseover for Annotation.
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Exposures: 23 x 6 Minutes RGB,
with my QHY8 on a TS-APO 90/ 600mm focal length
All images were exposed at
Astrofarm Kiripotib Namibia   May 31st  2014.

NGC3372 itself is a large cloud complex in the milkyway that includes some dark nebula too. Wider than the full Moon this objects stretches over more than 300 light years.
The Carina Nebula includes also young massive stars, especially
the variable star Eta Carina above the center to the left of the Keyhole Nebula.
It contains also dark clouds with starbirth places (HMSTG-).
Many open Clusters are also found there -  find more descriptions of the
annotated clusters here: Bo-(Bochum), Cr-(Collinder)-,
VdBH-(van den Bergh Herbst)

 

Thanks to team of the Astrofarm Kiripotib Namibia, especially to Rolf Scheffer
who helped a lot providing the mount perfect aligned and the whole environment
in perfect condition!!

Find more details at my travel report  - Skywatch_Namibia_2014.
 

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Sh2-231, Sh2-232, Sh2-235 - For more details click on image
Sh2-231, Sh2-232, Sh2-235 Emission Nebulae, Planetary Nebula  PK 173.7+02.7
98 x 6 Minutes RGB,
with QHY8 on
C14 Hyperstar 675mm f/2
in Ebreichsdorf/Austria November 30th, Dec 1st and Dec 2nd, 2013.
These objects are located in the constellation of Auriga, north of M36.6
SH 2-235 is part of a larger cloud complex that includes three other Sharpless HII regions (SH 231, 232, 233). This complex is interesting because it includes examples of several evolutionary stages of star development according to
this report.

 

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Comet Lovejoy   2013-Dec-03  05:57 AM
Comet Lovejoy,
112 x 40 Seconds RGB, No Filter,
with QHY8 on
C14 Hyperstar 675mm f/2
in Ebreichsdorf/Austria December 3rd  2013 04:57 AM  UT

Click for Animation of Comet Lovejoy from 2:27 AM till 4:57 AM UT   (16MB)
 

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NGC6914 embedded in H-Alpha - For more details click on image
NGC6914, VdB131, VdB132 Reflection Nebula
101 x 300 Seconds RGB, 38 x 480 Seconds H-Alpha 35nm
with QHY8 on
C14 Hyperstar 675mm f/2
in Ebreichsdorf/Austria July 7th, 8th, 9th and 10th, 2013.

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M92 and Galaxies - For more details click on image
M92 and Galaxies
33 x 240 Seconds, 13 x 120 Seconds, 11 x 90 Seconds and
17 x 50 Seconds exposure RGB with QHY8 on
C14 Hyperstar 675mm f/2
in Ebreichsdorf/Austria June 13th 2013.

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Comet L4 PANSTARRS
Comet L4 PANSTARRS
152 x 15 Seconds exposure RGB with QHY8 on
C14 Hyperstar 675mm f/2
in Ebreichsdorf/Austria April 16th 2013 3 to 5 AM.

Fore more comets click here

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VdB-150 - For more details click on image
Van den Bergh VdB149, VdB150 Reflection Nebulae,   
Lynds Dark Neula LDN1235 Extende Red Emission Nebula - Molecular Cloud

122 x 6 Minutes exposure RGB with QHY8 on
C14 Hyperstar 675mm f/2
in Ebreichsdorf/Austria August 18th/19th/20th/21th 2012.

VdB149, VdB150
are reflection nebulae visible in the constellation Cepheus.
This very faint nebulae in Cepheus are a challenge even for Hyperstar with OSC camera. The VdB150 nebula is the blue nebula at the top, while the other blue one on the bottom is VdB149. The large dust nebula is catalogued as LBN 535. On the right the PGC 67671 galaxy is visible through the dust that is absorbing its light and making yellowish.

The seventh magnitude star HD 210615 orange, visible south of VdB149, is not part of the region.
LDN 1235 is probably a so-called red emission nebula, a cloud that is placed at high galactic latitudes which becomes visible through the interstellar radiation field, with a low surface brightness and therefore looking dark when viewed in the band of visible light.
(Text partly from Wikipedia)]

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Sh2-157 - For more details click on image
           Sh2-157 Emission Nebula,    NGC7510 Open cluster

116 x 6 Minutes exposure RGB with QHY8 on
C14 Hyperstar 675mm f/2
23 x 10 Minutes exposure H-Alpha 35nm filter same optics.
in Ebreichsdorf/Austria August 12th/13th/14th/15th 2012.

SH2-157 (Sharpless 157 )
The nebula is located in the western part of the constellation Cassiopeia, on the border with Cepheus. Sh2-157 can not be observed optically, therefore neither a pair of binoculars or an amateur telescope are able to show it, it can be reflected only in a long-exposure photograph. It shows a large and faint nebulosity widespread, with brighter regions in the center and a large arc to the north. In the background are rich star fields, on which stands, in a northwesterly direction, the open cluster NGC 7510, well observable with binoculars.
For a complete list of the Sharpless Catalog visit  http://www.sharplesscatalog.com.
(Text partly from http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sh2-157)
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VdB152 - For more details click on image
           VdB152 Reflection Nebula, PK111.0+11.6 Planetary Nebula

63 x 6 minutes exposure RGB with QHY8 on
C14 Hyperstar 675mm f/2
in Ebreichsdorf/Austria July  2012.

Described as a dusty curtain or ghostly apparition, mysterious reflection nebula vdB 152 really is very faint. It lies about 1400 light-years away, along the northern Milky Way in the royal constellation Cepheus. Near the edge of a large molecular cloud, pockets of cosmic dust in the region block light from background stars or scatter light from the embedded bright star (mid-right) giving parts of the nebula a characteristic blue color. Ultraviolet light from the star is also thought to cause a dim reddish luminescence in the nebular dust. Though stars do form in molecular clouds, this star seems to have only accidentally wandered into the area, as its measured velocity through interstellar space is very different from the cloud’s velocity. This deep telescopic image spans about 7 light-years at the estimated distance of vdB 152.
(Text from jtintle.wordpress.com)
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Galaxy M101 - For more details click on image
                       Pinwheel Galaxy M101, Galaxy NGC5474
Klick for 100% Widefield 3200x2030 pixel.
 
Klick for 100% Widefield 3200x2030 pixel annotated                         
Klick for 1920x1200 pixel Widefield

Klick for 1450x900 pixel widefield

Cooperation between Dr. Franz Gruber and me, April 2012.
94 x 4 minutes exposure RGB with QHY8 on
C14 and Hyperstar 675mm
f/2
in Ebreichsdorf/Austria by me.
8 x 10 minutes exposure for H-Alpha with SBIG 11K on
Astrophysics 780mm f/6  by Dr. Franz Gruber in Pitten
Total Exposure 6.25 hours.

M101 the Pinwheel Galaxy, is located in 21 million light years distance, in
constellation Ursa Major. In the annotated image you can find the pointer to the Supernova SN2011fe which is still visible since August 2011 as a small blue dot.

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         click on the above image of the Galaxy for a larger view,
         clicking again and again on the image gets you the annotations
         with names of Galaxies. Spezial selection: the tiny dots with
         white crosses at the annotated image are Galaxie with Mag 20 -> 20.1

 

Coma Cluster Mosaic
                                          Mosaic Coma Cluster,
Mosaic is centered at NGC4871.
Cooperation between Dr. Franz Gruber and me, March and April 2012.
37+38+34 x 5 minutes exposure RGB with QHY8 on
C14 and Hyperstar 675mm
f/2
in Ebreichsdorf/Austria by me.
49+22+20 x 10 minutes exposure for Luminance with SBIG 11K on
Astrophysics 780mm f/6  by Dr. Franz Gruber in Pitten
Total Exposure 21 hours.
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         clicking again and again on the image gets you the diff. annotations

 
 
NGC4236
NGC4236 Galaxy
Cooperation with
Dr.Franz Gruber
ST11K AP130
15x15 Min. Ha
64x10 Min L
12x15 R
9x15 G
13x15 B
QHY8 C14
Hyperstar
70x6 Min RGB
March 2012
Ebreichsdorf Austria
Pitten Austria
NGC5067 Pelikan Nebula
NGC5067 Pelican Nebula
Camera: CCD-QHY8
Gain 20, Offset 125
Scope: C14 at F1.9
Fl 675mm

with Hyperstar 
 47x6 Min RGB and 27x8 Min exposed
with HA Filter
September 28th  and
1st October 2011
Ebreichsdorf Austria

VdB154, Sh2-145, Sh2-150
VdB154, Sh2-145,
Sh2-150 Nebulae
Camera: CCD-QHY8
Gain 20, Offset 125
Scope: C14 at F1.9
Fl 675mm

with Hyperstar 
 77x5 Min RGB and 26x8 Min exposed
with HA Filter
October 2nd   and
October 3rd 2011
Ebreichsdorf Austria

H & Chi Open Cluster
H&Chi Open Cluster
Camera: CCD-QHY8
Gain 20, Offset 125
Scope: C14 at F1.9
Fl 675mm

with Hyperstar 
 29x2 Min.RGB
All Processing:  PixInsight 1.07
 5th of October 2011
Ebreichsdorf Austria
Galaxy M33
M33 Galaxy
Camera: CCD-QHY8
Gain 20, Offset 125
Scope: C14 at F1.9
Fl 675mm

with Hyperstar 
 51x5 Min.RGB
35x8 Min HA Filter
All Processing:  PixInsight 1.07
24th, 25th of September,
 1st of October 2011
Ebreichsdorf Austria
Comet Garrad near Globular Cluster M71
Comet Garradd and M71
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FULLSIZE VERSION

CLICK HERE for
Animation

Camera: CCD-QHY8
Gain 20, Offset 125
Scope: C14 at F1.9
Fl 675mm

with Hyperstar 
 135x90 sec. and 31x180 sec,exposed
without Filter
All Processing:  PixInsight 1.07
August 26th 2011
Ebreichsdorf Austria

 
Arp 71, 122, 172, 272
Cluster of Galaxies Arp 71,122,172,272
NGC6050, NGC6061 etc
Camera: CCD-QHY8
Gain 20, Offset 125
Scope: C14 at F1.9
Fl 675mm

with Hyperstar 
 71x6 Min.exposed
without Filter
All Processing:  PixInsight 1.07
May 6th and 7th 2011
Ebreichsdorf Austria
 Galaxy in Ursar Major together with small NGC5474
NGC4631 and NGC4656
Galaxies
Camera: CCD-QHY8
Gain 20, Offset 125
Scope: C14 at F1.9
Fl 675mm

with Hyperstar 
 33x6 Min.exposed
without Filter
All Processing:  PixInsight 1.07
March 7th 2011
Ebreichsdorf Austria
Galaxy in Ursar Major together with small NGC5474
IC2574 Irregular Galaxy
Camera: CCD-QHY8
Gain 20, Offset 125
Scope: C14 at F1.9
Fl 675mm

with Hyperstar 
 102x6 Min.exposed
without Filter
All Processing:  PixInsight 1.07
24th, 26th February, 1st of March 2011
Ebreichsdorf Austria
M3 C14/Hyperstar 41x6 + 22x2 Minutes
M3, Globular Cluster
RGB
Camera: CCD-QHY8
Gain 20, Offset 125
Scope: C14 at F1.9
Fl 675mm

with Hyperstar 
 41x6 + 22x2 Min.exposed

Stack and Processing:  PixInsight 1.06
Location: Ebreichsdorf
Austria
March 29th 2011
Galaxy in Ursar Major together with small NGC5474
M101 and NGC5474
Galaxies
Camera: CCD-QHY8
Gain 20, Offset 125
Scope: C14 at F1.9
Fl 675mm

with Hyperstar 
 51x6 Min.exposed
without Filter
+
8x10 Min.
 HA-ALPHA
with ST11K on AP125 by Dr. Franz GRUBER in Pitten Austria
All Processing:  PixInsight 1.06
February and March 2011
M101 Galaxy selected
M101 Galaxy
Camera: CCD-QHY8
Gain 20, Offset 125
Scope: C14 at F1.9
Fl 675mm

with Hyperstar 
 51x6 Min.exposed
without Filter
+
8x10 Min.
 HA-ALPHA
with ST11K on AP125 by Dr. Franz GRUBER in Pitten Austria
All Processing:  PixInsight 1.06
February and March 2011
Reflexions Nebula M45 PLEJADES





M45 Plejades
 Reflections Nebula
Camera: CCD-QHY8
Gain 20, Offset 117
Scope: C14 at F1.9
Fl 675mm

with Hyperstar 
 35x6 Min.exposed
without Filter

All Processing:  PixInsight 1.06
October 8th 2010
Reflexions Nebula and Molekularcloud VdB14 and VdB15
VdB14 und 15
 Reflection Nebulae
within Molekularclouds
Camera: CCD-QHY8
Gain 20, Offset 117
Scope: C14 at F1.9
Fl 675mm

with Hyperstar 
 75x6 Min.exposed
without Filter
+
35x10 Min. Luminance exposed with ST11K on AP125 by Dr. Franz GRUBER in Pitten Austria
All Processing:  PixInsight 1.06
October11th/12th 2010
Reflection Nebula VdB15  within Molecularclouds
VdB15
 Reflection Nebula
Camera: CCD-QHY8
Gain 20, Offset 117
Scope: C14 at F1.9
Fl 675mm

with Hyperstar 
 75x6 Min.exposed
without Filter
Stack:ImagePlus Processing:  PixInsight 1.06
Location: Ebreichsdorf
Austria
October11th/12th 2010
 
NGC7331 Kombination Luminance AP125 and Color C14/Hyperstar
NGC7331, Stephans Quintett.
 Galaxy and Galaxygroup
LRGB !!!
Camera: CCD-QHY8
Gain 20, Offset 117
Scope: C14 at F1.9
Fl 675mm

with Hyperstar 
 11x5 Min.exposed
without Filter.
+
33x10 Min. Luminance exposed with ST11K on AP125 by Dr. Franz GRUBER in Pitten
Stack and Processing and Combine:  PixInsight 1.06
NGC7331 C14/Hyperstar 11x5 Minutes
NGC7331, Stephans Quintett.
 Galaxy and Galaxygroup
RGB only
Camera: CCD-QHY8
Gain 20, Offset 117
Scope: C14 at F1.9
Fl 675mm

with Hyperstar 
 11x5 Min.exposed
without Filter
Stack and Processing:  PixInsight 1.06
Location: Ebreichsdorf
Austria
September 6th and 7th 2010
NGC7331 Luminance AP125
NGC7331, Stephans Quintett.
 Galaxy and Galaxygroup
Luminance only
Camera: ST11K
Scope: AP125 By
D. Franz Gruber

 33x10 Min.exposed
without Filter.
 Stack and Processing
and Combine:  PixInsight 1.06
September 6th and 7th 2010
Molecularcloud LBN438
LBN438
 Reflection Nebula
Camera: CCD-QHY8
Gain 20, Offset 117
Scope: C14 at F1.9
Fl 675mm

with Hyperstar 
 41x10 Min.exposed
without Filter
Stack:ImagePlus Processing:  PixInsight 1.06
Location: Ebreichsdorf
Austria
August 10th/15th 2010
Sh2-132 HaRGB
Sh2-132
 Emissions Nebula
Camera: CCD-QHY8
Gain 20, Offset 117
Scope: C14 at F1.9
Fl 675mm

with Hyperstar 
 14x10 Min.exposed
with Ha-Filter
9x10 Min.without Filter
Stack:ImagePlus Processing:  PixInsight 1.06
Location: Ebreichsdorf
Austria
July 31st 2010
IC-5146
IC-5146, B169
 Reflection/Emission
and Dark Nebula
Camera: CCD-QHY8
Gain 20, Offset 117
Scope: C14 at F1.9
Fl 675mm

with Hyperstar 
 43x8 Min.exposed
without Filter
Stack:ImagePlus Processing:  PixInsight 1.06
Location: Ebreichsdorf
Austria
July 11th/12th 2010
Sh2-115
Sh2-115
 Emissions Nebula
Camera: CCD-QHY8
Gain 20, Offset 117
Scope: C14 at F1.9
Fl 675mm

with Hyperstar 
 NO Filter
34x10 Min.exposed,
Stacked: with
ImagePlus Processing: with PixInsight 1.06
Location: Ebreichsdorf
Austria
July 9th/10th 2010
LBN382 and VdB134
VdB134
Reflection Nebula within  LBN382 Emissions Nebula
Camera: CCD-QHY8
Gain 20, Offset 117
Scope: C14 at F1.9
Fl 675mm

with Hyperstar 
 NO Filter
54x10 Min.exposed,
Stacked: with
ImagePlus Processing: with PixInsight 1.06
Location: Ebreichsdorf
Austria
July 7th/8th 2010
LBN174 Emission, Ced173 Emission, B144 Dark Nebula
LBN174, Ced173, B144
Emission Nebula within 
B144 Dark Nebula
Camera: CCD-QHY8
Gain 20, Offset 117
Scope: C14 at F1.9
Fl 675mm

with Hyperstar 
 NO Filter
70x6 Min.exposed,
Stacked: with
ImagePlus Processing: with PixInsight 1.06
Location: Ebreichsdorf
Austria
June 26th/30th and July 2nd 2010
LBN406 Small part of the large faint Draco Molecular Cloud
LBN406
Reflection Nebula within Draco Molecular Cloud
Camera: CCD-QHY8
Gain 20, Offset 117
Scope: C14 at F1.9
Fl 675mm

with Hyperstar 
 NO Filter
55x6 Min.exposed,
Stacked: with
Deep Sky Stacker Processing: with PixInsight 1.06
Location: Ebreichsdorf
Austria
June 9th/11th 2010
NGC5907 104 minutes exposed (66x4  Min)
NGC5907
Camera: CCD-QHY8
Gain 20, Offset 117
Scope: C14 F7.43
Fl 2730mm 
 IDAS-LPS - Filter
26x4 Min.exposed,
Stacked with
Deep Sky Stacker Processing with PixInsight 1.06
Location: Ebreichsdorf
Austria
May 6th 2010
NGC4725  5 hours 8 minutes exposed (60x4 + 8x8 Min)
NGC4725 and NGC4712 Galaxies
Camera: CCD-QHY8
Gain 1, Offset 117
Scope: C14 F7.43
Fl 2730mm 
 LPS - Filter
60x4 Min.+8x8 Min.,
Stacked with
Deep Sky Stacker Processing with PixInsight 1.06
Loc.: Ebreichsdorf
Austria
April 6th/7th/8th 2010
 
M81+M82  1 hour 40 minutes exposed (25x4 Min), Cutout of widefield
M81 and M82 CUTOUT of widefield
Camera: CCD-QHY8
Gain 40, Offset 117
C14 F1.9 !
with Hyperstar
 
 25x4 Min.,
NO Filters
Location: Ebreichsdorf
Austria
February 21nd 2010
M81+M82  1 hour 40 minutes exposed (25x4 Min)
M81 and M82 Galaxies widefield
Camera: CCD-QHY8
Gain 40, Offset 117
C14 F1.9 !
with Hyperstar
 
 25x4 Min.,
NO Filters
Location: Ebreichsdorf
Austria
February 21nd 2010
For fullsize 3020x2018 pixels
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This images were the first made with the New Hyperstar on my C14.
To eliminate the ugly spikes introduced by the cables of the CCD camera i built a device which keeps the cabling precisely in a way that
ALL SPIKES are eliminated! 
In addition i used right angle plugs for the power and USB cable. The original cables of the QHY8 also introduce spikes
Image of Cabling
  NGC6015  5 hours 20 minutes exposed (40x8 Min)
NGC6015 Galaxy
Camera: CCD-QHY8
Gain 40, Offset 117
C14 F7.43 
 LPS - Filter
40x8 Min.,
Location: Ebreichsdorf
Austria
May 20th, 23rd 2009
NGC7640  5 hours 36 minutes exposed (42x8 Min)
NGC7640 Galaxy
Camera: CCD-QHY8
Gain 40, Offset 117
C14 F7.43 
 LPS - Filter
42x8 Min.,
Location: Ebreichsdorf
Austria
September 22nd, 23rd 2009
SH2-142 and NGC7380  9 hours 20 minutes exposed (70x8 Min)
SH2-142, Nebula
Camera: CCD-QHY8
Gain 40, Offset 117
C14 F7.43 
 LPS - Filter
70x8 Min.,
Location: Ebreichsdorf
Austria
September 18th, 19th, 20th 2009
M31 Galaxy  3 hours 12 minutes exposed
M31, Galaxy
Camera: CCD-QHY8
Gain 40, Offset 117
Sigma Tele 300mm F4 
 NO Filter
16x12 Min.,  
Location: Ebreichsdorf
November 25th, 2009

 

M15 Glubular Cluster 3 hours exposed
M15, Globular Cluster
Camera: CCD-QHY8
Gain 40, Offset 117
C14 F7.43 
 LPS Filter
30x6 Min.,  
Location: Ebreichsdorf
August 30th, 2009
IC5076 Reflexion and Dark Nebula 6 hours exposed
IC5076,  Reflection and Dark Nebula
Camera: CCD-QHY8
Gain 40, Offset 117
C14 F7.43 
 LPS Filter
37x8 Min.,  
Location: Ebreichsdorf
August 24th, 25th and 27th 2009
DWB111 360 minutes exposed
DWB111, Propeller Nebula
CCD-QHY8,
Gain 40, Offset 117
C14 F7.43 
 LPS Filter
45x8 Min.,  
Location: Ebreichsdorf
July 27th and 29th 2009
Red Channel only DWB111 360 minutes exposed
DWB111, Propeller Nebula
CCD-QHY8,
Gain 40, Offset 117
C14 F7.43 
 LPS Filter
45x8 Min.,
RED CHANNEL 
Location: Ebreichsdorf
July 27th and 29th 2009
NGC6503 446 minutes exposed
NGC6503 Galaxy

CCD-QHY8,
Gain 40, Offset 117
C14 F7.43 
 LPS Filter
89x5 Min.,  
Location: Ebreichsdorf
June 17th/18th 2009
NGC5644 186 minutes exposed
NGC5466 Globular Cluster and Backgroundgalaxies
Mag 15 to 17.9
CCD-QHY8,
Gain 20, Offset 117
C14 F7.43 
 LPS Filter
31x6 Min.,  
Location: Ebreichsdorf
May 17th 2009
M106   744 minutes exposed
 M106
 Canon 10D mod.,
 C14 F7.43 
 1600 ASA, LPS Filter
 93x8 Min.,  
 Location: Ebreichsdorf
 April 13th, 14th, 15th  2009
Moon, April 2nd 2009
Moon
CCD QHY8,
 8/100 sec
C14 F2770mm,
3x20 images stacked
3  stacked images used for Panorama.
2nd of April 2009

Klick for 3000x2200 pixel image
NEW! NEW! NEW!
Sh2-112, 7 hours and 34 Minutes exposed
SH2-112 Nebula
Canon 10D mod.,
C14 F7.43 
1600 ASA, LPS Filter
114x 4Min.,  
Location: Ebreichsdorf
July 28th, 29th and 30th 2008
NEW!!!
Imageprocessing 2009
Moon, May 11th 2008
Moon
Canon 10D,
IS1600, 1/350 sec
C14 F2770mm,
2x18 images stacked
2 stacked images used for Panorama.
11th of May 2008
NEW! NEW! NEW!
NGC7331 276 minutes exposed
NGC7331
Deer Lick Group
Canon 10D mod.,
C14 F7.43 
1600 ASA, LPS Filter
46x6 Min.,  
Location: Ebreichsdorf
28th September,
5th October and
10th of October  2008
NGC7133 15x6 minutes
NGC7133
Canon 10D mod.,
C14 F7.43 
1600 ASA, LPS Filter
15x 6Min.,  
Location: Ebreichsdorf
 31st August  2008
NGC6914, VdB131,  456 Minutes exposed
NGC6914, VdB131, Do8 plus parts of LBN273 and LBN292
Canon 10D mod.,
C14 F7.43 
1600 ASA, LPS Filter
76x 6Min.,  
Location: Ebreichsdorf
5th, 6th and 7th  of August  2008
M5 176 minutes exposed
NGC5904, M5,
Canon 10D mod.,
C14 F7.43 
1600 ASA, LPS Filter
44x4 Min.,  
Location: Ebreichsdorf
27th of May  2008
M53 344 Minutes exposed
NGC5024, M53,
Canon 10D mod.,
C14 F7.43 
1600 ASA, LPS Filter
86x4 Min.,  
Location: Ebreichsdorf
7th and 9th of May  2008
M101 192 Minutes exposed
M101,
Canon 10D mod.,
C14 F7.43 
1600 ASA, LPS Filter
48x4 Min.,  
Location: Ebreichsdorf
May 11th 2008
Hickson 68   168 Minutes exposed
Hickson 68
NGC5350 +3,+4,+5
Canon 10D mod.,
C14 F7.43 
1600 ASA, LPS Filter
42x4 Min.,  
Location: Ebreichsdorf
May 10th 2008
 
M53  188 Minutes exposed
NGC5024, M53,
Canon 10D mod.,
C14 F7.43 
1600 ASA, LPS Filter
47x4 Min.,  
Location: Ebreichsdorf
May 7th 2008
NGC4236  336 Minutes exposed
NGC4236,
Canon 10D mod.,
C14 F7.43 
1600 ASA, LPS Filter
56x6 Min.,  
Location: Ebreichsdorf
April 27th and May 4th 2008
Arp214 132 Minutes exposed
Arp214, Arp322,
NGC3718, NGC3729,
Hickson56A,B,C,D,E
SBIG St11K,
Planewave20" F6.8
F-length 3454mm
LPS Filter,
6x12R,5x5G,5x7B (all in minutes)
Mariazell
March 6th 2008
IC63  392 Minutes exposed
IC63
Canon 10D mod.,
C14 F7.43 
1600 ASA, LPS Filter
48x8 Min.,  
Location: Ebreichsdorf
October 13th 2007
NGC7935 Bubble Nebula  360 Minutes exposed
NGC7935
Bubble Nebula
Canon 10D mod.,
AP130 F8
F-length 1040mm
1600 ASA, LPS Filter
30x12 Min.,  
Location: Mariazell
October 8th 2007
M71  348 Minutes exposed
M71
Globular Cluster
Canon 10D mod.,
C14 F7.43
1600 ASA, LPS Filter
58x6 Min.,  
Location: Ebreichsdorf
July 14/15/16th 2007
NGC5985 426 Minutes exposed
NGC5985, NGC5982, NGC5981
Canon 10D mod.,
C14 F7.43
1600 ASA, LPS Filter
71x6 Min.,  
Location: Ebreichsdorf
May 18th/19th 2007
M109  514 Minutes exposed
M109
Canon 10D mod.,
C14 F7.43
1600 ASA, LPS Filter
37x10 Min., and
12x12 Min.,
 Location: Ebreichsdorf
April 11/12/13th 2007
M108
M108
Canon 10D mod.,
C14 F7.43
1600 ASA, LPS Filter
32x6 Min.,
 Location: Ebreichsdorf
April 22/23rd 2007
M97
M97
Canon 10D mod.,
C14 F7.43
1600 ASA, LPS Filter
37x6 and 4x10 Min.,
 Location: Ebreichsdorf
16th,19th and 20th April2007
NGC3184
NGC3184
Canon 10D mod.,
C14 F7.43
1600 ASA, LPS Filter
20x10 Min.,
 Location: Ebreichsdorf
April 8th 2007
SUN H-Alpha
Sun in Ha
Philips Toucam 740
Vixen ED80
Coronado 60mm
437x1/100Sec.,
 Ebreichsdorf Austria
Feb 14th 2007
Sh2-155
Sh2-155
Canon 10D mod.,
AstroPhysic 130 F8.0
1600 ASA, LPS Filter
35x10 Min.,
More Processing!!
 Location: Mariazell
Sept 20th 2006
Sh2-155
Sh2-155
Canon 10D mod.,
AstroPhysic 130 F8.0
1600 ASA, LPS Filter
35x10 Min.,
 Location: Mariazell
Sept 20th 2006
 
Sh2-129
Sh2-129
Canon 10D mod.,
Canon 300mm Tele
at F2.8!
800 ASA, LPS Filter
25x6 Min.,
Imaging by
Dr. Franz Gruber,
Image Processing
by  me.
 Location: Pitten
September 14th 2006
picture
Sun
Philips oucam 740
Celestron C14 at F7 IR-Stop Filter
333x1/5000Sec.,

 Ebreichsdorf Austria
Sept 12th 2006
picture
Sun
Philips oucam 740
Celestron C14 at F7 IR-Stop Filter
333x1/5000Sec.,

 Ebreichsdorf Austria
Sept 12th 2006
picture
Sh2-129
Canon 10D mod.,
Canon 300mm Tele
at F2.8!
800 ASA, LPS Filter
25x6 Min.,
Imaging by
Dr. Franz Gruber,
Image Processing
by  me.
 Location: Pitten
September 14th 2006
picture
NGC7000
Canon 10D mod.,
Canon 300mm Tele
at F2.8!
1600 ASA, LPS Filter
Imaging by
Dr. Franz Gruber,
Image Processing
by Dr. Franz Gruber and me.
 Location: Pitten
August 2nd 2006
picture
VDB142
Canon 10D mod.,
Canon 300mm Tele
17x6 Min at F2.8!
1600 ASA, LPS Filter
Imaging
Cooperation with
Dr. Franz Gruber,
Image Processing
By me.
 Location: Pitten
July 25th 2006
picture
VDB142
Canon 10D mod.,
Canon 300mm Tele
20x6 Min at F2.8!
1600 ASA, LPS Filter
Imaging
by Dr. Franz Gruber,
Image Processing
By me.
 Location: Pitten
July 24th 2006
picture
Crescent Nebula
Canon 10D mod.,
C14 on Gemini G41
Lumicon Reducer F7.7,  Fl=2730mm
4x16 Min +
16x12 Min at F7.7
1600 ASA, LPS Filter
Ebreichsdorf Austria
July 18th-20th 2006
picture
Jupiter
505 frames stacked
C14, 2006-07-18
picture
M56
Globular Cluster
C14 on GEmini G41
modified Canon 10D
Lumicon Reducer F7.7,  Fl=2730mm
11x360 Sec.,
1600 ASA
Guiding with STV
in Ebreichsdorf
July 17th 2006
picture
Jupiter
452 frames stacked
C14, 2006-07-06
picture
Jupiter
300 frames stacked
C14, 2006-06-25
picture
IC1318
Canon 10D mod.,
AP125
1600 ASA, LPS Filter
Imaging
Cooperation with
Dr. Franz Gruber,
Image Processing
By me.
 Location: Pitten
June 21st 2006
picture
IC1318
Canon 10D mod.,
Canon 300mm Tele
at F2.8!
27x4 Minutes.,
1600 ASA, LPS Filter
Imaging Coop with
Dr. Franz Gruber,
Image Processing
By me.
Puerahoefen Bucklige Welt
June 20th 2006