Messier 78

Sometimes you have to make maximum advantage of the moment. Although it was very cold last night, I managed to make another picture. This time Messier 78 in Orion. In total 25 frames where used with an exposure time of 3 minutes. ISO 1600. Skywatcher 8" Newton - Canon 400D (Baader mod.)

Messier 97 and 108

Finaly clear skies again. Clear but cold. During the imaging session last night I went inside to warm up and put the telescope on remote control (via remote desktop). I used 15 frames of 3 minutes exposure time. Skywatcher 8" Newton on an EQ6 mount - Canon 400D (Baader mod.).

Elephants trunk

This one of those images that lurked on the harddisk, waiting to be processed. On the single frames there wasn't much to see. Had to pull those levels very hard to get any results. Skywatcher 8" Newton - Canon 400D - Baader mod. Exposure time 2,5 hours at ISO800.

Jupiter and Io oktober 4th, 2010

I hate those days with snow, rain and clouds. TTo kill of some time I worked on some images that where waiting for processing. This Jupiter ans on of its moons; Io. It's a stack of 815 frames processed with Registax. Telescope; 8" Skywatcher Newton; Philips SPC900 NC webcam.

Cocoon nebula

A result from last summer; IC5146 or the Cocoon nebula. This image also took over two hour exposure time. It was hard to make the dark nebula visible (notice the absence of stars below the nebula)

Flaming star nebula

Trying to get the more difficult objects lately.... This is IC405, a.k.a. the Flaming Star nebula. Took me over two hour of exposure time to get a resonable result. Skywatcher 8" Newton telescope - Canon EOS 400D (Baader mod.).

Solar eclips

Very fortunate to be able to photograph this event. The cloud cover broke open just after the sun rose.
Canon EOS 350D with a Tamron 70-300 lens (at 300mm); 1/500 sec. at f11.