In the night from Saturday to Sunday I had set up my Nikon D500 with the Samyang 135mm and photographed the radiant of the Perseids between 11 pm and about 4 am. Unfortunately, I was only able to capture one Perseid on the sensor in the entire 5 hours. OK, the peak is around August […]
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NLCs above Grimmershörn
Yesterday evening it finally worked out with strong NLCs. As a location was again the Grimmershörn bay chosen. The NLCs were however NNE, so the Kugelbake could be taken up only as edge phenomenon. Detailview with Mittelplate At the beginning the NLCs were more compact and more east oriented. 1s video (25 frames) taken […]
Marina at night
A few pictures from last night… Marina In the background on the picture from the marina entrance you can see the oil rig Middelplate. Marina entrance By the marina
Summer sun
With the sun high in the sky last Thursday I made a panorama of four single images of the sun. The image was taken with the Skywatcher GTi mount and the Fuji X-T3 on the Maksutov 1300mm combined with the Kenko 1.5 teleconverter.
Berlin60 – Part 1
Extended photo tour with 2 photo friends in Berlin. Planned were about 60 hours stay in one of the most beautiful cities in Europe (part 2 and 3 to follow). On the first day (afternoon) a tour through the government district over to the 3XN Cube at the main station. In the afternoon, the […]
M42 – Orion Nebula
A picture from last night. Unfortunately the season is already quite advanced, so the view of Orion is not so long in the evening. Therefore here first only 3500 seconds exposure time. Maybe I will manage to add a few more exposures. Recording parameters
NGC 2264 – Cone-Nebula & Christmas Tree Cluster
I am not very satisfied with my image of NGC 2264, there should be more in it. I don’t know what exactly is the reason. Well, in any case a beginning… Recording parameters
M81-/M82-Group
On March 8 I photographed the M81/M82 group again. This time with the ASI183MC and the Skywatcher Evostar 72/420. Unfortunately I screwed up the flats and had to help myself in post-processing (the ring is still easily visible). Recording parameters
First Light
So far I was only able to use the automated installation for astrophotography once very briefly. The weather from November to February in Cuxhaven is less than modest. On Friday it was surprisingly cloudless for a few hours. So, equipment set up and tested. It was also more test than serious trying to take pictures, […]
Weddewarden
Two shots of the container terminal in Weddewarden from yesterday evening. Actually it should be a timelapse, but in the terminal area was almost no activity. Containerterminal