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Comet C/2019 Y4 (ATLAS) with 80mm refractor
Comet Atlas C/2019 Y4 with small refractor
Comet Atlas C/2019 Y4 makes a rather sad appearance in this wind-shaken exposure.
Read MoreComet C/2019 Y4 (ATLAS)
Comet C/2019 Y4 (ATLAS) will maybe become a naked eye comet in April, and could probably become reasonable bright as comets to, now it is a faint smudge in the constellation Ursa Major. NikonZ6, cropped, 85mm lens, 62x15s at f/2.8, ISO 3200
Comet C/2018 Y1 Iwamoto
Comet C/2018 Y1 Iwamoto
Lightweight Astrophotography
On December 26th we were invited to christmas dinner at my sisters place. I brought the Vixen Polarie, the Takahashi FS-60CB and the Nikon D750 to do some astrophotgraphy during the evening.
The image above records some faint nebulosity across central Orion. From the horsehead nebula B33 silhouetted against IC434 to the flame nebula NGC 2024. In the upper left, the M78 nebula with its surrounding NGC objects is also visible. In the corner a hint of Barnards loops is discernible
Read MoreComet 46P/Wirtanen
16.12.2018
On sundey 16th Decmber 2018 – the comet had its closest approach to Earth, it was only 11.7 million kilometers away, the 10th nearest comet in history. Nikon D750 with 70-200mm lens at 200mm f/4, 39x30s, Vixen Polarie.
Read MoreComet 64P/Swift-Gehrels
I was actually heading to bed when I noticed, that the sky cleared up enough to try to photograph Comet 64P/Swift-Gehrels.
As I wanted to create an image that included the Andromeda Galaxy, I used the 70-200 zoom and set it at about 130mm.
Comet 64P/Swift-Gehrels, 33x30s exposures, AF-Nikkor 70-200 f/4, at 130mm, ISO 2500, Nikon D750, Vixen Polarie.
Comet 21P/Giacobini Zinner at the Lange Nacht der Sterne
Here are some first results of this weekends “Lange Nacht der Sterne” starparty.
50x30s, ISO6400, 300mm, f/4, Nikon D750, Hoya Red Intensifier, VIxen Polarie.