Thursday, April 12, 2018

M13  globular cluster in constellation Hercules .Distance from Earth 22,200 light years.M13 is about145 light years in diameter with about 300,000 stars. Discovered by Edmond Halley in 1714 and catalogued by Chearles Messier on June 1-1764.
Picture instruments: Telescope RC Astrotech 6inches f/9 ,ccd 67 astro-physics reducer ,mount Skywatcher HEQ5pro  ,photo-camera Atik 314L+ monochrome exposures 10x 300sec Luminance filter.
Location Babadag Romania -9 april 2018 .The sky 70 % transparency.
Messier 63-Sunflower Galaxy : is a spiral galaxy in the constellation Canes Venatici consisting of a central disc surrounded by many short spiral arm segments.M .63 was discovered by Pierre Mechain one june 14-1779 . Distance from Earth 27 million light years. The galaxy was then listed by Charles Messier as object 63 in the Messier Catalogue .
 Pictures technical details: telescope R.C. 6 inches f/9 ,focal reducer astro-physics CCD 67,telescope guide. Skywatcher 70/500mm ,guide cam.ZWO asi 120mm mono. ,mount Skywatcher HEQ5pro,ccd photo-camera-Atik 314l+monochrome with electric filter-wheel 1,25 .
Exposures:-L RGB -L 19x300 sec.,RGB 10x300se each filter.
location Babadag Romania 9 april 2018. -Transparency on the sky not very gut .

Saturday, March 24, 2018

the Moon -one modest image :-4 frames x 1 sec .
camera Atik 314L+ color ccd 

Saturday, November 11, 2017

ic434 -Horsehead nebula (Barnard33) is a dark nebula in the constellation Orion.The nebula is approximately 1500 light years from Earth and is first recorded in 1888 by scottish astronomerWilliamina Fleming on photographic plate B2312 taken at the Harvard College Observatory.

telescop  Astrotech 6 f/9 R.C. ,camera photo Atik 314l+ mono ,exposures 8x600sec HA12nm and 4x600sec Olll ,mount Skywatcher HEQ5 pro .guide camera asi120mm mono.,guide-telescope Skywatcher 70 /500 mm.
location: Santorini -Greece 15 september 2017.

Thursday, October 12, 2017

Thursday, September 28, 2017

IC 410 nebula-in constellation Auriga about 12.000 light-years discovered by german astronomer Max Wolf in "5 september 1892.

astrophoto with telescope R.C.6 inches ,photo camera ATIK314L+monochrome ccd ,filters ,,Astronomik"
HA 12 nm and Olll 12nm ,guiding camera ZWO asi 12mm monochrome ccd  ,telescope guiding Skywatcher 70/500 mm with PHD 2 guiding.
,mount Skywatcher HEQ5 pro.
Exposures 10x600 sec HA,10x600 sec Olll.
Is the first image with monochrome camera........?

Location SANTORINI -Greece 17 september 2017.

Sunday, September 3, 2017

Andromeda galaxy-Messier 31(center region)-is2,5 million light- years from Earth .
Astrophoto with :RC  6 inches telescope f/9 ,mount Skywatcher heq5pro,cam.foto Atik314l+color ccd,filter Luminance  Astronomik filter,guide-cam.Zwo ASI 120mm monochrome.guide-scope Skywatcher70/500 ,exposures 8x600 sec.

location Santorini -Greece 19 august 2017.

Tuesday, July 18, 2017

ngc 6888-(crescent nebula)
in HA filter-5 frames  x 600 sec