IC1848 – Soul nebula

Posted on 10/11/2019 by philipp

IC1848 – The Soul nebula, 80x180s (4h), Nikon D7000a, Astro-Professinal 80mm ED, 0,8x Reducer.

Sometimes IC1848 is also called the soul nebula, can you see why? This is my longest exposure yet. The 35mm h-alpha filter allowed to bring out the faint nebulosity in spite of the nearly full moon.

Heart Nebula

Posted on 27/10/2019 by philipp

IC 1805 is a cloud of glowing hydrogen in the constellation Perseus. The gas is ionized by the hot young stars of the cluster Melotte 15 at the nebula’s center.

North America and Pelican Nebula

Posted on 14/10/2019 by philipp

The North America (NGC7000) and Pelican Nebula (IC7000) get their iconic shapes from an obscuring cloud of dust that is silhouetted against the glowing cloud of ionized hydrogen.

2019 Summer Milky Way

Posted on 16/06/2019 by philipp

I used the new moon weekend before the nights become too short later in June to shoot some images of the summer Milky Way.

M8 the Lagoon nebula and M20, the Trifid nebula, 218x30s, Takahashi FS-60CB, Nikon Z6, ISO 1600

Galaxies with 60mm

Posted on 25/05/2019 by philipp

The constellation Virgo is home to the Virgo galaxy cluster, the largest in our vicinity (if you count millions of lightyears as vicinity). The image above are individual crops from an image taken with a 60mm refractor telescope.

M81 & M82 with 60mm aperture

Posted on 16/05/2019 by philipp

Galaxies M81 & M82 in Ursa Major, also in the Picture are NGC 3088, 2976, 3027 and various PGC galaxies. Takahashi FS-60CB, Nikon D750, Vixen Polarie, 105x30s (52m 30s), ISO 1600.

M78 and the Monkey’s Head

Posted on 26/02/2019 by philipp

Barnard’s Loop, Open Cluster NGC 2112, Reflection Nebula M78, Reflection Nebula NGC 2071, 62x120s (2h 4min), Astro-Professional 80mm f/7, 0,8x Astro-Prof. Red., Nikon D7000a, Optolong L-Pro Filter

Even after more than two hours of exposure the image of the reflection nebula M78 and it’s surroundings is quite grainy. This object needs much more exposure. When pushing the raw files to bring out the faint nebulosity the background becomes a bit streaky, therefore I kept the image quite dark.

Comet C/2018 Y1 Iwamoto

Posted on 14/02/2019 by philipp

The Horsehead nebula (again)

Posted on 16/01/2019 by philipp

B33, The Horsehead Nebula, 50x120s – 1h40m, ISO1600, Nikon D7000a, 80mm f/7 ED-Refractor, 0,78x Reducer, Baader 2″ H-alpha Filter 35nm

After a long spell of clouds, snow and rain, clear skies have returned. Apart from the streak artefacts in the background I like this image a lot, this is my first properly focused image with the Baader h-alpha filter.

Lightweight Astrophotography

Posted on 27/12/2018 by philipp

M78 to the Horsehead Nebula, 86x30s, Nikon D750, Takahashi FS-60CB, Vixen Polarie.

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

Philipp Salzgeber photography

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