And here’s my M13 picture – rather a quick shot, just a few short exposures in luminance taken on July 27th, 2009.
NGC 7331 & Stephan’s Quintet
The picture is 4h of unfiltered exposure in the urban light-polluted conditions. Taken at Altummundi observatory on July 27th, 2009. It is very breath-taking experience when using amateur equipment one can reach so deeply into the universe. It is so surprising how many galaxies are visible on this image.
Messier 31 – The Andromeda Galaxy
The Andromeda Galaxy often referred to as the Great Andromeda Nebula in older texts is a spiral galaxy approximately 2,500,000 light-years away in the constellation Andromeda. It is the nearest spiral galaxy to our own, the Milky Way. As it is visible as a faint smudge on a moonless night, it is one of the farthest objects visible to the naked eye, and can be seen even from urban areas with binoculars.
New telescope in Altummundi Observatory
A couple of days ago the time came for a small update of my setup. In place …