Bernd Flachsbart

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Foto der Spiralgalaxie Messier 94 mit 12 Stunden Belichtungszeit, aufgenommen durch ein Teleskop C8. Zu erkennen ist das helle Zentrum, das von einem Ring aus hauptsächlich blauen Sternen umgeben ist. Weiter außen folgen die Spiralarme und weit außen ein großer, schwacher Ring aus Sternen.

The spiral galaxy M 94 in Canes Venatici is an easy object to observe due to its bright centre with an inner ring of young stars. This photo, which I took over 3 nights in January with an exposure time of 12 h, also shows the faint outer ring of stars. #astrophotography 🔭
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Wow 🤩 Looks great, Andreas! 👍

The Boogeyman Nebula - LDN 1622
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Let's boogey man! 😎

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Fantastic image! 👏

Rosette Nebula

I photographed the Rosette Nebula again after five years. Several attempts, incorrect framing, discarded color channels, and unfavorable lighting conditions turned the project into an adventure

▼ Baader Apo 95 CaF₂ | SkyEye62AM ’26

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Very nice image nonetheless 🤩

LBN 728

LBN 728 - another very faint nebula in Ursa Major.

I collected these photons in January 2025 at Observatory Hoher List with my mobile Apo setup.

▼ Baader Apo 95 CaF₂ | SkyEye62AM

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Looks great, Thomas! 👏

Thanks a lot! 🙂

Thank you!

Thanks a lot, Andreas!
Again a very faint target which is challenging even with Hyperstar… 😄

Yes indeed there’s galactic cirrus there. I’ve read that in this article. They used broadband data to enhance it in an otherwise narrowband project.

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Thanks a lot, Phillip! ☺️ I’m not sure. The structure is just in the R channel and G/B are just featureless blobs. It’s an extremely faint target but maybe I’ll add more data one day. Would be interesting to shoot it with a longer focal length but that would probably take ages 🤣

@kat-astro-bot.bsky.social‬ what do you see?

PuWe 1 is one of the largest and faintest planetary nebula known. Its apparent size almost reaches that of a full moon! It lies in the constellation of Lynx at a distance of about 1200 light years.

PuWe 1 captured from my dark site in southern France 🇫🇷 😊🔭

This was shot on the EdgeHD 8 with Hyperstar at f/2 for a total integration time of about 6.5 hours using an OSC cam with the Baader UHCL filter.

PuWe 1 is one of the largest and faintest planetary nebula known!

#Astrophotography

Foto des Supernova-Überrestes Messier 1 (Krebsnebel) im Sternbild Stier. Der Nebel zeigt viele grünliche und rötliche Filamente. Die Aufnahme entstand im Januar 2026 mit einer gekühlten Astrokamera (ASI294mc Pro) an einem Teleskop Celestron C8 mit insgesamt 6h 26min Belichtungszeit

The Crab Nebula (M 1) in the constellation Taurus was the second prominent supernova remnant that I captured this January. It is already visible with larger binoculars, but all the nice filaments only show up in the photo. Total integration: 6h 26min #astrophotography 🔭
@kat-astro-bot.bsky.social

Beautifully processed! Very nice work, Andreas 🤩

Two-panel mosaic of the Jellyfish Nebula (IC 443) taken with an astro camera ASI294mc Pro through a telescope C8 with a total exposure time of 16,5 h.

The Jellyfish Nebula (IC 443), a prominent supernova remnant in the constellation Gemini, was my first attempt at a mosaic. The idea only came to me during data collection, but after some challenging editing, I am kind of happy with the result. 🔭 #astrophotography
@kat-astro-bot.bsky.social

That looks very nice, Andreas! 🤩

Amazing 🤩👏

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Thanks a lot! Glad you like it 🙂

Thanks a lot!

Thank you! I started this as an assumed quick and short SHO project but it escalated again very quickly to 50 hours! 😅🙈 In my defence I have to state that OIII and SII were rather faint 😉

Merci beaucoup, Martial! ☺️

Merci beaucoup! Pour moi ça ressemble à une raie dans la mer 🙂

Thank you!

Thanks a lot! It doesn’t matter that you understand the details, it’s very complicated 😅 I’m glad you like it 🙂

Vielen Dank, Phillip! 🙂 Ich musste auch gleich an einen Meeresbewohner denken, sieht für mich etwas aus wie ein Rochen. Zu der Struktur habe ich nichts spezielles gefunden, ist vermutlich Zufall 🤷‍♂️

Vielen Dank, Andreas!🙂 Ich wollte eigentlich mal wieder was „kurzes“ machen aber dann war OIII so schwach dass es fast 20 Stunden brauchte und wo ich schon mal so schön dabei war hab ich für SII auch noch 20 Stunden investiert 🤣