Sun spots in July 2014

You are facing the Sun spots #2111, 2109, 2110, 2108, 2107, 2104, and 2106 (left->right) on July 2014. These are colder regions with strong magnetic activity. Many of them have Neptune size, i.e. they are lot bigger than the Earth! -- Equipment: Nikon d3100 on Mewlon 210 at f/9.3, remote control, quite mode, ISO800, t=1/1000, Vixen GP.

M45 - The Pleiades

Median of 6 exposures: 772+240+276+325+386+330 seconds at ISO400, f/3.65, FL=385mm, guided with ST7XME on FS-60C, JPZ

The Sun in white light

The Sun in white light. Pseudo colors are used. Equipment: Nikon d3100 DSLR, Nikkor 55-300 lense at 300mm (f/8), 20 shots aligned and stacked with MaximDL. Mount Vixen GP (green) on Berlebach tripod, MT-1 motor.

Uranus and moons

Uranus and moons one day before its opposition. -- Single 5 min. exposure with a Nikon d3100 at ISO 200, FL=1000mm (f7.7), TOA-130, auto guided.

The Moon at 300mm

Nikon d3100 with AF-S DX VR Nikkor 55-300mm ISO 100 300mm f11 1/13s

NGC6936 and NGC6946

DESCRIPTION: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NGC_6946 TECHNICAL NOTES: This is a single 85 seconds exposure with an unmodified Nikon d3100 DSLR camera at ISO1600. It has been taken under light pollution WITHOUT any LPS filter. Note the wonderful star colors in the field. EQUIPMENT: Telescope: 385mm (f/3.65) No guiding Mount: JPZ Software: Aperture v3.1.2 (Mac). Only histogram adaptions has been one in the NEF (raw) file.

The stars around the North America Nebula

DESCRIPTION: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_America_Nebula TECHNICAL NOTES: This is a single 121 seconds exposure with an unmodified Nikon d3100 DSLR camera. It has been taken under light pollution WITHOUT any LPS filter. Note the wonderful star colors although the nebula hasn't been taken out due to the IR block filter of the cam. EQUIPMENT: Telescope: 385mm (f/3.65) Guider: SBIG ST7XME on a 355mm (f/6) scope. Mount: JPZ Software: Aperture v3.1.2 (Mac). Only histogram adaptions has been one in the NEF (raw) file.

The Pleiades

M45 - Pleiades in Taurus

The area around NGC6871

DESCRIPTION: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/NGC_6871 TECHNICAL NOTES: This is a single 121 seconds exposure with an unmodified Nikon d3100 DSLR camera at ISO400. It has been taken under light pollution WITHOUT any LPS filter. Note the wonderful star colors in the field. EQUIPMENT: Telescope: 385mm (f/3.65) Guider: SBIG ST7XME on a 355mm (f/6) scope. Mount: JPZ Software: Aperture v3.1.2 (Mac). Only histogram adaptions has been one in the NEF (raw) file.

The Sun at 220mm

Nikon d3100 with AF-S DX VR Nikkor 55-300mm ISO 100 220mm f5.6 1/320s. CAUTION: To avoid any damage, the use of a Baader Astrosolar foil in front of the camera lens is mandatory!

NGC7000

DESCRIPTION: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_America_Nebula TECHNICAL NOTES: This is a single 121 seconds exposure with an unmodified Nikon d3100 DSLR camera. It has been taken under light pollution WITHOUT any LPS filter. Note the wonderful star colors. The nebula has been taken out using the Tone Mapping Technique, since the original filter of this cam is optimized or daylight and it blocks the red channel. EQUIPMENT: Telescope: 385mm (f/3.65) Guider: SBIG ST7XME on a 355mm (f/6) scope. Mount: JPZ Software: Aperture v3.1.2 (Mac). Only histogram adaptions has been one in the NEF (raw) file.

The stars around the Veil Nebula

DESCRIPTION: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veil_Nebula TECHNICAL NOTES: This is a single 138 seconds exposure with an unmodified Nikon d3100 DSLR camera at ISO400. It has been taken under light pollution WITHOUT any LPS filter. Note the wonderful star colors although the nebula hasn't been taken out due to the IR block filter of the cam. EQUIPMENT: Telescope: 385mm (f/3.65) Guider: SBIG ST7XME on a 355mm (f/6) scope. Mount: JPZ Software: Aperture v3.1.2 (Mac). Only histogram adaptions has been one in the NEF (raw) file.

Nikon ready for solar photography

Nikkor 55-300mm and Astrosolar foil

The Sun with spots

Nikon d3100 on a Mewlon 210 using the dedicated Tak f/9.3 reducer. Due to the long focal length (1961mm) of the scope, the Quiet mode, high ISO rates and short exposure times were mandatory to reduce the vibration issues caused by the camera mirror.

The Moon terminator

Mewlon 210, Nikon d3100, f/11.5, focal length 2410mm, one exposure

The photosphere of the next star today

Mewlon 210 with dedicated compressor at f/9.3, Nikon d3100 DSLR at ISO800, 1/1000s, Quit mode. -- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photosphere -- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Granule_(solar_physics)