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M109

M109 – First Sight

First sight of the faint galaxy M109.

This is 11x60s at ISO800.

M109

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M108

M108 – First Sight

First sight of the faint galaxy M108.

This is 7x60s at ISO800.

M108

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M107

M107 – First Sight

First sight of the very faint cluster M107.

This is 4x60s at ISO800.

M107

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M71

M71 – First Sight

First sight of the very faint cluster M71.

This is 5x60s at ISO800.

M71

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M40

M40 – First Sight

First sight of „one of the few real mistakes in the Messier catalog,“ (Burnham).

While Messier was looking for a nebula or galaxy, all he found was this double star.

This is 5x60s at ISO800.

M40

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M13

M13 – Hercules Cluster

My next try on the Hercules Cluster. Not bad for a night with a nearly full moon… 🙂

This is 55x60s at ISO800.

M13

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M94

M94

From some days ago, did some longer exposures this time 🙂

This is 3x180s at ISO800.

M94

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Milkyway

First try of capturing the Milkyway

This is my first try of capturing (part of) the Milkyway.

This is a 3x180s shot at ISO800.

I think it is a nice start and I’ll keep trying to make better shots 🙂

Milkyway

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M97

M97 – The Owl Nebula

This is Owl Nebula. Unfortunately I got problems with polar alignment before capturing this object, so I had to revert to 30 second exposures.

This is 19x30s at ISO800.

M97

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M81 M82

M81+M82

M81 and M82 both on the same image 🙂

This is 3x300s at ISO800.

M81+M82