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Posted: 19 Aug 2022

Taken: 19 Aug 2022

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N 6939 and 6946

N 6939 and 6946
A nice spiral galaxy, N 6946, and an open starcluster, N 6939 in one field. The open starcluster is in our Milkyway, the spiral galaxy is 4000 times further away and is as big as our Milkyway.

Canon 700D attached to a small refractor, f=360 mm, f/6.0. T=200 x 30 sec and ISO = 3200. Tracked with a telescope mount.

This is an improvement of previous pictures I got of this pair (see PiP), but it still shows some smal tracking errors. So it will keep me busy.

I put this in the Wereldfotografiedag group because this type of fotography is not done by many Ip members and it is my passion.

Fred Fouarge, homaris, niraK68, Deborah Lundbech and 20 other people have particularly liked this photo

15 comments - The latest ones
 uwschu
uwschu club
Mich begeistern solche Aufnahmen, Zeit und Nachführtechnik fehlen mir aber dazu
2 years ago.
 Annaig56
Annaig56 club
étonnant travail
2 years ago.
 malona
malona club
wunderschön!
viel Erfolg beim keeping busy ;-D
2 years ago.
 Jean-Paul
Jean-Paul club
Sieht spannend aus!
2 years ago.
 Gillian Everett
Gillian Everett club
Fascinating view and technology.
2 years ago.
 Aschi "Freestone"
Aschi "Freestone" club
Der Blick in die Zukunft?
2 years ago.
Ko Hummel club has replied to Aschi "Freestone" club
nein, in die Vergangenheit :-)
2 years ago.
Marta Wojtkowska club has replied to Ko Hummel club
Looking into the past, dreaming of future...
2 years ago.
 Valfal
Valfal club
A fascinating subject to photograph; well done!

Happy World Photography Day!
2 years ago.
 Christa1004
Christa1004 club
Als Louis Daguerre 1839 seine erste Daguerreotypie präsentierte, war man noch weit davon entfernt, sich vorzustellen, dass man eines Tages Sterne und Galaxien fotografieren könnte...
2 years ago.
Ko Hummel club has replied to Christa1004 club
wie wahr
2 years ago.
 Jan
Jan
Wow!
2 years ago.
 raingirl
raingirl club
It's a wonderful passion. I'm so glad you added this to the group. Our world in just one bit of the universe - and your photos help us keep that perspective. Incredible that even with your "small tacking errors", the spiral galaxy can be seen so clearly! And you are doing this from our planet's surface - right?

I love seeing your images and the ones from the Hubble telescope and now from the James Webb. You represent an important photographic direction. And you even have the spiral galaxy.

How do you choose which direction in the sky you will photograph? Do you study star charts? What is your emotional reaction to your successful photos?

Happy World Photography Day (belated).
2 years ago.
Ko Hummel club has replied to raingirl club
thank you for your nice comments. I take all my astronomy pictures out of our garden in Emsland Germany where the lightpollution is not blocking the view of the sky. To find the objects I ofcourse use starcharts and reference books (there are plenty on the market).

It feels realy good that after a night sesion and the processing of the material end in a nice picture. I feel privileged to be able and value these kind of pictures
2 years ago.
raingirl club has replied to Ko Hummel club
*smile*
2 years ago.

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