Astrophotographers collect as many photons as possible and therefore have to expose their images for a long time – or they use several telescopes simultaneously. We have three identical telescopes and cameras in...
The Dumbbell Nebula, Messier 27, in the constellation Vulpecula, is one of the most beautiful planetary nebulae in the northern night sky and is about 1,300 light years away. The nebula is the ejected gas shell of a...
The vast majority of amateur astronomers take photos of objects in the sky. This is more complicated than initially expected, as the raw data has to be processed extensively to achieve good results. Our club member...
On April 3, we hosted an exciting Girls’ Day that introduced seven schoolgirls to the fascinating world of astronomy. Under the motto “Astrophotography and image processing”, the participants immersed themselves...
