I have spent a week with my friends in Iffens/Butjadingen close to the North Sea. I only had my camera and a tripod with me, but this is good enough for making stunning images.
Image taken in bright moonlight. That bright trail is Venus
02 April 2023 - 1922UT - ISO400 - 90*20s - LUMIX G110 - Leica Elmarit Zoom at F2,8 and 18mm
More startrails around the Pole star
02 April 2023 - 1957UT - ISO400 - 50*20s - LUMIX G110 - Leica Elmarit Zoom at F2,8 and 18mm
A small portion of the image above with a tiny meteor or whatever.
02 April 2023 - 1957UT - ISO400 - 50*20s - LUMIX G110 - Leica Elmarit Zoom at F2,8 and 18mm
Optics : StellarVue Nighthawk Modified Refractor d=80mm f=480mm (f=1/6) : Intes MK-67 Maksutov Type Reflector d=150mm f=1800mm (f=1/12) Camera : NIKON D7000 DSLR unmodified (from 2011) : Panasonic LUMIX G110 MFT System (from 2021) : The Imaging Source DMK21AU4.AS monochrome USB highspeed camera Filter : IR/UV Cut, Astronomik H-Alpha, Astronomik LRGB add. optics : ED 2x Barlow lens, eyepiece projection : 35mm, 50mm, 135mm and 200mm NIKON lenses available : 2.8/60mm Sigma, 12 .. 60mm Leica for MFT system Mount : VIXEN GP with MT1(RA) & MT1(DEC) Controller : Littlefoot Controller (selfmade) Guiding : PHD Aquisition : DELL Notebook (Windows 10) Image Processing : ImagesPlus, NeatImage 7, Registax 6, DeepSkyStacker, Gimp latest list update : March 2023