A superb night but with the Moon also.

Used guiding, but Rightascension only

Today's
Conditions		 : Clear sky, Temp +2°C ~ +5°C, ~70..95% humidity, very clear, good down to mediocre seeing, little wind.

NGC4631 and NGC4656 Galaxies

More information (German Link) Wikipedia : NGC_4631
Date - Time : 3 April 2025 - from 19:18 UT+
Image Data:
Camera=Omegon veTec 533 C | ROI=Full Frame 3008x3008 | Filter=built-in IR Cut | 90* 120s = 188 min = 3h 00min | Gain=256 | Offset=150
Omegon Pro APO Triplet ED FCD-100 d=85 f=510mm Apochromat (f=1/6) | FOV (Field of View) ~ 76'*76' (Arcmin)
Despite Moonshine I like it

NGC4631 : This a cut-out with a FOV (field of view) of approximately 25' (Arc Minutes)

NGC4656 : This a cut-out with a FOV (field of view) of approximately 25' (Arc Minutes)

NGC6338 Galaxies Draco Dwarf Group

More information (German Link) Wikipedia : NGC_6338
Date - Time : 3 April 2025 - from 22:28 UT+
Image Data:
Camera=Omegon veTec 533 C | ROI=Full Frame 3008x3008 | Filter=built-in IR Cut | 117* 120s = 234 min = 3h 54min | Gain=256 | Offset=150
Omegon Pro APO Triplet ED FCD-100 d=85 f=510mm Apochromat (f=1/6) | FOV (Field of View) ~ 76'*76' (Arcmin)
Even small galaxies making fun.

NGC6338 : This a cut-out with a FOV (field of view) of approximately 25' (Arc Minutes)

M57 (NGC6720) Planetary Nebula

More information (German Link) Wikipedia : Messier_57
Date - Time : 4 April 2025 - from 02:28 UT+
Image Data:
Camera=Omegon veTec 533 C | ROI=Full Frame 3008x3008 | Filter=built-in IR Cut | 20* 120s = 40 min | Gain=256 | Offset=150
Omegon Pro APO Triplet ED FCD-100 d=85 f=510mm Apochromat (f=1/6) | FOV (Field of View) ~ 76'*76' (Arcmin)
At the end of the night I pointed for 40 minutes on the ring nebula M57 just for to see, what is coming out of this.

M57 : This a cut-out with a FOV (field of view) of approximately 25' (Arc Minutes). The object is too small for my system...

Equipment

Optics              : Omegon Pro APO Triplet ED FCD-100 d=85 f=510mm Apochromat (f=1/6)
                    : Intes MK-67 Maksutov Type Reflector d=150mm f=1800mm (f=1/12)
Camera              : Omegon veTec 533 C Colour CMOS Camera with IMX533 square 9MP sensor 3,75µm pixels
                    : QHY 5III715C Colour CMOS IMX715 8,2MP sensor 1,45um pixels high speed
                    : NIKON D7000 DSLR unmodified (from 2011)
                    : The Imaging Source DMK21AU4.AS monochrome USB highspeed camera
                    : Panasonic LUMIX G110 MFT System (from 2021)
Filter              : IR/UV Cut, Astronomik H-Alpha, Astronomik LRGB set + filter drawer
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 Highspeed Step Motors (Non Vixen Motors)
Controller          : EQStar Pro (System from Astro Gadget / Ukraine - since May 2023)
Focusing            : EAF (Electronic AutoFocus) Gemini (?China) on APO
Guiding             : PHD2
Aquisition          : DELL Notebooks (Windows 10 & Windows 11), SharpCap, FireCapture and others
Image Processing    : DeepSkyStacker, Siril, Gimp and others

latest list update  : April 2025