Hoegaarden Astronomy & Photography
Almost without any rings visible, tilted to it’s side…
The planet is 18.7″ at a distance of 1330 million kilometer, altitude above the southern horizon only 34°.
Image with the 180mm F/15 Maksutov (Skywatcher) and a 664C camera.
10 minutes of capturing, Neptune at 64fps and gain 359. 10% stacked.
Friday 17th till Sunday 19th of October we could stay once again in Grandpré.
The first night was pretty unexpected, fully clear with high transparency and an sqm measurement of 21,40.
To be honoust, I was not fully prepared for this clear night. Pictures of comet Lemmon were not focussed unfortunately, and the 180mm Nikon disappointed on chromatic abberation.
This is the nebula complex to the east of the star Atik in Perseus. Dark nebula, emission nebula and also NGC 1333 are in the frame. Top left corner is a part of the California nebula.
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