Astrophotography
Astrophotography

Astrophotography

Here I want to show you my astrophotos, which I want to present with a few astronomical informations about the photographed object.


The Pinwheel Galaxy · Messier 101

26 Jan 2020 3 minute read 2 comments astrophoto

The Pinwheel Galaxy (Messier 101 & NGC 5457) is a spiral galaxy and it is about 24 to 27 million light years away from us. Seen from Earth, it is located in the constellation Ursa Major / Big Dipper / Big Bear and forms a triangle with the stars Alka...

The Crescent Nebula - NGC6888

24 Jan 2020 3 minute read 9 comments astrophoto

The Cresent Nebula (NGC6888) is a bigger (regarding its apparent size) Emission Nebula and is located in the constellation of Cygnus, approximately 4,700 light-years away from us. As already written in my previous posts, the constellation of Cygnus i...