After a long break, I finally managed to break out of the daily routine and spent the night under a beautiful starry sky.Beautiful weather and clear skies during the weekend are rare, so if possible, you should take advantage of it.Although the nights are getting colder and the observation conditions are less comfortable, the view…
NGC4665 – The Needle Galaxy
This photo session was preceded by maintenance and adjustments of my mount Losmandy G11. It came out really nice because the total error of the telescope guiding is within +/- 0.6 arc-sec . I am satisfied with such performance. The key for precise and smooth guiding are a well-lubricated and well-adjusted mount, sharp image of…
Moon
There is probably no need to overly comment on the photo below – our natural satellite – the Moon. The weather is beautiful, although the turbulence of the atmosphere is quite significant. Lovely evening, quiet and relaxing. Photo taken with Schmidt-Casegrain telescope Celestron 11 “with f / 6.3 focal length reducer which gives 1764 mm…
Bernard 33 – The Horsehead Nebula
Orion is probably one of the most famous constellations of the winter sky. It can be found nearby to the star Alnitak, one of the three stars that make up Orion’s belt. Orion is full of amazing astronomical objects, both those suitable for visual observation with a telescope and the more hidden, accessible only by…
HOUSTON – NASA Space Center
Without excessive writing, I am posting a few photos as a souvenir from a visit in the museum of NASA’s space flight center in HOUSTON. That was a big pleasure to be there, feel the atmosfere of past time and see all of it at my own eays. I think that the Saturn V rocket…