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Bernd Flachsbart

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Bernd Flachsbart @bflachsbart.bsky.social · Sep 1

WR 134 captured from my patio on 14 nights in July & August 😊🔭

This nebula around the star WR 134 was shot on the EdgeHD 8 for a total integration time of 58 h in mono with Ha and OIII narrowband filters and merged with RGB stars.

#Astrophotography

@kat-astro-bot.bsky.social‬ what do you see?

WR 134 is a dying Wolf-Rayet star about 6000 light years away from Earth in the constellation of Cygnus. The surrounding structure is formed by WR 134 blowing off massive amounts of its shell and its intense radiation. WR 134 is the second from right of the four lined up stars in the centre.

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Bernd Flachsbart @bflachsbart.bsky.social · 1h

Thanks a lot, Thomas! 🙂

Bernd Flachsbart @bflachsbart.bsky.social · 1h

Merci beaucoup, Martial! C’est très gentil ☺️

Bernd Flachsbart @bflachsbart.bsky.social · 1h

Vielen Dank, Andreas! 🙂 Es ist auch ein außergewöhnliches Objekt mit dieser Mischung aus Dunkelnebel und Emissionsnebel im Hintergrund. Lohnt sich auf jeden Fall!

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Habu @flyinghabu.bsky.social · 1d

Two nights of 3:45am alarms, blazing full moon lighting the sky like daytime and washing out the light of everything else, comet included. Then two days of post-processing battles, as comet processing is maddeningly tricky.

But I finally pulled it off: here is C/2025 A6 Lemmon. 🔭

#Astrophotography

Comet C/2025 A6 Lemmon taken from my backyard

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Bernd Flachsbart @bflachsbart.bsky.social · 11h

Fantastic work! 🤩

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Thomas Hanrath @astrocamp.bsky.social · 13h

Caldwell 33, the Eastern Veil Nebula, in Cygnus, about 2,500 ly away. Best observed early August.

Detailed Information: astrocamp.eu/en/ngc-6992-...

▼ Baader Apo 95 CaF2 | Canon EOS R(a) '24

#astrophotography #nightsky #space #astronomy #telescope #clearsky #photography #nature

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Bernd Flachsbart @bflachsbart.bsky.social · 12h

Thanks a lot, Clément 🙂 Yes shooting with Hyperstar at f/2 is really amazing! You’ll notice there are certain problems with bright stars causing internal reflections in the Hyperstar optics but that doesn’t diminish the fun for me. Other scopes have spikes around the stars and I have rings so what 😅

Bernd Flachsbart @bflachsbart.bsky.social · 15h

Thanks a lot! That was my thought too: The Gecko comfortably resting on a Ha blanket 🙂

Bernd Flachsbart @bflachsbart.bsky.social · 16h

LBN 437 The Gecko Nebula captured from my dark site in southern France last month 🇫🇷 😊🔭

It was shot on the EdgeHD 8 with Hyperstar for a total integration time of 8 hours in OSC and Mono. The red nebulosity was enhanced with Ha data.

#Astrophotography

@kat-astro-bot.bsky.social‬ what do you see?

The Gecko Nebula LBN 437 is a dark nebula embedded in the red emission nebula SH2-126. It lies at a distance of about 1.200 light years from Earth in the constellation of Lacerta. Its shape resembles a Gecko hence the name 🦎

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Lt Nono @ltno2.bsky.social · 5d

The Tadpoles in Auriga shot in narrow band SHO (Sulfur, Hydrogen, Oxygen) from my backyard during last night's #Astrophotography 🔭📷 session. Slightly psychedelic colors but I like those 🫠. The stars are RGB though. Am I spot on @kat-astro-bot.bsky.social ?

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Bernd Flachsbart @bflachsbart.bsky.social · 5d

Fantastic job, great contrast with the surrounding area 🤩

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Thomas Hanrath @astrocamp.bsky.social · 6d

The Fireworks Galaxy is a face-on spiral galaxy in Cygnus, about 21 million ly away, and is best observed end of July.

Detailed Information: astrocamp.eu/en/caldwell-...

▼ Baader Apo 95 CaF2 | EOS M100(a) '23

#astrophotography #nightsky #space #astronomy #telescope #clearsky #photography #nature

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Bernd Flachsbart @bflachsbart.bsky.social · 6d

Very nice! 👍

Bernd Flachsbart @bflachsbart.bsky.social · 8d

Merci beaucoup ! ☺️

Bernd Flachsbart @bflachsbart.bsky.social · 8d

Yes that’s true, it was my longest project so far. I’ll add another 12 hours next year to catch up with you 😁😉

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Stefan Kellner 🔭 @stefankellner.bsky.social · 9d

🔭W63 is a supernova remnant located in Cygnus. This narrowband image shows Ha, OIII and SII emissions. This object is large and very faint, I needed more than 70 hours of exposure time overall.

#w63 #supernova #cygnus #astrophotography #astronomy #trevincaskies

Large: app.astrobin.com/i/ojffra

W63 - AstroBin

An image on AstroBin.

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Bernd Flachsbart @bflachsbart.bsky.social · 8d

Amazing image! What an effort 👏

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Lt Nono @ltno2.bsky.social · 8d

The bane of all #astrophotography 🔭 📷 amateurs is stars throwing a tantrum right next to tiny, delicate, nebulae...Navi is such a star, glowing from just beyond the top left corner of this image of the Ghost of Cassiopeia #IC63 I shot from my backyard 🙂. What do you see @kat-astro-bot.bsky.social

$The Ghost of Cassiopeia nebula shot with a 130mm Astro-Physics refractor and a dedicated cooled Poseidon-M monochrome astronomy camera. Filters used were RGB Antlia V-Pro filters for the RGB stars, and Baader 6.5nm narrow band H-alpha and OIII filters for the emission lines of hydrogen and oxygen. Narrowband images : 139x120s for H-alpha, 109x120s for OIII. RGB images : 60x30s for each RGB channel.$

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Bernd Flachsbart @bflachsbart.bsky.social · 8d

Amazing image and delicate processing. Great work! 👏🤩

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Bernd Flachsbart @bflachsbart.bsky.social · 10d

Thank you so much, Katherine! Glad you like it 😊

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Martial Relier @martialrelier.bsky.social · 10d

Voici NGC 4725, une belle galaxie spirale dans la Chevelure de Bérénice ! C'est pas la saison ? Haha oui, ce sont mes photos d'avril que je viens de traiter 😅
N'est-elle pas tout mignonne ?

#astrophotography 🔭

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Bernd Flachsbart @bflachsbart.bsky.social · 10d

Mieux vaut tard que jamais 😅 C’est une belle galaxie 👏🤩

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Bernd Flachsbart @bflachsbart.bsky.social · 11d

Probably more fish like because there already is a proper seahorse nebula 🤷‍♂️

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Bernd Flachsbart @bflachsbart.bsky.social · Oct 19

LDN 1082 The Seahorse Nebula captured from my dark site in southern France end of last month😊🔭🇫🇷

This was shot on the EdgeHD 8 with Hyperstar at f/2 for a total integration time of 2 hours using a QHY294C cam and the Baader UHCL filter

#Astrophotography

Image of the dark nebula LDN 1082 which resembles a seahorse.

Bernd Flachsbart @bflachsbart.bsky.social · 11d

Thank you! 🙂 Yes, Hyperstar never ceases to amaze me!

Bernd Flachsbart @bflachsbart.bsky.social · 12d

Thanks a lot! 🙂 And agreed that the name is apt, it really looks like a decaying fish!