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Bernd Flachsbart

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Regular lender on kiva.org | Favourite place on earth: Vaucluse, France 🇫🇷 | Thumbs up: Road cycling 🚴‍♀️ Hard & heavy music 🤘 Astrophotography 🔭✨

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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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Lt Nono @ltno2.bsky.social · 3d

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 · 3d

Fantastic job, great contrast with the surrounding area 🤩

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Thomas Hanrath @astrocamp.bsky.social · 4d

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 · 4d

Very nice! 👍

Bernd Flachsbart @bflachsbart.bsky.social · 6d

Merci beaucoup ! ☺️

Bernd Flachsbart @bflachsbart.bsky.social · 6d

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 · 7d

🔭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 · 6d

Amazing image! What an effort 👏

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Lt Nono @ltno2.bsky.social · 6d

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 · 6d

Amazing image and delicate processing. Great work! 👏🤩

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Bernd Flachsbart @bflachsbart.bsky.social · 8d

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

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Martial Relier @martialrelier.bsky.social · 9d

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 · 9d

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

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Bernd Flachsbart @bflachsbart.bsky.social · 10d

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 · 10d

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

Bernd Flachsbart @bflachsbart.bsky.social · 10d

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

Bernd Flachsbart @bflachsbart.bsky.social · 10d

Merci beaucoup, Martial ! ☺️

Bernd Flachsbart @bflachsbart.bsky.social · 10d

Thanks a lot, Phillip! 🙂 I’m always trying to aim for targets down here that are nearly impossible to shoot from Braunschweig due to the light pollution. The skies on a moonless night are simply amazing here and the efficiency of Hyperstar adds to that.

Bernd Flachsbart @bflachsbart.bsky.social · 10d

Thanks you, Clément! 🙂

Bernd Flachsbart @bflachsbart.bsky.social · 10d

Thanks a lot, Julien!

Bernd Flachsbart @bflachsbart.bsky.social · 10d

LDN 1251 The Rotten Fish Nebula captured from my dark site in southern France this month 🇫🇷 😊🔭

This was shot on the EdgeHD 8 with Hyperstar for a total integration time of about 4 hours using an OSC cam with just the UV/IR-Cut filter.

#Astrophotography

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

LDN 1251 is a dark nebula in the constellation of Cepheus. It consists of cosmic molecular clouds and dust blocking the stars. Its form resembles a fish hence the name. But I doubt that anyone verified its smell yet 😅

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Mark Bennett @mark-bennett.bsky.social · 12d

Just finished processing my HaLRGB image of the Andromeda Galaxy (M31)

At ~2.5 million light years away, Andromeda is our nearest spiral neighbour. The pink regions mark hydrogen-rich star-forming nebulae, while the dusty lanes and bright core reveal stunning depth.

#Astrophotography #Andromeda

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Bernd Flachsbart @bflachsbart.bsky.social · 11d

Fantastic work! 👏

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Jeff @jeff-in-va.bsky.social · 15d

Trifecta. Bat and Squid nebulae are front and center(ish). The top of B150 (Dark Seahorse) is at the right edge. The bat flies about 2,400 light years away. ~80 hours of data collected in 4 wideband and 2 narrowband filters with my scope in SW New Mexico. #astrophotography #photography

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Bernd Flachsbart @bflachsbart.bsky.social · 12d

Amazing shot! 👏