Maurice Toet
@mauricetoet.bsky.social
Astrophotographer from the Netherlands
Amateur Astronomer’s Starter Pack:
- Nerd shirt ✅
- Cargo pants ✅
- Sandals ✅
- Goat-wool socks ❌ (too warm…)
- Expensive telescope rig 🔭 ✅
- Losing track of time while observing ✅
- Looking up when exiting a building ✅
First light with the Baader 2” Cool-Ceramic Safety Herschel Prism Mark II
- Nerd shirt ✅
- Cargo pants ✅
- Sandals ✅
- Goat-wool socks ❌ (too warm…)
- Expensive telescope rig 🔭 ✅
- Losing track of time while observing ✅
- Looking up when exiting a building ✅
First light with the Baader 2” Cool-Ceramic Safety Herschel Prism Mark II
May 17, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Amateur Astronomer’s Starter Pack:
- Nerd shirt ✅
- Cargo pants ✅
- Sandals ✅
- Goat-wool socks ❌ (too warm…)
- Expensive telescope rig 🔭 ✅
- Losing track of time while observing ✅
- Looking up when exiting a building ✅
First light with the Baader 2” Cool-Ceramic Safety Herschel Prism Mark II
- Nerd shirt ✅
- Cargo pants ✅
- Sandals ✅
- Goat-wool socks ❌ (too warm…)
- Expensive telescope rig 🔭 ✅
- Losing track of time while observing ✅
- Looking up when exiting a building ✅
First light with the Baader 2” Cool-Ceramic Safety Herschel Prism Mark II
Exactly 19 years after the total solar #eclipse I observed in Libya, a partial solar eclipse was visible in the Netherlands today. Fortunately, it was clear around the maximum to capture an image.
March 29, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Exactly 19 years after the total solar #eclipse I observed in Libya, a partial solar eclipse was visible in the Netherlands today. Fortunately, it was clear around the maximum to capture an image.
Sunrise last Saturday at national park Drents-Friese Wold.
March 25, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Sunrise last Saturday at national park Drents-Friese Wold.
March 23, 2025 at 9:12 AM
The sun just set and the camera is cooling down for a night of deep sky imaging. #astronomy #astrophotography #deepsky
March 17, 2025 at 6:10 PM
The sun just set and the camera is cooling down for a night of deep sky imaging. #astronomy #astrophotography #deepsky
NGC 2264, Christmas Tree Cluster & Surrounding Field
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March 11, 2025 at 7:25 PM
NGC 2264, Christmas Tree Cluster & Surrounding Field
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A dive into an ocean of hydrogen clouds: the well-known area around the Horsehead Nebula (Barnard 33) in Hα only
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February 21, 2025 at 9:04 PM
A dive into an ocean of hydrogen clouds: the well-known area around the Horsehead Nebula (Barnard 33) in Hα only
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This one never gets old… The Horsehead Nebula in Orion. Automated sequence running with the ZWO ASIair Pro + 📷 ASI2600MM Pro + 🔭 Takahashi ε-180ED @ 500 mm f/2.8 + 🔴 Baader Planetarium Hα f/3 Ultra-Highspeed filter (3.5nm).
February 16, 2025 at 7:34 PM
This one never gets old… The Horsehead Nebula in Orion. Automated sequence running with the ZWO ASIair Pro + 📷 ASI2600MM Pro + 🔭 Takahashi ε-180ED @ 500 mm f/2.8 + 🔴 Baader Planetarium Hα f/3 Ultra-Highspeed filter (3.5nm).
Dusted off this 11-year-old image of Orion's Belt which was shortlisted in the Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2014 competition by the Royal Observatory at Royal Museums Greenwich.
February 13, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Dusted off this 11-year-old image of Orion's Belt which was shortlisted in the Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2014 competition by the Royal Observatory at Royal Museums Greenwich.
NGC 2170, the Angel Nebula in Monoceros
A bit noisy due to lack of exposure time on this tenuous object in Monoceros. I decided to process the data, as I most probably have to wait for moonless, clear nights next winter to continue on this object.
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A bit noisy due to lack of exposure time on this tenuous object in Monoceros. I decided to process the data, as I most probably have to wait for moonless, clear nights next winter to continue on this object.
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February 6, 2025 at 7:58 PM
NGC 2170, the Angel Nebula in Monoceros
A bit noisy due to lack of exposure time on this tenuous object in Monoceros. I decided to process the data, as I most probably have to wait for moonless, clear nights next winter to continue on this object.
www.mauricetoet.nl/DeepSky/i-x3...
A bit noisy due to lack of exposure time on this tenuous object in Monoceros. I decided to process the data, as I most probably have to wait for moonless, clear nights next winter to continue on this object.
www.mauricetoet.nl/DeepSky/i-x3...
Beautiful clear skies, finally ✨
February 1, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Beautiful clear skies, finally ✨
Beautiful clear skies, finally ✨
February 1, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Beautiful clear skies, finally ✨
Ready for #deepsky #imaging again. Today I installed the #Takahashi ε-180ED in tandem with the FS-60 on the AP Mach1 in the observatory. The AP 130 #StarFire GTX sits back on the AP 600E mount in 'portable-setup-mode' for visual use and solar imaging.
February 1, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Ready for #deepsky #imaging again. Today I installed the #Takahashi ε-180ED in tandem with the FS-60 on the AP Mach1 in the observatory. The AP 130 #StarFire GTX sits back on the AP 600E mount in 'portable-setup-mode' for visual use and solar imaging.
Misty winter day @ Sleenerzand forest
January 19, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Misty winter day @ Sleenerzand forest
Saturn, 3 minutes prior to lunar #occultation. Unfortunately it was too cloudy to witness the egress (third contact) of #Saturn on the lit side of the #moon.
January 4, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Saturn, 3 minutes prior to lunar #occultation. Unfortunately it was too cloudy to witness the egress (third contact) of #Saturn on the lit side of the #moon.
Beautiful #conjunction of #Venus and the #Moon this evening. Tomorrow evening, #Saturn will be occulted by the Moon. Fingers crossed for clear skies...
January 3, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Beautiful #conjunction of #Venus and the #Moon this evening. Tomorrow evening, #Saturn will be occulted by the Moon. Fingers crossed for clear skies...
Het was prachtig om te zien. Hopelijk klaart het morgenavond op om de Saturnusbedekking door de maan waar te kunnen nemen.
January 3, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Het was prachtig om te zien. Hopelijk klaart het morgenavond op om de Saturnusbedekking door de maan waar te kunnen nemen.
Het was prachtig om te zien. Hopelijk klaart het morgenavond op om de Saturnusbedekking door de maan waar te kunnen nemen.
January 3, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Het was prachtig om te zien. Hopelijk klaart het morgenavond op om de Saturnusbedekking door de maan waar te kunnen nemen.
The end of 2024 is near, so here's an overview of astronomy activities and sightings I was happy to witness and observe:
- Comet P12/Pons-Brooks
- Spectacular Aurora displays
- Comet C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-ATLAS
- Attending the starparties in Wateren & Grandpré
- My yearly visit to Olly in Étoile
- Comet P12/Pons-Brooks
- Spectacular Aurora displays
- Comet C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-ATLAS
- Attending the starparties in Wateren & Grandpré
- My yearly visit to Olly in Étoile
December 21, 2024 at 6:28 PM
The end of 2024 is near, so here's an overview of astronomy activities and sightings I was happy to witness and observe:
- Comet P12/Pons-Brooks
- Spectacular Aurora displays
- Comet C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-ATLAS
- Attending the starparties in Wateren & Grandpré
- My yearly visit to Olly in Étoile
- Comet P12/Pons-Brooks
- Spectacular Aurora displays
- Comet C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-ATLAS
- Attending the starparties in Wateren & Grandpré
- My yearly visit to Olly in Étoile
My main imaging setup going strong for ± 12 yrs: Takahashi ε-180ED + Astro-Physics Mach1. Here in combination with a Nikon D810a.
November 26, 2024 at 6:18 PM
My main imaging setup going strong for ± 12 yrs: Takahashi ε-180ED + Astro-Physics Mach1. Here in combination with a Nikon D810a.
Throwback time. While browsing through some old pics, I found some captured with my first CCD camera: a QHY8. Not the greatest camera, but a giant leap in sensitivity compared to analogue (film) astrophotography. Here it is attached in prime focus of a Takahashi FSQ-106ED mounted on a Losmandy GM-8.
November 20, 2024 at 8:34 PM
Throwback time. While browsing through some old pics, I found some captured with my first CCD camera: a QHY8. Not the greatest camera, but a giant leap in sensitivity compared to analogue (film) astrophotography. Here it is attached in prime focus of a Takahashi FSQ-106ED mounted on a Losmandy GM-8.
'Le pièce de résistance' of a week of #astrophotography in Étoile-Saint-Cyrice: a two pane mosaic of the wonderful field around colourful #NGC1333, which contains Van den Bergh 12, 13, 16 & 17 (right next to NGC 1333) as well as #Barnard 1 and Barnard 202 to 206.
November 18, 2024 at 8:29 PM
'Le pièce de résistance' of a week of #astrophotography in Étoile-Saint-Cyrice: a two pane mosaic of the wonderful field around colourful #NGC1333, which contains Van den Bergh 12, 13, 16 & 17 (right next to NGC 1333) as well as #Barnard 1 and Barnard 202 to 206.