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Jan Beckmann @distantluminosity.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

The Small Magellanic Cloud - one of our brightest satellite galaxies deep in the southern skies. A 3 Panel 110MP Mosaic photographed from Namibia. See the full resolution image here: www.distant-luminosity.com/smc.html #astrophotography #astronomy #cosmos #telescope #galaxies #astrophoto #deepsky

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Jan Beckmann @distantluminosity.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

A jewel in the Sky - NGC 7331 and Companion Galaxies in the constallation Pegasus. A detailed view of the galaxy, taken with a 8" Newtionian Telescope from Spain. #astrophotography #astronomy #deepsky #longexposure #cosmos #amateurphotography #telescope #galaxies #nasa #photography #space #universe

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Jan Beckmann @distantluminosity.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

Messier 63 - The Sunflower Galaxy A large spiral galaxy with tidal streams of stars around it, they are a remnant of older smaller galaxies that merged into it. Photographed from Germany with a Newtonian telescope. #astrophotography #astrophoto #photography #space #cosmos #telescope #nasa #galaxy

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Jan Beckmann @distantluminosity.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

Messier 33 - The Triangulum Galaxy The second clostest major galaxy in the sky and a great example for a star forming spiral galaxy. Photographed with the Asiago Schmidt Telescope during my research stay in Italy in 2019. #astrophotography #galaxy #nebula #space #science #nasa #photography #deepsky

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Jan Beckmann @distantluminosity.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

Thank's a lot Beatrice, nice to hear that! It's called FORAXX Palette this color rendition of narrowband data.

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Jan Beckmann @distantluminosity.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

Mesier 51 - The Whirlpool Galaxy One of the most remarkable and recognizable Galaxies in the northern hemisphere. Photographed with my newtonian telescope from my backyard in Germany. #astrophotography #astrophoto #photography #space #cosmos #telescope #nasa

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Jan Beckmann @distantluminosity.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

Sh2-132 - The Lion Nebula A moderately bright emission nebula in the constellation Cepheus. Taken with my telescope from my backyard in Germany together with Julian Zoller. #astrophotography #nebula #space #astronomy #science #nasa #photography

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Jan Beckmann @distantluminosity.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

Great Shot! I really like the composition and colors.

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Jan Beckmann @distantluminosity.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

The Bright Rim Nebula - Sh2-140 A lesser known emission nebula in the constellation Cepheus. Taken with my newtonian telescope in Trevinca, Spain. It includes a bright star cluster ionizing hydrogen gas which glows red. #astrophotography #astrophoto #photography #space #cosmos #telescope #nasa

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Jan Beckmann @distantluminosity.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

Thanks! Took that image last season but also looking forward to these constellations higher up in the sky. I want to image M82 this time 😊

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Jan Beckmann @distantluminosity.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

Looks like the exposure time has paid off!

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Jan Beckmann @distantluminosity.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

Messier 81 - The Bode Galaxy (Big Dipper) Taken from my backyard in Germany. One of the brightest and most beautiful galaxies in our neighbourhood. You can also see some interstellar dust in the foreground. #astrophotography #galaxy #space #astronomy #science #nasa #photography

A bright orange spral galaxy with 2 large blueish arms surrounded by pale white interstellar dust and bright stars

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GingerAstroNerd @gingerastro.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

I just captured over 17 hours on the North American Nebula. It turned out far better than I ever imagined! This is just the Cygnus Wall portion. #cygnus #cygnuswall #ngc7000 #celestron #asi2600mm #nebula #astrophotography #astronomy #deepspaceobject #asiair #edgehd #edgehd8

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Jan Beckmann @distantluminosity.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

It's never too late to start an inspiring journey 😊

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Jan Beckmann @distantluminosity.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

Thank you really much for your kind words! The good thing is you don't really need a specialized telescope to take images of galaxies and nebulae. As a photographer you probably have some kit available, see this tutorial a friend of minde made for inspiration: www.youtube.com/watch?v=iuMZ...

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Orion Nebula WITHOUT a Star Tracker or Telescope, Start to Finish, DSLR Astrophotography

YouTube video by Nebula Photos

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Jan Beckmann @distantluminosity.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

Sh2-126 - A glowing jewel in the sky This is a bright emission nebula in the constellation Lacerta that also features blue and brown reflection nebulae from young bright stars. Taken with my telescope in Trevinca, Spain. #astrophotography #nebula #space #astronomy #science #nasa #photography

A bright brown-white nebula with blue patches in front of a red background speckled with stars

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Jan Beckmann @distantluminosity.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

Very cool, you probably had quite dark skies there! When I was in Namibia I could also see it without telescope, but looking at it in a Dobson was even more amazing 😊

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Jan Beckmann @distantluminosity.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

Omega Centauri - Milky Way's largest Globular Cluster Image taken during my astro trip to Namibia in July 2024 with my Takahashi Epsilon 130 telescope. #astrophotography #astronomy #cosmos #nasa #space #deepsky #telescope #longexposure #astrophysics

The globular cluster NGC 5139 or Omega Centauri, a large ball of approximately 3 Million stars in both blue white and orange color

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Jan Beckmann @distantluminosity.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

Looks promising! I'm looking forward to the final result 😊 never imaged that target myself

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Jan Beckmann @distantluminosity.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

That's a great target for that camera and setup, have fun and good luck!

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Jan Beckmann @distantluminosity.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

I recently used these settings and got good results (sorry it's in German)

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Jan Beckmann @distantluminosity.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

Yeah that is to be expected with strong light pollution, however I think you did a good job of including the narrowband data and the stars also have natural color.

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Jan Beckmann @distantluminosity.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

I would not add Ha as Luminance since it's only a very small part of the spectrum compared to the total luminosity in M42. If you have Photshop or Gimp you can add it as a red colorized "Screen" layer on top of the image to push the Ha content

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Jan Beckmann @distantluminosity.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

Messier 94 - The Crocodile Eye Galaxy This is a large spiral galaxy I captured earlier this year from my home in southern Germany. The core of the galaxy has very dense population of young stars and a supermassive black hole. #astrophotography #galaxy #messier #astronomy #science #nasa #photography

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Jan Beckmann @distantluminosity.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

Thank you!! That's great to hear you enjoyed the images 😊

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Jan Beckmann @distantluminosity.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

Comet C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-ATLAS Photographed in Trevinca, Northern Spain on October 23rd with my 8 inch Newtonian Telescope. You can see the strong dust tail, a blueish glowing coma and the anti-tail which is a trail the comet leaves behind. #astrophotography #astronomy #comet #atlas #space

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Jan Beckmann @distantluminosity.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

Great shot of a beautiful and difficult object!

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Jan Beckmann @distantluminosity.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

That's a good and interesting shot with the northern lights! 😊 keep on photographing!

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Jan Beckmann @distantluminosity.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

I am definetly a pixel peeper 😆 starting from the optical performance of the telescope up to minor processing artefacts in stars. In Astrophotography especially the details separate the great photographers from the good ones.

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Jan Beckmann @distantluminosity.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Thank you! Defintely a very exciting thought, just imagine how earth has been very different back then and all that happened during that time.

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Jan Beckmann @distantluminosity.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

NGC 1097 - A cosmic wonder in the constellation Fornax Observed at Hakos Astrofarm, Namibia. NGC 1097 is a striking barred spiral galaxy located approximately 45 million light-years away in the constellation Fornax. #astrophotography #astronomy #astrophoto #galaxy

NGC 1097 - A barred spiral galaxy in Fornax

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