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Stefan Kellner 🔭 @stefankellner.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

🔭 IC 2087 & Barnard 22 in Taurus — a young stellar object buried deep in a dark cloud, its reflection nebula glowing against the surrounding dust. #Astrophotography #Nebula #Taurus #IC2087 #trevincaskies #astronomy

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IC 2087 and Barnard 22 - AstroBin

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Stefan Kellner 🔭 @stefankellner.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

🔭 SH2-224, a supernova remnant in Auriga, ~14,700 light-years away. The ghostly shell of a dead star, shaped like a conical rice hat. Extremely faint, rarely imaged — one of the sky's quiet treasures. #Astrophotography #Nebula #DeepSky #trevincaskies #astronomy Large: app.astrobin.com/i/aqjcsp

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SH2-224 - AstroBin

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Stefan Kellner 🔭 @stefankellner.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

🔭The Dust Rose! #sh2-174 is a planetary nebula in cepheus. Very faint but very large. This photo shows the Ha, OIII and SII emissions as well as stars and dust clouds in real colour. 52 hours of integration. #astrophotography #astronomy #trevicaskies Large: app.astrobin.com/i/zbzglt

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SH2-174, The Dust Rose - AstroBin

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Stefan Kellner 🔭 @stefankellner.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

🔭 This is the Super Nova Remnant (SNR) G206.9+2.3. The image was taken from Spain with narrowband filters (Ha and OIII). I couldn't find a nice name for it, so I call it "The Helmut Kohl Nebula". Germans will understand. #astronomy #astrophotography #trevinca #snr Large: app.astrobin.com/i/87086p

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SNR G206.9+02.3, The Helmut Kohl Nebula - AstroBin

I could not find a name for this one, so I decided to call it “Helmut Kohl” because its shape reminds me of the former German chancellor.

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Stefan Kellner 🔭 @stefankellner.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

🔭 The Triangulum Galaxy, M33 is a beautiful sight. 2.73 million light years from earth it's the third largest galaxy visible. I took this photo using LRGB and Ha filters for about 20 hours. #astrophotography #trevinca #m33 #triangulum #astronomy Large: app.astrobin.com/i/ymzzmc

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Stefan Kellner 🔭 @stefankellner.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

🔭CTA 1 (aka SNR G119.5+10.2) is a huge supernova remnant in Cepheus. It's very faint. The small bright speck is NGC 40, a planetary nebula. Follow the link below to zoom in. #CTA1 #SNRG119.5+10.2 #ngc40 #astrophotography #astronomy #trevincaskies Large: app.astrobin.com/i/u5rscm

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Stefan Kellner 🔭 @stefankellner.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

🔭This is classic: the Horse Head and Flame. An amazing object, bright and colorful. IC434 was discovered on a photographic image by Williamina Fleming and reported by E. C. Pickering in 1890. #ic434 #ngc2024 #horsehead #astrophotography #astronomy #trevincaskies Large: app.astrobin.com/i/ya0ilw

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IC 424 and NGC 2024: Horse Head and Flame - AstroBin

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Stefan Kellner 🔭 @stefankellner.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

🔭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

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W63 - AstroBin

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Stefan Kellner 🔭 @stefankellner.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

🔭Another very large patch of cosmic dust: LDN 1089 in Cepheus. This object is about 1200 light years away. #LDN1089 #astrophotography #astronomy #trevincaskies Large: app.astrobin.com/i/664oih

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LDN 1089 - AstroBin

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Stefan Kellner 🔭 @stefankellner.bsky.social · 14/09/2025

🔭 The Gecko, SH2-126 resembles the head of a gecko. Behind the reflection nebula (cosmic dust), there is a large nebula made of hydrogen, rendered in red. Large: app.astrobin.com/i/e2odgc #astrophotography #astronomy #travincaskies #sh2-126 #geckonebula

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SH2-126, The Gecko - AstroBin

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Stefan Kellner 🔭 @stefankellner.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

🔭 Afaik SH2-98 doesn't have a nice name and their friends haven't either. SH2-98 is the object on the lower left looking a bit like a rose. I took this on in July and August from Trevinca Skies, Spain. Large: app.astrobin.com/i/cbdens #astrophotography #trevincaskies #sh2-98

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SH2-98 and Friends - AstroBin

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Stefan Kellner 🔭 @stefankellner.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

🔭 I love the Cocoon Nebula: It's like a jelly fish roaming a dark sea with red kelp. To whom it may concern: this is a HaLRGB image taken at Trevinca Skies, ES. Full res: app.astrobin.com/i/wiaffb #astrophotography #trevincaskies #cocoon #ic5146

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IC 5146, The Cocoon Nebula - AstroBin

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Stefan Kellner 🔭 @stefankellner.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

🔭 This is LDN 1251, a.k.a the Rotton Fish. A reflection nebula in Cepheus. Click the link and zoom in to see small galaxies, red stars, and emission nebula hidden in the cosmic dust! Taken from Trevinca, Spain. app.astrobin.com/i/a6r3vx #astrophotography #trevincaskies #LDN1251 #rottenfish

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Stefan Kellner 🔭 @stefankellner.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

There is a lot of stuff going on in Swan... 🔭 This is a narroband image of the area around LBN 886, located in the constellation 🦢. I took this image in July 2025 with my remote telescope in Spain. #astrophotography #astronomy #narrowband #trevincaskies app.astrobin.com/i/7x56j2?r=0

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LDN 886 and Friends - AstroBin

This is a very busy area in swan.

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Stefan Kellner 🔭 @stefankellner.bsky.social · 27/07/2025

🔭Another emission nebula in Cygnus is SH2-101, the Tuli. On top of the tulip on the right side is a pair of stars, a white and yellow one. Besides the yellow one is Cygnus-X1, the first documented black hole. app.astrobin.com/i/svd54p #astrophotography #trevincaskies #emmissionnebulae #sh2-101

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SH2-101, The Tulip Nebula - AstroBin

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Stefan Kellner 🔭 @stefankellner.bsky.social · 26/07/2025

🔭 SH2-91 looks very similar to the Veil Nebulae in Cygnus Loop, that's why some call it "The other Veil". However it's much fainter. Took this from the remote site Trevinca Skies in Spain. Hight res: app.astrobin.com/i/qtcsch #astrophotography #astronomy #trevincaskies #emmissionnebulae

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SH2-91, The other Veil - AstroBin

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Stefan Kellner 🔭 @stefankellner.bsky.social · 06/07/2025

A valley in Nepal on the Annapurna circuit. Analog photo taken in February 2011 with a Plaubel Makina 67W. #analog #film #nepal #photography #bw #plaubelmakina

Black and white photo of a valley in Nepal.

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Stefan Kellner 🔭 @stefankellner.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

🔭 There is a lot going on here: SH2-82, the Little Cocoon Nebula in the center, surrounded by small star clusters and reflexion nebulae. I made this image with my telescope at Trevinca Skies, Spain. Zoom in: app.astrobin.com/i/olsxk6?r=0 #astrophotography #sh2-82 #trevincaskies

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Stefan Kellner 🔭 @stefankellner.bsky.social · 28/06/2025

The Giant Squid Nebula (OU4) was discovered by Nicolas Outters in 2011. A very unusual and beautiful object although quite hard to image. 🔭 More about the discovery: outters.fr/wp/?page_id=... Large version of my image: app.astrobin.com/i/60i5js #astrophotography #astronomy #trevincaskies

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Stefan Kellner 🔭 @stefankellner.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

🔭NGC 7023, aka the Iris Nebula, is a bright reflection nebula in the constellation Cepheus, where starlight from a young star illuminates surrounding interstellar dust, creating a vivid, flower-like glow. Image taken from trevincaskies.com, Spain. Large Version: app.astrobin.com/i/49o08f

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Astronomer Royal for Scotland | Catherine Heymans @astroroyalscot.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

🥳 Happy 50th Birthday @esa.int 🥳 The Vienna Symphony Orchestra performing the #BlueDanube will be beaming out into the solar system in ~10mins (20:30 UK, 21:30 EU) 🔭🛰️ 🍿: Watch live: www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZ-p...

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An Interstellar Live Broadcast From Vienna Out Into the Universe | Waltz Into Space

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Stefan Kellner 🔭 @stefankellner.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

🔭 Would you believe there are sharks in space? Not even the sharknado franchise went that far. Voilà: The Shark Nebula, LDN 1235. But don't be afraid, it's actually just stellar dust. And it's about 650 ly away. #astrophotography #astronomy #trevincaskies Large version: app.astrobin.com/i/7kjuu0

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Stefan Kellner 🔭 @stefankellner.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

🔭 My remote setup in Trevinca is ready! Looking forward to many clear nights. #astrophotography #spain #remote #trevincaskies #astronomy

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Stefan Kellner 🔭 @stefankellner.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

🔭The Elephant's trunk nebula again, sorry. But it's the only emission nebula I can shoot from my backyard this time of year. I combined a grayscale representation of the Halpha spectrum with RGB stars. #backyardastronomy #berlin #astronomy #astrophotography #elephantstrunk #IC1396

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Elephant's Trunk in RGBHa - AstroBin

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Stefan Kellner 🔭 @stefankellner.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

Idk why this nebula is called "Elephant's Trunk Nebula", I neither see an 🐘 elephant nor a trunk. Can somebody explain this to me? 🔭 Taken from my backyard in #Berlin, #Germany during four nights in April 2025. #backyardastronomy #astrophotography #elephantstrunk #ic1396

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Elephant's Trunk Nebula - AstroBin

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Stefan Kellner 🔭 @stefankellner.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

Chrysocarabus at Bayrischer Wald, Germany.

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Stefan Kellner 🔭 @stefankellner.bsky.social · 30/03/2025

🔭An interesting detail about the Needle Galaxy #NGC4567: the top side goes a little up, the bottom side a little down. Like a propeller. Taken from my backyard in #Berlin / #Germany. #astrophotography #backyardastronomy #astronomy #astrofotografie

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The Needle Galaxy NGC4565 - AstroBin

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Stefan Kellner 🔭 @stefankellner.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

🔭The Coma Cluster is a large cluster of about 1000 galaxies. Zoom in to browse through the cluster and find lots of tiny galaxies of all shapes. Each of the galaxies consists of millions of stars... I took this from my backyard in #Berlin, #Germany. #backyardastronomy #astrophotography #comacluster

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Coma Cluster - AstroBin

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Stefan Kellner 🔭 @stefankellner.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

🔭There's a Monkey Head in the night sky: #NGC2174, about 6400 light years away. I took this from my backyard in Berlin and removed the stars, so the nebula pops out more. The image was taken by only recording light emitted by Ha, OIII and SII particles, aka "narrowband imaging". 🔭

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Stefan Kellner 🔭 @stefankellner.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

Some people claim that Globular Star Clusters all look alike. I think this is true. But they are all beautiful! This one is #M3. If you look a little closer, you see thousands of stars together in a very large blob. And the colors! #backyardastronomy #astrophotography #astronomy #berlin #germany 🔭

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M3 - AstroBin

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Stefan Kellner 🔭 @stefankellner.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

Who says you can't image galaxies with smaller refractors? Ok, it's a bit small, but you can enjoy the landscape. Meet #M101, the Pinwheel Galaxy taken in Berlin. #backyardastronomy #astrophotography #astronomy #berlin #bortle7 #lightpollutedskies #pinwheelgalaxy 🔭

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M 101 and Friends

An astrophotograph by Stefan Kellner on AstroBin

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Stefan Kellner 🔭 @stefankellner.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

The moon can be a massive pain if you want to make photos of deep sky objects. It can glow over large parts of the sky. The solution? Shoot the moon! 🔭 #astrophotography #backyardastronomy #berlin #germany #edgehd8 #svbonysv705c #sharpcap

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Full moon? Shoot the Moon then.

An astrophotograph by Stefan Kellner on AstroBin

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Stefan Kellner 🔭 @stefankellner.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

January 2023, from Predigtstuhl, Bad Reichenhall, #Bavaria. #Nature

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Stefan Kellner 🔭 @stefankellner.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

Another Galaxy-Shot: M106 and Neighbours. Guess how many galaxies are visible in this image... Zoom in to get an idea. Taken in #Berlin / #Germany #astrophotography #astronomy #backyardastronomy 🔭

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M106 and Neighbours

An astrophotograph by Stefan Kellner on AstroBin

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Stefan Kellner 🔭 @stefankellner.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

Bode's Galaxy #M81, the Cigar Galaxy #M82 and the Garland Galaxy #NGC3077, taken from Berlin. They are 12 million light years away while the western world is only a couple of years away from giving up democracy. Don't let this happen. 🔭 #astrophotography #backyardastronomy #astronomy #galaxy

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Bode's Galaxy and Friends

An astrophotograph by Stefan Kellner on AstroBin

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Stefan Kellner 🔭 @stefankellner.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

This is the Soul Nebula, IC 1848. I took this on January 3. and January 19. from my backyard in Berlin, Germany. We all need a bit more soul. Stay strong and defend democracy and freedom against autocrats and warmongers. #astronomy #backyardastronomy #soulnebula #ic1848 #berlin

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Soul Nebula, First Light William Cat 91

An astrophotograph by Stefan Kellner on AstroBin

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South of the Border Gringo @sbgphotography.bsky.social · 11/01/2025

Excited to share the SBG Astrophotography Starter Pack, which I started yesterday. It's already up to 78 members! If you're an astrophotographer and want to join, let me know. If you love this unique photography, open the link and follow all! go.bsky.app/HLsXa3n

a notification of a new starter pack for astrophotographers on Bluesky.

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Darren Carver @dazza1639.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

A good place to start for #Astrophotography accounts is go.bsky.app/HLsXa3n

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Stefan Kellner 🔭 @stefankellner.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

These two objects, IC405 and IC410 are visible side-by-side but are extremely far from each other. IC405 on the left is located about 1.400 light years from Earth, IC410 on the right 11.000 light years. It's all a matter of perspective! Photo made by me in #Berlin. #astrophotography #astronomy

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Flaming Star & Tadpoles

An astrophotograph by Stefan Kellner on AstroBin

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Stefan Kellner 🔭 @stefankellner.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

The Seven Sisters/Pleiades in LRGB. Also known as Messier 45, this cluster is about 440 light-years away in the constellation Taurus. Its blue glow comes from hot, young stars and the surrounding reflection nebulae. #pleiades #astrophotography #backyardastronomy #berlin #bortle8 astrob.in/3vh8s7/0/

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The Seven Sisters LRGB

An astrophotograph by Stefan Kellner on AstroBin

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