Astronomy

Stitched with Hugin from 21 shots at ISO 6400, 20 seconds exposure each. Location: see map. Camera: D300, Lens: Sigma AF 14/2.8 EX HSM. The sky was not totally clear, even at about 700m about sea level there was a bit of high fog, reflecting a lot of nearby city light pollution.

At least, we try our best. Observatory from the outside. (D300, 30"/ISO 3200 shot, untraced)

The telescope which was used for this shot of M5 .

Taken with a 60cm diameter, 7200mm focal length cassegrain telescope (IIRC a reducer was applied), which a good friend kindly made accessible to me.

Same like this one , but I added the main constallations. I used Stellarium for reference, great program. If you look closely, you can find the Pleiades in the right corner, and the Andromeda Nebula right to the center.

300/2.8, cropped.

300/2.8+2x-TC, cropped.

No phun intended. Really. The maker *is* called "Vixen". Photo taken in pure moonlight. Explaining jokes sucks, but in german, "Vixen" might be interpreted as a wordplay like "Vanking" ;)