Astronomy is one of the finest hobbies, in the meantime I'm lucky to have more time for it :-)
See my pictures further down below...
My telescope is a 6-inch Maksutov (Intes Mikro) - since the beginning of 2023 I own a GOTO-mount (iOptron CEM26 EC) so I dedicate a lot of time to this hobby.
with the help of Cartes du Ciel I select a target and command the mount to goto it. SharpCap Pro controls my camera
(PlayerOne Neptune-C II).
Using the mount I'm able to take 30 seconds exposures (without guiding).
SharpCap Pro stacks all pictures automatically (with corrections).
On the pictures behind the scope (with the original mount) you can see the total eclipse of the sun (11.8.1999) - taken near Munich (through a hole in the clouds at the right time)
One project was on hold for very long - the cookbook CCD-camera for astro-pictures :-(
End of 2022:
I added a Neptune-C II (Player One) camera to my equipment.
Middle of 2024:
I added to my system a new ZWO EAF (electrical focuser):
Due to the non existent standard connector of the Maksutov, I needed a new focuser too (Omegon 2").
But only with the dynamic and helpful support of the Astroshop www.astroshop.de team (advice, turning of the adapter on lathe, etc),
this project comes to a fine success.
Of course Sharpcap Pro controls the ZWO EAF too :-)
Middle of 2025:
I now have a cooled Uranus-C Pro (Player One) camera added to my equipment:
Now it is enough to only take 1x dark frame and 1x flat frame each night. The temperature of the camera stays constant the whole night at the selected temperature (eg. -10°C)
I have stopped my tries to find Seti (one graphics card was broken, the electricity costs sum up ...) =>
Here you can see my last BOINC-stati of 03.01.2013:
Here you can see my final Classic-Seti-status of 22.09.2005:
| Your credit: | |
| Name (and URL) | Michael |
| Results Received | 2291 |
| Total CPU Time | 3.372 years |
| Average CPU Time per work unit | 12 hr 53min 35.7 sec |
| Average results received per day | 0.99 |
| Last result returned: | Thu Sep 22 18:07:16 2005 UTC |
| SETI@home user for: | 6.348 years |
| Your rank: (based on current workunits received) | |
| Your rank out of 5436301 total users is: | 155720 th place. |
| The total number of users who have this rank: | 55 |
| You have completed more work units than: | 97.153 % of our users. |
In the meantime I got the certificates for 100, 250, 500 and 1000 calculated units :-)
Here the 1000'er:
and here for SETIi (under BOINC):
Here is a small picture and film collection:
3 hours of Jupiter animation with Io and the "Great Red Spot" (2026.03.06 20:37 to 23:40 (UT)):
Orion-Nebula (M42) stack of 14 pictures with 240 seconds each (2026.01.20 21:10 to 22:41 (UT)):
M33 Triangulum-Galaxie (2025.11.17 22:26 to 23:59 (UT)):
Partial eclipse of the sun (2025.03.29) (240 frames from 10:15 to 12:14 (UT))
Canon 700D, Tamron 270mm f:6,3:
Jupiter animation with Io and the shadow of Io (2025.03.05 20:27 bis 23:11 (UT)):
NEO 2024 KH3 (16m5) (2024.08.05 22:45 to 22:57 (UT))
Distance to earth: 0.0485au (7,2 million km)
Moves about 3' in 12 minutes:
Nova Vul 2024 (PNV J19430751+2100204)(2024.08.04 21:19 (UT))
Compare screenshot before (Simbad) at left with actual picture at right:
(This research has made use of the SIMBAD database, CDS, Strasbourg Astronomical Observatory,
France
2000, A & AS, 143, 9, "The SIMBAD astronomical database", Wenger et al.)
M27 Dumbbell Nebula (2024.07.30 and 2024.07.31):
M57 Ring Nebula (2024.07.28 22:28 UT)):
Supernova SN 2024iss (2024.05.29 21:07 (UT))
Jupiter (2024.01.27):
Rotation des Jupiters (2024.01.27) in 23 Minuten (Klick ins Bild öffnet die Annimation):
Supernova 2023ixf in M101
2023.05.08: no Supernova visible
2023.05.25: SN2023ixf
Mars pictures taken with my Maksutov and my new Neptun-C II:
Mercury transit at the Sun 09. May 2016 - size => 430kByte (3597 * 2909)
Mercury transit at the Sun 09. May 2016 as a movie - watch it on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6nRyX-9Eyk&feature=youtu.be
Mercury transit at the Sun 09. May 2016 - size => 430kByte (3597 * 2909)
Mercury transit at the Sun 09. May 2016 as a movie - watch it on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6nRyX-9Eyk&feature=youtu.be
Solar Eclipse 20. March 2015 - size => 366kByte (1880 * 2340)
Solar Eclipse 20. March 2015 as a movie - watch it on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2vypQ0Cn4E0
Comet C/2014 Q2 Lovejoy 17. January 2015 - composit of 10 pictures (10
minutes) - size => 288kByte (1600 * 1067)
Comet C/2011 L4 (PANSTARRS) at the center of the picture 15. March 2013 - (10 seconds) - size => 146kByte (1200 * 800)
The next 3 pictures were done with guiding through a Tamron 18-270mm zoom
lens with a Canon 400D with addition
of more than one picture northern german sky :-)
Andromeda-Galaxy 28. December 2008 - composit of 5 pictures (10 minutes) - size => 160kByte (1200 * 800)
M42 28. December 2008 - composit of 5 pictures (10 minutes) - size => 98kByte (1200 * 800)
Pleiades 28. December 2008 - composit of 5 pictures (10 minutes) - size => 155kByte (1200 * 800)
The next 3 pictures were done without guiding through a Sigma 18-125mm zoom
lens with a Canon 400D with addition
of more than one picture under dark danish sky :-)
Adler with Jupiter 27.Juli 2008 - composit of 8 pictures with Canon D400 - size => 300kByte (1680 * 1120) - and hot pixels :-(
Perseus / Cassiopeia 8. Juli 2008 - composit of 10 pictures with Canon D400 - size => 293kByte (853 * 1280)
Big Dipper 9. Juli 2008 - composit of 10 pictures with Canon D400 - Size => 312kByte (1680 * 1120)
First try of a movie of partial eclipse of the sun from August 1., 2008 - Size => 132kByte (Codec: Xvid)
Rainbow without rain 17. August 2008 - Canon D400 - Size => 30kByte (853 * 1280)
Komet 17P/Holmes in November 2007 in Perseus - composit of 2 images with Canon D400 - Size => 90kByte (790 * 1024)
Total eclipse of the sun (Totality) (11.08.1999) - Taken in Zorneding near Munich (Videopicture) - Size => 8kByte (423 * 355).
Total eclipse of the sun (Totality) (11.08.1999) - Taken in Zorneding near Munich (Videopicture) - Size => 8kByte (475 * 404).
Total eclipse of the Moon (Totality) (1996) - Size => 26kByte (1556 * 1098).
Comet Hale-Bopp (C/1995 O1) (50mm - 10Min. Asa200) - Size => 153kByte (1042 * 1564).
Comet Hale-Bopp (C/1995 O1) (300mm - 10Min. Asa200) - Size => 282kByte (1120 * 1639).
Good to see are the different colors and directions of the gas- and dusttail:-)
Comet Hyakutake (C/1996 B2) (50mm - 5Min. Asa200) - Size => 93kByte (1094 * 1239).
