MEDCX

Expedition to the stars

A dream, unfortunately unfulfillable? No not really. With just a small telescope and a camera, we can reach the most remote areas of our galaxy and far beyond. I would like to invite you to undertake this expedition with me and my photographs...

On the way through our cosmic front yard - our Milky Way - we encounter gas nebulae where new stars are formed and marvel at planetary nebulae as evidence of dying stars. Fascinatingly bizarre supernova remnants are reminiscent of the cosmic catastrophes of exploding stars.
Further out, in the galactic halo, we encounter globular star clusters, which are the oldest galactic objects orbiting our Milky Way. Then gigantic emptiness - intergalactic space. At unimaginable distances we finally reach the siblings of our Milky Way, the galaxies that populate the cosmos in myriads.

"Tai nasha no karosha - Live long and prosper!"

Matthias Pfersdorff




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M51 Ha
Medium Resolution
High Resolution
Telescope:
Vixen VC200L / TMB152
Mount:
Astro Physics 900GTO
Camera:
SBIG STL11000M/QSI583WSG
Exposure:
L: 180min (18x600s)
RGB 120:90:90 (600s subs)
Ha 180min (18x600s)
Location:
Northern Blackforest, Germany
Date:
May 2008 / Apr 2018 / Apr 2020, RP Mar 2024
M51 Ha
CCD-Image (VC200L/TMB152)
M97 HaOIII
Medium Resolution
High Resolution
Telescope:
Vixen VC200L
Mount:
Astro Physics 900GTO
Camera:
QSI583WSG
Exposure:
Ha: 600min (60x600s)
OIII: 280min (28x600s)
Location:
Pirmasens, Germany
Date:
03/2020, 03/2024
M97 HaOIII
CCD-Image (Vixen VC200L + QSI583WSG)
NGC6888 HaOIII
Medium Resolution
High Resolution
Telescope:
Vixen VC200L
Mount:
Astro Physics 900GTO
Camera:
QSI583WSG
Exposure:
Ha: 540min (54x600s)
OIII: 890min (89x600s)
RGB: 30:30:30min (300s subs)
Location:
Pirmasens, Germany
Date:
Jul/Aug 2018
NGC6888 HaOIII
CCD-Image (Vixen VC200L + QSI583WSG)
IC5070 HaOIII
Medium Resolution
High Resolution
Telescope:
Vixen VC200L
Mount:
Astro Physics 900GTO
Camera:
QSI583WSG
Exposure:
Ha: 580min (58x600s)
OIII: 870min (58x900s)
RGB: 30:30:30min (300s subs)
Location:
Pirmasens, Germany
Date:
Jul/Aug 2018
IC5070 HaOIII
CCD-Image (Vixen VC200L + QSI583WSG)
Astrobin Toppick Image
Melotte15
Medium Resolution
High Resolution
Telescope:
TMB152
Mount:
AP900GTO
Camera:
QSI583WSG
Exposure:
MaximDL 6.11
Ha: 300min OIII: 360min (900s subs)
Location:
Pirmasens, Germany
Date:
16./18. Sep 2018
Melotte15
CCD-Image (TMB152 + QSI583WSG)
Astrobin Image of the Day
NGC3718
Medium Resolution
High Resolution
Telescope:
TMB152 @ f/8
Mount:
Astro Physics 900GTO
Camera:
QSI583WSG
Exposure:
L: 255min (900s subs), RGB: 180/180/180min (600s subs)
Location:
Pirmasens and Northern Black Forest, Germany
Date:
06./18. Apr 2010 / Apr 2018
NGC3718
CCD-Image (TMB152 + QSI583WSG)
Astrobin Image of the Day
NGC5985
Medium Resolution
High Resolution
Telescope:
Vixen VC200L @ f/9
Mount:
Astro Physics 900GTO
Camera:
QSI583WSG
Exposure:
LRGB 300:60:60:80min (600s subs)
Location:
Pirmasens
Date:
May 2018
Draco-Triplet
CCD-Image (Vixen VC200L + QSI583WSG)
Astrobin Toppick Image
NGC5907
Medium Resolution
High Resolution
Telescope:
Takahashi FSQ106ED @ f/5
Mount:
Astro Physics 900GTO
Camera:
QSI583WSG
Exposure:
MaximDL 6.10
LRGB 330:60:60:60min (900s(L)/600s(RGB) subs) @ f/5, chip temp -15C
Location:
Northern Black Forrest
Date:
May 2012/2013
NGC5907
CCD-Image (Takahashi FSQ106ED + QSI583WSG)
M109
Medium Resolution
High Resolution
Telescope:
Takahashi FSQ106ED @ f/5
Mount:
Astro Physics 900GTO
Camera:
QSI583WSG
Exposure:
MaximDL 6.10
LRGB 140:130:70:60min (600s subs) @ f/5, chip temp -15C
Location:
Ettlingen
Date:
07./08./09. May 2016
M109
CCD-Image (Takahashi FSQ106ED + QSI583WSG)
M51
Medium Resolution
High Resolution
Telescope:
Vixen VC200L / TMB152
Mount:
Astro Physics 900GTO
Camera:
SBIG STL11000M/QSI583WSG
Exposure:
L: 180min (18x600s) RGB 120:90:90 (600s subs)
Location:
Northern Blackforest, Germany
Date:
May 2008 / Apr 2018
M51
CCD-Image (VC200L/TMB152)