Astro Februar 2021

Astro photos made February 22nd til 26th, 2021

Sun spots from February 23rd, 2021 with refractor telescope ED 80-600 mm and SONY alpha 58

Sun spots February 26th, 2021 with Maksutov MC 100-1000 mm, camera SONY alpha 58

A photo for comparison: NASA from SDO (Solar Dynamics Oberservatory) located in space (copyright NASA)
Sun spots are regions on the sun surface with approx. 1500 K colder temperature compared to normal surface temperature of 5800 to 6000 K

Aldebaran in the Hyades (left) and M 45 the Plejades and planet Mars a bit below, caught by SONY alpha A 100 and tamron tele zoom -
Exposure time 66 sec, focus length 50 mm --- The Plejades are an open star cluster in the constellation of Taurus - distance 444 light years

M45 Plejades and planet Mars with SONY alpha A100 and tamron tele 250 mm focal length - Exposure time 30 sec

M45 Plejades taken by SONY alpha 58 and tamron 250 mm focal length - exposure time 2 minutes

M45 Plejades refractor telescope ED80-600 mm and camera SONY alpha 58 - exposure time 80 sec

M45 Plejades taken by MC100-1000 mm and SONY alpha A100 - exposure time 90 sec

M42 Great Orion nebula taken by SONY alpha58 and tamron tele zoom 250 mm, exposure time 129 sec

M42 Great Orion nebula with refractor telescope ED 80-600 mm and SONY alpha58, exposure time 58 sec

M42 Great Orion nebula taken by Maksutov MC 100-1000 mm and SONY alpha58, exposure time 95 sec

M42 the Great Orion nebula taken by RCC 203 - 1624 mm and SONY alpha58, exposure time 49 sec

For comparison: again a NASA picture of M42 Orion nebela taken by Hubble Space Telescope
Distance approx. 1,350 light years, emmission nebela - gas and dust will be lit by the energy of surrounding stars

Mirach in constallation of Andromeda with 'ghost'

M 31 the Andromeda - galaxy together with his small comagnion M 32, on photo just below - exposure time ca. 1 minute

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