Deep-sky astrophotography from Münster and the High Atlas

Many nights.
One image.

Nebulae, galaxies and star fields – captured from my observatory in Münster, Germany, and with a remote telescope under the dark skies of Morocco. A single image often holds dozens of hours of exposure.

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Emission nebula · Cassiopeia

The Heart Nebula

IC 1805 · Melotte 15 · SHO + RGB stars

The Heart Nebula in Cassiopeia was one of my first big narrowband projects – and one that stretched over almost two years. I used the TS 130 in two configurations, with reducer and with flattener; in total the telescope spent 8 nights on IC 1805.

Observatory	New Horizons Observatory
Telescope	TS Photoline 130 (flattener 910 mm and reducer 730 mm)
Total	62.4 hours over 8 nights

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Two observatories

My own observatory in Münster for wide nebula landscapes – and a long-focal-length remote telescope under the dark skies of the High Atlas for small, detailed targets.

Münster (Westphalia), Germany

New Horizons Observatory

My own observatory on the edge of Münster. Most of the large, extended nebulae come from here. With 3 nm narrowband filters it still pulls out fine structure under a light-polluted suburban sky and even with the Moon up.

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Oukaïmeden, High Atlas (Morocco)

Project Oukaimeden

A remote telescope at the Oukaïmeden Observatory, about 50 km south of Marrakesh. Its sky is among the darkest in North Africa. With 2.8 m of focal length it is ideal for small targets such as planetary nebulae and galaxies.