Nightsky

The young moon setting on the evening of April 20, 2015. The image is a 100 percent crop of a

My first attempt at the Trifid Nebula (or M20), a prominent object in the constellation Sagittarius. This nebula is a

Scorpius rising in all its glory. The bright "star" on the far left is actually not a star, but the

My analog Hasselblad performing under the starry skies of Chile.It's new moon and the observatory is buzzing.

A total lunar eclipse happened today, April 4, 2015, shortly before sunrise. The total phase lasted less than five minutes,

An image of Omega Centauri, the largest - and in my view also the most beautiful - globular cluster in

My first try at a deep sky object, the Eta Carinae Nebula, a large and bright emission nebula located in

Startrails around the Southern celestial pole. The image is a composite of 73 single images.

The constellation Crux with the splendid open star cluster Jewel Box and a hint of the Coalsack. A softener filter

The Southern Cross with the dark nebula Coalsack and the bright stars Alpha and Beta Centauri (close to the horizon).Venus