The Hamburger Galaxy, NGC 3628, is a magnificent unbarred spiral galaxy located 35 million light-years away in the constellation Leo. Seen edge-on from Earth, its distinctive shape and dust lane give it its appetizing nickname. This distant spiral reaches its annual culmination at astronomical midnight in early March, making it a prime target for northern hemisphere observers during spring evenings.

https://astrocamp.eu/en/ugc-6350-hamburger-galaxy/

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astrocamp planner

Planning my astrophotography sessions used to mean juggling Excel spreadsheets. I turned one of my own planning files into a WordPress plugin: the Astrocamp Planner.
Right now, you can use the plugin on my webpage but you can not install it on your own wordpress.

Feedback, bug reports, and suggestions are very welcome.
Here on mastodon or as a comment on the blog.

https://astrocamp.eu/en/astrocamp-planner/

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M51 - Whirlpool galaxy.
Located in the constellation Canes Venatici and near Ursa Major, it is 31 million light years away. A grand design spiral galaxy interacting with a Seyfert 2 galactic nucleus.
Captured on a Seestar S50 and processed in Siril, GIMP and Darktable.

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The Whirlpool galaxy
This picture was taken during a beautiful night in the Taubertal in the south of Germany.

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Five clear nights during an unusually long stretch of good weather yielded my deepest and highest-quality image of Messier 101, the Pinwheel Galaxy, to date. Three sessions used the UHC filter on the RGB sensor, with two more marking the first light of my new ultra-narrowband H-alpha filter.

▼ Vixen VC200L | ToupTek SkyEye24AC, SkyEye62AM

https://astrocamp.eu/en/pinwheel-galaxy-apr26/

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Milky way featuring Taurus the bull - Auriga the charioteer - Perseus, Greek hero.

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