Bernd Flachsbart

PuWe 1 captured from my dark site in southern France 😊🔭 It was shot on the EdgeHD 8 with Hyperstar at f/2 for a total integration time of 6.5 hours with an OSC cam and the Baader UHCL filter. PuWe 1 is one of the largest and faintest planetary nebula known! #Astrophotography

@freedomfeens Not bad either 😁

@BFlachsbart How about merge errors? astrobin.com/uevsqt/

I think my new pastime is drawing little figures with guiding glitches 😂🔭 #Astrophotography

@lethbridge That’s brilliant 😃👏

@BFlachsbart Those are fancy! The best I've done is a bunch of upper case "G's".

Galaxy Messier 96 - First light for my Touptek SkyEye24AC and initial functionality test of the Touptek StellaVita. Check the blog for more details. ▼ Vixen VC200L | ToupTek SkyEye24AC astrocamp.eu/en/messier-96-… #astrophotography #astronomy #nature #deepsky #astroimaging

@LisaBromfield Thank you so much, Lisa! 😊

@BFlachsbart Beautiful capture Bernd 🤩

NGC 2841 - The Tiger’s Eye Galaxy captred from my patio on five nights in February and March 😊🔭 It was shot on the EdgeHD 8 for a total integration time of 40 hours in LRGB and Ha to reveal the star forming regions. #Astrophotography

The Dolphin Head Nebula (SH2-308) is a bubble like nebula surrounding the bright Wolf-Rayet star EZ Canis Majoris. Taken from my bortle 5-6 backyard March 2026. 4hrs of 180sec exposures SVbony sv550 with field flattener SV220 7nm SII-OIII filter #astro #Astrophotography #Space

@SkidKidd Amazing image 👍 Very nice work, Simon!

@GAIAAENEAS 😢

@GAIAAENEAS Cloudy here. Like on every single astronomical event ☹️

@sophiegreenart Happy Birthday dear Sophie 🙂🥳 🎁🎈

Today is my birthday and what I want more than anything is for Molly to become a lap cat but I suppose I will settle for world peace. 🤞🏼✌🏼

When orphaned elephants lose their mothers, they lose everything. That’s where we step in. Our Keepers guide them, as their lost mothers would have done, hand-feed bottles of milk and even sleep bedside them. Walking, side by side, until the orphans are ready to return to the wild. Adopt an orphaned elephant in our care and you can become a part of their family, helping us to provide care, comfort and protection. Adopt for yourself at: sheldrickwildlifetrust.org/orphans

@LisaBromfield 😱😳

Had to relocated this big boy outside today 🫣

Eagle nebula. Captured with our remote telescope at Starfront in Texas. This data was actually my first light from last year.

@astr0gems Very nice details 🤩

@GAIAAENEAS Awe thanks! Have a wonderful day too 😘🤗

108 hours of LRGBSHO On the Elephant's Trunk, Squid and Flying bat nebula (Seahorse on the right too) Multiple rigs, nights over 4 months and added some old Sii and Oiii data too Didn't worked quite as hoped, but decided to finish here Astrobin link with details and hi res below

@clarkjames70 Fantastic image, James! Looks amazing on AstroBin too 🤩

@sophiegreenart It’s so wonderful and touching that you found this new companion! 😻❤️

After Maisie died, I swore I would NEVER get another pet. There was no way I could ever handle the pain of losing another one. But the cat distribution system had other plans and this little kitty, who had spent her whole life living as a stray, desperately alone and starving to death, came wandering into my life. I think Maisie sent her to me because we both needed each other. 🥰 Pet grief is a weird thing - I wrote a little substack post about it for those who may need to read it. sophiegreenart.substack.com/p/can-we-talk-…

@LisaBromfield Yes a fast scope needs special attention. With Hyperstar at f/2 I’m down to 60’’ exposures and I recently started to even capture separate 10’’ subs for the stars. With the original stars at 60 sec the target was often drowning in stars and they were hard to reduce that much.

@BFlachsbart Thanks Bernd. I’ll do shorter exposures next time. 300” at f/3.45 is a bit too much (I’m so used to imaging at f/7) 🙂

Test image from baby Newton. The hobbies NGC 3293 aka the Gem Cluster located in the Carina Nebula. 27 x 300” subs with no callibration frames. #astrophotography #tasmanianstargazer