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25 | Aviation and Spaceflight obsessed | Photographer with a weakspot for Astrophotography | draws sometimes

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First trials with digital art, hope you like the results^^

16.02.2026 11:19 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Samantha designs a weapon system.

(1/6)

16.11.2025 19:53 ๐Ÿ‘ 1957 ๐Ÿ” 556 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 43 ๐Ÿ“Œ 17
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Some two WIPs i did the past few weeks. Managed to trace one for some digital practice. Hope you like the results so far^^

16.11.2025 17:42 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Bavarian venison got me acting unwise

19.10.2025 16:10 ๐Ÿ‘ 1282 ๐Ÿ” 222 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 17 ๐Ÿ“Œ 3
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"Mit Karte, bitte."

19.10.2025 16:10 ๐Ÿ‘ 1584 ๐Ÿ” 322 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 21 ๐Ÿ“Œ 3
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My first attempt on C/2025 A6,
hope you like the results^^

Date: 04.10.2025

Lights: 32 x 180"
Darks: 20 x 180"
Flats: 30

Telescope: WO Redcat 51
Camera: Asi533MC Pro

10.10.2025 17:57 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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GO! MY LABUBU MISSILE! KILL!

19.07.2025 05:37 ๐Ÿ‘ 21913 ๐Ÿ” 8723 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 271 ๐Ÿ“Œ 744
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Starting to get my pictures sorted from Antidotum 2025. Here is a rough selection of some good ones. Hope you like the results^^

03.07.2025 10:07 ๐Ÿ‘ 9 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Flight path spells out โ€œfurryโ€.

Flight path spells out โ€œfurryโ€.

We have some questions about this one.

Playback at fr24.com/data/aircraf...

13.06.2025 23:43 ๐Ÿ‘ 1990 ๐Ÿ” 726 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 54 ๐Ÿ“Œ 66
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Some more shots i got with the FS-12. Hope you like the results^^

14.05.2025 10:19 ๐Ÿ‘ 7 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Finally got some results. These look better than I initially expected to be honest^^'

21.02.2025 21:00 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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28.05.2024 15:09 ๐Ÿ‘ 3246 ๐Ÿ” 961 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 24 ๐Ÿ“Œ 15

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The autoguider locks onto a star as reference point and sends correctional commands to the mount to cancel out its tracking error, allowing longer exposure times. The quality of the guiding profile is shown in the graph for the RA and DEC axis.

Its just a rough summary, hope this makes sense^^

09.01.2025 00:18 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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In short, the autoguider consists of the guiding camera, the guiding scope (the smaller one on the main telescope) and the software. Before imaging you have to polar align the mount but it has a certain tracking error depending on the quality of the polar alignment.

09.01.2025 00:17 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thanks^^

The first picture shows the final result of the Nebula with all subframes stacked and edited.

The second picture shows the autoguider (left) and the software for the imaging camera (right).

The last picture just shows the telescope covered in ice because i thought it looked neat^^

07.01.2025 10:05 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Additional details:

Lights:
22 x 600" gain100 (3h 40min)
62 x 300" gain360 (5h 10min)

Total: 8h 50min

Darks:
18 x 600" gain100
25 x 300" gain360

Flats:
25

Scope:
Skywatcher 250/1200

Mount:
EQ-6pro

Camera:
Asi533MCpro

Filter:
Optolong L-eNhance

Post-processing:
DeepSkyStacker
Photoshop CC

05.01.2025 16:43 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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I finally was able bring out the newtonian again and decided to go for M1. Unfortunately a lot of the lightframes went bad because for some reason the autoguider started drifting off but I tried to make the most of it. Have to check out the guider later^^'

Hope you like the result^^

05.01.2025 16:43 ๐Ÿ‘ 18 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Perfect polar alignment. #astrophotography

17.11.2024 04:19 ๐Ÿ‘ 36 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Got myself something interesting last week. Still gotta figure out a thing or two before I can get first results from it^^'

18.12.2024 10:20 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Thanks^^
I just got one when leveling up my 777-300ER!!

10.12.2024 10:19 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thanks for the info, because I got a few A220-100s "just" as ultra rare and I wondered how to get that effect^^

09.12.2024 23:23 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Nice one, do the ultra rare ones show up at random or are there certain places where to get them?^^'

09.12.2024 22:13 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Remember her?

This is her now.

Feeling old yet?

08.12.2024 01:20 ๐Ÿ‘ 1633 ๐Ÿ” 366 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 34 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thanks^^

18.11.2024 14:05 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thanks, its easier to capture when the iss is illuminated but for this transit you needed the exact time to get it. I managed to capture five frames and this one was the best out of those^^

18.11.2024 14:05 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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I did a thing last night^^
I just randomly checked for potential lunar transits and it turned out that there would happen one not far away. So I packed up my stuff and gave it a shot. Hope you like the result^^

Setup:
Skywatcher 254/1200
Eq-6pro
Canon Eos 90D

16.11.2024 09:04 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thanks^^

16.11.2024 00:09 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thanks, sometimes its a bit of a challenge but it definitely pays off^^

12.11.2024 13:19 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Finally managed to scrape together some more exposure time on a current project.
Hope you like the result^^

Object: NGC1499

Filter: Optolong l-eNhance
84 x 300" (7h 0min)

Filter: Optolong h-alpha 7nm
01 x 600" (0h 10min)
15 x 900" (3h 45min)

Total time: 10h 55min

12.11.2024 07:11 ๐Ÿ‘ 19 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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I think the royal navy wants to tell me something. Not quite sure what exactly tho...

18.10.2024 19:46 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0