December 7, 2024
An image of NGC 7789 (Caroline's Rose), photographed with an 8-inch f/5 Newtonian reflector, has been added. It was taken on November 9 / 10, 2024 and on November 29 / 30, 2024.
November 25, 2024
An image of the beautiful edge-on galaxy NGC 891, photographed with an 8-inch f/5 Newtonian reflector, has been uploaded. It was taken on November 3 / 4, 2024.
November 10, 2024
An image of the emission nebula NGC2174, photographed with an 8-inch f/5 Newtonian reflector, has been added. It was taken on October 31 / November 1, 2024.
November 1, 2024
An image of the open star clusters NGC 869 & NGC 884 (h & chi Persei), photographed with an 8-inch f/5 Newtonian reflector, has been added. It was taken on October 27 / 28, 2024.
October 17, 2024
Images of the city of Split, Croatia, have been added. This is part I of the photo gallery.
October 17, 2024
Part II of the Split gallery.
October 17, 2024
Part III of the Split gallery.
October 7, 2024
A few images of the Swiss mountain resort Arosa have been uploaded.
September 30, 2024
Images from Saas-Fee, Switzerland, have been added.
September 29, 2024
A few images from Stanserhorn, Switzerland, have been added.
September 7, 2024
An image of the spiral galaxy Messier 33 in the constellation Triangulum, taken on September 6 / 7, 2024, has been added. It was photographed with an 8-inch f/5 Newtonian reflector.
September 1, 2024
A few images of the Patrouille Suisse & PC-7 Team training in Wangen-Lachen, Switzerland on August 30, 2024 have been added.
August 11, 2024
An image of the reflection and emission nebula IC 5146 in the constellation Cygnus has been added, photographed with an 8-inch f/5 Newtonian reflector on August 10 / 11, 2024.
August 11, 2024
An image of the open star cluster NGC 6939 and the Fireworks galaxy NGC 6946 in the constellation Cepheus has been added. It was photographed with an 8-inch f/5 Newtonian reflector on August 5 / 6, 2024.
August 11, 2024
Images of the city of Brescia have been added. Brescia is situated at the foot of the Alps in northern Italy. It is the second largest city in Lombardy. It shares the title of Italian Capital of Culture 2023 with Bergamo. This is part I of the photo gallery.
August 11, 2024
Part II of the Brescia gallery
August 11, 2024
Part III of the Brescia gallery.
August 10, 2024, 2024
An image of the Sun, taken on August 10, 2024, has been added to the Lucky Imaging Gallery. It shows the highest number of sunspots since 2001. The image was taken with an ASI 178MM camera and a 65 mm f/6.5 Quadruplet refractor. Theimage was colorized in Adobe Photoshop.
July 23, 2024
Several 360° x 180° drone panoramas of the Swiss mountain village Saas-Fee in the canton of Valais have been added.
July 21, 2024
Three 360° x 180° drone panoramas of the Grimsel mountain pass region have been added.
July 15, 2024
Four 360° x 180° drone panoramas of the Hochwang ski area have been added.
July 11, 2024
An image of the planetary nebula Messier 27 ("Dumbbell Nebula"), photographed with an 8-inch Newtonian telescope on July 8 / 9, 2024, has been added.
July 9, 2024
A few winter photos of the Oberengadin(e) region in Switzerland have been added.
July 6, 2024
Photos of the Wädenswil Carnival parade on February 18, 2024 have been added.
June 10, 2024
Flashback: The Cuba photo gallery 2004 has been completely revised. This is part I.
June 10, 2024
Part II of the Cuba 2004 photo gallery.
June 10, 2024
Part III of the Cuba 2004 photo gallery.
June 10, 2024
Part IV of the Cuba 2004 photo gallery.
June 6, 2024
A short timelapse video of the aurora from May 10, 2024, has been uploaded.
May 12, 2024
An image of the globular cluster Messier 13 in Hercules, photographed with an 8-inch f/5 Newtonian reflector, has been uploaded. It was photographed on May 9, 2024
May 12, 2024
An image of the emission nebula Messier 8 in Sagittarius, photographed with an 8-inch f/5 Newtonian reflector, has been uploaded. It was taken on May 9 / 10, 2024.
April 20, 2024
An image of the galaxies Messier 95 and Messier 96 in Leo, photographed with an 8-inch f/5 Newtonian reflector, has been uploaded. It was taken on April 2, 2024.
April 17, 2024
An image of the moon near the open star cluster Plejades (Messier 45), taken on April 11, 2024, has been added to the Light Minutes Gallery. It was taken with a Nikon Z8 and a Nikon 300mm f/4D IF-ED lens on an iOptron Skyguider Pro tracker.
April 15, 2024
An image of the galaxy NGC 4725 in Coma Berenices, , photographed with an 8-inch f/5 Newtonian reflector, has been added. It was taken on April 12, 2024.
March 6, 2024
An image of the moon, taken on February 13, 2024, has been added to the Lucky Imaging Gallery. The image has been taken with an ASI 2600MC camera and an 8-inch (20 cm) f/5 ONTC Newtonian reflector on an equatorial platform. The changing light during dusk made the processing rather difficult.
February 28, 2024
Images of the South Tyrol region have been added. South Tyrol is an autonomous province in northern Italy. Its capital and largest city is Bolzano. This is part I of the photo gallery.
February 28, 2024
Part II of the South Tyrol gallery.
February 4, 2024
An image of the open star cluster Messier 44 (Beehive Cluster, Praesepe) in the constellation Cancer, taken on February 03 / 04, 2024, has been added to the 65 mm Quadruplet Gallery. The image was taken with a TS Imaging Star 65mm f/6,5 quadruplet refractor on a ZWO AM5 mount (25 x 5 minutes = 125 minutes total exposure, taken with an ASI2600MC camera).
January 22, 2024
A colorful monrise image, taken on December 26, 2023, has been added to the Light Minutes Gallery (taken with a Nikon D7500 and a Nikon AF-S 300mm f/4D IF-ED with 1/1000 s at f/4 and ISO 400).
January 22, 2024
An image of the beautiful winter sky, photographed on January 13, 2024, has been added to the Night Sky Gallery. It was taken with a Nikon Z6II and a Nikon Z 20mm f/1.8S lens (3 min 20 s at f/1.8 and ISO 3200). Enhancement of the brightest stars in Adobe Photoshop. Camera on tripod.
January 22, 2024
An image of Messier 42, taken with a 16-inch f/4.5 Dobsonian on an equatorial platform on December 17 / 18, 2023, has been added to the Universe Gallery. Messier 42 is the closest large star-forming region to Earth.
