After several attempts frustrated by clouds, on 18/10/2024, I had the opportunity to take some images of comet C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-ATLAS from my observatory in Àger.
The first image is focused on detail and is taken with Takahashi TOA-150 and STL-11000M camera: 29 x 30 seconds of Luminance plus 11 x 20 seconds of R, G and B (those taken with FSQ-106N)…Read more
IC 5146 The Cocoon nebula (also known as Caldwell 19, Sh2-125 and Barnard 168) is a nebula in the constellation Cygnus.
Its distance from us varies according to the sources consulted, ranging from 2500 to 4000 light-years. This beautiful nebula is nearly 15 light-years wide…Read more
On Thursday 10 October 2024 we had the opportunity to see a new aurora borealis in Àger, 42º north latitude, for the second time in the year!!
The first episode was on 10 May this year. The first image is an unprocessed capture ,…Read more
Messier 76 (also known as M76, the Little Dumbbell Nebula or NGC650/651) is a planetary nebula in the constellation Perseus.
This nebula was discovered by the French astronomer Pierre Méchain in 1780, and was included in the Charles Messier's catalogue of comet-like objects as number 76 as a double nebula without stars (for this reason, it was also catalogued as ,…Read more
HAT-P-16b is a gas giant exoplanet orbiting HAT-P-16, an F- type star with an apparent magnitude of 10.9 and a size close to that of our Sun (Mass = 1.22 Msun, Radius = 1.24 Rsun).
Located in the constellation Andromeda, it is 739 light-years away from us and takes only 2.8 days to complete one orbit around its star. Its discovery was announced in 2010.
Its mass is 4.19 times that of Jupiter, and the distance to its star is 0.0413 AU.
Transit taken remotely on 14/09/2024 (with Moon at 85%) with TOA-150 telescope and STL-11000M camera (110 120-second exposures).
This nebula, popularly known as Valentine Rose Nebula, has both Sh2-174 and PK 120+18.1 as catalogue designations.
It is therefore an unusual object: the fact that an object shares…Read more
