Hey Hivers, With this post, I leave for my summer break. The nights become too short and too bright, so astrophotography makes no sense. The time is used for a bigger setup update. The Sunflower Galaxy

Hey Hivers, It's been ages since my last @actifit post. Unfortunately, I had no time and no desire to do a post in the evening Anyway, after I took apart my mount for changing the bearings and regreasing,

EN Hey, dear insect and macro lovers, When I was strolling through the forest the other day on my walk, I discovered once again burying beetles. That was only the second time in over a year. So far I could

EN Hey, dear insect and macro lovers, on a photo tour through the forest last year I was able to take some photos of these beautiful butterflies. In 2008 they even became butterfly of the year. The male

Hey Hivers, @svemirac has made a fantastic post about the Moon here. Besides the pictures that where made from Andrew Mccarthy, he showed also some awesome shots of the Moon he made with his camera. He

EN Hey, dear insect, spider and macro lovers, Actually I didn't want to do any post today, but the fantastic weather somehow animated me to take my camera on my tour again after an eternity. Beside some

Dung Beetle macro photos

Der Seelennebel (IC1848) ist ein größerer Emissionsnebel, der in einer Entfernung von etwa 7.500 Lichtjahren von uns entfernt im Sternbild Kassiopeia zu finden ist. Er befindet sich in unmittelbarer

The Rosette Nebula

Hey Hivers, Another @actifit beta app test today. I have tried my luck again on Comet C/2019 Y4 (ATLAS), but I wasn't successful. After my USB to serial converter had some problems, which caused my computer

Hey Hivers, About a month ago I already posted an image of Comet C/2019 Y4 (ATLAS). Last weekend I made a second try on it as the comet came already closer to heart. Its closest approach is predicted for

The Soul Nebula (IC1848) is a bigger Emission Nebula, which can be found at a distance of around 7,500 light-years away from us in the constellation of Cassiopeia. It's in the direct neighborhood of the

Hey Hivers, It's been a long time since my last post again. Even in these Corona days, my time is very short and a day should have at least 36 hours so get time for my work and my running projects. Anyway,

Hey Hivers, It's been ages since my last mail. Today I had to use the weather for a long walk. Unfortunately, there are so many people in the forest due to the exit restrictions; it was much quieter in

Image Copyright @sidekickmatt My Chip Advisor Result is: Chili! What this says about me: Get this person a sweater; they are a little chilli! HA! HAHA! HA ...ha ... ha. Jokes aside, you are one of the

Hey Steemians, This is my first @actifit STEEM/HIVE post to test out if things are working. On the last weekend, I tried my luck on Comet C/2019 Y4 (ATLAS) which is coming closer to the Sun in the next

Hey Steemians, I thought I'd make a post again, even if it's all higgledy-piggledy here on steem and my post won't get much attention due to it. However, I tried to combine my image of the Orion Nebula

Hey Steemians, I finally got the chance to collect some more photons of the Rosette Nebula. I'm now at 8 hours of total exposure time. For testing, I have made a quick image processing at the H-alpha data.

Hey Steemians, I tried to collect a little bit more exposure time on the Horsehead Nebula. Unfortunately, the still bright Moon wasn't my only problem; there were also very much haze and some high clouds

Hey Steemians, Already a long time since my last post. Yesterday I got the chance to practice a little bit astrophotography again. Nothing special, I've tested some new drivers and software. After the