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Manuel Huss

@manuelhuss.bsky.social

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Astrophotographer from Luxembourg - I like the night sky, our planet, trees, spaceships, mountainbikes and lego. I also like breathing (exercice), walking barefoot, and politics (when in the right mood) 🌍🇪🇺🇱🇺 | working @alia.lu

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Manuel Huss @manuelhuss.bsky.social · 14h

Since the weather won’t let me go comet hunting, I’m working through some old data. Here are my Pillars of Creation. They’re about seven years old now, and they came out pretty sharp considering my equipment and skill set at the time :-) So here’s a rework and heavy crop. #astrophotography

Manuel Huss @manuelhuss.bsky.social · 5d

The central area of the Soul Nebula (IC 1848) in the Cassiopeia constellation, about 7,500 light years away from Earth. Less than 2 hours of h-alpha data (combined with older color data). Targeting 20+ hours of exposure. Gear: 130/910mm apo, Antlia 2.5nm ha-filter & ASI 2600mm pro. #astrophotography

Manuel Huss @manuelhuss.bsky.social · 12d

Alpha Persei (Mirfak) as seen during an equipment test. :-) Gear: CF-Apo 130/910mm, ASI 2600mm Pro, Antlia RGB-filters (10x60s each) #astrophotography

Manuel Huss @manuelhuss.bsky.social · 18d

To keep the big one from spending lonely nights outside, I got him a little baby brother (71/347mm & 533mc camera) for company. ;-) 🔭❤️🔭 #astrophotography

Manuel Huss @manuelhuss.bsky.social · 20d

never compared it to curling until now, but yes

Manuel Huss @manuelhuss.bsky.social · 20d

two weeks? That gear is worth two month! :-)

Manuel Huss @manuelhuss.bsky.social · 21d

first two testshots are already in. :-) Only about 4 hours of exposure each though, since the autofocuser hadn't arrived yet

Manuel Huss @manuelhuss.bsky.social · 21d

The spacemen did a fantastic job assembling the gear! :-) And well yes, weather is the next hurdle...

Manuel Huss @manuelhuss.bsky.social · 21d

hmm maybe.. it has different abilities, though :-)

Manuel Huss @manuelhuss.bsky.social · 21d

it's a zwo 2600mm pro

Manuel Huss @manuelhuss.bsky.social · 21d

With the autofocuser finally installed, we are ready for some serious deep-sky action. #astrophotography

Manuel Huss @manuelhuss.bsky.social · 22d

@ 00:59 launching from the Canary Islands?

Manuel Huss @manuelhuss.bsky.social · 24d

I don't know, but it is a beauty for sure.

Manuel Huss @manuelhuss.bsky.social · 25d

Heavily cropped Melotte 15 and surroundings, with color data from another shot. I’ll be adding RGB stars next week if the weather allows. Gear: TS-Optics CF-APO 130/910 mm, Antlia 2.5 μm H-alpha filter, ASI 2600MM Pro camera. #astrophotography

Manuel Huss @manuelhuss.bsky.social · 26d

Second light with the new Apo: Messier 33 / about 2.5 hours of LRGB data. Quick and dirty processing, cropped. (Gear: TS CF-Apo 130/910 & ASI 2600MM Pro) #astrophotography

Manuel Huss @manuelhuss.bsky.social · 27d

actually, with the complete ASIAIR gear, including the EFW and EAF, you just set it up, go to sleep, and in the morning you have tons of fresh data with your coffee. :-)

Manuel Huss @manuelhuss.bsky.social · 27d

that's an asi 2600mm pro with Antlia 2,5nm halpha filter, about 3 hours of data (180s subs)

Manuel Huss @manuelhuss.bsky.social · 27d

First light with my new TS-Optics CF-Apo 130/910. Also, my first ever shot with asiair. Quite the game changer, I have to admit... #astrophotography

Manuel Huss @manuelhuss.bsky.social · Sep 16

Apologies to astrophotographers and observers in Europe! We just got cursed with at least 3 month of clouds...

Manuel Huss @manuelhuss.bsky.social · Aug 28

Fascinating object! Maybe I'll have to try to shoot it through my own scope. Not expecting anything, but I'll later be able to say that I saw it myself. :-p

Manuel Huss @manuelhuss.bsky.social · Aug 23

IC 1795, or the Fish Head Nebula, about 6,000 light-years away. This was probably my last project with the 8" Newton. I'll soon be shooting with a 6" apo refractor. Gear: 203/926mm Newton, 2600mm Pro camera & 2,5nm ha-filter, ~6 hours of exposure. Color data from an older shot. #astrophotography

Manuel Huss @manuelhuss.bsky.social · Jul 13

The Cygnus Wall in NGC 7000 about 2.500 light years away. Starless with 8" Newton & 2600 mono. ~20 hours of exposure. #astrophotography

Manuel Huss @manuelhuss.bsky.social · Jul 7

The crescent Moon on June 29. Gear: C11 & Touptek 2600 Mono #astrophotography

Manuel Huss @manuelhuss.bsky.social · Jul 5

A clash of fire and ice? Not quite, more like turbulence within incredibly vast gas clouds of ionized hydrogen, oxygen, and sulphur, located in the Pelican nebula (IC5070) about 1,800 light-years from Earth. Gear: C11 at 1960 mm & Touptek 2600 camera. #astrophotography

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Dr. Laci Brock 🪐 @stellerarts.com · Jun 23

Wake up nerds, the first images from the Rubin Observatory just dropped!

Rubin’s specialty: a wide field of view and speed. This gorgeous image of the Trifid and Lagoon Nebulae combines 678 exposures taken in 7 hours.

📸: RubinObs/NOIRLab/SLAC/NSF/DOE/AURA

A cosmic tapestry of glowing tan and pink gas clouds with dark dust lanes. In the upper right, the Trifid Nebula resembles a small flower in space. Its soft, pinkish gas petals are surrounded by blue gas, and streaked with dark, finger-like veins of dust that divide it into three parts. It radiates a gentle, misty glow, diffuse and soft like the warmth of breath on a cold hand. To the lower left, the much larger Lagoon Nebula stretches wide like a churning sea of magenta gas, with bright blue, knotted clumps sprinkled throughout where new stars are born. Both nebulae are embedded in a soft tan backdrop of gas that is brighter on the left than on the right, etched with dark tendrils of dust and sprinkled with the pinpricks of millions of stars. Credit for this alt text from Rubin’s social media account