Donald Burghardt Photo Imaging - Messier Objects

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Tue, 21 Jul 2026 23:59:41 +0200

M27 Dumbbell nebula (1200 light-years, am7.5). Not good in focus and slightly moving stars though not desastrous. Despite that quite detailed so for now happy.

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Thu, 14 May 2026 21:29:19 +0200

M109 Vacuum Cleaner Galaxy (60 mln light-years, am9.8). Stack of 122 minutes. Have to do this all over due to a mistake but nice for a first now. 3 other galaxies in this image well visible by shape and removal of most stars.

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Sun, 26 Apr 2026 22:16:21 +0200

M101 Pinwheel Galaxy (25 mln light-years, am7.9)

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Wed, 15 Apr 2026 10:33:05 +0200

M51 Whirlpool Galaxy in Ursa Mayor. Before and after. Badly guided scope and simple JPG livestack in the ASIAir Plus. Processed in Adobe Lightroom Classic, Topaz Denoise AI and Topaz Sharpen AI.

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Wed, 15 Apr 2026 09:42:26 +0200

M51 Whirlpool Galaxy (31 mln light-years, am8.4)

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Thu, 09 Apr 2026 23:41:37 +0200

My best AstroPhoto to date

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Thu, 09 Apr 2026 21:56:51 +0200

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Thu, 09 Apr 2026 21:53:27 +0200

Trial. Little black dots originate from demosoftware. Will be replaced soon.

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Thu, 09 Apr 2026 21:44:57 +0200

KP-0, Bt+5, Andromeda (M31) and Pleiades (M45)

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Thu, 09 Apr 2026 21:44:53 +0200

M81 Bodes Galaxy (11.6 mln light-years, am6.9)

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Thu, 09 Apr 2026 20:55:40 +0200

M31 Andromeda Galaxy (2.5 mln light-years, am3.4). Single shot of 5 minute exposure Gain 400. Camera ASI2600MC Pro

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Thu, 09 Apr 2026 20:55:38 +0200

Andromeda

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Thu, 09 Apr 2026 20:55:36 +0200

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Thu, 09 Apr 2026 20:55:34 +0200

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Thu, 09 Apr 2026 20:55:32 +0200

M45 Plejads

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Thu, 09 Apr 2026 20:55:18 +0200

M51 Whirlpool Galaxy. Over sharpened temporary. Live stacked. Happy to have it but first to be replaced.