On the gallery pages, I present my so far "best" photos taken with my Vaonis Vespera (at the moment, most of the time all of them...). This page shows DSO that are included in the Messier Catalog.
Gallery pages: Photo Gallery (My Nicest Photos) - Photo Gallery (Messier Catalog) - Photo Gallery (NGC and More...) - Photo Gallery (Multiple DSO)
On this page I would like to present my "best" photos of Messier objects taken with my Vaonis Vespera. As hopefully new celestial objects and maybe better photos of the objects will be added in the future, this page will be a "work in progress".
Note: The frames were exposed with 10 seconds unless noted otherwise.
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M 1, Feb 7, 2023 - original, 1810s |
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M 2, Aug 28, 2022 - original, 420s |
M 2, Sep 30, 2022 - original, 300s |
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M 3, Jul 31, 2022 - original 290s |
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M 5, Jul 31, 2022 - original, 290s |
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M 10, Jul 30, 2022 - original, 300s |
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M 11, Jul 31, 2022 - original, 50s; before autofocus update |
M 11, Jul 31, 2022 - original, 180s; after autofocus update |
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M 12, Jul 30, 2022 - original, 300s |
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M 13, Aug 12, 2022 - original, 300s |
M 13, Aug 20, 2022 - original, 890s |
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M 13, Aug 25, 2022 - original, 900s |
M 13, Aug 28, 2022 - original, 300s |
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M 14, Jul 30, 2022 - original, 290s |
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M 15, Aug 15, 2022 - original, 930s |
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M 16, Aug 15, 2022 - original, 900s |
M 16, Aug 20, 2022 - original, 890s |
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M 16, Nov 1, 2022 - original, 1800s |
M 16, Nov 1, 2022 - groß, photo left processed |
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M 17, Jul 31, 2022 - original, 290s |
M 17, Aug 16, 2022 - original 920s |
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M 26, Oct 5, 2022 - original, 290s |
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M 27, Aug 6, 2022 - original, 230s |
M 27, Aug 12, 2022 - original, 450s |
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M 27, Aug 15, 2022 - original, 200s |
M 27, Aug 20, 2022 - original, 890s |
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M 27, Aug 20, 2022 - original, 890s |
M 27, Aug 25, 2022 - original, 890s |
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M 27, Sep 30, 2022 - original, 330s |
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M 29, Sep 30, 2022 - original, 270s |
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M 31, Aug 12, 2022 - original, 710s |
M 32, Aug 12, 2022 - original, 80s |
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M 31, Oct 17, 2022 - original, 1830s |
M 31, Oct 17, 2022 - large, photo left processed |
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M 31, Oct 27, 2022, mosaic with M 32 and M 110 - original, 2900s |
Ditto, cropped and processed - large |
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M 33, Oct, 30, 2022 - original, 2690s |
M 33, Oct 30, 2022 - large, photo left processed |
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M 35 and NGC 2158, Feb 8, 2023 - original, 1700s |
M 36, Feb 13, 2023 - original, 680s |
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M 37, Feb 13, 2023 - original, 670s |
M 38, Feb 13, 2023 - original, 600s |
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M 39, Sep 30, 2022 - original, 130s |
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M 45, Fe 18, 2023 - original, 640s) |
M 42/43, Jan 18, 2023 - large, photo left processed |
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M 45, Feb 6, 2023 - original, 1200s |
M 45, Feb 6, 2023 - large, photo left processed |
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M 45, Feb 6, 2023 - original, 2440s, mosaic |
M 45, Feb 6, 2023 - large, photo left processed |
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M 47 and M 46/NGC 2438 - Feb 13, 2023, original, 3150s, mosaic |
Ditto, evaluation with astrometry.net |
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M 50 and IC 2177 Feb 8, 2023 - original, 3430s, large mosaic |
M 50 and IC 2177, Feb 8, 2023 - large, photo left processed |
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M 51, Aug 7, 2022 - original, 1220s |
M 51, Aug 16, 2022 - original, 1810s |
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M 52 and NGC 7635, Aug 25, 2022 - original, 940s |
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M 56, Jul 31, 2022 - original, 170s |
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M 57, Jul 30, 2022 - original, 240s |
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M 65 and M 66 with NGC 3628 (Leo Triplet) - Jun 6, 2023, mosaic, 2880s, original |
M 65 and M 66 with NGC 3628 (Leo Triplet) - Jun 6, 2023, mosaic, 2880s, large, photo left processed |
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M 65 and M 66 with NGC 3628 (Leo Triplet) - Jun 7, 2023, 2390s, original |
M 65 and M 66 with NGC 3628 (Leo Triplet) - Jun 6, 2023, HD section from mosaic on top, 2880s, large |
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M 71, Jul 31, 2022 - original, 120s |
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M 78, Feb 7, 2023 - original, 2120s |
M 78, Feb 7, 2023 - large, photo left processed |
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M 82, Aug 12, 2022 - original, 30s |
M 82, Aug 28, 2022 - original, 50s |
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M 81/82, Aug 12, 2022 - original, 600s |
M 81 & NGC 3077, Aug 28, 2022 - original, 900s |
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M 81, M 82, NGC 3077, Aug 12/28, 2022, collage |
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M 92, Jul 29, 2022 - original, 290s |
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M 95, M 96, M 105 and more, May 31, 2023 - mosaic, processed, large, 2310s |
Evaluation with astrometry.net |
Small galaxies in the mosaic: IC 643, NGC 3345, NGC 3384, NGC 3389 (see evaluation)
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M 97 and M 108 , Aug 28, 2022 - original, 610s |
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M 101, 29.7.2022 - original, 820s |
M 101, 7.8.2022 - original, 1910s |
Spiral galaxy NGC 5474 to the left
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M 103ff, Nov 1, 2022 - original, 3650s, mosaic |
Evaluation by astrometry.org |
Also on the photo: NGC 654, NGC 659 und NGC 663
See M 95/96
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M 106 - Jun 7, 2023; with NGC 4248 and NGC 4220, 10800s, original |
M 106 - Jun 7, 2023, NGC 4248, NGC 4220, and 4231/32 marked, 10800s, large |
Also on the photo: NGC 4248, NGC 4220, NGC 4231*, and NGC 4232* (* near the bottom)
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M 108 and M 97, Aug 28, 2022 - original, 610s |
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M 110, Oct 5, 2022 - original, 460s |
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