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Perseids 2023 Copyright: www.instagram.com/robin_onderka Date: 11-13 August 2023 Place: Vysočina region, Czech Republic https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53115538524_d485811c0c_z.jpg Perseids 2023 by Robin Onderka , on Flickr Info: Last weekend, from August 11th to 13th, 2023, I had the privilege...

Jupiter and Venus Copyright: Robin Onderka @ www.instagram.com/robin_onderka This was my view from Vyšehrad, which is a historic fort in Prague, Czech Republic, just over 3 km southeast of Prague Castle, on the east bank of the Vltava River. Canon 6D, Samyang 24 mm f/1.4 - Panorama from tripod https...

Perseids (August 2020) Copyright: www.instagram.com/robin_onderka Location: Staré Hamry, Czech Republic Over the weekend I redid this 2 year old photo from the Perseids meteor shower of August 2020. I shot several long nights around Aug 13 from Staré Hamry (Czech Republic) with 2 cameras to capture...

Magical night sky Copyright: www.instagram.com/robin_onderka (Robin Onderka) -- I took this magical photo on my way from the Dark Sky Park in the Beskydy Mountains. In addition to the beautifully visible arc of the Milky Way, you can also see the very bright planets Jupiter and Saturn (left) and an ...

Relaxation under the starry sky Copyright: www.instagram.com/robin_onderka -- Two friends I first met about half a year ago in the same place. Both passionate photographers who travel to Grun take pictures of the stars. Well, this meeting was very rare, but they shared the place and I then misused t...

Milky Way and Red Sprites Copyright: Robin Onderka / www.instagram.com/robin_onderka This photo was taken when I was setting the exposure with the model at Punta Planka, Ražanj (Croatia). However, it carries one very rare light phenomenon, the red sprites. This large electric discharge, which you ca...

Noctilucent Clouds in Czech Republic (year 2020) Copyright: Robin Onderka | www.instagram.com/robin_onderka Location: Bezruč Lake, Czech Republic Date: 5th July, 22:18:11 CEST Gear: Canon EOS 6D Mark II + Sigma 35/1.4 art EXIF: 8 panel (2 rows) panorama with -1/+1 EV 1/2/4 sec | ISO 400 | f/5.6 http...

Milky Way and airglow from Czech Republic Copyright: Robin Onderka | www.instagram.com/robin_onderka | Dark Sky Beskydy Category: Single shots, Panorama Location: Staré Hamry, Czech Republic — After observing the night sky for the public, which takes place throughout the year in our Dark Sky Beskyd...

Starlink satellites train above Cygnus Copyright: Robin Onderka @ www.instagram.com/robin_onderka Location: Staré Hamry, Czech Republic (Dark Sky Beskydy) Date and Time: 10. May 2021 at 22:25 PM Canon 6D astro-modified, Sigma 35 mm f/1.4 lens 13 sec, f/2.2 ISO 6400 https://live.staticflickr.com/655...

Early Milky Way in Czech Republic Copyright: www.instagram.com/robin_onderka --- For this photo, I had to go to the Beskydy Mountains very early in the morning (around 3AM). It shows the summer part of the Milky Way as we can see it all summer in the northern hemisphere. You can notice the remnants...

Milky Way with Jupiter and Saturn Credits: Robin Onderka | www.instagram.com/robin_onderka What are these 2 bright bulbs above the tree? Last year, you could observe beautiful Saturn (smaller) and Jupiter (bigger) close to the Milky Way core. Enjoy the view of our beautiful Czech land with Slovak mo...

NGC 5793 processed by Robin Onderka | www.instagram.com/robin_onderka — Data: Hubble Space Telescope / Hubble Legacy Archive From NASA: “NGC 5793 is a spiral galaxy over 150 million light-years away in the constellation of Libra. This galaxy has two particularly striking features: a beautiful dust ...

M100 with Hydrogen regions Processed by Robin Onderka / www.instagram.com/robin_onderka — Dataset: Hubble Legacy Archive, processing details below. From NASA: “M100 is a stunning example of a grand-design spiral galaxy. This detailed Hubble image reveals individual stars within the galaxy’s prominen...

Orion Molecular Cloud Complex Credits: Robin Onderka | www.instagram.com/robin_onderka Location: Staré Hamry, Czech Republic (Bortle 4) Canon 6Da (full spectrum) + Canon EF 50 mm f/1.8 + Skywatcher Star Adventurer 40 x 70" f/4 ISO 3200 + 10 darks; flats, bias Astro Pixel Processor, Photoshop ht...

Orion, Taurus and Mars Copyright: Robin Onderka | www.instagram.com/robin_onderka --- *Version without annotations available* Orion and its colorful emission nebulae. Mars approaching Taurus, located very close to Pleiades at this time. You can also see a thin layer of airglow and Gegenschein (botto...

From last year - the Milky Way and strong airglow from the dark sky park in the Beskid Mountains, Czech Republic Let's recall last July, when the situation around the covid was relatively under control in our country. I remember that when I arrived at this place in Beskid Mountains, Gruň, not far fr...

Milky Way and winter landscape A beautiful view at winter Milky Way arm (northern hemisphere), including Orion and surrounding Nebulae, California Nebula, Pleiades, Mars as an orange dot houses and Andromeda Galaxy peaking at top right corner of the photo :-) I photographed this a week ago, when the...

Cold winter night Copyright: www.instagram.com/robin_onderka | Robin Onderka --- What a cold night! And the power pole seemed to point directly at the Andromeda Galaxy! This photo was taken about 2 kilometers from the parking lot in Bumbálka on the Czechoslovak border. After a long time without a ph...

Rho Ophiuchi Cloud Complex | Deep Sky Astrophotography (tracked, stacked) http://www.instagram.com/robin_onderka This beautiful complex full of nebulae is located in the constellation Scorpio. In our country, it climbs quite low above the horizon, so it is more difficult to photograph it. It is part...

Orion and the visitor Copyright: Robin Onderka | www.instagram.com/robin_onderka What is that green bulb next to the Orion’s belt? At this time, you can observe and photograph beautiful Comet C/2020 M3 Atlas, which is currently passing by Orion Constellation. Although not as majestic as Comet Neowi...

Orion and the visitor Copyright: Robin Onderka | www.instagram.com/robin_onderka What is that green bulb next to the Orion’s belt? At this time, you can observe and photograph beautiful Comet C/2020 M3 Atlas, which is currently passing by Orion Constellation. Although not as majestic as Comet Neowi...

Credits: Robin Onderka | www.instagram.com/robin_onderka Main targets: M42, Horsehead and Flame Nebulae, Witch Head Nebula I would like to start the winter season of this region with photo from this morning. Due to the fog there was not much time, so at least 30 minutes of data and the very first ph...

Among the stars Credits: Robin Onderka | www.instagram.com/robin_onderka -- This image is a composite made of 2 photos I took in Croatia this summer. It is an artistic vision of the Milky Way, which is flipped by 90 degrees . It is not possible to see nor photograph Milky Way like that in a northern...

California and Pleiades Copyright: Robin Onderka | www.instagram.com/robin_onderka --- Date and Location: 09/21/2020 from Beskid Mountains --- Canon 6D mod + Samyang 135/2 2 panels - 10 x 60" f/2.5 ISO 1600 per panel SW: Astro Pixel Processor, PixInsight, Photoshop https://live.staticflickr.com...

Space and Love Credits: Robin Onderka | www.instagram.com/robin_onderka --- Discover the universe together. That's how you could also call this photo, which shows me and my girlfriend on the edge of a cliff on the island of Pag in Croatia. This photo was taken during our vacation, when we found this...