I am a pure visual observer, so most of this photographs are made on vacation trips using just a fixed camera mounted on a tripod
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image Eta Carina complex in Kenya, 07.Jan.1992 50 mm lens 1:1.8. Ca. 90 minutes exposure on Ektachrome 100 |
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image Southern Cross (in the tree) + Colesack. Kenya 07. Jan 1992 50 mm lens 1:1.8. Ca. 30 minutes on Ektachrome 100 |
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image Southern Cross with Beta Centauri. Kenya 07. Jan. 1992 50 mm 1:1.8. Ca. 2 minutes on Fujichrome 1600 |
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image Scorpius + Venus + meteorite at dawn. Kenya 08.01.1992 50 mm 1:1.8. Ca. 30 seconds on Fujichrome 1600 |
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image Moon, Mercury (4° at left) and Spica (40' upper right) 28h20m before new Moon and 27 hours before total solar eclipse at 3,800 m (12.500 ft) elevation. Bolivia 02. Nov.1994, 9:20 UT 120 mm 1:1.8. Several seconds exposure on Ekrarchrome 100 |
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image Moon in Scorpius at dusk 1 day and 11 hours after solar eclipse. Bolivia 04.Nov.1994, 23:35 UT 80mm 1:1.8. Approx. 15 seconds on Ekrarchrome 100 |
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image Volcano eruption on Salar Ujuni, 3,800 m (12.500 ft) elevation. Bolivia Nov.1994 50mm 1:1.8. Ca. 20 minutes on Ekrarchrome 1600 In the afternoon before the szene loocked like this: Image 1 (with volkano eruption in the background) and Image 2 |
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image Southern pole with Magellanic Clouds. Bolivia 1994 35 mm 1:2.8. Ca. 40 minutes exposure on Fujichrome 1600 |
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image Valle de la Lunar Atacama at Moonlight. Chile, Nov. 1994 50mm 1:1.8. Ca. 15 minutes on Ekrarchrome 1600 |
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image Teide/ Tenerife at Moonlight 50 mm 1:1.8. Ca. 5 minutes on Fujichrome 1600 |
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image Hale Bob and M34 in Perseus Zeiss 200 mm tele photo lens 1:2.8. 10 minutes on Fujichrome 400. Outside of Berlin 07. Apr. 1997 Hand guided with Comet Catcher |
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KB image Lagoon and Trifid Nebula in Sagittarius Zeiss 200 mm tele photo lens 1:2.8. 10 minutes on Fujichrome 1600. Greece, Aug. 1989 Hand guided with Comet Catcher |
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KB image Orion with Barnard's Loop, Orion N., Horsehead N., Sh2 264 60 minutes on Fujichrome 400 with Deep Sky filter. Greece, Dec. 1989 Hand guided with Comet Catcher |