Hello and welcome to my world of the night skies' splendors. On a dark evening at a holiday location at the sea some of us may have a look at the stars above, saying "Oh, what a sky, this is something we never have at home!" But indeed we do have a sky like this, it's just we don't care! We don't take the time for going out of the city just a few dozens of kilometers, for if we did, we'd see a universe, the scale of which we hadn't been aware of for much too long. Most of the pictures you can see here were taken at a location not far away from suburban city lights (30 to 80 km from the city of Vienna, Austria). And some of them were made with common telephotolenses, not too expensive and sophisticated equipment.

The pictures shall illustrate both vanity and eternity in our universe. Dying stars and their remnants, from which the cradles of a new generation of stars form, on the one hand. Clusters of galaxies, which may have persisted in their structure since the ignition of first starlight, on the other. I tried to lay down some details to most of these objects in a few explanatory remarks which you can read after clicking at the thumbnails. In addition, you will be able to watch the objects at maximum resolution after clicking at the images.

As you might wish to visit other websites designed more professionally, you can find some links to pages of other astrophotography amateurs below. Mine won't improve soon, because ... sorry, I have to finish ... the clouds break up, and I have to hurry shuffling my scope into my car. Sorry, but I have to leave you alone with my pictures now. Enjoy. Maybe we'll meet each other out there on the hills?

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(Changed: 2024-03-08)