Astrophotography by Stefan Ziegenbalg

Categories
Nebulae: small-field
Nebulae: small-field (< 1°)
Nebulae: medium-field
Nebulae: medium-field (1° to 10°)
Nebulae: wide-field
Nebulae: wide-field (> 10°)
Galaxies
Galaxies
Comets
Comets
Atmospheric phenomena
Atmospheric phenomena

 

Latest images
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Dec 7, 2023: SH2-185 (γ Cas Nebula, Ghost of Cassiopeia): a mixed emission/reflection nebula
Dec 4, 2023: 35°×25° view of the Milky Way from Perseus to Cassiopeia
Dec 01, 2023: Update of SH2-101 (Tulip Nebula) and jet nebula from black hole Cyg X-1
Nov 24, 2023: Discovery of an emission nebula in direction of Tarazed
Mar 29, 2023: Comets C/2022 E3 (ZTF) near SH2-230 on Feb 08, 2023
Mar 23, 2023: Comets C/2022 E3 (ZTF) on Feb 06, 2023
Mar 17, 2023: Comets C/2022 E3 (ZTF) and C/2022 U2 (ATLAS) near the galactic plane on Feb 06, 2023
Feb 1, 2023: 35°×24° view of the Milky Way in Cassiopeia and Cepheus
Dec 1, 2022: 30°×30° view of a huge HII region around California Nebula (NGC 1499) at 10 arcsec/pixel
Nov 03, 2022: 30°×28° view of Milky Way from Vulpecula to Aquila at up to 10 arcsec/pixel
Oct 22, 2022: 50°×16° view of Milky Way from Scutum to Ophiuchus at up to 10 arcsec/pixel
Oct 13, 2022: M101: a large spiral galaxy
Sep 29, 2022: IC 2574: a dwarf galaxy
Sep 08 2022: Different view and color composites if the Pleiades (M45).
Mar 18 2022: Update of 21°×40° view from M33 to SH2-126 and 25°×34° view of Orion
Mar 07 2022: Update of 25°×35° view of Milky Way from Taurus to Perseus
Mar 06, 2022: Iris Nebula and Molecular Clouds in Cepheus with SDSS I', R' and G' filters.
Mar 03, 2022: Taurus Molecular Cloud containing LBN 1495 and the Baby Eagle nebula with SDSS I', R' and G' filters.
Feb 26, 2022: New pseudo color images (made from less than 3 colors) of SH2-86, M27 and SH2-105
Dec 11, 2021: Sh2-254 thru SH2-258: a nebula complex
Dec 05, 2021: Sh2-206 (NGC 1491): an emission nebula
Nov 14, 2021: M51: Two interacting galaxies
Nov 13, 2021: Sh2-184: an emission nebula containing Bok globules and the star cluster IC 1590
Oct 09, 2021: SH2-170: an emission nebula
Oct 06, 2021: M63: a spiral galaxy
Sep 25, 2021: SH2-162: an emission nebula
Sep 22, 2021: NGC 4244: an edge-on spiral galaxy
Sep 03, 2021: SH2-142: an emission nebula
Sep 02, 2021: NGC 4565 and NGC 4562: two spiral galaxies
Aug 28, 2021: SH2-112: an emission nebula
Aug 04, 2021: NGC 4395: a low surface brightness galaxy containing the emission nebulae NGC 4399, NGC 4400 and NGC 4401
Jul 30, 2021: M94: a spiral galaxy with two ring structures
Jul 28, 2021: SH2-105 (NGC 6888 or Crescent Nebula): an emission nebula ionized by a Wolf-Rayet star
Jul 24, 2021: NGC 2903: a spiral galaxy
Jul 19, 2021: SH2-101 (Tulip Nebula) and a nebula formed by a jets of the black hole Cygnus X-1
Jul 11, 2021: NGC 2403: a spiral galaxy with large emission nebulae including NGC 2404
Jul 07, 2021: M27: a planetary nebula
Jul 03, 2021: SH2-86: an emission nebula with pillars and Bok globules
Jun 22, 2021: 25°×35° view of Milky Way from Taurus to Perseus
Jun 14, 2021: 21°×40° view from M33 to SH2-126.
Jun 07, 2021: 21°×40° view of Milky Way from Monoceros to Gemini
May 23, 2021: 25°×34° view of Orion at up to 10 arcsec/pixel
Jul 13, 2020: C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE)

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