Welcome!
In 2011, a journey called "astrophotography" started for me, which has since taken me to remote places around the world and allowed me to make friends with many nice people around the globe. The journey is still going on and I am curious to see where else it will lead. Two friends - Oliver Schneider and Faried Abu-Salih- and I run a remote observatory under the perfect dark skies of Namibia at Rooisand Desert Ranch and are happy to regularly share our images here. Since October 2025, Faried and I have been operating the remote observatory ‘Isabis Old Garden Observatory’ in Namibia as ‘DeepSkySafaris’. If you are interested, you are welcome to obtain further info at deepskysafaris.com/de. In the past we operated an observatory in the beautiful south of France - UrsaMajorObservatory at ROSA - we will present many more images here from there as well. Last update: 2026-01-11 (NGC 869) CCD Guide 2026 is available now!
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- CEDIC Team goes Chile II
- CEDIC Team goes La Palma I
- CEDIC Team goes La Palma II
- CEDIC Team goes La Palma III
- CEDIC Team goes Namibia
- Namibia 2022 - Intro
- #1 - Clusters in Carina
- #2 - Hidden Treasures in Vela
- #3 - Southern Galaxies
- #4 - Emission Nebulae in Centaurus
- #5 - Near South Pole
- #6 - Dark Nebulae in Cir & Lup
- #7 - Nebulae in Ara & Norma
- #8 - Nebulae in Scorpius
- #9 - Open Clusters in Scorpius
- #10 - Highlights in Sagittarius
- #11 - Nebulae in Ophiuchus
NGC 869
Sandqvist 192
NGC 1365
Fornax Dwarf
Allsky-camrea &
weather at Rooisand
