M.J. Smith
Dark Shark & Pillar of Cepheus
I recently changed cameras on my Rokinon 135mm f/2 setup. I replaced the ASI1600MM Pro with the newer ASI533MM Pro. This sacrifices some resolution and field of view (going from 16 megapixels down to 9), but overall the quality of the camera is much higher, with a higher bit depth and much lower noise.
This image is First Light with that camera, and it's an image of two dark nebulae, the Dark Shark Nebula (LDN 1235, top, looks like a shark swimming right to left) and Pillar of Cepheus (vdB 152, lower left near the red streak), aptly named as this is in the constellation of Cepheus. This is a true color image taken through normal RGB filters, with some extra boosting of the red channel with images taken through a hydrogen emission-line filter, and represents a total of 40 hours of exposures across 11 nights in June and July 2022.
Dark Shark & Pillar of Cepheus
I recently changed cameras on my Rokinon 135mm f/2 setup. I replaced the ASI1600MM Pro with the newer ASI533MM Pro. This sacrifices some resolution and field of view (going from 16 megapixels down to 9), but overall the quality of the camera is much higher, with a higher bit depth and much lower noise.
This image is First Light with that camera, and it's an image of two dark nebulae, the Dark Shark Nebula (LDN 1235, top, looks like a shark swimming right to left) and Pillar of Cepheus (vdB 152, lower left near the red streak), aptly named as this is in the constellation of Cepheus. This is a true color image taken through normal RGB filters, with some extra boosting of the red channel with images taken through a hydrogen emission-line filter, and represents a total of 40 hours of exposures across 11 nights in June and July 2022.