Astrophotography - The Solar System and Beyond
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South limb of the sun on 5/24/2022
-Telescope - Lunt LS100MT internal etalon and B1200 blocking filter - HA spectra/Chromosphere
-Hutech Hinode Solar Guider
- Camera: ASI174MM
- 2x Meade Barlow
Stacked 50% of best 1000 frames.
Software:
-FireCapture v2.7
-AutoStakkert (3.1.4 x64)
-ImPPG (v0.6.4)
-PS5
July 4th Prominences on the sun in Hydrogen Alpha
Best 30% of 1000 frames.
-Telescope - Lunt LS100MT internal etalon and B1200 blocking filter - HA spectra/Chromosphere
-Hutech Hinode Solar Guider
-Camera: ASI174MM
-2x Meade Barlow
Software:
-FireCapture v2.7
-AutoStakkert (3.1.4 x64)
-ImPPG (v0.6.4)
-PS5
Object: NGC 7822– (HST or SHO palette) – 2022
NGC 7822 is an area of star formation located in the constellation on Cepheus and is located about 2900 light years from Earth. The object contains SH2-171 and a cluster of stars called Berkeley 59.
Details:
- Acquisition Date: 10/18/2022 to 10/22/2022
- Location: Western Massachusetts, USA
- Imaging Camera: QHY600PH-M -10°C - Mode 1(High Gain) Offset:15 Gain:56
- Telescope: Takahashi FSQ106 EDXIII @ f/5 (530mm focal length - 106mm aperture)
- Mount: Astro-Physics AP1100 w/GTO4
- Guide scope: Celestron Off Axis Guider
- Guide Camera: ASI174m mini
- Software: Adobe Photoshop CS5, Sequence Generator Pro, PixInsight 1.8 Ripley, Aries Astro Pixel Processor
Filters:
- Chroma Ha 3nm 50mm
- Chroma OIII 3nm 50mm
- Astrodon SII 3nm 50mm
Exposure Times:
- Hydrogen Alpha (Ha): 33 x 10min. (330min) bin 1x1
- Oxygen III (OIII):20 x 10min. (200min) bin 1x1
- Sulfur II (SII):29 x 10min. (290min) bin 1x1
Total Exposure:820min. (13.67hrs)
Sky Quality:
-Magnitude: 19.71
-Bortle Class 5
-1.41 mcd/m^2 Brightness
-1234.6 ucd/m^2 Artificial Brightness
Object: IC1805 – The Heart Nebula SHO (2022)
The Heart Nebula, IC 1805, Sh2-190, lies some 7500 light years away from Earth and is located in the Perseus arm of the Galaxy in the constellation Cassiopeia. This is an emission nebula composed of glowing gases (ionized hydrogen, sulfur and oxygen) and darker cold dust lanes. The nebula is shape and illumination are produced by a central star cluster known as Melotte 15 aka Collinder 26.
Details:
- Acquisition Date: 11/23/2022 to 11/24/2022
- Location: Western Massachusetts, USA
- Imaging Camera: QHY600PH-M -10°C - Mode 1(High Gain) Offset:15 Gain:56
- Telescope: Takahashi FSQ106 EDXIII @ f/5 (530mm focal length - 106mm aperture)
- Mount: Astro-Physics AP1100 w/GTO4
- Guide scope: Celestron Off Axis Guider
- Guide Camera: ASI174m mini
- Software: Adobe Photoshop CS5, Sequence Generator Pro, PixInsight 1.8 Ripley, Aries Astro Pixel Processor
Filters:
- Chroma Ha 3nm 50mm
- Chroma OIII 3nm 50mm
- Astrodon SII 3nm 50mm
Exposure Times:
- Hydrogen Alpha (Ha): 30 x 10min. (300min) bin 1x1
- Oxygen III (OIII):30 x 10min. (300min) bin 1x1
- Sulfur II (SII):25 x 10min. (250min) bin 1x1
Total Exposure:610min. (14.17hrs)
Sky Quality:
-Magnitude: 19.71
-Bortle Class 5
-1.41 mcd/m^2 Brightness
-1234.6 ucd/m^2 Artificial Brightness
The Rosette Nebula.
Processed in the Hubble Palette, this vast emission nebula is located about 5200 light years from Earth.
83 x 5 min lights shot over 2 nights using a Williams Optics Z73 telescope and ZWO ASI533MC mounted on a Skywatcher EQ5 Pro.
Many may think that this is a picture of a sunrise in the Eastern Sky, but its actually the moon orange in colour rising. Left of the moon is Jupiter the big gas giant rises around 11:40pm C.D.T and is about 4 degrees to the upper left of the moon. So get out this month, because Jupiter is magnificent to view 😊
Old Pinawa Dam
Manitoba,Canada
Details:
- Telescope - Lunt LS100MT internal etalon and B1200 blocking filter - HA spectra/Chromosphere
- Hutech Hinode Solar Guider
- Camera: ASI174MM
- 2x Meade Barlow
Stacked Best 50% of 1000 frames.
Software:
-SharpCap Pro (Version=4.0.8667.0)
-AutoStakkert (3.1.4 x64)
-ImPPG (v0.6.4)
-PS5
La nébuleuse de l'Amérique du Nord, cataloguée NGC 7000, est une nébuleuse en émission située à environ 580 pc dans la constellation du Cygne, près de Alpha Cygni. Elle a une taille environ 15 pc.
Sky-watcher EQM-35 GOTO PRO
TS PHOTOLINE 80 / 560 + Réducteur
Altair-Astro 183 MM ProTec refroidie
Baader H-alpha 7 nm : 53 x 180s à -15 °C
Baader O3 8.5 nm : 40 x 180s à -15 °C
Baader S2 8 nm : 28 x 180s à -15 °C
Exposition totale 6H05
Nouveau traitement RVB avec :
Rouge = 75% H-Alpha + 25% SII
Vert = 100% OIII
Bleu = 80% OIII + 20% H-Alpha
The Sun chromosphere - HA Partial disk and prominence 04/22/2022
-Telescope - Lunt LS100MT internal etalon and B1200 blocking filter -HA spectra
-Camera: ASI174MM
-2x Meade Barlow
Stack of 30% of 4000 frames (Exposure=1.1380ms each @ Gain=163)
Capture Area=1936x1216
Software:
-SharpCap Pro (Version=4.0.8667.0)
-AutoStakkert(3.1.4 x64)
-ImPPG(v0.6.4)
-PS5
IC5068 and the Pelican in Cygnus SHO Palette (Summer 2022)
IC5068 is an HII emission nebula in Cygnus located about 1600 light years from away that is just south of its more famous neighbor, The Pelican Nebula (IC5070), about 1800 light years away, which is also an HII emission nebula. The frame also contains parts of NGC700 or the North American Nebula in the upper right corner which is about 2600 light years away.
Details:
- Acquisition Date: 08/31/2022 to 09/01/2022
- Location: Western Massachusetts
- Imaging Camera: QHY600PH-M -10°C - Mode 1(High Gain) Offset:15 Gain:56
- Telescope: Takahashi FSQ106 EDXIII @ f/5 (530mm focal length -106mm aperture)
- Mount: Astro-Physics AP1100 w/GTO4
- Guide scope: Celestron Off Axis Guider
- Guide Camera: ASI174m mini
- Software: Adobe Photoshop CS5, Sequence Generator Pro, PixInsight 1.8 Ripley, Aries Astro Pixel Processor
Filters used:
- Chroma Hydrogen Alpha (Ha) 3nm 50mm
- Chroma Oxygen III (OIII) 3nm 50mm
- Astrodon Sulfur II (SII) 3nm 50mm
Exposure Times:
Chroma Hydrogen Alpha: 19 x 600 sec (190 min)
Chroma Oxygen III: 15 x 600 sec (150 min)
Astrodon Sulfur II: 18 x 600 sec (180 min)
Total Exposure: 520min. (8.7 hrs.)
Sky Quality:
-Magnitude: 19.71
-Bortle Class 5
-1.41 mcd/m^2 Brightness
-1234.6 ucd/m^2 Artificial Brightness
View of the partially eclipsed sun, with sunspots, from the Teton Range, Wyoming.
21Aug2017
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Memory is all about time travel. 2016 is full of memories but that was my favorite one. A glade in the forest offered me a unique view of the milky way, back in summer, up in the mountain of Parnonas. Lets make 2017 a year full of doing what we love the most.
a7s, tokina 17mm f3.5
1χ30sec iso 6400
3Χ30sec iso 1600
blended in photoshop
Using The Photographer’s Ephemeris and Photopills, I discovered this alignment possibility on the early morning of July 4th. The rest was up to luck, and thankfully fair weather prevailed!
Object: SH2-284 in Monoceros in SHO (February 2024)
This is a widefield capture in Monoceros (the Unicorn) showing the primary target: SH2-284 which is a HII star forming region about 15,000 light years distant. The image was shot with narrowband filters and combined in the SHO palette which is also know as the Hubble Space Telescope palette (HST)
Some of the objects in the field:
- SH2-284 – center-left- Sometimes referred to as the Little Rosette
- NGC2282- HII Ionized region in Monoceros – upper center right
- Lynd’s Bright Nebulae- LBN983-LBN984-LBN987
- Acquisition Date: 02/06/2024 to 02/09/2024
- Location: Western Massachusetts, USA
- Imaging Camera: QHY600PH-M -10°C - Mode 1(High Gain) Offset:15 Gain:56
- Telescope: Takahashi FSQ106EDXIII @ f/5 (530mm focal length - 106mm aperture)
- Mount: Astro-Physics AP1100 w/GTO4
- Guide scope: Celestron Off Axis Guider
- Guide Camera: ASI174m mini
- Software: Adobe Photoshop CS5, Sequence Generator Pro, PixInsight 1.8 Ripley, Aries Astro Pixel Processor
Filters:
- Chroma Ha 3nm 50mm
- Chroma OIII 3nm 50mm
- Astrodon SII 3nm 50mm
Exposure Times:
- Hydrogen Alpha (Ha): 27 x 10min. (270min) bin 1x1
- Oxygen III (OIII):34 x 10min. (340min) bin 1x1
- Sulfur II (SII) 29 x 10min. (290min) bin 1x1
Total Exposure:900 min. (15.0hrs)
Sky Quality:
-Magnitude: 19.71
-Bortle Class 5
-1.41 mcd/m^2 Brightness
-1234.6 ucd/m^2 Artificial Brightness
Long time no see. Hope you are all safe!
High altitude clouds didn't help me with this one. Anyway, we live to learn. A not that good stack of 32 shots, iso 1600, sony 85mm f4, pixinsight.
This is my latest blog post to check on these small lenses and telescopes for astrophotgraphy.
Object: Rosette Nebula and SH2-280 in Monoceros (December 2023)
This is a widefield capture in Monoceros (the Unicorn) showing the primary targets: The Rosette Nebula and SH2-280
Some of the objects in the field:
- Rosette Nebula (left side of frame)– Multi-part emission nebula about 5200 light years distant.
- SH2-280 (right side of frame) -emission nebula about 5500 light years distant
- NGC2244 - The open cluster within the Rosette nebula
- NGC 2237 – Part of the nebulous region (Also used to denote whole nebula)
- NGC 2238 – Part of the nebulous region
- NGC 2239 – Part of the nebulous region (Discovered by John Herschel)
- NGC 2246 – Part of the nebulous region
- NGC2252 – Open cluster – 2934 light years distant
- Acquisition Date: 12/13/2023 to 12/16/2023
- Location: Western Massachusetts, USA
- Imaging Camera: QHY600PH-M -10°C - Mode 1(High Gain) Offset:15 Gain:56
- Telescope: Takahashi FSQ106EDXIII @ f/5 (530mm focal length - 106mm aperture)
- Mount: Astro-Physics AP1100 w/GTO4
- Guide scope: Celestron Off Axis Guider
- Guide Camera: ASI174m mini
- Software: Adobe Photoshop CS5, Sequence Generator Pro, PixInsight 1.8 Ripley, Aries Astro Pixel Processor
Filters:
- Chroma Ha 3nm 50mm
- Chroma OIII 3nm 50mm
- Astrodon SII 3nm 50mm
- Astrodon Gen II E 50mm Filters (RGB)
Exposure Times:
- Hydrogen Alpha (Ha): 36 x 10min. (360min) bin 1x1
- Oxygen III (OIII):34 x 10min. (340min) bin 1x1
- Sulfur II (SII) 33 x 10min. (330min) bin 1x1
- Red: 10 x 120 sec (20 min)
- Green: 10 x 120 sec (20 min)
- Blue: 10 x 120 sec (20 min)
Total Exposure:1090 min. (18.17hrs)
Sky Quality:
-Magnitude: 19.71
-Bortle Class 5
-1.41 mcd/m^2 Brightness
-1234.6 ucd/m^2 Artificial Brightness
M81 - Bode's Galaxy & M82 – The Cigar Galaxy (March 2024)
Messier 81 (also known as NGC 3031 or Bode's Galaxy/Nebula) is a spiral galaxy about 12 million light-years away in the constellation Ursa Major. M81 is about 95,000 light years across, just a little smaller than the Milky Way galaxy at 100,000 light years across.
Messier 82, a spiral galaxy (also known as, M82, NGC 3034 or the Cigar Galaxy) is also located in Ursa Major. It is about 11.4 to 12.4 million light years from earth and is 40,800 light years across. Known as a “starburst galaxy” due to its exceptionally high rate of star formation, it is about 5 times more luminous than the entire Milky Way with a central region that is 100 times more luminous than our own galaxy. We see M82 from an edge on perspective.
- Acquisition Date: 03/12/2024 to 03/13/2024
- Location: Western Massachusetts, USA
- Imaging Camera: QHY600PH-M -10°C - Mode 1(High Gain) Offset:15 Gain:56
- Telescope: Celestron EdgeHD 11 Celestron 11" Edge HD @f/7
- Focal reducer: Celestron .7x Focal Reducer, for 11 HD
- Mount: Astro-Physics AP1100 w/GTO4
- Guide scope: Celestron Off Axis Guider
- Guide Camera: ASI174m mini
- Software: Adobe Photoshop CS5, Sequence Generator Pro, PixInsight 1.8 Ripley, Aries Astro Pixel Processor
Filters:
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- Chroma Hydrogen Alpha 50mm filter
- Astrodon Gen II E 50mm LRGB Filters
Exposure Times:
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- Hydrogen Alpha (Ha): 11 x 600 sec bin 1x1 (110 min)
- Luminance:30 x 120 sec bin 1x1 (60 min)
- Red: 30 x 120 sec bin 1x1 (60 min)
- Green: 55 x 120 sec bin 1x1 (110 min)
- Blue: 55 x 120 sec bin 1x1 (110 min)
Total Exposure:450min. (7.5hrs)
Sky Quality:
-Magnitude: 19.71
-Bortle Class 5
-1.41 mcd/m^2 Brightness
-1234.6 ucd/m^2 Artificial Brightness
Star testing the Viltrox 13mm f1.4 on my Fuji X-S10. Some tiny aberrations can still be seen despite stopping down to f1.8. But mean stacking alignment might have also played a role in the distorted stars
Taken in Eskdale Cumbria from the wooded garden while being told to leave by an Owl coming closer and louder by the second.
Part of Milky way & Rho ophiuchus complex taken with a modded a7s, 20x90sec, nikon 50mm f5,6, star adventurer
Taken with a Canon EOS R using a Rokinon FE14M-C 14mm F2.8 Ultra Wide Lens (manual)
1 x 15s exposure @ISO 6400
Object: Objects in Monoceros (November 2023)
This is a widefield capture in Monoceros (the Unicorn) a faint constellation located on the celestial equator between Canis Major and Canis Minor.
Some of the objects in the field:
-NGC 2264 (SH2-273, LBN911, Cr112, Mel49, Fox Fur Nebula) (Christmas Tree Cluster) – lower center - (~2350 light years distant) which includes the Cone Nebula(LDN 1613) – An HII region to the right of the Christmas Tree Cluster (2700 light years distant)
-NGC 2261- Hubble’s Variable Nebula – right center, fan shaped object. (2500 l light years distant)
-Lynd’s Dark Nebulas: LDN1610, LDN1609, LDN1608, LDN1608, LDN1605,
-Lynds Bright Nebulas: LBN929, LBN922, LBN911, LBN912, LBN901, LBN904
-Reflection Nebulas- NGC2247(2300 light years distant), NGC2245 (5824 light years distant) (top center-left)
-Open clusters: NGC 2259(4300 light years distant) & NGC 2251(3300 light years distant)
-Dark Nebula B39
- Acquisition Date: 11/19/2023 to 11/20/2023
- Location: Western Massachusetts, USA
- Imaging Camera: QHY600PH-M -10°C - Mode 1(High Gain) Offset:15 Gain:56
- Telescope: Takahashi FSQ106EDXIII @ f/5 (530mm focal length - 106mm aperture)
- Mount: Astro-Physics AP1100 w/GTO4
- Guide scope: Celestron Off Axis Guider
- Guide Camera: ASI174m mini
- Software: Adobe Photoshop CS5, Sequence Generator Pro, PixInsight 1.8 Ripley, Aries Astro Pixel Processor
Filters:
- Chroma Ha 3nm 50mm
- Chroma OIII 3nm 50mm
Exposure Times:
- Hydrogen Alpha (Ha): 20 x 10min. (200min) bin 1x1
- Oxygen III (OIII):20 x 10min. (200min) bin 1x1
Total Exposure:400min. (6.67hrs)
Sky Quality:
-Magnitude: 19.71
-Bortle Class 5
-1.41 mcd/m^2 Brightness
-1234.6 ucd/m^2 Artificial Brightness
a 14 shots panorama taken at the dark skies of eastern Greece with a7s, iso 2000, 50mm at f4, 60sec each with star adventurer mount.
CATEGORY: Panoramic Single Shot
SOCIAL IG: @victorlimaphoto
STORY:
Image taken on the last night of my Photo Tour in the Atacama Desert in a swampy area that appears in the middle of the desert, thus attracting a diversity of animals that live in this region.
Centralized in the image is Cerro Colorado, a stratovolcano belonging to the Sairecabur volcanic group.
This image was taken on the last night of my Photo Tour in the Atacama Desert. The temperature in the place, presented by the car's thermostat, was in the range of -7 degrees Celsius, without considering the wind, which certainly gave a thermal sensation of even colder.
The Air Glow, characteristic of the Atacama region, dyed the sky in shades of green, yellow and red, while the Milky Way cloud stood out in the scene, visible in detail in the night of the Chilean altiplano.
EXIF:
Panoramic Single Shot
Canon 6Da | Sigma 20mm f/1.4 Art
4x 15 sec | f/1.8 | ISO 5000
IC5068 in Cygnus SHO Palette (Summer 2022)
IC5068 is an HII emission nebula in Cygnus located about 1600 light years away.
Details:
- Acquisition Date: 08/31/2022 to 09/01/2022
- Location: Western Massachusetts
- Imaging Camera: QHY600PH-M -10°C - Mode 1(High Gain) Offset:15 Gain:56
- Telescope: Takahashi FSQ106 EDXIII @ f/5 (530mm focal length -106mm aperture)
- Mount: Astro-Physics AP1100 w/GTO4
- Guide scope: Celestron Off Axis Guider
- Guide Camera: ASI174m mini
- Software: Adobe Photoshop CS5, Sequence Generator Pro, PixInsight 1.8 Ripley, Aries Astro Pixel Processor
Filters used:
- Chroma Hydrogen Alpha (Ha) 3nm 50mm
- Chroma Oxygen III (OIII) 3nm 50mm
- Astrodon Sulfur II (SII) 3nm 50mm
Exposure Times:
- Chroma Hydrogen Alpha:19 x 600 sec (190 min)
- Chroma Oxygen III: 15 x 600 sec (150 min)
- Astrodon Sulfur II: 18 x 600 sec (180 min)
Total Exposure: 520min. (8.7 hrs.)
Sky Quality:
-Magnitude: 19.71
-Bortle Class 5
-1.41 mcd/m^2 Brightness
-1234.6 ucd/m^2 Artificial Brightness
Object: LBN 576 The Popped Balloon Nebula in Cassiopeia (November 2023)
LBN576 (aka The Popped Ballon Nebula) is a faint supernova remnant that lies in the constellation of Cassiopeia and is estimated to be 9780 light years from earth with a diameter of 98 lightyears and is roughly 10,000 years old.
The field also contains two small open star clusters NGB7788 & MGC7790 to the left of center.
- Acquisition Date: 11/14/2023 to 11/19/2023
- Location: Western Massachusetts, USA
- Imaging Camera: QHY600PH-M -10°C - Mode 1(High Gain) Offset:15 Gain:56
- Telescope: Takahashi FSQ106EDXIII @ f/5 (530mm focal length - 106mm aperture)
- Mount: Astro-Physics AP1100 w/GTO4
- Guide scope: Celestron Off Axis Guider
- Guide Camera: ASI174m mini
- Software: Adobe Photoshop CS5, Sequence Generator Pro, PixInsight 1.8 Ripley, Aries Astro Pixel Processor
Filters:
- Chroma Ha 3nm 50mm
- Chroma OIII 3nm 50mm
- Astrodon Gen II E 50mm Red, Green & Blue Filters (for RGB stars)
Exposure Times:
- Hydrogen Alpha (Ha): 60 x 10min. (600min) bin 1x1
- Oxygen III (OIII):49 x 10min. (490min) bin 1x1
-Red: 36 x 120 sec (72 min)
-Green: 33 x 120 sec (66 min)
-Blue: 36 x 120 sec (72 min)
Total Exposure:1300min. (21.67hrs)
Sky Quality:
-Magnitude: 19.71
-Bortle Class 5
-1.41 mcd/m^2 Brightness
-1234.6 ucd/m^2 Artificial Brightness
Composite image of Perseid Meteor Shower - 8/12/2016,
Somewhere between 1am-3am.
Thankfully clouds cleared off for a small amount of time and was able to capture few meteor showers.
Totally worth my sleep.
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IC1396 ist ein Emissionsnebel im Sternbild Kepheus, etwa 2400 Lichtjahre von uns entfernt.
Aufgenommen mit einer Brennweite von 350mm, gesamte Belichtungszeit etwa 6 Stunden
Deep sky imaging is the black hole of photography. Endless money pit. I am still trying to built my own rig.
A summer pano photo taken near Horefto beach, Pilio. Foreground consists of 8 images and sky 30x30sec images with a nikon 50mm at f4, iso 2000.
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