Astrophotography - The Solar System and Beyond
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I went on an Astrophotography course at Kielder Observatory and combined that with a visit to Sycamore Gap.
The Sycamore Gap Tree or Robin Hood Tree is a sycamore tree standing next to Hadrian's Wall near Crag Lough in Northumberland, England.
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 Sun chromosphere - full disk from 4/15/2022
Telescope - Lunt LS100MT, internal etalon and B1200 blocking filter. HA spectra.
Camera: ASI174MM
Stack of 75% of 4000 frames
Software: SharpCap Pro, AutoStakkert, ImPPG, PS5
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
The Sun chromosphere - HA Partial disk and prominence 04/14/2022
Telescope - Lunt LS100MT internal etalon and B1200 blocking filter -HA spectra
Camera: ASI174MM
Stack of 30% of 2000 frames
Software: SharpCap Pro, AutoStakkert, ImPPG, 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
Object: SH2-124 in HST or SHO Palette
A large emission nebula in northwestern Cygnus about 8400 - 8500 light years away from our solar system.
Details:
- Acquisition Date: 07/03/2022 to 07/31/2022
- Location: Western Massachusetts
- Imaging Camera: QHY600PH-M -10°C - Mode 1(High Gain) Offset:15 Gain:56
- Telescope: Astro-TECH AT130 with APM Riccardi APO Flattener 1.0x
- 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
Filters used:
- Chroma Hydrogen Alpha 3nm - 50mm
- Chroma Oxygen III 3nm - 50mm
- Astrodon Sulfur II 3nm - 50mm
Exposure TImes:
Hydrogen Alpha: 27 x 600 sec (270 min)
Chroma Oxygen III: 18 x 600 sec (180 min)
Astrodon Sulfur II: 18 x 600 sec (180 min)
Total Exposure: 630min. (10.5 hrs.)
Limiting Magnitude: 5.1
Object: SH2-115 – 2021
SH2-115 is an emission nebula located in the constellation of Cygnus at a distance of about 7500 light years.
Details:
- Imaging telescope or lens: Celestron EdgeHD 11 Celestron 11" Edge HD @f/7
- Imaging camera: FLI MicroLine ML16200
- Mount: Astro-Physics 1100 GTO CP4
- Guiding telescope or lens: Celestron OAG Deluxe
- Guiding camera: ZWO ASI174 Mini
- Focal reducer: Celestron .7x Focal Reducer, for 11 HD
- Software: Adobe Photoshop CS5, Sequence Generator Pro, PixInsight 1.8 Ripley
- Imaging location: Western Massachusetts
- Imaging dates -> 8/15/2021 to 9/23/2021
Accessories: Optec FastFocus C-11 SMFS, FLI CFW-7
Filters:
- Chroma Ha 3nm 50mm
- Chroma OIII 3nm 50mm
- Astrodon SII 3nm 50mm
Exposure TImes:
- Hydrogen Alpha (Ha): 15 x 30min. (450min) bin 1x1
- Oxygen III (OIII):21 x 30min. (630min) bin 1x1
- Sulfur II (SII):21 x 30min. (630min) bin 1x1
Total Exposure:1710min. (28.5hr)
Limiting Magnitude: 5.1
The Pleiades, also known as Seven Sisters and Messier 45, is an open star cluster of young, hot stars burning blue. A gaseous cloud is passing between earth and the Seven Sisters, and the bright blue star light causes the gaseous cloud to glow. The cloud is moving quickly, so in 1,000 years Pleiades will no longer be sporting the delicate halo. While a common name might suggest that the Pleiades has 7 stars, a closer look reveals about 1,000 stars bound loosely together.
Another common name for this deep sky object is Subaru.
Diameter 35 light years
Distance from earth 444 light years
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
Taken with a modified Nikon D810 and Sigma 150-600c Lens. Around 2 hours of images stacked in Siril. Bortle 5 sky in South Wales.
Object: LDN 1165 (B174) – 2021
LDN (Lynds Nark Nebula) 1165 or B (Barnard) 174 is a dark nebula in Cepheus
Details:
- Acquisition Date: 10/05/2021 – 10/06/2021
- Location: Chester, Nova Scotia Canada
- Camera: FLI ML1620 @ -25°C w/CFW2-7
- Telescope: Astro-TECH AT130 with APM Riccardi APO Flattener 1.0x
- Mount: Astro-Physics AP1100 w/GTO4
- Guide scope: Celestron Off Axis Guider
- Guide Camera: ASI174m mini
Filters:
Astrodon Gen II E Filters
-Luminance: 22 x 600 sec (220 min)
-Red: 14 x 600 sec (140 min)
-Green: 6 x 600 sec (60 min)
-Blue: 11x 600 sec (110 min)
Total Exposure: 530 min. (8.8hr)
The Milky Way's core hovers over Piedras Rojas, Atacama Desert in Chile.
Piedras Rojas is located about 150 km from San Pedro de Atacama and above 4300 meters of altitude. Far from any source of light pollution and accessible by the main road that crosses the Atacama, the sky in this place is certainly one of the most incredible on the planet.
In this image, with only 25 seconds of exposure, we can highlight the quality of the sky at this location for astrophotography, being able to highlight with a good level of detail the nucleus of the milky way and also the nebulae present in this portion of the sky, in addition to the beautiful Air Glow that gives color and brightness to the horizon of Piedras Rojas.
Stacked shot for noise reduction.
EXIF:
04/may/2022 - 00:14h
Canon 6D Ha Mod / Sigma 20mm f/1.4 Art
9x 25 sec / f/2 / ISO 4000
Waxing Gibbous over the deep Countryside in West Wales (Ceredigion)
Handheld Moonshot
Date & Time: 23.01.2021 - (16:26 GMT)
Distance to Earth: 403.448 km
Illumination: 75%
[Dedicated to CRA (ILYWAMHASAM)
ƒ/4.0
108-0 mm
1/160 Sec
ISO 100
Category: Stacked Shot
Social IG: @victorlimaphoto
Story:
The Atacama sky is considered one of the best in the world for astrophotography for several reasons:
- Altitude: Much of the Atacama Desert is located at an altitude of around 2,400/4000 meters above sea level. The less amount of atmospheric air at this altitude means there is less distortion and turbulence in the atmosphere, which results in sharper, clearer images.
- Climate: The Atacama is the driest desert in the world, with an average of just 15mm of annual precipitation. This means there is little moisture in the air to absorb light and create distortions in the image. In addition, the sky is generally free of clouds, which allows for exceptional visibility.
- Geographic location: Atacama is located in a remote area of Chile, far from city lights and far from bright light sources. This makes the sky much darker and ideal for stargazing.
- Air quality: the air in Atacama is clean and pure, with low atmospheric combustion and little human activity. This means there are fewer particles in the air that could interfere with image quality.
Due to these factors, the Atacama sky is considered one of the best in the world for astrophotography and stargazing. It's an amazing place to capture sharp and stunning images of the night sky, including the Milky Way, nebulae and distant galaxies.
EXIF:
Canon 6Da | Sigma 20mm f/1.4 Art
7x 25sec | f/1.8 | ISO 2500
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!
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:
===============
- 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
Taken in Eskdale Cumbria from the wooded garden while being told to leave by an Owl coming closer and louder by the second.
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.
Taken with a Canon EOS R using a Rokinon FE14M-C 14mm F2.8 Ultra Wide Lens (manual)
1 x 15s exposure @ISO 6400
Part of Milky way & Rho ophiuchus complex taken with a modded a7s, 20x90sec, nikon 50mm f5,6, star adventurer
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.
IC1396 ist ein Emissionsnebel im Sternbild Kepheus, etwa 2400 Lichtjahre von uns entfernt.
Aufgenommen mit einer Brennweite von 350mm, gesamte Belichtungszeit etwa 6 Stunden
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
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
I've been so busy with work that I haven't used my telescope for a long time.
But here is a picture of Messier 33 shot with my modified Nikon and my Skywatcher Evostar, some time ago. Total exposure time is 280 minutes.
Preprocessed in APP and Pixinsight. Postprocessed in lightroom.
Messier 13
Celestron C9 (f=2204mm - D = 203mm) + ASI1600MC + Ircut.
56x 60s, g139. Traitement SIRIL et Photoshop