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C8 @ 2000 mm
QHY5II-L monochromatic
Ir Pass Filter Baader Planetarium
best 25% of 60sec .ser movie
Ez Planetary
Autostakkert! 2
Astra Image (LR and ME deconvolution)
Vixen Super Polaris (not polar aligned)
From the balcony of my home in Taranto, bad seeing, variable trasparecny.
Jupiter with moons Ganymede, Io, Europa and Callisto
Imaged from London under very poor conditions on 6th February 2017
Celestron Edge HD11 & ASI174MM camera
Celestron C11 at f6 2x crop.
Canon 6D (stock)
80x30 sec with dark frames added.
Stacked in DSS and processed in LR.
Tracked on a Losmandy G11 mount with no guiding.
The Moon imaged from London on the 30th November 2020. Saturation has been slightly boosted.
Celestron Edge HD11 & Canon EOS 6D (two panel mosaic)
Celestron C11 at f6, Cropped.
Canon 6D
ISO6400
17min Total integration time.
Stacked in DSS processed in PS Astronomy Tools & LR.
Tracked on a Losmandy G11 mount with no guiding.
Celestron C11 at f6. (cropped)
Canon 6D (stock) @ISO3200
100x30 sec with dark and bias frames added.
Stacked in APP and finished off in LR.
Tracked on a Losmandy G11 mount with no guiding.
Planet Saturn imaged from London on the 27/28th August 2021
Celestron Edge HD11 scope, Televue 2.5x Powermate, ASI224MC camera & ZWO ADC
Celestron C11 at f6 2x crop.
Canon 6D (stock)
30x30 sec with dark frames added.
Stacked in DSS and processed in LR.
Tracked on a Losmandy G11 mount with no guiding.
Sunrise over the Mare Imbrium and Archimedes crater.
Imaged from London on the 19th May 2021 with the Moon at first quarter. IRDSLR image.
Celestron Edge HD11 scope, ZWO ASI174MM camera and Canon EOS 6D for colour.
Planet Mars imaged from London on the 29th September 2020.
Celestron Edge HD11, Televue 2.5x Powermate & ASI174MM camera.
Planet Venus imaged using a 685nm IR pass filter (left) and a false colour image comprising IR, UV and synthetic green images. Celestron Edge HD11 scope, ZWO ASI174MM camera.
Theophilus, Cyrillus, Catharina & Rupes Altai imaged from London on the 18th February 2021.
Celestron Edge HD11 & ZWO ASI174MM camera. Two panel mosaic.
Saturn imaged just after midnight on the 11th August 2020.
IRGB image shot using a Celestron Edge HD11 scope, Televue 2.5x Powermate & ZWO ASI174MM camera.
High saturation Moon shot from London just before midnight on the 25th April 2021.
Celestron Edge HD11 scope & Canon EOS 6D camera.
NGC 7293 The Helix Nebula
I was hoping to add a ton more data to this, but the forecast is rain and clouds for the next 2 weeks.
I took 14 Hydrogen-Alpha filtered subs (5 minute each) on 12/5/15. I used this as Luminance with an older RGB attempt, seen here: flic.kr/p/dkDFMM I'm afraid this might be it for this year because of the Helix's position in the sky.
Telescope: 11" Celestron EdgeHD w/Hyperstar(F/2)
Camera: QHY23M
Mount: CGEM-DX
The Helix Nebula is found in the constellation of Aquarius. It's estimated to be 700 light-years away and 2.5 light-years wide. It's also known as the "Eye of God" or the "Eye of Sauron"
OTA: Newtonian Celestron 130 mm/f5 modified
Mount: Skywatcher Heq 5
Imaging Camera: Canon 700D astro modified
Telescope Guide: Gso 50mm
Camera Guide: QHY5L II Mono
Baader Mk III Coma Corrector
Polemaster Eletronic Polar Scope
Total Exposure: 5:40 hours (subs 300 sec)
Deep Sky Stacker: Calibration and stacking
Adobe Photoshop Cs2 : Data Processing, Plug-in: Hasta la vista, green;
astroflat pro
PHD Guiding 2: Guide
Darks, Dark Flats, Flats and Bias apply
Serra Negra ( Bortle 4) /São Paulo/Brasil . may/2021
NGC 6946, commonly known as the Fireworks Galaxy, straddles the border between the constellations Cepheus and Cygnus. Because, as seen from Earth, it lies near the plane of our own Milky Way Galaxy, it appears nestled amidst a rich field of foreground stars.
Telescope: Celestron Edge HD 8 at f/7
Camera: QSI 683wsg
Mount: Astro-Physics Mach 1 GTO
Integration: Approx 40 mins each of RGB (~8 x 5 minute subframes)
Processing Software: PixInsight v1.9, Adobe Photoshop
Captured under dark skies near Goldendale, WA.
Venus shot from London on the afternoon of 19th May 2020. Apparent diameter 51.76", illuminated fraction 7.6%
Celestron Edge HD11, ASI174MM camera, 685nm IR pass filter
This has then been combined with an iPhone image of the sky to better reproduce the view through the eyepiece at the time.
The planet Venus imaged from London on the 13th February 2023.
This is an IRSynGUV image with Red channel mapped to IR, Blue to UV and green is a 50/50 blend.
Celestron Edge HD 11 scope, ZWO ASI174MM camera
Celestron C9 + ASI SWO 224MC et filtre IR742Pro. Traitement AS!2 et Photoshop. Seeing assez mauvais donc focale assez courte.
Saturn imaged from London at 03:29 BST on 25th June 2020. The planet is very low from my location at the moment so I have to wait for it to clear the side of my house before I can image it, this was taken when the planet was at 18.3 degrees altitude under a brightening pre-dawn sky.
Celestron Edge HD11 scope & ZWO ASI174MM camera. IR RGB image.
Jupiter and Europa (bottom left) imaged from London pre-dawn on Christmas Eve 2016
Celestron Edge HD11, ASI174MM camera
IR RGB image
The First Quarter Moon imaged from London on the 19th May 2021. Saturation boosted.
Celestron Edge HD11 scope & Canon EOS 6D camera.
Mars imaged from London on the 2nd January 2023.
Celestron Edge HD11 scope, Televue 2.5x Powermate, ZWO ASI224MC camera and ADC
Planet Jupiter imaged from the back garden at almost midnight BST. The seeing was reasonable to begin with - especially given the poor altitude of 20° - but was degrading rapidly as I ended this final session.
I had to delete the final RBG filter run as the blue channel was so poor. Imaging over rooftops definitely doesn't help!
In this image south is uppermost and a series of white storms are very apparent in this region.
Looking forward to Jupiter rising higher in our skies in the coming years - greatly improving imaging prospects, weather permitting of course!
Imaged with a Celestron C11 SCT and a ZWO 290MM camera/Baader RGB filter combo. A total of 12 minutes exposure combined and derotated in Winjupos after stacking with Autostakkert 3 and sharpening in Registax.
Jupiter and it's largest moon Ganymede (lower left). Imaged from London on the 27th September 2022.
Celestron Edge HD11, Televue 2.5x Powermate, ZWO ASI224MC & ADC.
Venus shot from London on the afternoon of 19th May 2020. Apparent diameter 51.76", illuminated fraction 7.6%
Celestron Edge HD11, ASI174MM camera, 685nm IR pass filter
Mars imaged from London just after 03:00UT on the 31st August 2020.
Celestron Edge HD11, Televue 2.5x & ZWO ASI174MM camera.
Towards the Lunar South, imaged from London on the 19th May 2021 (first quarter). The main features (bottom to top) are craters Marginus, Moretus and Short.
Celestron Edge HD11 scope & ZWO ASI174MM camera.
Telescopio: Celestron C8 Edge HD
Lunghezza focale: 2032 mm
Montatura: iOptron CEM60
Filtri: Optolong Blue CCD 50,8 mm
Data: 24 Aprile 2021 Ore: 21:09 Tempo Locale
Pose: 500 sommate su 2.008 riprese a 164 fotogrammi al secondo
Seeing: 3 Trasparenza: 8
Seeing 3 Antoniadi, trasparenza del cielo 8
Sunspot AR2767 imaged from London on the 31st July 2020.
Celestron Edge HD11 scope, ZWO ASI174MM camera & Baader solar filter & Green filter. Rendered in false colour
Sunspots AR3323 & 3321 imaged in white light and rendered in false colour, 4th June 2023, Celestron Edge HD11, ZWO ASI174MM camera and Baader solar film
Planet Venus imaged from London on the 16th April 2022.
Celestron Edge HD11 scope, ASI174MM camera and 685nm IR pass filter.
The planet Saturn imaged during the Sunday evening (19th September). The planet was only at 15° altitude and approaching the roofline so seeing conditions were predictably poor.
The planet's image was very unsteady - squirming all over the place making manual focusing difficult but I decided to persevere!
This image is the result of a total of 12x1min RGB runs stacked using Autostakkert3, processed using Registax 6 and derotated using Winjupos.
Given the poor altitude and difficult atmospheric conditions I am quite pleased with how it turned out.
The shadow of Saturn's globe on the ring system is very pronounced given that the planet is now well passed opposition.
Imaged with a Celestron C11 SCT, ZWO 224MC camera with ADC and an Explore Scientific focal extender.
As always many thanks for looking!
Red filtered image of planet Venus, shot from London on the 3rd July 2020.
Celestron Edge HD11 scope, ASI174MM camera and Televue 2.5x Powermate.
Since we entered PermaCloud season, I reprocessed an older image of M78 taken in January 2015, just for fun :)
QHY23M & 11" Celestron EdgeHD w/Hyperstar
L-24x60
R-10x60
G-10x60
B-10x60
Ha 9x300
99 minutes
There's a lot of noise in the subframes, this was taken before I received an upgraded driver for the QHY23M.
IC1848 emission nebula located in Cassiopeia.
Processed in Hubble palette colours.
Skywatcher 100ED
Canon 700d
Celestron CGEM DX
14x180s (42 mins) ISO800
Processed in PixInsight
10328px x 6833px
Resolution ............... 0.797 arcsec/px
Rotation ................. 90.001 deg
Observation start time ... 2023-01-21 21:29:28 UTC
Observation end time ..... 2023-01-21 22:31:41 UTC
Focal distance ........... 554.90 mm
Pixel size ............... 2.15 um
Field of view ............ 2d 17' 14.8" x 1d 30' 48.1"
Image center ............. RA: 2 53 17.192 Dec: +60 26 17.38 ex: +0.053614 px ey: -0.001726 px
Saturn imaged from London on 22nd August 2016 using a 685nm IR pass filter and ASI120MM camera & Celestron Edge HD11 scope
The Moon imaged from London on the 22nd October 2020.
Celestron Edge HD11 scope and Canon EOS 6D camera.
The Moon imaged from London on the 13th November 2022. Celestron Edge HD11 scope and Canon EOS 6D camera.
Venus, still displaying a slender crescent 8 days after inferior conjunction. Imaged from London on the 17th January 2022. Celestron Edge HD 11 scope & ZWO ASI174MM camera.
IC1848 emission nebula located in Cassiopeia.
Skywatcher 100ED
Canon 700d
Celestron CGEM DX
14x180s (42 mins) ISO800
Processed in PixInsight
10328px x 6833px
Resolution ............... 0.797 arcsec/px
Rotation ................. 90.001 deg
Observation start time ... 2023-01-21 21:29:28 UTC
Observation end time ..... 2023-01-21 22:31:41 UTC
Focal distance ........... 554.90 mm
Pixel size ............... 2.15 um
Field of view ............ 2d 17' 14.8" x 1d 30' 48.1"
Image center ............. RA: 2 53 17.192 Dec: +60 26 17.38 ex: +0.053614 px ey: -0.001726 px
Equipment:
Celestron CGEM Mount
Canon FD 300mm f/4 L
Sony a7RIII (unmodified)
Altair 60mm Guide scope
GPCAM2 Mono Camera
Acquisition:
Taos, NM: my backyard - Bortle 3
10 x 151" for 25min and 10sec of exposure time.
10 dark frames
15 flats frames
15 bais frames
Guided
Software:
SharpCap
PHD2
DeepSkyStacker
Photoshop
My mount was polar aligned with SharpCap (what an amazing system for aligning). I'm not comfortable using my SCT as my lens yet. My solution is to piggyback my Sony a7RIII and adapted Canon FD 300mm f/4 L on a ADM dovetail rail on the top of my optical tube. I used DeepSkyStacker to combine all frames and then processed the TIFF file in Photoshop using my skill set and relying on the famous Astronomy Tools Action Set.
Planet Saturn with moons (L-R) Dione, Rhea, Tethys & Titan (top). Imaged from London under extremely poor seeing in the early hours of 31st July. Composite of two exposures - one for the moons and another stack for the planet.
Celestron Edge HD11 scope & ZWO ASI174MM camera.
Hi guys 👋
It's been far too long since I last posted! These past 2/3 months I had been extremely busy with uni assignments as I was in my final semester of my final year and so the pressure was on! Uni is finally done and dusted but now I'm fasting which makes it a little difficult to go out and shoot! I'm itching to get back behind the camera and will be doing so soon!
Just so you know that I'm not gone, enjoy this moon shot I took last night during sunset!