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~150 images stacked using DeepSkyStacker.
Each photo 300mm, f2.8, 1.62, ISO3200, exposure +5. Using Nikon D7100 with Sigma 120-300/2.8.
Imaging telescope or lens:Explore Scientific 102mm ED CF APO triplet ED 102 CF
Imaging camera:Altair Hypercam 183C
Mount:iOptron iEQ30 Pro iOptron
Guiding telescope or lens:Starwave 50mm guidscope Starwave
Guiding camera:Altair Astro GP Cam 130 mono Altair
Focal reducer:Altair Lightwave 0.8 Reducer/Flattener Altair Lightwave
Software:PHD2 2.6.4, APT - Astro Photography Tool APT 2.43, DeepSkyStacker (DSS) Deepskystacker 3.3.2, Photoshop CC 2017 Photoshop
Filter:Badaar Moon and SkyGlow Badaar
Resolution: 5428x3636
Dates: June 29, 2018
Frames: Badaar Moon and SkyGlow Badaar: 36x300" (gain: 11.00) bin 1x1
Integration: 3.0 hours
Darks: ~30
Flats: ~40
Avg. Moon age: 15.92 days
Avg. Moon phase: 98.49%
Bortle Dark-Sky Scale: 6.00
Mean FWHM: 6.50
Temperature: 27.00
Astrometry.net job: 2165853
RA center: 350.234 degrees
DEC center: 61.211 degrees
Pixel scale: 0.783 arcsec/pixel
Orientation: 96.258 degrees
Field radius: 0.710 degrees
Locations: Home Observatory, Newmarket, Ontario, Canada
Data source: Backyard
camera: Canon EOS 350D(Infrared filter modified) iso800
lens: Pentacon 29/2.8 f5.6
Mount: EQ4 with TianLang60500 human guided(ME!!)
Shooting Parameters: 300s*35
Process: DeepSkyStacker+Photoshop
Though the photo was shoot in early summer, I can still remember the chilly wind outside. It was a mountain about 200 miles to the west of the city of Shanghai. Due the the latitude, the Milky way center is not as high in the sky as in Australia, so the unclean atmosphere affected the picture a lot. Thanks to the later process on computer, I get rid of most of them. But the noise is still there, I have to push the image, drag the curve to make it brilliant. It is not comparable to some masterpieces I saw online, the geographic condition is not good enough, the camera is lower level, the lens is so cheap($70) and poor quality, don't even talk about the equatorial mount which is no more than $80 in total and I need my eyes to guided the star, but after long times of guiding and several days of computer processing, everything became magic, I will love it forever.
Shotdate 02-04-2011
Camera: Nikon D3x
Optics: Celestron 9.25" Edge HD
Guiding: LVI AutoGuider 2
Mount: Sky-Watcher HEQ6 Pro
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DeepSkyStacker 3.3.2
11 frames 300 seconds (ISO: 800) - total exposure: 55 mn 13 s
RGB Channels Background Calibration: Yes
Per Channel Background Calibration: No
Method: Kappa-Sigma (Kappa = 2.00, Iterations = 5)
Offset: 120 frames exposure: 1/8000 s
Method: Kappa-Sigma (Kappa = 2.00, Iterations = 5)
Dark: 14 frames exposure: 5 mn 4 s
Method: Kappa-Sigma (Kappa = 2.00, Iterations = 5)
Flat: 95 frames exposure: 1/30 s
Method: Kappa-Sigma (Kappa = 2.00, Iterations = 5)
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PixInsight 1.6
DynamicCrop
DynamicBackgroundExtraction
HistogramTransformation
HDRWaveletTransform
HistogramTransformation
ACDNR
HistogramTransformation
ChannelExtraction: L
HistogramTransformation: L
CurvesTransformation
CurvesTransformation
DarkStructureEnhance
HistogramTransformation
Camera: Meade DSI Color II
Exposure: 79m (78 x 30s) RGB + (80 x 30s)L
Focus Method: Prime focus
Telescope Aperature/Focal Length: 203×812mm
Mount: LXD75
Telescope: Meade 8" Schmidt-Newtonian
Guided: No
Stacked: DeepSkyStacker
Adjustments: cropped/leveled in Photoshop
Location: Flintstone, GA
Constellation: Carina
Location: my suburban Sydney backyard on 19/07/2009
Modified Canon EOS 400D, Orion ED80 (FL600mm)at prime focus. IDAS LPS filter
EQ5 mount autoguided by 3"WO refractor;Philips SPC900nc & PhD
ISO800 3 X 4mins subs stacked in DeepSkyStacker with darks.
An improvement from my previous attempt
Due to me feeling like crap and the sky being dominated by the moon, I thought I'd go over the frames I took last month with the 20D. Only had 12 frames (2 min and 3min)but DSS has produced a much better image than I was able to achieve before. I especially like the detail in the core of the Nebula (not blown out at all).
Date:26/7/2009
Location:Brisbane Australia
Imaging Camera: Canon 20D prime focus
Imaging Scope: Skywatcher 80mm ED
Focal Length: 600mm F7.1
Guide Camera: SSAG
Guide Scope: Orion 80mm F5 Refractor
Guided with PHD Guiding
Mount: Celestron EQ5 GT
Exposure: 30 min (6x3min and 6x2min) full colour
Darks: 3x3min
ISO: 200 & 800
Processing: DeepSkyStacker, CS3, Noel Carboni's Astronomy Tools
Imaging telescope or lens:Explore Scientific 102mm ED CF APO triplet ED 102 CF
Imaging camera:Altair Hypercam 183C
Mount:iOptron iEQ30 Pro iOptron
Guiding telescope or lens:Starwave 50mm guidscope Starwave
Guiding camera:Altair Astro GP Cam 130 mono Altair
Focal reducer:Altair Lightwave 0.8 Reducer/Flattener Altair Lightwave
Software:PHD2 2.6.4, APT - Astro Photography Tool APT 2.43, DeepSkyStacker (DSS) Deepskystacker 3.3.2, Photoshop CC 2017 Photoshop
Filter:Badaar Moon and SkyGlow Badaar
Resolution: 5412x3612
Dates: Sept. 12, 2018
Frames: Badaar Moon and SkyGlow Badaar: 12x300" (gain: 11.00) 21C bin 1x1
Integration: 1.0 hours
Darks: ~30
Flats: ~40
Avg. Moon age: 3.03 days
Avg. Moon phase: 10.03%
Bortle Dark-Sky Scale: 7.00
Mean FWHM: 5.75
Temperature: 18.00
Astrometry.net job: 2248571
RA center: 298.463 degrees
DEC center: 18.763 degrees
Pixel scale: 0.783 arcsec/pixel
Orientation: 279.741 degrees
Field radius: 0.708 degrees
Locations: Home Observatory, Newmarket, Ontario, Canada
Data source: Backyard
Only four 30s exposures this time. Nikon D5200+Nikkor 180mm @f4+iOptron Skytracker. Images stacked with Deepskystacker.
Photo:
Skywatcher Explorer 150/750 telescope, EQ3 mount, Sony A6100 camera
Guiding:
70/400 guiding scope, ASI120mc guiding camera
Images:
Light frames: 74 x 90 sec (ISO 1600)
10 dark, bias and flat frames
Stacked with DeepSkyStacker (best 90%), post processed with Photoshop
A "planetary nebula", formed by a dying star expanding and puffing off its outer layers.
3 x 10-minute exposures at ISO 1600, f10. Off-axis, manually guided. Frames registered and stacked using DeepSkyStacker. Unmodded Canon EOS 40D & Celestron C8 telescope.
A widefield image of the Elephant's Trunk Nebula... I wanted to capture the dark nebulosity surrounding IC1396 and show the scale of this massive nebula.
Modified Canon 350D and 200mm f4.0 EF lens on a CG-5 mount guided with Phillips webcam ST80 and PHD.
3hrs 30mins, 12x10mins, 18x5mins, darks and flats applied in DeepSkyStacker tweaked in CS3 + Noel's actions.
鏡筒: 8cm F6 (笠井 BLANCA-80EDT) + 0.6x レデューサー
カメラ: OM-D E-M5
赤道儀: スカイメモS
288mm, F3.6, 20s, ISO1000 を DeepSkyStacker で8枚コンポジット。LightRoom CC でトリミング、トーンカーブ調整等。
Captured comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan–ATLAS) with my Panasonic Lumix S5 and a Sigma 28-70 2.8 DG lens - at 70mm. This was 90 minutes after sunset on Oct. 21, 2024.
I didn't know what to expect, my focus wasn't perfect, and it's the first time I've stacked raw images (using DeepSkyStacker), but I'm happy with the results. I used darktable to edit the stacked TIF file.
- Stacked 10 4-second captures.
- ISO 6400, f2.8, 70mm
Monastier (TV) - 22/01/09
Transparency 4/5
Seeing 3/5
Meade SN6 (Schmidt Newton 15cm/6")
Canon 350D Baader ACF II
15x300 sec RAW
7 Dark - 11 Bias - 11 Flat
Guided with K3CCD
Philips Vesta Pro+Sigma 400mm f5.6
Deepskystacker; Photoshop
Notes: less red
The sky was very clear after a light rain in this afternoon, so I decided to try night sky shooting again.
Stacking 10 light frames, f/1.8, 5 sec., ISO-100, 0 step, 28 mm, DeepSkyStacker 3.2.2.
[24082016] Delfin
Fuji X-E1
Walimex 85mm F1.4@F1.4
Stack ISO100-25600 @ 5sec
DeepSkyStacker
Fitswork
FaststoneViewer
Manually, off-axis guided for 5 x 10 & 13 x 5-minute exposures, f6.3, ISO 1600. Registered and stacked using DeepSkyStacker software.
Unmodified EOS 40D & Celestron C8 telescope.
I've added more data to last year's version, re-stacked and re-processed.
Not an easy object to image from the UK, as it is far to the South.
Technical card
Imaging telescopes or lenses: Sky-Watcher Equinox 80ED
Imaging cameras: QHY8L
Mounts: Skywatcher AZ EQ6 GT
Guiding telescopes or lenses: Celestron 102mm f/6.6 Achromat
Guiding cameras: Magzero MZ-5m
Software: DeepSkyStacker, photoshop, Absoft Neat Image
Accessories: TecnoSky Flattener 1x
Resolution: 2864x2030
Dates: Aug. 22, 2014
Locations: Drassa
Frames: 42x600" -15C bin 1x1
Integration: 7.0 hours
Darks: ~46
Flats: ~42
Bias: ~41
Avg. Moon age: 26.31 days
Avg. Moon phase: 11.31%
Bortle Dark-Sky Scale: 3.00
Temperature: 28.00
RA center: 311.936 degrees
DEC center: 31.074 degrees
Orientation: 89.935 degrees
Field radius: 1.574 degrees
The Andromeda Galaxy or M31, is a spiral galaxy roughly 2.5 million light-years from our lonely planet. Along with the Milky Way Galaxy, M31 is part of the Local Group and contains approximately 1 trillion suns. When the light we see today from M31 left on its journey for Earth, there were no human beings on the Earth.
The smaller fuzzy dot above M31 is one of Andromeda’s satellite galaxies, known as Messier 110. The line just below Andromeda is likely an Iridium flare.
This is my first attempt using DeepSkyStacker to create an image. I used 29 light frames shot at 90mm and tracked for 60 seconds each.
C/2012 ISON S1 Comet - 27/10/2013, Diepenbeek
Light; 20x30sec, Darks 10x120 sec.
Total time = 10 min
Equipment used:
-Skywatcher 200mm F4 Carbon
-NEQ6 mount
-Canon 500D
-Televue Paracorr 2
-HuTech IDAS LP2 Filter
-DeepSkyStacker
-Astrozap Dew-shield
You can also just make out IC 1296, a barred galaxy over 200MLY away to the lower right of M57. I might collect some more data later to help reduce the noise.
TS-Optics Photoline 90mm f/6.67 (600mm) Refractor & 2x Powermate
Celestron CGX Mount
Nikon D7500 DSLR
22x300s Light (1 hr. 50 min.)
11x Dark
SGPro, Backyard Nikon, DeepSkyStacker, Nebulosity, Lightroom
The Eagle Nebula (catalogued as Messier 16 or M16, and as NGC 6611) is a young open cluster of stars in the constellation Serpens. Its name derives from its shape that is thought to resemble an eagle. It contains several active star-forming gas and dust regions, including the famous "Pillars of Creation", photographed by the Hubble Space Telescope.
Optical Rig
MOUNT: Meade LX850 w/ Starlok
SCOPE: Stellarvue SV105-3SV
REDUCER: SFF7-3SV Field Flattener
CAMERA: Canon 550D Full Spectrum Mod by Gary Honis
FILTER: Astronomik L-UV/IR Filter
SOFTWARE: Nebulosity 3
Exposures
19 1-min 1600 ISO @ f3.5 (19min)
11 2-min 1600 ISO @ f3.5 (22min)
5 5-min 800 ISO @ f3.5 (25min)
5 5-min 1600 ISO @ f3.5 (25min)
Total Exposure Time 91 minutes
Image Processing
STACKER: Deep Sky Stacker
RAW EDIT: Adobe Lightroom
Operating System - Windows 8.1 64bit
The Eagle Nebula including the Pillars of Creation in the middle.
Taken on June 1, 2011 near Butler, Missouri using an SBIG8300C camera mounted on a CGE1100 Telescope using Hyperstar (F/2). This is the sum of 6 ten minute images, stacked using DeepSkyStacker. The image was then processed with Photoshop CS2.
Guiding used PhD Guiding with an Orion Starshoot autoguider.
3x10s - 1 Dark - 1 Flat Dark - ISO1600
Nikkor 28-80mm F3.3-5.6G at 28mm F3.3
Fuji FinePix S1 Pro
Deep Sky Stacker
Shot through 300mm lens p̶i̶g̶g̶y̶b̶a̶c̶k̶e̶d̶ Duck taped to tracking telescope to allow long exposure!
Stacked in DSS, levels and curves changed in Ps to bring out some milky nebulosity.
Itupeva, 07/09/2013
23° 27' 49.39" S, 46° 16' 12.52" W
Equipamento:
- Sky-Watcher Sprit 120ED Super APO Triplet
- Sky-Watcher AZ-EQ6 GT
- Canon Rebel T3i (EOS 600D)
- Astronomik CLS-CCD Clip Filter
- Orion StartShot Auto-Guider
- Meade ETX90EC with F/6.3 Focal Reducer (guiderscope)
Frames:
- 14 Light 300s ISO 1600 RAW
- 8 Darks 300s ISO 1600 RAW
Softwares:
- BackyardEOS 3.0
- PHD Guiding
- DeepSkyStacker 3.3.3 beta 51
- Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5
8" Orion Imaging Newtonian with Modified Rebel XT, Baader 2" Ha Filter
60x90sec ISO800, Darks
Acquired with APT - Astro Photography Tool v2.01 *** www.ideiki.com/astro/
Stacked with DeepSkyStacker 3.3.2 *** deepskystacker.free.fr/english/download.htm
Final Touch with Photo Shop
22 light - 800 iso - 180 sec.
8 dark - 800 iso - 180 sec.
27 light - 800 iso - 120 sec.
11 dark - 800 iso - 120 sec.
31 offset - 800 iso - 1/8000 sec.
31 flat frame - 800 iso - 1/80 sec.
Reflex no modded on eq5 synscan without guide and telescope refractor TSED70Q 474mm 70mm F6.7.
Processed with DeepSkyStacker 3.3.2, Photoshop CS6
Imaging telescopes or lenses: Sky-Watcher Equinox 80ED
Imaging cameras: QHY8L
Mounts: Skywatcher AZ EQ6 GT
Guiding telescopes or lenses: Celestron 102mm f/6.6 Achromat
Guiding cameras: Magzero MZ-5m
Software: DeepSkyStacker, photoshop, Absoft Neat Image
Accessories: TecnoSky Flattener 1x
Resolution: 2955x1935
Dates: Aug. 6, 2015
Frames: 3x600" -10C bin 1x1
Integration: 0.5 hours
Darks: ~1
Flats: ~11
Bias: ~8
Avg. Moon age: 21.00 days
Avg. Moon phase: 62.14%
Bortle Dark-Sky Scale: 3.00
Temperature: 30.00
Locations: Drassa, Corinth, Greece
Mount: Skywatcher EQ6 Pro
Camera: Canon 550D unmodified
Lens: 18-55mm Kit Lens @ 55mm
Guiding: Orion Magnificent Mini Autoguider + PHD Guiding
Software: APT, DeepSkyStacker, PixInsight
Images: 12x10min ISO800 Lights; 8x Darks
Canon EOS 20D w/ Pentacon 29mm f2.8, wide open. 21x20sec @ISO 3200, no tracking, no guiding, simply camera on tripod. Dark and flat frame calibration with DeepSkyStacker, levels, noise removal, and unsharp masking with PS CS3. Iris to remove the sky gradient.
Just for fun, showing astrophotography in one of its simplest forms :-)
Taken by Doug Spalding on June 6, 2011 near Butler, Missouri using an SBIG8300C camera mounted on a CGE1100 Telescope using Hyperstar (F/2). This is the sum of 7 ten minute images, stacked using DeepSkyStacker. The image was then processed with Maxim DL and Photoshop CS2.
Guiding used PhD Guiding with an Orion Starshoot autoguider.
相機/Camera: Canon EOS 40D
鏡頭/Lens: Canon EF 28-135 IS
焦距/Focal length: 135mm
光圈/Aperture: f/5.6
快門速度/Shutter speed: 10s
總曝光時間/Total exposure time: 5 min
感光度/ISO: 400
總共30張以Photoshop手動疊圖而成(經過數次嘗試,無法使用DeepSkyStacker疊圖)
The image was produced using Photoshop by manually stacking 30 photos. (DeepSkyStacker somehow failed to stack the photos automatically after several tries)
This was my major target and effort for Calstar 2012. Taken over a series of 3 nights from September 13-16. My first evening under the stars had the camera rotated in the wrong position, so I couldn't use the subs very well. Because the camera position varied from evening to evening, this became an exercise in making a mosaic as well.
Because of the mosaic layout, amp glow from the camera was a big problem. My previous efforts to use DSS and PI to calibrate and stack were not able to sufficiently remove the glow. In the end, I loaded up Maxim, pointed it at darks that were in the temperature range of the lights and let it do a full calibration. The stacking of the resulting 59 fit files were done in DSS 3.3.3 beta 47 as a Sigma Clip. Processing was done in PI where I cropped, DBE, masked stretch, NR, and then a small MT to tighten up the stars. Brought the images into LR3 for touches to fix the blue halos in the bright stars (artifacts from calibration) and some final lines from the mosaic.
Final stack of 59 lights of 10 minutes at 400 ISO. Calibrated in Maxim with 63 darks, 27 flats, and 55 bias. Shot with the full-spectrum Pentax K10D camera with the cooler attached giving temps ranging from 19-21C. Telescope was a Stellarvue SV4 guided with Maxim using Orion SSAG on SV70ED. All used on a Losmandy G-11.
Here is the resolve data from PI:
Resolution ........ 1.912 arcsec/pix
Rotation .......... -168.166 deg
Focal ............. 582.47 mm
Pixel size ........ 5.40 um
Field of view ..... 2d 30' 8.6" x 1d 22' 2.1"
Image center ...... RA: 04 02 03.917 Dec: +36 19 53.55
Image bounds:
top-left ....... RA: 03 55 19.664 Dec: +35 54 27.14
top-right ...... RA: 04 07 22.991 Dec: +35 23 53.25
bottom-left .... RA: 03 56 37.168 Dec: +37 14 59.58
bottom-right ... RA: 04 08 52.468 Dec: +36 43 53.97
Lessons learned: Maxim does a good job with non-linear amp glow areas. I'll be going back to some of my problematic subs to recalibrate. I'll have to see what I can do to fix the blue rings in the bright stars as calibration doesn't seem to control these well.
Taken on September 25, 2011 near Butler, Missouri using an SBIG8300C camera mounted on a CGE1100 Telescope using Hyperstar (F/2). This is the sum of 24 five minute images, stacked using DeepSkyStacker. The image was then processed with Photoshop CS2.
Guiding used PhD Guiding with an Orion Starshoot autoguider.
OTA: Celestron C8N, 8" newtonian reflector
Starizona Nexus 0.75x coma corrector (for f/3.75)
Camera: ZWO ASI1600MM
Filters: Baader CMOS-Optimized
Exposure: Ha 10x10min, OIII 17x10min, synthetic green
Mount: CEM70G
Captured with SGP
Registered and stacked with DeepSkyStacker
Photographed from Round Rock TX (light pollution zone: red)
Exposure: 36"
Total: 9 Minutes
Telescope: Orion XT10g
Mount: Atlas EQ-G Mount
Camera: Orion G3 Color Imager
Processed and stacked in DeepSkyStacker.
This is M16 in Serpens also known as Eagle nebula. I collected the images on two evenings. However, I had to discard many frames due to windy and partially cloudy condition, which caused guiding problems.
I am proud that this image was selected as the Astro-image of the week (week 36/2017) in the German astronomy portal, astronomie.de.
For those who can read German, you can find a comprehensive description of M16 and discussion on my picture here www.astronomie.de/aktuelles-und-neuigkeiten/astrofoto-der...
Technical data: Imaged on the 19th and 21st of August 2017; 26 x 5 min. exposures through a GSO RC 8" f/8 with a PrimaLuceLab 700Da cooled at 0 and -5 degree Celsius, respectively; ISO 3200; CLS light pollution filter; stacked with DeepSkyStacker in sigma clipping mode mode and further processed in Fitswork4, Photoshop and Noiseware Community.
Photo:
Skywatcher Explorer 150/750 telescope, EQ3 mount, Sony A6100 camera
Guiding:
70/400 guiding scope, ASI120mc guiding camera
Images:
Light frames: 9 x 300 sec
Dark: 5
Stacked with DeepSkyStacker, post processed with Photoshop
Camera: Meade DSI Color II
Exposure: 40m (20 x 1m) RGB + (20 x 1m)L
Focus Method: Prime focus
Lens Focal Length: 135mm
Lens Focal Ratio: f/2.8
Mount: LXD75
Telescope: Soligar 135mm f/2.8 T-mount lens
Guided: PHD Guiding
Stacked: DeepSkyStacker
Adjustments: cropped/leveled in Photoshop
Location: Flintstone, GA
Messier Object M81 & M82
Date: 01-14-2012
Telescope (Lens): Stellarvue SVR 80ED Raptor
Addition Optics: None
Camera: Canon XSi
Exposure: 61 x 240 sec (ISO 800)
Processing: DeepSkyStacker, Photoshop
Mount: Atlas EQ-G
Tracking: EQMOD / Stellarium
Guidance: PHD Guiding - 9x50 Finderscope w/ Logitech 3000 Pro Webcam
Setup: www.flickr.com/photos/nicholall/5523910532/in/set-7215762...
Astromomy weather as forcasted by Canadian Meteorological Center:
Cloud Cover: Clear
Transparancy: Above Average
Seeing Category: III (Average)
Temp: 30°F
Humidity: 45°
Light Pollution: "Red" - Based on Light Pollution Map
Shotdate: 1th september 2011
Location: Teuge, NL
Camera: Nikon D3x
Optics: 80-400mm @ 80mm f7.1
Mount: SkyWatcher NEQ6Pro
Guiding: LVI Guider 2
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Stacking in DeepskyStacker 3.3.2
DeepSkyStacker settings:
Stacking mode: Mosaic
Alignment method: Bicubic
Stacking16 frames ISO 1600 total exposure: 1 hr 20 mn
RGB Channels Background Calibration: Yes
Method: Kappa-Sigma (Kappa = 2.00, Iterations = 5)
Offset: 108 frames
Method: Kappa-Sigma (Kappa = 2.00, Iterations = 5)
Dark: 8 frames
Method: Kappa-Sigma (Kappa = 2.00, Iterations = 5)
Flat: 32 frames exposure: 1/3 s
Method: Kappa-Sigma (Kappa = 2.00, Iterations = 5)
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Postprocessing in PixInsight 1.6
ScreenTransferFunction
DynamicBackgroundExtraction
HistogramTransformation
ChannelExtraction: clone
Extracting lightness: 100%
HistogramTransformation: clone_L
CurvesTransformation: with mask clone_L
HistogramTransformation
CurvesTransformation
ChannelExtraction: Extracting RGB channels
HistogramTransformation: channel_R
CurvesTransformation: channel_R: Masking from swap files...
CurvesTransformation
DynamicCrop
NGC 7380 - Wizard Nebula (Reprocessed) by Paul Hutchinson
Wikipedia: NGC 7380 (also known as the Wizard Nebula) is an open cluster discovered by Caroline Herschel in 1787. William Herschel included his sister's discovery in his catalog, and labelled it H VIII.77. It is also known as 142 in the 1959 Sharpless catalog (Sh2-142). This reasonably large nebula is located in Cepheus. ...
Located 7200 light years away, the Wizard nebula, surrounds developing open star cluster NGC 7380. Visually, the interplay of stars, gas, and dust has created a shape that appears to some like a fictional medieval sorcerer.
Technical card
Imaging telescope: Skywatcher Explorer 200p
Imaging camera: Canon 1100D
Mount: HEQ5
Guiding telescope: SkyWatcher 50mm/162mm Finderscope
Guiding camera: QHYCCD qhy-5 II
Software: APT - Astro Photography Tool, DeepSkyStacker, Adobe PhotoshopCS5
Filters: Astronomik CLS Canon EOS Clip
Date: 2015-10-12
Frames: 26 x 300" ISO 3200
Bortle Dark-Sky Scale: 5.00
Centre (RA, hms):22h 47m 03.092s
Centre (Dec, dms):+58° 05' 36.034"
Size:54.4 x 37.8 arcmin
Radius:0.552 deg
Pixel scale:1.06 arcsec/pixel
Shared from G+ goo.gl/lVMkti
Nikon D3100 - Telescopio Sky-Watcher Dobsonian 203mm/1200mm (8") - 100 lights, a ISO 6400/12.800 con DeepSkyStacker - Exposiciones de 1/2s a 1/4s.
La nebulosa de Orión, también conocida como Messier 42, M42, o NGC 1976, es una nebulosa difusa situada al sur del Cinturón de Orión.6 Es una de las nebulosas más brillantes que existen, y puede ser observada a simple vista sobre el cielo nocturno. Está situada a 1.270±76 años luz de la Tierra,2 y posee un diámetro aproximado de 24 años luz. Algunos documentos se refieren a ella como la Gran Nebulosa de Orión, y los textos más antiguos la denominan Ensis, palabra latina que significa "espada", nombre que también recibe la estrella Eta Orionis, que desde la Tierra se observa muy próxima a la nebulosa.7
La nebulosa de Orión es uno de los objetos astronómicos más fotografiados, examinados, e investigados.8 De ella se ha obtenido información determinante acerca de la formación de estrellas y planetas a partir de nubes de polvo y gas en colisión. Los astrónomos han observado en sus entrañas discos protoplanetarios, enanas marrones, fuertes turbulencias en el movimiento de partículas de gas y efectos fotoionizantes cerca de estrellas muy masivas próximas a la nebulosa.