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Target:NGC 1499, California Nebula. An emission nebula in the constellation of Persius at 1500 light years from Earth.
Location:Imaged on 16/12/2020 from St.Helens UK, Bortle 8, No Moon.
Aquisition:20x 180s Ha, 20x 180s (OIII), Gain 139, Offset 21, Total Integration 120 min.
Equipment:Imaging: Skywatcher Esprit 100ED, HEQ5Pro, Zwo ASI1600MM Pro with EFW, BaaderPlanetarium narrowband filters.
Guiding: Skywatcher 9x50 Finder, Zwo ASI120MM.
Software:Aquisition: NINA,PHD2.
Processing: DeepSkyStacker, Photoshop
Memories:Advantage was made of three hours of rare and unexpected relatively clear sky between showers.
Taken during a full Moon with
Nikon d610(stock), iso800
TS-Optics 72mmf6
total of 120 minutes with 180sec subs
guiding:
ZWO asi120mcs
TS 50mm/f3.6 guidescope
Tracking: Skywatcher Star Adventurer
software:
guiding: phd2
Stacking: Deepskystacker 4.2.2
Processing: Adobe Photoshop, GradientXterminator, Nik software, HLVG, Adobe Raw
Different edits/colorings trying to see which way I liked the look more.
56x30sec exposures, 18 dark frames stacked in DSS. 200mm ISO 500 f/2.8
Telescope: Celestron 11 - CGEM
Reduc 0.6x
Camera: ASI178MM - 120 x 30s
Software: Firecapture - PIPP - DeepSkyStacker - PS6
Another test for lucky imaging with ASI178MM not cooled
No dark, no flat, etc...
Well heavens above - two clear nights on the bounce. I'd forgotten how to do this stuff ;)
My first guided image! :) The Crescent Nebula in Cygnus, a mere 5K light years away.
Bought a modded Quickcam Pro4000, with the adaptor to fit it to the SW 9x50 finder scope, from Badgers/Anton on SGL. Then did the EQ5 handset mod using the kit from Shoestring Astronomy, downloaded PHD and voila. Total cost £90 - can't be bad :) Not perfect of course, but then it was never going to be with an EQ5 and rubbish motors. There was some evidence of wispy bits around this, but it looked more like discolouration, so I took it out - probably expecting too much :)
SW 200p/EQ5
Nikon D70 modded, iso 1600, Baader CC and Neodymium filter
40 x 5 mins for a total of 3 hours 20 minutes
Guiding: Quickcam Pro4000/9x50 finderscope, PHD
Stacked in DSS and processed in CS5
I used the software DeepSkyStacker in order to superimpose 30 standard photos + 10 darks + 10 offsets.
On one hand , we can see that the noise has been decreasing and the contrast is higher but on the other hand the star trails have increased and only the center is sharp :-/
That is a black point of this software.
Canon EOS 600D , 30x30 seconds, 18 mm kit lens, f/3.5, ISO 3200
Press "L" for a better view ;)
Target:IC 410 The Tadpoles Nebula, a dusty emission nebula in the constellation of Auriga at 12400 light years from Earth.
Location:24/12/2020, St. Helens, UK, Bortle 8, No Moon.
Aquisition:20x 180 sec each Ha, (OIII), (SII). Total integration 180 min.
Equipment:Imaging: Skywatcher Esprit 100ED, HEQ5, ZWO ASI1600MM Pro with EFW Mini and Baader-Planetarium narrowband filters.
Guiding: Skywatcher 9x50 Finder with ZWO ASI120MM.
Software:Capture: NINA, PHD2.
Processing: DeepSkyStacker, Siril, Photoshop, Starnet++.
Memories:Clear from 1:00 AM onwards but very tired so used automated schedule in NINA and went off to bed. Used AstroED's excellent Youtube processing tips with markshelly.co.uk arc-sine hyperbolic stretch Photoshop presets, delighted with the results.
Equipment
Imaging Telescopes Or Lenses
GSO 8" f/5 Imaging Newtonian
Imaging Cameras
ZWO ASI 183 MM PRO
Mounts
Sky-Watcher NEQ6-Pro
Filters
Baader B 1.25'' CCD Filter · Baader G 1.25'' CCD Filter · Baader R 1.25'' CCD Filter · Baader L 1.25'' Filter
Accessories
TSOptics TS Off Axis Guider - 9mm · Pal Gyulai GPU Aplanatic Koma Korrector 4-element
Software
Luc Coiffier DeepSkyStacker (DSS) · PHD2 Guiding · PhotoShop CS5 · FitsWork 4 · CCDCiel
Guiding Telescopes Or Lenses
GSO 8" f/5 Imaging Newtonian
Guiding Cameras
Astrolumina Alccd5L-IIc
Acquisition details
Dates:
Feb. 12, 2021 · Feb. 13, 2021
Frames:
Baader B 1.25'' CCD Filter: 18x300" (1h 30') (gain: 53.00) -20°C bin 1x1
Baader G 1.25'' CCD Filter: 21x300" (1h 45') (gain: 53.00) -20°C bin 1x1
Baader L 1.25'' Filter: 61x300" (5h 5') (gain: 53.00) -20°C bin 1x1
Baader R 1.25'' CCD Filter: 21x300" (1h 45') (gain: 53.00) -20°C bin 1x1
Integration:
10h 5'
NGC 2022 is a planetary nebula in the constellation of Orion, located at a distance of 8210 light-years from the Sun.
NGC 2022 is a vast orb of gas in space, cast off by an aging star. The star is visible in the orb's center, shining through the gases it formerly held onto for most of its stellar life. When stars like the Sun grow advanced in age, they expand and glow red. These so-called red giants then begin to lose their outer layers of material into space. More than half of such a star's mass can be shed in this manner, forming a shell of surrounding gas. At the same time, the star's core shrinks and grows hotter, emitting ultraviolet light that causes the expelled gases to glow. This type of object is called, somewhat confusingly, a planetary nebula, though it has nothing to do with planets. The name derives from the rounded, planet-like appearance of these objects in early telescopes. (REF: science.nasa.gov/missions/hubble/hubbles-portrait-of-star...)
Observation data: J2000 epoch
Right ascension: 05h 42m 06.19056s
Declination: +09° 05′ 10.5843″
Distance: 8.21 kly
Apparent magnitude (V): 11.6
Apparent dimensions (V): 28″
Constellation: Orion
Tech Specs: Orion 8” RC Telescope, ZWO ASI2600MC camera running at -10F, 81 x 60 seconds, Celestron CGEM-DX pier mounted, ZWO EAF and ASIAir Pro, processed in DSS and PixInsight. Image Date: January 31, 2024. Location: The Dark Side Observatory (W59), Weatherly, PA, USA (Bortle Class 4).
M45 Pleiades: Star Cluster of the City of Durham
Equipment used:
136X100",SVR90T OTA, Canon T3i, AP900, DeepSkyStacker, Photoshop levels, curves, blending, guided with ZWO174mm and Canon 200mm f2.8.
Had to try it again! Much happier with the lower noise, better cloud detail and overall sharper image. But having 3x as much light will do that for you.
This time, my settings were:
Canon 80D and 70-200 F4L IS
200mm, f4, ISO 1600, 30" x 76
8 darks, 8 biases
Stacked with DeepSkyStacker, default settings
Edited in lightroom and photoshop.
:) in tre notti di fila ho dormito 3 ore a notte, sono sfatto ma contento di aver provato il nuovo tubetto un po' di piu'
grazie al meteo, semiclemente, a Giuliano per l'ospitalità e agli amici che si sono susseguiti nelle tre nottate
Telescopi o obiettivi di acquisizione: APO Triplet 130/910 mm
Camere di acquisizione: Canon / CentralDS EOS Astro 50D
Montature: Sky-Watcher EQ6 Pro
Telescopi o obiettivi di guida: 80/600
Camere di guida: lacerta mgen2
Riduttori di focale: Flattener 2"
Software: DeepSkyStacker, photoshop, Adobe Lightroom 3, Noel Carboni's Astro Tools for PhotoShop
Risoluzione: 1600x1066
Date: 13 maggio 2013, 14 maggio 2013
Pose:
Orion SkyGlow 2" Imaging Filter: 21x300" ISO1600 -6C bin 1x1
Orion SkyGlow 2" Imaging Filter: 16x400" ISO1600 -6C bin 1x1
Integrazione: 3.5 ore
Dark: ~42
Flat: ~22
Temperatura: 10.00
AstroTech AT8RC + CCDT67 + Atik383L(-25C)
on Takahashi EM200 Temma2 Jr
Astrodon Tru-Balance E-Series Gen2 (with EFW2)
Ha2x900sec,L20x600sec,R2x600sec,G2x600sec,B2x900sec (Total:300min)
Guiding: OAG9 + LodestarX2
StellaImage7, DeepSkyStacker, Photoshop CC2017
Locations: Kamogawa Sports Park, Kibichuocho, Okayama, Japan
Oct 2017
Clustermania :)
A three hour gap in the endless, persistent cloud cover gave me just enough time to do another one of these things. Nebulous stuff takes several sessions under my light polluted skies, and would take months with the weather being as it is, so clusters beckon.
This is M38, aka NGC 1912, aka The Starfish Cluster (don't ask me why), and to the right is NGC 1907. M38 is about 4,200 light years away and is about 25 light years in diameter, similar to that of its more distant neighbour M37. It is about 220 million years old. NGC 1907 is around 4,500 light years from Earth. It contains around 30 stars according to Wiki (looks like more to me) and is over 500 million years old.
This is a closer crop than my previous two cluster efforts, for two reasons: first, the framing was rubbish, and second, the stars at the edges reminded me just how much I need a field flattener!
I'm running out of double clusters to do :)
SW ED80/EQ5
Canon 500D modded, Baader Neodymium filter
56 x 180 sec subs, iso 1600
Acquisition: APT
Guiding: Quickcam Pro4000/9x50 finderscope, PHD/EQMOD/AstroEQ
Stacked in DSS and processed in CS5.
Had some issues with DSS 3.2.2, but 3.3.3 beta 51 and I got along a lot better. This is my first attempt at stacking RAW images. This is a total of 11 RAW files that represent a total of 6 minutes of integrated exposure time. The Pentax K-5ii was set at ISO 800 for all exposures and these are camera-on-tripod subs, "guided" only by the Pentax O-GPS1 unit stuck in the hot shoe, which moves the camera's sensor to compensate for the turning of the earth. The longest sub-exposure was 45 seconds.
Milky Way, Ultra Wide Angle Canon Lens EF 16 35mm f2.8L II , Canon 40D, August 12, 2013, Tripod, 4 images 30 seconds each, DeepSkyStacker
Comet C/2022 E3 ZTF and Mars – 22x120s – 44 minutes
Stock Canon T2i – 70-200mm lens at 200mm f/4
Acquired using BackyardEOS and stacked in DeepSkyStacker 5.1.0
Imaged on February 11th, 2023 at the Danville Conservation Area (New Florence, Missouri).
Thanks go out to Bill Runge for letting me borrow his Canon lens for the night.
I added more expose time, and also this my first try at SHO (Hubble color pallet), and with Luminance from Ha.
OTA: Celestron C10N, 10" f/4.7 newtonian reflector
Camera: ZWO ASI1600MM
Exposure: H-alpha 31x10min, O3 10x10min, S2 16x10min
Mount: CEM70G
Captured with SGP
Registered and stacked with DeepSkyStacker
Photographed from Round Rock TX (light pollution zone: red)
I added another night of data onto my previous image of IC434. A little more lights helped with the general smoothness of the image. Setup and take down of my equipment multiple nights in a row will result in slightly different field of views which can make it difficult to align when stacking multiple imaging sessions.. luckily DeepSkyStacker could handle it easily with no hiccups. It took many hours in the freezing cold to capture this, layered up on lots of clothes to battle the outside temperature, 3 pairs of socks, 2 pairs of longjohns, 2 sweaters and goosedown jacket, toque, gloves, a thermos full of hot tea, but I still had to walk around the park a few times just to get feeling back in my toes.. And this is barely winter weather compared to the rest of Canada, Being the wet climate here though, the moisture seems to chill you right to the bone even when it is only a few degrees below freezing.
Lights: 40 x 4 mins
Darks: 34 x 4min
iso 1600
Canon 500d (Modified)
Skywatcher Esprit120
Antares ALP filter
NEQ6 + Synguider
Stacked in DSS and processed in Pixinsight
Location: Vancouver, BC
Light Pollution: Bortle Scale 7-8
Temperature: -3°C and -4°C
Messier 94 in Canes Venatici.
Taken from the Starshed Enterprise on 31st March 2020.
A stack of 10x300s exposures using a QHY22 camera on a TS Imaging Star71 - 71mm f/4.9 Imaging APO telescope. Autoguided using OAG. Flats, darks and bias applied.
Calibration and stacking done in DeepSkyStacker and post-processing in PixInsight.
QHY268M + Samyang 135mm f/2
Saxon AZ/EQ6 GT, no guiding
6nm filters Ha: 40x4 mins, Sii: 30x4 mins, Oiii: 30x4 mins
Calibration frames: 6 darks, 250 bias, 35 flats
Captured using Sharpcap Pro & ASCOM EQmod
Processed using DeepSkyStacker, Pixinsight, Photoshop, Lightroom & Starnet
#astro #astrophotography #astronomy #space #deepspace #deepsky #universe #divine #heaven #galactic #light #nebulosity #nebula #nebulae
We had several clear nights on the bounce a week or two back, and I spent the time imaging this thing as Cygnus was still getting up above my house a little late. This is just short of 10 hours, but I put it away because I got the feeling it was out of focus when comparing it with the version I did back in 2011 with the 200p. The stars in the cluster don't look quite as tight as I think they should.
Whaddya reckon? Out of focus?
Equipment
Imaging Telescopes Or Lenses
GSO 8" f/5 Imaging Newtonian
Imaging Cameras
ZWO ASI 183 MM PRO
Mounts
Sky-Watcher NEQ6-Pro
Filters
Baader B 1.25'' CCD Filter · Baader Ha 1.25" 7nm · Baader G 1.25'' CCD Filter · Baader R 1.25'' CCD Filter · Baader L 1.25'' Filter
Accessories
TSOptics TS Off Axis Guider - 9mm · Pal Gyulai GPU Aplanatic Koma Korrector 4-element
Software
Luc Coiffier DeepSkyStacker (DSS) · Topaz Labs DeNoise AI · INDILib · Starnet++ v2.0 · PHD2 Guiding · PhotoShop CS5 · FitsWork 4 · CCDCiel
Guiding Telescopes Or Lenses
GSO 8" f/5 Imaging Newtonian
Guiding Cameras
ZWO ASI120MM Mini
Acquisition details
Dates:
March 23, 2022 · March 24, 2022 · March 25, 2022
Frames:
Baader B 1.25'' CCD Filter: 18x300" (1h 30') (gain: 53.00) -20°C bin 1x1
Baader G 1.25'' CCD Filter: 18x300" (1h 30') (gain: 53.00) -20°C bin 1x1
Baader Ha 1.25" 7nm: 20x300" (1h 40') (gain: 200.00) -20°C bin 1x1
Baader L 1.25'' Filter: 62x300" (5h 10') (gain: 53.00) -20°C bin 1x1
Baader R 1.25'' CCD Filter: 18x300" (1h 30') (gain: 53.00) -20°C bin 1x1
Integration:
11h 20'
Continuing my collection of Not Comets (Messier objects), this is the hugely exciting M92. On its own it would be a reasonably bright cluster (not from my garden) - but when you're in the same constellation as M13, you tend to pale into insignificance.
Now the core of this was interesting. It seems to be a lot brighter even than the core of M13, and was well saturated at 180 seconds. I did some shorter subs to capture the core (10 seconds in fact) and manually stacked them because DSS just chucked out a grey splodge. Layered in, you can at least see some detail in the centre. This is a wider field of view, just to ring some changes.
Now, what next I wonder? :)
SW ED80/EQ5
Canon 500D modded, Baader Neodymium filter
93 x 180 sec subs, iso 1600
Acquisition: APT
Guiding: Quickcam Pro4000/9x50 finderscope, PHD/EQMOD/AstroEQ
Stacked in DSS and processed in CS5.
12 subs of 300secs each which were captured using Canon 135mm f/2 lens (stopped down to 2.8) attached via a Geoptik adapter to a SX Trius 694 mono CCD were stacked in Deepskystacker and processed in Photoshop CS2.
Taken 05/01/22
Ha: 48 x 600 seconds, ISO 800
RGB: 40 x 480 seconds, ISO 400
50 darks, 50 flats, 200 bias for each
Total exposure time: 13+ hours
Equipment: Canon 450D (full spectrum mod), Orion 8" f/3.9 Astrograph, Atlas EQ-G, Astronomik 12nm HA filter
Software: Pixinsight, DeepSkyStacker, Photoshop
Taken with a TMB92L, Canon T3i DSLR, Orion SSAG autoguider and 50mm guidescope, and Celestron AVX mount. Consists of 32 180-second light frames and 28 180-second dark frames, all at ISO 400, as well as 31 flat and 25 bias frames. Captured with BackyardEOS, stacked in DeepSkyStacker, and processed in Photoshop. Diffraction spikes added with StarSpikes Pro.
Full spectrum modified Canon 6D on Skywatcher Esprit 100 APO F5.5 triplet refractor. The only filter used was an Astronomik L (UV/IR cut off filter) 43x240sec lightframes @ISO1600 (2.9 hrs) 65Bias frames, 20Flatframes, no darkframes. image date 11-sep-2015. Stacked in DeepSkyStacker, processed in Pixinsight. (DBE, background and colour calibration, histogram stretch, curves adjustment. No noise reduction.)
The Cone nebula and Christmas tree Cluster in Monoceros. Image dates: 16,17,18,19 & 20 feb 2017. 108x 240 seconds iso1600 with Esprit 100 triplet APO / Flattener/ Optolong L filter Canon 6Da on 10 Micron GM2000 HPS II mount. All exposures unguided. Stacked/calibrated in DeepSkyStacker with 150 Bias frames and 40 flat frames. Processed in Pixinsight.
Knight Observatory, Tomar
- www.kevin-palmer.com - Last night was one of the very few clear nights this month. There was just enough time after the quarter moon set to photograph comet C/2014 Q2 Lovejoy at a dark site. I was able to see the comet with the naked eye and I'm looking forward to it getting even brighter in a few weeks. The comet was passing right over the globular cluster M79 on this night, but it's hard to see in this picture. This is a stack of 12 2.5-minute images, plus dark and bias frames. It was shot with a Takumar 135mm f2.5 lens at f4, ISO 1000 and an iOptron Skytracker was used to track the stars.
Between 5000 and 8000 years ago a supernova exploded in the center of this region in the constellation Cygnus. Today we see the Veil or Cirrus nebula complex with the Eastern veil (NGC6995 left), Pickerings triangle (top right) and Western veil (NGC6960 right). Photographed with Canon 6Da / Esprit 100 APO refractor with Optolong L (IR/UV cut) filter. 39x240 seconds iso1600. Stacked with DeepSkyStacker using 48 dark frames, 30 Flat frames and 174 Bias frames. Processed in Pixinsight. Very little processing, HistogramTransformation, Curves adjustment. No noisereduction was used.
Full resolution (5618x3948) can be downloaded.
Knight Observatory, Tomar
SQM 20.8
Best view: press F11 for full screen followed by L for lightbox view.
Taken on 20th July 2020 with Nikon D850 and Nikkor 2.8/300mm at ISO 2000.
Stack of 200 x 1 sec in DeepSkyStacker, DBE in Pixinsight and final processing in PS.
Grande nébuleuse d'Orion (M42) Orion nebula
Nébuleuse de l'homme qui court (NGC 1975 et NGC 1977) Running Man nebula
Nikon D5100
William Optics ZenithStar 73
150x30 sec + DOF
F/5,9 -- Iso 200
Sky-Watcher Star Adventurer
Traitement: DeepSkyStacker + Gimp (traitement draft)
AstroM1
(r.1.1.2-t2)
M51 Whirlpool galaxy
Image taken on 7th March 2019
Location was Rochdale, UK.
Equipment used was a Skywatcher 8" quattro steel tube on HEQ5 pro mount, no guiding.
Canon 1100d dslr camera with an intervalometer.
The final image is a combination of 100 sixty second exposures at ISO 800. Plus calibration frames consisting of 40 of each, darks, flats, dark flats and bias.
Software used to combine all the shots and create the final image was DeepSkyStacker, to stack all the images together. StarTools to process the final image.
Nikon d90(mod)
TS72 APO + TS72flat
settings: 432mm, f6, iso800, 120min
guiding:
ZWO asi120mcs
TS 50mm guidescope
Tracking: Skywatcher Star Adventurer
software:
guiding: phd2
Stacking: Deepskystacker 4.2.2
Processing: Adobe Photoshop, GradientXterminator, Nik software, HLVG
Taken using Skywatcher 80ED Pro, Nikon D3300, 1213x30" lights (ISO 3200), 100 flats, 110 bias. Stacked in DeepSkyStacker and processed in Photoshop.
The Crescent Nebula.
Scope: William Optics z103 (710mm) x0.8 reducer
Camera: Nikon d600 (unmodified)
Filter: Optolong L-Enhance
Guidescope: Generic 50mm
Guide camera: ASI120MM mini
10 x 600s Lights
3 x Darks
Stacked using DeepSkyStacker
Stretched in Photoshop
Final edits in Lightroom
Image taken in October of 2010, but reprocessed on 10/13/11.
30 min total exposure, taken at Roxbury, NY.
Canon T1i, 200mm 2.8L lens. Drizzled at 2x (doubled resolution) in DeepSkyStacker.
I am no expert in astro-photography. Just wanted to try it once with my new D750 - the sensor is amazing! Nikkor 50mm/1.8, 55 frames à 5sec, ISO 6400, F=2.8 - Deep Sky Stacker software - The pink structure in the upper center close to Deneb is NGC 7000, the North America Nebula. --
Region der Milchstraße im Sternbild Schwan. Ein erster Versuch, die neue D750 in den Himmel zu richten. Der Sensor ist schon erstaunlich - so wenig Rauschen. Aufnahme-Ort: bei Lauffen bei Heilbronn, mittlere bis starke Lichtverschmutzung. Gut zu sehen sind Deneb (obere Mitte) und NGC 7000, Nordamerika-Nebel, als lila Struktur links davon.
Taken near Mariental (Namibia)
18x30s @ ISO 3200
(+12 blacks, +5 bias)
Equipment: Explore Scientific ED 80, iOptron Skytracker Pro, Canon EOS M3
Software: CHDK, DeepSkyStacker, Affinity Photo
As promised, here's Orion again but this time a 16 minute exposure made with eight 2-minute frames stacked in DeepSkyStacker and then postprocessed with Noel Carboni's Astronomy Photoshop actions.
OTA: Celestron C8N, 8" newtonian reflector and MPCC-III
Camera: ZWO ASI1600MM
Exposure: RGB: 12x2min each, L:73x2min
Mount: CGEM-DX
Captured with SGP
Registered and stacked with DeepSkyStacker
Photographed from Round Rock TX (light pollution zone: red)
Skywatcher 72ED Apo/field flattener,SX Trius 694/filterwheel/OAG (Lodestar)
riding on CEM60. 6x600 subframes taken through Ha and OIII filters,stacked in Deepskystacker,colour combined in Maxim DL4 (Ha,OIII,OIII) processed in Astroart 8 and PS CS2.
Taken 31/10/21
Location: Copernicus public observatory (Volkssterrenwacht), Overveen, The Netherlands.
Date & time: 18 february 2015, 21.50 Local Time (GMT+1).
Moonlit sky, moon low on the horizon, waxing crescent (21%).
Seeing moderate to good.
Telescope: Televue 85 refractor (f=600mm).
Lumicon UHC filter.
Camera: Pentax K-r SLR.
Mount: Paramount ME II; tracking only.
Software used: DeepSkyStacker, PhotoPlus.
10 lightframes @240s, 10 darkframes @240s, 10 biasframes, 10 flatframes; RAW-format @1600 ASA.
Taken with a TMB92L, Canon T3i DSLR, Orion SSAG autoguider and 50mm guidescope, and Celestron AVX mount. Consists of 42 120-second light frames and 45 120-second dark frames, all at ISO 800, as well as 32 flat and 50 bias frames. Captured with BackyardEOS, stacked in DeepSkyStacker, and processed in Photoshop.