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Started this project of the Horsehead Nebula with "first light" from my new observatory on 10/21/15. Finally collected enough sub-frames to complete the project on 11/15/15.

2 panel mosaic

Telescope: Celestron 11" EdgeHD w/Hyperstar (F/2)

Camera: QHY23M @-30C

Each panel(2) consists of the following filtered images

Lum- 25x120sec

Red-10x120sec

Green-10x120sec

Blue-10x120sec

Guiding with 50mm refractor,QHY5L-IIM & Metaguide. Acquired with APT, processed with Nebulosity V4, Photoshop CS6.

  

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Taken with Celestron C11 CGEM DX + hyperstar lens f2 + Canon T3i modified. 2h total exposure, processed in DSS, Adobe PS6 and Digitall photo professional

Rosette nebula - reprocessed in PS6

 

Taken with Celestron CGEM DX C11HD + hyperstar lens + Canon T3i mod . Guiding scope Lunt ED 80mm + Celestron Nexstar guider. Processed in DSS and PS 6 - 20 x 300s RGB subs processed in DSS . Total exposure 1h 50min. Calibrated with 15 dark, 10 bias and 30flat frames - taken on 3/29/2014

  

6 of 12 panel mosaic

 

LUM-15x120sec/each panel

(3hrs.)

QHY23M & 11"Celestron Hyperstar(F/2)

  

RGB-3x1200sec,single frame

(1hr.)

QHY10 OSC & AstroTech AT65EDQ

 

I'm currently working on a 12 panel mosaic of M31. I decided to add some quick color data with the QHY10 to see what I had so far. The QHY10/AT65's FOV is equal to roughly 6 panels of the QHY23M/Hyperstar mosaic

  

Taken with Celestron CGEM DX C11HD + hyperstar lens + Canon T3i mod + Astronomic 12nm H alpha filter clip. Guiding scope Lunt ED 80mm + Celestron Nexstar guider. Processed in DSS and PS 6 - 20 x 300s RGB subs processed in DSS together with 20 x 600s Halpha and overlayed with H alpha processed image. Total exposure 3.4 hours calibrating with 40 dark, 20 bias and 60flat frames

Taken with Celestron C11 CGEM DX + hyperstar lens f2 + Canon T3i modified. 2h total exposure, processed in DSS, Adobe PS6 and Digitall photo professional - myspace.com/m_artyh

Trio of galaxies in the constellation of Leo the Lion, approximately 35 million light years away.

 

Telescope: 11" Celestron EdgeHD w/Hyperstar

Camera: QHY23M

Mount: CGEM-DX

 

Lum- 21x120sec

Red-15x120s

Green-15x120s

Blue-15x120s

 

Images taken on 1/5/16, 1/7/16, 1/27/16 & 2/1/16

  

vdB14 and 15 are reflection nebulas in the constellation of Camelopardis, the giraffe.

The nebulas are location approximately 3000 ly away.

vdB 15 is on the left and 14 is on the right of the center

 

2 panel mosaic, 2 cameras

 

QHY163

11" Celestron Edge HD w/Hyperstar V4

R-G-B 30x30sec/each color per panel

LUM 76x30 panel#1

LUM 60x30 panel#2

 

I also used color data from a widefield image shot simultaneously :

 

'QHY128C OSC 23x300sec

AT65EDQ

HDX-110

Horsehead Mosaic(Rough Draft)

 

This is a 3 panel rough preview of the 24 panel mosaic I'm working on.

I combined the rough Luminance with some older RGB I had taken 4 years ago- flic.kr/p/dBi731

 

11" Celestron EdgeHD w/Hyperstar F/2

QHY163M

 

Acquired with APT. processed with PixInsight and PS6

 

Full Orion's Belt Mosaic 16 of 24: flic.kr/p/PqfrBz

 

PixInsight Annotated: flic.kr/p/PBDXmX

I combined my recently acquired Hyperstar/QHY23M Luminosity sub frames with an older mosaic(seen below) taken with an Orion 102T/QHY9M

2013 Mosaic www.flickr.com/photos/astrochuck/8484720061/

2015 Mosaic www.flickr.com/photos/astrochuck/16138742249/

NGC2359 Thor's Helmet

OTA: Celestron Edge 11 F/2 Hyperstar

Mount: Celestron CGX-L

Camera: ZWO6200 MC Pro

Guided by: Stellarvue SV60EDS and Starshoot Autoguider, PHD2.6

14 frames of 420 Sec High Gain Baader Ha Filter

15 frames of 420 Sec High Gain Baader OIII Filter

Captured with ASI Studio and NINA

Processed with Images Plus 6.5, Photoshop CS6.1

 

Thor's helmet has eluded me for years. Wrong filters, neighbor's tall trees, insufficient integration time, etc. This time I tried narrowband and got a better result than expected. I absolutely LOVE this particular object due to its unique coloring and the pretty "wings". Hope you enjoy this one. Thanks for looking!

  

NGC2237 Rosette Complex

OTA: Celestron Edge 11 F/2 Hyperstar

Mount: Celestron CGX-L

Camera: ZWO6200 MC Pro, IDAS D1 and Ha filters

Guided by: Stellarvue SV60EDS and Starshoot Autoguider, PHD2.6

30 frames of 240 Sec Low Gain D1 Filter

19 frames of 360 Sec Low Gain Ha Filter

Captured with ASI Studio

Processed with Images Plus 6.5, Photoshop CS6.1

The weather has changed in the Northern Hemisphere, as it often does when I come off shift. While I wait for parts to convert my CPC925 to a Hyperstar-equipped rig, I uploaded the recent offering for my iTelescope plan to Starpx.com, curious how their automated stacking and editing software would handle it.

 

Messier 83 (M83), also known as the Southern Pinwheel Galaxy, is a barred spiral galaxy located in the southern constellation Hydra. M83 lies at a distance of 15.21 million light years from Earth and has an apparent magnitude of 7.54. It is designated NGC 5236 in the New General Catalogue.

 

The Southern Pinwheel Galaxy occupies an area of 12.9 by 11.5 arc minutes of apparent sky, which corresponds to a spatial diameter of about 55,000 light years, or roughly half the size of the Milky Way. M83 is one of the nearest and brightest barred spirals in the sky and can be seen in 10×50 binoculars, which only reveal a patch of light with a brighter core.

 

Read more: www.messier-objects.com/messier-83-southern-pinwheel-galaxy/

 

Image is a composite using data from one of the 20” iTelescopes.

 

Date: July 20205, approximate date

 

Equipment

Telescope: iTelescope

 

Light frames

Luminescence 6 at 900s

Red 6 at 900s

Green 6 at 900s

Blue 16at 900s

Total intergration time - 6 hours

 

Software

starpx.com

4 panel mosaic

11" Celestron EdgeHD w/Hyperstar

QHY163M

 

20x30 second frames per panel (Luminance filter)

 

Combined with RGB

AT65EDQ

QHY10 OSC

5x900sec

 

1h 55m

M45 The Pleiades (The Seven Sisters) in Taurus

 

I took this last week on Sunday morning. We were affected even here in Western Pa. by the smoke from the west coast wildfires, so this one was hard to process

 

This is a combination of 2 telescopes/ 2 cameras

 

Setup#1

11" Celestron Edge HD w/V4 Hyperstar

QHY163M

Optolong LUM filter

78x30 sec

 

Setup#2

AstroTech AT65EDQ

QHY128C One-shot color, Full frame

Optolong LUM filter

22x120 sec

OTA: Celestron Edge 11 F/2 Hyperstar

Mount: Celestron CGX-L

Camera: ZWO071 MC Pro

Guided by: Stellarvue SV60EDS and Starshoot Autoguider, PHD2.6

34 frames of 360 Sec 90 Gain

Captured with ASI Studio

Processed with Images Plus 6.5, Photoshop CS6.1

 

NGC7380 The Wizard Nebula is an open cluster in the constellation of Cepheus. It was discovered by Caroline Herschel in 1787. The surrounding nebula is in the 1959 Sharpless catalog as Sh2-142. It is approximately 8,000 light-years away.

 

HST Palette

 

Ha-(green) 25x300sec (2h 5m)

OIII-(blue) 22x360sec((2h 12m)

SII-(red) 30x420sec(3h 30m)

 

R/G/B(for stars)- 18x120sec/each(1h 48m)

 

9h 35m total

 

11" Celestron EdgeHD w/Hyperstar(F/2)

QHY23M

 

Taken 8/26,8/30,9/4,9/5

   

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"

The real sky view. This shot is very difficult to display in correct position, because of its huge size and upward position.

 

Taken with Celestron CGEM DX C11HD + hyperstar lens + QHY12ccd . Guiding scope Lunt ED 80mm. Processed in DSS and PS 6 -

IC 5146, the Cocoon Nebula

I started another mosaic project and fell short due to weather. I decided to give "panel#19" a go at processing with Pixinsight. Completely pre-processed with PI, however I'm still learning and experimenting with various techniques of post-processing, So we will call this a practice image :)

 

Captured 8/4 & 8/8

 

L-R-G-B filtered image

10x120sec L (planned on 20, but clouds intervened)

12x120sec each RGB

 

QHY23M, cooled to -20C

11" Celestron EdgeHD w/Hyperstar

 

IC5146, aka the Cocoon Nebula is a reflection/emission nebula in the constellation of Cygnus the Swan. It is approximately 4000 light-years away

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.

 

La nostra cara amata Luna

C11 HD HYPERSTAR V4 ASI2600MC

EQ6R-Pro - ask ,registax , pixinsignt , Lr 11/02/2023

Captured 11-6-2021

IC1848 Soul Nebula

OTA: Celestron Edge 11 F/2 Hyperstar

Mount: Celestron CGX-L

Camera: ZWO6200 MC Pro, IDAS V4 filter

Guided by: Stellarvue SV60EDS and Starshoot Autoguider, PHD2.6

38 frames of 420 Sec Low Gain

Captured with ASI Studio and NINA

Processed with Images Plus 6.5, Photoshop CS6.1

 

NGC281 The Pacman Nebula

 

11" Celestron EdgeHD w/Hyperstar (F/2)

QHY23M

 

Ha- 22x300sec(as Green)

OIII-12x420 sec(as Blue)

SII-21x420 sec (as Red)

 

5h 41m total

 

The Pacman nebula is located about 10000 light-years away in the constellation of Cassiopeia. In the center of the image is open star cluster IC 1590, surrounded by gases believed by scientists to be a star forming region. It was discovered in 1883 by E.E.Barnard

M13 Hercules Globular Cluster

13- 2 minute Luminance frames collected on 4/6/16 with 11" Celestron EdgeHD & Hyperstar, QHY23M camera. I added this to RGB data taken in 2013 with a QHY9M & Orion 102T refractor:

flic.kr/p/ebCGEe

Taken with Celestron CGEM DX C11 , hyperstar and Canon 60D, processed in PS06

OTA: Celestron Edge 11 F/2 Hyperstar

Mount: Celestron CGX-L

Camera: ZWO071 MC Pro

Guided by: Stellarvue SV60EDS and Starshoot Autoguider, PHD2.6

34 frames of 360 Sec 90 Gain

Captured with ASI Studio

Processed with Images Plus 6.5, Photoshop CS6.1

 

Abell 31

A large faint planetary nebula in the constellation of Cancer, 2000 light years away. It is nearly the same size as the Helix Nebula, but nearly 5 magnitudes dimmer at mag 12.2. It was "recently" discovered (1955) by George Abell.

 

This is a Hydrogen Alpha, Oxygen III, and Sulfur II filtered image taken with a QHY23M and 11" Celestron/Hyperstar System (2/29/16)

Ha 10x300sec(RED)

OIII 10x300sec(BLUE)

SII 10x300sec(GREEN)

I had been shooting more difficult targets from my light polluted yard on this night and figured I would go for something less frustrating before packing up. Few objects reveal as much detail as the Orion Nebula in short exposures. This is a stack of 27 20 s Hα exposures and 26 30 s [O III] exposures. The filters and camera (414-EX mono) are from Atik. Telescope is a Celestron Edge HD 925 at f/2.3 with Hyperstar. Images were pre-processed in Nebulosity, then registered and stacked in PixInsight. PI was also used for channel combination and further processing. Final touches in Photoshop.

 

I'm not sure how much time I'm going to get to play now that the semester has started, so I figured I'd get this out there. I hope I can add data over the next few months.

I feel like I am still trying to develop my take on the SHO palette. Every astrophotographer who does narrowband imaging has their own preferences. I see a lot of pictures where they choose a blue-to-orange palette to represent the elements present. I went with the usual [S II] mapped to red, hydrogen-alpha mapped to green, and [O III] mapped to blue. However, I wanted to leave a lot of the green in the final image. These regions are rich with hydrogen, so it seemed odd to drain all that color away. The star cluster NGC 1893 gets a bit swallowed by the light of the nebula, but the wispy structure of the Tadpoles in IC 410 stands out nicely.

 

This was imaged from my light polluted backyard in Long Beach, CA. An Atik 414-EX monochrome CCD was mounted on a Hyperstar on my Celestron Edge HD 925 scope. Atik Camera 7mm narrowband filters were used for the [S II], Hα, and [O III] channels.

 

[S II]: 36 4 min exposures

Hα: 46 3 min exposures

[O III]: 48 4 min exposures

 

Preprocessing in Nebulosity; channel combination and initial processing in PixInsight; final touches in Photoshop

 

IC360

Ultimo lavoro , circa 11 ore di acquisizione fra le polveri nebulari, visibile nella costellazione del Toro

Dal Giardino di Casa Mogoro Sardegna Italia

131 light x 300" 30 Dark , 30 Flat , 60 Bias

- Telescope Celestron Edge HD11;

- Camera Zwo Asi2600MC Pro;

- Mount Sky-Watcher EQ&-R Pro;

- Filter Antlia TriBand RGB 2”

- Accessories Starizona HyperStar 11 V4;

- Support Asi Air pro

- Software Pixinsight

Best Resolution

astrob.in/e53q39/0/

 

Spero sia di Vostro Gradimento

 

Combined my most recent Narrowband Rosette image taken with 11" Celestron w/Hyperstar flic.kr/p/CDhN2k

to an older Narrowband HST Palette image taken with QHY9M & AT65EDQ flic.kr/p/iFyJfb

I added color data to my mosaic project from a widefield shot I took 5/9/16. nova.astrometry.net/user_images/1106296#annotated

RGB shot with a QHY10 OSC and a 55mm lens, 4x20 minutes each

LUM- mosaic of 15 images, each composed 15x2 minute subframes. 11" Celestron EdgeHD w/Hyperstar and QHY23M.

flic.kr/p/JCMHno

Total integration 8h 50m

 

It has been over 10 years since I shot this target (targets?) by itself, and I wanted to see what I could get from my backyard with a filter set and mono camera instead of a one-shot color camera.

 

Telescope: Celestron Edge HD 925 at f/2.3 with Hyperstar

Camera: Atik 414-EX mono

Filters: 2" L, R, G, B, and Hα from Optolong using Starizona filter slider system

 

L: 57 10s exposures

R: 64 30s exposures

G: 77 30s exposures

B: 59 30s exposures

Hα: 47 50s exposures

 

Preprocessing with bias, dark, and flat frames in Nebulosity; registration, stacking, channel combination, and initial processing in PixInsight; final touches in Photoshop

 

The image is rotated so the top is 19.7° east of north. All data taken from Bortle 8/9 skies in my backyard in Long Beach, CA on the night of 2022-07-02.

At the center of this image is M 100, a face-on spiral that is part of the Virgo Cluster of galaxies. It is located in the constellation Coma Berenices. The distance to it is about 55 million light years -- the same as the rest of the Virgo Cluster. It is also known as NGC 4321.

 

To the right of it in this image (but south of it on the sky) is another spiral galaxy, NGC 4312. The Cosmicflows-2 catalog (Tully, et. al., 2013) puts the distance to this galaxy as 37.2 million light years -- significantly closer to us than M 100. It is also an edge-on galaxy, giving it a more flattened appearance.

 

This is a stack of 20 6 min exposures taken from my Bortle 8/9 backyard in Long Beach, CA. I used a Celestron Edge HD 925 at f/2.3 with Hyperstar lens and an Atik 314L+ color CCD camera with a Baader light pollution filter. Preprocessing of subframes in Nebulosity; registration, stacking, and processing in PixInsight; final touches in Photoshop.

Technical details are as follows:

Paramount ME

Celestron C14 Edge HD

Starizona Hyperstar 14 V4

Optolong L-Pro Luminance filter

ZWO ASI 6200MC Color Camera

336x120sec exposures

Processed in APP and Lightroom

Aurora HDR

A mosaic of two LRGB images of spiral galaxies M98 (NGC 4192) on the right and M99 (NGC 4254) on the left. Data taken over the nights of 2023-04-19 and 2023-04-20. Celestron Edge HD 925 at focal length 535 mm with Hyperstar; Atik 414-EX mono camera with Optolong CCD filters. Preprocessing in Nebulosity; stacking, registration, mosaic composition, and initial processing in PixInsight; final touches in GIMP.

 

Taken from my Bortle 8/9 backyard in Long Beach, CA

vdB9 is in the constellation of Cassiopeia

The nebula is approximately 1540 ly away.

 

2 panel mosaic(cropped), 2 cameras

 

QHY163

11" Celestron Edge HD w/Hyperstar V4

LUM 53x30 panel#1

LUM 60x30 panel#2

 

I also used color data from a widefield image shot simultaneously :

 

'QHY128C OSC 13x300sec

AT65EDQ

HDX-110

QHY23M & 11" Celestron EdgeHD w/Hyperstar (2015)

L-24x60

R-10x60

G-10x60

B-10x60

Ha 9x300

99 minutes

 

QHY163M & 11" Celestron EdgeHD w/Hyperstar(2023)

L-32x30

 

Messier 33

OTA: Celestron Edge 11 F/2 Hyperstar

Mount: Celestron CGX-L

Camera: ZWO6200 MC Pro, Optolong L-Enhance filter

Guided by: Stellarvue SV60EDS and Starshoot Autoguider, PHD2.6

21 frames of 360 Sec Low Gain

38 frames of 300 Sec Low Gain

Captured with ASI Studio and NINA

Processed with Images Plus 6.5, Photoshop CS6.1

 

As we move into the holiday season, I wish you all love, peace, happiness and clear skies!

 

Adjacent to the star Alnitak (ζ Ori) in Orion's Belt are the Flame Nebula (NGC 2024) and the Horsehead Nebula (part of IC 434). I have color data on this region from several nights, but finally made an effort to add some hydrogen-alpha data. This is from an additional 18 4 min exposures with the Atik 414-EX on the Celesctron Edge HD 925 with Hyperstar.

 

Processing in the vicinity of such a bright star is a challenge. I think I went between Photoshop and Pixinisight the right number of times for a good result.

After many months of cloudy skies, I had a chance to grab a few frames of ZTF(C/2022 E3), the "Green Comet" Monday night

It's been 6 months since I used my setup, I'm surprised it still worked....

 

Telescope:11" Celestron Edge HD w/Hyperstar

Camera:QHY163M w/Optolong LUM filter

Mount:Orion EDX-110

 

LUM filter 35x30second images

Mangled with Deep Sky Stacker, PixInsight, Startools and Photoshop.

 

Color Data:

Telescope: Astrotech 65EDQ

Camera: QHY128C

 

10x120seconds

Rosette to Cone mosaic project- 8 of 16 panels

 

Celestron 11" EdgeHD + Hyperstar

QHY 163M

Optolong filters

 

RGB- 10x30 seconds each panel

HA- 10x60 seconds each panel

25 minutes per panel(3h 20m total)

OTA: Celestron Edge 9.25 F/2.3 Hyperstar

Mount: iOptron CEM60

Camera: Canon T2i, modified by Hap Griffin

Guided by: Astro-Tech AT60EDT and Starshoot Autoguider, PHD2.6

13 frames of 300 Sec at ISO1600

Captured with Images Plus Camera Control 6.0

Processed with Images Plus 6.5, Photoshop CS6.0

 

Thanks to my friend for help in getting this beauty to look right. I'm so excited about this image and the extra galaxies that filled the view and the beautiful skies that I was fortunate enough to see in Arizona.

The Swan in HST palette

  

Also known as the Horseshoe,Checkmark and Omega Nebula, Messier 17 is located in the constellation of Sagittarius. It lies an estimated 5,000-6,000 light-years from Earth.

Taken 9/21-9/23 2017

LUM- 14x30

HA- 15x120 (G)

OIII- 9x120 (B)

SII-15x120 (R)

RGB-10x30 sec each

 

1h 40m

 

Camera: QHY163M

Telescope: 11" Celestron EdgeHD w/Hyperstar(F/2)

Mount: Orion HDX-110

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Rosette Nebula RGB & Narrowband

 

My HST Palette Version: flic.kr/p/CDhN2k

 

I used LRGB data that I finished collecting last night with older data.

 

First the older data used:

 

Telescope-AstroTech AT65EDQ

Mount-Orion Sirius

Camera-QHY9M

12/26/13,12/27/13

 

Red- 7x10 minutes

Ha-3x20 minutes(as green)

OIII-3x20 minutes(as blue)

SII-3x20 minutes(as red)

 

LRGB

Telescope: 11" Celestron EdgeHD w/Hyperstar (F/2)

Camera: QHY23M

1/2/16,1/27/16

 

LUM- 33x120sec

Green-14x120sec

Blue-14x120sec

Red- used HA- 9x300sec from Hyperstar & Red from QHY9M/AT65EDQ( 7x10 minutes)

 

(5h 57m total)

 

The Rosette Nebula (Caldwell 49 or NGC 2237) is a large, circular H II region located in the constellation Monoceros . Open cluster's NGC 2244 (Caldwell 50) stars have been formed from the nebula's matter.

The Rosette Nebula consists of 5 parts NGC 2237,NGC 2238,NGC 2239,NGC 2244,NGC 2246. The cluster and nebula are about 5,000 light-years from Earth and measure roughly 130 light years in diameter. The nebula is estimated to be around 10,000 solar masses

Test and Tune of the QHY268M....

I managed 2 nights of imaging last week, sky quality wasn't the best. I suspect wildfires from Canada may have affected the conditions. Prior to imaging on both nights, I noticed Venus looked very orange.

I tried a couple of different settings

Camera: QHY268M

Telescope: 11" Celestron Edge HD w/Hyperstar V4

**Photographic Mode: Gain 0 Offset 30

R/G/B 20x30 each filter

LUM-60x30

**High Gain Mode: Gain 56 Offset 30

LUM 35x30

HA 15x180

I used a couple of frames from the piggyback setup as well

Camera: QHY128C

Telescope: Astrotech AT65EDQ

LUM-8x300

Processed with Astro Pixel Processor, Pixinsight and Photoshop

Seen in this test image are M81 (Bode's Galaxy NGC3031) center, M82 (Cigar Galaxy NGC3034) top and NGC3077 bottom. all are located in the constellation of Ursa Major aka the Great Bear or commonly known as the Big Dipper. They are all approximately 12 million light years away

 

The Lagoon Nebula is 8 in Charles Messier's "not a comet" list, 25 in the Sharpless catalog and 6523 in the New General Calalog.(NGC) It is a cloud of ionized hydrogen estimated to be 4000-6000 light years from earth. It can be seen with the naked eye as a gray/green patch in the constellation of Sagittarius..Almost in the center of the photo can be seen NGC 6530, an open cluster of young stars formed from material within the nebula. The entire nebula is roughly 110 x 50 light-years wide.

This is a LRGB filtered image taken with a QHY23M mono CCD camera and an 11" Celestron EdgeHD w/Hyperstar on May 31 & June 9, 2016

 

L-20x120s

R-10x120s

G-10x120s

B-10x120s

  

The Heart Nebula

OTA: Celestron Edge 11 F/2 Hyperstar

Mount: Celestron CGX-L

Camera: ZWO6200 MC Pro, IDAS V4 filter

Guided by: Stellarvue SV60EDS and Starshoot Autoguider, PHD2.6

96 frames of 420 Sec Low Gain

Captured with ASI Studio

Processed with Images Plus 6.5, Photoshop CS6.1

 

Thanks for looking!

 

Van den Bergh 152 aka The Wolf's Cave is a blue reflection nebula in the constellation of Cepheus. It is roughly 1400 light years away. The dust trailing the nebula is cataloged as Barnard 175. The small nebula(top right) is DeHt5.

 

11" Celestron EdgeHD w/Hyperstar (F/2)

QHY23M

  

2 panel mosaic:

Images acquired 9/12, 9/22 & 9/24/16

2-Ha-12x300sec

2-LUM-20x120sec

2-RGB-12x120sec/each

 

5h 44min

   

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