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Small area of the Soul Nebula (IC 1848). Technical Info: 64 x 300 sec. Ha 12 nm filter, 59 x 300 sec OIII 12 nm filter, 67 x 300 sec SII 12 nm filter, Gain 200, Offset 8, Binning 1x1, Total Integration 15.8 hours, Celestron EdgeHD 9.25 f/10, Sensor cooled to -15°C on ZWO ASI1600MM Pro (mono), Calibration frames: Bias, Darks, and Flats. Plate Solve-PlateSolver 2 via N.I.N.A. 2.3 Image processing Pixinsight 1.8.9-2, Photoshop CC 2024
November 8, 2015. On a particularly clear, sunny, early November day we had a stroll on the Chatham, Massachusetts, beach. The dune grass beckoned, begging to be photographed, cunningly hiding the Atlantic behind it. We could see forever.
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M42 (NGC 1976) Orion and Running Man Nebula (NGC 1977) in one shot color. Technical info 170 x 300 sec -Total Integration 14.2 Hrs
Explore Scientific 102mm f/7 Imaging APO Refractor
Sensor cooled to -15°C on my ZWO ASI2490 MC Pro
Calibration frames: Bias, Darks and Flats.
Plate solving- PlateSolver 2 via N.I.N.A. 2.3, Image processing Pixinsight 1.8.9-2, Photoshop CC 2024
A LRGB composite of Flaming Star Nebula IC 405 is my first attempt at this deep sky object and this type of post-processing. It was imaged in the northern hemisphere in my front yard. Flaming Star Nebula is an emission and reflection nebula in the constellation Auriga, surrounding the bluish star AE Aurigae. It is about 1,500 light-years away from Earth.
A two panel wide-field mosaic of the Blue Horsehead Nebula (IC 4592), a faint reflection nebula in the constellation Scorpius. The nebula is lit by the multiple Star System Nu Scorpii.
Gear:
William Optics Star 71mm f/4.9 Imaging APO Refractor Telescope.
QHY163M (Sensor cooled to -20°C).
Optolong L-Pro, R, G, B filters.
Technical Card:
Integration Time:
24 hours total (12 hours per panel).
L = 6 hours x 2 mosaic panels (Binning 1x1).
R = 2 hours x 2 mosaic panels (Binning 2x2).
G = 2 hours x 2 mosaic panels (Binning 2x2).
B = 2 hours x 2 mosaic panels (Binning 2x2).
Calibration frames:
Bias, Darks & Flats.
Image Acquisition:
Guiding in Open PHD.
Image acquisition in Sequence Generator Pro.
Plate Solving in Platesolve 2 via SGP Framing & Mosaic Wizard.
Processing:
Pre-Processing and Linear workflow in PixInsight,
and finished in Photoshop.
Astrometry Info:
Center RA, Dec: 244.286, -19.402
Center RA, hms: 16h 17m 08.686s
Center Dec, dms: -19° 24' 08.014"
Size: 4.46 x 2.97 deg.
Radius: 2.681 deg.
Pixel scale: 10 arcsec/pixel.
Orientation: Up is 186 degrees E of N.
View an Annotated Sky Chart of this image.
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This image is part of the Legacy Series.
Photo usage and Copyright:
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Post Processing In the style of Cross Processing
Sprouting experiment with cropped celery stalk's base.
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The Pelican Nebula in a Hubble color pallet. It is also known as IC 5070 and IC 5067 in the constellation Cygnus. Image taken in my backyard. Technical Info:
53 x 300 sec. Astronomik Ha 12 nm filter
23 x 300 sec. Optolong L-eXtreme filter
Gain 200, Offset 50, Binning 1x1
Total Integration 6.3 hours
Explore Scientific 102mm f/7 APO Refractor
Sensor cooled to -15°C on ZWO ASI1600MM Pro (mono)
Calibration frames: Bias, Darks, and Flats.
Plate Solve-ASTAP via N.I.N.A. 1.11
Image processing Pixinsight 1.8.8 and finished in Photoshop CC 2021.
Post Processing In the style of Polaroid Film in Land Polaroid cameras.
Sprouting experiment with cropped celery stalk's base.
Early morning pit stop at the market. Some say Apples are good for you. Yes indeed!
Apple Store, Eaton Centre
Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
A few interesting facts about apples; “The old adage that an apple a day keeps the doctor away may be a silly rhyme you heard as a kid, but you might be surprised to learn of the serious health benefits that apples offer”. Follow the link for facts, info and credit.
www.mnn.com/food/healthy-eating/stories/10-reasons-to-eat...
Thanks for stoppin’ by. I wish you a wonderful first day of Spring. Enjoy! ... and don’t forget to have an apple.
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A book of avatar tales. This will eventually become a real (printed) book, which will be a part of my PhD dissertation. So, here I am also testing out how the final compilation will look - hence the page numbers and whatnot.
A bi-color Narrowband image of NGC 6188, an emission nebula located about 4,000 light-years away in the Southern Constellation of Ara.
About this image:
This image is the result of photographing at several occasions and different locations during the past year (from proper Dark Sky Sites to my Pier at home). Deep Sky Objects like this is a nice challenge, as it pushes the limits of my modest Telescope gear (especially my mount). It is very rewarding when you have to work hard for an image, and it turned into an ongoing project.
Technical Info:
64 x 600 sec. 7nm Hydrogen-Alpha (Ha).
64 x 600 sec. 6.5nm Doubly Ionized Oxygen (OIII).
William Optics APO Refractor Telescope.
Sensor cooled to -25°C on my QHY163M.
Integration time just under 22 hours.
Calibration frames: Bias, Darks and Flats.
Astrometry.net ANSVR Solver via SGP.
Pre-Processing and Linear workflow in PixInsight,
and finished in Photoshop.
Astrometry info:
Center RA, Dec: 249.643, -48.270
Center RA, hms: 16h 38m 34.224s
Center Dec, dms: -48° 16' 12.036"
Size: 1.59 x 1.22 deg
Radius: 1.003 deg
Pixel scale: 3.57 arcsec/pixel
Orientation: Up is 262 degrees E of N
View an Annotated Sky Chart for this image.
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This image is part of the Legacy Series.
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APOD GrAG:
apod.grag.org/2019/06/03/fighting-dragons-nebula
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About this image:
A 3nm Narrowband Hydrogen-Alpha and Doubly Ionized Oxygen (HOO Palette) study of the dust and gas in the Carina Nebula (also known as NGC 3372, the Grand Nebula, Great Nebula in Carina, or Eta Carinae Nebula).
In this version, I've included the stars captured in wavelength of Hydrogen-Alpha (Hα). Also see the starless work in progress version.
The Carina Nebula is the closest giant star-forming region to our Solar System, in the Carina-Sagittarius Arm of the Milky Way Galaxy (7,500 light-years from Earth). It is situated in the Southern Hemisphere Constellation Carina (the Keel). This is one of the largest Diffuse Nebulae in our skies, and contains at least two stars with a combined luminosity over five million times that of the Sun. The star Eta Carinae is at least a hundred times more massive than our star (the Sun), and is a candidate for a Supernova.
Wavelengths of light:
H-Alpha line 656nm (3nm bandwidth).
OIII line 501nm (3nm bandwidth).
Gear:
William Optics Zenithstar 103 APO Refractor Telescope.
QHY163M camera sensor cooled to -20°C.
Calibration frames: Bias, Darks and Flats.
SGP Mosaic and Framing Wizard.
PlaneWave PlateSolve 2 via SGP.
Pre-Processing and Linear workflow in PixInsight,
star extraction in Straton and finished in Photoshop.
Integration time:
32 hours.
Flickr Explore:
Photo usage and Copyright:
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Faint dust and gas of the Dark Nebula LDN122 (Lynds' Catalog of Dark Nebulae) in the constellation Ophiuchus.
About this image:
Imaged in LRGB over several nights in rural dark skies of Southern Africa.
Technical Info:
William Optics Star 71mm f/4.9 Imaging APO Refractor.
Sensor cooled to -25°C on my QHY163M.
Integration Time: 14 hours
L = 8 hours (Binning 1x1)
R = 2 hours (Binning 2x2)
G = 2 hours (Binning 2x2)
B = 2 hours (Binning 2x2)
Calibration frames:
Bias, Darks and Flats.
Astrometry Plate Solving:
SGP Mosaic and Framing Wizard.
PlaneWave PlateSolve 2 via SGP.
Pre-Processing and Linear workflow in PixInsight,
and finished in Photoshop.
Astrometry Info:
Center RA, Dec: 253.987, -16.200
Center RA, hms: 16h 55m 56.791s
Center Dec, dms: -16° 12' 01.644"
Size: 1.6 x 1.07 deg
Radius:0.962 deg
Pixel scale: 3.6 arcsec/pixel
Orientation: Up is 273 degrees E of N
View an Annotated Sky Chart for this image.
This image is part of the Legacy Series.
APOD GrAG:
apod.grag.org/2019/06/05/the-stardust-of-ldn122
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Background images from sxc.hu/. Filters from redpawmedia.com/ , Fog and Beautifier.
NGC 7822 is a young star-forming complex in the constellation of Cepheus. The complex is believed to be some 3000 light-years distant, with the younger components aged no more than a few million years. Technical Info:
78 x 300 sec. Astronomik Ha 12 nm filter
80 x 300 sec. Astronomik OIII 12 nm filter
73 x 300 sec Astronomik SII 12 nm filter
68 x 180 sec. OPTOLONG L-eNhance filter
Gain 200, Offset 50, Binning 1x1
Total Integration 25 hours
Explore Scientific 102mm f/7 APO Refractor
Sensor cooled to -15°C on ZWO ASI1600MM Pro (mono)
Calibration frames: Bias, Darks, and Flats.
Plate Solve-PlateSolver 2 via N.I.N.A. 1.11
Image processing Deep Sky Stacker 4.2.6, Pixinsight 1.8.8, and Photoshop CC 2021
Not many people recognize this westernmost section of San Francisco... especially when looking at it in the night.
In the center is seal rock - though it is more populated by birds than seals. The whitish coloration is, uhm, "natural bird paint."
I used a digital GND (gray gradient) to knock the sky down. It was so hazy in this direction that no stars were visible anyway. The moon was involved in providing light, but the vast majority of the light came spilling out of the Cliff House restaurant which is just out of the picture to the left. The foreground is the famous "Sutro Bath" ruins.
More details about how I processed this image can be found here
As with the other outing photographs, this was taken at Sutro Baths (ruin) using my 40D. One of the posts along the steps down to this area served as a makeshift tripod.
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Explored: Position 445, January 18, 2009
A representative from a publisher came to my office to ask if I was interested in any new textbooks for my classes. He noticed the photographs on my wall, and mentioned that he also likes photography. We got into a little discussion about it, during which I mentioned my interest in Photohop. He admitted that he didn’t know much about it. Looking at me out of the corner on his eye, with just a hint of sarcasm, he said, “It’s great that you can just click a button and turn something into a great photograph.”
I didn’t correct him, but his statement did reflect an attitude that is quite common among people who don’t understand Photoshop or other image editing programs. As if there is some magic button you click to transform, with ease, any photograph into a marvelous work of art. That misconception causes some people to look down on Photoshop users as taking the easy way out, relying on a computer to do the work for them, or somehow being lazy or unskilled at “real” photography. In fact, some people hold that attitude about computers in general: if you produce something with a computer, it must have been easy to do, requiring little skill on your part.
Of course there are filters and programs that can, with one click, radically transform an image, sometimes with eye-catching results. But you do have to know what kinds of images work well with a particular filter effect. In some cases the results are rather unimpressive, or just plain bad. Even when the processed image looks good, people who know about image editing will quickly spot a “canned” effect, and they may not be impressed.
On the other hand, savvy Photoshop users are quite impressed by an image processed with a combination of filters, masks, layers, and a sophisticated adjustment of tone and color controls. These images look unique in ways that cannot be duplicated by a one-button click. It takes quite a bit of knowledge and skill to create them.
Some photographers, even some good ones, may think such skills are an inferior substitute to those required for handling a camera to take a good shot. They are mistaken. Their opinion may reflect that bias against computers. In fact, learning how to process a photo in an image editing program can train the eye to work with tones and colors much like an artist painting on a canvas, in ways that are not possible when shooting with a camera.
IC 5068 is an emission nebula located in the constellation of Cygnus at approximately 1600 light years distance from Earth. This nebula is in close proximity to its more famous neighbors, the North American and Pelican nebula. Technical info: 90 x 300 sec. Astronomik Ha 12 nm filter
92 x 300 sec. Astronomik OIII 12 nm filter
95 x 300 sec Astronomik SII 12 nm filter
Gain 200, Offset 50, Binning 1x1
Total Integration 23.1 hours
Explore Scientific 102mm f/7 APO Refractor
Sensor cooled to -15°C on ZWO ASI1600MM Pro (mono)
Calibration frames: Bias, Darks, and Flats.
Plate Solve-PlateSolver 2 via N.I.N.A. 2.0
Image processing Pixinsight 2.0 and Photoshop 2022
NGC 281, also known as IC 11, SH2-184, and more commonly known as the “Pacman Nebula,” is an emission nebula located 9,100 light-years away in the constellation of Cassiopeia.
This image results from 8 hours of narrowband data and is rendered in the SHO Hubble Palette.
The initial data was collected over two nights ending on October 22nd. That collection cycle was interrupted due to illness. Three of the projects whose data was collected on those nights had enough integration that I could process the images. However, this one was still pretty short for the S2 filter. So I waited until I had a chance to add to the data set. Finally, on November 23, we had a clear night, and I was able to add about 3 hours more data to this project.
This image was shot on my Astro-Physics 130mm f/8.35 APO telescope platform, which uses a ZWO ASI2600MM-Pro camera, and is supported by an IOptron CEM60 Mount.
When I looked at the data for this project, I discovered a very strange artifact that I have never seen on this platform before - in fact, I have not seen it on any platform. I ended up having a series of concentric circles located in the lower-left corner of the image and a strange mottled noise across the rest of the image field. This pattern was not seen in the flats or the darks and was evident in every sub and master regardless of filters. It was also constant across all three evenings where data was collected.
In dealing with this, I ended up having the background sky much darker than I would have preferred, but all is not bad, as I think it does add to the "Snap" and the drama of the image.
This is also the first image I tried using Bill Blanshan's new SHO Normalization script on.
All details are in the post below.
The full story behind this image, along with a detailed processing walkthrough, can be found at:
cosgrovescosmos.com/projects/ngc281-pacman-nebula-11-23-22
A video of the blink analysis for this data is also available if interested:
Finally, a video on my YouTube channel provides a high-level view of the processing strategy for this image:
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Greetings from Toronto, a little memento from our trip to Kensington Market on a gorgeous Spring day. What a fabulous, colourful, multicultural part of town, what a collection of fascinating things to see and experience, there’s a new wonder at every turn. The shops, the wares, the vendors, the people; simply amazing. Truly a feast for the senses.
And in case we don’t connect before the day of celebration, Happy Mother’s Day, best wishes to all Moms in flickr’land and every Mom ‘round the globe who celebrates the occasion. I send big hugz! and lowies on your special day.
Enjoy!
A Hydrogen-Alpha (Hα) study of IC 434, a bright emission nebula in the constellation Orion. The Horsehead Nebula (also known as Barnard 33) is a dark nebula silhouetted against IC 434.
The red glow originates from Hydrogen gas predominantly behind the nebula, ionized by the nearby bright star Sigma Orionis. Magnetic fields channel the gases leaving the nebula into streams, shown as streaks in the background glow. A glowing strip of hydrogen gas marks the edge of the massive cloud.
The background story:
I was fortunate enough to get a little bit of precious Telescope imaging time at an Observatory with the kind of Astrophotography gear that I can only dream about. We decided that the name of the Observatory and gear would remain secret, as it is of no importance for my personal research.
There was not enough time to do justice to a spectacular exotic Deep Sky Object (DSO), so I decided to do a practical test of a very well-known DSO (for purposes of comparison in the little time I had).
I chose to image in 3nm Hydrogen-Alpha Narrowband (at the wavelength of 656.3 nm). I did star removal during image processing, as I was interested in the detail that one could capture in the Hydrogen emission of the nebula (in a relatively short amount of time, in near perfect weather conditions with great equipment).
The short answer: Yes, there is a huge leap in imaging quality, but it comes at a price!
A quick calculation puts the difference in price between Amateur Astronomy and Scientific grade equipment at roughly 10-20 times the cost. I thought it would be a worthwhile experiment to see how much quality difference there was, when using "top of the range" Astronomical equipment (that one would probably only be able to afford if you received Scientific funding).
Who knows, one can always dream...
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Happy Sliders Sunday! HSS
Post Processing In the style of Kodachrome II
I usually shot Kodachrome II transparencies in my Nikon film cameras with a variety of lenses.
Sprouting experiment with cropped celery stalk's base.
Tags:
Macro Sprouting Experiment Gardening Celery "Circular Ramekin" Processing "Image Processing" "Regrowing Plant" Indoors "Kitchen Window" "Natural Light" Sunlight "Processed In Apple Photos"
…and entertain us he did. His act; brilliant. His expressions; priceless.
Hi there, good to be back, say hello, catch up and share this photo from our trip to The Distillery District in Toronto. A fantastic day of music, food and great entertainment. And as always, there’s someone or something that stands out from the rest. He certainly got our attention. He had everyone in stitches. Bravo! Fabulous show.
Thanks for stoppin’ by. Always enjoy our visits.
The Elephant's Trunk Nebula is a concentration of interstellar gas and dust within the much larger ionized gas region IC 1396 located in the constellation Cepheus about 2,400 light years away from Earth. Technical Info:
60 x 300 sec. Astronomik Ha 12 nm filter
80 x 300 sec. Optolong L-eHance
Gain 200, Offset 50, Binning 1x1
Total Integration 11.7 hours
Explore Scientific 102mm f/7 APO Refractor
Sensor cooled to -20°C on ZWO ASI1600MM Pro (mono)
Calibration frames: Bias, Darks, and Flats.
Plate Solve-ASTAP via N.I.N.A. 1.11
Image processing Pixinsight 1.8.8 and finished in Photoshop CC 2021
A Narrowband Hydrogen-Alpha study of a section of the bubbles and swirls of dust and gas in the Large Magellanic Cloud (visible in the Southern Hemisphere).
The Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) is one of the irregular satellite dwarf Galaxies of the Milky Way Galaxy, that is among the closest Galaxies to Earth. There is also a Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC), both discovered by Magellan. The Magellanic Clouds are visible from the Southern Hemisphere with the naked eye.
The LMC contains the most active starburst region known in the Local Group of Galaxies. The Local Group comprises more than 54 Galaxies (mostly dwarf Galaxies). The three largest members of the group (in descending order) are the Andromeda Galaxy, the Milky Way Galaxy and the Triangulum Galaxy.
Wavelength of light:
H-Alpha line 656nm (3nm bandwidth).
Integration time:
18 hours.
Martin
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Swans on Grenadier Pond at sunset.
A most fascinating spectacle of Nature.
High Park
Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Thanks for stoppin’ by, I wish you a
magnificent spring weekend. Enjoy!
ha! smiles & chuckles from the animal kingdom, a little snap from my travels, simply had to share this with you. sure made me chuckle and certainly put a smile on my face, love it when that happens, don’t you. just look at those big brown eyes, I couldn’t help but smile, made my day.
thanks for your visit, hope this brightens your day as well.
NGC 6888 - The Crescent Nebula - is an emission nebula located 5000 light-years away in the constellation of Cygnus.
This image was taken on my Astro-Physics 130mm EDT f.8.35 APO telescope platform, which uses a ZWO ASI2600MM-Pro camera, and is supported by an IOptron CEM60 Mount.
12.9 hours of narrowband and RGB broadband data were collected for four nights ending on September 2nd.
This imaging project finishes up with the data collected on our last imaging cycle - let's hope the next one has good weather so I can collect some new data to work on!
The image was processed by using a Synthetic computed Luminance image and extensive use of starless processing workflows. The final image is a BI-COLOR Ha/O3 image with RGB Stars.
The full story behind this image, along with a detailed processing walkthrough, can be found at:
cosgrovescosmos.com/projects/ngc6888-2022
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In addition to this, I have created a companion video on my YouTube Channel:
This video is a kind of experiment. While I cover the image processing done for an image in great detail in the web post, sometimes it may not be evident what the strategy is - and you may lose the forest for the trees. With this video, I am attempting to provide an overview of the strategy and flow and follow the images as they evolve through the image processing chain until the final image is achieved. I don't know if this attempt will work - so your feedback is appreciated.
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(Note: The video sequences with my face on them turned out to have a slight distortion in the recorded sound. My Apologies! Most of the video is just fine. Still trying to learn this video stuff!)
The Dumbbell Nebula - Messier 27 - NGC 6853 is a planetary nebula in the constellation Vulpecula, at a distance of about 1360 light-years from Earth. Technical Info:
9 x 300 sec. Badder UV/IR Cut filter
Gain 120, Offset 50, Binning 1x1
Explore Scientific 102mm f/7 APO Refractor
Sensor cooled to -5°C on ZWO ASI294MC Pro (OSC)
Calibration frames: Bias, Darks, and Flats.
ASTAP via N.I.N.A. 1.11
Stacking and processing Pixinsight 1.8.8 and finished in Photoshop CC 2021
Camera in motion, capturing three lights in a candelabra. Lights, shadows, and blurs in the image were subsequently modified in Lightroom, Irfanview, and NIK software, producing a mix of electric and painterly effects.
This was a winter scene I took last year of a frozen river, but after numerous changes now looks like this. Its one way to get rid of winter.
The Leo Triplet (also known as the M66 Group) is a small group of galaxies about 35 million light-years away in the constellation Leo. This galaxy group consists of the spiral galaxies M65 (righttop), M66 (right bottom), and NGC 3628 (left). Technical Info:
15 x 300 sec. Badder UV/IR Cut filter
Gain 200, Offset 50, Binning 1x1
Total 3.1 hours
Explore Scientific 102mm f/7 APO Refractor
Sensor cooled to -20°C on ZWO ASI294MC Pro (OSC)
Calibration frames: Bias, Darks, and Flats.
Plate Solve-ASTAP via N.I.N.A. 1.11
Image processing Pixinsight 1.8.8 and finished in Photoshop CC 2021
Yippee!
Hi folks, Father Nature here, Mother couldn't make it today, she's busy with Spring Celebrations, putting final touches on our annual Blossom Parade on Main Street. It's always a fun event with lots of floats and marching bands and this year, Mother was chosen Queen of the Ball. How exciting is that, I'm so proud. Isn’t she wonderful.
Enjoy the season. It’s on us.
ok then, heads it is, you win! smiles n' chuckles from the world of animals.
thanks for stoppin' by, a little snap from my recent trip to the Toronto Zoo. always amazing. always fascinating. always entertaining.
have a fun day.
23.07.2020
Exposure: 110 x 15s, ISO 3200
Camera: Canon EOS 6D
Lens: Canon 70-300mm (300mm, f/5.6)
Mount: Skywatcher Staradvernturer
Imageprocessing: Pixinsight 1.8, Photoshop cc
February 20, 2016. A woman sits, alone, motionless, wrapped in Winter, on a red leather bench in an exhibition room of the Royal Musea of Fine Arts, Brussels, Belgium. Enraptured by Gao Xingjian paintings, she appears to be staring into the depths of her own, imaginary, soul.
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The Fish Head nebula (IC1795) features glowing gas and dust in a star-forming area in Cassiopeia. Technical Info:
38 x 300 sec. Astronomik Ha 12 nm filter
38 x 300 sec. Astronomik OIII 12 nm filter
34 x 300 sec Astronomik SII 12 nm filter
37 x 180 sec. OPTOLONG L-eNhance filter
Gain 200, Offset 50, Binning 1x1
Total Integration 12.3 hours
Explore Scientific 102mm f/7 APO Refractor
Sensor cooled to -15°C on ZWO ASI1600MM Pro (mono)
Calibration frames: Bias, Darks, and Flats.
Plate Solve-PlateSolver 2 via N.I.N.A. 1.11
Image processing Deep Sky Stacker 4.2.6, Pixinsight 1.8.8, and Photoshop CC 2021
M67 contains over 500 stars or so and lies some 2,800 light-years away from Earth in the constellation Cancer. Technical Info:
15 x 300 sec. Badder UV/IR Cut filter
Gain 200, Offset 50, Binning 1x1
Total 1.25 hours
Explore Scientific 102mm f/7 APO Refractor
Sensor cooled to -25°C on ZWO ASI294MC Pro (OSC)
Calibration frames: Bias, Darks, and Flats.
Plate Solve-ASTAP via N.I.N.A. 1.11
Image processing Pixinsight 1.8.8 and finished in Photoshop CC 2021
Greetings from Toronto, another gorgeous day in the big smoke. A little memento from my recent travels.
Thought I’d drop in to say hello before heading out for a few days of R&R, escape the hustle and bustle of the big smoke, relax by the lake, watch the sunset and soak in Mother Nature's finest summer offerings. For me it's the best cure. There's nothing more soothing for mind, body and soul.
Look forward to seeing all of your wonderful work when I get back and wish everyone a happy day. Thanks for stoppin' by, always appreciate your visit.
ps; my compliments to the owner of this magnificent machine. bravo!
This image of the open star cluster NGC 7380, also known as the Wizard Nebula located in the constellation Cepheus about 7,000 light-years from Earth within the Milky Way Galaxy. Technical Info:
82 x 180 sec. ZWO Lum filter (with Zwo ASI294MC Pro)
54 x 180 sec. Badder UV/IR Cut filter
62 x 300 sec. Astronomik Ha 12 nm filter
37 x 300 sec. Astronomik OIII 12 nm filter
Gain 200, Offset 50, Binning 1x1
Total Integration 15 hours
Explore Scientific 102mm f/7 APO Refractor
Sensor cooled to -15°C on ZWO ASI1600MM Pro (mono)/ Zwo ASI294MC Pro (color)
Calibration frames: Bias, Darks, and Flats.
Plate Solve-ASTAP via N.I.N.A. 1.11
Image processing Pixinsight 1.8.8 and finished in Photoshop CC 2021
Happy New Year, all the best for a healthy and prosperous 2014, enjoy your celebration.
A little snap from our Christmas storm, I call it "Ice'mageddon", it was quite the event in the big smoke and hope everyone affected made it through without any major incidents. yet even amongst the destruction, there's beauty to be found in Mother Nature's wrath.
and great big thanks for your clix and visits and comments. very appreciated and always welcomed.
looking forward to another wonderful year in flickr'land.
This is the way it looked to my eye. I used Flickr's Aviary to bring out the color I saw.
Pointing the camera toward the early morning sun, filtered by the mesquite tree. Getting ready to head toward our Starbucks.
The Eastern Veil nebula is a cloud of heated and ionized gas and dust in the constellation of Cygnus and is located at around 1470 light-years from Earth. It is part of the Cygnus Loop which is a faint supernova remnant that exploded approximately 7000 years ago. Technical Info: 46 x 300 sec. Ha 12 nm filter, 56 x 300 sec OIII 12 nm filter, 52 x 300 sec SII 12 nm filter, 56 x 300 sec L-eNhance filter, Gain 200, Offset 50, Binning 1x1, Total Integration 17.5 hours, Explore Scientific 102mm f/7 APO Refractor, Sensor cooled to -15°C on ZWO ASI1600MM Pro (mono), Calibration frames: Bias, Darks, and Flats. Plate Solve-PlateSolver 2 via N.I.N.A. 1.11 Image processing Pixinsight 1.8.8-9