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Fun with the California nebula in HaRGBL&OIII

 

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Ha was added to the Red channel then combined to produce an RGB image. Then Ha + OIII was used a luminance layer and OIII colour blue was layered though a masking process in Ps to create separation.

 

Imaging telescopes or lenses: Vixen VSD

Imaging cameras: Starlight Express SXVR-H18

Mounts: MX

Guiding telescopes or lenses: Vixen VSD

Guiding cameras: sx loadstar

Software: PixInsight 1.8, Sequence Generator Pro, Photoshop CS5, PHD, Main Sequence Software

Filters: Baader H-alpha 3.5 Nm, Baader O III 8.5nm

Accessories: Starlight Xpress USB filter wheel

Frames:

Baader Ha 3.5nm: 10x1800"

Baader O III 8.5nm: 20x1800"

Integration: 15 hours

Plus RGBL 400x 10 in each

Locations: Home observatory, Valencia, Spain

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IC 443 (also known as the faint and elusive Jellyfish Nebula Jellyfish Nebula and Sharpless 248 (Sh2-248)) is a Galactic supernova remnant (SNR) in the constellation Gemini. Flanked by two bright stars, Mu and Eta Geminorum. Its distance is roughly 5,000 light years from Earth. At that distance, this image would be about 300 light-years across.

 

Integration: 55 hours

 

Imaging telescopes or lenses: Vixen VSD

Imaging cameras: Starlight Express SXVR-H18

Mounts: Sky-Watcher MX

Guiding telescopes or lenses:Vixen VSD

Guiding cameras: sx loadstar

Software: Sequence Generator Pro, PHD, Photoshop CS5

Filters: Baader Ha, OIII & SII

Accessories: Starlight Xpress USB filter wheel, Baader Planetarium 36mm narrowband filters

 

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Mapping in a Painterly Hubble Mode This is a two panel mosaic in narrow-band with an integration of around 50 hours of photography over six clear nights. The processing work was done using Pixinsight and Photoshop.

 

The California Nebula is an emission nebula located in the constellation Perseus. It is so named because it appears to resemble the outline of the US State of California on long exposure photographs

 

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California Nebula in bicolour.

Imaging telescopes or lenses: Vixen VSD

Imaging cameras: Starlight Express SXVR-H18

Mounts: MX

Guiding telescopes or lenses: Vixen VSD

Guiding cameras: sx loadstar

Software: PixInsight 1.8, Sequence Generator Pro, Photoshop CS5, PHD, Main Sequence Software

Filters: Baader H-alpha 3.5 Nm, Baader O III 8.5nm

Accessories: Starlight Xpress USB filter wheel

Resolution: 3283x2482

Dates: Nov. 3, 2015, Nov. 5, 2015, Nov. 9, 2015

Frames:

Baader Ha 3.5nm: 10x1800"

Baader O III 8.5nm: 20x1800"

Integration: 15 hours

Locations: Home observatory, Valencia, Spain

 

A macro photo of a side lit river stone on black acryllic.

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This is the NB version of our exploration of the California Nebula in Perseus. Brought to you through the collaborative efforts of European astrophotographers Maurizio Cabibbo and Paul C. Swift.

Contains: NGC 3077, M 82, NGC 3034, M 81, Bode's nebulae, NGC 3031

 

it's galaxy season again!

 

M81 and M82 are a pair of galaxies in the constellation Ursa Major.M81 (Bode’s Galaxy), M82 (Cigar Galaxy) and part of IFN, Messier 81 (Bode’s Galaxy or NGC 3031) and Messier 82 (Cigar Galaxy or NGC 3034) are respectively spiral and starburst galaxy about 12 million light-years away in the constellation Ursa Major. This couple is seen through the faint glow of an Integrated Flux Nebulae

 

Integration: 46.0 hours

 

Imaging telescopes or lenses: Ian King Ikharos 8" RC

Imaging cameras: Starlight Express SXVR-H18

Mounts: Sky-Watcher NEQ6 Pro

Guiding telescopes or lenses: Ian King Ikharos 8" RC

Guiding cameras: sx loadstar

Software: PixInsight 1.8, PHD, Main Sequence Software, Photoshop CS5

Filters: Baader Luminance 2"

Accessories: Starlight Xpress USB filter wheel

  

Light pollution in my location is a problem when dealing with faint luminace data such as finer galaxy detail and flux nebula. My home location is simply not dark enough

  

This image is made up of Wide field data from 2016 and close up data from 2015

 

Vixen 2016

Baader B 2'': 10x900

Baader G 2": 10x900

Baader R 2":10x900

Lume 900 x 45

 

RC 2015

Baader B 2'': 40x600"

Baader Ha 8.5nm: 8x1800"

Baader G 2": 40x600"

Baader R 2": 40x600"

Lume 15 x 40

 

Locations: Home observatory, Valencia, Spain

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Gamma Cygni lies at the center of the Northern Cross

Imaging telescope: Vixen VSD 100 f/3

Imaging camera: 9.2mp Sony SX814

Mount: Software Bisque Paramount MX

Guiding telescope or lens: Vixen VSD 100 f/3

Filters: Chroma SII 3nm, Chroma OIII 3nm, Chroma Ha 3nm

Accessories: Chroma OIII 3nm, Chroma Ha 3 nm

Frames:12x1800"x3

Integration: 18 hours

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Galaxy season continues with a look at the Needle Galaxy or Caldwell 38 an edge-on spiral galaxy about 30 to 50 million light-years away in the constellation Coma Berenices.

 

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The 10th magnitude galaxy sits perpendicular to our own Milky Way galaxy and is almost directly above the North Galactic Pole Needle Galaxy L x 65 bin 2x2 + rgb

 

Contains: NGC 4565, IC 3543, NGC 4562

 

Camera SXH18

Imaging telescope or lens: Ian King Ikharos 8" RC

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The Soul Nebula in Narrow-band. Located about 6,500 light years away, the Soul Nebula spans about 100 light years

 

Photographed at home in Valencia.

SX-46 with and SX Maxi wheel from Starlight Xpress Ltd . format array of 27 x 21.6 mm, 6uM square pixels. Newtonian telescope at at 1330mm. Chroma NB Filters

 

Integration at F4 120 hours

  

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Processing Paul C Swift M42 in colour!

Data: NASA, ESA, Hubble

 

Note on Coloration

 

source Wiki:

 

Observers have long noted a distinctive greenish tint to the nebula, in addition to regions of red and of blue-violet. The red hue is a result of the Hα recombination line radiation at a wavelength of 656.3 nm. The blue-violet coloration is the reflected radiation from the massive O-class stars at the core of the nebula.

 

The green hue was a puzzle for astronomers in the early part of the 20th century because none of the known spectral lines at that time could explain it. There was some speculation that the lines were caused by a new element, and the name nebulium was coined for this mysterious material. With better understanding of atomic physics, however, it was later determined that the green spectrum was caused by a low-probability electron transition in doubly ionized oxygen, a so-called "forbidden transition". This radiation was all but impossible to reproduce in the laboratory at the time, because it depended on the quiescent and nearly collision-free environment found in the high vacuum of deep space.

  

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The Orion Nebula (also known as Messier 42, M42, or NGC 1976) is a diffuse nebula situated in the Milky Way, being south of Orion's Belt in the constellation of Orion.[b] It is one of the brightest nebulae, and is visible to the naked eye in the night sky. M42 is located at a distance of 1,344 ± 20 light years[3][6] and is the closest region of massive star formation to Earth. The M42 nebula is estimated to be 24 light years across. It has a mass of about 2000 times the mass of the Sun

 

Integration: 26.0 hours

 

Imaging telescopes or lenses: Takahashi TSA 102

Imaging cameras: Starlight Express SXVR-H18

Mounts: Sky-Watcher NEQ6 Pro

Guiding telescopes or lenses: Takahashi TSA 102

Guiding cameras: sx loadstar

Focal reducers: Takahashi TOA/FS Reducer

Software: Sequence Generator Pro, PHD, Photoshop CS5

Filters: Baader SII 8.5nm, Baader O III 8.5nm, Baader Ha 8.5nm

Accessories: Starlight Xpress USB filter wheel, Baader Planetarium 36mm narrowband filters

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The Sword of Orion. Old and new data from 2012 & 2017

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Thank you for looking at Sh2-308. Ha, OIII and RGB.

 

Also designated as Sharpless 308, RCW 11, or LBN 1052, is an emission nebula and HII region located near the center of the constellation Canis Major, composed of ionized hydrogen. It is about 8 degrees south of Sirius, the brightest star in the night sky.

This wonderful data set comes from team Chilescope and demonstrate the capability of great optics located under true clear skies. Well done team! I had an enjoyable time processing this data. Keep up the good work Team Chilescope

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Expanding out across NGC 7822 with mixed refactors on this 3 panel mosaic.

Image credits:

Processing by Swift.

Data acquired by Swift by and a little by Candini

Hope you enjoy this one!

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Thank you for looking at this narrow-band image of part of the Heart nebula. Mixed back yard data from 2017 and 2011. Melotte-15 is the star cluster located at the heart of the Heart Nebula located in the Perseus Arm of the constellation Cassiopeia.

 

Melotte-15 is the star cluster located at the heart of the Heart Nebula. Stellar winds and radiation from massive hot stars.

Imaging telescope: AG14 astrograph and VSD.

Imaging camera: 9.2mp Sony SX814

Mount: Software Bisque Paramount MX

 

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You are looking at a diffuse emission nebula located in northern constellation of Cassiopeia. Part of the Milky Way's Perseus Spiral Arm. It is known as the "Pacman Nebula". ( a name that doesn't seem to fit particularly well! )

 

This two panel mosaic was photographed under northern skies, at my home in Valencia.

Viewing in full screen is recommended.

Integration 8 nights

Chroma Filter NB filters

AG14 Newtonian astrograph.

camera: Starlight Xpress Trius SX-814

Chroma Filter NB

#Astrophotography #Space #narrowband

 

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This is a ten panel mosaic depicting Caldwell 49 up to and including the Cone Nebula and Christmas Tree Cluster. It has been around two months in the making.

 

maging telescope or lens: Vixen VSD

Imaging camera: Starlight Express SXVR-H18

Mount: Sky-Watcher NEQ6 Pro

Guiding telescope or lens: Vixen VSD

Software: Sequence Generator Pro

Filter: Baader H-alpha 3.5 Nm , OIII & SII

Accessory: Starlight Xpress Lodestar Guider

Integration: 100.0 hours

Dates: Jan. 26, 2016

  

Locations: Home observatory, Valencia, Spain

 

Monoceros is a faint constellation on the celestial equator. Its name is Greek for unicorn. Its definition is attributed to the 17th-century Dutch cartographer Petrus Plancius.

 

Monoceros is home to The Rosette Nebula , the Christmas Tree Cluster and the Cone Nebula.

  

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The Rosette Nebula (NGC 2237, 2238, 2239, and 2246) is a diffuse nebula in Monoceros. It has an overall magnitude of 6.0 and is 4900 light-years from Earth. The Rosette Nebula, over 100 light-years in diameter, has an associated star cluster and possesses many Bok globules in its dark areas. It was independently discovered in the 1880s by Lewis Swift (early 1880s) and Edward Emerson Barnard (1883) as they hunted for comets.

The Christmas Tree Cluster (NGC 2264) is another open cluster in Monoceros. Named for its resemblance to a Christmas tree, it is fairly bright at an overall magnitude of 3.9; it is 2400 light-years from Earth. The variable star S Monocerotis represents the tree's trunk, while the variable star V429 Monocerotis represents its top.[3]

The Cone Nebula (NGC 2264), associated with the Christmas Tree Cluster, is a very dim nebula that contains a dark conic structure. It appears clearly in photographs, but is very elusive in a telescope. The nebula contains several Herbig-Haro objects, which are small irregularly variable nebulae. They are associated with protostars.

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New and old data from 2017 & 2015 was combined to produce this new image of the Crescent Nebula in Cygnus. Higher resolution detail was photographed with a large Newtonian telescope and the wide-field data, with a fast refactor. Hope you enjoy the results.

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Melotte-15 is the star cluster located at the heart of the Heart Nebula. Stellar winds and radiation from massive hot stars.

Imaging telescope: AG14 astrograph

Imaging camera: 9.2mp Sony SX814

Mount: Software Bisque Paramount MX

Integration 18 hours

The Whale Galaxy NGC 4627 and 4631. Imaging telescope : Ikharos 8" RC SXH18 CCD L600x40 bin2 + RGB & Ha. Integration around 16 hours shot under moonless condition in semi urban skies. Home obbs Valencia.

NGC 4631 (also known as the Whale Galaxy or Caldwell 32) is an edge-on spiral galaxy in the constellation Canes Venatici. This galaxy's slightly distorted wedge shape gives it the appearance of a herring or a whale, hence its nickname. Because this nearby galaxy is seen edge-on from Earth, professional astronomers observe this galaxy to better understand the gas and stars located outside the plane of the galaxy.

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M101: The Pinwheel Galaxy - The Pinwheel Galaxy - reminiscent of Fibonacci's sequence, the Golden Ratio.

 

Data from the Hubble Legacy Archive

Processing by Paul C Swift #Astrophotography #Space

 

This mosaic was processed using WFPC2 data from the Hubble Legacy Archive. I hope you find it interesting.

 

Wikipedia

 

"The Pinwheel Galaxy is a face-on spiral galaxy distanced 21 million light-years (six megaparsecs) away from earth in the constellation Ursa Major."

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The North America Nebula is an emission nebula in the constellation Cygnus, close to Deneb. The remarkable shape of the nebula resembles that of the continent of North America, complete with a prominent Gulf of Mexico. This part of the North America nebula (NGC 7000) shown spans about 15 light years and lies about 1,500 light years away toward the constellation of the Swan

 

The North America Nebula is an emission nebula in the constellation Cygnus, close to Deneb. The remarkable shape of the nebula resembles that of the continent of North America, complete with a prominent Gulf of Mexico

 

Technical card

Imaging telescopes or lenses: Vixen VSD100 f/3.8 Astrograph

Imaging cameras: Starlight Express SXVR-H18

Mounts: Sky-Watcher NEQ6 Pro

Guiding telescopes or lenses: Vixen VSD

Guiding cameras: sx loadstar

Software: PixInsight 1.8, Photoshop CS5

Filters: Baader O III 8.5nm, Baader Ha 8.5nm

Accessories: Starlight Xpress USB filter wheel, Starlight Xpress Lodestar Guider

 

Resolution: 3307x2486

Dates: July 8, 2015, July 9, 2015

Frames:

Baader Ha 8.5nm: 11x1800" bin 1x1

Baader O III 8.5nm: 12x1800" bin 1x1

Baader SII 8.5nm: 10x1800" bin 1x1

Integration: 16.5 hours

Avg. Moon age: 21.77 days

Avg. Moon phase: 54.01%

Locations: Home observatory, Valencia, Spain

shot with a fujifilm x-s10, a pixco 0.71x focal reducer, and a pentax smc 50mm f/1.4 screw-mount lens.

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Thank you for viewing the Soap Bubble Nebula. This well known planetary nebula is located in the constellation Cygnus, near the Crescent Nebula.

This image was photographed under northern skies, at my home in Valencia.

Viewing in full screen is recommended.

Optolong filters - narrowband

Chroma Filter NB filters

AG14 Newtonian astrograph.

camera: Starlight Xpress Trius SX-814

Chroma Filter NB

#Astrophotography #Space #narrowband #Optolong. This well known planetary nebula is located in the constellation Cygnus, near the Crescent Nebula.

This image was photographed under northern skies, at my home in Valencia.

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Optolong filters - narrowband

Chroma Filter NB filters

AG14 Newtonian astrograph.

camera: Starlight Xpress Trius SX-814

Chroma Filter NB

#Astrophotography #Space #narrowband #Optolong

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The nebula Messier 78 is a reflection nebula in the constellation Orion. It was discovered by Pierre Méchain in 1780 and included by Charles Messier in his catalog of comet-like objects that same year.

M78 is the brightest diffuse reflection nebula of a group of nebulae that include NGC 2064, NGC 2067 and NGC 2071. This group belongs to the Orion Molecular Cloud Complex and is about 1,600 light years distant from Earth. M78 is easily found in small telescopes as a hazy patch and involves two stars of 10th magnitude. These two stars, HD 38563A and HD 38563B, are responsible for making the cloud of dust in M78 visible by reflecting their light.

 

Ha x 1800 x 4 Lume x 600x 40 RGB x 10 x 30 plus close up data from last year.

 

Imaging telescope or lens: Vixen VSD

Imaging camera: Starlight Express SXVR-H18

Mount: Sky-Watcher NEQ6 and Pro Paramount MX

Guiding telescope or lens: Vixen VSD

Software: Sequence Generator Pro

Filter: Baader H-alpha 3.5 Nm pluss Baader RGBL

Accessory: Starlight Xpress Lodestar Guider

IC 443 (also known as the Jellyfish Nebula and Sharpless 248 (Sh2-248)) is a Galactic supernova remnant (SNR) in the constellation Gemini. On the plan of the sky, it is located near the star Eta Geminorum. Its distance is roughly 5,000 light years from Earth.

 

IC 443 may be the remains of a supernova that occurred 3,000 - 30,000 years ago. The same supernova event likely created the neutron star CXOU J061705.3+222127, the collapsed remnant of the stellar core. IC 443 is one of the best-studied cases of supernova remnants interacting with surrounding molecular clouds.

 

Integration: 37.5 hours

 

Imaging telescopes or lenses: Takahashi TSA 102

Imaging cameras: Starlight Express SXVR-H18

Mounts: Sky-Watcher NEQ6 Pro

Guiding telescopes or lenses: Takahashi TSA 102

Guiding cameras: sx loadstar

Focal reducers: Takahashi TOA/FS Reducer

Software: Sequence Generator Pro, PHD, Photoshop CS5

Filters: Baader Ha, Hb, OIII & SII

Accessories: Starlight Xpress USB filter wheel, Baader Planetarium 36mm narrowband filters

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This Hybrid broadband- Narrow-band image of the California Nebula ( an emission nebula located in the constellation Perseus.) was brought to you through the collaborative efforts of European astrophotographers Maurizio Cabibbo and Paul C. Swift.

  

Swift:

Imaging telescope: Vixen VSD 100 f/3

Imaging camera: 9.2mp Sony SX814

Mount: Software Bisque Paramount MX

Guiding telescope or lens: Vixen VSD 100 f/3

Filters: Chroma OIII 3nm, Chroma Ha 3nm and Chroma SII 3nm

Frames: 44x1800" at F3

Integration: 42.0 hours

Avg. Moon age: 1.81 days

Avg. Moon phase: 3.67%

Locations: Home observatory, Valencia, Spain

 

Cabibbo

Imaging telescope:Takahashi Fsq 106 EDXIII f/3,6

Imaging cameraSbig Stl11000

Mount: Losmandy G11

Guiding telescope or lens: Orion SSAG on Orion Short Tube 80/400

IC 410 is an emmision nebula that lies approximately 1200 light years away and spans 100 light years. Embedded in this nebula is NGC 1893, a young star cluster. Its stellar winds distort the denser, cooler clouds of gas that form the "Tadpoles" - visible at the upper left side of the image.

Integration: 22.5 hours

 

Technical card

Imaging telescopes or lenses: Takahashi TSA 102

Imaging cameras: Starlight Express SXVR-H18

Mounts: Sky-Watcher NEQ6 Pro

Guiding telescopes or lenses: Takahashi TSA 102

Guiding cameras: sx loadstar

Focal reducers: Takahashi TOA/FS Reducer

Software: Sequence Generator Pro, PHD, Photoshop CS5

Filters: Baader O III 8.5nm, Baader Ha 8.5nm

Accessories: Starlight Xpress USB filter wheel, Baader Planetarium 36mm narrowband filters

IC5068 is an emission nebula in the constellation Cygnus

 

Imaging camera: Starlight Xpress SX-814 Trius

Imaging telescope: Vixen VSD @ F3

Chroma filters: Ha 3nm x10x1800 OIII 3nm x 10x1800. SII 10x1800

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This is a two panel mosaic featuring the entangled strands of differing types of emission nebula located in the Veil. These wonderful nebular remnants signify massive high energy events in the cosmos in the distant past. Pickering's Triangle is located approximately 1500 light years away in Cygnus.

  

This image was photographed under northern skies, at my home in Valencia.

Viewing in full screen is recommended.

 

Chroma Filter NB filters

AG14 Newtonian astrograph.

camera: Starlight Xpress Trius SX-814

Chroma Filter NB

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Ou4 the Giant Squid Nebula, Data in from last night 1800 x 14 at F3

Ha Tonight! Looking at the individual subs there is not much to see but when they are all stacked and treated the elusive squid begins to reveal it's self.

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Contains: M 82, Bode's nebulae, NGC 3034

M 82, Bode's nebulae, NGC 3034

M82 was previously believed to be an irregular galaxy. In 2005, however, two symmetric spiral arms were discovered in near-infrared images of M82.

 

This image was photographed at my home in Valencia.

  

Imaging telescope or lens:AG14

Mount: Software Bisque Paramount MX

 

Frames:

Chroma LRGB Ha CCD Filter set

Baader Luminance 2": 40x600" bin 2x2

Integration: 36 hours

Locations: Home observatory, Valencia, Spain

This image is a mosaic of three panels. M 81 and m82 shot using a 14" Newtonian from the home in Valencia.

This image Contains: M81 and it's companion dwarf galaxy Holmberg IX, NGC 3034 and M 82.

M81 and M82 are a pair of galaxies in the constellation Ursa Major. Messier 81 and Messier 82 can both be viewed easily using binoculars and small telescopes.

Imaging telescope or lens:AG14

Mount: Software Bisque Paramount MX

Frames:

Chroma LRGB & Ha CCD Filter set

Integration: +- 36 hours x 3

Locations: Home observatory, Valencia,

Spain

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Photographed from my back-yard in Valencia. over one night with quarter moon light interference.

Imaging telescope: AG14 astrograph

Imaging camera: SX 9.2mp Sony SX814

Mount: Software Bisque Paramount MX

Filters: chroma, luminance 300x40, chroma RGB x300 x 15

  

Contains: NGC 7023 , a bright reflection nebula and Caldwell object in the constellation Cepheus. 1,300 light-years away from earth and spanning six light years. The dominate central color is blue however there is also a faint red luminescence.

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The Tadpole Nebula also known as IC 410, This is a RGBL image of IC410, was taken from my home observatory in Valencia.

 

SX-46 with and SX Maxi wheel from Starlight Xpress Ltd . format array of 27 x 21.6 mm, 6uM square pixels. Newtonian telescope at at 1330mm. Chroma NB Filters

 

Integration at F4 24 hours

  

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This Hybrid broadband- Narrow-band image of the rossette nebula ( part of the giant molecular cloud in the Monoceros) was brought to you through the collaborative efforts of European astrophotographers Maurizio Cabibbo and Paul C. Swift.

  

Swift:

Processing

Imaging telescope: Vixen VSD 100 f/3 & AG14 Newt

Imaging camera: 9.2mp Sony SX814

Mount: Software Bisque Paramount MX

Guiding telescope or lens: Vixen VSD 100 f/3

Filters: Chroma OIII 3nm, Chroma Ha 3nm and Chroma SII 3nm

Locations: Home observatory, Valencia, Spain

 

Cabibbo

Imaging telescope:Takahashi Fsq 106 EDXIII f/3,6

Imaging cameraSbig Stl11000

Mount: Losmandy G11

Guiding telescope or lens: Orion SSAG on Orion Short Tube 80/400

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This image of M8 demonstrates the three emission bands Ha, OIII and SII and maps the location of those emissions in equal measure. It is quite different from the 2013 bi-colour image which was Oxygen dominate in the mix.

 

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© and processing Paul C Swift 2019

 

Data Theodore Arampatzoglou 2013

 

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Carina Nebula in NB

 

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I spent a winter week end sifting through the Hubble archives, exploring and processing data from the system. As a northern hemisphere astophotographer this was a rare treat but thanks to ESA was made posible via the archives.

 

These are the images that materialized. I hope you find them interesting.

  

Image credits :

Processing Paul C Swift

Data: NASA, ESA, Hubble;

"That's one small step for man, one giant leap for Danbo."

 

The First Moonwalk 9:30 p.m. Houston time on July 20, 1969........but Danbo did it at 13.14 MDT and Neil Armstrong just followed in Danbo's footsteps.

 

Walking on the Moon www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPwMdZOlPo8

 

Moon Shadow www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGNxKnLmOH4

 

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Narrowband image of: Fleming's Triangle in my favorite palette

 

Photographed at home in Valencia.

SX-46 with and SX Maxi wheel from Starlight Xpress Ltd . format array of 27 x 21.6 mm, 6uM square pixels. Newtonian telescope at at 1330mm.

 

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M81, M82 & NGC3077 with a hint of flux nebular.

 

This image is a mosaic of three panels. M 81 and m82 shot using a 14" Newtonian from the home in Valencia and VSD astrograph

This image Contains: M81 and it's companion dwarf galaxy Holmberg IX, NGC 3034 and M 82. On a moonless night it is possible to catch a glimpse of the illusive flux nebular here in this rather light polluted sky.

 

M81 and M82 are a pair of galaxies in the constellation Ursa Major. Messier 81 and Messier 82 can both be viewed easily using binoculars and small telescopes.

Imaging telescope or lens:AG14

Mount: Software Bisque Paramount MX

camera: SX-46 with and SX Maxi wheel & SX814

Chroma LRGB & Ha CCD Filter set

Integration: +- 36 hours x 3

Locations: Home observatory, Valencia,

Spain

#Space #astrophotography

 

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Fireworks Galaxy Up close and personal with RGB data from the Liverpool telescope (belonging to the John Moores University) & the new supernova has been added to this composite image from our own back-yard data shot this year.

  

What a pleasure to work with this quality of data. So many details to explore, so much cosmic dust. Pretty impressive from an earth based telescope. I could go for more of this stuff.

 

Processed by Swift

 

Sometimes it is interesting to take a closer look.

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Thank you for viewing a rather fluffy looking M42. This image was made by combining images from several of my backyard telescopes and a little help from a friend.

  

The Orion Nebula is a diffuse nebula situated in the Milky Way, being south of Orion's Belt in the constellation of Orion.

 

SX-46 with and SX Maxi wheel from Starlight Xpress Ltd . format array of 27 x 21.6 mm, 6uM square pixels. Newtonian telescope at at 1330mm and VSD at 330mm!

Chroma NB and RGBL Filters were used.

 

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