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Object: NGC 7380 The Wizard Nebula HST – 2020

NGC 7380 (also known as the Wizard Nebula or Sharpless 142 Sh2-142) is an open cluster with associated nebulosity located in the constellation of Cepheus. It is about 7200 light years from earth and has a radius of about 100 light years.

 

Details:

- Imaging telescope or lens: Celestron EdgeHD 11 Celestron 11" Edge HD @f/7

- Imaging camera: FLI MicroLine ML16200

- Mount: Astro-Physics 1100 GTO CP4

- Guiding telescope or lens: Celestron OAG Deluxe

- Guiding camera: ZWO ASI174 Mini

- Focal reducer: Celestron .7x Focal Reducer, for 11 HD

- Software: Adobe Photoshop CS5, Sequence Generator Pro, PixInsight 1.8 Ripley

- Imaging location: Western Massachusetts

- Imaging date 9/18/2020 to 9/26/2020

 

Accessories: Optec FastFocus C-11 SMFS, FLI CFW-7

 

Filters:

- Chroma Ha 3nm 50mm

- Chroma OIII 3nm 50mm

- Astrodon SII 3nm 50mm

 

Exposure TImes:

- Hydrogen Alpha (Ha): 17 x 30min. (510min) bin 1x1

- Oxygen III (OIII):13 x 30min. (390min) bin 1x1

- Sulfur II (SII):15 x 30min. (450min) bin 1x1

 

Total Exposure:1350min. (22.5hr)

 

Limiting Magnitude: 5.1

 

Object: The Andromeda Galaxy – M31 (Oct. 2018)

(Messier 31, M31, or NGC 224)

 

The 4th and last time I am doing this target. I was visiting an old friend in Nova Scotia and I needed to come up with a wideband target quickly and M31 won out.

A large spiral galaxy in our “local group” of galaxies named for the mythological princess Andromeda and located in the constellation of the same name. The galaxy is estimated to be 2.5 million light years distant and is estimated to be 220,000 light years across with a halo weighing in at 1.23 trillion solar masses containing over a trillion suns within its boundaries. Interesting to note that while the light from the near side of M31 takes 2.5 million years to reach us, the light from the far side takes 220,000 more years to reach us which is longer than humans have existed on earth.

 

Acquisition Date: October 8th to October 14th 2018 Chester, Nova Scotia

 

- Telescope: Takahashi FSQ106EDXIII at f/5

- Mount: Astro-Physics AP1100

- Camera: Starlight Xpress Trius SX-46 (-20°C)

- Guiding: Starlight Xpress Maxi filterwheel OAG

- Guide camera: Starlight -Xpress Lodestar X2 mono

 

Filters:

Astrodon Gen II E Filters

Luminance: 25 x 300sec (125 min)

Red: 16 x 300sec (80 min)

Green: 14 x 300sec (70 min)

Blue: 20 x 300sec (100 min)

 

Total: 375 min (6.25 hours)

  

Just Walking 歩く旅

 

Wanderer, your footsteps are

the road, and nothing more;

wanderer, there is no road,

the road is made by walking.

Walking makes the road,

and turning to look behind,

You see the path

that you will never tread again.

Wanderer, there is no road,

only foam trails on the sea.

 

Antonio Machado

1875–1939

 

Reading this poem made me look at my long journey in a new way...

 

For more photos and some travel notes, have a look at my book ‘Just Walking’, available at: www.shashasha.co/en/book/just-walking or at amazon.jp.

 

Prints from the exhibition are on my website:

stefanspeidel.smugmug.com/OAG-Exhibition-Just-Walking/.

 

If you are interested in buying a signed copy of the book, or a print, please send me a message!

Object: IC348 – A star forming region in Perseus about 1028 light years from earth

  

Details:

- Acquisition Date: 10/14/2018 – 10/17/2018

- Location: Chester, Nova Scotia Canada

- Camera: Starlight Xpress SX46@ -20°C w/SX Maxi Filterwheel

- Telescope: Takahashi FSQ106EDXIII at f/5

- Mount: Astro-Physics AP1100 w/GTO3

- Guide scope: SX OAG via Maxi filterwheel

- Guide Camera: Starlight Xpress Lodestar 2 (mono)

 

Filters:

Astrodon Gen II E Filters

- Luminance: 28 x 300 sec (140 min)

- Red: 21 x 300 sec (105 min)

- Green: 22 x 300 sec (110 min)

- Blue: 19 x 300 sec (95 min)

Total Exposure: 450 min. (7.5hr)

  

Processed in PixInsight 1.8.8-9 and Adobe PS5

 

Object: NGC 2264-The Cone and Christmas Tree Nebula (bicolor) – 2021

NGC 2264 (also known as The Cone and Christmas Tree Nebula) is an emission nebula found in the constellation Monoceros about 2600 light years from Earth. Also contained with in the nebula is the Snowflake Cluster.

  

Details:

- Imaging telescope or lens: Celestron EdgeHD 11 Celestron 11" Edge HD @f/7

- Imaging camera: FLI MicroLine ML16200

- Mount: Astro-Physics 1100 GTO CP4

- Guiding telescope or lens: Celestron OAG Deluxe

- Guiding camera: ZWO ASI174 Mini

- Focal reducer: Celestron .7x Focal Reducer, for 11 HD

- Software: Adobe Photoshop CS5, Sequence Generator Pro, PixInsight 1.8 Ripley

- Imaging location: Western Massachusetts

- Imaging date: January 8th to January 11th 2021

 

Accessories: Optec FastFocus C-11 SMFS, FLI CFW-7

 

Filters:

- Chroma Ha 3nm 50mm

- Chroma OIII 3nm 50mm

 

Exposure TImes:

- Hydrogen Alpha (Ha): 13 x 30min. (390min) bin 1x1

- Oxygen III (OIII):14 x 30min. (420min) bin 1x1

 

Total Exposure:810min. (13.5hr)

 

Limiting Magnitude: 5.1

 

S7 Airlines Airbus A319-114 VP-BTV accelerating for takeoff on runway 26L.

 

What is now S7 Airlines aka Siberian Airlines is the result of several mergers and acquisitions.

 

Despite whatever prejudices one may have against Russian airlines, S7 ranked 6th most punctual airline in Europe in the latest OAG report.

 

© All Rights Reserved - you may not use this image in any form without my prior permission.

Object: Sh2-101 – The Tulip Nebula HST – 2020

Sharpless 101 is a Hydrogen II region, emission nebula located in the constellation Cygnus. It is called the Tulip Nebula by astrophotographers because it resembles the outline of a tulip.

- Magnitude: 9

- Constellation: Cygnus

- Apparent dimensions (V): 16' x 9'

- Designations: Sharpless 101, Sh2-101, Cygnus Star Cloud, The Tulip Nebula

- Apparent magnitude (V): 9

- Distance: 6,000 ly (1,800 pc)

 

Details:

- Imaging telescope or lens: Celestron EdgeHD 11 Celestron 11" Edge HD @f/7

- Imaging camera: FLI MicroLine ML16200

- Mount: Astro-Physics 1100 GTO CP4

- Guiding telescope or lens: Celestron OAG Deluxe

- Guiding camera: ZWO ASI174 Mini

- Focal reducer: Celestron .7x Focal Reducer, for 11 HD

- Software: Adobe Photoshop CS5, Sequence Generator Pro, PixInsight 1.8 Ripley

 

Accessories: Optec FastFocus C-11 SMFS, FLI CFW-7

 

Filters:

- Chroma Ha 3nm 50mm

- Chroma OIII 3nm 50mm

- Astrodon SII 3nm 50mm

 

Exposure TImes:

- Hydrogen Alpha (Ha): 10 x 30min. (300min) bin 1x1

- Oxygen III (OIII):15 x 30min. (450min) bin 1x1

- Sulfur II (SII):13 x 30min. (390min) bin 1x1

 

Total Exposure: 1140min. (19hr)

Taken between 6/27/2020 and 8/18/2020

Location: Western Massachusetts

 

Limiting Magnitude: 5.1

Just Walking 歩く旅

 

Looking at the prints from my exhibition at OAG Tokyo, every image brings up memories from that journey. This is what I enjoy most - the experiences of these 3 months continue to be very present after more than a year and a half. And yes:

 

"Three months

Walking at my own pace.

What a luxury.

 

A fantastic opportunity to rediscover the country that has been my home for nearly 30 years and to mark the transition to the next stage of my life."

 

I have now uploaded the images from the exhibition to my website, so if you are interested, please have a look!

stefanspeidel.smugmug.com/OAG-Exhibition-Just-Walking/

And if you are interested in buying a print, please message me!

Object: SH2-170 Little Rosette Nebula (HST) – 2021

SH2-170 (LBN 577) or Little Rosette Nebula is a small emission nebula with an associated cluster of stars found in the constellation of Cassiopeia about 7500 light years from Earth.

 

Details:

- Imaging telescope or lens: Celestron EdgeHD 11 Celestron 11" Edge HD @f/7

- Imaging camera: FLI MicroLine ML16200

- Mount: Astro-Physics 1100 GTO CP4

- Guiding telescope or lens: Celestron OAG Deluxe

- Guiding camera: ZWO ASI174 Mini

- Focal reducer: Celestron .7x Focal Reducer, for 11 HD

- Software: Adobe Photoshop CS5, Sequence Generator Pro, PixInsight 1.8 Ripley, Astro Pixel Processor

- Imaging location: Western Massachusetts

- Imaging date 9/20/2020 to 9/23/2020

 

Accessories: Optec FastFocus C-11 SMFS, FLI CFW-7

 

Filters:

- Chroma Ha 3nm 50mm

- Chroma OIII 3nm 50mm

- Astrodon SII 3nm 50mm

 

Exposure TImes:

- Hydrogen Alpha (Ha): 19 x 30min. (570min) bin 1x1

- Oxygen III (OIII): 15 x 30min. (450min) bin 1x1

- Sulfur II (SII): 15 x 30min. (450min) bin 1x1

 

Total Exposure:1470min. (24.5hr)

 

Limiting Magnitude: 5.1

  

"I'm movin' on up now

Gettin' out of the darkness

My light shines on, my light shines on

My light shines on..."

 

Scottish rock for a Scottish roadtrip: youtu.be/OAg_f4Bv4FU?si=PC5OdhnEBSB3Aa-U

 

Happy Travel Thursday, everyone!

my exhibition at OAG in Tokyo (Akasaka 7-5-56) is ready! Hope to see you there! Don't forget: Reception on Wednesday, March 14, 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm.

Akasaka, Tokyo, Japan

Messier 81 is a spiral galaxy located around 12 million light years away in the constellation of Ursa Major. The galaxy's arms show many very active regions of star formation where hot, short-lived blue stars are heating the interstellar dust and gas causing them to emit strongly in the infrared and Ha spectra.

  

Location: West Midlands, UK

 

Scope: Orion Optics VX10 @f/4.8

Camera: Atik 460EX, Baader LHaRGB filters

Mount: SW AZ-EQ6-GT, OAG

 

Integration:

18 x 600s Bin x1 L

6 x 300s each Bin x2 RGB

6 x 600s Bin x2 Ha

 

Acquisition: SGP

 

Processing: PI and Photoshop

EdgeHD 1100 on Astro-Physics AP1100

Camera: FLI ML16200 w/ CFW2-7 filterwheel

Celestron OAG with ZWO ASI174 mini guide camera

Focuser: Optec FastFocus SMFS (Secondary Mirror Focusing System)

Note: OTA is wrapped in Reflectix for thermal stability

 

This is an image of Pickering's Triangle, which is part of the Veil Nebula supernova remnant, it's located in the constellation of Cygnus and recent measurements put this object at a distance of approximately 1470 light years.

 

Location: West Midlands, UK

 

Scope: Orion Optics VX10 @f/4.8

Camera: Atik 460EX, Baader Ha & OIII filters

Mount: SW AZ-EQ6-GT, OAG

 

Integration: 36 x 600s Bin x1 Ha, 28 x 600s Bin x1 OIII

Acquisition: SGP

Processing: PI and Photoshop

Object: Sh2-132 – The Lion Nebula HST – 2020

Sharpless 132 is a faint Hydrogen II region, emission nebula located on the southern edge of Cepheus. I captured the head of the lion in the narrow field of view, which the is the brightest part of the nebula. The nebula is about 10.4K light years distant.

 

Details:

- Imaging telescope or lens: Celestron EdgeHD 11 Celestron 11" Edge HD @f/7

- Imaging camera: FLI MicroLine ML16200

- Mount: Astro-Physics 1100 GTO CP4

- Guiding telescope or lens: Celestron OAG Deluxe

- Guiding camera: ZWO ASI174 Mini

- Focal reducer: Celestron .7x Focal Reducer, for 11 HD

- Software: Adobe Photoshop CS5, Sequence Generator Pro, PixInsight 1.8 Ripley

- Imaging location: Western Massachusetts

- Imaging date 8/20/2020 to 8/23/2020

 

Accessories: Optec FastFocus C-11 SMFS, FLI CFW-7

 

Filters:

- Chroma Ha 3nm 50mm

- Chroma OIII 3nm 50mm

- Astrodon SII 3nm 50mm

 

Exposure TImes:

- Hydrogen Alpha (Ha): 10 x 30min. (300min) bin 1x1

- Oxygen III (OIII):10 x 30min. (300min) bin 1x1

- Sulfur II (SII):10 x 30min. (300min) bin 1x1

 

Total Exposure:900min. (15hr)

 

Limiting Magnitude: 5.1

  

Teleskop oder Objektiv (Aufnahme): TS Optics TS 65/420 Quadruplet

 

Aufnahmekamera: ZWO ASI 2600 MC Pro

 

Montierung: SkyWatcher EQ6 R Pro

 

Teleskop oder Objektiv (Nachführung): TS Optics TS 65/420 Quadruplet

 

Nachführkamera: ZWO ASI 120MM

 

Software: APF-R · Pleiades Astrophoto S.L. PixInsight 1.8.8 Ripley · Adobe Photoshop 2020 · AstroPixel Processor

 

Filter: Optolong L-eXtreme 2"

 

Zubehör: ZWO EAF Electronic Auto Focuser · ZWO ASIAir Pro · ZWO OAG · Baader Coma Corrector

 

Frames: 50x600" (8h 20')

 

Aufnahmedauer: 8h 20'

Revision of Heart Nebula with Melotte 15

45 x 600s

ASI 2600 MC Pro

Skywatcher 150/750 PDS

Optolong L-Extreme 2"

Asiair Pro

Zwo OAG

ASI 120 Mini

ASI 2600 MC Pro - TS65Q APO - ASI 120 MC-S im ZWO OAG - ZWO EAF - Asiair Pro - Optolong L-Extreme 2"

80 x 600s

This is an image of the Soul Nebula (IC 1848), an emission nebula around 7500 light years away located in the constellation of Cassiopeia. Taken in Ha & OIII wavelengths with a total exposure time of just over fourteen hours.

 

Location: West Midlands, UK

 

Scope: Tak FSQ85-ED @f/5.3

Camera: QHY 268M, Baader Ha & OIII filters

Mount: CEM60-EC, OAG guiding

 

Integration: 66 x 300s Bin x1 Ha, 104 x 300s Bin x1 OIII

Acquisition: SGP

Processing: PI and Photoshop

NGC 2174/NGC2175

45 x 600s

ASi 2600 MC Pro - TS65Q APO

Optolong L-Extreme 2"

Zwo OAG - Asi 120 MC-S

Asiair Pro

Ha - OIII - Luminance Processing

This image shows part of IC5070, the Pelican Nebula, the area is a particularly active mix of star formation and evolving gas clouds. Cold gas is constantly being heated and ionised by young energetic stars causing slow changes in the distribution of the nebula.

 

Location: West Midlands, UK

 

Scope: Orion Optics VX10 @f/4.8

Camera: Atik 460EX, Baader LRGB filters

Mount: SW AZ-EQ6-GT, OAG

 

Integration: 5 x 600s Ha, 8 x 600s OIII

Acquisition: SGP

Processing: PI and Photoshop

Object: NGC7000 & IC5070 or the North American and Pelican Nebulae HST - 2018

 

North American Nebula (NGC7000): A hydrogen and dust cloud located in the constellation Cygnus which you can see rising in the east in summer to fall. Cygnus is sometimes called the Northern Cross and has the very bright star Deneb as the head of the cross. (Deneb, Vega and Altair make up the Summer Triangle). NCG7000 vaguely resembles the outline of the North American continent.

 

IC5070 or the Pelican Nebula is an H II region located near the North America Nebula in the constellation of Cygnus. The gaseous clouds of this emission nebula resemble a pelican, giving rise to its name.

 

This photo was done using the HST or Hubble Space Telescope Palette (sometimes called SHO: SII = red, Ha= green, OII = blue) which is accomplished by combining sub frames using three narrowband filters that capture light produced by glowing hydrogen (Ha), oxygen (OIII) and sulfur (SII) present in the nebula. Green is assigned to hydrogen, blue to oxygen and red to the sulfur.

 

Note: this is the first photo I have done with the KAF-16200 based, Starlight Xpress SX-46, so I picked low hanging fruit! This full frame chip also allowed me to get both nebulae into the same shot without using a mosaic or a very wide angle camera lens.

  

Taken: 8/4/2018 - 8/10/2018

Location: Western Massachusetts

Telescope: Takahashi FSQ106EDXIII at f/5

Camera: Starlight Xpress SX-46

Mount: Astro-Physics AP1100

Guidescope: Starlight Xpress Maxi filterwheel OAG

Guide Camera: Starlight Xpress Lodestar 2 (mono)

 

Filters:

- Astrodon 5 nm Hydrogen Alpha (Ha): 6 x 30min. (180min) bin 1x1

- Astrodon 3nm Oxygen III (OIII): 6 x 30min. (180 min) bin 1x1

- Astrodon 3nm Sulfur II (SII): 6 x 30min. (180 min) bin 1x1

Total Exposure:540min. (9.0hr)

 

M13 or NGC6205 is a Globular Cluster located in Hercules - about 145 light-years in diameter, and it is composed of several hundred thousand stars, the brightest of which is the variable star V11 with an apparent magnitude of 11.95. Distance: M13 is about 25,000 light-years away from Earth and has an estimated mass of 600,000 solar masses.

Also in field are galaxies NGC 6207 & IC 4716

 

Note: The diffraction spikes on larger stars are due to the control/power wires for the Optec FastFocus C-11 SMFS focuser which focuses the telescope by moving the secondary mirror.

 

- Imaging telescope: Celestron EdgeHD 11 Celestron 11" Edge HD

- Imaging camera: FLI MicroLine ML16200

- Mount: Astro-Physics 1100 GTO CP4

- Guiding telescope or lens: Celestron OAG Deluxe

- Guiding camera: ZWO ASI174 Mini

- Focal reducer: Celestron .7x Focal Reducer, for 11 HD

- Software:

Adobe Photoshop CS5

Sequence Generator Pro

PixInsight 1.8 Ripley

 

Filters:

Astrodon Gen II E Blue 50mm, Astrodon Gen II E Green 50mm, Astrodon Gen II E Red 50mm, Astrodon Gen II E Lum 50mm

 

Accessories: Optec FastFocus C-11 SMFS focuser, FLI CFW-7 filterwheel

 

Dates: May 21, 2020, May 22, 2020, May 23, 2020

 

Frames:

Astrodon Gen II E Blue 50mm: 22x120" -25C bin 1x1

Astrodon Gen II E Lum 50mm: 39x120" -25C bin 1x1

Astrodon Gen II E Red 50mm: 19x120" -25C bin 1x1

Astrodon Gen II E Green 50mm: 26x120" -25C bin 1x1

 

Integration: 3.5 hours

 

Avg. Moon age: 19.46 days

 

Avg. Moon phase: 0.71%

 

Bortle Dark-Sky Scale: 6.25

  

This is an image of NGC6995, which is part of the Eastern Veil Nebula supernova remnant, it's located in the constellation of Cygnus and recent measurements put this object at a distance of approximately 1470 light years.

 

Location: West Midlands, UK

 

Scope: Orion Optics CT10 @f/4.8

Camera: Atik 460EX, Baader Ha & OIII filters

Mount: CEM60-EC, OAG guiding

 

Integration: 20 x 600s Bin x1 Ha, 12 x 600s Bin x1 OIII

Acquisition: SGP

Processing: PI and Photoshop

 

Tim has been awash with data - here is another 2 pane mosaic.

www.imagetheuniverse.co.uk/tim

Here we have a look at 2 panes of IC 443 and IC 444.

IC 443 is a supernova remnant in Gemini and is located about 5000ly from earth.

I have included a second pane to show the extended nebulae including the reflection areas of 444.

Imaging telescope or lens: Borg 125

Imaging camera: QSI 683WSG-8 OAG QSI 683

Mount: Paramount MX

Guiding telescope or lens: Borg 125

Guiding camera: QSI 683WSG-8 OAG QSI 683

Focal reducer: Borg Super reducer f/4

Software: Diffraction Limited Maxim 6.x, ACP Expert, Pixinsight 1.8

Filters: Astronomik Ha 6nm, Astronomik SII 6nm, Astronomik Oiii 6nm

Accessory: Starlight Xpress lodestar 2

Resolution: 4592x3064

Dates: Nov. 14, 2017, Nov. 18, 2017, Nov. 22, 2017

Frames:

Astronomik Ha 6nm: 40x1200" bin 1x1

Astronomik Oiii 6nm: 48x1200" bin 1x1

Astronomik SII 6nm: 40x1200" bin 1x1

Integration: 42.7 hours

Locations: Image The Universe Remote Telescopes, Fregenal de la Sierra, Extremadura, Spain

Ottawa Art Gallery ...

Ottawa Canada ...

Pic in my Architectural Album ...

 

Pic taken Nov 3, 2022

Thanks for your views, faves, invites and comments ... (c)rebfoto

Valkenburg, the Netherlands.

Stairway ...

OAG ... Ottawa, Canada ...

in my Architectural Series 3 ... Pic # 12 ...

 

Taken Oct 25, 2019

Thanks for your visits, faves, invites and comments ... (c)rebfoto

The Crescent Nebula (NGC 6888) is an emission nebula in the constellation Cygnus. The nebula was formed by the stellar wind of the Wolf-Rayet star WR 136 (HD 192163). Distance - about 5000 light years from earth.

 

Details:

- Imaging telescope: Celestron EdgeHD 11" SCT

- Imaging camera: FLI MicroLine ML16200

- Mount: Astro-Physics 1100 GTO CP4

- Guiding telescope or lens: Celestron OAG Deluxe

- Guiding camera: ZWO ASI174 Mini

- Focal reducer: Celestron .7x Focal Reducer, for 11" EdgeHD

- Software: Adobe Phosotshop CS5 , Seqence Generator Pro, PixInsight 1.8

 

Filters:

- Chroma Ha 3nm 50mm

- Chroma Ha 3nm 50mm

 

Accessories: Optec FastFocus C-11 SMFS, FLI CFW-7

 

Dates: May 22, 2020, May 23, 2020, May 24, 2020

 

Frames:

Chroma Ha 3nm 50mm: 9 x1 800" -25C bin 1x1

Chroma OIII 3nm 50mm: 10 x 1800" -25C bin 1x1

 

Integration: 9.5 hours

 

Avg. Moon age: 15.49 days

 

Avg. Moon phase: 1.59%

 

Bortle Dark-Sky Scale: 6.00

  

This is an image of the Heart Nebula (IC 1805), an emission nebula around 7500 light years away located in the constellation of Cassiopeia. The small group of massive hot stars near the nebula's centre, known as Melotte 15, are sculpting the clouds of dark dust and glowing atomic gas. Taken in Ha & OIII wavelengths with a total exposure time of sixteen hours.

 

Location: West Midlands, UK

 

Scope: Tak FSQ85-ED @f/5.3

Camera: QHY 268M, Baader Ha & OIII filters

Mount: CEM60-EC, OAG guiding

 

Integration: 60 x 600s Bin x1 Ha, 36 x 600s Bin x1 OIII

Acquisition: SGP

Processing: PI, StarNet2 and Photoshop

Playing with a new medium.

With the limitations for real exhibitions due to corona, I wanted to understand better how a virtual one works.

I have used the material from my project ‘Just Walking’, and have recreated something similar to the exhibition that I held in Tokyo at OAG, Nov. 2019. Please have a look, and let me know what you think! Very much appreciated!

artspaces.kunstmatrix.com/en/exhibition/1244694/just-walking

 

And just in case that you would like to buy a print, or get a copy of the book - just drop me a line :-)

Or check out this link:

www.shashasha.co/en/book/just-walking

IC 410 Nebulosa Girini

Marzo 2021/Aprile 2022

Località: San Romualdo - Ravenna

Rifrattore Tecnosky Apo 130/900

Avalon M1 - QHY5III 174M su OAG Celestron

CCD QSI 520ws raffreddato -20

Filtri Astrodon RGB GenII I-Series e Narrowband 5nm

HA-OIII-RGB: HA 38x10min, OIII 33x10min, R 30x5min, G 26x5min, B 30x5min.

Acquisizione: MaximDL5 - Calibrata con Dark, Bias e Flat

Elaborazione: MaximDL5, Astroart8, Startools 1.8, Photoshop, Paint Shop Pro2022, plug-in Topaz e Nik.

www.cfm2004.altervista.org/astrofotografia/nebulose/ic410...

An image of M31, the Andromeda Galaxy, showing the globular clusters around Andromeda's satellite galaxy M110.

 

Location: Galloway, UK

 

Scope: Tak BabyQ @f/3.9

Camera: Atik 460EX, Baader RGB filters

Mount: iOptron CEM60 EC, OAG

 

Integration: 1O x 300s each for RGB

Acquisition: SGP

Processing: PI and Photoshop

Equipment:

 

Scope: Lacerta 72/432 F6 0.85x reduktorral (367mm F5.1)

Mount: Skywatcher EQ-5 Pro Synscan Goto

Guiding: OAG

Guide camera: ZWO ASI120mm Mini

Main camera: ZWO ASI183MM-Pro cooled monochrome camera

 

ZWO ASIAIR Pro

ZWO EFW 8x1.25"

ZWO EAF

ZWO OAG

ZWO 1.25 Helical focuser

Lacerta Dew-heater 30cm

 

Programs:

 

PixInsight

Adobe Photoshop CC 2020

 

Details:

 

Camera temp: -15°C

Gain: 111

Astronomik 6nm Ha: 25x300s

Astronomik 6nm Oxygen: 16x300s

Dark: 60x

Flat: 20x

NGC 4565 lies at a distance of approximately 40 million light years from our own Galaxy in the constellation of Coma Berenices. Its size is approximately 162,000 light years across at the longest edge and 20, 000 light years at the centre bulge. To the lower right of NGC 4565 is the smaller galaxy NGC 4562. This small galaxy is moving away from NGC 4565 at the rate of 123,000 km per second.

 

Imaged over 3 nights from my home in Gérgal, Spain.

 

A higher resolution image with imaging details can be found on my Astrobin page at: astrob.in/full/st1ss3/0/

 

Thank you for looking.

 

Technical summary:

Captured: 22,23,25-03-2023

Imaging Sessions: 3

Location: Gérgal, Andalucía, Spain

Bortle Class: 4

 

Total Integration: 20h 30m

Filters:

Red 48x 300s 4h 00m BIN 2 Gain 100 -5C SQM 20.6

Green 48x 300s 4h 00m BIN 2 Gain 100 -5C SQM 20.5

Blue 438 300s 4h 00m BIN 2 Gain 100 -5C SQM 20.6

UV/IR 102x 300s 8h 30m BIN 2 Gain 100 -5C SQM 20.6

Pixel Scale: 0.5 arcsec/pixel

 

Telescope: Celestron C11 Edge HD f/10 2800mm

Image Camera: ZWO ASI 6200MM Pro

Guiding: ZWO OAG L with ZWO ASI 192MM Mini

Filters: Astronomik R, G, B, UV/IR

Mount: Skywatcher EQ6-R Pro

Computer: Minix NUC

 

Capture software: NINA, PHD2

Processing Software: PixInsight, Adobe Lightroom

 

Just Walking 歩く旅

 

The old Tokaido. Connecting Edo (Tokyo) and Kyoto, passing through the most densely populated part of Japan. And still - quiet back streets, another world from the hustle and bustle of Tokyo, Nagoya or Osaka. Here, a beautiful moment in Mie Prefecture, somewhere near Yokkaichi…

 

For more photos and some travel notes, have a look at my book ‘Just Walking’, available at: www.shashasha.co/en/book/just-walking or at amazon.jp.

 

Prints from the exhibition are on my website:

stefanspeidel.smugmug.com/OAG-Exhibition-Just-Walking/.

 

If you are interested in buying a signed copy of the book, or a print, please send me a message!

34ème Salon champenois du véhicule de collection (2022)

 

Reims (51), France.

NGC 1499

11 x 600s

ASI 2600 MC Pro - TS65Q APO - Optolong LExtreme - ZWO OAG - ASI 120 MC-S - ASIAIR Pro

M101 e la supernova SN2023ixf

22 Maggio 2023

Località: San Romualdo - Ravenna

Tecnosky Apo 130/900

CCD QSI 520ws raffreddato -10 - Filtri Astrodon RGB GenII I-series

Avalon M1 - Autoguida con Celestron OAG e QHY5III 174M

RGB: R 13x5min, G 13x5min, B 13x5min.

Acquisizione: MaximDL5 - Calibrata con Dark e Flat.

Elaborazione: Astroart8, StarTools1.8, Paint Shop Pro2023 plug-in vari.

www.cfm2004.altervista.org/astrofotografia/galassie/m101+...

Northamerica Nebula

Asi 2600 Mc Pro

TS6Q APO

Optolong L-Extreme 2"

Skywatcher EQ6-R Pro

Asiair Pro

ZWO OAG

Asi 120 Mini

22 x 600s

 

Equipment:

 

Scope: Lacerta 72/432 F6 0.85x reduktorral (367mm F5.1)

Mount: Skywatcher EQ-5 Pro Synscan Goto

Guiding: OAG

Guide camera: ZWO ASI120mm Mini

Main camera: ZWO ASI183MM-Pro cooled monochrome camera

 

Accessories:

 

ZWO ASIAIR Pro

ZWO EFW 8x1.25"

ZWO EAF

ZWO OAG

ZWO 1.25 Helical focuser

Lacerta Dew-heater 30cm

 

Programs:

 

PixInsight

Adobe Photoshop CC 2020

 

Details:

 

Camera temp: -15°C

Gain: 53

Astronomik L-3 UV-IR Block: 111x180s

Astronomik Deep-Sky R: 20x180s

Astronomik Deep-Sky G: 10x180s

Astronomik Deep-Sky B: 10x180s

 

Bortle Scale: 4

Location: Isaszeg, Hungary

Acquisition date(s):

2021.04.06., 2021.04.07., 2021.04.08., 2021.04.16.

Here's a part of the Virgo Cluster it's pretty mind blowing at how many Galaxies are within this image

 

The Virgo Cluster is a large cluster of galaxies. Comprising approximately 1300 (and possibly up to 2000) member galaxies, the cluster forms the heart of the larger Virgo Supercluster, of which the Local Group (containing our Milky Way galaxy) is a member. The Local Group actually experiences the mass of the Virgo Supercluster as the Virgocentric flow.

 

Captured by David Wills at PixelSkies, Castillejar, Spain www.pixelskiesastro.com

 

Lum 36 x 600s

Red 157 x 180s

Green 125 x 180s

Blue 110 x 180s

 

25 Hours 36 mins in total.

 

Equipment used:

 

Telescope: Takahashi Baby Q FSQ-85ED F5.3

 

Camera: Xpress Trius SX-694 Pro Mono Cooled to -20C

 

Image Scale: 2.08

 

Guiding: OAG

 

Filters: Astronomik Lum, Red, Green, Blue

 

Mount: iOptron CEM60 "Standard" GOTO Centre Balanced Equatorial Mount

 

Image Acquisition: Voyager

 

Observatory control: Lunatico Dragonfly

 

Stacking and Calibrating: Pixinsight

 

Processing: Pixinsight 1.8, Photoshop CC

The OAG Tokyo is offering me the opportunity to show some of my photos at the foyer of the OAG House in Akasaka / Tokyo. March 12 - 18, 2018, with a small reception on March 14, 20:00 - 22:00.

 

If you have a chance to drop by, especially for the reception on March 14, I would be very glad to see you there!

oag.jp/events/tokyo-notizen/

Equipment:

 

Scope: Lacerta 72/432 F6 0.85x reduktorral (367mm F5.1)

Mount: Skywatcher EQ-5 Pro Synscan Goto

Guiding: OAG

Guide camera: ZWO ASI120mm Mini

Main camera: ZWO ASI183MM-Pro cooled monochrome camera

 

Accessories:

 

ZWO ASIAIR Pro

ZWO EFW 8x1.25"

ZWO OAG

ZWO 1.25 Helical focuser

Lacerta Dew-heater 30cm

 

Programs:

 

PixInsight

Adobe Photoshop CC 2020

 

Details:

 

Camera temp: -15°C

Gain: 111

Astronomik 6nm Ha: 25x300s

Astronomik 6nm Oxygen: 16x300s

Dark: 60x

Flat: 20x

Dark_flats: 20x

Equipment:

 

Scope: Lacerta 72/432 F6 0.85x reduktorral (367mm F5.1)

Mount: Skywatcher EQ-5 Pro Synscan Goto

Guiding: OAG

Guide camera: ZWO ASI120mm Mini

Main camera: ZWO ASI183MM-Pro cooled monochrome camera

 

Accessories:

 

ZWO ASIAIR Pro

ZWO EFW 8x1.25"

ZWO EAF

ZWO OAG

ZWO 1.25 Helical focuser

Lacerta Dew-heater 30cm

 

Programs:

 

PixInsight

Adobe Photoshop CC 2020

 

Details:

 

Camera temp: -15°C

Gain: 111

Astronomik 6nm Ha: 56x300s

Astronomik 6nm Oiii: 42x300s

 

Bortle Scale: 4

Location: Isaszeg, Hungary

NGC 7635 The Bubble Nebula captured by David Wills at PixelSkies, Castillejar, Spain www.pixelskiesastro.com

 

Red 583 x 30s

Green 1483 x 30s

Blue 468 x 30s

Ha 74 x 300s

 

21 hrs 8 mins hours in total.

 

Equipment used:

 

Telescope: Celestron 8" Edge HD

 

Camera: Xpress Trius SX-694 Pro Mono Cooled to -10C (Binned x2)

 

Image Scale: 0.8

 

Guiding: OAG

 

Filters: Astronomik Ha

 

Mount: iOptron CEM60 "Standard" GOTO Centre Balanced Equatorial Mount

 

Image Acquisition: Voyager

 

Observatory control: Lunatico Dragonfly

 

Stacking and Calibrating: Pixinsight

 

Processing: Pixinsight 1.8, Photoshop CC

M81 and M82, Bode's Nebula, Cigar Galaxy

 

L 67 * 90s

R 37 * 180s

G 32 * 180s

B 35 * 180s

  

Integration Time 7h

 

Takahashi epsilon-160ed

ZWO ASI2600MM Pro

iOptron CEM60

Antlia LRGB filters

ZWO OAG-L + ZWO ASI174MM

ZWO EAF, EFW

Nina, PixInsight, Topaz DeNoise AI, DenoiseXTerminator, Photoshop

 

This is an image of the Shark Nebula (LDN1235), a cloud of interstellar gas and dust sculpted by the solar winds from massive stars, it's located in the constellation of Cepheus and is approximately 650 light years from Earth. Shot in LRBG from the dark skies of Dumfries and Galloway, the image was taken over two nights with just over eight hours of exposure.

 

Location: Kirkinner, Dumfires and Galloway, UK

 

Scope: Tak FSQ85-ED @f/5.3

Camera: QHY 268M, Mode 1, Gain 56, Offset 30

Filters: Chroma LRGB

Mount: CEM60-EC, OAG guiding

 

Integration: L x 67, R x 65, G x 59, B x 58, all filters at 120s

Acquisition: N.I.N.A

Processing: PI and Photoshop

/// Setup

- Camera: Moravian G2-8300 + OAG

- Telescope: Omegon 126/880 Triplet Apo

- Corrector: TS 2.5" Fullframe Corrector

- Mount: Losmandy G11 on Pier

- Guiding Camera: Lodestar X2

 

/// Software

- Capturing Software: Sequence Generator Pro

- Processing Software: DeepSkyStacker / Fitswork / PixInsight

 

/// Image Integration

- Date: 21.03.18

-5x600" R / bin 1x1 / -30°C

-5x600" G / bin 1x1 / -30°C

-5x600" B / bin 1x1 / -30°C

(2h30min)

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