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The Veil Nebula in Cygnus, with its intricate structures, is one of my preferred nebulas in the night sky and is the result of a supernova which happened some 10,000 or 20,000 years ago.
This image is the re-processing of data taken in 2021, whose first version was published here astrob.in/93bsj3/C/ and I may say that this time I was able to achieve what I envisioned to this photo.
I hope you enjoy.
Shot at Barcarena on August 2021.
Technical details:
NB: 111 x 600’’
BB: 20 x 120’’
TS Optics Triplet APO 800/115 | TS Optics TSFLAT2 0.79x | QHYCCD 268C | Omegon IV/IR Cut 2'' | Optolong L-Extreme
Acquisition: N.I.N.A. | Processing: Pixinsight
More info: www.galactic-hunter.com/post/m33-the-triangulum-galaxy
So in July when we were at Landers with the #OPTeam we imaged M33 with our Orion 8" Astrograph and QHY128C. It was the end of the night and we only ended up with 1 hour of data. It has just been sitting on the computer since.. and almost ended up in the trash as we really didn't expect it to yield anything good.
Processed it today just for fun and WOW! This camera really does not cease to amaze! This is such an incredible result for so little time, and you can see the comparison between this shot and our DSLR attempt from 3 years ago on our website!
Equipment used:
Orion 8” Astrograph
QHY128C
Paramount MyT
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NGC 1499 - The California Nebula from a Bortle 9 backyard and full moon with the Triad Ultra filter.
More info on the capture here: www.galactic-hunter.com/post/ngc-1499
After years of dreaming about it, I finally got a house with a backyard. It is deep in Vegas and the light pollution couldn’t be worse, but I am happy that I don’t have to drive hours out to the desert every single time I want to image (although I’ll probably still do that).
Recently got a Triad Ultra Quad Band filter as a loan and decided to try it out. Not only I am in a Bortle 9 zone, the moon was full and the neighbors all have their own backyard lights on all night. Anyway, if you guys are interested in watching the whole process on video, it will be up on Friday on our YouTube (Galactic Hunter).
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I am personally very impressed. This is about 6.5 hours total integration time. I know the stars on the edges aren’t looking very nice but that’s because I did not achieve the right back focus (first time with this camera/scope setup).
This is what 26 minutes of light pointing at our Milky Way Galaxy looks like. 13, stacked and tracked, images taken at two minute intervals on a Canon 5D Mark IV & 50mm lens (rendering 26 minutes of light.)
I originally aspired to shoot a photo like this after scoping out @marcleatham instagram from a similar photo he shot of our galaxy. I’m satisfied with the result but am definitely interested in achieving “deeper” and cleaner looking images that reveal more gases, clusters, and objects. A special lens comes in the mail soon so maybe that can help me out next MW season. there’s a bit of light leakage towards the bottom of this photo so if anyone knows that stems from feel free to let me know below! ••
Settings/Gear:
120 sec; iso 1600; f/4.0
-Canon EOS 5D Mark IV;
-Canon EF 50mm STM @canonusa -Phottix Aion Wireless Shutter Release from @georges.camera @phottix -@manfrottoimaginemore MK290DUA3 tripod
-@promasterphoto professional SPH45P Ball Head
- @ioptron_telescopes SkyTracker Pro
- Processed using @adobe PS & LR
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NGC 6188: Fighting Dragons of Ara
Deep in the skies above a light polluted city, nobody knew what was going on in this patch of the sky..till John Herschel discovered this in 1836. With his 18 1/4” reflector, he noted a “faint nebula, in which the preceding part of the cluster is involved”. .
NGC 6188 is actually in emission nebula located approximately 4,000 light years away in the constellation of Ara (thus the name) Its bright open star cluster NGC 6193 is in fact visible to the naked eye. .
Bottom right of the picture is another emission nebula, NGC 6164-5. Expelled gaseous material from the centre star possibly due to its fast rotation led to this symmetric shape of this bi-polar nebula. It diameter spans 4 light years across.
And it looks like the dragon on the right is guarding this egg from the dragon on the left 🐲
A total of 38 hours worth of exposures went into this beautiful widefield image of the Dragons, keep looking up to the night skies!
NGC 5985, NGC 5982 and NGC 5981 are three galaxies in the constellation Draco, collectively known as Draco Triplet. This triplet is less known than Leo Triplet and unlike it, most probably these three galaxies are not interacting with each other. These are part of a larger group of galaxies known as the NGC 5982 Cluster.
This is my second attempt to photograph this region and I think with improved results (mileage and sark skies always help...)
I hope you enjoy and I'd love to hear your feedback on it.
Cheers,
André
Shot at Trevinca, ES on April 18th, 20th, 21st, 22nd and 23rd 2024
Technical details as follows:
R: 92 x 120''
G: 132 x 120''
B: 124 x 120''
Total: 11h36
SW EQ6-R Pro | TS Optics Triplet APO 800/115 | TS Optics TSFLAT2 0.79x | QHYCCD 268M | Optolong LRGB | RBFocus Gaius-S | RBFocus Myrrdin 2.3
Here is an image of the stellar dust surrounding NGC7023, The Iris Nebula. This is an image I've been working on for almost a full year due to two reasons: the extreme contrast between the dust and stars and problems with the data set I gathered. Boy, I'm so pleased to have finally resolved a great image out of the data I captured. I used a new technique I'm experimenting with called relinearization by some. This allows me to remove the stars using Starnet before officially stretching the data and effectively transform the image back into its linear state for processing steps that work best with linear data. This allowed me to reveal the faint dust while nicely controlling the stars. I'm very pleased with this image, and I'm gonna apply this technique to another troublesome data set I have and see what I can make of it! Until then, I hope you enjoy :)
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Rokinon 135mm f/2 @ f/2.0
Celestron AVX
Astrokraken Lens Bracket
Stock Nikon D5500
Subs from 6/20/2020
90 x 120s Lights @ ISO 200
No Darks
15 Flats
100 Bias
Total Integration Time: 3hrs
Here is a reprocessed version of my old Triangulum data I captured a little over a year ago! I've learned a ton about processing Astro data over the last year and my processing style has changed quite a bit, and I'm loving every second of it. I haven't been able to image since mid January because Alabama likes to be humid and produce clouds, so I'm ready to get out and enjoy galaxy season before it's over. Im planning on doing a deep exposure on my next target if the skies allow, so hopefully I'll be able to accomplish that goal. I hope you guys enjoy good ole M33 :)
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Orion 8" Astrograph
Celestron AVX
Skywatcher Quattro Coma Corrector
Stock Nikon D5500
53 x 180s lights @ ISO 200
No Darks
15 Flats
100 Bias
Total Integration Time: 2.65hrs
Here is another reprocessed image of mine from 2020! This is the whirlpool galaxy, also known as M51. It's one of the main galaxies photographed during Galaxy season and is located near the Big Dipper. In the highlighted image, you'll see a quasar of magnitude 20 highlighted in the top of the image. This is the furthest deep sky object I've ever captured at 11 billion light years away (shout out to Erik Pirtala for showing me this quasar back in March with his image of M51). I'm still patiently awaiting my camera's return, but I think it should be done this week! Hopefully I'll get back out for some imaging ASAP. I hope y'all enjoy this image and the cool quasar too :)
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Orion 8" Astrograph
Celestron AVX
Skywatcher Quattro Coma Corrector
Stock Nikon D5500
Subs from 4/15/20
70 x 180s lights @ ISO 200
No Darks
20 Flats
100 Bias
Total Integration Time: 3.5 hrs
It's finally done! This is my longest integration project yet and I wanted to make sure that I processed it very carefully. My goal when I first set out to capture M101 this year was to reveal the faint spiral arms visible in the bottom of this image... and I think I succeeded in that goal! As usual, I had some difficulties processing this image (this time, overexposed flats messed up the colors of the image), but despite that, I'm pleased with the signal that I was able to record with a stock DSLR. I'm certainly looking forward to imaging this galaxy again with a cooled mono camera in the future. This galaxy is about 23 million light years away in the constellation of Ursa Major (the Big Dipper). I hope y'all enjoy :)
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Orion 8" Astrograph
iOptron CEM70
Skywatcher Quattro Coma Corrector
Stock Nikon D5500
ZWO ASI 120MM mini Guide Camera
ASIAIR Pro for acquisition
Processing in Pixinsight & Photoshop
Subs from 4/2,4,5/2021
130 x 300s lights @ ISO 200
No Darks
60 Flats
100 Bias
Total Integration Time: 10.83 hrs
Here is another reprocessed image of mine from 2020! This is the whirlpool galaxy, also known as M51. It's one of the main galaxies photographed during Galaxy season and is located near the Big Dipper. In the highlighted image, you'll see a quasar of magnitude 20 highlighted in the top of the image. This is the furthest deep sky object I've ever captured at 11 billion light years away (shout out to Erik Pirtala for showing me this quasar back in March with his image of M51). I'm still patiently awaiting my camera's return, but I think it should be done this week! Hopefully I'll get back out for some imaging ASAP. I hope y'all enjoy this image and the cool quasar too :)
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Orion 8" Astrograph
Celestron AVX
Skywatcher Quattro Coma Corrector
Stock Nikon D5500
Subs from 4/15/20
70 x 180s lights @ ISO 200
No Darks
20 Flats
100 Bias
Total Integration Time: 3.5 hrs
Here is a region of the Milky Way in the constellation of Cygnus centered between the two stars Deneb (top blue star) and Sadr (bottom yellow/white star). This image was the backup plan when attempting to shoot a galaxy with my telescope, so when my mount had some problems, I went for it with the gear I had on hand. Despite only being able to shoot 60s subs which required the use of ISO 800, this region of the Milky Way is so bright and packed with stars that getting a sufficient signal to noise ratio was not a problem. I'm extremely pleased with how much red hydrogen gas I was able to resolve despite having a stock DSLR camera! I hope you guys are having a great start to 2021 and have lots of clear skies! As always, if you want a print, feel free to DM me on Instagram @jdh_astro :)
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Rokinon 135mm f/2 @ f/4
iOptron Skyguider Pro
Astrokraken Lens Bracket
Stock Nikon D5500
Subs from 10/18/2020
149 x 60s Lights @ ISO 800
No Darks
20 Flats
100 Bias
Total Integration Time: 2.48 hrs
Here is a wide field image I took in November of a cool region of the Milky Way known as Cygnus! In the second slide, you can see the stars that make up a portion of the constellation itself. I have always loved this region of the Milky Way and all its beautiful colors. Even with a stock camera there is so much to capture and observe. You can also see the Veil supernova complex in the top left of the image near the star Gienah! Hoping for some clear, moonless skies soon, because it's been way too long since I've been able to image and since then, galaxy season has arrived (my favorite time of year ). I hope y'all enjoy and that you have had a great week! :)
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Nikon 18-55mm @ 55mm f/5.6
iOptron Skyguider Pro
Stock Nikon D5500
Subs from 11/18/2020
85 x 180s Lights @ ISO 800
No Darks
20 Flats
100 Bias
Total Integration Time: 4.25 hrs
Here is a beautiful edge on galaxy about 33 million light years away that I shot in November! I was still fine tuning my mount, so I used 60s exposures at ISO 1600 to minimize star trailing. Despite these setbacks, I think I got data that was good enough to reveal some nice details in the dust lanes! I'll definitely revisit this object in the future to do it justice, but for now I love this image. Galaxy season is incoming!! If you check my story, you'll see an annotated image where every blue circle is highlighting a galaxy in this field of view When I see how many galaxies are just in this small patch of sky and think about the scale of the universe, it just blows my mind. God's power to breath all this into existence with His word is incredible and clearly reveals His indescribable glory. I'm so thankful He allows me to share His creation with you all through my telescope. I hope y'all enjoy :)
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Orion 8" Astrograph
iOptron CEM70
Skywatcher Quattro Coma Corrector
Stock Nikon D5500
ZWO ASI 120MM mini Guide Camera
ASIAIR Pro for acquisition
Processing in Pixinsight & Photoshop
Subs from 11/16/2020
138 x 60s lights @ ISO 1600
No Darks
20 Flats
100 Bias
Total Integration Time: 2.3 hrs
Dates:FEb 14, 2021
Imaging telescopes: Williams Optics zs73
Imaging cameras: ASI AS224MC
Mounts: Celestron CG5 Advanced GT
Software PixInsight 1.8.8 Ripley · GIMP
Integration: 1 min 7323 f/s 126fps
Avg. Moon age: 24.65 days
Avg. Moon phase: Illumination 10%
Alt 17.7°
Mag -10.22
Distance 395855.6 km
Size 30'
Locations: Ozzmozizz, coteau du lac, quebec, Canada
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Here is a wide field image I took in November of a cool region of the Milky Way known as Cygnus! In the second slide, you can see the stars that make up a portion of the constellation itself. I have always loved this region of the Milky Way and all its beautiful colors. Even with a stock camera there is so much to capture and observe. You can also see the Veil supernova complex in the top left of the image near the star Gienah! Hoping for some clear, moonless skies soon, because it's been way too long since I've been able to image and since then, galaxy season has arrived (my favorite time of year ). I hope y'all enjoy and that you have had a great week! :)
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Nikon 18-55mm @ 55mm f/5.6
iOptron Skyguider Pro
Stock Nikon D5500
Subs from 11/18/2020
85 x 180s Lights @ ISO 800
No Darks
20 Flats
100 Bias
Total Integration Time: 4.25 hrs
This image was taken over a course of 10 nights in a row, with 15 hours of USEABLE data ( because my mount is really gonna breakdown at this rate)
Funfact: this image you’re seeing is actually 460 light years across!
Let that sink in.
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Imaging Camera: QHY 163M
Scope: William Optics Zenithstar 61
Mount: Explore Scientific IExos 100
Filters:
Antlia 3.5nm H-Alpha
Antlia 3.5nm O-III
Antlia 3.5nm S-II
Here is a beautiful edge on galaxy about 33 million light years away that I shot in November! I was still fine tuning my mount, so I used 60s exposures at ISO 1600 to minimize star trailing. Despite these setbacks, I think I got data that was good enough to reveal some nice details in the dust lanes! I'll definitely revisit this object in the future to do it justice, but for now I love this image. Galaxy season is incoming!! If you check my story, you'll see an annotated image where every blue circle is highlighting a galaxy in this field of view When I see how many galaxies are just in this small patch of sky and think about the scale of the universe, it just blows my mind. God's power to breath all this into existence with His word is incredible and clearly reveals His indescribable glory. I'm so thankful He allows me to share His creation with you all through my telescope. I hope y'all enjoy :)
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Orion 8" Astrograph
iOptron CEM70
Skywatcher Quattro Coma Corrector
Stock Nikon D5500
ZWO ASI 120MM mini Guide Camera
ASIAIR Pro for acquisition
Processing in Pixinsight & Photoshop
Subs from 11/16/2020
138 x 60s lights @ ISO 1600
No Darks
20 Flats
100 Bias
Total Integration Time: 2.3 hrs
Here is my first image taken in 2021! 🎉 These two clusters are in the constellation of Gemini in the eastern skies. M35 (left) is located about 3,870 light years away and NGC2158 (right) is located 9,000 light years further away than M35. This was a beauty to photograph even from the light polluted skies in Birmingham, AL while I was home on Christmas break. I'm finally starting to get my mount, guiding, and image acquisition figured out where most everything runs smoothly (exciting!!!). I'm still working through some mirror flop messing up my flat frames, but I have some ideas for how to fix it. Until next time, I hope you all enjoy this image :) Happy new year and clear skies!
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Orion 8" Astrograph
iOptron CEM70
Skywatcher Quattro Coma Corrector
Stock Nikon D5500
ZWO ASI 120MM mini Guide Camera
ASIAIR Pro for acquisition
Processing in Pixinsight & Photoshop
Subs from 1/5/2021
60 x 180s lights @ ISO 100
No Darks
20 Flats
100 Bias
Total Integration Time: 3 hrs
Ein OP-Team der Klinik für Allgemein- und Viszeralchirurgie führt bei einem Patienten einen minimalinvasiven Eingriff durch während des Fotoshootings für den Relaunch der Webseite im Bundeswehrkrankenhaus Hamburg, am 31.08.2022.
©Bundeswehr/Patrick Grüterich
Ein Kardiologen-Team der Klinik für innere Medizin führt eine Operation durch während des Fotoshootings für den Relaunch der Webseite im Bundeswehrzentralkrankenhaus Koblenz, am 20.07.2022.
©Bundeswehr/Patrick Grüterich
EXIF Data is way off.. This was shot at F8. I decided to also shoot this without any home lighting and just using my flashes Total 4. Visit this image to see more info. www.flickr.com/photos/matteostallone/16344880267/
Ein OP-Team der Herzchirurgie führt in einer gestellten Szene bei einem Patienten eine Herzoperation durch während des Fotoshootings für den Relaunch der Webseite im Bundeswehrzentralkrankenhaus Koblenz, am 19.07.2022.
©Bundeswehr/Patrick Grüterich
This is a dark nebula in the constellation of Cepheus called the Dark Shark Nebula! This was probably the most difficult object I've ever imaged due to its extremely low brightness and *yet again* more issues with my flats. However, I'm so pleased with how it turned out. Fun fact, I've wanted to shoot this object for a long time, because it looks exactly like a shark, but also because I was actually bitten by a bull shark in 2012! It was on my left calf and could have been a lot worse had it been an inch higher or lower, but the Lord blessed me and my family. I recovered quickly and was right back to football and track in about 6 months. Anyway, it's been a fun story to tell throughout the years and I learned a lot through the experience. Thankfully I won't have to worry about this shark attacking me anytime soon :P I hope you guys enjoy!
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Orion 8" Astrograph
iOptron CEM70
Skywatcher Quattro Coma Corrector
Stock Nikon D5500
ZWO ASI 120MM mini Guide Camera
ASIAIR Pro for acquisition
Processing in Pixinsight & Photoshop
Subs from 1/16,18/2021
86 x 300s lights @ ISO 200
No Darks
40 Flats
100 Bias
Total Integration Time: 7.17hrs
Here is a beautiful edge on galaxy about 33 million light years away that I shot in November! I was still fine tuning my mount, so I used 60s exposures at ISO 1600 to minimize star trailing. Despite these setbacks, I think I got data that was good enough to reveal some nice details in the dust lanes! I'll definitely revisit this object in the future to do it justice, but for now I love this image. Galaxy season is incoming!! If you check my story, you'll see an annotated image where every blue circle is highlighting a galaxy in this field of view When I see how many galaxies are just in this small patch of sky and think about the scale of the universe, it just blows my mind. God's power to breath all this into existence with His word is incredible and clearly reveals His indescribable glory. I'm so thankful He allows me to share His creation with you all through my telescope. I hope y'all enjoy :)
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Orion 8" Astrograph
iOptron CEM70
Skywatcher Quattro Coma Corrector
Stock Nikon D5500
ZWO ASI 120MM mini Guide Camera
ASIAIR Pro for acquisition
Processing in Pixinsight & Photoshop
Subs from 11/16/2020
138 x 60s lights @ ISO 1600
No Darks
20 Flats
100 Bias
Total Integration Time: 2.3 hrs
Here is an image of the moon I captured the other night in between clouds. I love the way the dark clouds frame the ones illuminated by the full moon. I just sent my camera off to be Astro modified, so I'm incredibly excited to get it back and start shooting again. This is going to be a great upgrade. I hope you all enjoyed your weekend and for those in the US, I hope you're having a great Memorial Day. I'm so thankful to live in a country where so many men and women are willing to sacrifice so much and fight for our freedom. My upmost and sincerest thank you to those of you who have served or are currently serving.
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Rokinon 135mm f/2.0
Stock Nikon D5500
Handheld
HDR Composite in Photoshop
This was a really cool phenomenon I got to witness last night! Whenever you see a rainbow, you see something called Rayleigh Scattering. This occurs when light is refracted differently for each wavelength of visible light passing through a medium (in our case the atmosphere). This is what causes rainbows, colorful sunrises/sunsets, moon bows, and iridescent clouds like you see here. I've enhanced the colors in the first image to emphasize the different colors in the clouds. The second image is more true to what it looks like visually. I hope y'all enjoy and get out to see the moon this week :)
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Nikon 35mm f/1.8
Stock Nikon D5500
Handheld
Captured on 1/29/2021 @ 11:15pm
HDR composite of:
1 x 1s @ f/2
1 x 0.6s @ f/4
1 x 1/60s @ f/4
ISO 200
Orion Nebula Wide Angle
Equipment
Imaging cameras:Canon T3
Mounts:@celestronuniverse CG5 Advanced GT
Lights= 269 x 30s
Integration: 2.15 hrs
Darks= 50
Bias=50
Focal Length:120 mm
ISO Speed800
Resolution: 4272x2848
Seeing: 5
Transparency: 9
Dates:Jane 31, 2021
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Processing
- Debayer
- Cosmetic Correction
- WeightedBatchPreprocessing (adding darks,bias,flats and lights)
- applied STF auto-stretch
- DBE, subtraction
- Background Neutralization
- ColorCalibration
- SCNR, removing 85% green
- acdnr
- Histogram Transformation
- Curves color calibration
- touch up in PS noise removal and remove of gradient
It was very difficult to choose the picture for this day because I like this rose shot a lot as well. Both shots represent me being inside almost all day and reflecting on things. Like, "why am I not happy when I finally get what I want" and such... Answer figured out: " because I dont know what I want!". Scary...
I visited Varamiespalvelu and called Opteam (employment agencies) for work. Nothing yet. So gotta stay home and wait, searching for something else on Internet. I was so tired and down in evenings after my previous work. But Im afraid it might be even more tough to have no work. So dark and wet outside. A perfect surroundings for depression. I guess I will start to craft something. It used to help earlier.
"Prison Break" comes today. Soon. I promised myself to wake up with my boyfriend tomorrow. Strange thing - I feel more tired after waking up at 10am than I felt when waking up at 4.40am. Urgh..
...und mal wieder war Petrus nicht ausgeschlafen. Temperaturen bei 0°mit der Tendenz zu Minusgraden. Schnee und windig.