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Rifrattore 110 mm f 7 Lunghezza focale 770 mm

ZWO ASI 174 mono iOptron CEM60

Filtri: Cooled Daystar Quark Calcium H-Line

Optolong IR-CUT 50,8 mm

Pegasus Focus Cube 2 · Focuser Tecnosky V-Power 2"

Data: 02 Gennaio 2022 Or: 10:51 Local Time

Pose: 400 su 2.000 riprese a 165 fotogrammi al secondo

Seeing: 2 Antoniadi Trasparenza del cielo: 6

Equipo Principal: ZWO ASI 1600 mm-pro + SW Explorer 250pds + SW Coma Corrector 0.9x + EQ6-R-Pro + ZWO EAF + ZWO 7x2" EFW

 

Equipo guía: guidescope 60/240 mm, ZWO ASI 120mm mini

 

*Gain 100, -25 º C, R-CCD 2" Svbony + L-Pro 2" Optolong, 50x120"

*Gain 100, -25 º C, G-CCD 2" Svbony + L-Pro 2" Optolong, 50x120"

*Gain 100, -25 º C, B-CCD 2" Svbony + L-Pro 2" Optolong, 50x120"

*Gain 100, -25 º C, L 2" Optolong + L-Pro 2" Optolong, 197x120"

 

50 Darks

50 Flats / filter

 

Polar Align: SharpCap 3.2

Adquisición: SGP 3.1

Procesado: Pixinsight 1.8.8, PS

Equipo Principal: ZWO ASI 1600 mm-pro + SW Explorer 250pds + SW Coma Corrector 0.9x + EQ6-R-Pro + ZWO EAF + ZWO 7x2" EFW

 

Equipo guía: guidescope 60/240 mm, ZWO ASI 120mm mini

 

*Gain 100, -25 º C, R-CCD 2" Svbony + L-Pro 2" Optolong, 45x120"

*Gain 100, -25 º C, G-CCD 2" Svbony + L-Pro 2" Optolong, 45x120"

*Gain 100, -25 º C, B-CCD 2" Svbony + L-Pro 2" Optolong, 45x120"

*Gain 100, -25 º C, L 2" Optolong + L-Pro 2" Optolong, 180x120"

 

100 Darks

100 Flats / filter

 

Polar Align: SharpCap 3.2

Adquisición: SGP 3.1

Procesado: Pixinsight 1.8.8, PS

120 tomas de 180 seg a ISO 1600

15 Darks

Flats

Canon 6D Modificada

Filtro Optolong L-Extreme

Skywatcher Ed-80

Skywatcher EQ6-r

N.I.N.A

PixInsight

Photoshop

  

Wikipedia:

Nebulosa del Corazón es también conocida como IC 1805, se llama así por su característica forma en fotografías de larga exposición. Tiene un tamaño de casi 300 años luz, y su fuente de ionización son las estrellas del joven (1,5 millones de años de edad) cúmulo abierto Melotte 15, situadas en su interior y que se han formado en ella.

 

IC 1805 e IC 1848 son dos nebulosas de emisión situadas en la constelación de Casiopea a 7500 años luz del Sistema Solar, en el brazo espiral de Perseo de la Vía Láctea.1​ Ambas conforman la asociación estelar Cassiopeia OB6.2​Cerca también de IC 1805 se hallan Maffei I y Maffei II, dos de las galaxias más brillantes del Grupo Maffei.3​4​

  

La distancia hacia estas dos nebulosas está bien determinada, principalmente porque tienen un Cúmulo de estrellas en su centro (es mucho más fácil de determinar la distancia de una nebulosa si esto ocurre). Las nebulosas Corazón y Alma están ubicadas en el brazo de Perseo de nuestra galaxia a 7000 y 7500 años luz de nosotros. Esta parte del brazo tiene una gran actividad de formación de estrellas y hay muchos Cúmulo estelares jóvenes.

  

La nebulosa se caracteriza por su color rojo intenso y su configuración es resultado por la radiación que emana de un pequeño grupo de estrellas cerca de centro de la nebulosa que Ionizan el gas dándole ese color rojo. Este cúmulo abierto de estrellas conocido como Melotte 15 contiene algunas estrellas brillantes cerca de 50 veces la masa de nuestro Sol, y muchas estrellas más tenues que son sólo una fracción de la masa de nuestro Sol. El Cúmulo de la nebulosa contuvo un microcuásar que fue expulsado hace millones de años.

Finally, I got my decent shot of Andromeda galaxy M31 that up to a level that I’m willing to achieve. I incorporate a broadband & Ha data in this image to get the active red H-II regions that represent active star forming nurseries. I hope you will like it. Gear setup: Celestron RASA 8 f/2, iOptron GEM45, ZWO Mini guide scope, ZWO 120MM-S, ZWO 2600MC/MM, Celestron Motor Focuser. Light subs Optolong L-Pro 60 x 180sec, Hutech IDAS Ha 6.3 UHS 20 x 180sec. Total exposure 4 hours. Captured by NINA, PHD2, stacked in APP and processed in PI & PS. Imaged from sky Bortle class 4.

The Wizard nebula Sh2-142 , nebulosa a emissione visibile nella costellazione di Cefeo.

 

Si individua nella parte centro-meridionale della costellazione, prolungando la linea che congiunge le stelle ζ Cephei e δ Cephei e deviando poco verso sud; il periodo più indicato per la sua osservazione nel cielo serale ricade fra i mesi di luglio e dicembre ed è notevolmente facilitata per osservatori posti nelle regioni dell'emisfero boreale terrestre, dove si presenta circumpolare fino alle regioni temperate calde.

 

Sh2-142 è una regione H II situata sul Braccio di Perseo, alla distanza di 3537 parsec (quasi 11530 anni luce). Appare legata al giovane ammasso aperto NGC 7380 e possiede una massa di circa 4000 M⊙; la responsabile della sua ionizzazione è la stella binaria a eclisse DH Cephei, formata da due stelle di classe spettrale O6. Alla nebulosa è anche legata una nube molecolare contenente da 6000 a 15000 M⊙, oltre all'ammasso aperto NGC 7382; tutti questi oggetti fanno parte della grande associazione Cepheus OB1 (wikipedia)

 

Riprese effettuate dal giardino di casa il 22/23 07 2022 , 4,5 ore di esposizione con 54 light x 300" , 15 Flat , 29 Dark . Telescopio newton sw 200/800 , correttore di coma sw , filtro optolong l-enhance , camera ASI 2600 MC, montatura equatoriale EQ6-R pro syscan, guida 60/240 Asi 120 mini, Asi Air Pro , Pixinsignt , Ps

Spero sia di Vostro Gradimento!!

Cieli Sereni

 

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Sky: Class 8 Bortle.

 

Lights: Total 6H

36x600s Optolong L-Extreme

DOF: 20x

 

Prétraitement: Siril

Traitement: PixInsight / EZ Processing Suite / PS / DxO PhotoLab

 

Canon 700D Défiltré

Skywatcher 80ED Equinox (80x500)

Télévue TV85 Field Flatteneur 0.8x

Skywatcher Neq6 Pro

Guide Scope: Zwo 30mm F/4

Guide Cam: Zwo Asi120MM

Guide Soft: Phd2 on Rpi

ccd: Moravian G3-16200 with EFW + OAG

filters: Optolong LRGB and Astrodon 5-nm Ha/O3

telescope: FSQ 106N f/5

mount: 10Micron GM2000 QCI

guider: Lodestar X2

exposure: L 30x10min + RGB 20x5min (all 1x1)

location: Les Granges, 900 m (Hautes Alpes, France)

software: TheSkyX Pro, CCD Commander, Pixinsight, PS CC

date: 15 - 21 Aug 2020

ccd: Moravian G3-16200 with IFW + OAG

filters: Optolong LRGB and 7-nm Ha

telescope: TEC 140 f/7

mount: 10Micron GM2000 QCI

guider: Lodestar X2

exposure: L 20x20min + RGB 8x12min + Ha 12x30min (all 1x1)

location: Les Granges, 900 m (Hautes Alpes, France)

software: TheSkyX Pro, CCD Commander, Pixinsight, PS CS5

date: 3 - 12 Oct 2018

This large star forming region is called the Soul Nebula (or Embryo Nebula) and is found in the constellation Cassiopeia. This nebula is often shown next to the Heart Nebula (IC 1805). The Soul Nebula is about 6,500 light years away from Earth. The nebula contains several open clusters and there are few smaller emission nebulas around the perimeter. The star clusters are surrounded by hydrogen, which glows red from the young hot stars nearby.

 

Tech Specs: Williams Optics REDCAT51, ZWO ASI071mc-Pro running at -5C, Sky-Watcher EQ6R-Pro mount, Optolong L-eNhance filter (2”), 24 x 300 second (2 hours) exposures combined with 12 x 300 (1 hour) second exposures from 2019, guided using a ZWO 30mm f/4 mini guide scope and ZWO 120 Mini, controlled with a ZWO ASIAir Pro running v1.5 Beta software. Image date: October 13, 2020. Location: The Dark Side Observatory, Weatherly, PA, USA.

The Ancient Mariner NGC 3199 one I took before but it never looked like this at all, An old wooden ship sailing on a sea of stars. This is a shot I did want to come back to and do it some justice as I was not happy with the first one I did. Now I believe I have done it some justice this time so much so I am also taking the other nebula in the first shot as well NGC3247.

 

QHY 183C -10c 41 shots each night 10 min each over Three nights..

MeLE Mini PC

Pegasus Astro Pocket Mini power box

Prima Luce Essato Focus

Optolong LeNhance filter,

Skywatcher Black DiamondED80 OTA

Skywatcher NEQ 6 Pro Hypertuned

SVbony 50MM Guide scope

QHY QHY5L-II-M Guide camera

Guided PHD2, Nina

Pixinsight, Ps .

The Rosette Nebula (also known as Caldwell 49 or Sharpless 275) is a large spherical ionized atomic hydrogen region (H II region) that is circular in appearance and located near one end of a giant molecular cloud in the Monoceros region of the Milky Way Galaxy. The open cluster NGC 2244 (Caldwell 50) is closely associated with the nebulosity, the stars of the cluster having been formed from the nebula's matter (from Wikipedia). The nebula is about 5,200 light-years away and spans nearly 65 light-years. This version has been processed using the Hubble Palette.

 

Observation data: J2000.0 epoch

Right ascension: 06h 33m 45s

Declination: +04° 59′ 54″

Distance: 5,200 ly

Apparent magnitude (V): 9.0

Apparent dimensions (V): 1.3 °

Constellation: Monoceros

 

Tech Specs: Sky-Watcher Esprit 120ED Telescope, ZWO AS2600mc-Pro running at -10C, Celestron CGEM-DX mount, Optolong L-eXtreme 2” filter, 36 x 300 second guided exposures, darks from the library and flats at the end of imaging, focused with a ZWO EAF, controlled with a ZWO ASIAir Pro. Processed using PixInsight and DSS. Image Date: February 15, 2023. Location: The Dark Side Observatory (W59), Weatherly, PA, USA (Bortle Class 4).

ccd: Moravian G3-16200 with EFW + OAG

filters: Optolong LRGB and Astrodon 5-nm Ha/O3

telescope: FSQ 106N f/5

mount: 10Micron GM2000 QCI

guider: Lodestar X2

exposure: L 30x10min + RGB 18x5min (all 1x1)

location: Les Granges, 900 m (Hautes Alpes, France)

software: TheSkyX Pro, CCD Commander, Pixinsight, PS CC

date: 10 Nov - 13 Dec 2020

Equipo Principal: ZWO ASI 1600 mm-pro + SW Explorer 250pds + SW Coma Corrector 0.9x + EQ6-R-Pro + ZWO EAF + ZWO 7x2" EFW

 

Equipo guía: ZWO M68 OAG, ZWO ASI 120mm mini

 

Tesela 1:

*Gain 139, -15 º C, Ha 7nm 2" Optolong, 80x180"

*Gain 139, -15 º C, Oiii-CCD 6.5 nm 2" Optolong, 60x180"

*Gain 139, -15 º C, Sii-CCD 6.5 nm 2" Optolong, 60x180"

 

Tesela 2:

*Gain 139, -20 º C, Ha 7nm 2" Optolong, 82x180"

*Gain 139, -20 º C, Oiii-CCD 6.5 nm 2" Optolong, 60x180"

*Gain 139, -20 º C, Sii-CCD 6.5 nm 2" Optolong, 60x180"

 

100 Darks

80 Flats / 80 Darkflats por filtro

 

Polar Align: SharpCap 3.2

Adquisición: SGP 3.2

Procesado: Pixinsight 1.8.8, PS

Another short test of stacking in Affinity. Altair Astro 26C, Optolong L-eNhance, WO SpaceCat51 8 x 240s.

Technical details are as follows:

Paramount ME

Celestron C14 Edge HD

Starizona Hyperstar 14 V4

Optolong L-Pro Luminance filter

ZWO ASI 6200MC Color Camera

24x120sec exposures

Processed in APP and Lightroom

Aurora HDR

 

Total exposure was 48 minutes and was a joint effort by me and Dr. Christian Sasse

 

Cat's Paw Nebula, NGC6334, located in the constellation Scorpius....taken with Takahashi FSQ106 and ZWO ASI 2600MC, Optolong Ultimate filter....20x420"....from Tivoli Southern Sky, Khomas region, Namibia.

Caméra 2600MC zwo

Roue EWF zwo

filtres Lpro optolong

Caméra guide 120mc-s zwo

Lunette guide évoguide skywatcher 242mm

focuser EAF zwo

Monture AZEQ6 skywatcher

Lunette TSA 120 TAKAHASHI

total 16H

 

ccd: Moravian G3-16200 with IFW + OAG

filters: Optolong LRGB and 7-nm Ha

telescope: TEC 140 f/7

mount: 10Micron GM2000 QCI

guider: Lodestar X2

exposure: L 21x20min + RGB 8x12min (all 1x1)

location: Les Granges, 900 m (Hautes Alpes, France)

software: TheSkyX Pro, CCD Commander, Pixinsight, PS CS5

date: 12 Feb - 7 Mar 2019

A large spherical H II region located in Monoceros const. The open cluster NGC 224 within the nebula was Discovered by John Flamsteed in 1690

 

Camera: Moravian G2 8300

Filters: 31mm unmounted Optolong

Optic: Triplet Apo Tecnosky 80mm f/4.8

Mount: Ioptron CEM60 HP

Autoguider: camera Magzero 5m, SW 70/500, Phd guiding

Frames: Ha 7nm: 16X600sec - OIII 6.5nm: 13X600sec - RGB: 8X600 sec each bin1

Processing: Pixinsight, Maxim, Photoshop

ccd: Moravian G3-16200 with EFW + OAG

filters: Optolong LRGB and Astrodon 5-nm Ha/O3

telescope: FSQ 106N f/5

mount: 10Micron GM2000 QCI

guider: Lodestar X2

exposure: L 30x10min + RGB 15x5min (all 1x1)

location: Les Granges, 900 m (Hautes Alpes, France)

software: TheSkyX Pro, CCD Commander, Pixinsight, PS CC

date: 19 Aug - 17 Sep 2020

ccd: Moravian G3-16200 with EFW + OAG

filters: Optolong LRGB and Astrodon 5-nm Ha/O3

telescope: FSQ 106N f/5

mount: 10Micron GM2000 QCI

guider: Lodestar X2

exposure: L 30x10min + RGB 20x5min + O3 21x30min (all 1x1)

location: Les Granges, 900 m (Hautes Alpes, France)

software: TheSkyX Pro, CCD Commander, Pixinsight, PS CC

date: 11 - 19 Mar 2020

Winter imaging is not complete until you image the Orion and Running Man nebula found in the constellation Orion. I really wanted to put more time into this, but spent a lot of time switching from a DSLR setup to a dedicated astronomy camera, and the associated learning curve.

 

This is probably one of the most photographed nebula in the sky. Objects in this view include M42 (Orion Nebula), M43 (de Mairan’s Nebula), NGC 1977 (The Running Man Nebula), NGC 1975 and NGC 1973.

 

Tech Specs: Williams Optics REDCAT, ZWO ASI071mc-Pro, Optolong L-eNhance 2" filter, 24 x 300 seconds, Gain 200, running at -25C. Image Date: January 21, 2020. Location: The Dark Side Observatory, Weatherly, Pennsylvani, USA.

 

Annotated version on our blog at: darksideobservatory.com

While the main and most prominent object in this image is the Glowing California Nebula otherwise known as NGC 1499, there is much dust and in the annotated version www.flickr.com/photos/terryhancock/49425960883/in/datepos... an abundance of distant galaxies are also visible. It only takes 1000 years for light to reach us from the California Nebula, yet in this very same image we are looking at photons that left the distant elliptical galaxy IC 2027 287 million years ago.

 

Captured from Grand Mesa Observatory in Western Colorado over 3 nights using the QHY128C Full Frame One Shot color CMOS camera on one of the Twin Takahashi E-180 Astrographs “System 4a” and available from their legacy data archive: grandmesaobservatory.com/legacy

 

Total Integration time 13 hours

 

Image details

Terry Hancock downunderobservatory.com

Location: GrandMesaObservatory.com Purdy Mesa, Colorado

 

Dates of capture: December 30th 2019, 14th, 17th January 2020

Color RGGB 785 min, 157 x 300 sec

Camera: QHY128C Color CMOS

Calibrated with flat, Dark & Bias

Optics: Takahashi E-180 Astrograph

Filter UV-IR Cut by Optolong

Image Acquisition software Maxim DL6

Pre Processed in Pixinsight

Post Processed in Photoshop

Star Reduction with Starnet

 

Telescopio: Takahashi Mewlon 210 mm

Barlow: Televue Powermate 2X 50,8 mm

Lunghezza focale: 4830 mm

Camera di ripresa: ZWO ASI 174 mono Cooled

Montatura: iOptron CEM60

Filter: Optolong Red CCD 50,8 mm

Focuser Primalucelab Esatto 2"

Data: 12 Febbraio 2022 Ore: 18:39 Local Time

Pose: 390 sommate su 1.500 riprese a 147 fotogrammi al secondo

Seeing: 3 Antoniadi Trasparenza del cielo: 10

En este mosaico 1x2 de campo amplio podemos divisar en el márgen izquiero inferior a NGC 3576 (Nebulosa de la Estatua de la Libertad), en el margen izquierdo superior el clúster de estrellas NGC 3532 (el Pozo de los deseos), al centro la gran nebulosa de Carina (NGC 3372), en el margen derecho superior la Nebulosa Gabriela Mistral (NGC 3324) y el clúster de estrellas Gemas (NGC 3293).

 

In this wide-field 1x2 mosaic we can see NGC 3576 (Statue of Liberty Nebula) in the lower left margin, the star cluster NGC 3532 (Whishing Well) in the upper left margin, and the Great Carina Nebula (NGC 3372) in the center. , in the upper right margin the Gabriela Mistral Nebula (NGC 3324) and the Gem star cluster (NGC 3293).

 

Exif:

 

Lugar: Córdoba Capital, Córdoba, Argentina.

 

Equipo Principal: ZWO ASI 1600 mm-pro + Askar ACL200 + EQ6-R-Pro + ZWO 7x2" EFW

 

Equipo guía: Hercules 32/130 mini guidescope, ZWO ASI 120mm mini

 

Tesela1:

 

*Gain 139, -20 º C, Ha 7nm 2" Optolong, 120x180"

*Gain 139, -20 º C, Oiii-CCD 6.5 nm 2" Optolong, 60x180"

*Gain 139, -20 º C, Sii-CCD 6.5 nm 2" Optolong, 67x180"

 

Tesela 2:

 

*Gain 139, -20 º C, Ha 7nm 2" Optolong, 130x180"

*Gain 139, -20 º C, Oiii-CCD 6.5 nm 2" Optolong, 65x180"

*Gain 139, -20 º C, Sii-CCD 6.5 nm 2" Optolong, 65x180"

  

100 Darks

50 Flats / 50 Darkflats por filtro

 

Alineamiento polar: N.I.N.A

Adquisición: SGP 3.2

Procesado: Pixinsight 1.8.9, PS

   

The famous nebulae in the night sky attract the most attention from astrophotographers but the areas between them are not empty and often contain interesting objects. For this shot I wanted to look at the region in Monoceros to the east of the Rosette nebula up to the edge of the large area of red nebulosity which contains the Cone nebula - which lies off to the bottom left of this frame.

You can see two giant "pincers" of red nebulosity extending from the Rosette. In the left pincer there are the red and blue tendrils characteristic of a supernova remnant.

For this image I used a William Optics Redcat51 telescope with an ASI2600MC camera and took 14 hours of data through an Optolong L-eXtreme filter combined with another 7 hours of luminance data. All post-processing was carried out in PixInsight.

pacman-57x180-g20-120x30-g30-o100-lnh-85f5_6-crop-v2

 

Almost 4 hours of exposure with mostly 3 minute sub-images and an hour worth of 30 second sub-images. All subs taken with a QHY183c camera and Optolong L-eNhance filter attached to a Televue TV-85 scope at F/5.6. Sharpcap 3.2 for acquisition and stacking. Metro area location, Bortle 7-8 red zone, clear, transparent, 40F.

 

IC410 is an emission nebula in the constellation of Auriga. Often called the Tadpole Nebula in reference to the two tadpole shaped clumps in the upper left of the nebula.

NGC1893 is the open cluster of stars in the middle of IC410. It's these stars that are ionizing and shaping the surrounding nebula. The tadpoles themselves could be collapsing in to new stars.

The nebula is around 12 to 12,500 light years away and 100 light years across.

The open star cluster is believed to have been formed 2 to 4 million years ago.

Captured from my back garden in Rochdale, UK. Bortle 6.

 

Boring techie bit:

Skywatcher Quattro 8"S with the f4 aplanatic coma corrector, Backyard Universe primary mask and Backyard Universe secondary spider. Skywatcher EQ6 R pro mount, Altair Starwave 50mm guide scope, ZWO asi120mm guide camera mini, ZWO asi533mc pro cooled to -20c gain 101, Optolong L'enhance 2" filter, ZWO filter drawer, ZWO asiair plus.

120s exposures.

Best 80% of 40 light frames.

Darks, Flats, Dark Flats & Bias.

Stacked with DeepSkyStacker and processed in PixInsight & Affinity Photo.

The Rho Ophiuchi cloud complex is a dark nebula of gas and dust and a cloud of atomic hydrogen ionized (HII region). It's located 1° south of the star ρ Ophiuchi of the constellation Ophiuchus and 3° North of Antares, the heart of the Scorpion. At an estimated distance of 460 light-years this cloud is one of the closest star-forming regions to the Solar System.

 

Camera: Moravian G2 8300

Filters: 31mm unmounted Optolong

Optic: Samyang telephoto lens 135mm

Mount: Vixen Sphinx

Autoguider: camera Magzero 5m, finder 8X50, Phd guiding

Frames: Ha 7nm 12X600 sec - RGB: 5X600 sec each Bin1 -20°

Processing: Pixinsight, PS

Pubblicazioni: Coelum settembre 2019

 

Data - 20/05/2021 // 20-05-2021

Hora - 19:24 ~ 20:09 // 18:56 ~ 19:45local (-3 UTC)

Lat - 7,13S

Log - 34,83W

Local - João Pessoa, PB - Brasil

Bortle - Class 8~9

Câmera - Canon T3i modificada

Filtro CLS-CCD Clip Optolong

ISO - 1600

Telescopio - Sky Watcher 150mm F8

Montagem - EQ5

Motorização - On Step

Guider - SW 9x50 + SVbony 105

Light - 76 x 30s (38 min)

Flat - 15 x 1/1600s

Dark Flat - 15 x 1/1600s

Dark - 15 x 30s

Bias - 15 x 1/4000s

Temperatura do sensor ~ 27°C (Home made cooler)

Software Captura - APT/PHD2

Softwares Processamento - DSS/PIX/PS

#astfotbr

Curiosidades - Tem um diâmetro de aproximadamente 49.000 anos-luz, 0,3x o tamanho da Via Láctea.

This is my humble attempt at imaging this tricky and faint supernova remnant in the constellation Auriga. I managed to get around 20 hours, but I feel like I could have done with 30 or 40 hours. I started imaging this in November 2024, but unfortunately the weather is not cooperating, so I have decided to conclude this project now.

 

This has proven to be a very tough target to extract signal from. I used a dualband filter (Optolong L-Ultimate 3nm Ha & Oiii), which worked well to get some signal. The individual subs didn't seem to show much of the nebula, and it was only after stacking and post-processing with PixInsight (GHS helped here), that I started to see the Rice Hat shape.

 

I used my William Optics FLT132 with FLAT8 0.72x reducer/flattener.

ZWO 2600MC Pro camera

Antlia ALP-T 5nm Ha & Oiii filter

Optolong L-Ultimate 3nm Ha & Oiii filter

ZWO AM5 mount with ASIAir Plus

 

Processed in PixInsight and Affinity Photo 2.

 

More integration and equipment details in Astrobin: app.astrobin.com/i/icb7kn

 

Thanks for looking and I hope you like it.

 

CS

Eduardo

Technical Information:

 

Telescope: AIRY APO 130T PrimaLuceLab

Mount: Paramount MyT - Software Bisque

Camera: QHYCCD QHY9

Filter: Optolong H-a 7nm, OIII 6.5nm, SII 6.5nm

Frames: H-a: 40x900s -- OIII: 40x900s -- SII: 30x900s

Total Integration: 27.5 Hours

Software: SGP – TheSkyX – PHD2 – DSS – PixInsight – CS6

Location: Noventa di Piave (Venice) 4 meter above sea level – ITALY

 

Environment Temperature: About 22°C

 

Relative Humidity: 85%

 

Date: 04.09.20 - 05.09.20 - 06.09.20 - 08.09.20 - 09.09.20

 

Taken from the AstroAtlas Observatory situated in Noventa di Piave (ITALY), this is NGC7380 in Hubble Palette Technique.

I have acquired it with half moon.

Unfortunately, during the post processing, I struggled with an halo due to the fact some lights entered inside the camera from a small hole...

  

I hope you like it and clear skies!

  

NOTE: The image was acquired from a polluted sky with high humidity - Bortle 5.

Technical Information:

 

Telescope: AIRY APO 130T PrimaLuceLab

Mount: Paramount MyT - Software Bisque

Camera: QHYCCD QHY9

Filter: Optolong H-a 7nm, OIII 6.5nm

Frames: H-a: 40x900s -- OIII: 40x900s

Total Integration: 20 Hours

Software: SGP – TheSkyX – PHD2 – DSS – PixInsight – CS6

Location: Noventa di Piave (Venice) 4 meter above sea level – ITALY

 

Environment Temperature: About 22°C

 

Relative Humidity: 85%

 

Date: 04.09.20 - 05.09.20 - 08.09.20 - 09.09.20

 

Taken from the AstroAtlas Observatory situated in Noventa di Piave (ITALY), this is NGC7380 in Bi-Color version.

I have acquired it with half moon.

Unfortunately, during the post processing, I struggled with an halo due to the fact some lights entered inside the camera from a small hole...

  

I hope you like it and clear skies!

  

NOTE: The image was acquired from a polluted sky with high humidity - Bortle 5.

 

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This object is part of a beautiful supernova remnant located 1500 light years away in the constellation of Cygnus known as the Veil Nebula (or Cygnus Loop). Pickering's Triangle is the least known of the 3 main supernova remnants of the massive and beautiful Veil Nebula. The other 2 remnants are NGC 6960 and NGC 6992/6995.

 

Tech Specs: Sky-Watcher Esprit 120ED Telescope, ZWO AS2600mc-Pro running at 0C, Sky-Watcher EQ6R-Pro mount, Optolong L-eXtreme filter (2”), 42 x 300 second exposures, guided using a ZWO 30mm f/4 mini guide scope and ZWO 120 Mini, focus with a ZWO EAF, controlled with a ZWO ASIAir Pro. Processed using PixInsight and DSS. Image Date: August 3, 2022. Location: The Dark Side Observatory, Weatherly, PA, USA (Bortle Class 4).

ccd: Moravian G3-16200 with EFW + OAG

filters: Optolong LRGB and Astrodon 5-nm Ha/O3

telescope: TEC 140 f/7

mount: 10Micron GM2000 QCI

guider: Lodestar X2

exposure: RGB 8x12min + Ha 45x30min + O3 8x30min (all 1x1)

location: Les Granges, 900 m (Hautes Alpes, France)

software: TheSkyX Pro, CCD Commander, Pixinsight, PS CS5

date: 27 Dec 2018 - 15 May 2019

ccd: Moravian G3-16200 with EFW + OAG

filters: Optolong LRGB and Astrodon 5-nm Ha/O3

telescope: TEC 140 f/7

mount: 10Micron GM2000 QCI

guider: Lodestar X2

exposure: L 15x20min + RGB 8x12min + Ha 15x30min + O3 15x30min (all 1x1)

location: Les Granges, 900 m (Hautes Alpes, France)

software: TheSkyX Pro, CCD Commander, Pixinsight, PS CS5

date: 29 Jul - 29 Aug 2019

The Seagull Nebula is an emission nebula (primarily ionized hydrogen) that straddles the border between the constellations Monoceros (on the left) and Canis Major (on the right). The whole hot mess is typically referenced as IC 2177 (the Index Catalogue (IC) is a list of galaxies, nebulae, and star clusters that supplements the New General Catalogue (NGC)), but many different features have catalogue numbers of their own.

 

NGC 2335 and NGC 2343 are open clusters in Monoceros. HD 53367 (Henry Draper star catalogue) is a triple star system that ionizes the "head" of the seagull, Sh 2-292 (the Sharpless Catalogue (Sh)).

 

NGC 2327 is a reflection nebula in Canis Major.

 

FN Canis Majoris is a runaway binary star system that was ejected from its home sometime in the past. It is currently screaming through this gas cloud, creating the prominent bow shock -- the blue arc -- in advance of its trajectory.

 

Rio Rancho NM Bortle 5 zone, January 14-18, 2025

William Optics Redcat 51

ZWO 183mm pro

ZWO 30mm f/4 mini guide scope and ZWO 120 Mini

Optolong Ha OIII

ZWO ASI Air Pro

Sky-Watcher HEQ5

Darks GraXpert dithering

Gain 111 at -10C

Processed in DSS GraXpert and PS

 

HOO palette. Approximately 10 hours of Ha and 10 hours of OIII.

Camera: Moravian G2 8300

Filters: 31mm unmounted Optolong

Optic: RC GSO 8" - Astro Physics telecompressor 0.67X

Mount: Ioptron CEM60 HP

Autoguider: Magzero QHY 5L II, OAG 9mm TS, Phd guiding

Frames Ha 7nm: 18X600 sec - RGB: 6X600 sec each Bin 1

Processing: Pixinsight, Photoshop

WO Space Cat 51 250 mm

Camara Canon 6D modificada , filtro L-Pro optolong

Montura AVX

Tomas 210 de 100 segundos a ISO3200 desde los dias 25 a 29 de marzo, tomas del cometa del 25 al 26 de marzo desde casa en Sanse bortle 8

Procesado Pix y PS

 

WO Space Cat 51 250 mm

Canon 6D camera modified, L-Pro optolong filter

AVX mount

210 photos of 100 seconds at ISO3200 from March 25 to 29, take the comet from March 25 to 26 from home in Sanse bortle 8

Pix and PS processing

 

While keeping my fingers crossed and hoping that there will be an opportunity to photograph the fabulous nebulae in the Milky Way around Sagittarius before the rainy season puts an end to my astrophotography, I had another go at processing data I captured last year for the Eagle nebula, M16. It's an HαRGB blend with about 3.5 hours of data in each channel captured on a QHY163M using Optolong filters. All post-processing was carried out in PixInsight.

Observed from Prachinburi, Thailand

Equipo Principal: ZWO ASI 1600 mm-pro + SW Explorer 200p + SW Coma Corrector 0.9x + EQ6-R-Pro + Long Perng 2" Dual Speed Low Profile Crayford Focuser + ZWO EAF + ZWO 7x2" EFW

 

Equipo guía: guidescope 60/240 mm, camara guia ZWO ASI 120mm mini

 

*Gain 139, -25 º C, Ha 7nm 2" Optolong, 78x180"

*Gain 139, -25 º C, Oiii-CCD 6.5 nm 2" Optolong, 80x180"

*Gain 139, -25 º C, Sii-CCD 6.5 nm 2" Optolong, 82x180"

 

100 Darks

100 Flats por filtro

100 DarkFlats

  

Polar Align: SharpCap 3.2

Adquisición: SGP 3.1

Procesado: Pixinsight 1.8.8, PS

RC8 à 1088 mm de focale, ASI533MC + Optolong L-Pro.

5h par sub de 60", Pixinsight

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

Camera: Altair Astro 26C | Scope: WO SpaceCat51 | Filter: Optolong UHC | 17 x 2 Mins.

Dopo aver fotografato la Nebulosa Velo Orientale era opportuno dedicarsi anche alla Velo Occidentale(NGC6960, Sh2-103) che si trova a ridosso di altre nebuose, la più nota chiamata Triangolo di Pickering, che la dividono dalla parte orientale.

Tutti questi componenti che compongono la famosa Nebulosa Velo o Anello del Cigno sono ciò che rimane dell'esplosione di una supernova avvenuta crca 10.000-20.000 anni fa.

Questa nebulosa diffusa, tuttora in espansione, ricchissima di Ha, OIII e S è molto vasta e per fotografarla nel suo insieme occorrono corte focali, ma focali più lunghe permettono di evienziarne gli intrecci e filamenti che la compongono anche se si è costretti, in base alle dimensioni del sensore fotografico, ad inquadrarne solo una parte .

Infatti questa è un mosaico composto da 2 pannelli: a sinistra il Triangolo di Pickering e le nebulose NGC6974 e NGC6979 mentre a destra la NGC6960 sulla quale spicca la stella 52Cyg.

Anche se la Nebulosa Velo è abbastanza luminosa, acquisendo in banda stretta occorrono più sessioni per registrare un discreto segnale; quindi più notti, diversa trasparenza, diverso seeing. E Alla fine non sempre è facile comporre un mosaico: gradienti diversi da inquinamento luminoso, segnale diverso ecc.

Ho cercato con le mie modeste capacità e conoscenze di equilibrare luminosità e colore tra i 2 pannelli e successivamente di estrarre dal fondo cielo anche le nebulosità più tenui. Sono molto soddisfatto del risultato ottenuto e lo dedico al mio caro amico astrofilo e maestro di elaborazione Piero Lavoratti di Pistoia (www.aavapieri.org/piero/ciao.htm) che in questo mese ha compiuto 90 anni: auguri Piero!!!

 

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After photographing the Eastern Veil Nebula, it was appropriate to also focus on the Western Veil Nebula (NGC6960, Sh2-103), which is located close to other nebulae, the most famous of which is called Pickering's Triangle, which separate it from the eastern part.

All these components that make up the famous Veil Nebula or Cygnus Loop are the remains of a supernova explosion that occurred approximately 10,000-20,000 years ago.

This diffuse nebula, still expanding, rich in Ha, OIII, and S, is very large. Photographing it as a whole requires short focal lengths, but longer focal lengths allow you to highlight its interweavings and filaments, even if you're limited to capturing only a portion of it, depending on the size of your camera sensor.

In fact, this is a mosaic composed of two panels: on the left, Pickering's Triangle and the nebulae NGC6974 and NGC6979, and on the right, NGC6960, which features the star 52Cyg.

Although the Veil Nebula is quite bright, acquiring in narrowband requires multiple sessions to record a decent signal; therefore, multiple nights, different transparency, different seeing. And ultimately, it's not always easy to compose a mosaic: different gradients from light pollution, different signals, etc.

I tried, with my modest skills and knowledge, to balance brightness and color between the two panels and then extract even the faintest nebulosity from the background sky.I am very satisfied with the result obtained and I dedicate it to my dear friend, amateur astronomer and processing master Piero Lavoratti from Pistoia (www.aavapieri.org/piero/ciao.htm), who turned 90 this month: happy birthday Piero!!!

 

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Optic: APO Refractor Askar 103APO + 0.6X

Camera: ZWO ASI533MC-Pro

Mount: Sky Watcher HEQ5 Synscan

Seeing: 3-4 (scala Antoniadi)

Filter: Narrowband Optolong L-eNhance 2" + SVbony UV-IR cut

panel1 (NGC6979) -129x300s 250gain/ 35dark /21flat / 21darkflat /80 bias

Integration: 10h 45m

Date: 2025-09-06,15,16

panel2 (NGC6960) -105x300s 250gain/ 35dark /21flat / 21darkflat /80 bias

Integration: 8h 45m

Date: 2025-09-19,21

t° sensor: -5°C

Total integration: 19h 30m

Temperature: 20°C (media)

location for : Biancavilla -Catania-(Italy) 515m slm (Bortle 5-6)

Acquisition: NINA, PHDGuiding

Processing: DSS, SIRIL 1.4, PS, GraXpert

 

Jupiter in the heart of the Dark Horse above Monte Louro. Strong light pollution from coastal villages.

5x60s Nikon D600 full spectrum NIkkor AI 28mm f/2 @f/4 Optolong L-Pro clip filter

La regione attorno alla Sadr, nella costellazione del Cigno, piena di nebulose ad emissione. In basso a destra si vede la Nebulosa Crescent. Ripresa realizzata dal cielo cittadino di Casarano, classe Bortle 8 , con l'aiuto del filtro Optolong L-enahnce, che ha permesso di ridurre la luminosità del fondo cielo.

Dati: 50 foto da 5 minuti a 1600 ISO, fotocamera Canon 1200d modificata Full spectrum, e un vecchio obiettivo Jupiter 135 f4 www.instagram.com/gianlucabelgrado.jpeg/

Equipo Principal: ZWO ASI 1600 mm-pro + SW Explorer 250pds + SW Coma Corrector 0.9x + EQ6-R-Pro + ZWO EAF + ZWO 7x2" EFW

 

Equipo guía: starguider 60/240 mm, ZWO ASI 120mm mini

 

*Gain 139, -20 º C, Ha 7nm 2" Optolong, 260x180"

*Gain 139, -20 º C, Oiii-CCD 6.5 nm 2" Optolong, 140x180"

*Gain 139, -20 º C, Sii-CCD 6.5 nm 2" Optolong, 132x180"

 

100 Darks

100 Flats por filtro

  

Polar Align: SharpCap 3.2

Adquisición: SGP 3.1

Procesado: Pixinsight 1.8.8, PS

Here is the Pinwheel Galaxy in Ursa Major. A gorgeous face-on spiral galaxy.

 

I recently captured this image from the backyard using a color camera and small telescope (Video: youtu.be/o8Q_GWXL9Gw)

 

3 Hours, 30-Minutes Total Exposure

 

Sky-Watcher Esprit 100 APO

Sky-Watcher EQ6-R Pro

ZWO ASI533MC Pro

Optolong L-Pro Filter

 

Acquistion in APT

Guiding with PHD2

 

Processing in DeepSkyStacker and Adobe Photoshop.

 

Thanks for looking. Clear skies!!

  

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