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WR 134 is a variable Wolf-Rayet star, a massive star at an advanced stage of stellar evolution and losing mass at a very high rate. It is surrounded by a faint bubble nebula blown by the intense radiation and fast wind from the star. It is located in the constellation of Cygnus and lies around 6,000 light years distant.

Another image done with short time subs and high gain and imaged whilst the Moon was 95% illuminated.

EQ6-R-PRO

150mm Esprit with dedicated corrector

QHY294PROM Gain 3600 -20C

Astronomik 6nm Ha and OIII narrowband filters

60 X 90sec Ha

80 x 90sec OIII subs

Acquisition time 3hrs30min

Processed using Straton Star Removal, Pixinsight and Photoshop.

NGC6334

Takahashi TOA-150

Camera: FLI ML16200

Filter: Chroma RGB 8nm

Focuser: FLI Atlas

Focal Length: 1100mm

Focal Ratio: f/5.0

Mount: A-P 1600GTO-AE

Location: Deep Sky West, Chile

12,6h: RGB combination in PixInsight done:

R: 29 x 600sec

G: 23 x 600sec

B: 24 x 600sec

 

SHO + L data will be added later

 

nova.astrometry.net/user_images/4329075#annotated

www.deepskywest.com/

 

Cygnus Wall.

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Cygnus Wall is the most visible and interesting part of the well-known North America nebula, located 1500 light-years from us, in the constellation Cygnus. The "wall" is actually an area of stellar dust combined with hydrogen ionized by the radiation of young stars and stretches over a length of about 20 light-years, thus being one of the largest and best known stellar "nurseries".

Equipment and settings:

Mount: Skywatcher Eq6r pro

Telescope: Explore Scientific 102ED triplet + 0.75 APM reducer

Camera: ASI 533MM pro

Filter: Astrodon SHO

Total integration: 6h36' ( Ha 43x3min, Sii 40x3min, Oiii 47x3min )

Edit in Pixinsight.

Location: my Bortle 6+ backyard.

NGC7497

 

Planewave 17” CDK

Camera: FLI ML16803

Filter: Chroma L,R,G,B

Focuser: IRF90

Focal Length: 2939mm

Focal Ratio: f/6.8

Mount: 10 Micron GM3000

Location: Deep Sky West, Chile

18h of LRGB data, combination in PixInsight done:

L: 116 x 300sec

R: 36 x 300sec

G: 28 x 300sec

B: 36 x 300sec

  

www.deepskywest.com/

planewave.com/product/cdk17-ota/

I've been so busy with work that I haven't used my telescope for a long time.

 

But here is a picture of Messier 33 shot with my modified Nikon and my Skywatcher Evostar, some time ago. Total exposure time is 280 minutes.

  

Preprocessed in APP and Pixinsight. Postprocessed in lightroom.

Takahashi FSQ106EDX (f/5)

Takahashi EM-400 Temma2

Atik 16200 monocroma (KAF-16200)

Astrodon Gen2 LRGB I-Series 50,8mm

PixInsight Core + Photoshop CC 2019

 

L: 90x600s bin1

RGB: 30x300s bin2 cada canal

 

www.aipastroimaging.com

Esprit 80/400, ASI2600MM-Pro, Astronomik Ha et OIII en 6nm (5h et 4h50 par poses de 300").

NINA et Pixinsight.

Astro-Physics 155 EDF + QUADTCC @ F/5.1

Moravian G3 16200 + Chroma L

Astro Physics 1200

Astro-Physics 130 GTX + QUADTCC @ F/4.5

Moravian G3 11002 + Astrodon L

Astro Physics 1200

 

L: 30x10s bin 4x4 (155)

L: 30x10s bin 2x2 (130)

 

Total exposure: 10m

  

Captured with Sequence Generator Pro

Processed with Pixinsight

ASI 294 MC PRO.

SV503, 80 ED Svbony con

aplanador x1 (560mm).

HEQ5 PRO.

Guiado Asi 120mm Mini.

Ganancia 123/ Offset 30 -10ºc.

L-Extreme 40x300s.

Bortle 7.

PixInsight.

The Sadr Region, also known as IC 1318 or the Gamma Cygni Nebula, is the diffuse emission nebula surrounding Sadr (γ Cygni) at the centre of Cygnus's cross.

A test to try out my QHY294C OSC camera as I have just bought the mono version of the same camera but the software on all 4 of my laptops will not recognise the camera. The first laptop I tried with the 294C did not work but the second one did. Will have to find out why this is happening. Maybe a dud camera?

 

HEQ5 PRO

WO71GT with P-Flat6 III x0.8 reducer/corrector

QHY294C Gain 2900 Offset 30 -20C

STC Duo narrowband filter

10 x 900sec subs

Processed using Pixinsight and Photoshop.

ASI 294 MC PRO.

SV503, 80 ED Svbony con

aplanador x1 (560mm).

HEQ5 PRO.

Guiado Asi 120mm Mini.

Ganancia 123/ Offset 30 -10ºc.

Filtro SV231 102x300s.

Bortle 7.

PixInsight.

ASI 294 MC PRO.

72 ED Skywatcher con reductor/aplanador 0.85.

Star Adventurer 2i.

Guiado Asi 120mm Mini.

Ganancia 123/ Offset 30 -10ºc

L-Extreme 26x300s

Bortle 8.

PixInsight,

NGC 4631 (aka the Whale Galaxy) is a barred spiral galaxy located in Canes Venatici. In this image I counted five smaller galaxies. The galaxy actually does look like a whale. I think it looks like a Blue whale, considering the length and where the blow hole is located :) .

 

Image taken using an ZWO 2600MM Pro camera with LRGB Baader filters. The telescope was a Stellarvue 102ED2 mounted on a Celestron CGX mount.

 

Images were processed in Pixinsight using a variety of processes and scripts. Total integration time was a little over 90 min at a Bortle 4-5 site.

 

Source of astronomical info:

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NGC_4631

I finally captured some more narrowband data for IC410. It took me a few nights to get the data...an average of 2.6 hours per night is not much...but its better than nothing.

Processing also took me quite a time...but after several attempts, im quite happy with the result.

 

EQUIPMENT

Camera: SBIG STF-8300

Filter: Astronomik Ha, OIII, SII - 6nm

Telescope: APM 107/700 apochromatic refractor

Mount: Astro-Physics 1100 GTO

Guiding: Off axis with Starlite Xpress Lodestar X2

Software: Sequence Generator Pro, PHD2, Pixinsight, Fitswork

 

DETAILS

Date: 26th December 2018 + 15th January + 24th and 26th February 2019

Location: My backyard

Exposures:

Ha 15 x 1200 s

OIII: 9 x 1200 s

SII: 8 x 1200 s

Binning: 1x1

CCD Temp: -30°C

Total integration time: 10 hours and 40 minutes

Imaged 24th, 26th and 27th February 2019, near Cambridge UK.

 

Cropped

 

Image Details:

14 hours 20 mins total exposure.

27 x 600s Red 1x1 (4 hours 30mins)

24 x 600s Green 1x1 (4 hours)

35 x 600s Blue 1x1 (5 hours 50mins)

 

Scope - Altair Astro Wave Series 115mm Refractor, Planostar 1.0x field flattener for focal length of 805mm @ F7.

Sensor - Atik 383l+ Mono CCD + Baader RGB filters. -20degC.

Scale - 1.37 arcsec/pixel.

 

Mount - Altair Astro Pier mounted iOptron CEM60.

Guiding - Lodestar X2 and SX OAG with PHD2.

Sequence Generator Pro and PixInsight.

 

Thanks for looking.

Using PixInsight astronomy software, I removed the star field around Comet c/2022 E3 for these detailed images of the coma, tail and anti-tail. The right image in the invert of the left for better structure contrast. Taken with 180mm f/2.8 lens, iso 2200, and exposure of 77x105s (2.25 hours integrated time).

Another pass at processing the same collection of shots, to pull more contrast out of the inner and outer structures.

Quite a learning curve with PixInsight....

 

total exposure time 7.5 hours

840mm f/7: Askar 120APO

ZWO ASI533MC Cooled Color Camera at -20C

Guided on ZWO AM5

57x300s with UV/IR cut filter

10x600" with an Ha/Oiii filter

Processed with PixInsight, Ps

 

Messier 27 (M27), also known as the Dumbbell Nebula, is a planetary nebula located in the constellation Vulpecula. It was the first planetary nebula ever discovered, by Charles Messier in 1764. The distance is about 1200 light years from our Earth. Captured at TelescopLive in Spain and Chile. Total exposure is 56 hours of data.

Rho Ophiuchi Cloud Complex

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Located at about 500 light-years from Earth, Rho Ophiuchi is undoubtedly one of the most spectacular and colorful parts of the night sky.

Emission nebulae, reflection nebulae, dark nebulae or star clusters, all can be found in this small part of the sky. There is also a star nursery, practically the closest to Earth, and not to forget Antares (in the yellow area of the attached photo), a giant star, 700 times larger than the Sun, and 10,000 times brighter.

A book could be written about this area, so I will stop here with the description. I hope I will be lucky enough to repeat the experience at the next new moon.

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Equipment and settings:

Mount: Skywatcher Star Adventure GTI

Camera: Nikon D610 – astro modified

Lens : Rokinon 135mm F2

Settings: F 2.8, ISO 1600

Total exposure: 80 minutes (53 exposures x 90 sec)

Calibration frames: 15 darks.

Location: Bortle ¾.

Edit : Pixinsight.

 

January 24th and 27th 2022 from 20:05

Edinburgh Bortle 8 zone

Celestron RASA 8"

ZWO 183mc pro

ZWO EAF

IDAS NBZ

ZWO air pro

Sky-Watcher HEQ5 Pro

280*30s lights with flats, darks and bias

Gain 122 at -10C

Processed in APP , Pixinsight 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

 

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.

Spiral galaxy NGC 6946 and open star cluster NGC 6939 are situated within 1 degree of each other in the constellation Cepheus. While the galaxy is much larger than the cluster, it is also roughly 10,000 times farther away, making them appear about the same size in the sky. This image is a 2 panel mosaic intentionally composed to provide a panoramic perspective.

 

Telescope: Celestron Edge HD 8 at f/7

Camera: QSI 683wsg

Mount: Astro-Physics Mach 1 GTO

Integration: Approx 40 mins each of RGB (~8 x 5 minute subframes) per panel

Processing Software: PixInsight, PaintShop Pro

 

Captured under dark skies near Goldendale, WA.

Telescope: TEC180

Reducer: 0.8x Quad TCC

Camera: QHY268C

Filter: Hutech V4

 

Location: Central District, Seattle

Moon Conditions: Full

Exposure: 90 x 5 min exposures = 7.5 hours

Processed with PixInsight

 

Notes: Original flat frame had a lighter bar across the top, probably caused by using a long USB 2.0 cable for download. I equalized the two sections of the flat using PixelMath

TMB LZOS 152 + Riccardi Reducer @ F/6

Moravian G3 16200 + Chroma L + Chroma [OIII] 8nm + Chroma Ha 8nm

Parallax Instruments HD200c

Astro-Physics 130 GTX + QUADTCC @ F/4.5

Moravian G3 11002 + Astrodon RGB

Astro Physics 1200

 

L: 41x300s bin 1x1

RGB: 75x300s bin 1x1

Ha: 28x1800s bin 1x1

[OIII]: 8x1800s bin 1x1

 

Total exposure: 28h

  

Captured with Sequence Generator Pro

Processed with Pixinsight

NGC3199 grayscale

 

Planewave 17” CDK

Camera: FLI ML16803

Filter: Chroma Ha,OIII, SII

Focuser: IRF90

Focal Length: 2939mm

Focal Ratio: f/6.8

Mount: 10 Micron GM3000

Location: Deep Sky West, Chile

26,5h of data, SHO combination in PixInsight done.

 

Ha: 18 x 1800sec

OIII: 18 x 1800sec

SII: 17 x 1800sec

 

www.deepskywest.com/

planewave.com/product/cdk17-ota/

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

ASI 294 MC PRO.

SV503, 80 ED Svbony con

aplanador x1 (560mm).

HEQ5 PRO.

Guiado Asi 120mm Mini.

Ganancia 123/ Offset 30 -10ºc.

L-Extreme 59x300s.

Bortle 7.

PixInsight.

RC8 @ 1090 mm, ASI294MC, Player One Anti-Halo PRO Dual-Band 2″ Ha+OIII, 100 x 180" (5h)

NINA, Pixinsight

The Pleiades also known as the Seven Sisters.

  

Equipment:

Epsilon 130D dual rig

QHY268m + CFW3M

TS2600MP (Touptek IMX571) + ZWO EFW

Astronomik DeepSky RGB

Skywatcher EQ8

 

12x180s red

12x180s green

12x180s blue

84x180s Luminanz

ASI 294 MC PRO.

72 ED Skywatcher con reductor/aplanador 0.85.

Star Adventurer.

Guiado Asi 120mm Mini.

Ganancia 123/ Offset 30 -10ºc

29x300s

L-Extreme

Bortle 8.

PixInsight, Topaz Denoise AI.

ASI 294 MC PRO.

72 ED Skywatcher con reductor/aplanador 0.85.

Star Adventurer.

Guiado Asi 120mm Mini.

Ganancia 200/ Offset 30 -10ºc

36x300s

L-Extreme

Bortle 8.

PixInsight, Topaz Denoise AI.

NGC 6992

TS 115/800

ZWO ASI 183MMPRO

Filters: OPTOLONG

HA: 24x300

OIII: 24x300

Total: 4 horas

DSS+ Pixinsight = PS6

ASI 294 MC PRO.

SV503, 80 ED Svbony con

aplanador x1 (560mm).

HEQ5 PRO.

Guiado Asi 120mm Mini.

Ganancia 123/ Offset 30 -10ºc.

Filtro SV231 161x300s.

Bortle 7.

PixInsight.

Like a royal stands the 5000 years old image of a super novae in the sky. Actually much much older but 5000 lightyears away is true.

About 5 hours of imaging from Spain.

Centaurus A (NGC 5128) is a nearby elliptical galaxy about 13 million light-years away. It features a dark dust lane and a powerful radio source, likely from a past galaxy merger fueling its supermassive black hole. Here captured from Chile with TelescopeLive and processed by Jan Zettergren

Technical Details:

Telescope: Tele Vue NP101 @ f/4.3

Camera: QSI 6120

Mount: Sky-Watcher AZEQ-5

Guiding: Off-Axis with QHY 5IIL-M

Filters: Astrodon 3nm H-Alpha, OIII, SII

12x5min H-Alpha

13x5min OIII

14x5min SII

10.4 hours total integration time

Sequence Generator Pro

PHD2 Guiding

Processed with PixInsight

 

Captured in Central District, Seattle

Veil Rokinon 135

Camera: QSI 583 WSG5

Filter: Astrodon RGBH

Focuser: Robofocus

Focal Length: 135mm

Focal Ratio: f/2.0

Pixel Size: 5.4μm

Image Scale: 8”

Mount: Astro-Physics Mach1 GTO

Location: Deep Sky West, New Mexico

15h of RGBH data, integration in PixInsight done:

R: 29 x 300sec

G: 54 x 300sec

B: 36 x 300sec

Ha: 62 x 300sec

 

nova.astrometry.net/user_images/4193746#annotated

www.deepskywest.com/

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veil_Nebula

Astro-Physics 130 GTX + QUADTCC @ F/4.5

Moravian G3 11002 + Chroma Ha 8nm

Astro Physics 1200

 

25 Panels:

 

Ha: 5x1800s bin 1x1

 

Total exposure: 62,5h

  

Captured with Sequence Generator Pro

Processed with Pixinsight, Astro Pixel Processor

CFF 180 + QUADTCC @ F/5.2

TMB LZOS 152 + Riccardi Reducer @ F/6

Moravian G3 16200 + Chroma LRGB

Atik 460EX + Astrodon LRGB E series gen 2

Astro-Physics 130 GTX + QUADTCC @ F/4.5

Moravian G3 11002 + Astrodon RGB

Astro Physics 1200

 

L: 61x300s bin 1x1

RGB: 10x300s bin 1x1

  

Total exposure: 8h

  

Captured with Sequence Generator Pro

Processed with Pixinsight

Teleskop oder Objektiv (Aufnahme): Skywatcher 150/750 PDS

Aufnahmekamera: ZWO ASI 2600 MC Pro

Montierung: SkyWatcher EQ6 R Pro

Teleskop oder Objektiv (Nachführung): Skywatcher 150/750 PDS

Nachführkamera: ZWO ASI 120MM

Software: 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

Datum:6. Juli 2021

Frames: 24x600" (4h)

 

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

M65 - M66 - NGC 3628: Leo Triplet

 

Optics: Skyrover 130SA 130mm f/5 Refractor

Camera: ZWO ASI6200MM Pro

 

Blue: 42x300 sec

Green: 39x300 sec

Lum: 58x300 sec

Red: 42x300 sec

 

starbase.insightobservatory.com/home

nova.astrometry.net/user_images/11726687#annotated

Calibration

Center (RA, Dec):(169.427, 13.151)

Center (RA, hms):11h 17m 42.536s

Center (Dec, dms):+13° 09' 04.980"

Size:1.91 x 1.56 deg

Radius:1.233 deg

Pixel scale:1.19 arcsec/pixel

 

Tags:

The star n Leo

73 Leo

NGC 3593

NGC 3623

M 65

NGC 3627

M 66

NGC 3628

  

Six images of 24mm, iso 800, f:3.2 and 240 seconds for the sky, stacked with StarryLandscapeStacker and processed with PixInsight. A single photo for the ground taken before sunset and put together in Photoshop.

 

Seis imágenes de 24mm, iso 800, f:3.2 y 240 segundos para el cielo, apiladas con StarryLandscapeStacker y procesadas con el PixInsight. una solo foto para el suelo realizada antes del ocaso y juntado en Photoshop.

 

Sis imatges de 24mm, iso 800, f:3.2 i 240 segons per al cel, apilades amb StarryLandscapeStacker i processades amb el PixInsight. una sola foto per al terra realitzada abans de l'ocàs i ajuntat a Photoshop

A nebula in Dolorado on the southern hemisphere. Close to the large Magellan cloud. 3 hours exposure from Chile.

ASI 294 MC PRO.

72 ED Skywatcher con reductor/aplanador 0.85.

Star Adventurer 2i.

Guiado Asi 120mm Mini.

Ganancia 123/ 30 offset/ -10ºc

50x300

L-Pro

Bortle 8.

PixInsight.

ASI 294 MC PRO.

Samyang 135mm.

Star Adventurer.

Guiado Asi 120mm Mini.

Ganancia 123/ Offset 30 -10ºc

52x300s

L-Pro

Bortle 8.

PixInsight, Topaz Denoise AI.

- Telescopio: Takahashi FSQ85

- Cámara principal: Qhy 168C

- Montura: Neq 6 pro.

- Sistema de guiado lunático.

- Procesado con Pixinsight 1.8

Datos:

- 33 lights 480", -10 grados, 5 gain, 72 offset

- Darks , bias y flats

- Filtro idas lps P2

"Bode's Galaxy is a large bright spiral galaxy located 11.8 million light-years away in the constellation of Ursa Major. It was discovered by Johann Elert Bode on December 31, 1774. Pierre Mechain independently rediscovered it in August 1779. He reported his observations to Charles Messier who added it to his catalogue on February 9, 1781."

 

840mm f/7: Askar 120APO

ZWO ASI533MC Cooled Color Camera at -20C

Guided on ZWO AM5

84x300s exposures with UV/IR cut filter

28x600s exposures with Ha/Oiii filter

Total integration time: 8 hours

Processed with PixInsight, Lr

cos300 at f/4.9 RGB only.

 

R = 12x1200s+6x60s+9x15s

G = 7x1200s+6x60s+9x15s

B = 9x1200s+6x60s+9x15s

 

total 9.33h

 

all processing in pixinsight 1.8

 

acquisition credit: John Kasianowicz, Daniele Malleo, Leonardo Orazi, Rob Pfile, Rick Stevenson and Jerry Yesavage.

  

processing credit: rob pfile

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

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