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Out last night with my Seestar S50.....dodging the clouds.......Jellyfish Nebula (IC443)......is the remnant of a supernova lying 5,000 light years from Earth.........240 x 10secs exposures........processed in Pixinsight and Photoshop
M78
Optics:
Sky-Watcher Esprit 100ED
Camera:
QHYCCD QHY268 M
Filters:
Blue: Antlia
Green: Antlia
Ha: Antlia (3nm)
Luminance: Antlia
Red: Antlia
Mount:
Astro-Physics 900GTO
Integration Time: 102h 45m
My mom was offended when she found out that California has it's own nebula, but Colorado (our home state) does not. I guess I'll have to be on the lookout for a perfectly rectangular cloud of gas... but then we might not be able to tell it apart from Wyoming...
Technical Details:
Telescope: Tele Vue NP101 @ f/4.3
Camera: QSI 6120
Mount: Takahashi EM-200 Temma2
Guiding: Off-Axis with QHY 5IIL-M
Filters: Astrodon 3nm Narrowband
12x5min H-Alpha
32x5min OIII
12x5min SII
4.7 hours total integration time over two nights
Sequence Generator Pro
PHD2 Guiding
Processed with PixInsight
Captured in the Central District, Seattle
A different view of Carinae
Telescope Service 115/800
TS Flattener/Reducer 0.80
ZWO ASI 1600 MMPRO
ZWO FW 8x1.25
SHO filter Optolong
Frames:
SII: 60 x 300
OIII: 60 x 300
Halpha: 60 x 300
Total: 15 hours
DSS + Pixinsight + PS6
IC1848 emission nebula located in Cassiopeia.
Skywatcher 100ED
Canon 700d
Celestron CGEM DX
14x180s (42 mins) ISO800
Processed in PixInsight
10328px x 6833px
Resolution ............... 0.797 arcsec/px
Rotation ................. 90.001 deg
Observation start time ... 2023-01-21 21:29:28 UTC
Observation end time ..... 2023-01-21 22:31:41 UTC
Focal distance ........... 554.90 mm
Pixel size ............... 2.15 um
Field of view ............ 2d 17' 14.8" x 1d 30' 48.1"
Image center ............. RA: 2 53 17.192 Dec: +60 26 17.38 ex: +0.053614 px ey: -0.001726 px
Askar FRA300, Player One Poseidon-C, Anti halo IR/UV Cut
252 x 60" (4h12'), Ha/OIII
67 x 300" (5h35')
Pixinsight, Affinity Photo 2
Captured by David Wills at PixelSkies, Castillejar, Spain
Lum x 154 300 secs
Red x 116 300 secs
Green x 66 300 secs
Blue x 49 300 secs
32 hrs 5 mins hours in total.
Equipment used:
Telescope: Takahashi Baby Q FSQ-85ED F3.9
Camera: Xpress Trius SX-694 Pro Mono Cooled to -10C
Image Scale: 2.82
Guiding: OAG
Filters: Astronomik Lum, RGB
Mount: iOptron CEM60 "Standard" GOTO Centre Balanced Equatorial Mount
Image Acquisition: Voyager Advanced
Observatory control: Lunatico Dragonfly
Stacking and Calibrating: Pixinsight
Processing: Pixinsight 1.8, Photoshop CC, StarXTerminator, StarNet v2,NoiseXTerminator
Tech Specs: Nikon d7100, Nikkor 85mm f/1.4 @ f/4, iso 3200, 17x60s. Processed in PixInsight, Lightroom, and Photoshop, guided with Astrotrac Mount. This is an uncropped image measuring 10.5hx17.5w degrees.
Tech Specs:
Taken 21-22 Dec 22, Oracle, Arizona, Bortle 4,
Transparency 9/10, calm, temperature 38F, RH 78%
Nikon d7100, Nikkor 180mm f/2.8 @ f/5
212x90s, iso 3200, Raw
Orion Sirius EQ mount, PixInsight
The Cave Nebula or Sh2-155 is a diffuse emission nebula within a larger nebula complex that includes a reflection nebula, and dark nebula. It is located in the constellation of Cepheus and lies around 2,400 light-years distant.
Imaged back in March 2022 but was never quite happy with the data. Have finally got round to processing it and this is the result.
HEQ5 PRO
WO7IGT with dedicated reducer/corrector
QHY183M Gain16 Offset 30 -20C
Baader narrowband filter set
900secX12 Ha
900sec X20 OIII
900secX26 SII subs
Total acquisition time 14hrs30min
Processed using Straton Star Removal, Pixinsight and Photoshop.
This is a reprocess of an earlier version.
100 x 5 minutes
100 x 10 seconds
50 darks, 100 flats, 100 bias
Equipment: Canon 450D (self-modded), Orion 8" f/3.9 Newtonian Astrograph, Atlas EQ-G, Orion SSAG+50mm guidescope
Calibration and post-processing in Pixinsight
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• Sky-Watcher Quattro 250P
• Sky-Watcher EQ8-R Pro
• ZWO ASI294MM-Pro
• Astronomik L: 55x300s bin1 gain 0
• Astronomik RGB: 26x300s bin2 gain 125
• ZWO Hα 7nm: 12x300s bin1 gain 200
(total integration 7.7h)
• ZWO OAG & ASI290Mini guide cam
• TS GPU coma corrector
• ZWO EFW, ZWO EAF & Pegasus Astro Ultimate Powerbox 2
Trevinca, Valding, Spain
Bortle 3, SQM 21.8
processed with Pixinsight
This was taken with a telescope and an astronomical camera. Twelve 90 second shots stacked and processed with the PixInsight software and a little additional tweeking in Photoshop. More shots taken for a longer time would yield much more detail.
Some facts about M51:
1. Discovered by the French astronomer Charles Messier in October of 1773. Hence the 'M' designation. There are 110 objects in the Messier catalogue.
2. Its companion galaxy, NGC 5195, or M51 b as some call it was not discovered until 1781 by another French astronomer, Pierre Méchain.
3. These objects are about 26 million light-years from earth.
4. The diameter of M51 is approximately 76,000 light-years.
5. M51 is visible through binoculars ... but don't expect to see any color. In fact, you won't see any color using a telescope either. These objects are too far away ... too faint ... and the eye is just not able to gather enough photons. It will appear as a faint greenish-yellow object ... faint fuzzies some call them ... in binoculars. With a 100mm or 150mm scope and a good eyepiece some of the spiral structure will become visible.
6. If you want to try to find it in binoculars here's where to look: Find Alkaid, the last star in the handle of the Big Dipper, and then look just below and to the right of it ( actually 3.5° to the southeast of it).
Part of the Veil supernova complex.
Image Details:
Scope: A-P 130mm EDFS @ f/4.9 (reduced with 27TVPH)
Camera: QSI 6120
Mount: Takahashi EM-200
Guiding: QHY 5LII-M & Mini Guidescope (PHD2)
Image Capture: Sequence Generator Pro
Processing:
PixInsight
AstroPixelProcessor - Palette Blending - HSOO
Location: Central District, Seattle, WA
Ha: 30x10min
OIII: 30x10min
SII: 31x10min
Total integration time = ~ 15 hours
C9XLT + Starizona x0.63 + Player One Poseidon-C + AntliaTriBand
428 x 60" (7h08)
Pixinsight + Affinity Photo 2
Astro-Physics Riccardi-Honders 305mm @ F/3.65
Moravian C3 61000 + Chroma L
Astro Physics 1200
Astro-Physics 130 GTX + QUADTCC @ F/4.5
Moravian G3 11002 + Astrodon RGB
Astro Physics 1200
L: 102x300s bin 1x1
RGB: 25x300s bin 1x1
Total exposure: 15h
Captured with Sequence Generator Pro
Processed with Pixinsight
Tech Specs:
Taken 21 Dec 22, Oracle, Arizona, Bortle 4,
Transparency 9/10, calm, temperature 44F, RH 63%
Nikon d7100, Nikkor 180mm f/2.8 @ f/5
103x90s, iso 3200, Raw
Orion Sirius EQ mount, PixInsight, Photoshop
Running Man Nebula on the left, Orion Nebula on the right.
Always have to try for this every winter as it's such a gorgeous part of the night sky. This year I used the new BlurXTerminator module for PixInsight. It does a great job of reducing star size while enhancing DSO details. Still fighting star halos but it's improving my images nicely.
Image Details:
- Imaging Scope: William Optics 61mm ZenithStar APO
- Imaging Camera: ZWO ASI183MC Color with IR Cut filter
- Guiding Scope: William Optics 31mm Uniguide
- Guiding Camera: Orion Starshoot Auto Guider
- Acquisition Software: Sharpcap
- Guiding Software: PHD2
- Light Frames: 25*4 mins @ 50 Gain, Temp -10C
- Dark Frames: 25*4 mins
- Stacked in Deep Sky Stacker
- Processed in PixInsight, Adobe Lightroom and Topaz Denoise
The **Eagle Nebula**, also known as **Messier 16 (M16)** or **NGC 6611**, is a stunning region of active star formation located about **7,000 light-years** from Earth in the **constellation Serpens**. It is best known for containing the **Pillars of Creation**, towering columns of gas and dust famously photographed by the **Hubble Space Telescope** in 1995.
This vast nebula spans about **70 by 55 light-years** and consists of **interstellar gas, dust, and young, hot stars** that illuminate and shape the surrounding material. The Eagle Nebula is a **stellar nursery**, where massive new stars are born from collapsing clouds of gas. These young stars emit intense ultraviolet light and powerful winds that sculpt the nebula’s features and erode the dense pillars from which they formed.
The "eagle" shape that gives the nebula its name is created by dark, silhouetted dust lanes against the bright background of glowing hydrogen gas. The Eagle Nebula is both a scientifically important object and a visually iconic one, offering astronomers insight into how stars and planetary systems form and evolve over time.
Shot in New Orleans, LA
Bortle 8 Skies
TEC140
AP900
SHO: 21 / 20 / 24 x15m
Total Integration = 16.25h
SXT/LF/SHO/NBNorm/NXT/NBStars/HT/Conv/Recreen
ColorEfex/Curves/Sat
Hello folks here M45
Telescope: SharpStar 150 f2,8
Guide Scope:Evoguide
Mount : Skywatcher HEQ5
Imaging camera: ZWO 2600MC
Guiding camera: ZWO 290 MC
Filters: Lpro
Plate solving: SGpro
Imaging software: Sgpro
Guiding software: PHD2
Processing software: Pixinsight
Lpro180X60s exposure@100Gain
Integration: 3 hrs
Messier 101 ,a very large Galaxy located in Ursa Major
It has a diameter of 170 million light years in comparison to our milky way 's diameter of 100 million LYs
It is distance of 21 million light years from earth.
80x300L
40x300 RGB
QSI 583 Astronomik LRGB
SG pro
Stellarvue SVX102T-R with flattener
Losmandy G11T
Lodestar x2
PixInsight
Henize 70 Superbubble in SHO
nova.astrometry.net/user_images/13024992#annotated
6h of HSO data from Telescope Live. Processed with PixInsight.
NGC1747 SHO
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
31h of data, SHO combination in PixInsight done:
Ha: 20 x 1800sec
OIII: 24 x 1800sec
SII: 18 x 1800sec
Datos técnicos:
Telescopio: Takahashi FSQ106EDX (f/5)
Montura: Takahashi EM-400 Temma2
Cámara: Atik 16200 (KAF-16200)
Guiado: Lunático EZG-60 + SXLodestar
Filtros: Astrodon Gen2 LRGB I-Series 50,8mm
Enfocador: RoboFocus Rev3.1
Fecha: Julio del 2021
Lugar: Guadalajara, España
Programas de captura: MaxIm DL + AstroMatic
Procesado: PixInsight Core + Photoshop CC 2019
Exposición: L: 15x600s bin1, RGB: 12x300s bin2.
Total: 5h 30m
Version LHaRVB.
100x180s (5h) - Filtre Idas LPS D1 - gain 120, -10°C - ciel Bortle 4.
80x300s (6h40) - Filtre Optolong L-Extreme - gain 120, -10°C - ciel Bortle 7.
Lunette TS triplet 80x480.
Réducteur TS x0.79.
Monture HEQ5 pro goto modifiée.
Caméra ZWO ASI294mc pro.
Guidage chercheur SW 9x50 + ASI120mm mini.
Asiair pro.
Pixinsight, PS.
NGC6992
Optics
Skywatcher Esprit 100 f/5 Refractor
Camera
QHY 268M
Mount
Skywatcher EQ6R-Pro
Observatory
Private - Hertford, North Carolina, USA
36.186, -76.47
Blue: 20x60 sec
Green: 20x60 sec
Ha: 81x300 sec
Oiii: 64x300 sec
Red: 20x60 sec
An LRGB image of NGC1531
Data subs courtesy of Telescope Live.
Processed in PixInsight and Affinity Photo.
A fairly difficult image to process as a few of the subs did not align very well, worth the effort as it is a great target.
This image shows what PixInsight's Dynamic Background Extractor does to an image. The amazing detail is brought out by balancing the background light such as caused by light pollution or breaking dawn in this case.Tech specs: Nikon d3500, Nikkor 180mm, f/2.8 @ f/2.8, iso 1100, stacked 16x30s raw, post-processed in PixInsight, Lightroom and Photoshop. Taken between 3:59AM to 4:09AM MDT.
F.O.V. is ~7x5 degrees. Comet's tail stretched at least 6 degrees in this uncropped image. The comet has changed since yesterday (24 hours earlier): www.flickr.com/photos/79387036@N07/50105687121/in/photost....
Messier 78 is a reflection nebula located in the constellation of Orion. M78 is the brightest diffuse reflection nebula in the sky and lies at an approximate distance of 1,600 light years. This is by far the most difficult object I have attempted to process. Imaged over 2 nights, the 29th and 30th of January. On both nights conditions were below average conditions and I had to stretch the data quite a bit to bring out the detail.
NEQ6 PRO
TSAPO130Q @F/5
QHY183M cooled CMOS camera
Baader 7nm Ha and LRGB filter set
Guided using Lodestar x2 mono ccd
Total integration time 5hrs 24mins.
Processed using Pixinsight and Photoshop.
Astro-Physics 130 GTX + QUADTCC @ F/4.5
Moravian G3 11002 + Astrodon RGB
Astro Physics 1200
RGB: 30x300s bin 1x1
Total exposure: 8h
Captured with Sequence Generator Pro
Processed with Pixinsight
ASI 294 MC PRO.
72 ED Skywatcher con reductor/aplanador 0.85.
Star Adventurer.
Guiado Asi 120mm Mini.
Ganancia 123/ Offset 30 -10ºc
L-Extreme 30x300s
Bortle 8.
PixInsight, Topaz Denoise AI.
Lunette TS 60/330 + réducteur X0.8
Player One Poseidon-C + filtre Ha/OIII + Filtre Altair SII/OIII
2 X 60 x 180" (6h), Pixinsignt, Affinity Photo 2
This is a 4 night Two panel shot join is in the middle of the two shots. As I am able to rotate the Nikon 300mm F4 prime on its lens clamp I marked the degrees so I could rotate to suit camera angle. once done I got an error reading each night 1.4 degrees.
the two panels joined perfectly with next to no step between the two panels. I am impressed so much I am almost willing to for go the Auto Focus with the belt to be able to rotate the camera.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vela_Supernova_Remnant
for those interested a bit more info in the link.
Who can see the face in the shot.
ZWOASI071MC -10c 90 shots per panel 600 secs, over 4 night camera rotated.
ZWOEAF disconnected ,
Optolong LeNhance filter In filter draw,
Nikon 300MM F4 D Lens,
Skywatcher NEQ 6 Pro Hypertuned
Guided PHD2, SGP
Pixinsight, Ps & Lr.
Image Details:
6x900s, 7x1800 Ha (5hrs)
10x1800 OII (5hrs)
8x1800s SII (4hrs)
Darks, flats and bias, all binned 1x1.
Total exposure of 14 hours.
Optic - SW Evostar ED80 DS-PRO with SW 0.85 reducer.
Mount - HEQ5 PRO Synscan with Rowan Belt Drive mod.
Sensor - Atik 383l+ Mono CCD + Baader 36mm 7nm Ha, 8.5nm OII and 8nm SII filters.
Guiding - ZWO ASI120MM + Orion 162mm/F3.2 guidescope with PHD2.
Sequence Generator Pro and PixInsight.
Thanks for looking.
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 50x300s.
Bortle 7.
PixInsight.
RGB composition
75:75:75x300"=R:G:BX300"
T:Takahashi FSQ 106ED @f/5.0
M: Astrophysics Mach1 GTO
C: SBIG STL 11000
G: Lodestar X2
F: Antlia V-Pro - LRGB set
Foc: PrimaLuceLab ESATTO 4"
CPU: Eagle-S Primalucelab
Sw: Sequence Generator Pro - PHD2 - Pixinsight 1.8.8-9
ASI 294 MC PRO.
72 ED Skywatcher con reductor/aplanador 0.85.
Star Adventurer.
Guiado Asi 120mm Mini.
Ganancia 200/ Offset 30 -10ºc
42x300s
L-Extreme
Bortle 8.
PixInsight, Topaz Denoise AI.
Originally captured 25th March 2014.
My final reprocess with this data using techniques learned in Pixinsight. Unusual for me to say this but I am quite pleased with this. Especially considering the limited data capture time.
First proper use of my Atik 490 CCD. Telescope was Skywatcher 250pds. Baader LRGB Filters. Guiding was QHY5 II mounted on finder scope.
Software was Artemis capture and Processed in Pixinsight.
Exposures were all Binned 2x2 200secs x5 except Luminance which was 1x1 300 secs x5.
First attempt with starless layers to bring more details, depth and structure in the nebulas
Canon EOS 6Da | Canon EF 200mm f/2.8L
Skywatcher HEQ5 Pro | Lacerta M-GEN | Finderscope 9x50
25x 300sec | ISO800
Flats, Bias, no filters used
My Astrobin My 500px My Facebook
© Claus Steindl
ASI 294 MC PRO.
Samyang 135mm.
Star Adventurer 2i.
Guiado Asi 120mm Mini.
Ganancia 123/ Offset 30 -10ºc
50x300s
L-Extreme.
Bortle 8.
PixInsight.
Bill Blanshan's Color Palette.
NGC281 grayscale
Locations: Deep Sky West, Rowe, New Mexico, United States
PlaneWave17" CDK Telescope:
NGC 281, IC 11, Sh2-184 or Pacman Nebula in grayscale: SHO combination in PixInsight done
S: 5x1200sec
H: 6x1200sec
O: 5x1200sec
Camera: FLI ML16803
Filter: Astrodon SHO
Focal Length: 2939mm
Focal Ratio: f/6.7
Pixels: 9μm
Mount: Paramount Taurus 400
This is a reprocess of M31 using Affinity Photo for non-linear processing instead of PixInsight. I think that the result is pretty good for the first time out, and I got a sense that using this tool instead of PixInsight holds some powerful possibilities that will take much more practice and experience to reach a mastery level.
ZWO ASI6200MM-Pro/EFW 2" x 7 (LRGB)
Tele Vue NP101is/LCF (4" f/5.4)
Moonlite CFL 2.5"
Losmandy G11
L: 166 x 60s
R: 55 x 90s
G: 56 x 90s
B: 52 x 90s
06:50:30 total integration time
Captured with NINA
Processed with PixInsight and Affinity Photo
Astro-Physics 130 GTX + QUADTCC @ F/4.5
Moravian G3 11002 + Chroma Ha 8nm
Astro Physics 1200
21 Panels:
Ha: 5x1800s bin 1x1
Total exposure: 53h
Captured with Sequence Generator Pro
Processed with Pixinsight
10 hours integration time. Bortle 3.5.
ZWO AM5 mount.
AstroTech EDP60 scope.
AsiAir Plus
2600 Duo (imaging and guiding camera)
Ambien T 20F
Moon waxing crescent 28%
Darks/Blats/Bias applied
Stacked in Astropixel Processor
Processing in Pixinsight
Crop and sig in PScc
NGC6334
Optics: Takahashi FSQ-106EDX III
Camera: Moravian Instruments G4-16000 MK I
Filters:
Blue: Astrodon (Gen2 E-Series Tru-Balance)
Green: Astrodon (Gen2 E-Series Tru-Balance)
Ha: Astrodon (5nm)
OIII: Astrodon (5nm)
Red: Astrodon (Gen2 E-Series Tru-Balance)
SII: Astrodon (5nm)
Mount: Planewave L-500
Integration Time13h 20m