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The Omega Nebula, also known as the Swan Nebula is an area of Hii in the constellation Sagittarius. It was discovered in 1745 by Philippe Loys de Chéseaux and Charles Messier catalogued it in 1764 as M17. It is about 6000 light years from Earth.
Capturing this image in narrowband brings out a lot more detail than that which is visable in broadband imaging.
Equipment Details:
• 8 Inch Skywatcher Quattro Carbon Fibre F4.0 Newtonian Reflector
• Skywatcher NEQ6 Mount
• SBIG ST2000xm CCD Camera cooled to -20'c
• SBIG CFW8 Filter Wheel
• Astranomik Ha, Sii and Oiii Filters
• SKywatcher BD 102mm Guide Scope
• Meade DSIii CCD Guide Camera
• Polemaster for polar alignment
• Processed using PixInsight
Exposure Details:
• Ha 23 X 180 seconds - Bin 1x1
• Oiii 25 X 180 seconds - Bin 1x1
• Sii 25 X 180 seconds - Bin 1x1
• Cooled at 0'c
Total Integration Time: 3 hours and 45 minutes
60x180s (3h retenues sur 6h). Seeing mauvais
Filtre Idas LPS D1 - gain 120, -10°C.
Ciel Bortle 4.
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.
GraXpert AI, Pixinsight & BlurXterminator
Same datas from 2022 version : www.flickr.com/photos/133093801@N02/51868090328/in/datepo...
(38) 3 minute exposures
ZWO 533MC Pro OSC Camera
iOptron GEM28 Mount
William Optics 61ii Refractor
Processed in Pixinsight
Astro-Physics Riccardi-Honders 305mm @ F/3.65
Moravian C3 61000 + Chroma Ha, [O-III], [S-II] 8nm
Astro Physics 1200
Ha: 76x300s bin 1x1
[O III]: 67x300s bin 1x1
[S II]: 49x300s bin 1x1
Total exposure: 16h
Captured with Sequence Generator Pro
Processed with Pixinsight
Only 55 mins of subs from last season. Using canon650d swEd80 eq6 r pro mount processed in pixinsight and ps
Remix with the same acquisitions as for my version last year..
Skywatcher Esprit 80/400, ASI2600MM-Pro, Astronomik CLS / RGB / Ha (5h / 3 x 1h30 / 6h). Pixinsight, GraXpert AI
NGC6822 / Barnard's Galaxy
Planewave 17” CDK
Camera: FLI ML16803
Filter: Chroma L,R,G,B,Ha
Focuser: IRF90
Focal Length: 2939mm
Focal Ratio: f/6.8
Mount: 10 Micron GM3000
Location: Deep Sky West, Chile
20,9h of data, combination in PixInsight done:
L: 26 x 1200sec
R: 24 x 300sec + 2 x 600sec
G: 23 x 300sec + 6 x 600sec
B: 25 x 300sec
Ha: 10 x 1800sec
Sky: Class 3 Bortle.
Lights: Total 2H
24x300s
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
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
Taken during full moon.
Askar 120APO: 840mm f/7
ZWO ASI533MC Cooled Color Camera at -20C
Guided on ZWO AM5
34x600s exposures with Ha/Oiii filter
Processed with PixInsight, Ps
NGC3521
LRGB data from Telescope Live. Processed with PixInsight.
Luminance: oakland, ca
AT6RC, STT-8300M on mach1gto
42x600s (7h)
RGB: sierra remote observatories
takahashi fsq-106, qsi683wsg, paramount me
R: 12x300s = 1h
G: 7x300s = 35m
B: 12x300s = 1h
total 9h35m
processed with pixinsight
Lights: 10x180" (30Min)
DOF: 30
Iso: 1600
Traitement: PixInsight / PS / DxO PhotoLab / Topaz Denoise
Canon 450D 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
The Aurigid meteor shower is active from August 28 to September 5. In 2025, it will reach its peak on September 1.
I was lucky enought to capture few.
Tracked with Skywatcher HEQ5 pro, guiding with 30F4 Mini Guide Scope and ASIAIR Plus.
Images captured with stock Canon R8 with Sigma 14mm f/1.8 art lens.
Stacked with Sequator, edited in Pixinsight, Photoshop and Lightroom.
12 exposures for the sky and 1 exposure for the foreground.
Hailuoto, Marjaniemi beach, Finland
ASI 294 MC PRO.
72 ED Skywatcher con reductor/aplanador 0.85.
Star Adventurer.
Guiado Asi 120mm Mini.
Ganancia 250 -10ºc
20x300s
L-Enhance
Bortle 8.
PixInsight, Topaz Denoise AI.
Nikon D7100 full spectrum ISO 800
Lights 150 x 5 sec
Lights 150 x 10 sec
Lights 150 x 20 sec
Lights 100 x 200 sec
Darks 20 x 5 sec
Darks 20 x 10 sec
Darks 150 x 20 sec
Darks 10 x 200 sec
Flats 25
Sky-Watcher HEQ 5 PRO
Sony IMX290 Board + Custom Refractor Guide
#4 Rural/suburban transition
C9XLT, ASI678MC, ADC, filtre L Astronomik type 2c.
FireCapture, Astrosurface, Pixinsight NoiseXTerminator AI3
Nebulosa Stella Fiammeggiante (sx) e Nebulosa Girino (dx)
Nebulosa diffusa la prima e ad emissione la seconda, situate nella costellazione dell' Auriga, distano rispettivamente dalla terra 1600A.L. e 20000A.L.
telescopius.com/pictures/view/240752/deep_sky/ic-410/nebu...
Acquisizione: 7 light da 300sec. + (25 Dark - 25 Flat - 25 Bias) - Dithering
Integrazione complessiva: 35 min
Guadagno: 100
Temp. Camera: 0°C
Temp. Ambiente: 15°C
Bortle: 8
- Camera: ZWO ASI2600MC Air
- Tubo: Askar FRA400
- Filtro SVBony SV220 (7nm - H-Alpha/O-III)
- Montatura: ZWO AM3
- ASIAIR: Gestione/Acquisizione
- PIXINSIGHT + GRAXPERT + BlurXTerminator + Starnet: Allineamento, Somma, Correzione Gradienti , Deconvoluzione, Separazione Stelle e Riduzione Rumore
- PHOTOSHOP: Sviluppo finale
I've been messing around with the starnet++ and NoiseXTerminator plugins for Pixinsight. One of the cool things is removing all the stars, and just leaving behind the residual background, and the three galaxies left behind. The next step for me is in improve on re-adding all the stars back into the image.
-10-8-19
-Nikon D5300
-Skywatcher Star Adventurer
-Tamron 70-300mm f4-5.6 @300mm f8
-ISO 3200
-Exposure: 52x30sec
-Bortle 4
9-13-20
-Nikon D5300
-Skywatcher Star Adventurer
-Tamron 70-300mm f4-5.6 @300mm f7.1
-ISO 1600
-Exposure: 57x1 minute
-Bortle 4
9-10-21
-Nikon D5300
-Skywatcher Star Adventurer
-Tamron 70-300mm f4-5.6 @300mm f5.6
-ISO 1600
-Exposure: 81x1 minute
-Bortle 4
best 10% of 1000 frames LUM
Scope: Orion 8" f4 Astrograph with Baader Coma Corrector
Mount: iOptron iEQ45 pro
Camera: ZWO ASI183M non cooled
ZWO 8 position 1.25 filter wheel filter wheel
ZWO LRGB
Moonlite focuser CR2
Moonlight Hi Res stepper motor
MyFocuer Pro v2 (Robert Brown) controller
Home Observatory
Software: Sharpcap, CdC, Pixinsight, Photoshop, Team Viewer, autostakert!3, Registax
Astro-Physics Riccardi-Honders 305mm @ F/3.65
Moravian C3 61000 + Chroma L, Ha
Astro Physics 1200
Astro-Physics 130 GTX + QUADTCC @ F/4.5
Moravian G3 11002 + Astrodon RGB
Astro Physics 1200
L: 93x300s bin 1x1
RGB: 150x300s bin 1x1
Total exposure: 20h
Captured with Sequence Generator Pro
Processed with Pixinsight
ZWO ASI6200MM-P/EFW 2" x7 (RGB, S-II, Ha, O-III)
Tele Vue NP101is (4" f/4.3)
Losmandy G11
RGB Stars: 10 subs/filter x 30s = 15m
SHO Nebula
Ha: 18 x 600s (180m)
S-II: 5 x 600s (50m)
O-III:: 13 x 600s (130m)
6 hours total SHO integration
Processed in PixInsight
Finished in Affinity Photo
M106 is a spiral galaxy in the constellation Canis Venatici. This image was captured from dark skies near Goldendale, WA. Due to some equipment issues, I was only able to capture about 25 minutes of data per RGB channel and hope to revisit the galaxy later this year to capture additional data for a deeper final image.
Telescope: Celestron EdgeHD 8 @ f/7 (1422mm focal length)
Camera: QSI 683wsg
Mount: Astro-Physics Mach1GTO
Integration: 8-9 x 3 mins (24-27 mins total) per channel
Post Processing: PixInsight 1.8, Adobe Lightroom.
First light with Askar ACL200
Askar ACL200: 200mm f/4
ZWO ASI533MM Mono Camera at -20C
74x60s uvir
Guided on ZWO AM5
Processed with PixInsight, Ps
Lunette triplet APO 80x480 + réducteur x0.79 + filtre Idas LPS D1.
HEQ5 et guidage chercheur + ASI120mc.
Canon 1000D défiltré partiel.
28 x 180s ; ISO400.
Ciel mag 21.12.
Siril, Pixinsight, Photoshop
Ha 19 x 10 min 3 x 30 min. OIII 12 x 30 min 19 x 10 min. SII 11 x 30 mins
Optics: Takahashi Baby Q FSQ-85ED F5.3
Camera: Xpress Trius SX-694 Mono Cooled to -20C
Guiding: OAG Lodestar X2
Filter: Baader Ha
Mount: Skywatcher AZ EQ6-GT EQ & Alt-Az Mount connected to the Sky X and Eqmod via HitecAstro EQDIR adapter
Image Acquisition: Sequence Generator Pro
Stacking and Calibrating: Pixinsight
Processing: Photoshop CC, Pixinsight
Shotdate: 13-8-2016
Camera: Nikon D4s
Optics: NIKKOR 24-120mm f4.0 @ 35mm f4.0
Mount: SkyWatcher NEQ6 Pro
Exposure: 60 seconds
ISO-speed: 3200
Lights: 250
Darks: 25
Flats: 18
Bias: 105
Stacking in DeepSkyStacker
Post-processing of the background in PixInsight
Adding the meteors in PhotoShop, for a grand total of 29 Percoids and one other.
Non-linear finishing in Affinity Photo instead of PixInsight. See original posting for comparison.
ZWO ASI6200MM-Pro/EFW 2" x 7 (LRGB)
Tele Vue NP101is
Losmandy G11
Captured in NINA (3 hours total integration)
L: 45 x 120s
RGB: 15 x 120s
Processed in PixInsight and Affinity Photo
Messier 94, the spiral galaxy in the constellation The Hounds. It was seen in a telescope by Messier's colleague Pierre on March 22, 1781. Also called NGC 4736, it has a diameter of 50,000 light years and is 16 million light years away from Earth. If you want to think in big numbers, the galaxy contains something like 40 billion stars.
Equipment
ZWO ASI6200MM-Pro
TeleVue NP101is
Losmandy G11
Capture
R: 20 x 90s
G: 20 x 90s
B: 20 x 90s
Total Integration: 1.5 hours
Processing
PixInsight
Photoshop
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 97x300s
Bortle 8.
PixInsight.
The flame and horsehead nebulae flank the first star in Orion's belt.
Tech Stuff: Borg 55FL astrograph/ZWO ASI1600MC/IDAS LPS-V4 filter/iOptron CubePro unguided/ 3 hours of livestacked 8 second exposures/PixInsight. From my yard in Westchester County NY.
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 86x300s
Bortle 8.
PixInsight,
Crop de l'image du pélican
ASI2600MM, Esprit 80/400, filtres Astronomik 6nm
Pixinsight, process Bill Blashan
NGC2244 capture by TelescopeLive in Australia. Processing in PixInsight and Lightroom by Jan Zettergren.
IC 1848, Westerhout 5 or Sharpless 2-199 is an emission nebula located in the constellation of Cassiopeia. It lies at a distance of around 7,500 light years. Imaged over 3 nights in November 2024.
HEQ5 PRO
RedCat 51 WIFD
QHY183M Gain 21 -20C
Astronomik 6nm SHO narrowband filter set
Acquisition time 7hrs30min
Processed using Pixinsight and Photoshop 6.
Messier 106 (also known as NGC 4258) is an intermediate spiral galaxy in the constellation Canes Venatici. M106 is at a distance of about 22 to 25 million light-years away from Earth.
Technical Info:
67 x 180 sec. ZWO Red filter
68 x 180 sec. ZWO Green filter
65 x 180 sec. Zwo Blue filter
Gain 200, Offset 50, Binning 1x1
Total Integration 9.9 hours
Celestron Edge HD 9.25 f/10
Sensor cooled to -15°C on ZWO ASI1600MM Pro (mono)
Calibration frames: Bias, Darks, and Flats.
Plate Solve-PlateSolver 2 via N.I.N.A. 1.11
Image processing Pixinsight 1.8.9-2, and Photoshop CC 2024
Taken w/ William Optics Redcat 51, QHYCCD Polemaster, Skywatcher EQM-35, Nikon D7500.
177 x 90s, 80 x 120s lights @ ISO 800, ~45 dark, ~80 flat, ~100 bias, stacked in DSS and post-processed in Photoshop & PixInsight
A small patch of emission nebula, located in the constellation Cygnus.
Imaged under at least a 90% illuminated moon, in the light of ionised hydrogen and oxygen.
Altair Astro 6" RC and Atik 460ex, Astrodon narrowband filters. Captured in SGPro and processed in Pixinsight and CS5.
Imaging telescope or lens: Officina Stellare Veloce RH 200
Imaging camera: FLI MicroLine 8300 CCD-camera FLI
Locations: FOVO - Field of View Observatory, Home, Worcestershire, United Kingdom
Mount: Paramount-ME
Guiding telescope or lens: Borg 77 ED
Software: Pixinsight 1.8
Filters: Ha 5nm, Astrodon Luminance, Astrodon Blue, Astrodon Red, Astrodon Green
Accessories: FLI Atlas, Starlight Xpress lodestar 2
Resolution: 3083x2196
Dates: Dec. 21, 2016, Dec. 22, 2016, Dec. 28, 2016, Jan. 4, 2017, Jan. 5, 2017
Frames:
Astrodon Blue: 26x300" bin 1x1
Astrodon Green: 25x300" bin 1x1
Astrodon Luminance: 44x10" bin 1x1
Astrodon Luminance: 50x30" bin 1x1
Astrodon Luminance: 27x300" bin 1x1
Astrodon Luminance: 43x60" bin 1x1
Astrodon Luminance: 197x600" bin 1x1
Astrodon Red: 24x300" bin 1x1
Ha 5nm: 54x300" bin 1x1
Integration: 47.1 hours
Despite a lot of clear nights over the last few weeks seeing has been average or worse. I decided that hunting down a interesting dim target would be pointless! Instead I chose something bright that could be well resolved and provide some detail. After 7-8 nights I decided i better process the data :). The is a lot of data here that has worked well for the two main galaxies. However with this many subs I was hoping for more IFN. There was a lot there but it was not clean, even with nearly 200 lum subs so I did my best to resist the temptation of pushing to hard and just focused on the galaxies. These did process well despite the conditions, on review I could have probably got similar results with 1/3 data but I wanted to see if IFN would resolve under average seeing. Answer is clearly a no! Well not in a way that is clean enough to process nicely!
ZWO ASI6200MM-P/EFW 2" x7 (RGB, S-II, Ha, O-III)
Tele Vue NP101is (4" f/4.3)
Losmandy G11
RGB Stars: 10 subs/filter x 30s = 15m
SHO Nebula
Ha: 18 x 600s (180m)
S-II: 5 x 600s (50m)
O-III:: 13 x 600s (130m)
6 hours total SHO integration
Processed in PixInsight
Finished in Affinity Photo
Here’s my latest capture: the stunning M8, also known as the Lagoon Nebula! 🌌 This is the result of 70 stacked photos, all processed with PixInsight to reveal as much detail as possible—even with the heavy light pollution here in Tel Aviv (Bortle 9 skies!) 💡️.
I used my usual setup: Omegon veTEC 533 camera, SkyWatcher Star Adventurer mount, guiding system, and autofocuser, with everything controlled through NINA on my laptop. 🔭💻
It’s always a challenge imaging from the city, but I’m amazed by what 70 exposures can reveal. The colors and dark dust lanes in the nebula really pop after careful processing. This is why I keep coming back—every session is a little escape from the noise of daily life, and a reminder of how beautiful the universe is.
M2 is a large, bright globular cluster in the constellation Aquarius. This image was acquired under dark skies near Goldendale, WA, using a telescope and cooled CCD camera designed for astroimaging.
Telescope: Celestron Edge HD 8
Camera: QSI 683wsg
Mount: Astro-Physics Mach 1 GTO
Integration: 25-30 minutes each of RGB (5 minute subs)
Post Processing Software: PixInsight, Adobe Lightroom