I got my mount back after the belt upgrade and tried the mount out. This was taken with quite a lot of moon light, such a lot of nebula's in this area. Don't even try to count the stars in this shot the number is staggering.

This is a two shot vertical panorama taken by the Nikon 300mm F4 D lens and also take on Auto focus using ZWOEAF and belt. I had to rethink the formula to work out focus for a telescope and try and fit it to a lens. the normal step size was suppose to be 125 but I cut the step size to 40 and got auto focus to work.

The mount is so much more sensitive I have had to learn how to balance again its so sensitive you have to balance with all heads loose to get perfect balance. also guiding had to be re set all the settings had to be fixed up again a lot of it turned out to be getting balance right.

In all was a very worth while upgrade can recommend it and thanks for Brendan Mitchell help to get guiding back up and running. Next it will be ED80's turn, the net result of up grade and auto focus the results look very promising.

Stay cool and enjoy Christmas with your families.

ZWOASI071MC -10c 105 shots per panel 450 secs, over 4 night just after full moon.

ZWOEAF with belt ,

Optolong LeNhance filter In filter draw,

Nikon 300MM F4 D Lens,

Skywatcher NEQ 6 Pro Hypertuned

Guided PHD2, SGP

Pixinsight, Ps & Lr.

Date: 2020-7-16 12:00~12:06(UTC)

Location: Yamagata, Japan

Optics: EOS6D, Aposonner 135mmF2(F2.8)

Exposure: ISO1600, 20s x 13flames (comet stacking)

Processing: Pixinsight+Photoshop

This color negative was produced in PixInsight and was from: www.flickr.com/photos/cloud_spirit/54094761933. Negative images allows the eye to see details and contrast better. This image shows that the anti-tail has finally vanished after 10 days. The tail appears to be ~5 degrees long in the 10x13s exp at iso 500 (540mm e.f.l.) @ f/2.8. The comet's magnitude was estimated at ~5.0.

RCW38

HSO data from Telescope Live. Processed with PixInsight.

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Sky: Class 4 Bortle.

Lights: Total 3H10

19x600s

DOF: 10x

Prétraitement: PixInsight

Traitement: PixInsight / EZ Processing Suite / 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

NGC2024

HSO data from Telescope Live. Processed with PixInsight.

nova.astrometry.net/user_images/13050474#annotated

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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. Bill Blanshan's Color Palette.

This is NGC 7000 with the Cygnus wall and Pelican Nebula In order to accomodate the Cygnus Wall and IC 5070 (Pelican Nebula), the following custom co-ordinates were used: RA = 20:55:00; Dec = 44° 12' 00" This image has been cropped and rotated to better show both of these objects.

Taken with iTelescope T14 (Telescope: OTA: Takahashi FSQ Fluorite 106mm; CCD: SBIG STL-11000M; Mount: Paramount GT-1100S; Filters: Astrodon 5nm Ha, SII and OIII)

Location & Date: Mayhill, New Mexico, USA, April / May 2016

Final data consisted of: Ha: 6 * 10 mins; OIII: 7 * 10 mins at bin 2; SII: 7 * 10 mins at bin 2

Processing with FixFits, PixInsight and Lightroom

NGC6188

HSO data from Telescope Live. Processed with PixInsight.

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Cepheus Pilars (NGC7822) in Hα-SII/OIII/OIII+rgb.

It's a mosaic of 2x1 panels providing a original drizzle resolution of 12K and reduced to 3k for showing purposes.

Was challenging acquire and process all that amount of data, more than 160 hours of integration time in two panels of 80 hours each one.

It was captured in 18 sessions, between September 10th and October 15th with my dual setup.

NGC 7822 is a young star forming complex in the constellation of Cepheus.

The complex encompasses the emission region designated Sharpless 171, and the young cluster of stars named Berkeley 59.

The complex is believed to be some 800-1000 pc distant (3,000 light years), with the younger components aged no more than a few million years.

(credits Wikipedia)

Technical card

Imaging telescopes or lenses: Teleskop Service TS Photoline 107mm f/6.5 Super-Apo · Altair Astro RC250-TT 10" RC Truss Tube

Imaging cameras: ZWO ASI183MM-Cool · ZWO ASI1600MM-Cool

Mounts: Skywatcher EQ6R Pro · Mesu 200 Mk2

Guiding telescopes or lenses: Celestron OAG Deluxe · Teleskop Service TSOAG9 Off-Axis Guider

Guiding cameras: ZWO ASI290 Mini · ZWO ASI174 Mini

Focal reducers: Riccardi Reducer/Flattener 0.75x · Telescope-Service TS 2" Flattener

Software: Pleiades Astrophoto PixInsight · Seqence Generator Pro

Filters: Astrodon O-III 36mm - 5nm · Astrodon S-II 36mm - 5nm · Astrodon R Gen.2 E-series 36mm · Astrodon G Gen.2 E-series 36mm · Astrodon B Gen.2 E-series 36mm · Astrodon HA 36mm - 5nm · Astrodon L Gen.2 E-series 36mm

Accessory: Astrolink 4.0 mini · Pegasus Astro Ultimate Powerbox v2 · Pegasus Astro Falcon Rotator · ZWO EFW · MoonLite NiteCrawler WR30 · TALON6 R.O.R · MoonLite CSL 2.5" Focuser with High Res Stepper Motor

Dates:Sept. 11, 2020 , Sept. 14, 2020 , Oct. 11, 2020 , Oct. 12, 2020 , Oct. 14, 2020 , Oct. 15, 2020

Frames:

Astrodon B Gen.2 E-series 36mm: 200x30" (gain: 75.00) -20C bin 1x1

Astrodon G Gen.2 E-series 36mm: 200x30" (gain: 75.00) -20C bin 1x1

Astrodon HA 36mm - 5nm: 460x600" (gain: 200.00) -20C bin 1x1

Astrodon O-III 36mm - 5nm: 260x600" (gain: 178.00) -15C bin 1x1

Astrodon O-III 36mm - 5nm: 260x600" (gain: 200.00) -20C bin 1x1

Astrodon R Gen.2 E-series 36mm: 200x30" (gain: 75.00) -20C bin 1x1

Integration: 168.3 hours

Avg. Moon age: 25.42 days

Avg. Moon phase: 20.12%

Astrometry.net job: 3961397

RA center: 0h 3' 14"

DEC center: +67° 16' 4"

Pixel scale: 0.579 arcsec/pixel

Orientation: 0.709 degrees

Field radius: 0.546 degrees

Resolution: 3171x2274

Locations: AAS Montsec, Àger, Lleida, Spain

Data source: Own remote observatory

Remote source: Non-commercial independent facility

An LRGB image of NGC4490

The LRGB image comprises of:

L -17 hours 45 minutes

R - 4 hours 30 minutes

G - 4 hours

B - 4 hours 30 minutes

Total - 30 hours 45 minutes

15 minute subs.

Acquisition - Planewave 12.5" CDK, PME, QSI 583 8WSG CCD, Lodestar auto guider, TSX, Maxim DL. Astrodon LRGB filters.

Processing Pixinsight 1.8

Skywatcher Esprit 80/400, ASI2600MM-Pro, Astronomik CLS / RVB / Ha (5h / 3 x 1h30 / 6h).

NINA, Pixinsight, GraXpert

The very first photo I tool Fe6 2019 when I first went into the bush with the star adventurer 30 shots 30 sec each D600 70-200 F4 @ 150mm.

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The Very LAST Photo from Merriwa as we move back on the South side of town. So you will not see a post for a while but the back yard is a good one for setting up the mount. I see a huge improvement to the first this one Shot with a Nikon lens same as the first but so much better with Guiding, polar Alignment and longer time not to mention the editing that has been learnt over the last three years.

Gear is all packed away so I can get into the shed to pack it all up.

ZWOASI071 -7 100 shots 450 sec rotated 7 Degrees

Nikon 105mm F2.8 Lens

Skywatcher NEQ 6 Pro Hypertuned

Guided PHD2, SGP

Entfernung ca. 25.000 Lj

Equipment:

TS 10" f/4 ONTC Newton

1000mm f4

GPU Aplanatic Koma Korrector

Moravian CCD G2-8300FW

Astrodon LRGB Filter

Losmandy G11/LFE Photo

Guiding:

Starlight Lodestar an Celestron OAG

PHD

Processing: PixInsight

Date:

April 2015

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Finally complete after seven nights of photography: Sh2-119 the defuse emission nebular in Cygnus only a few degrees away from the North America Nebula. The object consists mostly of hydrogen, with some sulfur-II and faint amounts of oxygen-III. This is a two panel mosaic.

Imaging telescope or lens: Vixen VSD 100 f/3

Imaging camera: Sony ICX814

Mount: Software Bisque Paramount MX

Guiding telescope or lens: Vixen VSD

Guiding camera: sx loadstar

Software: Sequence Generator Pro, Photoshop CS5, PixInsight 1.8, PHD

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A few years ago when I was very green (still am showing shades of pine) I decided to attempt to photograph Corona Australis' dusty and nebulous parts. Needless to say I failed miserably, due in part to equipment limitations but mostly due to processing limitations (not enough experience). This past weekend I was on Haleakala, and I decided that I wanted to redo, or do a take two, of Corona Australis.

It took 2 nights to collect this data, from the summit of Haleakala.

AT65EDQ

Canon EOS 6D

49 x 600sec

ISO 800

PixInsight

A little over 8 hours total integration

Tadpole Nebula and running away spider nebula.

Bi color processed in PixInsight 1.8 and PhotoShop CC2019

5nm Ha and 3nm O3

www.astrobin.com/414611

astro.carballada.com/tulip-nebula-sh-101-close-up-in-hsorgb/

The Tulip Nebula (Sharpless 101) is an emission nebula in Cygnus.

It lies at an approximate distance of 6,000 light years from Earth and has a linear diameter of about 70 light years.

It's apparent magnitude is 9.0 and it occupies an area of 16 x 9 arc minutes of apparent sky.

I used HSO palette with RGB stars. More than 33 hours of integration time, selecting only the best frames of the total valid frames captured (80%).

All c&c will be appreciated.

Technical card

Imaging telescope or lens:Altair Astro RC250-TT 10" RC Truss Tube

Imaging camera:ZWO ASI1600MM-Cool

Mount:Astro-Physics Mach-1 GTO CP4

Guiding telescope or lens:Celestron OAG Deluxe

Guiding camera:QHYCCD QHY5III174

Focal reducer:Riccardi Reducer/Flattener 0.75x

Software:Main Sequence Software Seqence Generator Pro, Astro-Physics AAPC, Pleiades Astrophoto PixInsight

Filters:Astrodon HA 36mm - 5nm, Astrodon B Gen.2 E-series 36mm, Astrodon G Gen.2 E-series 36mm, Astrodon R Gen.2 E-series 36mm, Astrodon S-II 36mm - 5nm, Astrodon O-III 36mm - 5nm

Accessories:ZWO EFW, MoonLite NiteCrawler WR30

Resolution: 2568x3411

Dates:June 22, 2019, June 23, 2019, June 24, 2019, June 26, 2019, June 27, 2019, June 28, 2019

Frames:

Astrodon B Gen.2 E-series 36mm: 35x30" (gain: 75.00) -20C bin 1x1

Astrodon G Gen.2 E-series 36mm: 35x30" (gain: 75.00) -20C bin 1x1

Astrodon HA 36mm - 5nm: 131x600" (gain: 200.00) -20C bin 1x1

Astrodon O-III 36mm - 5nm: 33x600" (gain: 200.00) -20C bin 1x1

Astrodon R Gen.2 E-series 36mm: 35x30" (gain: 75.00) -20C bin 1x1

Astrodon S-II 36mm - 5nm: 31x600" (gain: 200.00) -20C bin 1x1

Integration: 33.4 hours

Avg. Moon age: 22.26 days

Avg. Moon phase: 48.88%

Astrometry.net job: 2789822

RA center: 299.944 degrees

DEC center: 35.352 degrees

Pixel scale: 0.671 arcsec/pixel

Orientation: 0.147 degrees

Field radius: 0.398 degrees

Data source: Own remote observatory

Remote source: Non-commercial independent facility

M81

30h of LRGBHa data from Telescope.live.

Processing in PixInsight done.

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Objeto: NGC1976 - Orion Nebula

Data:2017-03-29

Telescope: Sprit100

CCD: QHY9 CCD Camera.

HA-15X600""

HA-7X60""

L-17X600""

L-11X60""

R-11X300""

R-7X30""

G-9X300""

G-7X30""

B-9X300""

B-7X30""

Total frames / integration: 100 frames / 8,22 horas

RA center: 05 34 58

DEC center: -05 15 27

ALT/AZ: 24.5186 / 274.8495

SITE: LAT-23 00 52 LONG:-47 36 14

Capture: Leandro Fornazieiro www.astrobin.com/users/leandrof58/

Processing: Maicon Germiniani

● Object specifications:

 ► Designation: ARP214 | NGC 3718

 ► Object type: Galaxy

 ► Stellar coordinates:

  -Ra: 11h 32m 36.75s.

  -DEC: +53° 04′ 07.5″.

 ► Distance: 48M Ly.

 ► Constellation: Ursa major.

 ► Magnitude: 10.61

● Gear:

 ► Telescope: SW 200/1000 F5

 ► Mount: IOptron CEM60-ec

 ► Camera: Canon EOS 700d astrodon

 ► Autoguiding: guidescope 50mm microspeed + ZWO asi

  120mm

 ► Other optic(s): Baader mpcc mk3 coma corrector

 ► Filter(s): Optolong L-pro 2"

● Softwares:

 ► Acquisition: Nina

 ► Autoguiding: PHD guiding 2

 ► Preprocessing: PixInsight

 ► Processing: PixInsight

● Data acquisition:

 ► 137 X 300 sec (11H25m)

 ► ISO 800

 ► Date(s): 27/02/2022 - 04/03-2022

NGC1333

Optics: Skywatcher Esprit 150ED f/7 Refractor with 0.77x reducer/flattener

Camera: QHY 268M

Blue: 36x600 sec

Green: 39x600 sec

Ha: 66x1200 sec

Lum: 121x600 sec

Red: 41x600 sec

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nova.astrometry.net/user_images/11683765#annotated

M49

LRGB data from Telescope Live. Processed with PixInsight.

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C11XLT + ASI290, mosaique de 39 panneaux...

Firecapture/AS3/RS6/ICE/Astrosurface/Pixinsight

150/750 PDS, Canon 1100d modificada, filtro IDAS LPS D1, autoguiado EZG60 + ASI 120MM, montura Neq5 GoTo, 25x300", 10 darks, 40 flats, 200 bias, procesada con pixinsight y lightroom, capturada entre julio y agosto de 2021. (El año que viene sacaré más tomas y volveré a procesarla)

M16 in Serpens. Normal RGB processing in Pixinsight. Image was captured using a new William Optics 153 Gran Tursimo apochromatic scope, ZWO ASI 1600MM with 7nm narrowband filters in Ha, OIII, and SII in RGB.

M33

LUM: 80@ 180 seconds each, Gain 50

Color from public data.

30 darks at 30F

no flats, no bias

Scope: AT65EDQ

Mount: iOptron iEQ45

Camera: ZWO ASI183M non cooled

Guide camera: QHY5Lii

Guide Scope: Stellarvue 60mm

Orion 5 position manual filter wheel

ZWO LRGB

MyFocuer Pro v2 (Robert Brown)

Software: APT, PHD2, Sharpcap fro PA, CdC, Pixinsight, Photoshop, Team Viewer, N.I.N.A. for focusing

For this rendition of the 2-panel mosiac, I ran all of the subframes through the same PixInsight WBPP run so that they would all be at the same local normalization, I applied ChannelCombination to the RGB masters for each panel separately before merging the panels, and I produced separate star and nebula images before applying nonlinear stretches. The stars image was stretched delicately while the nebula image was stretched very agressively. I like the stars that resulted from this treatment.

ZWO ASI6200MM-Pro

Tele Vue NP101is (4" f/5.4)

Losmandy G11

NINA for session management

PixInsight for processing

Each panel consisted of qty 8 240s subs each for RGB, and qty 16 subs for L. Total integration time was 2:20 per panel.

First light with the ZWO ASI2600MC-P and I targeted the Lagoon and Trifid Nebula region of Sagittarius using the Williams Optics REDCAT. When looking in this region, you are looking into the center of the Milky Way, our galaxy. The Trifid Nebula (blue and red nebula) is near the top and is also known as Messier 20 (M20). The Lagoon Nebula is the largest nebula in this view and is also known as Messier 8 (M8). Several star clusters are also in view including Messier 21 (M21) to the upper left of the Trifid Nebula.

This was also the first test using the ProAstroGear Black-CAT Mount for autofocus on the Williams Optics Redcat using the ZWO EAF, worked like a charm.

Tech Specs: Williams Optics Redcat, Sky-Watcher EQ6R-Pro mount, ZWO ASI2600MC-P camera, Optolong L-eNhance 2" filter, 19 x 300 seconds at 0C with darks and flats, guided using a ZWO 30mm f/4 mini guide scope and ZWO 120 Mini. Captured using ZWO AAP and processed using PixInsight. Autofocus using the ProAstroGear Black-CAT and ZWO EAF. Image date: July 30, 2021. Location: The Dark Side Observatory, Weatherly, PA, USA (Bortle Class 4).

NGC3372 SHO

SHO data from Telescope Live. Processed in PixInsight.

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A two panel wide-field mosaic of the Blue Horsehead Nebula (IC 4592), a faint reflection nebula in the constellation Scorpius. The nebula is lit by the multiple Star System Nu Scorpii.

Gear:

William Optics Star 71mm f/4.9 Imaging APO Refractor Telescope.

QHY163M (Sensor cooled to -20°C).

Optolong L-Pro, R, G, B filters.

Technical Card:

Integration Time:

24 hours total (12 hours per panel).

L = 6 hours x 2 mosaic panels (Binning 1x1).

R = 2 hours x 2 mosaic panels (Binning 2x2).

G = 2 hours x 2 mosaic panels (Binning 2x2).

B = 2 hours x 2 mosaic panels (Binning 2x2).

Calibration frames:

Bias, Darks & Flats.

Image Acquisition:

Guiding in Open PHD.

Image acquisition in Sequence Generator Pro.

Plate Solving in Platesolve 2 via SGP Framing & Mosaic Wizard.

Processing:

Pre-Processing and Linear workflow in PixInsight,

and finished in Photoshop.

Astrometry Info:

Center RA, Dec: 244.286, -19.402

Center RA, hms: 16h 17m 08.686s

Center Dec, dms: -19° 24' 08.014"

Size: 4.46 x 2.97 deg.

Radius: 2.681 deg.

Pixel scale: 10 arcsec/pixel.

Orientation: Up is 186 degrees E of N.

View an Annotated Sky Chart of this image.

View this image in the WorldWideTelescope.

This image is part of the Legacy Series.

Photo usage and Copyright:

Medium-resolution photograph licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Terms (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0). For High-resolution Royalty Free (RF) licensing, contact me via my site: Contact.

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The Triffid is a combination of an emission nebula (pink section) and reflection nebula (blue section). Situated in the constellation Sagittarius near M8 the Lagoon Nebula. Often these two objects are photographed together.

Takahashi TAO-150B

FLI 16200 (scale 1.1")

AP 1600GTO Abs Encoders

Data from Deepskywest El Sauce Observatory (Rio Hurtado, Chile)

Ha (12x30min)

Oiii (13x30min)

Sii (15x30min)

L (37x5min)

R (24x5min)

G (11x5min)

B (20x5min)

Total Integration = 27.7hrs

Pixinsight:

Bias/Dark/Flat/CC

LocalNorm/Drizzle

ChannelCombination RGB

PCC

PixelMath SHO

ChannelExtraction Lum

Deconvolution

SHO Lum combined with Lum in PS using masks

ChannelCombination Lum on RGB

Photoshop:

Saturation

Minimum filter with Star Mask

ColorEfex Pro - Detail Extractor

Curves

Captured and processed by Terry Hancock and Tom Masterson

C/2020 M3 (ATLAS) makes for a temporary fourth green ‘star’ in the constellation Orion’s belt in this image comprising of 47 x 2 minute and 29 x 15 second exposures taken from Grand Mesa Observatory on 11/11/2020.

While you’ll need a decent pair of binoculars from a dark location to see Comet C/2020 M3 with your eye, in photographs it shows up quite nicely as it photobombs the constellation Orion. Discovered over this past summer by the ATLAS telescope system, C/2020 M3 is at its closest approach to Earth today, 11/14 at about 33 million miles away.

The data used in this setup “System 2C” is available from Grand Mesa Observatory’s legacy datatbase

View in High Resolution

Astrobin: www.astrobin.com/jvagva/

Technical Info:

Captured and Processed by Terry Hancock and Tom Masterson

Total Integration time 1.5 hours

Location: GrandMesaObservatory.com Purdy Mesa, Colorado

Date of capture: November 11th 2020

Color RGGB 94 min, 47 x 120 sec

Color RGGB 7.25 min, 29 x 15 sec

Camera: QHY367 Pro C Full Frame Color CMOS

Gain 2850, Offset 76

Calibrated with Dark and Bias Frames

Optics: 135mm F2.0 Rokinon Lens

Image Acquisition software Maxim DL6

Pre Processed in Pixinsight

Post Processed in Photoshop

A nice write up of Comet C/2020 M3 (ATLAS) can be found here: earthsky.org/space/comet-c-2020-m3-atlas-closest-to-earth...

The Lagoon Nebula (catalogued as Messier 8 or M8, NGC 6523, Sharpless 25, RCW 146, and Gum 72) is a giant interstellar cloud in the constellation Sagittarius. It is classified as an emission nebula and as an H II region. The Lagoon Nebula is estimated to be between 4,000–6,000 light-years away from the Earth. In the sky of Earth, it spans 90' by 40', which translates to an actual dimension of 110 by 50 light years. Like many nebulae, it appears pink in time-exposure color photos but is gray to the eye peering through binoculars or a telescope, human vision having poor color sensitivity at low light levels. The nebula contains a number of Bok globules (dark, collapsing clouds of protostellar material), the most prominent of which have been catalogued by E. E. Barnard as B88, B89 and B296. It also includes a funnel-like or tornado-like structure caused by a hot O-type star that emanates ultraviolet light, heating and ionizing gases on the surface of the nebula. The Lagoon Nebula also contains at its centre a structure known as the Hourglass Nebula (so named by John Herschel), which should not be confused with the better known Engraved Hourglass Nebula in the constellation of Musca. In 2006, four Herbig–Haro objects were detected within the Hourglass, providing direct evidence of active star formation by accretion within it. (Explore Scientific ED80, Skywatcher HEQ5, Antlia SHO 3nm, ZWO ASI2600MM-Pro, ASIAIR, Pixinsight, Photoshop).

Equipment:

Takahashi Epsilon 130ED

QHY268m

CFW3M

Astronomik H-alpha MaxFR

Skywatcher EQ8

Februar 2022

Processing: PixInsight/affinity photo

Lights: 96x30" (0h48)

DOF: 30

Iso: 800

Traitement: PixInsight / PS / DxO PhotoLab / Topaz Denoise

Nikon D3100 (Non Défiltré)

Skywatcher 80ED Equinox (80x500)

Télévue TV85 Field Flatteneur 0.8x

Skywatcher Az-Gti Equatorial Mode

NGC2170

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

19,3h of data, combination in PixInsight done:

L: 33 x 1200sec

R: 17 x 600sec

G: 15 x 600sec

B: 18 x 600sec

www.deepskywest.com/

planewave.com/product/cdk17-ota/

IC5146

Vespera Pro: 1548x10sec CLS and 693x10sec no filter = 6h13min of integration time. Processed with PixInsight.

nova.astrometry.net/user_images/13673980#annotated

What can you do with an old unmodified DSLR and a camera lens? Quite a bit actually.

I took this photo of central Orion with the popular Rokinon/Samyang 135mm f/2 lens and my old unmodified Canon 6D. No filters or guiding used and it was captured from Bortle ~4 skies in Maryland, USA. I've had this lens a few months, but this is my first time using it for astro-imaging. Very impressed with the results.

Image Details:

Canon 6D, Samyang 135mm f/2 @ f/2.8, ISO1600, 101x120s exposures. Losmandy G11 mount. Processed in PixInsight and Photoshop CC.

ccd: QSI583wsg with Astrodon LRGBHa filters

telescope: FSQ85 f/5.3

mount: Takahashi EM200

guider: Lodestar

exposure: L 14x10min + RGB 8x5min + Ha 7x20min (all 1x1)

location: Pian dell'Armà (1410 m) and my backyard (Ha)

software: TheSkyX Pro, Pixinsight, PS CS5

date: 24 Sep - 8 Nov 2016

Acquired at Deep Sky West Chile

Takahashi TOA

FLI MicroLine ML16200

PixInsight 1.8 and Photoshop CC

Description at www.billionsandbillions.com

M13

Vespera Pro 01.10.2025: 15min integration time. Processed with PixInsight.

nova.astrometry.net/user_images/13664514#annotated

Planewave CDK24

Moravian Camera

Data from Martin Pugh

El Sauce, Chile

H: 26x5m

S: 27x5m

O: 24x5m

RGB: 15x3m

Total Integration = 8.7h

S/H/O/R/G/B: BXT

SHO: Gold-Blue / PS - Detail Extractor, Selective Color, Smart Sharpen, StarShrink, SXT

RGB: SXT / Rescreen stars on SHO

An LRGB image of NGC672 and IC1727 in the constellation of Triangulum.

The image comprises of:

Luminance - 12 hours

Red - 5 hours.

Green- 5 hours.

Blue - 5 hours.

Total - 27 hours

10 and 30 minute subs.

Acquisition - Planewave 12.5" CDK, PME, QSI 583 8WSG CCD, Lodestar auto guider, TSX, Maxim DL. Astrodon LRGB filters.

Processing Pixinsight 1.8 - I don't have a telescope at the moment so I am processing some of the older data I have.

Nebula in the constellation Cassiopeia

Image Details:

Scope: A-P 130mm EDFS @ f/6.44

Camera: QSI 6120

Filters: Astrodon 3nm

Mount: Takahashi EM-200

Guiding: QHY 5LII-M & Mini Guidescope (PHD2)

Image Capture: Sequence Generator Pro

Processing: PixInsight

Location: Central District, Seattle, WA

Ha: 18x10min

OIII: 18x10min

SII: 18x10min

Total integration time = 540 min =~9 hours

Image Details:

Lum 12x600s 1x1

Red 5x300s 2x2

Green 6x300s 2x2

Blue 6x300s 2x2

-20degC, darks, flats and bias applied.

Total exposure of 3 hours 25 mins.

Altair Astro 8" RC (CF) with AP CCDT67 reducer.

Atik 383l+ Mono CCD + Baader 36mm LRGB filters.

HEQ5 PRO Synscan with Rowan Belt Drive mod.

TSOAG9 OAG with ASI120MM guide camera.

Sequence Generator Pro and PixInsight.

Thanks for looking.

Image Details:

11x1200s Ha 1x1 (3hrs 40mins)

9x900 OIII 2x2 (2hrs 15mins)

7x1800s 2x1200 SII 1x1 (4hrs 10mins)

Darks, flats and bias, all binned 1x1 @-20c.

Total exposure of 10 hours 5 mins.

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 OIII 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 59x300s

Bortle 8.

PixInsight.

SH2-140

Vespera Pro: 4h40min (1685x10sec) integrated with PixInsight.

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