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Aberkenfig, South Wales
Lat +51.542 Long -3.593
Skywatcher 254mm Newtonian, Tal 2x Barlow, ZWO ASI 120MC. Captured using Sharpcap.
Processed with Registax 6 & G.I.M.P.
I'm attempting to collect an image of the moon for each day of it's "lunation." cycle of about 29.5 days. It will be a challenge between the weather and my need for sleep. The waning phases will be the hardest to get since I will have to stay up late or rise up early.
Last night was mediocre. Everything was milky because of a layer of high cirrus and the seeing was miserable. I used waveSharp 1.beta, the successor to Registax, during processing to try to compensate for the poor conditions. It gave the image a "crunchy" look.
I'm having less challenges with my equipment on the other hand. I've installed a pier for my mount and telescope and have been able to get a good enough polar alignment using NINA's three point method and PHD2's drift alignment function (I don't have a view of Polaris in my suburban observing location.} Tracking for DSOs is marginal; I have to use guiding even for short exposure times. Three minute images are about the best I can do. But for large objects like the moon and the sun using lucky imaging, tracking is more than adequate.
March 18, 2024, about 21:30 local, Tallahassee, Florida. Moon Phase Waxing Gibbous/68.8%
Moon Age 8.70 out of 29.39 days
TMB 80mm f/6.3 refractor; ASI585MC, full resolution (3840 x 2160) cropped; UV/IR cut filter; No.15 yellow filter; SharpCap; best 1000 frames out of 10,000. Gain 300; PIPP, AutoStakkert. WaveSharp. Photoshop (for exposure and color adjustment.)
Waxing Gibbous Moon at 61.9%. 300 frames capturing using a QHY163 mono camera attached to an Altair Wave 115ED scope. Captured using SharpCap Pro and edited using Autostakkert2 and Registax6.
Genova, Italy (24 Aug 2023 01:23 UT)
Planet: diameter 42.8", mag -2.5, altitude ≈ 45°
Telescope: Celestron CPC C8 XLT (203 F/10 SC)
Camera: QHY5III462C Color
Focal Extender: Explore Scientific 2x (1.25")
Atmospheric Dispersion Corrector: Artesky
Filter: QHY UV/IR block
Recording scale: ≈0.15 arcsec/pixel
Equivalent focal length ≈4000 mm F/19.7
Image resized: +50%
Recording: SharpCap 4.0
(640x480 @ 125fps - 120 sec - RAW8 - Gain 168)
Best 25% frames of ≈15000
Alignment/Stacking: AstroSurface U4
Wavelets/Deconvolution: AstroSurface U4
Final Elaboration: GIMP 2.10.34
Image réalisée le 18 juillet 2021 lors de l'observation The Moon Again, matériel Petite Ourse : lunette 102/500 sur AZ3, capture ZWO asi 120MM avi 10s avec SharpCap, images total 161, retenues 60, traitement AutoStakker et RegiStax6.
Lieu : Rue Roger Richard parking du groupe scolaire 88300 Martigny-les-Gerbonvaux.
WO RedCat 51 Zwo 071MC Pro cooled color camera, 1 minute exposure 90 total time, SharpCap Pro, Astro Pixel Processor
Uncropped Image
M81 is a large spiral galaxy in Ursa Major that is reasonably local to us at 12 million light years. Its companion, M82 has been disrupted by an encounter with M81 in the past.
M82 is a starburst galaxy with intense star formation triggered by the gravitational influence of M81. The red fan-like filaments at right angles to the axis of the galaxy are formed by a "superwind". The intense star formation has resulted in multiple supernovae explosions occurring about once every 10 years - the explosions power the super wind. The filaments are expanding outwards at about 600 miles a second and glow brightly in hydrogen alpha (red). They are also a very strong source of radio emission, listed as 3C 231 in the 3rd Cambridge catalogue of radio sources.
A very, very faint patch of blue between 3 triangular stars under M81 is Holmberg IX - a small irregular dwarf galaxy under the gravitational influence of M81 - a bit like our Magellanic Clouds.
Technical Card
900/120mm f/7 Skywatcher Esprit 120 triplet refractor.
0.85 x Field corrector with 2 inch IDAS P3 LPS filter
ZWO ASI2600MC; 74 x 300 second subs, Gain 100, Offset 25, Temp = -15c.
EQ6 R mount . EQMOD control.
Pegasus Astro FocusCube 2 electronic focuser.
Session control; SharpCap 4.1 on laptop.
Controlled from inside house with iPAD
Automated plate solving GOTO and focusing. 8 secs at gain 635.
60 dark frames
60 flat frames (electroluminescent panel A, 3500ms exposure @ 0 gain).
Post processed in PixInsight 1.8.9.
Light Pollution and Weather:
SQM (L) =20.3 mpass
Clear throughout.
Polar Alignment:
Using a new William Optics GuideStar 61 to guide this large scope. 360mm focal length.
Error measured by PHD2= 2.6 arc minute.
RA drift - 0.23 arcsec/min
Dec drift - 0.24 arcsec/min
Guiding:
PHD2 guiding with ZWO ASI290mm/WO GuideStar 61.
Every 6th sub dithered.
RA RMS error 0.53 arcsec
Dec RMS error 0.54 arcsec
Astrometry
Resolution ............... 0.900 arcsec/px
Rotation ................. -78.853 deg
Focal distance ........... 861.62 mm
Pixel size ............... 3.76 um
Field of view ............ 1d 33' 43.9" x 1d 2' 38.9"
Image center ............. RA: 9 55 42.256 Dec: +69 21 19.63
Ecco la Luna in fase piena a poche ore dall'istante in cui si trovava al Perigeo ( il punto dell'orbita più vicino alla Terra). Per questo motivo la notte del 13 il nostro satellite appariva leggermente più grande e luminoso con un diametro apparente maggiore del 7% rispetto alla media. Quindi ecco il motivo per cui viene chiamata anche "superluna", ma in realtà la differenza di dimensione è molto difficile da percepire ed è corretto invece chiamarla Luna Piena al Perigeo. Questa di luglio viene chiamata anche Luna Piena del Cervo ed è la più grande e luminosa del 2022.
La foto è un mosaico di dimensioni 2674x2674 pixels e l'ho ottenuto assemblando 16 immagini delle diverse zone della superficie lunare.
Dati:
Telescopio Celestron 114/910 Newtoniano
Montatura Eq2 con motore AR con pulsantiera
Camera planetaria QHY5L-II-C
Filtro UV-Ir cut
Sharpcap per acquisire 16 video da 40 secondi ciascuno a 17 fps
Autostakkert!3 e Registax 6 per elaborare ogni video
Autostitch per assemblare le immagini
GIMP per luminosità, contrasto e riduzione rumore (pochissimo)
Luogo: Cabras, Sardegna, Italia
Data e ora della ripresa: 14 luglio 2022 da 01:29 a 01:48 UTC
Nice little galaxy, but probably need more frames and better processing. Still at the bottom of the learning curve with this!
55 frames livestacked in Sharpcap, total 447 s capture time. Post-processing in Photoshop. Celestron Evolution 9.25 scope with focal reducer.
...in the Leo Constellation. About 31-36 million light years away.
I'm on the fence with this. My image acquisition was good, but this was hard to process and tease out color. Still a bit noisy, too. Maybe good enough for a first attempt.
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*5 mins @ 50 Gain, Temp -10C
- Dark Frames: 25*5 mins
- Stacked in Deep Sky Stacker
- Processed in PixInsight, Adobe Lightroom and Topaz Denoise
Well, this is my first attempt at an image using both Luminance and Ha+OIII frames combined. There's a lot of data here, and my luminance frames were offset to my filtered frames, thus the odd cropping/framing. I'll get a wider field image next year.
Image Details:
- Imaging Scope: William Optics 61mm Zenithstar II Doublet
- Imaging Camera: ZWO ASI183MC Color with UV/IR Blocking filter
- Guiding Scope: William Optics 66mm Petzval
- Guiding Camera: Orion Starshoot Auto Guider
- Filter: ZWO Duo Band (HA & OIII)
- Acquisition Software: Sharpcap
- Guiding Software: PHD2
- Capture Software: SharpCap Pro (LiveStack mode with dithering)
- Light Frames: 100*2 mins @ 100 Gain, Temp -20C
- HA + OIII Frames: 25*3 mins @ 100 Gain, Temp -20C
- Dark Frames: 100*2 mins for light frames, 25*3 mins for HA + OIII frames
- Stacked in Deep Sky Stacker
- Processed in PixInsight, Adobe Lightroom, Photmatix Pro HDR and Topaz Denoise AI
Jellyfish Nebula - IC 443
Ha - 57 x 600 secs
OIII - 52 x 600 secs
SII - 55 x 600 secs
27.3 Hours total
EQ8-R | SW Esprit 100ED | ASI6200MM | Antlia 3.5nm Ha,SII,OIII
SW 50ED | ASI290MM Mini
SharpCap | NINA | Pixinsight | Photoshop
Telescopi o obiettivi di acquisizione: Orion Mini Guidescope
Camere di acquisizione: SVBONY SV305
Montature: Celestron SLT
Software: SharpCap Pro 3.2 Sharcap · PixInsight 1.8 Ripley Pisinsight 1.8 · photoshop
Date:23 Gennaio 2021
Pose: 186x10"
Integrazione: 0.5 ore
Giorno lunare medio: 9.70 giorni
Fase lunare media: 73.71%
Taken from Oxfordshire, UK
White Light:
William Optics 70mm refractor + Thousand Oaks glass solar filter and Baader Continuum Filter. Camera was an ASI120MC.
H-alpha:
Coronado PST with 2x Barlow and ASI120MC
Video captured using Sharpcap and the best 250 frames stacked using Autostakkert! 3
This is my portable astro rig for wide field astrophotography. The setup includes the "one-shot colour camera" ASi 294 MC Pro and Voigtlander 25mm lens, Star Adventurer mount and Pole Master for quick and easy polar alignment.
The ASI 294 is a very sensitive CMOS camera and takes a bit of getting used to after using a traditional "DSLR" based camera.
The guide scope and guide camera (ASI 120 MC-s) are opposite to the camera to reduce weight. I don't really need guiding when doing wide field but use this setup with heavier telescopes and like the configuration.
Guiding is done via PHD2, so I take a laptop as well. Imaging software is SharpCap Pro.
This cluster, located just outside of our galaxy, is about 80 light years across and contains around 100,000 stars. It contains at least 105 variable stars as well as two millisecond pulsars! It is also older than 12 BILLION years!
First attempt at this object through a combination of clear skies and high-level clouds last night. I find Globular Clusters fascinating and super interesting that we can detect variable stars within them.
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: 17*3 mins @ 50 Gain, Temp -20C
- Dark Frames: 17*3 mins
- Stacked in Deep Sky Stacker
- Processed in PixInsight, Adobe Lightroom and Topaz Denoise
Interesting double loop solar prominence on the Sun yesterday. High temperatures and poor seeing didn't allow for any type of details to be captured.
Tech Specs: Sky-Watcher Esprit 120ED, ZWO ASI290MC, Daystar Quark Chromosphere + Daystar 2" UV/IR filter, SharpCap Pro v3.0, best 15% of 5k frames, AutoStakkert, Registax. Image date: 27 July 2019. Location: The Dark Side Observatory in Weatherly, PA, USA.
Tried to align the R G and B stacks as best I could but there was always some amount of color fringing on the craters. Captured July 29th, 2020.
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**[Equipment:](i.imgur.com/6T8QNsv.jpg)**
* TPO 6" F/4 Imaging Newtonian
* Orion Sirius EQ-G
* ZWO ASI1600MM-Pro
* Skywatcher Quattro Coma Corrector
* ZWO EFW 8x1.25"/31mm
* Astronomik LRGB+CLS Filters- 31mm
* Astrodon 31mm Ha 5nm, Oiii 3nm, Sii 5nm
* Agena 50mm Deluxe Straight-Through Guide Scope
* ZWO ASI-120MC for guiding
* Moonlite Autofocuser
**Acquisition:** (Camera at Unity Gain, -15°C)
* R - 1000 x 0.39ms
* G - 1000 x 0.34ms
* B - 1000 x 0.52
**Capture Software:**
* Captured using Sharpcap and [N.I.N.A.](nighttime-imaging.eu/) for mount/filterwheel control
**Processing:**
* Stacked the best 15% of frames in Autostakkert (autosharpened, 2X resample)
* R G and B stacks manually aligned in photoshop and autocolored
* **In PixInsight:**
* Shitloads of [Curve](i.imgur.com/WengIOh.jpg)Transformations to adjust saturation, lightness, and hue
* Extract luminance, LRGBCombination for chrominance noise reduction
* Invert, SCNR, Invert to remove magentas
* SCNR to remove greens
* LocalHistogramEqualization for added contrast
* More curves
* ACDNR (noise reduction)
* ChannelMatch to try to eliminate color fringing
* HistogramTransformation to clip background to black
* DynamicCrop to 16x9 aspect ratio
* Annotation
Nel pomeriggio del 26 luglio, con difficoltà e un po’ di fortuna, sono riuscito a riprendere con la camera planetaria e il piccolo telescopio newtoniano il brevissimo transito della Stazione Spaziale Internazionale davanti al Sole. La durata totale del transito è stata di poco più di un secondo a causa dell’elevata velocità con cui la stazione orbita intorno alla Terra. La ISS è grande circa come un campo da calcio, orbita a circa 400 km di quota e viaggia alla velocità di quasi 28000 km/h compiendo un’orbita in circa 92 minuti. Al momento l’equipaggio è composto da 7 astronauti tra cui anche Samantha Cristoforetti.La ripresa contiene 1059 fotogrammi, in soltanto 8 è presente la sagoma della ISS e tra questi ho preso quello migliore. L’ho poi tagliato per mostrare meglio la parte più interessante:
in quest’immagine sono abbastanza visibili gli enormi pannelli solari della struttura e sono presenti alcune macchie solari nelle regioni attive AR3062 e AR3066, tra cui una più grande ed evidente.
Dati:
Telescopio Celestron 114/910 Newton
Montatura Eq2 con motore AR con pulsantiera
Camera QHY5L-II-C
Filtro UV-IR cut
Filtro Astrosolar
Sharpcap per acquisire un video da 1059 fotogrammi a 17 fps con tempo di esposizione di 1/2000 sec
Pipp per scomporre il video in immagini TIFF
GIMP per tagliare l’immagine originale, scrivere i nomi degli oggetti visibili e modificare leggermente la nitidezza e il contrasto.
Luogo: Cabras (OR)
Data: 26-07-2022
Ora esatta del transito:17:41:06.75 ora locale
Brisbane, Australia January 2021
Telescope: Explore Scientific ED80 APO Triplet
Mount; HEQ5 Pro
Imaging Camera: ZWO ASI533 MC Pro
Guide Camera; ZWO ASI290 Mini
15 x 240s
15 x Darks
12 x Flats
10 x Bias
Sharpcap Pro Polar Alignment
PHD2, Stellarium, APT, Deepsky Stacker, Photoshop.
Sadr region with the Kitcat 135mm Rokinon lens
Zwo ASI071MC Pro cooled mono camera
Pegasus EAF, 10X7 degrees FOV
Had clear skies last night, Full moon, some clouds
Optolong L eNhance 2" filter
#SharpCap Pro, PoleMaster
Ioptron CEM 25 Pro EQ mount
200 Gain offset 20, 0c cooling,
Sadr region was 2 hours, 5 minutes exposure each
24 frames total
12 darks 12 flats and 12 bias frames
Astro Pixel Processor and PS
Was out at Starr ranch
Celestron NexStar 6SE
Zwo Asi224mc with IR cut filter
Zwo ADC
Tele Vue 2.5x Powermate
FireCapture for ADC tuning.
SharpCap for Capturing.
2 minute video, exposure-4.5ms, gain-360
Processed in AutoStakkert, RegiStax and Lightroom.
Tycho Crater – diameter is 86 km and it is about 4.8 km in depth, located in the southern region of the moon. The crater was named after Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe (1546–1601). From Wikipedia, “The crater is sharply defined, unlike older craters that have been degraded by subsequent impacts. The interior has a high albedo that is prominent when the Sun is overhead, and the crater is surrounded by a distinctive ray system forming long spokes that reach as long as 1,500 kilometers. Sections of these rays can be observed even when Tycho is illuminated only by earthlight.
Tech Specs: ZWO ASI290MC camera and Meade 12” LX90, best 20% of 5k frames. Software used included Sharpcap Pro v3.1 and AutoStakkert!3. Photographed on February 16, 2019 from the Dark Side Observatory in Weatherly, Pennsylvania, USA.
Tycho Crater – diameter is 86 km and it is about 4.8 km in depth, located in the southern region of the moon. Starting to get more details in the finished photos, this one is starting to show details on the mountains inside the main crater.
Tech Specs: Meade 12” LX90, Celestron CGEM-DX mount, ASI290MC, best 2.5k of 5k frames, AutoStakkert! V3.0.14 (x64), FireCapture v2.5.10 x64 and Registax v6. Software used included Sharpcap v2.9 and AutoStakkert! Alpha Version 2.3.0.21. Photographed on July 4, 2017 from Weatherly, Pennsylvania.
The Sturgeon Moon - Gérgal - 2021-08-24
Captured from my home in Gérgal, Almeria, Spain on the 24th of August 2021.
Weather conditions were cloudy with a lucky break for a few minutes around 1:00 AM to capture the frames.
Best 500 images out of 1,000 images captured.
Camera: ZWO ASI183-MC Pro cooled to -10 C
Telescope: William Optics GT81 385mm f/5.6
Telescope mount: Celestron CGX Equatorial mount.
Capture software: Sharpcap Pro
Processed in Autostakeert, Topaz Labs GigaPixel and Adobe Lightroom
#moon #astrophotography #topaz
NGC 2264 and the associated Cone Nebula are part of a huge nebular complex in Monoceros. This lies about 2,700 light years away. The cone shape (at upper left) is formed by a dark absorption nebula positioned in front of a faint nebula of ionized hydrogen. The entire region is an active site of new star formation.
First attempt at this part of this sky. Found it pretty tricky to process as there is a lot happening here. I will try for more, longer exposures next month.
Image Details:
- Imaging Scope: AstroTelescopes 80mm ED Refractor
- Imaging Camera: ZWO ASI183MC Color with UV/IR Blocking filter
- Guiding Scope: William Optics 66mm Petzval
- Guiding Camera: Orion Starshoot Auto Guider
- Acquisition Software: Sharpcap
- Guiding Software: PHD2
- Light Frames: 27x4 mins @ 40 Gain, -10F, Offset 40
- Dark Frames: 25*4 mins
- Stacked in Deep Sky Stacker
- Processed in PixInsight, Photomatix Pro HDR and Adobe Lightroom/Photoshop
M13, also known as the Great Globular Cluster in Hercules or NGC 6205, is one of the most prominent globular clusters in the Northern Hemisphere. It contains an estimated 100,000 to 300,000 stars, packed into a region about 145 to 150 light-years in diameter. The cluster’s core is dense, with stars spaced only a few light-days apart, creating a brilliant, concentrated appearance.
M13 has an apparent magnitude of 5.8, making it faintly visible to the naked eye under dark skies and easily observable with binoculars or a small telescope. It appears as a bright, fuzzy ball with a denser core, and larger telescopes can resolve individual stars.
I captured this last week over a couple of nights.
Swipe left for close up
Total Integration: 4 hours 6 mins
Equipment:
#stellarvue SVX102T and Flattener
#zwo ASI533MM, ZWO AM5, EAF, EFW, ASI120 guide cam
#wandererastro Rotator Lite
#williamoptics 50mm Uniguide
#chroma 3nm RGB
Acquisition: NINA, Sharpcap for PA
Stacked in APP, bias, flats, flatdarks, darks
Processed/edited in PI, PS
High Resolution Image:
IG jlratino
FB JL Ratino
A timelapse of the Great Red Spot transiting the face of Jupiter, compressing 4 real hours down to 3 seconds. I deleted moments obscured by clouds, causing the appearance of accelerated movement during the first third of the transit. Ganymede (L) and Io move outwards.
Questar 3.5"/TV 5X PowerMate/QHY 5iii 178/ IR-cut filter/RST 135E mount. Captured with SharpCap; processed with AS4/AstroSurface/PixInsight and PIPP. From my yard in Westchester County, NY.
Taken from Oxfordshire, UK with a William Optics 70mm refractor, Celestron 3x Barlow and ASI120MC camera, when the Moon was a 40% illuminated Waxing Crescent. A 2,000 frame video shot with SharpCap Pro, the best 75% percent were stacked with Autostakkert! 3 then processed in Lightroom and Fast Stone Image Viewer
The large escarpment running across the image is Rupes Altai. It is about 427km long and at its northern end it reaches a height of nearly 1km. The crater at the southern end of Rupes Altai is Piccolomini. The large crater to the upper right of it is Catharina.
Great Globular Cluster in Hercules: M13 (NGC 6205)
Exposure: 38.5 minutes
stacked the best 578 light frames (4s each @ 198 gain) out of 709
+ 5 dark frames
Telescope: Orange 1977 vintage Celestron C8 (203 F/10 SC)
Mount: EQ5 with ST4 hand controller (no GoTo)
Reducers: Celestron 0.63x + Svbony 0.50x (@0.74x)
Camera: QHY5III462C Color (@FullHD RAW16)
recording Visible + Near Infrared light (no filters)
Guide: 70/280 Guidescope + QHY5L-II Color Camera
Recording scale: 0.634 arcsec/pixel (plate solved)
Equivalent focal length ≈ 950mm F/4.7
Plate Solving data:
Center (RA, Dec):( 250.412, 36.456)
Center (RA, hms): 16h 41m 38.974s
Center (Dec, dms): +36° 27' 21.953"
Size: 14.4 x 11.2 arcmin
Pixel scale: 0.634 arcsec/pixel
Orientation: Up is -92.7 degrees E of N
Recording: SharpCap 4.0 (Live Stack mode)
Guiding: PHD2 2.6.11
Stacking/Alignment: AstroSurface T3
Final Elaboration/Crop: GIMP 2.10.30
Genova, Italy (29 Apr 2022 - 00:50 GMT+2)
M13 is a great astro target this time of year and I recently posted an image based on a single night's captures. My Questar telescope has a slow focal ratio -- f/16 -- which leads to big differences in images based on the total amount of capture time. In this case you can clearly see the differences in color and detail for 3 hours versus 35 minutes of exposure time. See adjacent image www.flickr.com/photos/124244349@N07/48069056958/in/photos... for comparison.
Tech Stuff: Questar 3.5" telescope at native 1400mm focal length (f/16)/QHY 163 mono camera/guided/8 second exposures captured in SharpCap live stacks/ L 14 min; R 65 min; G 36 min; B 55 min/Processed with PixInsight and AcDSee. Captured over 5 nights in June, 2019 from my yard in Westchester County, NY.
Target:Sun during partial solar eclipse.
Location:10/06/21 @ 11:17 St Helens UK.
Aquisition 160x 0.772mS
Equipment:Altair 60EDF, Skywatcher AZGTi, ZWO ASI120MC, Baader Solar filter.
Software:Sharpcap, Synscan iphone app.
Processing:AutoStakkert, Registax, Affinity Photo
Memories:100% cloud cover but set up anyway and took advantage of a fleeting gap in the clouds.
Managed a single scan of the solar disk during a break in the clouds using my 72ED,Herschel wedge with Sol'Ex SHG, QHY5III 178M and 7nm Ha filter attached to nose of the Sol'Ex. 16x sidereal speed used on CEM60 to force the slit across the Sun whilst recording a 16 bit SER file in Sharpcap. Being a single scan no processing except rotation and flipping to correct orientation and resizing of image.
The Omega Nebula, also known as the Swan Nebula, Checkmark Nebula, and the Horseshoe Nebula is an H II region in the constellation Sagittarius. It was discovered by Philippe Loys de Chéseaux in 1745. Charles Messier catalogued it in 1764. It is located in the rich starfields of the Sagittarius area of the Milky Way. Wikipedia
Image Details:
- Imaging Scope: Astrotelescopes ED 80mm Refractor
- Imaging Camera: ZWO ASI183MC Color with UV/IR Blocking filter
- Guiding Scope: William Optics 66mm Petzval
- Guiding Camera: Orion Starshoot Auto Guider
- Acquisition Software: Sharpcap
- Guiding Software: PHD2
- Light Frames: 20*5 mins @ 0 Gain, Temp -15C
- Dark Frames: 20*5 mins
- Stacked in Deep Sky Stacker
- Processed in PixInsight and Adobe Lightroom
A large part of the North America Nebula [NGC 7000 or Caldwell 20] Seen in the constellation of Cygnus.
The 'Gulf of Mexico' is the large dark area just below the centre
. 'America' is tilted on it's side, North to the right.
M: iOptron EQ45-Pro
T: William Optics GTF81
C: ZWO ASI1600MC-Cooled
F: IDAS filter (Light Polllution)
G: PHD2
GC: ZWO ASI120mini
RAW16; FITs
Temp: -15 DegC
Gain 260;
19 x Exp 200s
33 x Exp 300s
Frames: 49/52 Lights; 20 Darks; 100 Flats
100% Crop
Capture: SharpCap
Processed: DSS; APP, PS, Gradient Exterminator Pro.
Sky: 80% Moon, no wind, 0% to 5% cloud, mild, good seeing.
Bortle 5 Sky.
Distance from Earth: 2,202 light years.
27-08-2021
Sky-Watcher 150mm - f/8
ZWO ASI 120MC-S + Barlow 2x + UV/IR Cut
SharpCap + PIPP + AS!3 + Astrosurface
Porto Real-Brazil
Bortle 4/5 Sky
Mars with one of its moons Deimos. First time I’ve managed to capture a Martian Moon! Unfortunately it’s 2nd moon Phobos was too close to the planet to pick it up because of the technique I use to image moons.
2 stacked exposures combined
Celestron NexStar 6SE
Zwo Asi224mc with IR cut filter
Tele Vue 2.5x Powermate
2 minute video in SharpCap
Processed in PIPP, AutoStakkert, RegiStax, Lightroom and PhotoLayers
Dati:
Celestron 114/900 Newton
montatura eq2 con motore AR
camera Qhy5L-IIC
filtro UV IR cut
Sharpcap per acquisire 20 video da 40 secondi ciascuno
Autostakkert 3 e Registax 6 per l'elaborazione dei video
Autostitch per creare il mosaico
Registax 6 e Camera Raw per luminosità, contrasto e bilanciamento del colore nel risultato finale
Adobe Photoshop per aumentare la saturazione del colore
Luogo: Cabras (OR)
Data: 19-11-2021 a 00:17 ora locale ( 18-11-2021 alle 23:17 UTC)
I imaged this gem of the night sky last night while waiting for the moon to set. It's a great sight, and I wanted to set the new 61mm refractor on it last night again now that I have a field flattener.
The Double Cluster consists of the open clusters NGC 869 and NGC 884, which are close together in the constellation Perseus. Both visible with the naked eye, NGC 869 and NGC 884 lie at a distance of 7,500 light years.
Image Details:
- Imaging Scope: William Optics 61mm Zenithstar II Doublet
- Imaging Camera: ZWO ASI183MC Color with UV/IR Blocking filter
- Guiding Scope: William Optics 66mm Petzval
- Guiding Camera: Orion Starshoot Auto Guider
- Acquisition Software: Sharpcap
- Guiding Software: PHD2
- Light Frames: 15*2 mins @ 100 Gain, Temp -10C
- Dark Frames: 15*2 mins
- Stacked in Deep Sky Stacker
- Processed in PixInsight and Adobe Lightroom
Zona de Aristóteles, Eudoxus, montes Caucasus, etc
Telescopio: Celestron C6-A XLT 150/1500 f10
Cámara: ZWO ASI178MM
Montura: EQ5 Bresser EXOS2 motorizada sin goto
Filtros: Baader UV/IR Cut / L-Filter
Software: SharpCap, AutoStakkert, Registax y Fitswork
Fecha: 2019-03-13
Hora: 21:02 T.U.
Fase lunar: 43.6% 6.8 días Creciente
Lugar: 42.615 N -6.417 W (Bembibre Spain)
Vídeo: 2 minutos
Resolución: 2320x1560
Gain: 91
Exposure: 0,011754
Frames: 2935
Frames apilados: 18%
FPS: 25
A fantastic early morning seeing Jupiter with 2 of its moons Io and Ganymede casting their shadows on the gas giants surface! Io just starting it’s transit across the face too. Managed to pick up a bit of surface detail on Ganymede too.
Celestron NexStar 6SE
Zwo Asi224mc with IR cut filter
Zwo ADC
Tele Vue 2.5x Powermate
FireCapture for ADC tuning.
SharpCap for Capturing.
2 minute video, exposure-3.0ms, gain-320
Processed in AutoStakkert, RegiStax and Lightroom.
Our star today captured with an 80mm APO Refractor at F/50. Daystar Quark Chromosphere and ASI290MM. Sharpcap has been used for the capture, then Autostakkert, ImPPG and PS for the post-processing. Active regions 2778 and 2779 are now very near the limb. Some nice prominences are visible as well.
A galactic neighbor 3 million light years away. This version using my TV-85 telescope with 4 second unguided exposures is comparable to my prior efforts using more conventional imaging techniques. The short exposure/livestacking approach enables decent quality imaging using portable mounts.
Tech Stuff: Televue 85 scope/Borg 1.08X flattener/ZWO ASI1600MC/IDAS LPS-D2 filter/SkyWatcher Star Adventurer mount; 48 minutes of 4 second exposures acquired using SharpCap in 8 livestacks with dark subtraction. RGB image combined with mono image here www.flickr.com/photos/124244349@N07/50313524907/in/photos... (same scope, different camera; also 4 second unguided exposures). Processed in PixInsight and finished in ACDSee. From my yard in Westchester County, NY. SQM-L readiings 18.4-18.8 (Bortle 7)
This nebula lies around 1,300 light years away, and lies in the Orion constellation, right next to the Horsehead Nebula.
My first attempt at a starless astronomical image (Except, of course that massive main star which happens to be Alnitak and too large to remove from the shot!). I was skeptical about starless images but they do a great job of revealing the molecular dust and gas in the area of the objects involved.
Image Details:
- Imaging Scope: AstroTelescopes 80mm ED Refractor
- Imaging Camera: ZWO ASI183MC Color with UV/IR Blocking filter
- Guiding Scope: William Optics 66mm Petzval
- Guiding Camera: Orion Starshoot Auto Guider
- Acquisition Software: Sharpcap
- Guiding Software: PHD2
- Light Frames: 15x3 mins @ 100 Gain, -10F, Offset 40
- Dark Frames: 15*3 mins
- Stacked in Deep Sky Stacker
- Processed in PixInsight, Photomatix Pro and Adobe Lightroom/Photoshop
The same image I had previously uploaded to Flickr but with the stars removed to give a more 3D appearance looking into the heart of the nebula.
Taken with 150mm refractor, 0.75X reducer and ASI294MC camera. Consists of 24 x 5 minute exposures stacked and calibrated on the fly using the Live Stacking function in SharpCap Pro.
A composite image of active sun spot group AR2665 and prominences on the eastern limb of the Sun - Captured on 09.07.2017 15.41GMT (16.41BST)
Telescope: Altair Astro StarWave 102ED f/7
Camera: Altair Astro IMX174 mono Hypercam.
Solar Hydrogen Alpha filter: Daystar Quark Chromosphere
Captured with Sharpcap 3.0
Processed with Registax and Photoshop CC 2017
Jupiter/Saturn Conjunction 2020
Near Jupiter from left to right are moons Europa, Io, Castillo. Just below Saturn is moon Titan.
Scope/Mount: TS-Optics PhotoLine 130mm F7 APO Refractor, Celestron CI-700 Mount
Camera: ZWO ASI185MC color
Guiding: none
Exposure: Composite of 1 frame each of 4 ms, 17 ms, 67 ms, 250 ms.
Software: SharpCap, PixInsight
Comment: 12-21-2020, San Diego, CA, poor seeing.