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Imaging telescopes or lenses:Explore Scientific 80mm FCD100, Celestron C11 Edge HD

 

Imaging camera:ZWO ASI 1600MM PRO -Cooled

 

Mount:Explore Scientific G11 with PMC-8

 

Software:SGPRO, PHD2. PixInsight, Photoshop,SharpCap

 

Filters:Baader Ha Hyperspeed 2", Astrodon Gen II Blue 31mm, Astrodon Gen II Green 31mm, Astrodon Gen II Red 31mm

 

Accessory:Zwo Off axis guider

 

Resolution: 3954x2676

 

Dates:Sept. 15, 2017, Sept. 16, 2017

 

Frames:

Astrodon Gen II Blue 31mm: 50x180" (gain: 139.00) -20C bin 1x1

Astrodon Gen II Green 31mm: 50x180" (gain: 139.00) -20C bin 1x1

Astrodon Gen II Red 31mm: 50x180" (gain: 139.00) -20C bin 1x1

Baader Ha Hyperspeed 2": 200x30" -20C bin 1x1

On July 10th I took 24 Videos of Jupiter from 9:54pm until 11:49pm. I processed each video into a stacked image and took all 24 images and processed them for clarity and sharpness. I then used those images to create this video showing how much Jupiter rotates in just 2 hours and how much the moons Ganymede (upper) and Io (lower) moved during this time.

 

Videos captured with a ASI1600MC camera ion a 9.25 SCT telescope using Sharpcap, Stacked using PIPP and Autostacker and Post processed in Lightroom and Photoshop.

NGC6960 Witches Broom Nebula

 

ISO1600

25x184.5 sec (1h16'52")

16 light

32 bias

12 dark

33 flat

 

GT81

CEM25P

Nikon Z6

L-Enhance

asi224mc guide

 

PHD2 2.6.9

Sharpcap polar alignment 3.2

Digicamcontrol 2.1.2.0

 

DSS 4.2.5

GIMP 2.10.20

NGC2237 Rosette Nebula

redone with Siril

 

Integration 2h02'

Lights 122x60"

Darks 40x

Bias 55x

Flats 55x

 

GT81

CEM25P

ASI533mc

L-Enhance

ASI224mc guide

 

PHD2 v2.6.9dev4

Sharpcap 3.2

Siril 1.0.6

GIMP 2.10.20

  

[ZWO ASI533MC Pro]

Debayer Preview=On

Pan=0

Tilt=0

Output Format=FITS files (*.fits)

Binning=1

Capture Area=3008x3008

Colour Space=RAW16

Hardware Binning=Off

Turbo USB=100(Auto)

Flip=None

Frame Rate Limit=Maximum

Gain=101

Exposure=60

Timestamp Frames=Off

White Bal (B)=95

White Bal (R)=52

Brightness=5

Temperature=-7

Cooler Power=4

Target Temperature=-10

Cooler=On

Auto Exp Max Gain=300

Auto Exp Max Exp M S=30000

Auto Exp Target Brightness=100

Mono Bin=Off

Banding Threshold=35

Banding Suppression=0

Apply Flat=None

Subtract Dark=None

#Black Point

Display Black Point=0

#MidTone Point

Display MidTone Point=0,5

#White Point

Display White Point=1

Notes=

TimeStamp=2021-03-02T21:50:48.9938812Z

SharpCapVersion=3.2.6433.0

 

Technical data:

SkyWatcher Evostar 120 Achromatic Refractor

Daystar Quark Chromosphere H-Alpha

iOptron CEM60

ASI290MM

Best 12% of 500 frames recorded with SharpCap

Processed with Autostakkert, imPPG and PS

SharpCap Live Stack

Photoshop Edit

RC6 f/9 1370mm FL

IDAS D1 Filter

 

[ZWO ASI294MC Pro]

FrameType=Light

Debayer Preview=On

Pan=0

Tilt=0

Output Format=FITS files (*.fits)

Binning=1

Capture Area=4144x2822

Colour Space=RAW16

High Speed Mode=On

Turbo USB=65

Flip=None

Frame Rate Limit=Maximum

Gain=300

Exposure=60.000s

Timestamp Frames=Off

White Bal (B)=50

White Bal (R)=50

Brightness=10

Cooler Power=47

Temperature=-10

Target Temperature=-10

Cooler=On

Auto Exp Max Gain=285

Auto Exp Max Exp M S=30000

Auto Exp Target Brightness=110

Mono Bin=Off

Trail Width=3

Minimum Trail Length=100

Trail Detection Sensitivity=9

Remove Satellite Trails=Off

Background Subtraction=Off

Planet/Disk Stabilization=Off

Banding Threshold=10

Banding Suppression=0

Apply Flat=E:\SharpCap Captures\2023-04-19\FLAT-344-300-MONO-BIAS\flats\MasterFlat_21_28_53_offset=-0.072%.fits

Hot Pixel Sensitivity=5

Subtract Dark=E:\SharpCap Captures\darks\ZWO ASI294MC Pro\RAW16@4144x2822\60.0s\gain_300\MasterDark_25_frames_-10.0C_2023-03-03T22_17_19.fits

NegativeDisplay=0

Display Black Point=0

Display MidTone Point=0.5

Display White Point=1

Notes=

iOptron CEM60,iEQ45Pro/30Pro,CEM25,SmartEQ Pro+,AZ Mount Pro,Cube II Mount=RA=11:20:53,Dec=+12:54:55 (JNOW)

TimeStamp=2023-04-21T05:50:26.9828593Z

SharpCapVersion=4.0.9538.0

TotalExposure(s)=4200

StackedFrames=70

LiveStack.SaveRawFrames=None

LiveStack.AlignFrames=True

LiveStack.Derotate=True

LiveStack.StarsForAlignment=10

LiveStack.StarDetection.Sensitivity=90

LiveStack.StarDetection.SuppressHotPixels=True

LiveStack.AlignAutoDisabled=False

LiveStack.ReduceNoiseAmount=0.5

LiveStack.BrightnessLimit=81.8919

LiveStack.FilterBrightness=False

LiveStack.AutoBrightnessLimit=False

LiveStack.FWHMLimit=7.891892

LiveStack.FilterFWHM=False

LiveStack.WarningThreshold=5

LiveStack.StackingMode=1

LiveStack.SigmaClipInitialCount=10

LiveSack.SigmaClipThreshold=3

LiveStack.SigmaClipLowLimit=0.2645503

LiveStack.AutoSaveReset=False

LiveStack.AutoSaveResetMinutes=5

LiveStack.LogarithmicHistogramHorizontalAxis=True

LiveStack.AutoSave=False

LiveStack.BlackLevel=1.99542

LiveStack.WhiteLevel=99.9

LiveStack.MidLevel=2.877126

LiveStack.WBB.db=2.200492

LiveStack.WBG.db=0

LiveStack.WBR.db=10.55228

LiveStack.Saturation=1.1

AutoStretch.Strength=1

LiveStack.StarDetection.FaintStarsOptimization=False

H II region (star forming emission nebula) in Sagittarius

Distance 4,100 ly

 

AT60ED F/6 on Evolution Alt/Az mount

ASI385MC one shot color camera

IDAS LPS D1 light pollution filter

154x8s 20.5m total

Saved as displayed in Sharpcap (no post-processing)

Target: Rosette Nebula Caldwell 49 in the constellation of Monocerous

Distance:5200 Light years

Object Type:Large spherical HII region 130 light years diameter

Date:25th and 26th March 2020

Location:St Helens, Merseyside. Bortle 8 sky at new moon.

 

Exposure:19x 240s Ha; 20x 240s OIII; 24x 240s SII, 30x 240s Darks with gain 2000 offset 20 temp 7-10 deg C.

Flats:30x 1.25s Ha flats, dark flats. 30x 1.0s OIII flats, dark flats. 30x 1.5s SII flats, dark flats. 15 deg C.

Integration:252 min.

 

Imaging:Altair Astro 60EDF, 1x Flattener, Zwo EFW mini filterwheel,Bader Ha, OIII, SII, Altair Hypercam 183M Pro.

Guiding:Altair MG32 mini guidescope, Zwo ASI120MC camera.

Mount:Skywatcher Star Adventurer Pro.

 

Software: APT,PHD2,Sharpcap Pro (polar alignment),Deepsky Stacker, Photoshop.

 

Unusually clear skies for two consecutive nights, free of aircraft con trails amidst the Covid 19 lockdown. This was my second attempt at getting enough data on this target to process in Hubble palette. On the previous attempt the clouds rolled in before I captured any SII data. As the season for this target was drawing to a close I was very pleased to get the opportunity to image it again.

Horsehead Nebula: FLT98 @ f/4.4 + Meade O-III filter + AG1.2c, SharpCap 2.9 software, no dark field, 77x4sec

Seeing 6/10

 

Acquisition data:

 

Galileo Galilei Astronomical Observatory

45 ° 24 'N - 18 ° 59' E

03.04.2020

UTC 06:21 pm

 

Sky-Watcher 200/1000

HEQ5 Pro SynScan

ZWO ASI224 MC

Barlow 3x TeleVue

IR Block Astronomik filter

 

Acquisition with SharpCap

Gain: 140/600

Exposure: 0,007

12500 total frames, 2000 processed

H II region (star forming emission nebula) in Sagittarius

Distance 4,200 ly

 

The object is an unusual combination of an open cluster of stars; an emission nebula (the lower, red portion), a reflection nebula (the upper, blue portion) and a dark nebula (the apparent 'gaps' within the emission nebula that cause the trifurcated appearance; these are also designated Barnard 85)

 

AT60ED F/6 on Evolution Alt/Az mount

ASI385MC one shot color camera

IDAS LPS D1 light pollution filter

154x8s 20.5m total

Saved as displayed in Sharpcap (no post-processing)

Taken on 12 Sept 2017 with NexImage 5MP Camera and Celestron NexStar 6 SE Telescope, using SharpCap. Processed in Registax 6. Uranus appears as a featureless planet.

Orion Nebula: FLT98 @ f/4.4 + Meade O-III filter + AG1.2c, SharpCap 2.9 software, no dark field, 95x2sec

SharpCap Live Stack

Photoshop Edit

RC6 f/6.8 1032 FL IDAS D1

 

[ZWO ASI294MC Pro]

Debayer Preview=On

Pan=0

Tilt=0

Output Format=FITS files (*.fits)

Binning=1

Capture Area=4144x2822

Colour Space=RAW16

High Speed Mode=Off

Turbo USB=50

Flip=None

Frame Rate Limit=Maximum

Gain=300

Exposure=30

Timestamp Frames=Off

White Bal (B)=50

White Bal (R)=50

Brightness=10

Temperature=-10

Cooler Power=47

Target Temperature=-10

Cooler=On

Auto Exp Max Gain=300

Auto Exp Max Exp M S=30000

Auto Exp Target Brightness=100

Mono Bin=Off

Banding Threshold=35

Banding Suppression=0

Apply Flat=C:\Users\Chris\Desktop\SharpCap Captures\2020-05-30\FLAT-196-MONO-BIAS\flats\22_26_19_offset=-0.012%.fits

Subtract Dark=C:\Users\Chris\Desktop\SharpCap Captures\darks\ZWO ASI294MC Pro\RAW16@4144x2822\30.0s\gain_300\dark_50_frames_-10.0C_2020-01-08T00_10_13.fits

#Black Point

Display Black Point=0

#MidTone Point

Display MidTone Point=0.5

#White Point

Display White Point=1

Notes=

TimeStamp=2020-05-31T09:02:32.3432200Z

SharpCapVersion=3.2.6342.0

TotalExposure(s)=2250

StackedFrames=75

Taken from Oxfordshire, UK with a William Optics 70mm refractor, on an EQ5 Pro mount on a permanent pier. Camera used was a ZWO ASI120MC with a 5x Powermate Barlow attached to the camera nose.

 

4,000 frame video shot in Sharpcap, best 75% of those frames were stacked using Autostakkert! 3, then processed in Lightroom and Fast Stone Image Viewer.

Flaming Star Nebula: FLT98 @ f/4.4 + Meade O-III filter + AG1.2c, SharpCap 2.9 software, no dark field, 76x4sec

Live Stack in SharpCap

Tweak in Photoshop

 

[ZWO ASI294MC Pro]

Debayer Preview=On

Pan=0

Tilt=0

Output Format=FITS files (*.fits)

Binning=1

Capture Area=4144x2822

Colour Space=RAW16

High Speed Mode=Off

Turbo USB=60

Flip=None

Frame Rate Limit=Maximum

Gain=300

Exposure=60

Timestamp Frames=Off

White Bal (B)=50

White Bal (R)=50

Brightness=10

Temperature=-14.8

Cooler Power=25

Target Temperature=-15

Cooler=On

Auto Exp Max Gain=285

Auto Exp Max Exp M S=30000

Auto Exp Target Brightness=110

Mono Bin=Off

Banding Threshold=10

Banding Suppression=10

Apply Flat=E:\SharpCap Captures\2019-01-10\FLAT-209ms-300g-0offs-COL-BIAS\flats\22_11_08_offset=0.283%.fits

Subtract Dark=E:\SharpCap Captures\darks\ZWO ASI294MC Pro\RAW16@4144x2822\60.0s\gain_300\dark_40_frames_-14.8C_2018-11-13T05_04_49.fits

#Black Point

Display Black Point=0.0927911931818182

#MidTone Point

Display MidTone Point=0.1898978316695

#White Point

Display White Point=0.925648684954751

TimeStamp=2019-01-11T08:18:26.4149263Z

SharpCapVersion=3.2.5906.0

 

Messier Marathon 2020

SharpCap Live Stack No Edit

RC6 f/6.7 1027 FL IDAS D1

NGC6960 Witches Broom Nebula

 

ISO1600

25x184.5 sec (1h16'52")

16 light

32 bias

12 dark

33 flat

 

GT81

CEM25P

Nikon Z6

asi224mc guide

 

PHD2 2.6.9

Sharpcap polar alignment 3.2

Digicamcontrol 2.1.2.0

 

Siril 1.2.0-beta2

GIMP 2.10.34

 

Gear:

Imaging Camera: ASI2600MC-Pro

Filters: None and IDAS NBZ 2"

Imaging Scope: Orion 8" f/4 Newtonian

Guider: ZWO OAG

Guidecam: ASI290MM mini

Mount: SW EQ6R Pro

Pegasus Astro Pocket Power Box

Astro-Zap dew heaters

*

Image details:

No filter- 142x180s, Gain 100, -10c, bin 1x1 (7hrs total)

IDAS NBZ- 107x300s, Gain 100, -10c, bin 1x1 (8.9 hrs total)

25 flats, darkflats

15.9 hrs total integration

Bortle 5/6 sky

*

Acquisition/Edits:

SharpCap, NINA, PHD2, Stellarium, Pixinsight, Photoshop

Mars Taken with an ASI120MC with the below settings through a Televue 4x Powermate and 200P on a belt driven NEQ6 Pro. Captured in Sharpcap 2 and processed in PIPP (as polar alignment was a little off and causing a little drift) then stacked in AS!2 and curves, levels and unsharp mask in Photoshop CS2. Best 75% of 5000 frames stacked.

Camera Settings:

[ASI120MC Camera (ZWO Design)]

Frame Divisor=1

Resolution=320x240

Frame Rate (fps)=Maximum

Colour Space=RGB24

Pan=0

Tilt=0

Exposure (s)=0.01561

Brightness=5

Gamma=50

WhiteBalance=5000

Gain=41

 

Imaging telescope or lens:Explore Scientific 127mm FCD Apo

 

Imaging camera:ZWO ASI 1600MM-Cooled ASI1600MM Cooled

 

Guiding camera:Starlight Xpress Lodestar X2 Auto Guiding Camera

 

Software:SGPRO, PHD2. PixInsight, Photoshop,SharpCap

 

Filters:Astrodon 3nm OIII 31mm, Astrodon 3 nm SII 31mm, Astrodon 3nm Ha 31mm

 

Accessory:Zwo Off axis guider

 

Resolution: 9000x7200

 

Dates:May 11,2018 May 12,2018, May 13,2018

Frames:

Astrodon 3 nm SII 31mm: 110x300" (gain: 200.00) bin 1x1

Astrodon 3nm Ha 31mm: 110x300" (gain: 200.00) -20C bin 1x1

Astrodon 3nm OIII 31mm: 110x300" (gain: 200.00) -20C bin 1x1

 

Integration: 25.0 hours

 

Darks: ~20

 

Flats: ~10

 

Flat darks: ~10

 

Bias: ~150

Equipment

Imaging Telescopes Or Lenses: Meade LX65 6" MAK OTA

Imaging Cameras: ZWO ASI224MC

Mounts: Celestron Advanced VX

Filters: SVBony UV/IR Cut 1.25"

Software: AstroSharp Ltd SharpCap · Cor Berrevoets et al. Registax · Emil Kraaikamp Autostakkert

 

Acquisition details

Date: Aug. 6, 2022

Time: 18:53

Focal length: 1800

Resolution: 1263x923

File size: 703.8 KB

Locations: Sassari, Sassari, Sardegna, Italy

Data source: Backyard

M2 is a globular cluster in the constellation of Aquarius and is about 55,000 light-years distant from Earth. At 175 light-years in diameter, it is one of the larger globular clusters known. The cluster is rich, compact, and significantly elliptical. It is 13 billion years old and one of the older globulars associated with the Milky Way galaxy.

 

M2 contains about 150,000 stars, including 21 known variable stars. Its brightest stars are red and yellow giant stars. The overall spectral type is F4. M2 is part of the Gaia Sausage, the hypothesised remains of a merged dwarf galaxy.

 

C8 F/6.3 on Evolution Alt/Az mount

ASI385MC one shot color camera

IDAS LPS D1 light pollution filter

44x8s 5.9m total

Saved as viewed in Sharpcap (no post-processing)

Andromeda Galaxy / M 31

 

Località: Verona, Italia

Data: 20.08.2021

 

SCHEDA TECNICA

Tubo ottico riflettore: Newton Skywatcher 150/750 PDS Explorer

Telescopio guida: 60/280

Montatura: EQ - Celestron AVX Advanced VX

Riprese: Camera CCD ZWO Asi 1600 mono PRO (raffreddata a -10°)

Filtro: UHC-E

Inseguimento: Camera CCD ZWO Asi 120 mono

Software riprese: SharpCap 3.2

Software inseguimento: PHD Guiding 2

Integrazione: 59 pose (.fits) × 00 secondi + Dark + Flat

Elaborazione: Deep Sky Stacker + Photoshop

M1: FLT98 @ f/4.4 + Meade O-III filter + AG1.2c, SharpCap 2.9 software, no dark field, 100x4sec

On 12-18-2020 I was able to capture Saturn and Jupiter at the same time in my astro camera.

Taken with the ASI1600MC through a 8 inch Celestron SCT scope. A stack of the best 20% of 5000 video frames. Taken with SharpCap and stacked in AstroStackert. Post processed in Lightroom to brighten Saturn a bit to balance with Jupiter and to enhance Jupiter's moons.

C8 F/6.3 on Evolution mount on wedge

ASI533MC-Pro, -5C

30x_30.0s_900s

Optolong L-eXtreme light pollution filter

Saved as viewed in Sharpcap

Topaz DeNoise AI (denoise and sharpening)

 

The Eagle Nebula also known as the Star Queen Nebula and The Spire, is a young open cluster of stars in the constellation Serpens. Both the "Eagle" and the "Star Queen" refer to visual impressions of the dark silhouette near the center of the nebula, an area made famous as the "Pillars of Creation" imaged by the Hubble Space Telescope. The nebula contains several active star-forming gas and dust regions, including the aforementioned Pillars of Creation.

 

Distance 5,700 ly

Reflector SW 250/1200, Eq6, barlow x3 y cámara ASI 120mc.

Captura con Sharpcap, procesado con Autostakkert y Astroart.

SharpCap Live Stack

Photoshop Edit

RC6 f/9 1370 FL IDAS D1

 

[ZWO ASI294MC Pro]

Debayer Preview=On

Pan=0

Tilt=0

Output Format=FITS files (*.fits)

Binning=1

Capture Area=4144x2822

Colour Space=RAW16

High Speed Mode=Off

Turbo USB=70

Flip=None

Frame Rate Limit=Maximum

Gain=300

Exposure=60

Timestamp Frames=Off

White Bal (B)=50

White Bal (R)=50

Brightness=4

Temperature=-14.8

Cooler Power=47

Target Temperature=-15

Cooler=On

Auto Exp Max Gain=285

Auto Exp Max Exp M S=30000

Auto Exp Target Brightness=100

Mono Bin=Off

Banding Threshold=35

Banding Suppression=0

Apply Flat=C:\Users\Chris\Desktop\SharpCap Captures\2019-05-13\FLAT-365-300g-MONO-BIAS\flats\22_11_35_offset=0.140%.fits

Subtract Dark=C:\Users\Chris\Desktop\SharpCap Captures\darks\ZWO ASI294MC Pro\RAW16@4144x2822\60.0s\gain_300\dark_20_frames_-14.8C_2019-04-23T00_45_41.fits

#Black Point

Display Black Point=0.0537860576923077

#MidTone Point

Display MidTone Point=0.369514875433822

#White Point

Display White Point=0.99609375

TimeStamp=2019-05-14T08:35:47.4710073Z

SharpCapVersion=3.2.5994.0

11 Aug 2025, 02:25 UT; Spotsylvania, Virginia USA. Bortle 4.5 zone.

 

Celestron C8 SCT at f/7.2. Orion Atlas AZ/EQ-G mount. QHY294M Pro mono camera, bin 2x2, exposure 5s, gain 1750, stack of 80 frames, no filter, no guiding, no calibration frames, sensor -10°C. Captured in Sharpcap Pro. Processed in PixInsight. Image scale: 1.3 arcsec/pixel. SkyCal used to refine focus.

 

Clouds: clear

Transparency (AL): 6

Seeing (AL): G

Moon illuminated 96%, age 16.6 days

 

Description:

 

Apparent magnitude 7.9

Apparent size 8'

Class V

 

from Wikipedia

Messier 70 or M70, also known as NGC 6681, is a globular cluster of stars to be found in the south of Sagittarius. It was discovered by Charles Messier in 1780. The famous comet Hale–Bopp was discovered near this cluster in 1995.

 

It is about 29,400 light years away from Earth and around 6,500 light-years from the Galactic Center. It is roughly the same size and luminosity as its neighbour in space, M69. M70 has a very small core radius of 0.22 ly (0.068 pc) and a half-light radius of 182.0 ly (55.80 pc). This cluster has undergone core collapse, leaving it centrally concentrated with the luminosity distribution following a power law.

 

There are two distinct stellar populations in the cluster, with each displaying unique abundances. These likely represent different generations of stars. Five known variable stars lie within its broadest radius, the tidal radius, all of which are RR Lyrae variables. The cluster may have two blue stragglers near the core.

Target: Orion Nebula M42 De Mairan's Nebula M43 and Running Man Nebula

Description:Reflection/Emission nebulea, closest star forming region to earth

Location:Taken 29/11/19 from St Helens, Merseyside.

Bortle 8 sky with no moon.

 

Exposure: 38x 120sec @ iso 800, total integration 76 mins, 20x each darks flats and bias.

 

Equipment:Altair Astro 60EDF, Altair 1x Flat 60, Canon EOS 1200D (unmodified), Skytech CLS CCD clip filter, Skywatcher Star Adventurer mount, Altair MG32 Mini Guide and Polar Scope, Zwo ASI120MC (RA guide camera)

 

Software:Sharpcap Pro (polar alignment only), APT, PHD2, Deepsky Stacker, Photoshop.

 

M51 - Whirlpool

 

Integration 1h51'51s

Lights 196x

Darks 20x

Bias 55x

Flats 55x

 

RC6

CEM25P

ASI533mc

ASI224mc guide

 

PHD2 v2.6.9dev4

Sharpcap 3.2

DSS 4.2.5

GIMP 2.10.20

  

[ZWO ASI533MC Pro]

Debayer Preview=On

Pan=0

Tilt=0

Output Format=FITS files (*.fits)

Binning=1

Capture Area=3008x3008

Colour Space=RAW16

Hardware Binning=Off

Turbo USB=100(Auto)

Flip=None

Frame Rate Limit=Maximum

Gain=101

Exposure=52,388512

Timestamp Frames=Off

White Bal (B)=53(Auto)

White Bal (R)=70(Auto)

Brightness=5

Temperature=-16,3

Cooler Power=62

Target Temperature=-15

Cooler=On

Auto Exp Max Gain=300

Auto Exp Max Exp M S=30000

Auto Exp Target Brightness=100

Mono Bin=Off

Banding Threshold=35

Banding Suppression=0

Apply Flat=None

Subtract Dark=None

#Black Point

Display Black Point=0

#MidTone Point

Display MidTone Point=0,5

#White Point

Display White Point=1

Notes=

TimeStamp=2021-05-31T23:34:04.5696220Z

SharpCapVersion=3.2.6480.0

 

Flame Nebula: FLT98 @ f/4.4 + Meade O-III filter + AG1.2c, SharpCap 2.9 software, no dark field, 76x4sec

Orion Sirius Mount, Celestron 6" SCT (1500mm F10) telescope. ASI178MC camera (USB3). Generic laptop with USB3. Dew heater on front element. Everything running from TalentCell lithium power packs. Recording video of lunar surface with SharpCap software (free), stacking and aligning video to output single images that are then put into a mosaic of the lunar disc.

AT60ED F3.7, AZ-GTi Alt/Az

75x_8.0s_600s

ASI533MC Pro, IDAS D1 filter

Bortle 4, Saved as viewed in Sharpcap

First light of the QHY5L-II

277/500 Frames

 

QHY5L-II

SharpCap

 

Adobe PS, Registax

M33: FLT98 @ f/4.4 + Meade O-III filter + AG1.2c, SharpCap 2.9 software, no dark field, 22x16sec

Our MOON ☺

  

Equipment Setup:

 

EQ8-R Pro mount

APM LZOS 6" APO @F/16

2 X Baader barlow

ZWO ASI290mm camera running @80 fps

 

Capture/processing software:

 

SharpCap 3.2

AutoStakkert 2.6.8

RegiStax 6

 

AT60ED, F/4

Evo mount on wedge

ASI533MC Pro, UV/IR cut filter

300 gain, 75x_8.0s_600s

Saved as viewed in Sharpcap + Topaz DeNoise AI

Copper Breaks State Park Texas, Bortle 2

 

The Snake Nebula (also known as Barnard 72) is a dark nebula in the Ophiuchus constellation. It is a small but readily apparent SP-shaped dust lane that snakes out in front of the Milky Way star clouds from the north-north-west edge of the bowl of the Pipe Nebula. Its thickness runs between 2′ and 3′ and runs around 6′ in the north-west / south-east orientation. A good view in a 4" to 6" telescope requires clear dark skies. It is part of the much larger Dark Horse Nebula.

-Wikipedia

Zona centro meridionale degli Appenini Lunari.

Questa zona è molto ricca di dettagli. Il primo lo troviamo quasi all'inizio della caneta montuosa, ovvero la Rima Hadly, sede dell'allunaggio dell'Apollo 15. Numerose rimae poi si stagliano dalle pendici delle montagne,una fra queste la Rima Bradley. In alto ci sono due gra di crateri, Archimede e Autolycus, il primo ha un diametro di circa 81km ed è profondo circa 2km, il secondo invece non raggiunge i 40km di diametro.

Impressionanti le omnbre che si stagliano dai monoliti presenti nel Mare Imbrium, alla sinistra di Archimede, così come quelle proiettate dalle stesse vette dei monti Appennini.

In penombra troviamo il cratere sommerso Wallace, i cui bordi sono illuminati dalla luce radenete del sole mentre in basso a sinistra, quasi del tutto immerso nell'ombra esclusa la parete est del bordo, troviamo il cratere Eratostene.

In ultimo, difficile da individuare se non si è esperti di geografia Lunare, si vede anche il minuscolo cratere "Ina", del diametro di appena 2km, che ha destato non poco interesse da parte degli scienziati poiché è di colore azzurro, tant'è che viene chiamato anche "Blu Lake".

 

Dati di scatto:

Telescopio MEADE ACF 16" f/8 su montatura Celestron CGX-L

Camera ZWO ASI 178 monocromatica

Filtro Antila IR-Pass 683.

Somma di 600/3000 frame acquisiti

Softare: CPWI, Sharpcap, Autostakkert, AstroSurface, Photoshop.

C8 F/6.3

Evolution mount on wedge

ASI533MC Pro -5C

150x_8.0s_2000s

Optolong L-eXtreme narrowband filter

Saved as viewed in Sharpcap + Topaz DeNoise AI

Bortle 8 skies

 

This is my first M27 image with this filter and it reveals far more Oxygen (blue green) than the previous image with no filter. The faint halo is actually visible which I've never seen before.

 

The Dumbbell Nebula (also known as the Apple Core Nebula, Messier 27, and NGC 6853) is a planetary nebula (nebulosity surrounding a white dwarf) in the constellation Vulpecula, at a distance of about 1360 light-years. It was the first such nebula to be discovered, by Charles Messier in 1764.

 

TS Photoline 72mm F/6

ZWO AM5n

DayStar Quark Chromosphere

ZWO ASI 174MM

Seeing = 4/6

SharpCap Pro

Pixinsight

DaVinci Resolve

Copernicus

 

Orion SVP 203mm f/4.9 + TV PMT 4× + Logitech C600 + SVP EQ-5

SharpCap 800×600, 30fps, AS!2

SharpCap

AutoStakkert 3

RegiStax 6

Photoshop

 

RC6 f/9 1370 FL

Seeing was 3/5 with some humid haze and a pretty warm night.

 

Location: Round Rock, Texas

Time: 17/05 - 04:40 -6UTC

Telescope: 150mm (6"), 1200mm, focal lenght: f/8, Orion XT6 Classic

Mount: iOptron cem25p

Camera: ZWO ASI224

Barlow: Explorer Scientific 3x

 

Captured in Sharpcap 2.9

Data: 8000 frames 1304x976 RAW8

Exposure: 20ms

Binning: 1

Analogue Gain: 200

 

Processing:

PIPP: Debayered, cropped to 800x800, centered, and sorted by best 50% frames

Autostakkert3: Stacked best 20%, Normalize 80%, Sharpen 30%, 40%, 50%, 60%, 70%, 80%, 90%

Registax: Stacked the 14 outputs from Autostakkert3,RGB Align, Histogram Stretch,Wavelet sharpening, Linear Scheme, Gaussian filter for wavelets. Also made a full 100% wavelet version to bring out Titan

Photoshop: Brightness and contrast adjusted, sharpening. Added in Titan from the 100% wavelet image.

AUTORE: Aldo Rocco Vitale (Gruppo Astrofili Catanesi “Guido Ruggieri”)

DATA: 25 dicembre 2017

ORA: 21:05

LOCALITA’: S. Agata Li Battiati (CT) 250 m. s.l.m.

TEMPERATURA: 8°

UMIDITA’: 50%

SEEING: 3

TRASPARENZA: 3

FASE: 45%

DISTANZA: 387.776,070 Km

OBIETTIVO: Celestron Nexstar C11; D=280 mm; F=1764 mm; f/6.3

CAMERA DI RIPRESA: ZWO ASI 120MC

SOFTWARE DI ELABORAZIONE: Sharpcap + Autostakkert + Pixinsight + Astroart

NGC 6357 is a diffuse nebula near NGC 6334 in the constellation Scorpius. The nebula contains many proto-stars shielded by dark disks of gas, and young stars wrapped in expanding "cocoons" or expanding gases surrounding these small stars.

 

Distance~5900 ly

 

AT60ED F/3.8 on Sky Watcher AZ-GTi Alt/Az mount

ASI385MC one shot color camera

IDAS LPS D1 light pollution filter

44x8s 5.9m total

Saved as displayed in Sharpcap (no post-processing)

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