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AT60ED, F/4

Evo mount on wedge

ASI533MC Pro, UV/IR cut filter

250 gain, 151x_8.0s_1208s (20m)

Saved as viewed in Sharpcap + Topaz DeNoise AI

Copper Breaks State Park Texas, Bortle 2

 

The North America Nebula (NGC 7000 or Caldwell 20) is an emission nebula in the constellation Cygnus, close to Deneb (the tail of the swan and its brightest star). The shape of the nebula resembles that of the continent of North America, complete with a prominent Gulf of Mexico.

 

The North America Nebula covers a region more than ten times the area of the full moon, but its surface brightness is low, so normally it cannot be seen with the unaided eye.

 

The portion of the nebula resembling Mexico and Central America is known as the Cygnus Wall. This region exhibits the most concentrated star formation.

 

In 2020, the Gaia astrometry spacecraft measured the distances to 395 stars lying within the HII region, giving the North America and Pelican nebulae a distance of 2,590 light years. The entire HII region Sh2-117 is estimated to be 140 light years across, and the North America nebula stretches 90 light years north to south.

-Wikipedia

M106 galaxy

05 May 2016

ZWO ASI290MM w/ SharpCap 2.8 software

MC VRC10 + Meade 3.3 (f/2.9) w/ Astronomik UHC

gamma 0.7, gain 50%, 46x4 sec

no dark subtraction

Los datos astronomicos de esta imagen, fueron adquiridos por parte del personal del Observatorio Remoto Deep Sky West (www.DeepSkyWest.com) , y han sido procesados integramente por @chilepuntoar .

 

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Seeing 6/10

 

Acquisition data:

 

Galileo Galilei Astronomical Observatory

45 ° 24 'N - 18 ° 59' E

03.04.2020

UTC 06:56 pm

 

Sky-Watcher 200/1000

HEQ5 Pro SynScan

ZWO ASI224 MC

Barlow 3x TeleVue

IR Block Astronomik filter

BG 40 filter

Tecnosky violet filter # 47

 

UV

BG 40: 310 - 770 nm

# 47: 300 - 450 and 700 - 1100 nm

BG 40 + # 47: 310 - 450 nm

 

Acquisition with SharpCap

Gain: 110/600

Exposure: 0,01

80130 total frames, 5000 processed

 

Visible

IR-UV Block: 370 - 700 nm

 

Acquisition with SharpCap

Gain: 80/600

Exposure: 0,0019

10140 total frames, 2000 processed

Minha primeira captura da Estação Espacial Internacional - EEI (International Space Station - ISS). A passagem foi hoje em Brasília, com magnitude estimada em -4.2! Gostei do resultado, pra uma primeira vez.

 

A EEI quando passa no pôr ou no nascer do sol em um certo ângulo, reflete a luz nos observadores terrestres, assim como outros satélites. Quando isso ocorre, vemos seu reflexo no céu como uma estrela em movimento. Com câmeras de alta velocidade e Telescópios com alta ampliação, podemos fazer calturas como essas diretamente de casa! Na imagem é possível distinguir os painéis solares e seus módulos.

 

Para a foto foi utilizado um Telescópio William Optics Zenithstar 66mm SD e uma câmera ASI290mc em foco primário. Captura com Sharpcap, melhores frames selecionados no PIPP, empilhamento no autostakkert e processamento no registax.

 

#astrophotography #astrofotografia #nightsky #astronomy #astromomia #space #telescopio #telescope #williamoptics #zs66 #zs66sd #Eq5 #skywatcherEq5 #asi290mc #ZwoAsi #zwoasi290mc #EEI #ISS #pipp #autostakkert #registax

Image taken with an unmodified Philips SPC900NC webcam (other than the raw software mod), data sourced from 15 minutes of light frames, and 15 minutes of dark frames. Video shot at 5fps maximum exposure. Videos captured using Sharpcap, split up into 1GB size files using VirtualDub. Aviraw used to decode raw format, and compose into 40 second chunks to give around 20 light frames and 20 dark frames. DeepSkyStacker then used to compose these dark and light frames into a single FTS image. GIMP used for post processing.

 

I'm fairly pleased with the results for such a cheap camera, but the low aperture of the webcam requires a long exposure compared to images taken with a DSLR. I'd like to try this technique again but next time take footage over a longer period (e.g. 1hr.) I'd like to also try and get the images in colour - if I remember correctly AviRaw would only (for some reason) save the debayered images in black and white. If I defer debayering duties to DeepSkyStacker I should get full colour.

Imaging telescope or lens:Explore Scientific FCD100 ED127

 

Imaging camera:Qsi 683-wsg

 

Mount:Explore Scientific G11 with PMC-8

 

Guiding camera:Starlight Xpress Lodestar X2 Auto Guiding Camera

 

Focal reducer:Hotech 2 Flattener

 

Software:SGPRO, PHD2. PixInsight, Photoshop,SharpCap

 

Filters:Astrodon 3nm Ha 31mm, Astrodon Gen II Blue 31mm, Astrodon Gen II Green 31mm, Astrodon Gen II Red 31mm, Astrodon Gen II Luminance 31mm

 

Resolution: 4500x3600

 

Dates:Oct. 18, 2017, Oct. 19, 2017

 

Frames:

Astrodon 3nm Ha 31mm: 10x1200" -20C bin 1x1

Astrodon Gen II Blue 31mm: 20x600" bin 1x1

Astrodon Gen II Green 31mm: 20x600" bin 1x1

Astrodon Gen II Luminance 31mm: 20x1200" bin 1x1

Astrodon Gen II Red 31mm: 20x600" bin 1x1

 

Integration: 20.0 hours

 

Darks: ~25

 

Flats: ~15

 

Bias: ~150

I have mistreated my telescope over the last few months and have left it open and unused since Christmas. The mount is now falling apart, the finder scope has become very loose and the whole activity has become harder.

 

That said I gave it an outing this Easter and tried taking Mars. In fact this is the first time I've viewed Mars for a long time. I found it very bright so perhaps its time to buy a filter.

 

I tried some very basic colamination for the first time having googled it however I don't think I did a great job! Next time I'll try using the x3 Barlow.

 

Sky-Watcher Explorer-130P with a 2X Barlow lens on a SynScan AZ GOTO Mount .

Phillips Webcam.

Used Sharpcap 2 to video the planet taking 100 frames over 1 minute and stacking the best 60% in Registack

Seeing 7/10

 

Acquisition data:

 

Galileo Galilei Astronomical Observatory

45 ° 24 'N - 18 ° 59' E

09.08.2020

UTC 10:25 pm

Altitude: 23°

 

Sky-Watcher 200/1000

HEQ5 Pro SynScan

ZWO ASI178 MM

ZWO ASI224 MC

Barlow 2x Omni Celestron

IR Block Astronomik filter

Red filter Celestron

 

L: ZWO ASI178 MM + Red filter

Acquisition with SharpCap

Gain: 250/600

Exposure: 0,026

15000 total frames, 1500 processed

 

RGB: ZWO ASI224 MC + IR Block filter

Acquisition with SharpCap

Gain: 224/600

Exposure: 0,019

5000 total frames, 800 processed

 

Moons: ZWO ASI224 MC + IR Block filter

Acquisition with SharpCap

Gain: 453/600

Exposure: 0,078

278 total frames, 30 processed

 

alessandrobiasia.wixsite.com/astrophotography

A 150-mile-wide crater on the N-E border of Mare Serenitatis. it has a floor marked with a smaller crater and numerous hills, ridges and rilles. An older crater, Chacornac, 80 miles wide, touches the S-E rim. Shot with a ZWO 120mm-s planetary monochrome camera and a SC11 f/10 telescope. A stack of 921 frames. Software used: SharpCap, Registax 6, Photoshop CS3. 2 april 2017.

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Un cratère large de 95 kilomètres, à la limite N-E de Mare Serenitatis. Son plancher contient un cratère plus petit, ainsi que de nombreuses failles, collines et crêtes. Un cratère plus vieux, Chacornac, 58 km de large, lui est acollé sur son flanc S-E. Réalisé avec une caméra planétaire monochrome ZWO 120mm-s et un télescope SC11 f/10. L'image provient de l'addition de 921 clichés. Logiciels employés: SharpCap, Registax 6, Photoshop CS3. 2 avril 2017.

SharpCap Live Stack

Photoshop Edit

RC6 AP CCDT67 f/6.77 1029mm FL

IDAS D1 Filter

 

[ZWO ASI294MC Pro]

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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=80(Auto)

Flip=None

Frame Rate Limit=Maximum

Gain=300

Exposure=30.000s

Timestamp Frames=Off

White Bal (B)=50

White Bal (R)=50

Brightness=10

Cooler Power=59

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

Background Subtraction=Off

Planet/Disk Stabilization=Off

Banding Threshold=10

Banding Suppression=0

Apply Flat=E:\SharpCap Captures\2021-06-15\FLAT-202-300-MONO-BIAS\flats\22_08_34_offset=-0.009%.fits

Subtract Dark=E:\SharpCap Captures\darks\ZWO ASI294MC Pro\RAW16@4144x2822\30.0s\gain_300\dark_50_frames_-10.0C_2020-12-14T01_14_34.fits

Display Black Point=0

Display MidTone Point=0.5

Display White Point=1

Notes=

TimeStamp=2021-06-16T04:36:32.8228035Z

SharpCapVersion=4.0.7888.0

TotalExposure(s)=600

StackedFrames=20

LiveStack.SaveRawFrames=None

LiveStack.AlignFrames=True

LiveStack.Derotate=True

LiveStack.StarsForAlignment=10

LiveStack.StarDetection.Sensitivity=80

LiveStack.StarDetection.SuppressHotPixels=True

LiveStack.AlignAutoDisabled=False

LiveStack.ReduceNoiseAmount=0.5

LiveStack.BrightnessLimit=84.32433

LiveStack.FilterBrightness=False

LiveStack.AutoBrightnessLimit=False

LiveStack.FWHMLimit=5.783784

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

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LiveStack.AutoSave=False

LiveStack.BlackLevel=1.668783

LiveStack.WhiteLevel=94.4

LiveStack.MidLevel=3.896735

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LiveStack.WBR.db=8.910271

LiveStack.Saturation=1

AutoStretch.Strength=1

LiveStack.StarDetection.FaintStarsOptimization=False

Taken with my AS120MM-mini guide scope and Skywatcher 130PDS. Video done in Sharpcap, processed in Autostakkert and sharpened in Registack.

 

I tend to put my money into deep sky gear which left me short of a few filters for this years Mars pass. My thinking was that it will be a couple more years before Jupiter and Saturn get back into a position that I can take it.

 

This pic is much better than my previous attempt of Mars with a clear distinction between the north and south. You can also make out the icecap. I perhaps need to change the exposure time as the top half has a strange semi circle which is definitely not natural.

 

Prior attempt from 2014:- www.flickr.com/photos/andrewsingleton/13949471804/in/albu...

The Sun captured around 10:30 am from Austin, Texas with MallinCam DS26mTEC, Lunt 80mm single stacked with Tele Vue 2.5x Powermate, and Celestron CGEM-II mount polar aligned the night before. Camera settings: Mono 16, 1x1 binning, Gain 213, Exposure 10ms. 1,000 frames captured with SharpCap, Best 15% stacked with Autostakkert!4, processed in ImPPG and Photoshop. Seeing was above average but transparency below average (Sarahan Dust).

AT60ED, F/6, Evolution mount on wedge

ASI533MC-Pro, -5C

70x_30.0s_2100s

L-eXtreme dual narrowband filter

Saved as viewed in Sharpcap

Smoothed and sharpened in DeNoiseAI

Bortle 8 skies

 

The Veil Nebula is a cloud of heated and ionized gas and dust in the constellation Cygnus.

 

It constitutes the visible portions of the Cygnus Loop, a supernova remnant, many portions of which have acquired their own individual names and catalogue identifiers. The source supernova was a star 20 times more massive than the Sun which exploded between 10,000 and 20,000 years ago. At the time of explosion, the supernova would have appeared brighter than Venus in the sky, and visible in daytime. The remnants have since expanded to cover an area of the sky roughly 3 degrees in diameter (about 6 times the diameter, and 36 times the area, of the full Moon). While previous distance estimates have ranged from 1200 to 5800 light-years, a recent determination of 2400 light-years is based on direct astrometric measurements.

(Wikipedia)

AT60ED, F/6, Evolution mount on wedge

ASI533MC-Pro, -5C

60x_30.0s_1800s

L-eXtreme dual narrowband filter

Saved as viewed in Sharpcap

Smoothed and sharpened in DeNoiseAI

Bortle 8 skies

 

The "bubble" is created by the stellar wind from a massive hot, 8.7 magnitude young central star. The nebula is near a giant molecular cloud which contains the expansion of the bubble nebula while itself being excited by the hot central star, causing it to glow. It is estimated to be 7,100 - 11,000 ly distant.

 

Open cluster M52 has an estimated age of 158.5 million years and a mass of 1,200 solar masses at a distance of 4,600 ly.

 

NGC 7538, The Northern Lagoon Nebula, near the more famous Bubble Nebula, is located in the constellation Cepheus. It is located about 9,100 light-years from Earth. It is home to the biggest yet discovered protostar which is about 300 times the size of the Solar System. It is located in the Perseus Arm of the Milky Way and is probably part of the Cassiopeia OB2 complex. It is a region of active star formation.

(Wikipedia)

Telescopio: Celestron C6-A XLT 150/1500 f10

Cámara: ZWO ASI120MM

Montura: EQ5 Bresser EXOS2 motorizada sin goto

Filtros: Baader Red CCD Filter

Software: SharpCap, PIPP, AutoStakkert, Registax y Fitswork

Fecha: 2018-10-04

Hora: 19:35 T.U.

Lugar: 42.615 N -6.417 W (Bembibre Spain)

Vídeo: 6 minutos

Resolución: 960 x 720

Gain: 60

Exposure: 0,037022

Frames: 9854

Frames apilados: 17%

FPS: 27

 

The Sagittarius Star Cloud (also known as Messier 24 and IC 4715) is a star cloud in the constellation of Sagittarius, approximately 600 light years wide, which was discovered by Charles Messier in 1764.

 

M24 fills a space of significant volume to a depth of 10,000 to 16,000 light-years. This is the most dense concentration of individual stars visible using binoculars, with around 1,000 stars visible within a single field of view.

 

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

ASI385MC one shot color camera

IDAS LPS D1 light pollution filter

41x8s 5.5m total

Saved as displayed in Sharpcap (no post-processing)

Reflector SW 200/1200, Eq6, barlow x3 y cámara ASI 120mc.

Captura con Sharpcap, procesado con Autostakkert y Astroart.

Seeing 6/10

 

Acquisition data:

 

Galileo Galilei Astronomical Observatory

45 ° 24 'N - 18 ° 59' E

08.04.2020

UTC 07:14 pm

 

Sky-Watcher 200/1000

HEQ5 Pro SynScan

ZWO ASI224 MC

Barlow 3x TeleVue

IR Block Astronomik filter

BG 40 filter

Tecnosky violet filter # 47

 

UV

BG 40: 310 - 770 nm

# 47: 300 - 450 and 700 - 1100 nm

BG 40 + # 47: 310 - 450 nm

 

Acquisition with SharpCap

Gain: 110/600

Exposure: 0,009

82086 total frames, 5000 processed

 

Visible

IR-UV Block: 370 - 700 nm

 

Acquisition with SharpCap

Gain: 80/600

Exposure: 0,0019

10114 total frames, 2000 processed

1 ère tentative sur Saturne, à 28° sur l'horizon, je n'ai que 2 fenêtres de tir de 16 et 25 mn entre les sapins. En 2025 (les anneaux seront vus par la tranche) j'aurais 67 et 58 mn disponibles. D'ici là j'ai intérêt à m'améliorer !

 

Instrument de prise de vue: Skywatcher T250/1000 Newton F4

Caméra d'imagerie: Player-One Uranus-C IMX585

Monture: Skywatcher AZ-EQ6 Pro Goto USB

Instrument de guidage: sans

Caméra de guidage: sans

Logiciels acquisition: Stellarium - SharpCap

Logiciels traitement :AutoStakkert - Astrosurface - Darktable - FastStone Images Viewer

Filtres: IR-Cut / IR-Block Player-One

Accessoires: Focuseur ZWO EAF - Barlow Kepler x2.5 + Projection par oculaire 9mm

Dates: 25 Nov. 2023- 20h25 GMT

Images unitaires: SER (367x164ms) 18% retenues

Gain: 452

Échantillonnage: 0.04 arcsec/pixel

Focale résultante: 14760mm

F/D: 59

Seeing: 2.10 "Arc

Bortle: 5

Phase de la Lune (moyenne): 96%

RGB Moon 76% Waxing Gibbous. ASI1600MM. Baader RGB Filters. 300 Frames each of RGB cpatured with SharpCap Pro. Procesed with SIRIL (Best 180 Frames Each). Wavelets in Registax. Saturation boost in Lightroom CC.

Orion Nebula - M42

 

"Save as viewed" - Unprocessed and uncropped live stack from Sharpcap. Focus could be better. Lost my bahtinov mask. :(

 

97 x 4 second exposures @ 3500 Gain (Unity Gain) - 388 seconds total integration time.

 

Telescope: Astrotech AT72ED

Imaging Camera: Rising Tech RT224 (IMX224) w/ ZWO IR Cut filter

Mount: Skywatcher Star Adventurer

Tripod: Induro AT214

M13 Hercules Globular

05 May 2016

ZWO ASI290MM w/ SharpCap 2.8 software

MC VRC10 + Meade 3.3 (f/2.9) w/ Astronomik UHC

gamma 0.7, gain 50%, 1x2 sec

no dark subtraction

Live Stack in SharpCap

Tweak in Photoshop

 

[ZWO ASI294MC Pro]

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Pan=0

Tilt=0

Output Format=FITS files (*.fits)

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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=27

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=0.162619791666667

#MidTone Point

Display MidTone Point=0.227636642404234

#White Point

Display White Point=0.975824652777778

TimeStamp=2019-01-11T05:36:02.0007968Z

SharpCapVersion=3.2.5906.0

 

11 Aug 2025, 02:54 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 7.5s, gain 1750, stack of 25 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 5.1

Apparent size 32'

Class VII

 

from Wikipedia

Messier 22 or M22, also known as NGC 6656 or the Great Sagittarius Cluster, is an elliptical globular cluster of stars in the constellation Sagittarius, near the Galactic bulge region. It is one of the brightest globulars visible in the night sky. The brightest stars are 11th magnitude, with hundreds of stars bright enough to resolve with an 8" telescope. It is just south of the sun's position in mid-December, and northeast of Lambda Sagittarii (Kaus Borealis), the northernmost star of the "Teapot" asterism.

 

M22 was one of the first globulars to be discovered, in 1665 by Abraham Ihle and it was included in Charles Messier's catalog of comet-like objects in 1764. It was one of the first globular clusters to be carefully studied – first by Harlow Shapley in 1930. He placed within it roughly 70,000 stars and found it had a dense core. Then Halton Arp and William G. Melbourne continued studies in 1959. Due to the large color spread of its red giant branch (RGB) sequence, akin to that in Omega Centauri, it became the object of intense scrutiny starting in 1977 with James E. Hesser et al.

 

M22 is one of the nearer globular clusters to Earth – at about 10,600 light-years away. It spans 32′ on the sky which means its diameter (width across) is 99 ± 9 light-years, given its estimated distance. 32 variable stars have been recorded in M22. It is in front of part of the galactic bulge and is therefore useful for its microlensing effect on those background stars.

 

Despite its relative proximity to us, this metal-poor cluster's light is limited by dust extinction, giving it an apparent magnitude of 5.5; even so, it is the brightest globular cluster visible from mid-northern latitudes (such as Japan, Korea, Europe and most of North America). From those latitudes due to its declination of nearly 24° south of the (celestial) equator, its daily path is low in the southern sky. It thus appears less impressive to people in the temperate northern hemisphere than counterparts fairly near in angle (best viewed in the Summer night sky) such as M13 and M5.

 

M22 is one of only four globulars of our galaxy known to contain a planetary nebula (an expanding, glowing gas swell from a massive star, often a red giant). It was an object first noted of interest using the IRAS satellite by Fred Gillett and his associates in 1986, as a pointlike light source and its nature was found in 1989 by Gillett et al. The planetary nebula's central star is a blue star. The nebula, designated GJJC1, is likely about only 6,000 years old.

 

Two black holes of between 10 and 20 solar masses (M☉) each were unearthed with the Very Large Array radio telescope in New Mexico and corroborated by the Chandra X-ray telescope in 2012. These imply that gravitational ejection of black holes from clusters is not as efficient as was previously thought, and leads to estimates of a total 5 to 100 black holes within M22. Interactions between stars and black holes could explain the unusually large core of the cluster.

M42, the Orion Nebula, making a welcome return to our skies.

25x30s, Rc8, H183C, Sharpcap, stacked in DSS and processed in Pixinsight.

Venere

 

Seeing 5/10

 

Dati di acquisizione:

 

Osservatorio Astronomico Galileo Galilei

45°24' N - 18° 59' E

28.03.2020

UTC 06:17 pm

 

Sky-Watcher Italia​ 200/1000

HEQ5 Pro SynScan

ZWO​ ASI224 MC

Barlow 3x Tele Vue Optics

Filtro IR Block Astronomik

Filtro BG 40

Filtro Tecnosky Torino​ violetto #47

 

UV

BG 40: 310 - 770 nm

#47: 300 - 450 e 700 - 1100 nm

BG 40 + #47: 310 - 450 nm

 

Acquisizione con SharpCap

Gain: 200/600

Exposure: 0,005

50230 frame totali, 5000 elaborati

 

Visibile

IR-UV Block: 370 - 700 nm

 

Acquisizione con SharpCap

Gain: 80/600

Exposure: 0,0019

10134 frame totali, 2000 elaborati

M97 Owl Nebula

05 May 2016

ZWO ASI290MM w/ SharpCap 2.8 software

MC VRC10 + Meade 3.3 (f/2.9) w/ Astronomik UHC

gamma 0.7, gain 50%, 48x4 sec

no dark subtraction

20x 30sec

20x 60sec

20x 120sec

 

12bit fits

 

Just lights no Darks or Bias

 

Skywatcher 250pds

Skywatcher EQ6 Pro R

Altair Astro 183c

Sharpcap

iOptron iEQ30-Pro, FLT110, QHY5-III, 5X barlow,

SharpCap, 20ms exposure for single exposure, 3000 images,

70% stack by autostakkert,

shapening by Registax,

processed by CS6

Je vous présente la nébuleuse de l'arroseur de gazon - NGC4361

c'est une nébuleuse planétaire située dans la constellation du corbeau

elle est à environ 2890 années-lumière.

sa magnitude est de 13.2

NGC 4361 présente la particularité de posséder quatre lobes d’éjectats,

ce qui pourrait laisser penser que deux étoiles ont éjecté de la matière au centre.

 

sur le cliché, à gauche de la nébuleuse, il y a une petite galaxie, il s'agit de la galaxie LEDA 864871, il y en a une autre (LEDA 864311) un peu plus dure à repérer

 

Cette image est issue de 44 poses de 180s faites avec une ZWO 1600MC-C installée sur la FSQ-106ED et monture NEQ6 pro goto

Autoguidage avec caméra ZWO224MC montée sur lunette APM 60*240

logiciel acquisition : sharpcap

logiciel guidage : phd2

traitement avec deepskystacker, Siril

 

J'espère que cette image vous plaira

 

Gérard

M51 Whirlpool Galaxy

05 May 2016

ZWO ASI290MM w/ SharpCap 2.8 software

MC VRC10 + Meade 3.3 (f/2.9) w/ Astronomik UHC

gamma 0.7, gain 50%, 46x4 sec

no dark subtraction

M13 Hercules Globular

05 May 2016

ZWO ASI290MM w/ SharpCap 2.8 software

MC VRC10 + Meade 3.3 (f/2.9) w/ Astronomik UHC

gamma 0.7, gain 50%, 2x2 sec

no dark subtraction

Taken with a 10" Dobsonian telescope with Celestron 3x Barlow and ASI120MC camera. I shot a 1,000 frame video using SharpCap, manually tracking to keep the planet in view.

The first frame was taken at 22:37 BST and the second at 23:08 BST.

I centred Jupiter in both videos using PIPP. then stacked the best 20% / 40% respectively of the 1,000 frames in AutoSkakkert! 3. Stacked image was first processed in Registax 6 to sharpen the wavelets, then the rest of the processing was in Lightroom and Fast Stone Image Viewer. Animation then made using Movie Maker.

Ganymed casting its shadow on Jupiter (06.05.2018).

 

This was my first attempt with my brand new ZWO 120 camera. And much to learn I still have...

 

Jupiter was close to conjunction so the shadow on the surface is not far away from the moon and barely hitting the planet. Ganymed is Jupiter's largest moon and also the largest moon in the whole solar system - it is even larger than Mercury!

 

Technical details of the image:

- Celestron C8

- Advanced VX GoTo Gear

- Focal length 2000mm, enlarged by Bresser Barlow x3

- ZWO Asi 120 MC

- 300 from 1518 frames

- Shot taken in Karlsruhe, Germany

- Software: SharpCap, PIPP, RegiStax 6, Affinity Photo

M13 Hercules Globular

05 May 2016

ZWO ASI290MM w/ SharpCap 2.8 software

MC VRC10 + Meade 3.3 (f/2.9) w/ Astronomik UHC

gamma 0.7, gain 50%, 15x2 sec

no dark subtraction

 

Coronado Personal Solar Telescope (PST) 400mm f10 telescope specifically designed to only pass a very narrow slice of the Hydrogen Alpha wavelength.

 

QHY5lii USB monochrome camera

 

Best 50% of 500 high speed video frames captured using SharpCap software, analyzed and stacked using Autostakkert3! software, sharpened in imppg free software, false color added in Photoshop.

The Dumbbell Nebula is a planetary nebula in the northern constellation of Lyra. Such objects are formed when a shell of ionized gas is expelled into the surrounding interstellar medium by a star at the end of its life before becoming a white dwarf.

Distance 1,227 ly

  

80x8s 10.6m total exposure

C8 @F/6.3 ASI385

Saved as viewed in Sharpcap (no post-processing)

I go by Ray's Astrophotography for Social Media. IC 405 - Flaming Star Nebula, is an emission and reflection nebula in the constellation Auriga, surrounding the bluish star AE Aurigae. It shines at magnitude +6.0. The nebula measures approximately 37.0' x 19.0', and lies about 1,500 light-years away from Earth.

 

Imaging telescopes or lenses: William Optics RedCat 51 Petzval APO RedCat 51

Imaging cameras: ZWO ASI 071MC PRO

Mounts: Celestron CGX

Guiding telescopes or lenses: ZWO 30mm f/4 Mini Guide Scope

Guiding cameras: ZWO ASI 120 MC-S

Software: Sequence Generator Pro · SharpCap Pro · PixInsight

Filters: Optolong L-eNhance 2" Optlong L-Enhance

Dates: Nov. 19, 2020

Frames: 61x420"

Integration: 7.1 hours

Avg. Moon age: 4.73 days

Avg. Moon phase: 23.29%

 

Basic astrometry details

Astrometry.net job: 4047761

RA center: 5h 21' 2"

DEC center: +34° 27' 46"

 

Pixel scale: 3.948 arcsec/pixel

Orientation: 248.033 degrees

Field radius: 2.926 degrees

Resolution: 4447x2948

Data source: Backyard

Appennini Lunari.

 

I Montes Apenninus sono una catena montuosa che si trova sulla Luna e che prende il nome dall'omonima catena montuosa italiana.

Si estende per circa 600 km, la vetta più alta è il Monte Huygens, che con i suoi 5500 m di altezza è anche la montagna più alta della Luna.

 

Luogo: Palmanova (UD) - ITALY

Data: 01/04/2020 h 21.47

 

Telescopio:Newton SW 200/1000 f5 - Barlow 2x f:2000mm

Montatura: n-eq6 pro

Camera: Zwo Asi 120mm-s

Filtro: IR 740nm Astronomik

 

Seeing:4/5 - media umidità - Temp. 3-5°C - Wind 0km/h

 

Ripresi 2000 frame con Firecapture, elaborati con Registax6 500frame. Poi PS CS6.

 

© Michael Ronutti

Time: 5 August 2022, 00:44 UT

Telescope: Celestron SC 203/2032mm @ f/35, EP f=15mm

Mount: CG-5 AS/GT

Camera: ZWO ASI 120MC-S, 60fps

Stack 10% of 7100 frames

SharpCap, Autostakkert2!, Registax6, GIMP

Place: Virovitica, Hrvatska - Croatia

Coronado Personal Solar Telescope (PST) 400mm f10 telescope specifically designed to only pass a very narrow slice of the Hydrogen Alpha wavelength.

 

QHY5lii USB monochrome camera

 

Best 50% of 500 high speed video frames captured using SharpCap software, analyzed and stacked using Autostakkert3! software, sharpened in imppg free software, false color added in Photoshop.

Telescope: Celestron EdgeHD 8" with 0.7x focal reducer

Mount: Avalon Instruments M-Due

Camera: ZWO ASI2600MC Pro

Filter: Optolong L-Pro

Capture Software: SharpCap Pro

Editing Software: Adobe Lightroom Classic

 

400 frames captured at 1.6ms exposure length. Quality sorted and stacked best 30% in AutoStakkert. Exposure and levels tuned in Lightroom Classic.

ngc6888 Crescent Nebula

23 Apr 2016 (near full Moon)

SkyRaider DS2.3+ w/ SharpCap 2.8 software

MC VRC10 + proto MFR10 (f/3.7) w/ Astronomik UHC

gamma 0.5, gain 50%, 12 x 16 sec

dark frame subtraction off

Távcső: SkyWatcher 150/1200 Newton

Szűrő: Baader neutrális napszűrő fólia, Baader Solar Continuum szűrő

Mechanika: SkyWatcher EQ-5 GoTo

Kamera: ZWO ASI 120 MC-S színes kamera

Feldolgozás: SharpCap, AS3, Lightroom

Hely: Eger

Dátum: 2020.06.08.

Sunspot AR2781 on the 5th November 2020

 

2020-11-05 10h38m UTC

 

A cropped single still frame from a video taken with a SVBONY SV105 (2MP Sensor: 1/3" CMOS) and mounted to/on a Celestron PowerSeeker 70AZ telescope (Aperture: 70 mm, Focal Length: 700 mm f/10) using SharpCap 3.2. Processed with Photoscape X.

Seeing 6/10

 

Acquisition data:

 

Galileo Galilei Astronomical Observatory

45 ° 24 'N - 18 ° 59' E

03.04.2020

UTC 06:25 pm

 

Sky-Watcher 200/1000

HEQ5 Pro SynScan

ZWO ASI224 MC

Barlow 3x TeleVue

IR Block Astronomik filter

 

Acquisition with SharpCap

Gain: 125/600

Exposure: 0,0015

10107 total frames, 2000 processed

 

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SCP 880 flashed to 900 on a skymax 127, video taken with sharpcap and stacked in registax.

Scope William optics GTF 81

Camera DMK 21AU04.AS with Lumicon Night Sky Filter.

Captured with Sharpcap at 60 fps Stacked 200 out of 500 frames for each panel in Registax

4 panel mosaic combined in Fitsworks

Tweaked in Photoshop

Taken on 27 Aug 2017 at 23.22 UTC with ZWO ASI224 MC Camera and Celestron NexStar 6 SE Telescope, using SharpCap.

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