TS Photoline 72mm F/6

ZWO AM5n

DayStar Quark Chromosphere

ZWO ASI 174MM

Seeing = 2/6 (wind & clouds)

SharpCap Pro

Pixinsight & SolarToolBox

DaVinci Resolve

My first attempt with the Rosette nebula, shot with the ASI-294 on a clear and calm night near Natural Bridge, VA. Temps were about 30 degrees F, calm winds and very dry air. Seeing was great. New moon. SQM about 21.2.

Details: 90 minutes with 2.5 minute unguided exposures using the Samyang 135 mm lens wide open at F2. Gain set to unity (120), temperature set to 0 C. Mount is Orion Atlas Pro. Used SharpCap for capture, PI for all processing. Had to throw away about 5 exposures (12.5 min) due to thick smoke clouds from neighbor's chimney drifting overhead at times.

Used HDR multiscale transform in PI to bring out more detail of dust lanes to fairly good effect. This image is cropped considerably from the original in order to see better detail.

AT60, F/6 Evolution mount on wedge

ASI533MC-Pro, -5C

30x_30.0s_900s, G300

Optolong L-eXtreme light pollution filter, Bortle 8

Saved as viewed in Sharpcap

Topaz DeNoise AI (denoise and sharpening)

The Crescent Nebula (also known as NGC 6888, Caldwell 27, Sharpless 105) is an emission nebula in the constellation Cygnus, about 5000 light-years away from Earth. It was discovered by William Herschel in 1792. It is formed by the fast stellar wind from the Wolf-Rayet star WR 136 (HD 192163) colliding with and energizing the slower moving wind ejected by the star when it became a red giant around 250,000 to 400,000[citation needed] years ago. The result of the collision is a shell and two shock waves, one moving outward and one moving inward. The inward moving shock wave heats the stellar wind to X-ray-emitting temperatures.

-Wikipedia

Camera : Svbony SV305C planetary camera

Telescope : SkyWatcher 200p

Mount : EQ5 Onstep mount

Date : 2025 04 13 01:28:20

Location : Risiville Meyerton 1929

Software and processing:

SharpCap Pro

pipp

Registax 6

AutoStakkert!

Adobe Photoshop

Stefan Lombard

SharpCap Live Stack

Photoshop Edit

RC6 AP CCDT67 f/6.8 1032mm FL

IDAS D1 Filter

[ZWO ASI294MC Pro]

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Background Subtraction=Off

Planet/Disk Stabilization=Off

Banding Threshold=35

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Notes=

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Jupiter and its moons. 2020_09_05 taken from Stourbridge, UK.

Testing out sharpcap and for the life of me I can't remember which camera I used. Quite possibly the Altair GPCAM 327C. Scope was definitely the Altair Starwave Ascent 102ED F7 on a HEQ5/Pro mount.

Software: Sharpcap, PIPP, Autostakkert. GIMP

H II region (star forming emission nebula) and open cluster in Serpens

Distance 5,700 ly

C8 F/3.7 (stacked reducers) on Evolution Alt/Az mount

ASI385MC one shot color camera

IDAS LPS D1 light pollution filter

4s subs, 9.5m total

Saved as displayed in Sharpcap (no post-processing)

08/11/2020 ore: 01.10

LUNA CALANTE

Mosaico della zona Centro Settentrionale del notro satellite.

In alto a sx vicino all'orizzonte lunare, cratere Philolaus, dal diametro di 70km. Poco più a destra cratere Anaxagoras, del diametro di circa 51km. Poco sotto, a sinistra, sulle "rive" del Mare Frigoris, il cratere Fontanelle sembra osservare silenzioso il gigante "Plato", del diametro di oltre 100km, un enorme "lago di lava" solidificata che ha uniformato l'interno del cratere stesso. Sotto Plato, i Monti Tenerife e il monte Pico, che proietta un'ombra lunghissima verso il cratere Piazzi Smyth e, poco più sotto, il cratere Kyrch. Più in basso è la volta delle "Spitzbergen Mountains" e, poco sotto, l'altro gigante, il cratere Archimede, largo 81km. Sotto Archimede, le "Archimedes Mountains" da cui si origina la "Rima Archimede" e, in basso a sinistra, il cratere Timocharis.

Quasi dimenticati, nel mezzo del Mare Ibrium, sotto i Montes Recti, i due crateri Helicon e Le Verrier.

E' bello perdersi in questi panorami lunari, specialmente quando le ombre si stagliano nette sulla superficie creando giochi d'ombra semplicemente spettacolari.

Telescopio SW Newton Quattro 300p

Montatura NEQ6 Pro

Asi 224mc + filtro Ir-Cut

1000/3000 frame

Sharpcap, Autostakkert, Registax, Astrosurface, Photoshop.

Seeing 6/10

Dati di acquisizione:

Osservatorio Astronomico Galileo Galilei

45°24' N - 18° 59' E

03.04.2020

UTC 05:47 pm

Sky-Watcher Italia 200/1000

HEQ5 Pro SynScan

ZWO ASI224 MC

Barlow 3x Tele Vue Optics

Filtro IR Block Astronomik

Acquisizione con SharpCap

Gain: 140/600

Exposure: 0,007

16292 frame totali, 2000 elaborati

SharpCap Live Stack

Photoshop Edit

RC6 f/6.8 1032 FL IDAS D1

[ZWO ASI294MC Pro]

Debayer Preview=On

Pan=0

Tilt=0

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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=20

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

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#Black Point

Display Black Point=0

#MidTone Point

Display MidTone Point=0.5

#White Point

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TotalExposure(s)=1800

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Competition Entry Ross Hockham

You have got to be in it to win it!

Equipment

Hardware

ZWO ASI120 mm Mono

Manfrotto Pixi Mini Tripod

2.1mm Stock Lens

Software

SharpCap

Gimp

Process

The ZWO ASI120 mm Mono was set up with the stock lens on the PIKI mini tripod. A single 45 second exposure was taken in SharpCap. This image was then processed in GIMP where the levels, brightness, contrast and sharpness were adjusted.

About the Image

Time and Date

13 ‎February ‎2018, ‏‎22:24:57

Location

The image was taken just west of the village of Selattyn, which is a small village close to the welsh boarder in Shropshire. The image itself was captured just a few hundred meters from the border.

In the Image

Within the field of view are the following main constellations

Ursa Major, Ursa Minor, Draco, Cepheus, Cassiopea and a couple of others just creeping into frame.

Ursa Major

Ursa Major has many common names such as the Great Bear, Big Dipper and The Plow. The Latin translates to Greater She Bear. It is situated closely to Ursa Minor or Lesser Bear.

Ursa Minor

Ursa Minor is also known as the Little Bear or the Little Dipper. Holding Polaris in its constellation it is arguably one of the most important constellations.

Draco

Draco, situated partially between Ursa Major and Minor, is Latin for dragon. The constellation is circumpolar meaning that it never sets in the northern hemisphere. One of it’s stars; Thuban used to be the pole star from 3942BC to 1793BC. It will again become the pole star in 21000AD.

Cepheus

Cepheus in Greek mythology was a Greek King of Ethiopia. Married to Cassiopeia and father to Andromeda.

Cassiopeia

Cassiopeia covers 1.451% of the night sky and is my first way point in finding M31 the Andromeda Galaxy

Távcső: SkyWatcher 200/1000 Newton+GSO 2xBarlow

Szűrő: Baader neutrális napszűrő fólia, Baader Solar Continuum szűrő

Mechanika: SkyWatcher EQ-5

Kamera: ZWO ASI 120 MC-S színes kamera

Feldolgozás: SharpCap, AS3, Lightroom

Hely: Eger, Specula egri csillagvizsgáló-Varázstorony-

Dátum: 2020.10.27.

Észlelő: Pongrácz Sándor

I got into solar astronomy during the minimum. Its nice too see some activity!

Equipment

Imaging Telescopes Or Lenses

Coronado PST 40mm

Imaging Cameras

Point Grey Grasshopper 3 1.4MP

Mounts

Vixen Polaris

Accessories

OnStep GoTo Controller · Orion Shorty Barlow 2x

Software

Autostackert! · SharpCap V2.9 · Adobe Photoshop CS4 Photoshop CS4

Acquisition details

Date: June 13, 2022

Frames: 250

FPS: 45

Focal length: 700

Resolution: 4104x3048

Data source: Backyard

Több holdfotómat görgetve is látszik szeretek holdi rianásokat tükörvégre kapni. vannak hatalmas méretűek is, mint például

a Vallis Schröteri és a Vallis Alpes, amelyek

olyan hatalmasak, hogy a holdi nevezéktanban völgyként szerepelnek. A legkisebb

távcsövekkel is könnyűszerrel megfigyelhetőek, de az esetek túlnyomó többségében

még a méretesebbek megfigyelése is közepes

műszert igényel. Alapvetően kétféle rianásról beszélhetünk: a vulkanikus eredetű, egykori lávacsatornákról, vagyis az úgynevezett

meanderező rianásokról, és a tektonikus eredetűekről, amelyeket mint íves vagy egyenes rianásokat ismerünk.

Rima Hyginus és környezete megfigyelési szempontból a legkedvezőbb helyen található, mert nagyon közel fekszik a Hold tőlünk látható felének a középpontjához.

A Rianások Földje a Mare Tranquilitatistól nyugatra található

területet. Itt találjuk a 220 kilométer hosszú Ariadaeus-rianást

csakúgy mint a tőle közvetlenül nyugatra, a Mare Vaporum és a Sinus Medii határán húzódó, és a mostani alkalommal

részletesebben tárgyalandó Hyginus-rianás. A Hyginus-rianás különleges alakzat. A

10,6 kilométeres Hyginus-kráterből indul

ki, két, egymással körülbelül 140°-ot bezáró ág. A keleti ág nagyjából párhuzamos az Ariadaeus-rianással, és mint fentebb már említettük, a két rianás között van is kapcsolat. A nyugati ág pontosan a Mare Imbrium közepére mutat, és valamivel rövidebb, mint a keleti. Fő érdekessége a rianás belsejében található tucatnál is több apró méretű, névtelen kráter. Azt is mondhatnám, hogy a rianás egy jókora szakaszon kráterláncba megy át. Egy biztos, ezek a kis kráterek nem becsapódásos eredetűek, ahogyan maga a Hyginuskráter sem az. A becsapódási kráterek egyik fő jellemzője a környezetükből kiemelkedő perem. Mind a Hyginus-kráternél, mind a kis krátereknél hiába is keresnénk a peremet és a kidobódott törmeléktakarót, nem találnánk. Nagy valószínűséggel valamiféle kollapszus hozta létre ezeket az alakzatokat. Ezt erősíti a rianásnak, pontosabban a Hyginuskráternek a közvetlen környezete is. Peter

Schultz amerikai holdkutató még az 1960-as években a Lunar Orbiter-felvételek elemzéséből megállapította, hogy a Hyginus-kráter egy 100 kilométer átmérőjű, a környezeténél 1,5 kilométerrel mélyebb „depresszió” centrumában ül. Schultz szerint ez a depresszió úgy keletkezett, hogy a terület alatt lévő

magmakamra kiürült, így az egész terület lesüllyedt. Spektrális elemzések kimutattak némi vulkanikus hamut a környéken, de

messze nem annyit, amennyivel biztosan alátámasztható lenne ez az elmélet. Tehát a „Hyginus-rejtély” még megoldásra vár.

Távcső: SkyWatcher 150/1200 Newton+2.25x Baader Barlow

Mechanika: SkyWatcher NEQ-5 pro GoTo

Kamera: ZWO ASI 120 MC-S színes kamera

Feldolgozás: SharpCap pro, AS3, Lightroom

Dátum: 2022.06.20. 04:33 NYISZ

Hely: Eger

Fotó: Pongrácz Sándor

This was with QHY183 in 10" Quattro and is not a stacked image !

This is 2 snapshots from Sharpcap, stitched together with ICE and then Topaz-denoise and CS2 for a touch up.

24.04.2021 - LUNA al 12esimo giorno.

Aristarchus, uno dei crateri più particolari e difficili da fotografare per via della sua forte luminosità; è talmente così chiaro da essere il cratere più "luminoso" della superficie lunare, ben visibile anche ad occhio nudo quando la fase lunare lo consente. La sua forte luminosità è dovuta alla sua "recente" formazione.

Ha un diametro di circa 40km, ed insieme al suo "vicino" Herodotus e la sinuosa "Valle Schroter" costituisce una delle zone più particolare del nostro satellite. La valle ha una lunghezza complessiva di circa 185km ed è larga fra i 3 e i 6km. Stuoenda!

Numerose le "rime" che si trovano in questa regione, fra cui appunto la "rima Aristarchus" e, più in basso, al "rima Marius" che sembra quasi un lunghissimo serpente che si muove contorto nell'Oceano Procellarum. O come le rime Prinz, Artsimovich e Krieger, che si snodano dal vicino cratere semisommerso "Prinz", alle pendici dei "monti Harbinger".

Sopra Aristarchus, leggermente a sinistra, la catena montuosa dei "monti Agricola", da cui nasce la "rima Agricola". Più verso sinistra il cratere Schiapparelli, in penombra.

In basso il cratere Marius se ne sta solitario fra le "Marius Hills", una zona costituita da oltre 300 coni vulcanici, e forse con la più alta concentrazione di vulcani del nostro satellite.

Telescopio Newton GSO "Voyager" 300mm f/5 su montatura Celestron CGX-L.

Asi 178mm + Barlow APM 2,7x + R filter

somma di 250/3000 frame

Sharpcap, Autostakker, Registax, Photoshop

Taken on 27 Aug 2017 at 23.56 UTC with ZWO ASI224 MC Camera and Celestron NexStar 6 SE Telescope, using SharpCap.

M11 Wild Duck Cluster

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%, 22x4 sec

no dark subtraction

12" skywatcher dob, 5x Tele Vue Powermate, ZWO224mc, SharpCap, Pipp, AS3

2021-08-26-0820_7__pipp_lapl4_ap35_convRS1

Taken from Oxfordshire, UK with a William Optics 70mm refractor fitted with my brand new Altair Herschel wedge (first light!) and a Baader Continuum Filter + Celestron 3x Barlow. The camera was an ASI120MC. I captured a 2,000 frame video using Sharpcap then stacked the best 50% of the frames using Autostakkert! 4. Processing with Focus Magic, Lightroom and Fast Stone Image Viewer

Pomigliano D'Arco - 7 giugno 2022

Newton SW 150 portato a F15 su EQ5 synscan e camera planetaria SV305Pro

Acquisizione SharpCap - Elaborazione Astrosurface

|Object| --> IC 1805 - Heart Nebula

|Equipment|

Scope: Skywatcher Evostar 72ED w/ Ovl fieldflattner (non reducer)

Mount: Heq5 pro w/ beltmod

Guidescope: Orion 50mm guidescope

Guiding camera: Zwo Asi 120mm mini

Imaging camera: ZWO ASI 1600MM PRO

Filters: Zwo 7nm (31mm) Ha,OIII & SII

|Software|

NINA

PHD2

Stellarium

PixInsight

Photoshop

Sharpcap PRO for polaraligning

|Acquisition|

Location: Skövde, Sweden (Bortle 5-6)

Dates: 2020-04-11, 2020-04-14 , 2020-04-20

Gain: 139 Offset: 50

Camera temp: -20C

Ha: 50

SII: 40

OIII: 48

Darks: 50

Flats: 30

DarkFlats: 50

Total integration time: 11.5h

Hubble palette of IC 1805.

The Whirlpool Galaxy is an interacting grand-design spiral galaxy with a Seyfert 2 active galactic nucleus. It lies in the constellation Canes Venatici, and was the first galaxy to be classified as a spiral galaxy. Its distance is estimated to be 23 Mly away from Earth.

The pronounced spiral structure of the Whirlpool Galaxy is believed to be the result of the close interaction between it and its companion galaxy NGC 5195, which may have passed through the main disk of M51 about 500 to 600 million years ago. In this proposed scenario, NGC 5195 came from behind M51 through the disk towards the observer and made another disk crossing as recently as 50 to 100 million years ago until it is where we observe it to be now, slightly behind M51.

C8 F/6.3 on Evolution Alt/Az mount

ASI385MC one shot color camera

262x8s 35m total

Saved as viewed in Sharpcap (no post-processing)

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%, 10x4 sec

no dark subtraction

1 May 2023, 01:51 UT, Stuart, Florida USA.

Clouds: clear

Seeing: below avg 4/10

Transparency:

Celestron CPC Deluxe 1100 HD telescope, f/10. QHY 294 mono camera, bin 1, 16 bit, exposure 64s, 0°C, gain ~80%, no filter, no guiding. Stacked 4 frames (livestacked in sharpcap?).

Image scale: 0.34 arcsec/px (Dawes Limit: 0.42 arcsec) -- oversampled.

Altitude: 69°

Processing: Quick and dirty processing in Photoshop (stretch, RC StarXterminator, Topaz Denoise, resize).

Notes: First light for new (used) telescope. Moon craters looked marvelous in spite of poor seeing. This is a snaphot of M51. f/10 is not ideal for DSOs, yet image is pleasing despite overexposure (core is blown out).

Try reducing exposure, setting gain & offset to recommended values, and stacking more frames. try bin 2?

Significant patterned noise -- hot pixels field-rotating across FOV of stacked image. Stars elongated in corners (field rotation?). ALT/AZ mount seems to work well, though very different from my EQ mount. Am going to enjoy learning this new instrument!

M16 Eagle 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%, 4x4 sec

no dark subtraction

23.03.2021 - CLAVIUS e dintorni

Clavius,uno fra i crateri più grandi della Luna, ha un diametro di circa 230km. All'interno troviamo altri crateri minori formatisi successivamente, mentre lungo il suo bordo spiccano i due crateri Porter e Rutherfurd. Verso sinistra e sotto Clavius, ancora in parte in ombra, i crateri Scheiner e Blancanus, mentre più in basso crateri Gumberger, Klaproth e Moretus con il suo picco centrale che sembra quasi un "pennacchio".

In basso, completamente in ombra ma con i bordi illuminati, cratere Casatus.

Una curiosità: è proprio all'interno di Clavius che, come ha annunciato la Nasa il 26 ottobre 2020, è stata trovata dell'acqua molecoare.

Telescopio Newton GSO 12" f/5 su CGX-L

Asi 178mm + filtro Ir-Pass 683nm e Barlow X-Cel 3x

Staking di 450/3000 frame.

Seeing discreto.

Sharpcap, Autostakkert, Astrosurface, Photoshop

M81 Bode's 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%, 54x4 sec

no dark subtraction

M17 Swan 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%, 13x4 sec

no dark subtraction

Experimenting with sharpcap livestack. Taken with Equinox 80mm F6.25/ ASI224MC

My first attempt at post processing a video capture of Jupiter. Best of 1000 frames using Sharpcap, Autostakkert and Registax.

C8 F/10 on Evolution Alt/Az mount

ASI385MC one shot color camera

C8, 0.63x reducer, Altair 26C Hypercam, UV/IR filter.

Lucky imaging.

SharpCap, PIPP, AS!4, ImPPG, PixInsight, Photoshop.

SharpCap Live Stack

Photoshop Edit

RC6 AP f/9 1300mm FL

IDAS D1 Filter

[ZWO ASI294MC Pro]

FrameType=Flat

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Pan=0

Tilt=0

Output Format=FITS files (*.fits)

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Flip=None

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Gain=300

Exposure=120.000s

Timestamp Frames=Off

White Bal (B)=50

White Bal (R)=50

Brightness=10

Cooler Power=53

Temperature=-10

Target Temperature=-10

Cooler=On

Auto Exp Max Gain=300

Auto Exp Max Exp M S=30000

Auto Exp Target Brightness=100

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Trail Width=3

Minimum Trail Length=100

Trail Detection Sensitivity=9

Remove Satellite Trails=Off

Background Subtraction=Off

Planet/Disk Stabilization=Off

Banding Threshold=35

Banding Suppression=0

Apply Flat=C:\Users\Chris\Desktop\SharpCap Captures\2022-05-17\FLAT-710-MONO-BIAS-NATIVE\flats\MasterFlat_21_45_35_offset=-0.066%.fits

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NegativeDisplay=0

Display Black Point=0

Display MidTone Point=0.5

Display White Point=1

Notes=

iOptron CEM60/40,GEM45,iEQ45Pro/30Pro,CEM25,SmartEQ Pro+,AZ Mount Pro,Cube II Mount=RA=13:16:48,Dec=+41:55:27 (JNOW)

TimeStamp=2022-05-18T04:20:12.0140696Z

SharpCapVersion=4.0.8949.0

TotalExposure(s)=1200

StackedFrames=10

LiveStack.SaveRawFrames=None

LiveStack.AlignFrames=True

LiveStack.Derotate=True

LiveStack.StarsForAlignment=10

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LiveStack.AlignAutoDisabled=False

LiveStack.ReduceNoiseAmount=1

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Messier 87 (also known as Virgo A or NGC 4486, generally abbreviated to M87) is a supergiant elliptical galaxy in the constellation Virgo. One of the most massive galaxies in the local universe, it has a large population of globular clusters—about 12,000 compared with the 150–200 orbiting the Milky Way—and a jet of energetic plasma that originates at the core and extends at least 4,900 ly, traveling at a relativistic speed. It is one of the brightest radio sources in the sky and a popular target for both amateur and professional astronomers.

C8 F/10 on Evolution Alt/Az mount

ASI385MC one shot color camera

139x4s 9.2m total exposure

Saved as viewed in Sharpcap (no post-processing) and cropped

M27 Dumbbell 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%, 47x4 sec

no dark subtraction

ngc6888 Crescent 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

Target : Sun

Location:

Kuwait - Kuwait City

Description:

I know, I know, watch me spam new sun photos now. but how can I not be amazed every time I see these details. it's shocking how much change there is from day to day. while today treated us with a solar flare which is quite stunning there were also many sun spots and details which unfortunately I could not use due to something called enwton rings which are due to the optics and alignment of the optical train. hopefully with time I can mechanically adjust and fix these issues. but until then here is my focus of the solar flare.

Also I managed to image with a mono cam and that made quite a difference on the details I could resolve in the flare and tendrils.

Equipment:

° Mount: Rainbow Rst-135 - @rainbow_astro

° Main Imaging: ZWO 120mm@zwoasi

° OTA: Lunt LS100MT modular day and night telescope @luntsolarsystems

° Aquisition Device: Lenovo Yoga slim 7 laptop with Sharpcap

° Filter: Lunt B1800 blocking filter and H-alpha pressure tuned filter system

Integration:

1000 x 0.26s x 15 frames

Software:

Autostakkert 3!

Microsoft ICE

Impgg

Adobe Photoshop

Process: analyse each panel for best 5% of the frames and stack them , then stich total image using Microsoft Ice and photoshop to blend overlaps. Image was then taken to impgg for deconvolition sharpening and levels/tone correction to bring out the finer details. finally image moved back to photoshop for false color and tweaking.

Andromeda Galaxy M31, Andromeda constellation. 44 light (120 sec, ISO800, F3.2), 9 dark, 10 bias, 10 flat

Bortle 4

HEQ5, Jackery 500

Nikon D750, Tamron 70-200mm F/2.8

Altair G-Cam2, 126mm Guide Scope

APT, Sharpcap, PHD2, Stellarium, EQMOD, DSS, GIMP

TS Photoline 72mm F/6

ZWO AM5n

DayStar Quark Chromosphere

ZWO ASI 174MM

Seeing = 3/5

SharpCap Pro

Pixinsight & SolarToolBox

DaVinci Resolve

Target: North American Nebula (NGC700) and Pelican Nebula (IC5070)

Description:Ionised hydrogen (H II) region behind interstellar dust in the constellation of Cygnus

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

Bortle 8 sky with no moon.

Exposure: 78x 120sec @ iso 1600, total integration 156 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.

AT60ED F/3.8, Celestron Evolution mount on wedge

ASI533MC Pro, -5C, Optolong L-eXtreme narrowband filter

80x_30.0s_2400s

Bortle 8 skies

Saved as viewed in Sharpcap Pro + Topaz DeNoise AI

The California Nebula (NGC 1499) is an emission nebula located in the constellation Perseus. It is so named because it appears to resemble the outline of the US State of California on long exposure photographs. It is almost 2.5° long on the sky and, because of its very low surface brightness, it is extremely difficult to observe visually. It can be observed with a Hα filter (isolates the Hα line at 656 nm) or Hβ filter (isolates the Hβ line at 486 nm) in a rich-field telescope under dark skies. It lies at a distance of about 1,000 light years from Earth. Its fluorescence is due to excitation of the Hβ line in the nebula by the nearby prodigiously energetic O7 star, Xi Persei (also known as Menkib, seen at center right)

The California Nebula was discovered by E. E. Barnard in 1884.

By coincidence, the California Nebula transits in the zenith in central California as the latitude matches the declination of the object.

23.03.2021 - GASSENDI

Questo è in assoluto il miglio Gassendi che sia riuscito a fotografare fino ad oggi. L'altra sera mi sono proprio divertito a "girellare" sulla superificie del nostro satellite, sperimentando e imparando sul campo alcune cose nuove.

Gassendi e dintorni, secondo me una delle regioni più spettacolari del nostro satellite. Cratere famoso per le numerose "Rime" presenti al suo interno, come delle piccole strade che conducono al Picco Centrale. Gassendi si affaccia maestoso sul "mare Humorum" insieme al cratere semissommerso Dopplemayer. A destra di Dopplemayer troviamo il cratere "Vitiello", con il suo picco centrale a terrazze. Poco sopra troviamo il promontorio "Kelvin" con la sua rupe, affiancato dalle "rime Hippalus". Sul bordo in basso a destra, cratere Campanus. Poco sotto il cratere Ramsden con le sue rime.

Bellisismo l'effetto della superficie frastagliata del "Mare Humorum", che sembrano quasi delle onde che si insinuano nel golfo del mare.

Meravigliosa Luna....

Telescopio Newton GSO 12" f/5 su Celestron CGX-L

Asi 178mm + filtro IR-Pass 685nm e Barlow X-Cel 3x

300/3000 frame per pannello

Sharpcap, Autostakkert, Astrosurface, Photoshop

Solar hydrogen alpha image (false colour process).

Altair Astro StarWave 102ED f/7 refractor

Altair Astro IMX174 mono Hypercam

Daystar Quark Chromosphere filter.

Captured with SharpCap 3.0

Post process with Photoshop CC 2017

M109 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%, 83x4 sec

no dark subtraction

Time: 9 November 2022, 22:49 UT

Telescope: Celestron SC 203/2032mm @ f/35

Mount: CG-5 AS/GT

Camera: ZWO ASI 120MC-S, Exp: 8ms, 60 fps

Stack: 15%,/ 11230 frames

SharpCap, AS3!, Registax6, GIMP

Place: Virovitica. Hrvatska - Croatia

Évek óta nem volt látható ilyen hatalmas a Földnél hatszor nagyobb napfoltcsoport Napunk fotoszféráján.

Egy napfolt két részből áll: egy sötétebb belső régióból (umbra) és egy világosabb színű, szálas szerkezetű külső régióból (penumbra). Az umbra hőmérséklete alacsonyabb, ezért is látszik sötétebbnek (egyébként az egész napfolt "hidegebb" a fotoszféra 5800 K-es hőmérsékleténél).

Napfoltok ott jelennek meg, ahol a fotoszférában megnövekszik a mágneses térerősség. Az umbra mágneses térerőssége a Föld felszínén lévőnek közel tízezerszerese is lehet.

Az emberek sokáig nem hitték el, hogy a foltok valóban a Naphoz tartoznak. Hogyan is lehetne foltos a tökéletes, szeplőtelen, isteni Nap?

1610-ben aztán Galilei távcsöve segítségével kétséget kizáróan bebizonyította, hogy a napfoltok valóban léteznek. Az egyházi vezetők azonban valósággal elborzadtak a kijelentés hallatán. Még azzal is megvádolták a tudóst, hogy nem tisztította meg alaposan a távcső üvegét.

A napfoltok mérete igen változó: az apró pórusoktól a több milliárd négyzetkilométernyi hatalmas szerkezetekig terjed. A foltok általában nem magányosak, hanem napfoltcsoportokat alkotnak. A csoportok élettartama átlagosan 2-4 hét.

Távcső: SkyWatcher 200/1000 Newton

Szűrő: Baader neutrális napszűrő fólia, Baader Solar Continuum szűrő

Mechanika: SkyWatcher EQ-5

Kamera: ZWO ASI 120 MC-S színes kamera

Feldolgozás: SharpCap, AS3, Lightroom

Hely: Eger, Specula egri csillagvizsgáló-Varázstorony-

Dátum: 2020.10.27.

Észlelő: Pongrácz Sándor

Equipment

Skywatcher 200P Dobsonian

ZWO ASI 120MM-S USB 3.0 Mono

Software

SharpCap

Autostakkert3

Image Composite Editor

Gimp

Sole ripreso in data 7 giugno 2017 con filtro H-Alfa 35 Nm rifrattore acromatico 80/400 diaframmato a 40 mm, montato in parallelo ad un Celestron Nexstar 8" (su Superwedge Meade). Filtro Astrosolar D5, camera ASI 178 mmc, acquisizione con SharpCap ed elaborazione con Registax-6. L'utilizzo del filtro H-Alfa (nato per fotografia deep sky) ha permesso di evidenziare la granulazione in maniera molto evidente

Altair Astro Wave 130 F7 Triplet APO

AA Hypercam 183C

20@ 1min exposures

Sharpcap

PHD2 Guiding

DeepSky Stacker

Edit in Photo Affinity

Rielaborazione tramite Winjupos di Venere del 18.03.2020.

Seeing 8/10

Dati di acquisizione:

Osservatorio Astronomico Galileo Galilei

45°24' N - 18° 59' E

18.03.2020

UTC 05:49 pm (visibile)

UTC 06:25 pm (UV)

Sky-Watcher 200/1000

HEQ5 Pro SynScan

ZWO ASI224 MC

Barlow 3x Tele Vue Optics

Filtro IR Block Astronomik

Filtro BG 40

Filtro Tecnosky violetto #47

UV

BG 40: 310 - 770 nm

#47: 300 - 450 nm

BG 40 + #47: 310 - 450 nm

Acquisizione con SharpCap

Gain: 125/600

Exposure: 0,015

Circa 30780 frame totali, 5000 elaborati

Visibile

IR-UV Block: 370 - 700 nm

Acquisizione con SharpCap

Gain: 0/600

Exposure: 0,0024

Circa 13974 frame totali, 3000 elaborati