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I deleted this image unintentionally, so here it is again.
Equipo Principal: ZWO ASI 1600 mm-pro + SW Explorer 200p + SW Coma Corrector 0.9x + EQ6-R-Pro + ZWO EAF
Equipo guía: guidescope 60/240 mm, camara guia ZWO ASI 120mm mini
*Gain 139, -15 º C, Ha 7nm 2" Optolong, 121 Lights x 180"
*Gain 139, -20 º C, Oii-CCD 6.5 nm 2" Optolong, 147 Lights x 180"
100 Darks
100 Flats por filtro
Polar Align: SharpCap 3.2
Adquisición: SGP 3.1
Procesado: Pixinsight 1.8.8, PS
These 5 pictures from Monday and Tuesday nights, Sadr region, IC1396, Heart & Soul Nebulas, M8 & M20 and Veil complex...
WO SkyCat 51 Zwo 071MC Pro cooled color camera
Optolong eNhanced filter
#SharpCap Pro
Ioptron i45 Pro EQ mount PHD2 guiding
Orion 60mm guidescope SSAG
200 Gain offset 20 0c cooling all pictures 1 minute exposure
50 darks 50 flats and 50 bias frames
Astro Pixel Processor and PS
Equipo Principal: ZWO ASI 1600 mm-pro + SW Explorer 200p + SW Coma Corrector 0.9x + EQ6-R-Pro + Long Perng 2" Dual Speed Low Profile Crayford Focuser + ZWO EAF + ZWO 7x2" EFW
Equipo guía: guidescope 60/240 mm, ZWO ASI 120mm mini
*Gain 100, -25 º C, L 2" Optolong, 360x15"
*Gain 100, -25 º C, R-CCD 2" Svbony, 120x15"
*Gain 100, -25 º C, G-CCD 2" Svbony, 120x15"
*Gain 100, -25 º C, B-CCD 2" Svbony, 120x15"
100 Darks
100 Flats / filter
100 DarkFlats
Polar Align: SharpCap 3.2
Adquisición: SGP 3.1
Procesado: Pixinsight 1.8.8, PS
It's hard to ignore this feature of the winter sky. From the corner of your eye it seems like a bright cloud, which somehow fades as you view it directly. This illusion says more about the way our vision is constructed than the nature of the star cluster itself. But imaging reveals the unusual grouping of hot blue stars passing through a dusty patch in space which provides the ethereal blue reflection nebulae.
Tech Stuff: Borg 71FL/1.08 flattener/IDAS LPS-V4 filter/ZWO ASI1600MC camera/iOptron CubePro 8200 mount. 76 minutes of 4 second exposures, captured with SharpCap 3.2, processed with PixInsight, finished with ACDSee. Captured November 2nd from my yard 10 miles north of NYC.
It's been a while since I took an image of this beautiful galaxy group, and given my new processing skills I thought I'd revisit them. This is two nights' worth of data (4 hours total).
The Leo Triplet is a captivating group of three interacting spiral galaxies located approximately 35 million light-years away in the constellation Leo. It consists of Messier 65 (M65), Messier 66 (M66), and NGC 3628 (often called the "Hamburger Galaxy"). These galaxies are gravitationally influencing each other, which is evident in the slightly distorted spiral arms of M66 and the warped disk and prominent tidal tail of NGC 3628. Despite their close proximity and ongoing interactions, all three can often be viewed within a single field of view through a telescope, making them a popular target for amateur astronomers.
Image Details:
- Imaging Scope: William Optics 61mm ZenithStar APO
- Imaging Camera: ZWO ASI183MC Color with IR Cut filter
- Guiding Equipment: Celestron Starsense Autoguider
- Acquisition Software: Sharpcap
- Guiding Software: Celestron
- Light Frames: 60*4 mins @ 50 Gain, Temp -20C
- Dark Frames: 20*4 mins
- Stacked in Deep Sky Stacker
- Processed in PixInsight, Adobe Lightroom and Topaz Denoise
Equipo Principal: ZWO ASI 1600 mm-pro + SW Explorer 250pds + SW Coma Corrector 0.9x + EQ6-R-Pro + ZWO EAF + ZWO 7x2" EFW
Equipo guía: guidescope 60/240 mm, ZWO ASI 120mm mini
*Gain 100, -25 º C, R-CCD 2" Svbony + L-Pro 2" Optolong, 45x120"
*Gain 100, -25 º C, G-CCD 2" Svbony + L-Pro 2" Optolong, 45x120"
*Gain 100, -25 º C, B-CCD 2" Svbony + L-Pro 2" Optolong, 45x120"
*Gain 100, -25 º C, L 2" Optolong + L-Pro 2" Optolong, 180x120"
100 Darks
100 Flats / filter
Polar Align: SharpCap 3.2
Adquisición: SGP 3.1
Procesado: Pixinsight 1.8.8, PS
A galaxy 32 million light years away!
Another test image using my new Celestron StarSense AutoGuider. This is using 4 minute exposures, and the tracking is very good for an 8" SCT at F6.3, 1200mm focal length. Not the best processing but I'll get more data next month and try again. It's a cool galaxy!
Image Details:
- Imaging Scope: Celestron C8 SCT
- Imaging Camera: ZWO ASI183MC Color with ZWO IR cut filter
- Guider: Celestron Starsense Autoguider
- Acquisition Software: Sharpcap
- Guiding Software: Celestron
- Capture Software: SharpCap Pro (LiveStack mode with dithering)
- Light Frames: 30*4 mins @ 100 Gain, Temp -20C
- Dark Frames: 30*4 mins
- Stacked in Deep Sky Stacker
- Processed in PixInsight, Adobe Lightroom, and Topaz Denoise AI
M33
Nikon D5300
20 @ 180 seconds ISO 400
100 BAIS
no flats
no darks (dither every frame)
AT65EDQ
dithered
Nikon d5300
Celestron CG5 AS-GT
QHY 5LII-M guide camera
Astromania 60mm guide scope
Bahtinov mask
DIY FocuserPro2 arduino focus motor ( Robert Brown)
$65 laptop
Software: APT, PHD2, CdC, Sharpcap, ASCOM POTHUB, Pixinsight, PS/ACR, Google remote desktop
PS Plug ins: Nik Define 2, Astronomy Tools
Location: backyard, Bortle 4 skies
This prominent winter astrophotography target which lies a bit to the east of Orion's shoulder is invisible to the naked eye -- but H-alpha filtering brings out detail in the massive hydrogen cloud rendering it accessible even from the city.
Tech Stuff: Borg 71FL/Borg 1.08X Flattener/ZWO ASI 1600MC Color cam/IDAS LPS V4 nebula filter/iOptron CubePro mount, unguided. 2.5 hours of 8 second exposures captured in SharpCap livestacks, processed in Pixinsight and finished with ACDSee. From my yard in Westchester SQM-L 18.8 (red zone Bortle 7).
Big emission nebula in Perseus, about 1000 ly from earth.
Tech Stuff: Borg 55FL/IDAS LPS V4/ZWO ASI 1600MC/iOptron CubePro/8 Second unguided exposures captured in SharpCap LiveStacks X 138 minutes/Processed PI/Gimp/ACDSee. From my yard in Westchester.
Here is the previous image with the addition of a set of five-minute exposures to bring out the outer regions of the nebula.
Image details:
RGB exposures: four sec, 30 sec, 120 sec and 300 sec.
Telescope: 200mm Ritchey-Chretien plus a 0.7x reducer to give 1160mm focal length at F/5.8
Camera: ASI ZWO 294 MC Pro
Mount: Skywatcher EQ8
Software: Sharpcap, Deep Sky Stacker, Pixinsight, Photoshop, Capture One, Topaz Studio 2, Topaz Denoise AI
Location: Cambridge
Equipo Principal: ZWO ASI 1600 mm-pro + SW Explorer 250pds + SW Coma Corrector 0.9x + EQ6-R-Pro + ZWO EAF + ZWO 7x2" EFW
Equipo guía: ZWO M68 OAG, ZWO ASI 120mm mini
Tesela 1:
*Gain 139, -15 º C, Ha 7nm 2" Optolong, 80x180"
*Gain 139, -15 º C, Oiii-CCD 6.5 nm 2" Optolong, 60x180"
*Gain 139, -15 º C, Sii-CCD 6.5 nm 2" Optolong, 60x180"
Tesela 2:
*Gain 139, -20 º C, Ha 7nm 2" Optolong, 82x180"
*Gain 139, -20 º C, Oiii-CCD 6.5 nm 2" Optolong, 60x180"
*Gain 139, -20 º C, Sii-CCD 6.5 nm 2" Optolong, 60x180"
100 Darks
80 Flats / 80 Darkflats por filtro
Polar Align: SharpCap 3.2
Adquisición: SGP 3.2
Procesado: Pixinsight 1.8.8, PS
The Rosette Nebula is certainly one of the most popular astronomical objects in the northern hemisphere. Its size and brightness make it accessible even to smaller optics, while intricate details leave enough room to play for the more ambitious observer.
Curiously, it is listed under not one but 5 NGC catalogue numbers, which nowadays designate slightly different regions of nebula and open cluster: NGC 2237, NGC 2238, NGC 2339, NGC 2244, and NGC 2246.
Also, I find this nebula a prime example of an optical illusion (or maybe a Rorschach test): Depending on field size, exposure depth, image orientation and also personal inclination, you can either see an intricate flower, or a human skull. What do you see?
This is one of the first few objects caught with the William Optics Redcat 71 widefield astrograph that was installed just at the beginning of this year on the observation platform of the Volkssternwarte München, and which I have been testing enthusiastically since then (also thanks to several occasions of clear weather). I expect this to be used heavily for video astronomy from now on, certainly by me!
Image information:
Telescope: William Optics Redcat 71 apochromatic refractor
Camera: ASI 294 MC Pro
Mount: equatorial, unguided, fixed pedestal
Filter: IDAS NBZ-II dual narrowband filter (H alpha + O III)
Exposure: 100x 60s (gain: 120, temperature: -5°C)
Correction: darks, flats with flat-darks
Stacking: live stacking (using SharpCap Pro)
Post-Processing: SiRiL, Luminar 2018
The Apenninus Mountains is one of my favorite locations on the moon, probably best view just after the first quarter moon when they are draped in some shadows.
Tech Specs: Sky-Watcher Esprit 120mm ED Triplet APO Refractor, ZWO ASI290MC, best 25% of 5k frames, captured using SharpCap Pro v3.1. Image date: September 18, 2018. Location: The Dark Side Observatory, Weatherly, PA, USA.
Star Removal using Starnet++
only 3 x300 seconds... why? becuase I i did not realize I was shooting with the green filter until 12:30 AM :(
AT65EDQ
ZWO ASI183MM non cooled
iOptron iEQ45 w 8604 HC
5 @ 300 seconds gain 111 (unity)
guided with QHY5Lii M
Software: ASCOM POTH, SharpCap Pro 3.1, Photoshop CC 2017, Google remote desktop, CdC, APT - Astro Photography Tool, PixInsight 1.8 Ripley PixInsight, ProDigital Software Astronomy Tools Actions Set, Starnet++
Accessories:Arduino Focuser DIY FocuserPro2 arduino focus motor ( Robert Brown)
Data source: Backyard
The north central region of the Moon as imaged using a Questar 3.5-inch 1380mm focal length Maksutov-Cassegrain telescope with a ZWO ASI224MC planetary astro CMOS camera.
The best of 2002 frames were captured in SharpCap, aligned and stacked in Autostakkert!3, with wavelet sharpening in Registax. Final touches were made in Adobe CS5 and Luminar Neo.
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Equipo Principal: ZWO ASI 1600 mm-pro + SW Explorer 200p + SW Coma Corrector 0.9x + EQ6-R-Pro + ZWO EAF
Equipo guía: guidescope 60/240 mm, camara guia ZWO ASI 120mm mini
*Gain 139, -15 º C, Ha 7nm 2" Optolong, 121 Lights x 180"
*Gain 139, -20 º C, Oii-CCD 6.5 nm 2" Optolong, 147 Lights x 180"
100 Darks
100 Flats por filtro
Polar Align: SharpCap 3.2
Adquisición: SGP 3.1
Procesado: Pixinsight 1.8.8, PS
The Great M13 Hercules Globular Cluster. This cluster contains over 300,000 stars and lies around 25,000 light years away, situated just outside of our galaxy. It is about 11.65 billion years old, making it almost three times older than our Earth.
The 1974 Arecibo message, which contained encoded information about the human race, DNA, atomic numbers, Earth's position and other information, was beamed from the Arecibo Observatory radio telescope towards M13 as an experiment in contacting potential extraterrestrial civilizations in the cluster. The cluster will move through space during the transit time; opinions differ as to whether or not the cluster will be in a position to receive the message by the time it arrives.
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: 90*90 secs @ 40 Gain, Temp -25C
- Stacked in Deep Sky Stacker
- Processed in PixInsight and Adobe Lightroom
The Sun was wonderfully active on this day. You can clearly see a number of prominences around the solar disc, as well as sun spots, filaments, and plages' on the solar "surface".
This image was captured at my home in Elkridge, MD USA.
Telescope: Lunt 60mm Hα (double stack configuration)
Camera: ZWO ASI178MM
Capture Software: SharpCap Version 3.2
Processing Software: AutoStakkert, RegiStax6, Lightroom Classic, PhotoShop
Constellation Monocerors Skywatcher MN190 / ZWO 2600 Livestack (20min) with SharpCap, during Hades Hill Opening Event in SL. Includes some first, noobish processing in Pixinsight :-)
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Almost 4 hours of exposure with mostly 3 minute sub-images and an hour worth of 30 second sub-images. All subs taken with a QHY183c camera and Optolong L-eNhance filter attached to a Televue TV-85 scope at F/5.6. Sharpcap 3.2 for acquisition and stacking. Metro area location, Bortle 7-8 red zone, clear, transparent, 40F.
Equipo Principal: ZWO ASI 1600 mm-pro + SW Explorer 200p + SW Coma Corrector 0.9x + EQ6-R-Pro + Long Perng 2" Dual Speed Low Profile Crayford Focuser + ZWO EAF + ZWO 7x2" EFW
Equipo guía: guidescope 60/240 mm, camara guia ZWO ASI 120mm mini
*Gain 139, -25 º C, Ha 7nm 2" Optolong, 78x180"
*Gain 139, -25 º C, Oiii-CCD 6.5 nm 2" Optolong, 80x180"
*Gain 139, -25 º C, Sii-CCD 6.5 nm 2" Optolong, 82x180"
100 Darks
100 Flats por filtro
100 DarkFlats
Polar Align: SharpCap 3.2
Adquisición: SGP 3.1
Procesado: Pixinsight 1.8.8, PS
Telescopio: Celestron C8 Edge HD
Camera di acquisizione: QHY 183Color CMOS
Montatura: iOptron CEM60
Software: Zoner Photo Studio X v. 19, SharpCap 3.0, Emil Kraaikamp Autostakkert 2.6.8, Pleiades Astrophoto PixInsight 1.8
Data: 25 Marzo 2018 Ora: 21:46
FPS: 8,00000 Lunghezza focale: 2032 mm
Seeing: 4 Trasparenza: 6
Clavius – diameter is just under 231 km, named for Christopher Klau (Clavius); German mathematician (1537-1612).
Tech Specs: ZWO ASI290MC camera and Meade 12” LX90 telescope mounted on a Celestron CGEM-DX mount. Software used included Sharpcap v2.9, AutoStakkert! Alpha Version 2.3.0.21, ImagesPlus v5.75a, and Registax v6.1.0.8. Photographed on January 7, 2017 from Weatherly, Pennsylvania.
Equipo Principal: ZWO ASI 1600 mm-pro + SW Explorer 250pds + SW Coma Corrector 0.9x + EQ6-R-Pro + ZWO EAF + ZWO 7x2" EFW
Equipo guía: starguider 60/240 mm, ZWO ASI 120mm mini
*Gain 139, -20 º C, Ha 7nm 2" Optolong, 260x180"
*Gain 139, -20 º C, Oiii-CCD 6.5 nm 2" Optolong, 140x180"
*Gain 139, -20 º C, Sii-CCD 6.5 nm 2" Optolong, 132x180"
100 Darks
100 Flats por filtro
Polar Align: SharpCap 3.2
Adquisición: SGP 3.1
Procesado: Pixinsight 1.8.8, PS
The Apenninus Mountains are one of my favorite locations to image on the moon. They offer such a dramatic contrast between the flat "seas" and local craters. When viewed around the first quarter phase, the shadows really add to the effect!
Tech Specs: Sky-Watcher Esprit 120mm ED, ZWO ASI290MC, Televue Powermate 2.5x, SharpCap Pro v3.1. Image date: January 14, 2019. Location: The Dark Side Observatory, Weatherly, PA, USA.
Still learning my new mono camera
ASI183MM non cooled (30 F ambient temps)
AT65EDQ APO
CG5 ASGT
QHY 5lii guide camera
meade 60mm achro 300mm guide scope
16 @ 300 seconds HA 9nm Schuler filter
Color data: Nikon D5300
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Software: ASCOM POTH, SharpCap Pro 3.1, Photoshop CC 2017, Google remote desktop, CdC, APT - Astro Photography Tool, PixInsight 1.8 Ripley PixInsight, ProDigital Software Astronomy Tools Actions Set
Accessories:Arduino Focuser DIY FocuserPro2 arduino focus motor ( Robert Brown)
Data source: Backyard
The Moon covers an area of about 70 megapixels in this highly detailed view. Shot from 0610 to 745 UT on 2020-09-04, this is an assemblage of 55 individual stacks of imaages of the Moon. Each stack is from the best 120 frames out of 800 saved as a SER file from SharpCap. Those files were stacked in AutoStakkert, initially processed in PixInsight, and combined with photo merge in Photoshop with a few final processing steps.
Illumination: 96%
Distance: 4.00 x 10^5 km
Imaging was done with a ZWO ASI120MM camera with a #58 green filter. Shot through a Celestron Edge HD 925 at f/10.
IC434 Horsehead and Flame Nebula, and M42 Orion and Running Man Nebula - Test FOV ASI6200MC, 6th February 2020. ASI6200MC Pro. Optolong L-eNhance. TSAPO65Q. SkyWatcher EQ6-R Pro / 6R StellarDrive. 8 x 10 Mins with SharpCap Pro. Processed in NINA. Some artefacts remain - issues processing.
Genova, Italy (06 Oct 2022 23:07 UT)
Planet: diameter 49.7", mag -2.9, altitude ≈ 44°
Telescope: Orange 1977 vintage Celestron C8 (203 F/10 SC)
Mount: EQ5 with ST4 hand controller (no GoTo)
Camera: QHY5III462C Color
Barlow: GSO APO 2.5x
Filter: QHY UV/IR block
Recording scale: 0.150 arcsec/pixel
Equivalent focal length ≈ 3990 mm F/19.7
Image resized: +50%
Recording: SharpCap 4.0
(640x480 @ 60fps - 120 sec - RAW16 - Gain 120)
Best 30% frames of 7253
Alignment/Stacking: AutoStakkert! 3.1.4
Wavelets/Deconvolution: AstroSurface T5
Final Elaboration: GIMP 2.10.30
Telescopio: Celestron C11 XLT Fastar
Montatura:iOptron CEM60
CMOS di ripresa: ZWO ASI 174 mono Cooled
Filtro: Optolong Red CCD 50,8 mm
Moonlite CF 2,5" focuser with high resolution stepper DRO
Software:SharpCap 3.2 Pro, Registax 6.1.0.8, Zoner Photo Studio X v. 19, Pleiades Astrophoto PixInsight 1.8, Avistack 2.0
Data: 12 Giugno 2019 Ora locale: 20:59
Pose: 300 su 1009 riprese aa 73 fps
Lunghezza focale: 2800 mm
Seeing: 2 Trasparenza: 8
The Apenninus Mountains are one of my favorite locations to image on the moon. It is also home to our moons tallest mountain, Mons Huygens, which stands 3.4 miles tall! I never get tired of imaging this region, each time trying to get more details.
TECH SPECS: Meade 12” LX-90, Celestron CGEM-DX pier mounted, ZWO ASI290MC, Antares Focal Reducer. Captured using SharpCap v3.2, stacked in Autostakkert (best 15% of 2500 images), sharpened in Registax, final image processed in Corel Paintshop Pro. Image Date: March 22, 2021. Location: The Dark Side Observatory, Weatherly, PA, USA (Bortle Class 4 Zone).
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116 minutes in 15 sec sub-images (464x15.) QHY183c at -15C, Gain 37, Offset 200, L-eNhance filter, Televue TV-85 at F/5.6, SharpCap 3.2 LiveStacking with dark subtraction and dithering. Taken from a metro area, Bortle 7-8 zone, the day after Hurricane Delta. Above average transparency and average seeing.
The bright core of the Orion Nebula can be seen with the naked eye, even from cities, as the fuzzy middle star in Orion's sword. In the winter I use it to help align my telescopes because it is such a bright and distinctive target, and every once in a while it is hard to resist imaging to bring out the full shape and colors of the nebula -- generating something now familiar but a completely different sight than we experience even through a moderately powerful telescope.
Tech Stuff: TV-85 telescope on Skywatcher Star Adventurer mount; ZWO ASI1600 MC astro cam; Astronomik CLS filter; 20 minutes of 8 second exposures + 4 minutes of 2 second exposures, stacked live in SharpCap; HDR processing in PixInsight. From my yard 10 miles north of New York City.
A view of last evenings waxing gibbous moon, 96% illuminated. This is a six panel mosaic, each panel consisting of the best 25% of 500 images.
Tech Specs: Meade 12” LX-90 (at f/10), ZWO ASI071mc-Pro, unguided. Captured using SharpCap Pro v3.2, stacked in Autostakkert, mosaic pieced together using Microsoft ICE. Image date: March 7, 2020. Location: The Dark Side Observatory, Weatherly, PA, USA.
M13 First light with the ES 127mm ED Triplet refractor
ASI Zwo 294MC Pro cooled color camera IR/cut filter
Had some clear skies last night
#SharpCap Pro, PoleMaster
Ioptron i45 Pro EQ mount, PHD2 guiding
Orion 60mm guidescope Zwo 120MM mini
120 Gain offset 10, 0c cooling,
M13 was 37 minutes, 1 minute exposure each
Went for 90 frames, due to the size of this telescope, found out the Dec backlash was bad, ended up throwing away 53 frames due to bad backlash, but 37 good ones
25 darks 25 flats and 25 bias frames
Astro Pixel Processor and PS
Isn't it stunning? Data taken recently combined with data from two years ago.
The Rosette Nebula spans a distance of about 100 lightyears across and is located 5,000 lightyears from Earth in the Monoceros constellation. It's located near the Orion comstellation.
Image Details:
- Imaging Scope: William Optics 61mm Zenithstar II Doublet
- Imaging Camera: ZWO ASI183MC Color with UV/IR Blocking filter and ZWO Duo-Band Filter (HA and Oiii)
- Guiding System: Celestron Starsense Autoguider
- Acquisition Software: Sharpcap
- Guiding Software: PHD2
- Capture Software: SharpCap Pro (LiveStack mode with dithering)
- Light Frames: 30x5 mins @ 100 Gain, Temp -20C
- Dark Frames: 20*5 mins
- Stacked in Deep Sky Stacker
- Processed in PixInsight, Adobe Lightroom and Topaz Denoise AI
Technical card
Imaging telescope or lens: Lunt Solar Systems LS60THa/B1200C
Imaging camera: QHYCCD QHY5III174
Mount: Skywatcher AZ EQ-6 GT
Focal reducer: Baader Planetarium Hyperion Barlow x2.25
Software: HEASARC fv, Planetary Imaging Pre-Processor PIPP, Emil Kraaikamp AutoStackert! 2 , Astro Capture Software SharpCap, Pleiades Astrophoto PixInsight
Filter: Optolong UV/IR cut
Resolution: 1812x1191
Date: Sept. 11, 2017
Time: 12:07
Frames: 6000
FPS: 70.00000
Focal length: 1125
Locations: Berga Resort, Berga, Barcelona, Spain
This picture was captured using a telescope with a Hydrogen-alpha (Hα) filter. This lets us see the Sun's chromosphere. The area featured is cataloged as Active Region 2941 (AR2941), The bright area is a "plage". It is extremely hot and bright. On each end you can see a sunspot. If you were using a telescope with a "white light filter", you would not see the same features as you would be looking at the the Sun's photosphere. However, you would see many more sunspots in AR2941 that are obscured here by the plage. There are also filaments seen in this picture.
Telescope: Lunt 60mm Hα with double stack
Camera: ZWO I178MM monochrome
Capture Software: SharpCap
Processing Software:
AutoStakkert, RegiStax6, Light Room Classic, Photo Shop
Found in the sword of the Orion Constellation, the Orion Nebula is visible to the naked eye. It is only 1,500 light years away from us and thus appears very bright. It is worth checking out with a small telescope or even a pair of binoculars.
Equipment:
SkyWatcher EQ6-R
Nikkor 500mm f/4 P Ai-s at f/5.6
Sony a7RIII (unmodified)
Altair 60mm Guide scope
GPCAM2 Mono Camera
Acquisition:
Taos, NM: my backyard - Bortle 3
89 x 120" for 2 hr 59min and 29 sec of exposure time.
20 dark frames
15 flats frames
15 bais frames
Guided
Software:
SharpCap
PHD2
DeepSkyStacker
PixInsight
Photoshop
Lightroom
I polar aligned my mount using SharpCap Pro. My Sony a7rIII and adapted Nikkor 500mm f/4 P AI-S were mounted on an ADM vixen rail and secured to the SkyWatcher EQ6-R mount. The guide scope/camera was attached to the camera's hot shoe. I used PHD2 to autogude during the imaging session. DeepSkyStacker was used to combine all frames, and the outputted TIFF file was brought into PixInsight using: STF, Cropping, Dynamic Background Extraction, BlurXTerminator, plate solving, color correction, NoiseXTerminator and then the DSO was separated from the stars, and both files processed and stretched separately and then recombined using PixelMath and lastly HDR Multiscale Transform to bring back detail in the nebula's core. That file was brought into Lightroom for Metadata and EXIF tags, light post-processing, and cropping to the final image.
best 30% of 5000 frames using HA filter
color added from image from last year
Scope: AT65EDQ
Mount: iOptron iEQ45
Camera: ZWO ASI183M non cooled
Guide camera: QHY5Lii
Guide Scope: Meade 60mm achro fl 300
Orion 5 position manual filter wheel
ZWO LRGB
Schuler HA 9nm, Schuler 9nm Sii
MyFocuer Pro v2 (Robert Brown)
Bahtinov mask
Software: APT, PHD2, Sharpcap, CdC, Pixinsight, Photoshop, Nic Dfine 2, Astronomy Tools plug in, Google Chrome Remote Desktop, autostakert!3, Registax
Better processing thanks to a new star reduction script I learned about and utilized, as well as better color calibration.
My software (Stellarium) was insisting that both of these objects could fit within my field-of-view, given my camera and scope combination. While watching meteors this weekend, I gave it a try, and much to my delight the software was correct! So, here are both nebulae in the same image!
The Lagoon Nebula (left) is a giant interstellar cloud in the constellation Sagittarius. It is classified as an emission nebula and as an H II region. The Lagoon Nebula was discovered by Giovanni Hodierna before 1654 and is one of only two star-forming nebulae faintly visible to the eye from mid-northern latitudes.
The Trifid Nebula (right) is an H II region in the north-west of Sagittarius in a star-forming region in the Milky Way's Scutum-Centaurus Arm. It was discovered by Charles Messier on June 5, 1764. Its name means 'three-lobe'.
Image Details:
- Imaging Scope: William Optics 61mm Zenithstar II Doublet
- Imaging Camera: ZWO ASI183MC Color with ZWO Duo Band filter
- Guiding Scope: William Optics 66mm Petzval
- Guiding Camera: Orion Starshoot Auutoguider
- Acquisition Software: Sharpcap
- Guiding Software: PHD2
- Capture Software: SharpCap Pro (LiveStack mode with dithering)
- Light Frames: 30*5 mins @ 100 Gain, Temp -20C
- Dark Frames: 30*5 mins
- Stacked in Deep Sky Stacker
- Processed in PixInsight, Adobe Lightroom, and Topaz Denoise AI
The sun was just lighting the central peaks of Moretus Crater on the night of July 10, 2019.
Tech Specs: Sky-Watcher Esprit 120mm ED Triplet APO Refractor, ZWO ASI290MC, SharpCap Pro v3.2, best 150 of 2000 frames. Image date: 10 July 2019. Location: The Dark Side Observatory in Weatherly, PA, USA.
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: 30*4 minss @ 40 Gain, Temp -20C
- Stacked in Deep Sky Stacker
- Processed in PixInsight and Adobe Lightroom
Equipo Principal: ZWO ASI 1600 mm-pro + SW Explorer 200p + SW Coma Corrector 0.9x + EQ6-R-Pro + ZWO EAF
Equipo guía: guidescope 60/240 mm, camara guia ZWO ASI 120mm mini
*Gain 139, -20 º C, Ha 7nm 2" Optolong, 116x180"
*Gain 139, -20 º C, Oiii-CCD 6.5 nm 2" Optolong, 122x180"
*Gain 139, -20 º C, Sii-CCD 6.5 nm 2" Optolong, 144x180"
100 Darks
100 Flats por filtro
Polar Align: SharpCap 3.2
Adquisición: SGP 3.1
Procesado: Pixinsight 1.8.8, PS
the sun this morning.
Lunt 60, QHYIII174,Televue 2.5x Barlow, AM5 mount, SharpCap acquistion.
best 150 frames/600
IC410, NGC2244 and NGC2264 with the ES 80mm ED triplet refractor and Zwo ASI294MC Pro cooled color camera
Was trying out the focuser from Zwo EAF, Works flawless with SharpCap Pro
Had high thin clouds, tracking soo soo, better on NGC2244
Optolong L eNhance 2' filter
#SharpCap Pro, PoleMaster
Ioptron i45 Pro EQ mount, PHD2 guiding
Orion 60mm guidescope SSAG
220 Gain offset 10, -10c cooling,
IC410 was 90 minutes, 1 minute exposure each
NGC2244 was 90 minutes, 1 minute each
NGC2264 was 15 minutes, 1 minute each
50 darks 50 flats and 50 bias frames
For NGC2264 was 8 darks, 8 flats and 8 bias frames
Astro Pixel Processor and PS
Photo prise au Canon EOS 600D le 9 mai 2024 dans la constellation de la Vierge (38 brutes de 120", 60 Darks de 120", 60 flats de 1/800", 100 bias de 1/4000"). Lunette 61 EDPH II Sharpstar. Logiciels : Sharpcap (alignement polaire) + Nina (acquisition)+Siril (traitement
The Pleiades, also known as the Seven Sisters and Messier 45, are an open star cluster located in the constellation Taurus. Robert Burnham states in his Celestial Handbook, "undoubtedly the most famous galactic star cluster in the heavens, known and regarded with reverence since remote antiquity."
Work in progress as I would like to add several more hours if/when the weather cooperates!
Did you know that J.R.R. Tolkien told us in The Hobbit that the Pleiades were known in the ancient days if Middle-earth as Remmirath, or "The Netted Stars"?
Tech Specs: Williams Optic Redcat 51, Celestron CGEM-DX mount (pier mounted), ZWO ASI071MC-Pro running at -10C, 30 x 120 second exposures, GAIN 200, guided using a ZWO ASI290MC and Orion 60mm guide scope. Captured using SharpCap v3.2. Image date: January 29, 2020. Location: The Dark Side Observatory, Weatherly, PA, USA.
Equipo Principal: ZWO ASI 1600 mm-pro + SW Explorer 250pds + SW Coma Corrector 0.9x + EQ6-R-Pro + ZWO EAF + ZWO 7x2" EFW
Equipo guía: ZWO M68 OAG, ZWO ASI 120mm mini
SHO data:
*Gain 139, -20 º C, Ha 7nm 2" Optolong, 84x180"
*Gain 139, -20 º C, Oiii-CCD 6.5 nm 2" Optolong, 50x180"
*Gain 139, -20 º C, Sii-CCD 6.5 nm 2" Optolong, 60x180"
100 Darks
80 Flats / 80 Darkflats por filtro
LRGB data:
*Gain 100, -25 º C, R-CCD 2" Svbony + L-Pro 2" Optolong, 43x120"
*Gain 100, -25 º C, G-CCD 2" Svbony + L-Pro 2" Optolong, 42x120"
*Gain 100, -25 º C, B-CCD 2" Svbony + L-Pro 2" Optolong, 44x120"
*Gain 100, -25 º C, L 2" Optolong + L-Pro 2" Optolong, 124x120"
50 Darks
50 Flats / filter
*Gain 139, -20 º C, Sii-CCD 6.5 nm 2" Optolong, 60x180"
Polar Align: SharpCap 3.2
Adquisición: SGP 3.2
Guiado: PHD2
Procesado: Pixinsight 1.8.8, PS