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Genova, Italy (24 Aug 2023 01:23 UT)
Planet: diameter 42.8", mag -2.5, altitude ≈ 45°
Telescope: Celestron CPC C8 XLT (203 F/10 SC)
Camera: QHY5III462C Color
Focal Extender: Explore Scientific 2x (1.25")
Atmospheric Dispersion Corrector: Artesky
Filter: QHY UV/IR block
Recording scale: ≈0.15 arcsec/pixel
Equivalent focal length ≈4000 mm F/19.7
Image resized: +50%
Recording: SharpCap 4.0
(640x480 @ 125fps - 120 sec - RAW8 - Gain 168)
Best 25% frames of ≈15000
Alignment/Stacking: AstroSurface U4
Wavelets/Deconvolution: AstroSurface U4
Final Elaboration: GIMP 2.10.34
This is my first serious attempt at Mars.
Taken with a Celestron C6 SCT, Celestron AVX mount, 2.5x Televue PowerMate, and ASI120MC. Captured with SharpCap, stacked with AutoStakkert, and processed with Astra Image Pro and Photoshop.
Image réalisée le 18 juillet 2021 lors de l'observation The Moon Again, matériel Petite Ourse : lunette 102/500 sur AZ3, capture ZWO asi 120MM avi 10s avec SharpCap, images total 161, retenues 60, traitement AutoStakker et RegiStax6.
Lieu : Rue Roger Richard parking du groupe scolaire 88300 Martigny-les-Gerbonvaux.
WO RedCat 51 Zwo 071MC Pro cooled color camera, 1 minute exposure 90 total time, SharpCap Pro, Astro Pixel Processor
NGC2264 and IC1848 with the ES 80mm ED triplet APO refractor, Orion Field Flattener and Zwo ASI1600MM Pro cooled mono camera...
The Pegasus power box was a good buy, Got rid of 3 power adapters and 1 control box
Had clear skies last night, ok tracking
Astronomik 1 1/4" 12nm Ha filter
#SharpCap Pro, PoleMaster
Ioptron i45 Pro EQ mount, PHD2 guiding
Orion 60mm guidescope SSAG
200 Gain offset 50, -10c cooling,
IC1848 was 80 minutes, 1 minute exposure each
NGC2264 was 125 minutes, 1 minute each
40 darks 40 flats and 40 bias frames
Astro Pixel Processor and PS
Ecco la Luna in fase piena a poche ore dall'istante in cui si trovava al Perigeo ( il punto dell'orbita più vicino alla Terra). Per questo motivo la notte del 13 il nostro satellite appariva leggermente più grande e luminoso con un diametro apparente maggiore del 7% rispetto alla media. Quindi ecco il motivo per cui viene chiamata anche "superluna", ma in realtà la differenza di dimensione è molto difficile da percepire ed è corretto invece chiamarla Luna Piena al Perigeo. Questa di luglio viene chiamata anche Luna Piena del Cervo ed è la più grande e luminosa del 2022.
La foto è un mosaico di dimensioni 2674x2674 pixels e l'ho ottenuto assemblando 16 immagini delle diverse zone della superficie lunare.
Dati:
Telescopio Celestron 114/910 Newtoniano
Montatura Eq2 con motore AR con pulsantiera
Camera planetaria QHY5L-II-C
Filtro UV-Ir cut
Sharpcap per acquisire 16 video da 40 secondi ciascuno a 17 fps
Autostakkert!3 e Registax 6 per elaborare ogni video
Autostitch per assemblare le immagini
GIMP per luminosità, contrasto e riduzione rumore (pochissimo)
Luogo: Cabras, Sardegna, Italia
Data e ora della ripresa: 14 luglio 2022 da 01:29 a 01:48 UTC
Nice little galaxy, but probably need more frames and better processing. Still at the bottom of the learning curve with this!
55 frames livestacked in Sharpcap, total 447 s capture time. Post-processing in Photoshop. Celestron Evolution 9.25 scope with focal reducer.
Well, this is my first attempt at an image using both Luminance and Ha+OIII frames combined. There's a lot of data here, and my luminance frames were offset to my filtered frames, thus the odd cropping/framing. I'll get a wider field image next year.
Image Details:
- Imaging Scope: William Optics 61mm Zenithstar II Doublet
- Imaging Camera: ZWO ASI183MC Color with UV/IR Blocking filter
- Guiding Scope: William Optics 66mm Petzval
- Guiding Camera: Orion Starshoot Auto Guider
- Filter: ZWO Duo Band (HA & OIII)
- Acquisition Software: Sharpcap
- Guiding Software: PHD2
- Capture Software: SharpCap Pro (LiveStack mode with dithering)
- Light Frames: 100*2 mins @ 100 Gain, Temp -20C
- HA + OIII Frames: 25*3 mins @ 100 Gain, Temp -20C
- Dark Frames: 100*2 mins for light frames, 25*3 mins for HA + OIII frames
- Stacked in Deep Sky Stacker
- Processed in PixInsight, Adobe Lightroom, Photmatix Pro HDR and Topaz Denoise AI
Jellyfish Nebula - IC 443
Ha - 57 x 600 secs
OIII - 52 x 600 secs
SII - 55 x 600 secs
27.3 Hours total
EQ8-R | SW Esprit 100ED | ASI6200MM | Antlia 3.5nm Ha,SII,OIII
SW 50ED | ASI290MM Mini
SharpCap | NINA | Pixinsight | Photoshop
This is my portable astro rig for wide field astrophotography. The setup includes the "one-shot colour camera" ASi 294 MC Pro and Voigtlander 25mm lens, Star Adventurer mount and Pole Master for quick and easy polar alignment.
The ASI 294 is a very sensitive CMOS camera and takes a bit of getting used to after using a traditional "DSLR" based camera.
The guide scope and guide camera (ASI 120 MC-s) are opposite to the camera to reduce weight. I don't really need guiding when doing wide field but use this setup with heavier telescopes and like the configuration.
Guiding is done via PHD2, so I take a laptop as well. Imaging software is SharpCap Pro.
This cluster, located just outside of our galaxy, is about 80 light years across and contains around 100,000 stars. It contains at least 105 variable stars as well as two millisecond pulsars! It is also older than 12 BILLION years!
First attempt at this object through a combination of clear skies and high-level clouds last night. I find Globular Clusters fascinating and super interesting that we can detect variable stars within them.
Image Details:
- Imaging Scope: William Optics 61mm ZenithStar APO
- Imaging Camera: ZWO ASI183MC Color with IR Cut filter
- Guiding Scope: William Optics 31mm Uniguide
- Guiding Camera: Orion Starshoot Auto Guider
- Acquisition Software: Sharpcap
- Guiding Software: PHD2
- Light Frames: 17*3 mins @ 50 Gain, Temp -20C
- Dark Frames: 17*3 mins
- Stacked in Deep Sky Stacker
- Processed in PixInsight, Adobe Lightroom and Topaz Denoise
Interesting double loop solar prominence on the Sun yesterday. High temperatures and poor seeing didn't allow for any type of details to be captured.
Tech Specs: Sky-Watcher Esprit 120ED, ZWO ASI290MC, Daystar Quark Chromosphere + Daystar 2" UV/IR filter, SharpCap Pro v3.0, best 15% of 5k frames, AutoStakkert, Registax. Image date: 27 July 2019. Location: The Dark Side Observatory in Weatherly, PA, USA.
Nel pomeriggio del 26 luglio, con difficoltà e un po’ di fortuna, sono riuscito a riprendere con la camera planetaria e il piccolo telescopio newtoniano il brevissimo transito della Stazione Spaziale Internazionale davanti al Sole. La durata totale del transito è stata di poco più di un secondo a causa dell’elevata velocità con cui la stazione orbita intorno alla Terra. La ISS è grande circa come un campo da calcio, orbita a circa 400 km di quota e viaggia alla velocità di quasi 28000 km/h compiendo un’orbita in circa 92 minuti. Al momento l’equipaggio è composto da 7 astronauti tra cui anche Samantha Cristoforetti.La ripresa contiene 1059 fotogrammi, in soltanto 8 è presente la sagoma della ISS e tra questi ho preso quello migliore. L’ho poi tagliato per mostrare meglio la parte più interessante:
in quest’immagine sono abbastanza visibili gli enormi pannelli solari della struttura e sono presenti alcune macchie solari nelle regioni attive AR3062 e AR3066, tra cui una più grande ed evidente.
Dati:
Telescopio Celestron 114/910 Newton
Montatura Eq2 con motore AR con pulsantiera
Camera QHY5L-II-C
Filtro UV-IR cut
Filtro Astrosolar
Sharpcap per acquisire un video da 1059 fotogrammi a 17 fps con tempo di esposizione di 1/2000 sec
Pipp per scomporre il video in immagini TIFF
GIMP per tagliare l’immagine originale, scrivere i nomi degli oggetti visibili e modificare leggermente la nitidezza e il contrasto.
Luogo: Cabras (OR)
Data: 26-07-2022
Ora esatta del transito:17:41:06.75 ora locale
Brisbane, Australia January 2021
Telescope: Explore Scientific ED80 APO Triplet
Mount; HEQ5 Pro
Imaging Camera: ZWO ASI533 MC Pro
Guide Camera; ZWO ASI290 Mini
15 x 240s
15 x Darks
12 x Flats
10 x Bias
Sharpcap Pro Polar Alignment
PHD2, Stellarium, APT, Deepsky Stacker, Photoshop.
...in the Leo Constellation. About 31-36 million light years away.
I'm on the fence with this. My image acquisition was good, but this was hard to process and tease out color. Still a bit noisy, too. Maybe good enough for a first attempt.
Image Details:
- Imaging Scope: William Optics 61mm ZenithStar APO
- Imaging Camera: ZWO ASI183MC Color with IR Cut filter
- Guiding Scope: William Optics 31mm Uniguide
- Guiding Camera: Orion Starshoot Auto Guider
- Acquisition Software: Sharpcap
- Guiding Software: PHD2
- Light Frames: 25*5 mins @ 50 Gain, Temp -10C
- Dark Frames: 25*5 mins
- Stacked in Deep Sky Stacker
- Processed in PixInsight, Adobe Lightroom and Topaz Denoise
Taken with a Celestron C6 SCT, Celestron AVX mount, 2x Barlow, and ASI120MC. Captured with SharpCap, stacked with AutoStakkert, and processed with Astra Image Pro and Photoshop.
Tycho Crater – diameter is 86 km and it is about 4.8 km in depth, located in the southern region of the moon. The crater was named after Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe (1546–1601). From Wikipedia, “The crater is sharply defined, unlike older craters that have been degraded by subsequent impacts. The interior has a high albedo that is prominent when the Sun is overhead, and the crater is surrounded by a distinctive ray system forming long spokes that reach as long as 1,500 kilometers. Sections of these rays can be observed even when Tycho is illuminated only by earthlight.
Tech Specs: ZWO ASI290MC camera and Meade 12” LX90, best 20% of 5k frames. Software used included Sharpcap Pro v3.1 and AutoStakkert!3. Photographed on February 16, 2019 from the Dark Side Observatory in Weatherly, Pennsylvania, USA.
Sadr region with the Kitcat 135mm Rokinon lens
Zwo ASI071MC Pro cooled mono camera
Pegasus EAF, 10X7 degrees FOV
Had clear skies last night, Full moon, some clouds
Optolong L eNhance 2" filter
#SharpCap Pro, PoleMaster
Ioptron CEM 25 Pro EQ mount
200 Gain offset 20, 0c cooling,
Sadr region was 2 hours, 5 minutes exposure each
24 frames total
12 darks 12 flats and 12 bias frames
Astro Pixel Processor and PS
Was out at Starr ranch
Tycho Crater – diameter is 86 km and it is about 4.8 km in depth, located in the southern region of the moon. Starting to get more details in the finished photos, this one is starting to show details on the mountains inside the main crater.
Tech Specs: Meade 12” LX90, Celestron CGEM-DX mount, ASI290MC, best 2.5k of 5k frames, AutoStakkert! V3.0.14 (x64), FireCapture v2.5.10 x64 and Registax v6. Software used included Sharpcap v2.9 and AutoStakkert! Alpha Version 2.3.0.21. Photographed on July 4, 2017 from Weatherly, Pennsylvania.
This animation consists of 10 frames captured between 9:13pm and 10:13pm on February 11th, 2014.
Taken with a Celestron C6 SCT, Celestron AVX mount, 2x Barlow, and ASI120MC. Captured with SharpCap, stacked with AutoStakkert, and processed with Astra Image Pro and Photoshop. Animated with PIPP.
The Sturgeon Moon - Gérgal - 2021-08-24
Captured from my home in Gérgal, Almeria, Spain on the 24th of August 2021.
Weather conditions were cloudy with a lucky break for a few minutes around 1:00 AM to capture the frames.
Best 500 images out of 1,000 images captured.
Camera: ZWO ASI183-MC Pro cooled to -10 C
Telescope: William Optics GT81 385mm f/5.6
Telescope mount: Celestron CGX Equatorial mount.
Capture software: Sharpcap Pro
Processed in Autostakeert, Topaz Labs GigaPixel and Adobe Lightroom
#moon #astrophotography #topaz
NGC 2264 and the associated Cone Nebula are part of a huge nebular complex in Monoceros. This lies about 2,700 light years away. The cone shape (at upper left) is formed by a dark absorption nebula positioned in front of a faint nebula of ionized hydrogen. The entire region is an active site of new star formation.
First attempt at this part of this sky. Found it pretty tricky to process as there is a lot happening here. I will try for more, longer exposures next month.
Image Details:
- Imaging Scope: AstroTelescopes 80mm ED Refractor
- Imaging Camera: ZWO ASI183MC Color with UV/IR Blocking filter
- Guiding Scope: William Optics 66mm Petzval
- Guiding Camera: Orion Starshoot Auto Guider
- Acquisition Software: Sharpcap
- Guiding Software: PHD2
- Light Frames: 27x4 mins @ 40 Gain, -10F, Offset 40
- Dark Frames: 25*4 mins
- Stacked in Deep Sky Stacker
- Processed in PixInsight, Photomatix Pro HDR and Adobe Lightroom/Photoshop
Taken from Oxfordshire, UK with a William Optics 70mm refractor, Celestron 3x Barlow and ASI120MC camera, when the Moon was a 40% illuminated Waxing Crescent. A 2,000 frame video shot with SharpCap Pro, the best 75% percent were stacked with Autostakkert! 3 then processed in Lightroom and Fast Stone Image Viewer
The large escarpment running across the image is Rupes Altai. It is about 427km long and at its northern end it reaches a height of nearly 1km. The crater at the southern end of Rupes Altai is Piccolomini. The large crater to the upper right of it is Catharina.
M13 is a great astro target this time of year and I recently posted an image based on a single night's captures. My Questar telescope has a slow focal ratio -- f/16 -- which leads to big differences in images based on the total amount of capture time. In this case you can clearly see the differences in color and detail for 3 hours versus 35 minutes of exposure time. See adjacent image www.flickr.com/photos/124244349@N07/48069056958/in/photos... for comparison.
Tech Stuff: Questar 3.5" telescope at native 1400mm focal length (f/16)/QHY 163 mono camera/guided/8 second exposures captured in SharpCap live stacks/ L 14 min; R 65 min; G 36 min; B 55 min/Processed with PixInsight and AcDSee. Captured over 5 nights in June, 2019 from my yard in Westchester County, NY.
The Omega Nebula, also known as the Swan Nebula, Checkmark Nebula, and the Horseshoe Nebula is an H II region in the constellation Sagittarius. It was discovered by Philippe Loys de Chéseaux in 1745. Charles Messier catalogued it in 1764. It is located in the rich starfields of the Sagittarius area of the Milky Way. Wikipedia
Image Details:
- Imaging Scope: Astrotelescopes ED 80mm Refractor
- Imaging Camera: ZWO ASI183MC Color with UV/IR Blocking filter
- Guiding Scope: William Optics 66mm Petzval
- Guiding Camera: Orion Starshoot Auto Guider
- Acquisition Software: Sharpcap
- Guiding Software: PHD2
- Light Frames: 20*5 mins @ 0 Gain, Temp -15C
- Dark Frames: 20*5 mins
- Stacked in Deep Sky Stacker
- Processed in PixInsight and Adobe Lightroom
A large part of the North America Nebula [NGC 7000 or Caldwell 20] Seen in the constellation of Cygnus.
The 'Gulf of Mexico' is the large dark area just below the centre
. 'America' is tilted on it's side, North to the right.
M: iOptron EQ45-Pro
T: William Optics GTF81
C: ZWO ASI1600MC-Cooled
F: IDAS filter (Light Polllution)
G: PHD2
GC: ZWO ASI120mini
RAW16; FITs
Temp: -15 DegC
Gain 260;
19 x Exp 200s
33 x Exp 300s
Frames: 49/52 Lights; 20 Darks; 100 Flats
100% Crop
Capture: SharpCap
Processed: DSS; APP, PS, Gradient Exterminator Pro.
Sky: 80% Moon, no wind, 0% to 5% cloud, mild, good seeing.
Bortle 5 Sky.
Distance from Earth: 2,202 light years.
27-08-2021
Sky-Watcher 150mm - f/8
ZWO ASI 120MC-S + Barlow 2x + UV/IR Cut
SharpCap + PIPP + AS!3 + Astrosurface
Porto Real-Brazil
Bortle 4/5 Sky
After midnight, the Pleiades star cluster rises in the eastern sky. Calming my eager heart, I pointed my SAMYANG 135mm F2 lens at the Pleiades and stacked images over about an hour, spread across two nights. The reflection nebula around Merope and the dark, nebula-free grooves are beautiful.
SAMYANG 135mmF2
ASI662MC
UV/IR blocking filter
AZ-GTi alt-azi mode
sharpcap as platesolver
stacked by Siril 1.2 x2 drizzle
889x5sec frames used
Dati:
Celestron 114/900 Newton
montatura eq2 con motore AR
camera Qhy5L-IIC
filtro UV IR cut
Sharpcap per acquisire 20 video da 40 secondi ciascuno
Autostakkert 3 e Registax 6 per l'elaborazione dei video
Autostitch per creare il mosaico
Registax 6 e Camera Raw per luminosità, contrasto e bilanciamento del colore nel risultato finale
Adobe Photoshop per aumentare la saturazione del colore
Luogo: Cabras (OR)
Data: 19-11-2021 a 00:17 ora locale ( 18-11-2021 alle 23:17 UTC)
Zona de Aristóteles, Eudoxus, montes Caucasus, etc
Telescopio: Celestron C6-A XLT 150/1500 f10
Cámara: ZWO ASI178MM
Montura: EQ5 Bresser EXOS2 motorizada sin goto
Filtros: Baader UV/IR Cut / L-Filter
Software: SharpCap, AutoStakkert, Registax y Fitswork
Fecha: 2019-03-13
Hora: 21:02 T.U.
Fase lunar: 43.6% 6.8 días Creciente
Lugar: 42.615 N -6.417 W (Bembibre Spain)
Vídeo: 2 minutos
Resolución: 2320x1560
Gain: 91
Exposure: 0,011754
Frames: 2935
Frames apilados: 18%
FPS: 25
Mars with one of its moons Deimos. First time I’ve managed to capture a Martian Moon! Unfortunately it’s 2nd moon Phobos was too close to the planet to pick it up because of the technique I use to image moons.
2 stacked exposures combined
Celestron NexStar 6SE
Zwo Asi224mc with IR cut filter
Tele Vue 2.5x Powermate
2 minute video in SharpCap
Processed in PIPP, AutoStakkert, RegiStax, Lightroom and PhotoLayers
Our star today captured with an 80mm APO Refractor at F/50. Daystar Quark Chromosphere and ASI290MM. Sharpcap has been used for the capture, then Autostakkert, ImPPG and PS for the post-processing. Active regions 2778 and 2779 are now very near the limb. Some nice prominences are visible as well.
This nebula lies around 1,300 light years away, and lies in the Orion constellation, right next to the Horsehead Nebula.
My first attempt at a starless astronomical image (Except, of course that massive main star which happens to be Alnitak and too large to remove from the shot!). I was skeptical about starless images but they do a great job of revealing the molecular dust and gas in the area of the objects involved.
Image Details:
- Imaging Scope: AstroTelescopes 80mm ED Refractor
- Imaging Camera: ZWO ASI183MC Color with UV/IR Blocking filter
- Guiding Scope: William Optics 66mm Petzval
- Guiding Camera: Orion Starshoot Auto Guider
- Acquisition Software: Sharpcap
- Guiding Software: PHD2
- Light Frames: 15x3 mins @ 100 Gain, -10F, Offset 40
- Dark Frames: 15*3 mins
- Stacked in Deep Sky Stacker
- Processed in PixInsight, Photomatix Pro and Adobe Lightroom/Photoshop
The same image I had previously uploaded to Flickr but with the stars removed to give a more 3D appearance looking into the heart of the nebula.
Taken with 150mm refractor, 0.75X reducer and ASI294MC camera. Consists of 24 x 5 minute exposures stacked and calibrated on the fly using the Live Stacking function in SharpCap Pro.
Managed a single scan of the solar disk during a break in the clouds using my 72ED,Herschel wedge with Sol'Ex SHG, QHY5III 178M and 7nm Ha filter attached to nose of the Sol'Ex. 16x sidereal speed used on CEM60 to force the slit across the Sun whilst recording a 16 bit SER file in Sharpcap. Being a single scan no processing except rotation and flipping to correct orientation and resizing of image.
NGC 869 884 in Perseus
William Optics Zenithstar 61 APO refractor, Zwo ASI183MC Pro cooled color camera, Ioptron i45 Eq mount, capture in SharpCap Pro, DSS, PS, dark flats and bias frames, 1 minute exposure, 42 total minutes, 120 gain 0 offset
Jupiter/Saturn Conjunction 2020
Near Jupiter from left to right are moons Europa, Io, Castillo. Just below Saturn is moon Titan.
Scope/Mount: TS-Optics PhotoLine 130mm F7 APO Refractor, Celestron CI-700 Mount
Camera: ZWO ASI185MC color
Guiding: none
Exposure: Composite of 1 frame each of 4 ms, 17 ms, 67 ms, 250 ms.
Software: SharpCap, PixInsight
Comment: 12-21-2020, San Diego, CA, poor seeing.
Been figuring out deconvolution and EZ Tools within PixInsight. Also, applied some HDR techniques to draw out some of those dusty areas a little better. Overdone??
The Trifid Nebula is located in Sagittarius. It was discovered by Charles Messier on June 5, 1764. Its name means 'divided into three lobes'. The object is an unusual combination of an open cluster of stars; an emission nebula, a reflection nebula and a dark nebula. It lies approximately 5,200 light years from Earth.
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: 25*5 mins @ 50 Gain, Temp -15C
- Dark Frames: 25*5 mins
- Stacked in Deep Sky Stacker
- Processed in PixInsight and Adobe Lightroom
Ecco un mosaico della Luna al 93% prima del 16 maggio mattina, giorno di fase piena e in cui diventerà rossa a causa del fenomeno dell'eclissi.
In questo caso ho aumentato la saturazione dei colori per mostrare le differenze di composizione chimica della regolite sulla superficie lunare.
Ho leggermente modificato lil bilanciamento del colore, la luminosità e il contrasto della foto condivisa in precedenza.
Dati:
- Telescopio Celestron 114/910 Newton
- montatura eq2 con motore AR
- camera planetaria QHY5L-II-C
- filtro UV-IR cut
- Sharpcap per l'acquisizione di 21 video da 30 secondi ognuno
- Autostakkert! 3 e Registax 6 per elaborarli
- Autostitch per assemblare le 21 parti del mosaico
- GIMP per luminosità, contrasto e saturazione dei colori
Luogo: Cabras (OR)
Data: 13 maggio 2022 alle 20:20 UTC ( 22:20 ora locale)
Data - 24/04/2021
Hora - 20:54 ~ 21:45 local (-3 UTC)
Lat - 7,13S
Log - 34,83W
Local - João Pessoa, PB - Brasil
Bortle - Class 8
Câmera - ZWO ASI 120MC-S
Telescópio - SW 150mm F8
Montagem - EQ5
Motorização - OnStep Brasil
Light - filme de 2000 frames (empilhados 50%)
Software Captura - SharpCap
Softwares Processamento - PS/Registax
A fantastic early morning seeing Jupiter with 2 of its moons Io and Ganymede casting their shadows on the gas giants surface! Io just starting it’s transit across the face too. Managed to pick up a bit of surface detail on Ganymede too.
Celestron NexStar 6SE
Zwo Asi224mc with IR cut filter
Zwo ADC
Tele Vue 2.5x Powermate
FireCapture for ADC tuning.
SharpCap for Capturing.
2 minute video, exposure-3.0ms, gain-320
Processed in AutoStakkert, RegiStax and Lightroom.
This is an animation of some proms from 14th June 2023
Location: West Midlands, UK
Scope: Coronado SM60 II
Camera: ASI 178MM, 2 x TAL Barlow
Mount: CEM60-EC
Integration: 106 x 500 frames, best 20% from each
Acquisition: Sharpcap Pro
Processing: AutoStakkert, PI, ImPPG and PIPP
A guided image of the Silver Sliver Galaxy (NGC891) in Andromeda taken using a ZWOASI183MC Pro camera in a 6-inch f/4 reflecting astrograph telescope. 60 ninety second images were captured using SharpCap and processed with DeepSkyStacker and Adobe Lightroom.
Here is an image I took from March 24, 2017 distilled from a video and processed in Registax. It is the first time I have been able to identify the feature referred to as Oval BA, also known as Red Spot Jr. The image on the right was taken by the Hubble Space Telescope on April 3, 2017 for comparison, you can more clearly see this cloud feature in the HST image.
From NASA, “Oval BA first appeared in the year 2000 when three smaller spots collided and merged. Using Hubble and other telescopes, astronomers watched with great interest. A similar merger centuries ago may have created the original Great Red Spot, a storm twice as wide as our planet and at least 300 years old.” (Source: science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2006/02mar_...)
I look forward to continue learning planetary image processing and collecting additional video streams.
Tech Specs: Video captured using Meade LX90 12” telescope and ZWO ASI290MC camera. Imaging was done on March 24, 2017 from Weatherly, Pennsylvania. Software included AutoStakkert! V2.3.0.21, Registax v6 and Sharpcap v2.9.
A massive star explosion that happened thousands of years ago in the constellation of Cygnus as I photographed it using narrowband filters (Hydrogen-a + OIII) and a small 60mm reduced refractor. This is the reedited 2021 version. I hope I will add RGB data soon.
Camera: ZWO ASI 1600MM-PRO USB 3.0 Mono (Type CMOS)
Sensor Cooling Temperature: -15C
Filters: 1.25" 5nm Astrodon Hydrogen-alpha (Ha), 1.25" 3nm Astrodon Oxygen III (OIII)
Imaging Telescope: Takahashi FS-60CB
Correcting Lens: Takahashi Reducer 0.72x (composite focal length at 264mm and focal ratio at f/4.9)
Mount: iOptron CEM25EC
Software: SharpCap Pro, PixInsight, Lightroom, Photoshop
Website: astrotakis.com/
Low in my southern sky in the constellation Aquarius, the Helix Nebula is a tough target which I actually didn't think I could image from home. Another collapsed star like the Dumbbell and other planetary nebula, this one resembles a giant eye with the outer hydrogen gas cloud surrounding a bluish center. It's actually relatively close to earth for a deep sky target, only 650 light years away. With the skyglow from New York behind the nebula, and a moderate amount of summer haze in the sky, I suspect this is an image that can be improved dramatically by adding several additional hours of exposure time. With our current weather patterns that will take me well into the 20's!
Tech stuff: Borg 71FL with 1.08X Borg flattener/ZWO ASI 1600MC camera/IDAS LPS-V4 filter/iOptron CubePro 8200 mount, guided. 48 minutes of 8 second exposures captured over two nights with SharpCap 3.2; Processed with PixInsight and finished with GIMP and ACDSee. From my yard 10 miles north of New York City.
First attempt at this object for me. The ZWO Duo Band filter did a nice job of pulling out some good detail. Happy with the result!
The Crab Nebula is a supernova remnant and pulsar wind nebula in the constellation of Taurus. The common name comes from William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse, who observed the object in 1842 using a 36-inch telescope and produced a drawing that looked somewhat like a crab. This nebula is located about 6,500 light years away.
Image Details:
- Imaging Scope: William Optics 61mm Zenithstar II Doublet
- Imaging Camera: ZWO ASI183MC Color with UV/IR Blocking filter
- Guiding Scope: William Optics 66mm Petzval
- Guiding Camera: Orion Starshoot Auto Guider
- Filter: ZWO Duo Band (HA & OIII)
- Acquisition Software: Sharpcap
- Guiding Software: PHD2
- Capture Software: SharpCap Pro (LiveStack mode with dithering)
- Light Frames: 22*3 mins @ 150 Gain, Temp -20C
- Dark Frames: 22*3 mins
- Stacked in Deep Sky Stacker
- Processed in PixInsight, Adobe Lightroom and Topaz Denoise AI