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TrĂĄnsito de Mercurio
Telescopio: Skywatcher Refractor AP 120/900 f7.5 EvoStar ED
CĂĄmara: ZWO ASI178MM
Montura: iOptron CEM40
Filtros: - Baader Neutral Density Filter 1Œ" (ND 0.9, T=12.5%)
- Baader Solar Continuum Filter 1Œ" (540nm)
Accesorio: Baader 2" Cool-Ceramic Safety Herschel Prism
Software: SharpCap, AutoStakkert, Registax y Photoshop
Fecha: 2019-11-11
Hora: 12:39 T.U. (Tiempo universal)
Lugar: 42.615 N -6.417 W (Bembibre Spain)
VĂdeo: 30 segundos
ResoluciĂłn: 1600 x 1200
Gain: 72
Exposure: 0,000032
Frames: 1543
Frames apilados: 18%
FPS: 51.05
Jupiter.
Celestron NexStar 6SE,
ZWO asi224mc with IR cut filter,
TeleVue 2.5x Powermate,
2.5 minute capture in SharpCap run through PIPP saving the best 1200 to run through AutoStakkert!2 and stacking the best 20%, sharpened in RegiStax and finished in Lightroom.
AUTORE: Aldo Rocco Vitale (Gruppo Astrofili Catanesi âGuido Ruggieriâ)
DATA: 6 gennaio 2018
ORA: 04:45
LOCALITAâ: S. Agata Li Battiati (CT) 250 m. s.l.m.
TEMPERATURA: 8°
UMIDITAâ: 85%
SEEING: 4
TRASPARENZA: 3
FASE: 54%
DISTANZA: n/d
OBIETTIVO: Celestron Nexstar C11; D=280 mm; F=5600 mm; f/20
CAMERA DI RIPRESA: ZWO ASI 120MC
SOFTWARE DI ELABORAZIONE: Sharpcap + Avistack2 + Pixinsight + Astroart
May 27, 2024 sun
Esprit 80
Daystar Quark Hydrogen filter
QHY174, SharpCap, 66fps
80/250 frames stacked. IMPPG, PixInsight, Lightroom
Object Details: After imaging the Sun one afternoon a few weeks ago I was able to catch the Lunar 'X' & Lunar 'V' (shown at the link attached here:
www.flickr.com/photos/homcavobservatory/51212338570/ ).
Having a few extra minutes that evening I decided to shoot a couple of short video clips along the rest of the lunar terminator. Since I tend to image with multiple cameras simultaneously, as can be seen in the attached composite, I also took a few quick stills using a 'wider-field' scope simply as a reference as to overall location.
Image Details: Taken by Jay Edwards at the HomCav Observatory on the evening of May 18th, 2021; the top shows a three panel mosaic of the terminator along a 6 day old waxing crescent moon and at bottom is a 'full disk' reference image. The mosaic was shot using a vintage 1970, 8-inch, f/7 Criterion newtonian reflector and a ZWO ASI290MC with a lum filter - connected at prime focus while the reference image was taken using an ED80T CF (i.e. an 80MM, f/6 carbon-fiber, triplet apochromatic refractor) connected to a 0.8x Televue focal reducer / field flattener and an unmodded Canon 700D DSLR. The 80mm apo. was piggybacked on the 8-inch, along with an 80MM f/5 Celestron 'short-tube' doublet (for guiding when imaging DSOs) as well as a few other items (e.g. a CCD & wide-field camera lens, etc.) and these optics were tracked using a Losmandy G-11 mount running a Gemini 2 control system.
I have labeled the locations of the Lunar 'X' & 'V' as well as one of my favorite 'geologic' lunar features that, although not perfectly lit, I thought appears somewhat decently in this phase of illumination, 'Vallis Alpes' (Latin for The 'Alpine Valley'). Unlike the 'X' & 'V' which result from pareidolia, the Alpine Valley is a 166 km (103 mi.) long, 10km (6 mi.) wide graben (i.e. a physically depressed section of the moon's crust between parallel faults).
The video clips with the ASI290MC on the 8-inch were controlled by SharpCap Pro, while the individual frames taken with the DSLR on the 80MM apo. were sequenced with AstroPhotographyTool (APT). Processed using a combination of AutoStakkert, Registax & PaintShopPro, as presented here the luminance / lightness channels have been extracted, the entire composite has been reduced to 2 x that of HD resolution (approx. 1/2's the original size).
A shot using the same 8-inch Criterion & ASI290MC camera showing additional lighting on the Alpine Valley region during a first quarter moon back in 2019 can be found at the link attached here:
www.flickr.com/photos/homcavobservatory/48070020973/in/al...
TrĂĄnsito de Mercurio
Telescopio: Skywatcher Refractor AP 120/900 f7.5 EvoStar ED
CĂĄmara: ZWO ASI178MM
Montura: iOptron CEM40
Filtros: - Baader Neutral Density Filter 1Œ" (ND 0.9, T=12.5%)
- Baader Solar Continuum Filter 1Œ" (540nm)
Accesorio: Baader 2" Cool-Ceramic Safety Herschel Prism
Software: SharpCap, AutoStakkert, Registax y Photoshop
Fecha: 2019-11-11
Hora: 12:43 T.U. (Tiempo universal)
Lugar: 42.615 N -6.417 W (Bembibre Spain)
VĂdeo: 30 segundos
ResoluciĂłn: 3096 x 2080
Gain: 72
Exposure: 0,000032
Frames: 529
Frames apilados: 20%
FPS: 17.65
Target: NGC 2359 aka Thors Helmet
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Equipment:
Orion 6" f4 Newt w/ SW Quattro CC
ASI294MC-Pro
2"STC Astro Dual Band filter
ZWO 2" filter drawer
SW HEQ5-Pro
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Image Details:
180x180s, gain 120, bin 1x1, -10c
9 hrs total integration
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Location: Parker, CO
Bortle 5 sky
Moon Illumination 85%
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Acquired with NINA, Sharpcap Pro, PHD2. Processed in Pixinisight, Photoshop, Star Spikes Pro
The egress of Mars from behind the moon after Occulation
One if the great astro events of 2022, the occulation of the moon and the planet Mars, where Mars appeared to disappear behind the moon and reappeared an hour later on the other side.
Beset with issues on a well planned night, the weather bought clouds for the beginning at 4:57am so I was unable to capture anything at the time but the re-appearance at 5:57 looked epic, I've seen many photos online only my scope was looking in the wrong part of the moon, so I missed it, but I did realise and scanned around and found it. Captured a couple of vids in Sharpcap, then the battery died on the laptop
So pleased to see both detail on the moon and Mars it was a sight to behold, my thoughts were that the moonlight would washout Mars, fortunatley the sky was super clear and both were crisp.
From the video of 2000 frames I reduced it to 600 frames in PIPP, then took the best 300 frames and stacked them in Autostakkert, a little adjustment in a adobe photoshop and acr and there it was. So pleased I got back up at 5:45am to take another look as the sky was just clearing
Equipment:
Skywatcher 80ED DS Pro refractor
ZWO ASI224MC planetary camera
Celestron x2 barlow
Skywatcher discovery goto Alt Az mount, syncsan app
Images captured in Sharcap 64fps, full resolution
Aberkenfig, South Wales
Lat +51.542 Long -3.593
Skywatcher 254mm Newtonian, Tal 2x Barlow, ZWO ASI 120MC. Captured using Sharpcap.
Processed with Registax 6 & G.I.M.P.
Celestron C8 SCT with 2X barlow
ZWO ASI224MC camera
SharpCap, PIPP, Autostakkert, Registax
1000-frame series completed 1:17 am EDT on 1 Oct 2020
Northern Nassau County NY
Having not seen clear skies here in upstate, NY for quite some time I thought I'd take a first look at processing a few quick shots I captured back on September 20th of this year's Harvest Moon.
Object Details: The attached shows both 'full disk' images as well as 'close-ups' of the area surrounding the rayed crater Tycho.
Although the crater itself is very conspicuous at the bottom of the full disk images, it's extensive ray system is probably it's best known feature. Very prominent during a full moon, they are probably best seen in the negative brightness channel image at upper right. Resulting from a (relatively) recent impact 108 million years ago, Tycho is 85 km (53 mi) in diameter. Being about 4,800 m (15,700 ft or ~ 3 mi.) in depth, it's central peaks rise 1,600 m (5,200 ft or nearly a mile) above the crater floor.
Image Details: The images that make up the attached composite were taken by Jay Edwards at the HomCav Observatory between the 01:39 and 03:06 September 21, 2021 (UT date & time).
The full disk image at top left, utilized a Canon 700D controlled by APT & connected to an ED80T CF (i.e. an Orion 80mm, f/6 carbon-fiber triplet apochromatic refractor), and a 0.8X Televue field flattener / focal reducer as is a stack of 17 'lights-only' frames shot at 1/1000 sec and ISO 100. Shown at top right is this image that has had it's brightness channel extracted and then negated, a technique meant to emphasize fine detail.
The shots of Tycho are stacks of selected frames from short video clips taken with an ASI290MC 'planetary camera / auto-guider' controlled by SharpCap Pro on a vintage 1970, 8-inch, f/7 Criterion newtonian reflector using both luminance and infrared filters (all other things held equal, the infrared wavelengths tend to be less affected by the atmospheric distortions associated with bad seeing conditions).
As noted at center is a one-shot-color version of each, and since humans tend to see detail in an image via it's brightness & contrast (as opposed to it's color) variations, at left the brightness channel has been extracted from the OSCs, and like the full disk image above it, at right the brightness channel extractions have been negated in an attempt to bring out additional detail.
Both of these scopes were mounted on and tracked by a Losmandy G-11 running a Gemini 2 control system and the images were processed using a combination of AS3, Registax & PaintShopPro. As presented here in the HD composite the full disk images have been reduced to one third their original resolution while the close-ups have been reduced down to one-half their original size and all are presented as 8 bits per channel.
Wishing clear, dark & calm skies to all; and of course, a very Happy, Healthy, Safe & Prosperous New Year !!!
Ecco una bella immagine del pianeta a soli 5 giorni dalla congiunzione inferiore.
La fase di ripresa non Ăš stata facile a causa delle raffiche di vento e della turbolenza atmosferica. Ho dovuto anche aumentare il contrasto perchĂš quasi non riuscivo a vedere il pianeta durante la messa a fuoco.
Telescopio Celestron 114/910 Newton
Montatura eq2 motorizzata Sky-Watcher
Camera QHY5L-II-C
Barlow 2,5X tripletto Tecnosky
Filtro UV IR cut
Sharpcap 4.0 per acquisire un video contenente 9322 fotogrammi
PIPP, AS!3, Astrosurface U3 per elaborarne 674
Data e ora: 8 agosto 2023 alle 14:47 UTC
Luogo: Cabras, Sardegna, Italia
Jupiter Europa, early in the morning August 06, 2022
C-9.25XLT and ASI224mc camera. above Average seeing for my location. Best 25% frames stacked out of 18381.
SharpCap Settings
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Observer=Pascal De Sanctis
Location=Coteau du lac,qc
Scope=C9.25 XLT
Camera=ZWO ASI224MC
Profile=Jupiter
Diameter=45.75"
Magnitude=-2.71
CMI=29.6° CMII=36.8° CMIII=313.7° (during mid of capture)
FocalLength=5300mm (F/22)
Resolution=0.15"
Filename=2022-08-06-0818_5-U-G-Jup.ser
Date=060822
Altitude=46.12°
FocalLength=5300mm (F/22)
Frames captured=17116
Duration=180.006s
FPS (avg.)=95
Bit depth=8bit
ROI=640x480
ROI(Offset)=0x0
Shutter=10.50ms
Gain=250 (41%)
AutoExposure=off
AutoGain=off
Brightness=20
Gamma=41
Date Imaged: April 22 2015
Location: Bethalto, IL
Exposures: Best 25% of 750
Captured: SharpCap
Stacked: AutoStakkert2
Processed: Photoshop
Scope: SkyWatcher ED80
Reducer: GSO .5
Camera: ASI174MM
Mount: CG5
Filters: Quark Chromosphere
Equipment
Imaging Telescopes Or Lenses
Coronado PST
Imaging Cameras
Point Grey Grasshopper3 GS3-U3-23S6M-C
Mounts
Celestron Omni CG-4
Accessories
OnStep Telescope Mount Goto Controller
Software
Adobe Photoshop · AstroSharp Ltd SharpCap · Emil Kraaikamp AutoStakkert!
Acquisition details
Date: Oct. 9, 2022
Frames: 250
FPS: 25
Focal length: 800
Resolution: 3024x3867
File size: 19.2 MB
Data source: Backyard
Object Details: Having gotten a break in the weather yesterday I thought I'd take advantage of it to try to capture a few quick shots of two enormous sunspot groups currently facing Earth. Although the seeing was poor (2 out of 5), given the fact that each of the cores of these groups is itself larger than the entire Earth, a fair amount of detail was still visible (for size comparison, an image of Earth scaled to the size of the close-up shots has been added below center).
The attached composite shows how the Sun appeared from approximately 16:00 to 17:00 UT on October 28, 2021 from the RoR observatory I built at my home here in upstate, NY. As can bee seen Active Region 2981 has just rotated onto the visible side, while AR 2887 lies near center. Both areas are surrounded by a great deal of plage (i.e. brighter, hotter areas of the surface often associated with large active regions), and as is typical, this is most easily seen when sunspot groups are nearer the limb (as in AR 2891's current position).
It should be noted that AR 2887 released an X1 class solar flare yesterday at 15:35 UT, accompanied by an associated Coronal Mass Ejection. As would be expected given it's somewhat central location on the disk, this CME appears to be Earth directed and a G3 geomagnetic storm may result. As detailed in the graph at bottom center, the Sun appears to be headed toward it's next solar maximum a bit earlier than expected, and with possibly a higher peak than originally anticipated.
With spring and fall being somewhat preferential for auroral displays, as can be seen at center, 18 years ago today, when near the solar maximum of Cycle 23, our area was treated to one of the best auroral display I have ever witnessed. With the geomagnetic storm lasting more than two days the images at center were taken from my back yard with a simple Canon A40 point-and-shoot camera on a tripod as the sky was enveloped horizon-to-horizon with a variety of auroral structures in ever-changing colors and hues.
(a slightly higher resolution of this auroral composite can be found at the link attached here: www.flickr.com/photos/homcavobservatory/48982448196/in/al... )
Image Details: Taken by Jay Edwards at the HomCav Observatory, the full disk image is simply meant for reference as to the location of the active regions and is a single-frame shot using an Orion ED80T CF (i.e. an 80MM, f/6, carbon-fiber, trplet, apochromatic refractor) connected to a 0.8X Televue field flattener / focal reducer and an unmodded Canon 700D (t5i) DSLR with an over-the-aperature Kendrik whie-light solar filter.
The close-ups were shot using a vintage 1970, 8-inch, f/7, Criterion newtonian reflector connected at prime focus to a ZWO ASI290MC 'planetary camera / autoguider. The 8-inch used a homemade off-axis Baader (visual grade) material 'over-the-aperture' white-light solar filter, in addition to a luminance filter (at top) and an ultraviolet filter (at bottom) on the ASI290MC. With the 80MM apo. riding piggyback on the 8-inch newt., these scopes were tracked using a Losmandy G-11 mount running a Gemini 2 control system.
The DSLR was controlled by AstrophotographyTool (APT), while SharpCap Pro was used for the ASI290MC, whose video clips were then stacked and processed using a combination of Registax & PaintShopPro. Although I have yet to examine or process most of the video clips, in addition to the Lum & UV shown here, I was able to get a few quick shots using Infrared & Methane filters on the 8-inch (in combination with the over-the-aperture white-light filter of course).
With the current solar cycle expected to reach a maximum between Nov. 2024 & Mar. 2026, with sometime around July 2025 being the best prediction at this point in time, it will be interesting to see what the next few years may bring ! As quoted from one of my favorite sci-fi trilogies that I first read so many years ago (Dune, Dune Messiah & Children Of Dune) 'The sleeper must awaken ! ' :)
Happy Halloween To All !!!
Similar composites using various filters can be found at the links attached below:
Solar:
www.flickr.com/photos/homcavobservatory/51319924807/
www.flickr.com/photos/homcavobservatory/50815383151/
www.flickr.com/photos/homcavobservatory/50657578913/
www.flickr.com/photos/homcavobservatory/51027134346/
www.flickr.com/photos/homcavobservatory/51295865404/
Saturn:
www.flickr.com/photos/homcavobservatory/51489515877/
www.flickr.com/photos/homcavobservatory/51417055085/
www.flickr.com/photos/homcavobservatory/51345118465/
www.flickr.com/photos/homcavobservatory/51316298333/
www.flickr.com/photos/homcavobservatory/50347485511/
www.flickr.com/photos/homcavobservatory/50088602376/
www.flickr.com/photos/homcavobservatory/51007634042/
Jupiter:
www.flickr.com/photos/homcavobservatory/51489515877/
www.flickr.com/photos/homcavobservatory/51405393195/
www.flickr.com/photos/homcavobservatory/51335239208/
www.flickr.com/photos/homcavobservatory/50303645602/
www.flickr.com/photos/homcavobservatory/50052655691/
www.flickr.com/photos/homcavobservatory/50123276377/
www.flickr.com/photos/homcavobservatory/50185470067/
www.flickr.com/photos/homcavobservatory/50993968018/
www.flickr.com/photos/homcavobservatory/51090643939/
Mars:
www.flickr.com/photos/homcavobservatory/50425593297/
www.flickr.com/photos/homcavobservatory/50594729106/
NGC6888 Crescent Nebula
ISO1600
16x184 sec (49'04")
16 light
32 bias
12 dark
33 flat
GT81
CEM25P
Nikon Z6
L-Enhance
asi224mc guide
PHD2 2.6.9
Sharpcap polar alignment 3.2
Digicamcontrol 2.1.2.0
DSS 4.2.5
GIMP 2.10.20
Genova, Italy (09 Oct 2020 - 00:51:34 GMT+2)
Orange vintage C8 (203 F10 SC Telescope) on EQ5 Mount + QHY5L-II Color Camera @ F25 (Barlow APO 2.5x).
Best 10680 frames of 35602 (30%)
Recording: SharpCap 3.2 (320x240 @ 130fps)
Stacking: AutoStakkert! 3.1.4
Wavelets: Registax 6.1
Final: GIMP 2.10.8
Pickering's Triangle - NGC 6979
Pickering's Triangle, another portion of the Cygnus Loop. This time in HSO with the NB channels extracted from the Askar D1 and D2 filters.
Total Integration: 8 hours 4 Minutes
Equipment: Skywatcher Evostar 100 ED, Sky-Watcher reducer/flattener for Evostar
Optolong L-Pro
Askar D1 and D1 Colour Magic Filters
Acquisition: NINA, Sharpcap for PA
Stacked in APP, bias, flats, flatdarks
Processed/edited in PI, very minor editing in PS/LR
High Resolution Image: www.astrobin.com/dlydbu/
IG: jlratino
Taken within the past 3months, using Mak127 modified webcam and sharpcap. Finally processed after forgetting not done it, edited to tone down the earth shine and bring out more detail.
Waxing Crescent Moon captured at 20:25BST (19:25GMT) 35% illuminated 6 days since New Moon - 28.05.2020
Altair Astro 72EDR (f/6) telescope (432mm focal length)
Camera: Altair Astro IMX178C Hypercam (CMOS)
Mount: SkyWatcher AZ-GTI
Data: 3000 frames captured with SharpCap 3.2Pro (3.
3ms / Gain = 220)
Processing: Best 15% of data stacked with AutoStakkert 3, white balance adjusted with Registax6.
Post processing with Astra Image Deconvolution plugin and final curve tweaks with Photoshop 2020
Telescopio: Refractor Bresser Messier Acro 102/460 f4.5
CĂĄmara: ZWO ASI178MM
Montura: EQ5 Bresser EXOS2 motorizada sin goto
Filtros: Baader Green CCD Filter
Software: SharpCap, AutoStakkert, Registax y Photoshop
Fecha: 2019-08-15 (15 de agosto de 2019)
Hora: 01:27 T.U. (Tiempo universal)
Fase lunar: 99.8% 13.93 dĂas Creciente
Lugar: 42.615 N -6.417 W (Bembibre Spain)
VĂdeo: 2 minutos
ResoluciĂłn: 3096 x 2080
Gain: 95 (19%)
FPS: 15,10
Exposure: 1.04 ms
Frames: 1817
Sensor temperature=35.3°C
Frames apilados: 25%
NGC2244 in Hubble Pallette
12x300s Ha
12X300s O
50x300s Darks no flats or bias
Starwave Ascent 80ED
Altair Hypercam 1600m ProTec Gain 350 Offset 50
Starlight Express EFW with Altair Filters and Pegasus Focus cube
Guided in PHD2 with SW Evoguide 50 and GPCAM 290M
iOptron CEM 60 Captured in Sharpcap, stacked in DSS and tweaked in PS3
Radian Raptor 61 F/4.5 Apo triplet
Optolong L-eXtreme dual band filter
Zwo ASI2600MC Pro
25-360 second subs
Sharpcap
DeepskyStacker
Adobe Photoshop CC 2021
Genova, Italy (21 Aug 2021 - 01:48 GMT+2)
Orange vintage C8 (203 F10 SC Telescope) on EQ5 Mount
QHY5L-II Color Camera @ F25 (Barlow APO 2.5x)
Recording: SharpCap 4.0 (640x480 @ 58fps - 3min)
Best 4232 frames of 10580 (40%)
Stacking+Wavelets: AstroSurface REDSHIFT-1
Final: GIMP 2.10.8
Taken from Oxfordshire, UK with a Coronado PST H-alpha solar telescope + ASI120MC fitted with a 2x Barlow.
1,000 frame video shot with SharpCap, the best 50% of the frames were stacked with Autostakkert! 3. Stacked images were processed in Lightroom and Fast Stone Image Viewer. The colour was removed during processing then false colour added back in using Photoshop CS2. This image is a composite of two exposures, one exposed slightly more to capture the small prominences. The two images were processed separately then merged in Photoshop.
There was a lot of activity on the Sun that day!
This lovely sunspot has just rotated into view and is currently nestled in amongst a group of faculae. There was a lovely prominence on the limb above the sunspot and there are lots of spicules visible along the limb.
Taken from Oxfordshire with a Coronado PST and ASI120MC + Celestron 3x Barlow. The telescope was on an EQ5 Pro mount tracking at solar speed. A 2,000 frame video was captured using SharpCap, then the best 50% of the frames were stacked in Autostakkert! 3. Stacked image was processed in Lightroom and Fast Stone Image Viewer. The colour was removed before processing then false colour added back in using Photoshop CS2 once the image had been processed.
Taken from Oxfordshire, UK with a Coronado PST H-alpha solar telescope + Celestron 3x Barlow and ASI120MC camera. The telescope was on an EQ5 Pro mount, tracking at solar rate.
2,000 frame video captured with SharpCap, the best 75% stacked using Autostakkert! 3, then processing was done using Lightroom, Photoshop CS2, Fast Stone Image Viewer and Focus Magic.
This was an impressive region of prominence activity on the south eastern limb, and it was amazing to see how the area had changed in the space of an hour. There were several filaments visible on the disc as well.
Captured on September 22nd, 2019.
**Equipment:**
* TPO 6" F/4 Imaging Newtonian
* ZWO ASI1600MM-Pro
* Skywatcher Quattro Coma Corrector
* ZWO EFW 8x1.25"/31mm
* Astronomik LRGB+CLS Filters- 31mm
* Moonlite Autofocuser
**Acquisition:** (Camera at Unity Gain, -20°C)
* Astronomik Red filter used to combat atmospheric seeing
* Exposure- 2.737ms
* 2000 frame capture
**Capture Software:**
* Captured using Sharpcap and [N.I.N.A.](nighttime-imaging.eu/) for filterwheel and focuser control
**Processing:**
* Best 25% of frames stacked in Autostakkert with 3X Drizzle
* Registax Wavelets for sharpening
* In PixInsight:
* DynamicCrop
* CurvesTransformation (Curve Stretch)
* LocalHistogramEqualization
* MultiscaleLinearTransform sharpening
* Another CurveTransformation (slight S curve)
* FastRotation+DynamicCrop to 9x16 aspect ratio
* Annotation
I attach an images in this email, which you may feel free to use.
They were obtained starting at about 3 AM on 25 May 2023,
in Whately, Massachusetts, USA
The image was obtained using SharpCap LiveStack: 150 X
6 s exposures, and was stretched during stacking by the software
interface. The OTA was a 6" Cestron NexStar 6SE SCT to a
GOTO alt-az mount for tracking. The camera was a ZWO 224MC
color astro-cam with attached Apertura 0.5X focal reducer lens and
a ZWO IRCUT1 IR cutoff filter.
It was post-processed using GIMP and Topaz DeNoise AI,
primarily to limit a blue tinge in the background. I still have the
individual frames that were stacked.
The three galaxies which comprise the Leo Trio are M65, M66, and NGC 3628. Said to be more similar than different, each has a distinct appearance based on the angle of the galaxy to earth. The three are 30-35 million light years away from us, but only about 500 thousand light years from each other. Compare that with our nearest galactic neighbor, Andromeda, at 2.5 million ly from the Milky Way.
Tech Stuff: TV-85 with Baader MPCIII corrector on Skywatcher Star Adventurer portable mount, with one night of guided and one night of unguided subframes. ZWO ASI1600MC with Astronomik CLS filter. Images captured using SharpCap; 50 minutes of 30 second and 70 minutes of 15 second exposures, collected in live stacks of approx 10 minutes each. Processed with PixInsight. Imaged from my yard in Westchester County.
Zona de Mare Nectaris, CrĂĄteres Theophilus, Cyrillus, Catharina etc
Telescopio: Celestron C6-A XLT 150/1500 f10
CĂĄmara: ZWO ASI178MM
Montura: EQ5 Bresser EXOS2 motorizada sin goto
Filtros: Baader UV/IR Cut / L-Filter
Software: SharpCap, AutoStakkert, Registax y Photoshop
Fecha: 2019-04-10
Hora: 20:14 T.U.
Fase lunar: 28.5% 5.2 dĂas Creciente
Lugar: 42.615 N -6.417 W (Bembibre Spain)
VĂdeo: 2 minutos
ResoluciĂłn: 2320 x 1560
Gain: 93
Exposure: 0,011556
Frames: 2675
Frames apilados: 20%
FPS: 24.74
The Sun, 25-08-2018
Skywatcher ST120
Quark Daystar Chromosphere
ZWO ASI120mm Camera
2000 frames captured using Sharpcap
Best 40% of frames stacked in AutoStakkert.
Wavelets adjusted in Registax6 and colour added in PS.
IC1805 Heart Nebula. Testing Tele Vue NPR-1073 0.8X Reducer for Flat Field scopes. Scope: TSAPO65Q. Mount: SkyWatcher EQ6-R Pro. Camera: ZWO ASI294MC Pro. Guide: Altair 130M + Orion 50mm. 12 x 5 Mins in SharpCap Pro. Processed in APP. Finished in Adobe CC.
This is my first decend pitcture of a messier object.
I took this photo from my backyard in a very high light polluted area.
Lens: Leica-R Apo-Tely 180mm f3.4@f4
Camera: ZWO ASI 224 MC (300 x 4 sec). No filter. No dark, no flat .
Mount: Skywatcher star-adventurer without guiding system.
Processin Software: Sharpcap + GIMP + Py-Astro plug-in
M45 Total Integration from 4 session: 3hrs 14 Mins RGB + 48 Mins Luminosity. RGB = TSAPO65Q + TeleVue 0.8X + ASI294MC Pro; L = Altair 102ED-R + ASI1600MM + L. Captured in SharpCap Pro. Processed in Astro Pixel Processor. Finished in Adobe CC.
Philips Toucam Pro II 12x 60s video @ 10fps > SharpCap > Registax 6 > Microsoft ICE > Registax 6 (wavelets) > Photoshop. Sky-Watcher 150P Explorer Newtonian, Baader Neodymium filter. Colour blend layer from separate DSLR shot. Fair seeing. Much less clipping along terminator (adjusted the gain and exposure).
The Crab Nebula is the remnant of a supernova which was recorded by Chinese astronomers in 1054 AD.
Tech Stuff: Questar 3.5" telescope at native 1500mm focal length, guided with ZWO120MC/100mm lens using PHD. QHY163mono imaging camera using Astronomik CLS for L layer and RGB filters; SharpCap Live stacking used to integrate 10-12 second exposures into 10 minute stacks. Total exposures in minutes: L 33; R 58; G 45; B 20. Processed with PixInsight. Imaged from my yard 10 miles north of New York City.
Taken on 26 June 2018 at 01.40 am BST, with Celestron NexStar 6SE SCT with NexImage 5MP Camera. AVI video captured in SharpCap and processed in Autostakkert 2. Touched-up in Lightroom.
A few low clouds started to roll in off the North Sea, trying to spoil my observing session. However, after processing it the next day, I'm pleased with the outcome.
A global sand storm was raging on Mars during Earth's northern summer of 2018.
Venus isn't a planet we get to image very often because it's usually visible just after sunset or just before sunrise due to its proximity to the Sun and those aren't convenient times to be imaging, but every so often an opportunity to capture it presents itself and we caught it just in time. What I'm hoping to do is get further captures of it over the next couple of months and create a sequence of it getting bigger and becoming more of a crescent as it gets closer to us but that will be dependent on weather and time. At the time this shot was taken Venus was 62.4% illuminated and 132,100,000 km away from Earth. We measured its angular diameter to be 18.91 arcseconds which translated to a diameter of 12109.17 km...not too far off the 12,103.6 km given by both Stellarium and Wikipedia.
Captured with SharpCap
Processed in PIPP, AutoStakkert and Registax
Post-processed in Photoshop
Image made from 9 x 1000 frame video files.
8,728 frames of video at 30 fps (23 seconds)
Gain 100%
Exposure range - 0.000184 to 0.000298 seconds
Image cropped by 50%
Equipment:
Sky-Watcher Explorer-150PDS
Sky-Watcher EQ5 Mount
ZWO ASI120 MC camera
x2 Barlow with extension tube (equivalent to x3.3)
Plato is one of the most famous and observed impact craters on the Moon. It is located on the northern bank of the Mare Imbrium and was formed about 3.84 billion years ago. Its region is one of the most beautiful and photographed on the lunar surface. It had its bottom covered by lava produced by eruptions from faults in the inner subsoil of the crater caused by the impact. The lava flood that occurred 3.5 billion years ago buried a likely central peak and created a flat, smooth appearance with a dark appearance, making it a shallow crater just 1 km deep and with no peaks in the center. Before being flooded with lava, Plato was probably 4 km deep, with the edges of the walls looking like steps or level curves (as in Copernicus) and mountains in the center.
đ§đ· Plato Ă© uma das mais famosas e observadas crateras de impacto da Lua. EstĂĄ situada na margem norte do Mare Imbrium e foi formada a cerca de 3,84 bilhĂ”es de anos atrĂĄs. Sua regiĂŁo Ă© uma das mais lindas e fotografadas da superfĂcie lunar. Teve seu fundo coberto por lava produzida por erupçÔes provenientes de falhas do subsolo interno da cratera causadas pelo impacto. A inundação de lava ocorrida hĂĄ 3,5 bilhĂ”es de anos soterrou um provĂĄvel pico central e criou um aspecto plano e liso, com uma aparĂȘncia escura, tornando-a uma cratera rasa com apenas 1 Km de profundidade e sem picos no centro. Antes de ser inundada por lava, provavelmente Plato tinha 4 Km de profundidade, com as bordas das paredes parecendo degraus ou curvas de nĂvel (como em Copernicus) e montanhas no centro.
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27-08-2021 / 06:22 UTC
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
Reprocessed in Astro Pixel Processor 1.064. Scope: TSAPO65Q, Mount: SkyWatcher EQ6-R Pro, Cam: ZWO ASI294MC Pro, Filter: ZWO IR/UV Cut. Captured in SharpCap Pro: 9 x 90 secs. Processed in APP 1.064 and Adobe CC.
My major August project! About 5 hours' worth of 7 minute frames captured over three nights. This is also my first attempt at this object. It's quite magnificent - check out all those dust lanes!
The Pelican Nebula is an emission nebula located in the constellation Cygnus, which represents the Swan, near the bright star Deneb. The nebula was named for its resemblance to a pelican and is associated with the neighboring North America Nebula (NGC 7000).
The Pelican Nebula is one of several notable nebulae found in the area of the night sky with the Northern Cross. It is located around 1,800 light years away from the Solar System and is an active star forming region with a particularly active mix of star formation and evolving gas clouds.
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: 38*7 mins @ 100 Gain, Temp -20C
- Dark Frames: 38*7 mins
- Stacked in Deep Sky Stacker
- Processed in PixInsight, Adobe Lightroom, and Topaz Denoise AI
Petite image du triplet du lion
Le triplet du Lion (aussi appelé le groupe de M66) est un petit amas de galaxies situé à environ 35 millions d'années-lumiÚre dans le constellation du Lion. Cet amas regroupe les galaxies spirales M65, M66, et NGC 3628.
Image issue de 24 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 APM60*240
logiciel acquisition : sharpcap
logiciel guidage : phd2
traitement avec deepskystacker, Siril
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Waxing Gibbous Moon captured at 20:34BST (19:34GMT) 69% illuminated 9 days since New Moon - 31.05.2020
Altair Astro 72EDR (f/6) telescope (432mm focal length)
Camera: Altair Astro IMX178C Hypercam (CMOS)
Mount: SkyWatcher AZ-GTI
Data: 5000 frames captured with SharpCap 3.2Pro
(EXP = 2.25ms / Gain = 215)
Processing: Best 15% of data stacked with AutoStakkert 3, white balance adjusted with Registax6.
Post processing with Astra Image Deconvolution plugin and final curve tweaks with Photoshop 2020
Den stora, runda och plattbottnade kratern till vÀnster i bild har fÄtt sitt namn efter den grekiske filosofen Platon.
Den bildades vid ett nedslag för cirka 3.8 miljarder Är sedan, Àr 101km i diameter, 1.5km djup och ligger pÄ norra stranden av Mare Imbrium, i vÀstra Ànden av bergskedjan Montes Alpes.
I nedre högra hörnet syns Àven Mare Serenitatis och bergskedjan mellan de tvÄ haven har fÄtt namnet Montes Apenninus.
Montes Alpes och Montes Apenninus fick sina namn pÄ 1600-talet av den polsk-tyske astronomen Jan Hevelius, efter de europeiska bergskedjorna Alperna och Apenninerna.
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Fotograferad frÄn trÀdgÄrden 31/5 2020
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Target: Moon, Plato, Montes Alpes, Vallis Alpes
Focal Length: 5600 mm
Imaging telescope: Celestron EdgeHD 11 @f20
Imaging camera: ZWO ASI294MC Pro
Gain: 120
Sensor temp:
Filter: Baader UV/IR Cut
Guiding telescope:
Guiding camera:
Mount: iOptron CEM60EC
Accessories: Celestron Focus Motor, Televue Powermate 2x
Software: Sharpcap, PIPP, Autostakkert, Pixinsight
Dates: May 31 2020
Frames: 562