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Cygnus is a northern constellation on the plane of the Milky Way, deriving its name from the Latinized Greek word for swan.
I hope you enjoy this image of Cygnus photographed under my home skies over 6 nights in NB.
Imaging cameras: Starlight Express SX-46 ccd camera
Mounts: Sky-Watcher & MX
Guiding telescopes or lenses: Vixen VSD astrograph.
Guiding cameras: sx loadstar
Filters: Chroma HA 3nm,OIII & SI
Canon EOS 6D Modified.
Focal length: Canon 400mm f5.6
Mount Sky-Watcher EQM-35 Pro Go-To
Guiding: None
Exposure: 30 x 60sec @ ISO-3200 (RAW)
With Dark and frames applied.
Software: DSS & LR
The graceful, winding arms of the majestic spiral galaxy M51 appear like a grand spiral staircase sweeping through space. They are actually long lanes of stars and gas laced with dust. Such striking arms are a hallmark of so-called grand-design spiral galaxies.
In M51, also know as the Whirlpool galaxy, these arms serve an important purpose: they are star-formation factories, compressing hydrogen gas and creating clusters of new stars.
Discovered by Charles Messier in 1773, M51 is located 31 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Canes Venatici.
Messier 51 (The Whirlpool Galaxy) NASA
Equipment:
Astro-Tech AT80EDT f/6 ED Triple Refractor Telescope
Sky-Watcher EQ6-R Pro Computerized GoTo Telescope Mount
Orion 50mm Helical Guide Scope & StarShoot AutoGuider
ZWO ASI294MC Pro Color Camera
Orion 38mm clear-aperture Field Flattener
PHD2 Guiding Software
SharpCap Pro
Thank you for your comments,
Gemma
The Orion Nebula Messier 42, M42 is a diffuse nebula situated in the Milky Way Galaxy, south of Orion's Belt in the constellation of Orion. M42 is located 1344 light years away, and is the closest region of massive star formation to Earth.
The Running Man Nebula M43 is a popular target for amateur astrophotographers, as it lies close to the Orion Nebula and has many guide stars. The outline of the running man shows up primarily in photographs; it is difficult to perceive visually through telescope, thought the reflection nebula itself is visible in small to medium apertures in dark skies.
Equipment:
Astro-Tech AT80EDT f/6 ED Triple Refractor Telescope
Sky-Watcher EQ6-R Pro Computerized GoTo Telescope Mount
Orion 50mm Helical Guide Scope & StarShoot AutoGuider
Orion 38mm clear-aperture Field Flattener
PHD2 Guiding Software
Astronomy Tool Actions
Since March 25th, I haven't been able to take any astro photographs due to bad weather we have been having in northern Arizona. Here is a revised image of the Great Orion.
Thank you for your comments,
Gemma
Inspirational song and music.
I walked up to the ridge just before dawn. I hunkered down on in the road ditch to stay out of their radar and enjoyed watching them graze in the corn stubble.
February started very snowy and cold. A reminder that winter is not over yet. Was a pretty scene in the blue hour of the morning with the frost and this Great Gray Owl on the hunt for breakfast. Taken in Alberta, Canada.
📷 Canon EOS Rebel T5i ( 700D )
EF-S18-55mm F/3.5-5.6
🔭 Sky-Watcher Star Adventurer
ISO 1600
ExpTime 211s
F/4
18mm
September 2021 and March 2022
Edinburgh Bortle 7/8 zone
Celestron RASA 8"
ZWO 183mc pro
ZWO EAF
IDAS NBZ filter
ZWO air pro
Sky-Watcher HEQ5 Pro
Just under 5 hrs of lights with flats, darks and bias
Gain 122 at -10C
Processed in APP , Pixinsight and Photoshop
With the current travel restrictions in place, I thought I'd try imaging from home under light polluted skies.
Canon EOS 1200D with IR cut filter removed and Astronomik Light Pollution CLS CCD filter added.
Focal length: Canon 400mm f5.6
Mount Sky-Watcher EQM-35 Pro Go-To
Guiding: None
Exposure: 14 x 60sec @ ISO-1600 (RAW)
With Dark and Bias frames applied.
Stacked in DSS. Processed in Starizona Action Pack for Photoshop and Astronomy Tools, finished off in LR
The Sculptor Galaxy is an intermediate spiral galaxy in the constellation Sculptor. The Sculptor Galaxy is a starburst galaxy, which means that it is currently undergoing a period of intense star formation. QHY 183mc pro cam on a sky watcher Quattro 250P scope , 30 x 60 sec exposures.
The Horsehead Nebula, also known as Barnard 33, is a dark Nebula in the constellation Orion. The Nebula is located just to the south of Alnitak, the easternmost star of Orion's Belt and is part to the much larger Orion Molecular Cloud Complex.
The Nebula was first recorded in 1888 by Scottish astronomer William Fleming on a photographic plate taken at the Harvard College Observatory. The Horsead Nebula is approximately 1500 light years from Earth. It is one of the most identifiable nebulae because of its resemblance to a horse's head.
Due to its recognizable shape the Horsehead Nebula is one of the most famous celestial objects.
The Flame Nebula, designated as NGC 2024 and SH2-277, is an emission nebula in the constellation of Orion. It's about 900 to 1,500 light-years away
The bright star Alnitak, the easternmost star in the Belt of Orion, shines energetic ultraviolet light into the Flame and this knocks electron away from the great clouds of hydrogen gas that reside there. Much of the glow results when the electron and ionized hydrogen recombine
Equipment:
Astro-Tech AT80EDT f/6 ED Triple Refractor Telescope
Sky-Watcher EQ6-R Pro Computerized GoTo Telescope Mount
Orion 50mm Helical Guide Scope & StarShoot AutoGuider
Orion 38mm clear-aperture Field Flattener
PHD2 Guiding Software
Astronomy Tool Actions
Thank you for your comments,
Gemma
Messier 16 or the Eagle Nebula is a young open cluster of stars in the constellation Serpens at a distance of approximately 7,000 light years.
100×30″ unguided from suburbia.
30 June 2025
GSO 8" f/4 Imaging Newtonian
Canon EOS 6D
Sky-Watcher AZ-EQ6 PRO
IDAS LPS-P2 50 mm
GSO 2" Photo-Visual Coma Corrector
Adobe Lightroom
Aries Productions Astro Pixel Processor (APP)
In one of my night photography workshops, me and two clients observed something truly beautiful, milky way (even though not quite obvious), light polluted clouds and aurora borealis. I once again sat there to enjoy the scene, good night, lake Minnewanka.
Didn’t intend to be this close to the owl. Pulled over on the side of the road to review the photos I had (scrolling on the back of the viewfinder). I had been watching a deer so had my window down. Big great gray owl lands directly beside my vehicle on a farmer’s post. I had to get one shot - and move slow enough but fast enough (sometimes they take off fast and this fella seemed to be as surprised as I was that we were within close proximity). Clickety-click and he flew away.
NGC 5128 or Centaurus A, is one of the closest radio galaxies to Earth at a distance of 11 million light years. The centre of the galaxy contains a supermassive black hole with a mass of 55 million solar masses.
90×30″ unguided.
5 May 2025.
GSO 8" f/4 Imaging Newtonian
Canon EOS 60Da
Sky-Watcher AZ-EQ6 PRO
IDAS LPS-P2 50 mm filer.
GSO 2" Photo-Visual Coma Corrector.
Adobe Lightroom
Aries Productions Astro Pixel Processor (APP)
GSO 8" f/4 Imaging Newtonian
Imaging Cameras
Canon EOS 6D
Mount: Sky-Watcher AZ-EQ6 PRO
Accessories
GSO 2" Photo-Visual Coma Corrector.
Filter: IDAS LPS-P2
Location: suburbia Melbourne Bortle 5
Software: Adobe Lightroom · Aries Productions Astro Pixel Processor (APP)
Acquisition details
Date: April 23rd 2025
Frames:
100×30″ unguided.
NGC2359 La nébuleuse du Casque de Thor.
Données prise de vue
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Date : 2022-01-12
Objet : NGC 2359
Instrument : Lunette 80 ED Esprit Super APO Sky_Watcher
Camera : ZWO ASI1600 MC / Filtre = IrCut + L-Extreme / Temp = -15°c / Gain= 139 / Offset = 21
Durée pose unitaire = 240s / Nombre de pose : 50
Traitement SIRIL et PHOTOSHOP / Gestion Stellarmate
Phase lunaire : Waxing Gibbous(0.317)
Données Météo
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Fin de session StellarMatte : 2022-01-12 06:33:29
Lever du soleil : 08:45 AM
Coucher du soleil : 05:37 PM
Conditions climatiques : scattered clouds
Couverture nuageuse : 42 %
Taux d'humidite de 75 %
Pression : 1037 hpa
Vitesse Vent : 13 km/h
Orientation : 40 ° (N=0° / Est = 90° / Sud = 180° / Ouest = 270°)
La temperature en fin de session est de -1 °c
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OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA
La Luna entre las nubes fotografía a foco primario con telescopio Sky-Watcher 150/750
We were on the beach near home on Sunday morning when the sky took on this beautiful colour, considering the time of the morning the sun was still low enough over the sea to spread some gorgeous colours.
I never remember to alter the clock on my camera, this shot was taken at 09.47 I have now adjusted the clock.
When Jane walked down to the waters edge I had my shot.
Canon EOS 6D Modified.
Focal length: Canon 400mm f5.6
Mount Sky-Watcher EQM-35 Pro Go-To
Guiding: None
Exposure: 20 x 60sec @ ISO-3200 (RAW)
With Dark, Flat and Bias frames applied.
Stacked in DSS. Processed in Starizona Action Pack for Photoshop and Astronomy Tools, finished off in LR
This galaxy is located 2.5 million light-years from earth.
It’s seen here grazing above the northern horizon as it only peeps over for just over an hour.
Canon EF 400mm f/5.6L USM
Canon EOS 6D
Sky-Watcher EQM-35 Pro
Adobe Lightroom · Aries Productions Astro Pixel Processor (APP)
Nov. 1, 2024
Frames:
40×60″(40′) at ISO 6400
Locations: Little Desert National Park, Nhill, Victoria, Australia
Données prise de vue
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Date : 2022-01-22
Objet : SH2 248
Instrument : Lunette 80 ED Esprit Super APO Sky_Watcher
Camera : ZWO ASI1600 MC / Filtre = IrCut + L-Extrême / Temp = -15°c / Gain= 139 / Offset = 21
Durée pose unitaire = 240s / Nombre de pose : 75
Traitement SIRIL et PHOTOSHOP / Gestion Stellarmate
Phase lunaire : Waning Gibbous(0.649)
Echelle de Bortle = 4-5
Données Météo
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Fin de session StellarMatte : 2022-01-22 01:55:27
Lever du soleil : 08:38 AM
Coucher du soleil : 05:50 PM
Conditions climatiques : clear sky
Couverture nuageuse : 6 %
Taux d'humidite de 93 %
Pression : 1038 hpa
Vitesse Vent : 13 km/h
Orientation : 35 ° (N=0° / Est = 90° / Sud = 180° / Ouest = 270°)
La temperature en fin de session est de -2 °c
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NGC 253, also called the Sculptor galaxy. For a galaxy it is relatively close to us at 11.6 million light years and rather large at 27 minutes 30 seconds (roughly ½ the width of your little finger if you hold it at arm’s length up in the night sky).
The Sculptor Galaxy is a starburst galaxy and was discovered by Caroline Herschel in 1783. Ironically she was looking for comets when she discovered this galaxy. The starburst galaxy designation means the galaxy is undergoing rapid star formation, at a much higher rate than most galaxies. One of the most prominent features of this galaxy is the complex dust lanes scattered throughout it, in addition to the blueish colour signifying a galaxy rich in gas. Speculation suggests that a gas rich galaxy collided with the Sculptor Galaxy over 200 million years ago, and this was the primary catalyst for the resulting state we observe the galaxy in. This image was taken on my first night using this new scope so my collimation was slightly out and I had to crop off about 20%.
GSO 8" f/4 Imaging Newtonian
Imaging Cameras
Canon EOS 6D (modified) ×
Mounts
Sky-Watcher AZ-EQ6 PRO
Accessories
GSO 2" Photo-Visual Coma Corrector
Software
Adobe Lightroom · Aries Productions Astro Pixel Processor (APP)
Acquisition details
Dates:
Nov. 1, 2024
Frames:
100×30″(50′)
Integration:
50′
Avg. Moon age:
29.50 days
Avg. Moon phase:
0.00%
Another 'tick' for me... This a vagrant to the UK and really should in the US. I spent a couple of hours at Cheddar reservoir under a very grey sky watching this delightful little bird feeding in the shallows. Luckily the sun came out, albeit for 20 seconds, just enough to get a few shots... :@)
It was discovered on 5 August 1826 by Scottish astronomer James Dunlop.
Located in the southern constellation Sculptor, NGC 300 measures 22 arc-minutes in apparent size and is only about 6 million light years distant. By comparison, M31 is 2.5 million, M33 2.73 million.
The spiral arms are full of young blue stars with H alpha regions interspersed throughout the galaxy. Although it appears to be face-on, it’s actually inclined at an angle of 42 degrees. It is gravitationally interacting with nearby NGC 55.
NGC 300 closely resembles M33. Both are replete with nebulae bright in Ha and OIII, both are similarly inclined spirals and both produce large numbers of unresolved stars that look like noise.
GSO 8" f/4 Imaging Newtonian
Canon EOS 6D (Baader modified)
Sky-Watcher AZ-EQ6 PRO mount.
GSO 2" Photo-Visual Coma Corrector
Adobe Lightroom · Aries Productions Astro Pixel Processor (APP)
Dates:
Nov. 4, 2024
Frames:
30×60″(30′)
Integration
Locations: Little Desert National Park, Nhill, Victoria, Australia
Une petite bulle très très faible...
Données prise de vue
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Date : 2021-10-13
Objet : TYC 4285-378-1_bulle
Instrument : Lunette 80 ED Esprit Super APO Sky_Watcher
Camera : ZWO ASI1600 MC / Filtre = L-Extrême Optolong / Temp = -15°c / Gain= 200 / Offset = 21
Durée pose unitaire = 240s / Nombre de pose : 120 / Durée total = 8h
Traitement SIRIL et PHOTOSHOP / Gestion Stellarmate
Phase lunaire : First Quarter(0.235)
Données Météo
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Fin de session StellarMatte : 2021-10-13 06:06:30
Lever du soleil : 08:18 AM
Coucher du soleil : 07:20 PM
Conditions climatiques : clear sky
Couverture nuageuse : 7 %
Taux d'humidite de 94 %
Pression : 1025 hpa
Vitesse Vent : 11 km/h
Orientation : 44 ° (N=0° / Est = 90° / Sud = 180° / Ouest = 270°)
La temperature en fin de session est de 6 °c
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@ Frank TYRLIK -->>> www.flickr.com/photos/frank_tyrlik/
The Fornax Cluster is a cluster of galaxies lying at a distance of (62 million light-years). It is the second richest galaxy cluster within 100 million light-years, after the considerably larger Virgo Cluster.
GSO 8" f/4 Imaging Newtonian
Canon EOS 6D (Baader modified)
Sky-Watcher AZ-EQ6 PRO mount.
GSO 2" Photo-Visual Coma Corrector
Adobe Lightroom · Aries Productions Astro Pixel Processor (APP)
Dates:
Nov. 4th, 2024
Frames:
15×60″(15′) unguided.
Integration
Locations: Little Desert National Park, Nhill, Victoria, Australia
A WOW moment, I saw this huge fireball whiz through Orion as I was imaging the Orion Nebula, I quickly looked at the camera to see if it had caught the meteor, it had during a 30 second exposure. Made my day after a poor winters viewing. Due to the very few clear nights this winter, I decided to image the Orion nebula even though the full moon was present, it was probably my last chance to image the nebula before it sank too low toward the horizon by 9.00pm. A good decision to set up early, could easily have not bothered due to the moon making the sky too bright for imaging.
Equiptment,
Sky Watcher MN190 PRO MAK/NEWT, 7 inch F5.3.
Sky Watcher NEQ6 goto mount.
Guiding with MGEN 3 Autoguider.
Canon 760D DSLR.
Single 30 second exposure @ ISO800, no filters were used.
The meteor, probably part of an Asteroid may well have originated from the asteroid belt around between Mars and Jupiter, exploded in the sky above Cheltenham UK. It was bright enough to be recorded by door bell video cameras. There are about 13 individual streaks the various colors might provide a spectroscopic analysis of the meteors composition, the lowest streak brightens and expands at one point.
Nikon D750, Sky-Watcher Coma corrector (x0,90), Astronomik CLS filter, Sky-Watcher Skyliner 350P Flextube Synscan(355/1650). 20s exposures, total 1h 20min.
The Pleiades is an open star cluster that can be seen with the naked eye. In the Messier catalogue it has the designation M45. They are part of our galaxy, the Milky Way. They got their name from the Pleiades of Greek mythology. (Wikipedia)
Mount: Sky Watcher “Star Adventure 2i”
Guiding: N/A
Filter: N/A
Camera: Canon EOS R7 (None modified)
Sigma 150-600mm f/5-6.3 DG OS HSM (Contemporary)
Focal length: 384mm
140 frames - ISO 1600 - f6.3 - 90 second shutter speed each photo
Darks: 15 frames
Flats: 15 frames
Bios: 15 frames
DarkFlats: N/A
Bortle 5.5
Processing: AstroPixelProcessor > Photoshop >Topaz > Photoshop
The Eagle Nebula (catalogued as Messier 16 or M16, and as NGC 6611) 010822 -QHY 183C Pro cam on SW Quattro 250 P. 37 Minutes of data.
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This is a very modest photograph of M45. It's a stack of photographs that make up an integration lasting about 37 minutes (I also took calibration shots, darks, flats, and bias shots). I took the photographs with my Nikon D5600 camera and my vintage 135mm Nikon lens from the late 1970s, on the Sky-Watcher EQ3 equatorial mount. Although I took the photos at the end of December 2024, at the beginning of the Argentine summer, the very basic processing was done now. For this, I used Siril, GraXpert, and Gimp.
Daughters of the Titan Atlas and the sea nymph Pleione in Greek mythology, the Pleiades have been part of other mythologies and numerous references that permeate human culture. Among these, perhaps the most emblematic is Homer's mention of this asterism in Book XVIII of the Iliad, when Hephaestus makes a shield for Achilles in the battles of the Trojan War:
"Hizo lo primero de todo un escudo grande y fuerte, de variada labor, con triple cenefa brillante y reluciente, provisto de una abrazadera de plata. Cinco capas tenía el escudo, y en la superior grabó el dios muchas artísticas figuras, con sabia inteligencia.
Allí puso la tierra, el cielo, el mar, el sol infatigable y la luna llena; allí, las estrellas que el cielo coronan, las Pléyades, las Híades, el robusto Orión y la Osa, llamada por sobrenombre el Carro, la cual gira siempre en el mismo sitio, mira a Orión y es la única que deja de bañarse en el Océano."
Canto XVIII, La Ilíada, Homero, fragmento.
15 x 7-min ISO 1600 autoguided exposures; astro-modified Canon 600D and Sky-Watcher ED 80mm f/6.25 telescope.
Frames stacked in Deep Sky Stacker software. Result post-processed to increase contrast, reduce noise and remove background colour gradients caused by stray light.
January 24th and 27th 2022 from 20:05
Edinburgh Bortle 8 zone
Celestron RASA 8"
ZWO 183mc pro
ZWO EAF
IDAS NBZ
ZWO air pro
Sky-Watcher HEQ5 Pro
280*30s lights with flats, darks and bias
Gain 122 at -10C
Processed in APP , Pixinsight and Photoshop
LUMIX DC-G9 au foyer de ma lunette Sky-Watcher 100ED f:9 doublet Semi-APO.
Focale équivalente en 35 mm : 1800 mm f:9; ''One shot''.
IC 2177 - La nébuleuse de la mouette (Seagull nebula).
Données prise de vue
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Date : 2022-01-05
Objet : IC 2177
Instrument : Lunette 80 ED Esprit Super APO Sky_Watcher
Camera : ZWO ASI1600 MC / Filtre = IrCut + L-Extreme/ Temp = -15°c / Gain= 139 / Offset = 21
Durée pose unitaire = 240s / Nombre de pose : 60 / Durée total = 4h
Traitement SIRIL et PHOTOSHOP / Gestion Stellarmate
Phase lunaire : Waxing Crescent(0.08)
Données Météo
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Fin de session StellarMatte : 2022-01-05 07:00:10
Lever du soleil : 08:47 AM
Coucher du soleil : 05:29 PM
Conditions climatiques : clear sky
Couverture nuageuse : 10 %
Taux d'humidite de 91 %
Pression : 1016 hpa
Vitesse Vent : 9 km/h
Orientation : 310 ° (N=0° / Est = 90° / Sud = 180° / Ouest = 270°)
La temperature en fin de session est de 0 °c
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@ Frank TYRLIK -->>> www.flickr.com/photos/frank_tyrlik/
Imaging Telescopes Or Lenses
Canon EF 200mm f/2.8L USM
Imaging Cameras
Canon EOS 6D
Mounts
Sky-Watcher EQM-35 Pro
Software
Adobe Lightroom · Aries Productions Astro Pixel Processor (APP)
Acquisition details
Dates:
Nov. 3, 2024
Frames:
57×15″(14′ 15″)
Integration:
14′ 15″
Avg. Moon age:
1.80 days
Avg. Moon phase:
3.62%
Locations: Little Desert National Park, Nhill, Victoria, Australia.
Technical Details:
Telescope: Tele Vue NP101 @ f/4.3
Camera: QSI 6120
Mount: Sky-Watcher AZEQ-5
Guiding: Off-Axis with QHY 5IIL-M
Filters: Astrodon 3nm H-Alpha, OIII, SII
12x5min H-Alpha
13x5min OIII
14x5min SII
10.4 hours total integration time
Sequence Generator Pro
PHD2 Guiding
Processed with PixInsight
Captured in Central District, Seattle
Interstellar
📷 Canon EOS Rebel T5i ( 700D )
EF-S18-55mm F/3.5-5.6
🔭 Sky-Watcher Star Adventurer
ISO 800
ExpTime 146s
F/3.5
18mm
The wonderful sky when I walked the dogs late afternoon today. I only had my phone to take the photo but it did ok.
ANSH 107 (7) sky watch
NGC 4535 (middle) is a barred spiral galaxy located some 54 million light years from Earth in the constellation Virgo.
NGC 4526 (left) is actually one of the largest lenticular galaxies known at a distance of 50 million light years.
100×30″ no guiding.
18 May 2024
GSO 8" f/4 Imaging Newtonian
Canon EOS 6D
Sky-Watcher AZ-EQ6 PRO
IDAS LPS-P2 50 mm
GSO 2" Photo-Visual Coma Corrector
Adobe Lightroom
Aries Productions Astro Pixel Processor (APP)