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The Tarantula Nebula (also known as 30 Doradus) is an H II region in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) Here are16 x 60 sec shots stacked in Sequator. Canon 60D with optolong L Enhance filter on a Skywatcher Quattro 250P F4 Scope.
Exif:
Canon EOS Ra
Samyang 24mm f/1.4
Sky Watcher Star Adventurer Mini
Foregound: single exposure 30s f/2.8 iso3200
Sky: tracked stack of 20x30s f/2.8 iso3200
Telescope: William Optics GT71
Mount: Sky Watcher HEQ5
Camera: ZWO ASI183MM Pro
Filters: Astrodon 5nm Ha, Gen2 RGB
Frames
H-alpha: 132x300" (11h)
RGB: 130x180" (6h 30')
RGB (stars): 60x30" (30')
Total Integration: 18h
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• Sky-Watcher Quattro 250P
• Sky-Watcher EQ8-R Pro
• ZWO ASI294MM-Pro
• Astronomik L: 54x300s bin1 gain 0
• Astronomik RGB: 36x300s bin2 gain 125
• ZWO Hα 7nm: 12x300s bin1 gain 200
(total integration 8.5h)
• ZWO OAG & ASI290Mini guide cam
• TS GPU coma corrector
• ZWO EFW, ZWO EAF & Pegasus Astro Ultimate Powerbox 2
Trevinca, Valding, Spain
Bortle 3, SQM 21.8
processed with Pixinsight
3-panel mosaic of the Rosette Nebula and Cone Nebula Molecular Cloud Complex.
HOO narrowband color pallet.
75, 600 second, 100-Gain, -20C Ha subs per panel.
75, 600 second, 100-Gain, -20C Oiii subs per panel.
(3 panels total).
Askar 200mm F4 lens.
ZWO ASI 2600MM Pro.
Sky-Watcher EQ6-R Pro mount.
ASI174mm guide cam.
60mm guide scope.
Pixinsight and Photoshop.
Data was collected on the clear nights from late January - March 2023 regardless of the moon cycle. Locations: My backyard (Bortle -7) and Cheddar Ranch Observatory (Bortle-3).
The stars aren't perfect where the panels overlap because my backspacing wasn't exact with this setup. That said, I still enjoyed doing a deep, well-exposed mosaic of this beautiful patch of sky.
Tomorrow is Saint Valentine's Day and i just got my Heart Nebula data processed and edited. First time using a dual-band pass filter and was excited to see what my OSC astro camera could capture, turned out pretty good altough the integration time was only 4hrs 30min.
Canon 400mm f5.6
Optolong L-eNhance Filter
Skywatcher HEQ5 PRO
ZWO Mini 30mm Guide scope
ZWO ASI120MM Mini mono
ZWO ASI 533 MC PRO
ZWO ASIAIR Plus
43 x 300s
5 x 600s
Northfield, OH
July 18 & 25, 2024
Telescope: Explore Scientific ED 80, field flattener (no reducer), 480mm focal length
Mount: Sky-Watcher EQ6R-Pro
Camera: ZWO ASI294MC-Pro
Guide scope: Williams Optics 50mm guide scope
Guide camera: ZWO ASI120MM-S
Software: NINA, PHD2
Imaging--
Lights: 38x300s
Darks, Flats, DarkFlats, Bias: assorted
Sensor temp: -10.0
Filter: Optolong L-Extreme
Sky: Bortle 6 (nominal)
Post processing--
Software: PixInsight, Photoshop
Dead I am the sky
Watching angels cry
While they slowly turn
Conquering the worm
Dig through the ditches and burn through the witches
I slam in the back of my Dragula
Dig through the ditches and burn through the witches
I slam in the back of my Dragula
Exif:
Canon EOS 6D
Samyang 24mm f/1.4
Sky Watcher Star Adventurer Mini
Foregound: 4 stacks of 3x120s f/4 iso6400
Sky: 9 tracked stacks of 10x30s f/2 iso1600
In New England we were very fogged out for the May 2022 lunar eclipse. We had an event planned for Frosty Drew Observatory and Science Center, but being so close to the water along the coast, we had been socked in for over a week. Myself and another Frosty Drew astronomer set up our equipment at separate locations. One in central CT, and myself in Providence, RI. Using both locations we were able to live stream most of the eclipse event.
This is a sequence image showing all primary stages of the eclipse. The progression of the image moves right to left, just like the Moon does for Northern Hemisphere sky watchers. Many of these images were in terrible shape from heavy amounts of fog, especially the maximum eclipse image. But it was recoverable. When observing the sequence, note that you can see the curve of Earth's umbra. This is why I orientated the images in a downward pointing arc.
This is a three panel mosaic of the large star forming region called the Soul Nebula (Embryo Nebula, IC 1871, Sh2-199) and is found in the constellation Cassiopeia. Processed in the Hubble Palette color scheme. This is a total of 9 hours of exposure time over two evenings.
Tech Specs: Sky-Watcher Esprit 120ED Telescope, ZWO AS2600mc-Pro running at -10C, Celestron CGEM-DX mount, Optolong L-eNhance 2” Filter, three panels each 36 x 300 seconds (9 hours total) guided exposures, ZWO EAF, ZWO ASIAir Pro. Processed using DSS and PixInsight. Image Date: October 21 and 27, 2022. Location: The Dark Side Observatory (W59), Weatherly, PA, USA (Bortle Class 4).
Exif
Canon EOS 6D
Samyang 24mm f/1.4
Canon EF 40mm f/2.8 Pancake
Sky Watcher Star Adventurer Mini
Foregound: 4 stacks of 2.5s f/4 iso400
Sky: one tracked stack of 20x30s f/2 iso800
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• Sky-Watcher Quattro 250P
• Sky-Watcher EQ8-R Pro
• ZWO ASI294MM-Pro
• Astronomik L: 66x300s bin1 gain 0
• Astronomik RGB: 38x300s bin2 gain 125
(total integration 8.6h)
• ZWO OAG & ASI290Mini guide cam
• TS GPU coma corrector
• ZWO EFW, ZWO EAF & Pegasus Astro Ultimate Powerbox 2
Trevinca, Valding, Spain
Bortle 3, SQM 21.8
processed with Pixinsight
ASI290MM, Astronomik ProPlanet 807 IR-pass filter, Sky-Watcher Skyliner 350P Flextube.
Composition of 8 images
The Helix Nebula (also known as NGC 7293 or Caldwell 63) is a planetary nebula (PN) located in the constellation Aquarius. The Helix Nebula has sometimes been referred to as the "Eye of God" in pop culture, as well as the "Eye of Sauron". 42 x 120 sec shots stacked .Canon 5dsr and SW Quattro 250 F4.
Laurieston Moors Area, we stood here sky watching for birds of prey, there was a Peregrine, the moors looked lovely when the sun shone on them.
Messier 51 - The Whirlpool Galaxy
Image acquisition: Mauro Santoro
Image processing: Diego Pisano
Acquired from Terravecchia (Cs) Italy, from June, 20 until July, 04
Total exposure 32 hours
Camera: QHY 294C Pro
Filter: Optolong L pro
Scope: Sky-Watcher QUATTRO 250P
Mount: Sky-Watcher Az Eq6
Editing: Pixinsight
I've been planning this shot for over a year and finally got to shoot it last Thursday. I tried earlier in the month, but the smoke from the fires made it difficult to see Half Dome, let alone Pleiades.
Pleiades (The Seven Sisters) is the exact relative size and location to Half Dome, taken with the same camera and lens without moving them. Details in Pleiades were brought out thru tracking and stacking.
There will likely be several versions of this clogging up your news feed, but this one shows the enormity of our universe through the endless star-field. It also helps show what the world will lose if we continue to pollute the night sky with artificial lights.
Sony A7S3, Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8 II, f/3.2, 50s, ISO6400 (for sky). Tracked on Sky Watcher Star Adventurer and stacked in Siril. 40 Lights, and 64 each for Darks, Flats, and Biases. Foreground taken during Blue Hour. Blended and processed in Photoshop and Lightroom
The Orion Nebula (also known as Messier 42, M42, or NGC 1976) is a diffuse nebula situated in the Milky Way, being south of Orion's Belt in the constellation of Orion. It is one of the brightest nebulae and is visible to the naked eye in the night sky with apparent magnitude 4.0. It is about 1,344 light-years away and is the closest region of massive star formation to Earth. The M42 nebula is estimated to be 24 light-years across (so its apparent size from Earth is approximately 1 degree). It has a mass of about 2,000 times that of the Sun. (ref. Wikipedia) This image was taken through some high, thin cloud cover.
Observation data: J2000 epoch
Subtype: Reflection/Emission
Right ascension: 05h 35m 17.3s
Declination: −05° 23′ 28″
Distance: 1,344±20 ly
Apparent magnitude (V): 4.0
Apparent dimensions (V): 65×60 arcmins
Constellation: Orion
Tech Specs: Sky-Watcher Esprit 120ED Telescope, ZWO AS2600mc-Pro running at -10C, Celestron CGEM-DX mount, 24 x 300 second guided exposures, darks from the library and flats at the end of imaging, Optolong L-eXtreme 2” filter, focused with a ZWO EAF, controlled with a ZWO ASIAir Pro. Processed using PixInsight and DSS. Image Date: February 8, 2023. Location: The Dark Side Observatory (W59), Weatherly, PA, USA (Bortle Class 4).
Télescope Sky Watcher 200/1000
Monture HEQ 5 PRO
boitier CANON 600 D refiltré astrodon
54 x 75 sec 1600 ASA
10 x 15 sec 1600 ASA
Here is a view of the Orion Nebula and the surrounding area. Sharpless 279 is on the left, also known as The Running Man Nebula, Messier 42 and 43 on the right and consist of the Orion Nebula and de Mairen's Nebula. In the Sharpless Catalog, the Orion Nebula is designated as Sharpless 281. This is a mix of 10, 30 and 60 second images.
Tech Specs: Sky-Watcher Esprit 120mm ED Triplet APO Refractor, ZWO ASI071mc-Pro camera, Sky-Watcher EQ6R-Pro mount, 50 minutes total exposure (calibrated with darks from the library), guided using a ZWO 30mm f/4 mini guide scope and ZWO 120 Mini, controlled with a ZWO ASIAir Pro running v1.5 Beta software, processed in PixInsight. Image date: January 9, 2021. Location: The Dark Side Observatory, Weatherly, PA, USA.
Comet C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE) that won't return to Earth for another 6,800 years
Picture taken in Negev desert, Israel.
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Eq.: Nikon D610, 70-300 lens, Sky watcher star adventurer tracker.
Sky: tracked - 7 frames x 165mm, f/5, 30 sec, ISO 2500.
Stacked in Starry Landscape Stacker.
Foreground: single exposure after sunset - 70mm, f/6.3, 1 sec, ISO 200
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• Sky-Watcher Quattro 250P
• EQ6-R Pro
• ZWO ASI1600MM-Pro
• ZWO L: 144x90s
• ZWO R, G, B: 75x90s bin2
(total integration 5.5h)
• -20° sensor temp., Gain 0 (HDR)
• TS GPU coma corrector
• 60x240 guide scope, ZWO ASI290Mini guide cam
Captured with ZWO EFW, ZWO EAF, ZWO ASIAIR Pro
Saint Petersburg, Russia, home balcony.
Bortle 8-9 with SQM ~17.6
Captured in two nights in february 2022
processed with DSS & Pixinsight
Last night’s first quarter moon, three panel mosaic taken under partly cloudy skies.
Tech Specs: Orion 8" f/8 Ritchey-Chretien Astrograph Telescope, Sky-Watcher EQ6R-Pro mount, ASI071MC-Pro, ZWO AAPlus, ZWO EAF, best 20% of 3000 frames, processed using Autostakkert!, Registax, and Adobe Lightroom. Image Date: March 28, 2023. Location: The Dark Side Observatory (W95), Weatherly, PA, USA (Bortle Class 4).
M8, Lagoon Nebula. Almost 35 hrs integration time. Sky-Watcher Esprit 120mm, QHY278M, Optolong 3nm NG, and RGB filters.
13hrs of Hydrogen data taken from downtown Bortle 9 Phoenix, Arizona. 13 hrs Sulphur split between Bortle 1 and Bortle 9, and 6 hrs Oxygen all Bortle 1, new moon. 1.5 hrs of RGB also at Bortle 1. I did some interesting combinations of the data to get this final image.
It lies about 5,000 light-years away, and spans 100 light-years, in the constellation Sagittarius.
Olympus OM-1, 300mm f/4 pro
at 5 sec, f/4, iso-200, on a Sky Watcher 2i tracker.
Single shot, crop to 1119x1119
Edit in Photolab 6
IC417 & NGC 1931, is commonly known as the Spider and Fly Nebula. They are located approximately 10,000 and 7,000 light-years respectively from the Earth in the constellation Auriga. These two nebulae are composed of massive clouds of gas and dust and is the site of new stellar birth. The gas in the nebula is excited by a clusters of massive, relatively newly formed, stars located near their centers.
Esprit 120, QHY268M, Optolong 3nm SHO filters, Sky-Watcher EQ6Rpro mount.
NINA acquisition, Pixinsight, Lightroom.
H 74 x 10 min= 12 20
S 66 x 10 min= 11
O 65 x 10 min= 10 50
Total integration 34 hrs Phoenix, AZ
Moon , Sony α6600 , Pentax 75 SDHF , Sky-Watcher AZ-GTi
月の高い位置で撮影したので、綺麗な色でした。
撮影した後でアイピースに替えて眼視でも楽しみました。
シーイングはあまり良くなかったのですが、ボコボコしたクレーターを見ているとあっという間に1時間ぐらい経っていました。
7 x 4-minute exposures, ISO 3200, f/6.25; Canon EOS 600D and Sky-Watcher 80mm ED refractor telescope. Frames stacked in Deep Sky Stacker; curves adjusted in Canon Digital Photo Professional; colour balance adjusted and noise reduced with Cyberlink PhotoDirector.
Exif
Canon EOS Ra
Sigma 28mm f/1.4
Sky Watcher Star Adventurer Mini
Foreground: one stack of 21x30s f/2 iso1600
Sky: one tracked stack of 58x30s f/2 iso1600
-=Tech Data=-
-Equipment-
Imaging Scope: Sky-Watcher Esprit 100
Mount: Celestron CGX
Imaging Camera: ZWO ASI 1600MC-Pro
Filter: Baader UV/IR cut
Guide Camera: ZWO ASI120 Mini
Guide Scope: Starfield 60mm guide scope
Dew Control: Kendrick
Power: Pegasus Astro Pocket Power Box
- Acquisition -
40 x 3 min exposures
- Software -
Acquisition / Rig Control: Sequence Generator Pro
Stacking: Astro Pixel Processor
Processing: PixInsight
Post Processing: Photoshop CC
Shot at the Camden Lake Provincial Wildlife Area near Moscow, Ontario.
M31 The Great Andromeda Galaxy in a sea of Ha.
My "deepest" astro-photo to date. I had only seen a few images of M31 this deep with the faint interstellar clouds of Ha present. I wanted enough integration to not only show the Ha clouds, I wanted to see their structure. All the data for this M31 image was acquired by myself, with my own equipment from a Bortle-1 location during two different years at the Okie-Tex Star Party.
About 39hrs data total?
(I had 178 Ha subs but only used 166 of them)
Ha clouds data:
166, 10-minute, 100 gain, Ha sub exposures, Rokinon 135mm lens at F2.8
ASI2600mm pro
Star Field and LRGB data:
69, 1-minute, 100 gain Lum
69, 1-minute, 100 gain Red
69, 1-minute, 100 gain Green
69, 1-minute, 100 gain Blue
Rokinon 135mm at F2.8
ASI2600mm pro
Galaxy details:
80, 6-minute, 800-ISO, F5.5 at 550mm Esprit 100ED, Nikon D810a
Sky-Watcher EQ6-R pro mount
Dithered and guided, data calibrated with darks, flats, bias, and flat darks.
Pixinsight
Photoshop
Okie-Tex Star Party 2021 and 2022 data
The Rosette Nebula is an H II region located near one end of a giant molecular cloud in the Monoceros region of the Milky Way Galaxy. The open cluster NGC 2244 is closely associated with the nebulosity, the stars of the cluster having been formed from the nebula's matter.13 x 120 sec exp @ ISO 800 with a Canon 60D on a Skywatcher Quattro 250P F4 Telescope.
Per Wikipedia: NGC 2359 (also known as Thor's Helmet) is an emission nebula in the constellation Canis Major. The nebula is approximately 3,670 parsecs (11.96 thousand light years) away and 30 light-years in size. The central star is the Wolf-Rayet star WR7, an extremely hot star thought to be in a brief pre-supernova stage of evolution. It is similar in nature to the Bubble Nebula, but interactions with a nearby large molecular cloud are thought to have contributed to the more complex shape and curved bow-shock structure of Thor's Helmet.
HOO color pallet.
32, 10-minute, 100 gain Ha subs
13, 10-minute, 100 gain OIII subs
ASI2600mm Pro, Sky-Watcher Esprit 100ED, 550mm focal length, F5.5, ASI174mm guide cam, EQ6-R pro mount, ASI Air pro.
Pixinsight and Photoshop.
Locations: My Bortle-7 backyard and Comanche Springs Astronomy Campus. TX Bortle-2.
4-11, 4-12, 4-13, 4-15, and 4-16-23.
This is my first attempt at imaging our milky way galaxy with my Cooled astronomy camera. Not bad but will improve on my next outing! Hope you all enjoy and thanks for any constructive comments.
Equipment:
Telescope - Sigma Art 35mm
Imaging Camera- Qhy268m
Mount - Sky-watcher EQ6-R Pro
Software:
Sequence Generator Pro
Pixinsight
Lightroom
Photoshop
Lights:
Ha-35x180sec
L-60x30sec
R-50x30sec
G-50x30sec
B-50x30sec
35 Darks
100 Bias
Total integration 2.5 hours
La nébuleuse d'Orion, également connue sous le matricule de M42 ou NGC 1976, est un nuage diffus qui brille en émission et en réflexion au cœur de la constellation du même nom.
Elle est située à 1344 A.l. de la terre, et mesure 24 A.l. de diamètre. Elle est accompagnée de M43 (NGC1982).
Instrument de prise de vue: Sky-watcher T250/1000 Newton F4
Caméra d'imagerie: ZWO ASI294 MC-Cool
Monture: Skywatcher AZ-EQ6 Pro Goto USB
Instrument de guidage: Diviseur optique OAG - ZWO
Caméra de guidage: ZWO ASI120 mini
Logiciels: Stellarium - ScharpCap - PHD2 Guiding - Siril - Darktable - FastStone Images Viewer
Filtres: Anti-pollution lumineuse TS CLS NEBULA (M48) - IR-Cut / IR-Block ZWO (M48)
Accessoire: GPU coma-correcteur Sky-watcher
Dates: 07 Février 2022- 19h52
Images unitaires: (60x30") + Darks - Flats - Gain 300
Intégration: 0 h.30'
Échantillonnage: 0.955 arcsec/pixel
Seeing: 1.79 "Arc
Phase de la Lune (moyenne): 40%
Nota: J'ai un problème de suivi avec PHD2, donc ce soir pas de photo mais j'essaye de changer les réglages, mon graphique de suivi est en dents de scie en déc. avec une amplitude de 3" et des pics de 6" donc étoiles allongées N/S, après bidouilles à tâtons c'est moins mal, mais pas super. Tiens, Orion sort des arbres, mais elle disparaitra dans 1 heure. Je tente le coup pour voir, après réglages sur SharCap il me reste une demie-heure de pose, puis Orion se cache derrière les sapins. Les nuits étoilées sont rares en ce moment dans l'Ile de France, donc dès quelles se présentent il faut se sortir les doigts du.. des gants.
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• Sky-Watcher Quattro 250P
• Sky-Watcher EQ8-R Pro
• ZWO ASI294MM-Pro
• Astronomik L: 47x300s bin1 gain 0
• Astronomik RGB: 36x300s bin2 gain 125
(total integration 6.9h)
• ZWO OAG & ASI290Mini guide cam
• TS GPU coma corrector
• ZWO EFW, ZWO EAF & Pegasus Astro Ultimate Powerbox 2
Trevinca, Valding, Spain
Bortle 3, SQM 21.8
processed with Pixinsight
NGC 6188 Fighting Dragons of Ara , my 1st go at this wonder, unfortunatley I didnt frame it correctly and have missed a large part of it. So new mission is to get it again and frame correctly. Shot with Canon 60D ,19 x 55 sec exposures stacked in DSS and stretched in Pixinsight. Have to say I was not expecting the amount of detail I got on this and I didnt think it would be such a large target either. Might try with the 5Dsr next time to fit more in. Sky Watcher Quattro 250 F4 on NEQ6 pro.
M8 Lagoon Nebula shot with Canon 5Dsr on a Sky watcher Quattro 250 F4 . 71 x 30 second shots stacked in Sequator
Mas info.... celfoscastrofotografia.blogspot.com/2022/01/messier-42-la...
El equipo empleado fue...
Telescopio: ED80 Sky Watcher + 0.85X
Montura: HEQ5 Pro
Cámara: QHY163m
Enfoque: MyFocuserPro2
Guiado: MiniScope 50mm Orion, CámaraGuia/QHY5 L-II c
Adquisición: SGP (Sequence Generator Pro)
Apilado y procesado: PixInsight, Photoshop
Tomas
Paleta: HOO
H-alpha: 80x300s 10x30s
[OIII]: 101x300s 10x30s
Total Expo: 15h 15min
Temperatura sensor: -10°C
Distancia Focal: 510mm
F/ 6,3
34x7min subs,iso 640
D5300 Mod
Sky Watcher ED80 telescope
Tele Vue 0.8 reducer/flattener
Pixinsight,Photoshop CS
Quemado Lake, New Mexico
4-panel pano, 2 sky and 2 ground. Sky tracked with Sky-Watcher Star Adventurer and Ground stationary. Blended in Photoshop.
90 seconds, ISO-3200, F/3.5, 35mm focal length per image, 3 images per panel, stacked.
Camera: Nikon D750a (astro modified by LifePixel)
5/21/2021 1:30am, Quemado Lake, New Mexico, Bortle-1 skies, shot from the dam looking South across the water. 6,902 feet elevation.
The Orion constellation, photographed at a well known location. Capturing the nebulas mainly was possible due to fog, covering the metropolitan areas of Zug and Lucerne.
Exif
Canon EOS Ra
Sigma 35mm f/1.4
Sky Watcher Star Adventurer Mini
Foreground: stack of 20x15s f/2 iso3200
Sky: 2 tracked stacks of 10x30s f/2 iso1600
I've been slowly collecting data in Ha/OIII/SII on IC 410. It's such a great target - at any focal length.
These were really "test shots" as I fine tune the new mount. Almost where I need it to be.
30 x 240s SII
40 x 240s Ha
30 x 240s OIII
6 Hours, 40 Minutes Total
Sky-Watcher Esprit 100
ZWO ASI2600MM Pro
Chroma 3nm SHO
Black Dog Observatory