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Enjoying a cold spring night at a lookout tower under the Milky Way. On the fence about how this one turned out....
details
Bortle 4 sky
Sky Watcher Star Adventurer 2i
Nikon D750, Sigma 20mm f/1.4 lens
Astronomik CLS-CCD filter
Sky-10 stacks of 5x30sec photos f/2.2 ISO 4000
Foreground-5x at f/2.8 ISO 2000 & a couple individual light painting frames
Assembled with Lightroom, Starry Landscape Stacker, AutopanoGiga, Photoshop.
IC 1805 Heart nebula
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The Heart Nebula, IC 1805, Sh2-190, lies some 7500 light years away from Earth and is located in the Perseus Arm of the Galaxy in the constellation Cassiopeia. This is an emission nebula showing glowing gas and darker dust lanes. The nebula is formed by plasma of ionized hydrogen and free electrons.
The very brightest part of this nebula (the knot at the right) is separately classified as NGC 896, because it was the first part of this nebula to be discovered.
The nebula's intense red output and its configuration are driven by the radiation emanating from a small group of stars near the nebula's center. This open cluster of stars known as Melotte 15 contains a few bright stars nearly 50 times the mass of our Sun, and many more dim stars that are only a fraction of our Sun's mass. The cluster used to contain a microquasar that was expelled millions of years ago.
Integration: 26.7 hours
Imaging telescopes or lenses: Takahashi TSA 102
Imaging cameras: Starlight Express SXVR-H18
Mounts: Sky-Watcher NEQ6 Pro
Guiding telescopes or lenses: Takahashi TSA 102
Guiding cameras: sx loadstar
Focal reducers: Takahashi TOA/FS Reducer
Software: Sequence Generator Pro, PHD, Photoshop CS5
Filters: Baader Ha, Hb, OIII & SII
Accessories: Starlight Xpress USB filter wheel, Baader Planetarium 36mm narrowband filters
“After the rain, the sun will reappear.
There is life. After the pain, the joy will still be here.” – the Walt Disney Company
I am plagued with weak lungs owing to many years of constant childhood illnesses, and as a result, if I am unlucky enough to catch your cold, I usually end up with pneumonia or a nasty chest infection at best. I was recovering from one such unpleasant chest infection after a period of prolonged ill health. A very dear friend who loves photography as much as I do, decided that I needed to be taken out of myself, go somewhere and reconnect with what I found joyful in life, so she took me to the top of Mount Macedon in the Macedon Ranges in central Victoria for a photography afternoon. It was a bitterly cold day, made even more so by the wind and the altitude, but we were very well rugged up against the bitter wind. It rained on and off. However, the trip was a wonderful one: just what I needed to help lift my flagging spirits, and the day afforded us a beautiful and striking sunset over the valley far below. Using the sunset as an analogy, my friend told me that my poor health would pass, just like a winter rainstorm, and that the sun would reappear. She was right, my health troubles did dissipate like a shower of rain, and a few weeks later, the sun shone in my life again. Now I am healthy and well, and I have happy, sunny days once more.
The theme for "Smile on Saturday" for the 1st of February is "sky". Now I am not a sky watcher, like my friend who took me out to Mount Macedon that day is – always looking for that perfect elusive sunset – however I am captivated by the sky and clouds on occasion when they present something beautiful, dramatic or both! I do hope you like my choice of image from the top of Mount Macedon for the theme this week, and that like me, it makes you smile too!
Messier 81 (also known as NGC 3031 ) is a spiral galaxy in the constellation Ursa Major.
Messier 81 was first discovered by Johann Elert Bode on December 31, 1774. Consequently, the galaxy is sometimes referred to as "Bodes Galaxy".
Messier 82 (also knows as NGC 3034) is a starburst galaxy in the constellation Ursa Major.
Messier 82 is commonly referred to as the Cigar Galaxy.
Ursa Major is approximately 11.7 million light years from Earth. The distance from M81 to M82 is 150,000 light years.
M81 and M82 are best seen during the spring.
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
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 and frames applied.
Software: DSS & LR
Imaging Telescopes Or Lenses
Canon EF 400mm f/5.6L USM
Imaging Cameras
Canon EOS 1200D / Rebel T5 / Kiss X79 (modified) ×
Mounts
Sky-Watcher EQM-35 Pro
Filters
Astronomik CLS Clip-Filter EOS R XL
Software
Adobe Lightroom · Aries Productions Astro Pixel Processor (APP)
Acquisition details
Dates:
Aug. 10, 2020
Frames:
50×60″(50′)
Integration:
50′
Avg. Moon age:
21.07 days
Avg. Moon phase:
61.34%
Canon EOS 6D (Baader filter modified)
Focal length: Canon 400mm f5.6
Mount Sky-Watcher EQM-35 Pro Go-To
Guiding: None
Exposure: 10 x 120sec @ 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
Taken at Leon Mow Mow Dark Sky Site, Heathcote, Victoria, Australia. January 21st 2020
La región del cono sur de la Luna, en donde es protagonista el cráter Tycho y su sistema de rayos
Sky Watcher 200p Dobsoniano Manual
ZWO ASI120MC-S
Blue eyes
Blue eyes
like a clear, blue sky
watching over me
Blue eyes
Ooh, I love blue eyes
When I'am by her side
Elton John
Occhi azzurri
Occhi azzurri
come un cielo limpido e azzurro
che mi osservano
Occhi azzurri
Ooh, adoro gli occhi azzurri
Quando sono al suo fianco
Elton John
Grazie antonè per collaborazione!
Cooky our new furry baby.
Cooky la nostra nuova bambina pelosa.
Platón, a la derecha Aristáteles. Abajo de el, Eudoxo
Entre Platón y Aristóteles, el Valle Alpino
Más abajo, los tres cráteres Aristillus, Autolycus y Arquímides
Sky Watcher Clasic 200p (Dobsoniano)
ZWO ASI120MC-S
La imagen abarca hasta casi los 80 grados de latitud norte
Se aprecia casi completo el Mare Frigoris
Estan los cráteres Platán y a la derecha la pareja Aristóteles y Eudoxo
A la derecha de Platón esta el Valle Alpino
Sky Watcher 200P Dobsoniano Manual
ZWO ASI120MC-S
La Nébuleuse de la Tête de Cheval.
Données prise de vue
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Date : 2021-12-09
Objet : IC 434
Instrument : Lunette 80 ED Esprit Super APO Sky_Watcher
Camera : ZWO ASI1600 MC / Filtre = IrCut / Temp = -15°c / Gain= 139 / Offset = 21
Durée pose unitaire = 240s / Nombre de pose : 40
Traitement SIRIL et PHOTOSHOP / Gestion Stellarmate
Phase lunaire : Waxing Crescent(0.165)
Données Météo
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Fin de session StellarMatte : 2021-12-09 06:15:47
Lever du soleil : 08:36 AM
Coucher du soleil : 05:15 PM
Conditions climatiques : broken clouds
Couverture nuageuse : 60 %
Taux d'humidite de 85 %
Pression : 1012 hpa
Vitesse Vent : 7 km/h
Orientation : 251 ° (N=0° / Est = 90° / Sud = 180° / Ouest = 270°)
La temperature en fin de session est de 0 °c
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Arriba a la izquierda, el Valle Alpino, después el cráter Aristóteles, en seguida Eudoxo
A la izquierda de los montes, Cassini
Abajo Calippus, enclavado en la cordillera de los Montes Caucasos
A la izquierda de ellos, el pequeño Theaetetus
Ya casi en la sombra Aristillus (arriba) y Autolycus (abajo)
Sky Watcher 200P Dobsoniano manual
ZWO ASI120MC-S
El cráter Posidonius marca la frontera entre este mar y el Lacus Somniorum.
En el fondo del mar se aprecia el pequeño cráter Bessel.
Abajo a la izquierda, fuera del mar, el cráter Manilius.
Al sur del mar, el cráter Plinius ocupa el lugar de la frontera entre Mar de la Serenidad y Mar de la Tranquilidad.
Destacan también las estribaciones de los Montes Appeninus, entre otros muchos detalles
Sky Watcher 200P Dobsoniano Manual
ZWO ASI120MC-S
Cygnus Sky-scape featuring the bright star Cygni 32 and the optical counterpart to supernova remnant G82.2 +5.3 with a dash of OIII emission represented in blue at the center of this 6 paneled mosaic.
This image was photographed in my back yard in Valencia
Imaging telescopes or lenses: Vixen VSD
Imaging cameras: Starlight Express SX ccd camera
Mounts: Sky-Watcher & MX
Guiding telescopes or lenses:Vixen VSD
Guiding cameras: sx loadstar
Detalle de la superficie de La Luna
Región sur
Destaca el cráter Tycho
Sky Watcher 200P Dobsoniano, manual
ZWO ASI120MC-S
Arquímides (D 83km), Aristilus (D 55km) y Autolycus (D 40km) al norte de los Montes Apenninus
En la porción abajo a la derecha se alcanzan a apreciar la Rima Hyginus y la Rima Ariadeus
Sky Watcher Clasic 200P Dobsoniano
ZWO ASI120MC-S
Watching the sky
Watching the painting come to life
Shifting and shaping
Staying inside
It all goes it all goes it all goes by
-A Fine Frenzy
Canon EOS 6D Modified.
Focal length: Canon 400mm f5.6
Mount Sky-Watcher EQM-35 Pro Go-To
Guiding: None
Exposure: 12 x 60sec @ ISO-3200 (RAW)
With Dark and flat frames applied.
Software: DSS & LR
La región de Tycho, con su sistema de rayos. Además de los magníficos cráteres Clavius (abajo ligeramente a la derecha, con múltiples impactos interiores) y Maginus.
Sky Watcher 200P
Manual Dobsoniano
ZWO ASI120MC-S
Svbony 20mm proyección de ocular
www.nps.gov/pefo/learn/index.htm
Thank you for taken your time to visit me, comments or faves are always much appreciated!
A la derecha, en el borde, Posidonius
Mas al norte, la pareja Hércules y Atlas
Aun mas al norte Endimion
Arriba a la izquierda, Eudoxo y Aristóteles
Sky Watcher 200P Dobsoniano, manual
ZWO ASI120MC-S
Splash and dash in the lake
Water bursts and does break
Shooting water into the sky
Watch it sail, watch it fly
Kissing the wind, wetting the air
Coating all skies, with beauty so bare
Falling down back into the lake
Making the water burst and explosively break
The Dumbbell Nebula (also known as Apple Core Nebula, Messier 27, M27, or NGC 6853) is a planetary nebula in the constellation Vulpecula, at a distance of about 1227 light-years. This object was the first planetary nebula to be discovered by Charles Messier in 1764.
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
La frontera entre Mare Tranquillitatis (arriba) y Mare Nectaris (abajo) en donde se nota con claridad la diferente composición de las lavas que los cubrieron. Más oscura la del norte, más clara al sur
Arriba a la derecha, los cráteres Messier y Messiere A con sus rayos propios de un impacto oblícuo
Sky Watcher 200p Classic (Dobsoniano)
ZWO ASI120MC-S
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 flat frames applied.
Software: DSS & LR
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This is a ten panel mosaic depicting Caldwell 49 up to and including the Cone Nebula and Christmas Tree Cluster. It has been around two months in the making.
maging telescope or lens: Vixen VSD
Imaging camera: Starlight Express SXVR-H18
Mount: Sky-Watcher NEQ6 Pro
Guiding telescope or lens: Vixen VSD
Software: Sequence Generator Pro
Filter: Baader H-alpha 3.5 Nm , OIII & SII
Accessory: Starlight Xpress Lodestar Guider
Integration: 100.0 hours
Dates: Jan. 26, 2016
Locations: Home observatory, Valencia, Spain
Monoceros is a faint constellation on the celestial equator. Its name is Greek for unicorn. Its definition is attributed to the 17th-century Dutch cartographer Petrus Plancius.
Monoceros is home to The Rosette Nebula , the Christmas Tree Cluster and the Cone Nebula.
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The Rosette Nebula (NGC 2237, 2238, 2239, and 2246) is a diffuse nebula in Monoceros. It has an overall magnitude of 6.0 and is 4900 light-years from Earth. The Rosette Nebula, over 100 light-years in diameter, has an associated star cluster and possesses many Bok globules in its dark areas. It was independently discovered in the 1880s by Lewis Swift (early 1880s) and Edward Emerson Barnard (1883) as they hunted for comets.
The Christmas Tree Cluster (NGC 2264) is another open cluster in Monoceros. Named for its resemblance to a Christmas tree, it is fairly bright at an overall magnitude of 3.9; it is 2400 light-years from Earth. The variable star S Monocerotis represents the tree's trunk, while the variable star V429 Monocerotis represents its top.[3]
The Cone Nebula (NGC 2264), associated with the Christmas Tree Cluster, is a very dim nebula that contains a dark conic structure. It appears clearly in photographs, but is very elusive in a telescope. The nebula contains several Herbig-Haro objects, which are small irregularly variable nebulae. They are associated with protostars.
Júpiter (durante o dia)
Meu primeiro (e singelo) exercício de registros planetários com o telescópio atual. Realizado sob a luz do dia (Júpiter às 06h22min e Marte às 07h15min) com atmosfera turbulenta. Planetas ainda com alguns meses de distância de sua oposição (quando se aproximam mais de nosso planeta e podem ser melhor apreciados). Reaprendendo a capturar e a processar registros planetários.
No momento dos registros, Júpiter estava a cerca de 800 milhões de quilômetros de distância da Terra.
Refletor Sky-Watcher 203mm F/5 EQ5 com Onstep, ASI 120MC-S, Barlow Starguider 5x. ASICAP, AutoStakker, RegiStax e Photoshop. Empilhados, aproximadamente, 2600 frames.
Mare Nectaris y en su borde el cráter Teophilus así como Cyrilus y Catarina
Esta muy claro también el escarpe Altai que termina en el cráter Picolomini
Se aprecian muchos detalles de la región
Sky Watcher 200p Dobsoniano manual
ZWO ASI120MC-S
The Andromeda Galaxy also known as Messier 31, M31, or NGC 224 and originally the Andromeda Nebula, is a spiral galaxy approximately 2.5 million light-years from Earth, and the nearest major galaxy to the Milky Way. The galaxy's name stems from the area of Earth's sky in which it appears, the constellation of Andromeda.
The virial mass of the Andromeda Galaxy is of the same order of magnitude as that of the Milky Way, at a trillion solar masses.
The number of stars contained in the Andromeda Galaxy is estimated at one trillion, or roughly twice the number estimated for the Milky Way.
The Milky Way and Andromeda galaxies are expected to collide in around 4.5 billion years, merging to form a giant elliptical galaxy or a large lenticular galaxy. With an apparent magnitude of 3.4, the Andromeda Galaxy is among the brightest of the Messier Objects making it visible to the naked eye from Earth on moonless nights, even when viewed from areas with moderate light pollution.
(Wikipedia.org)
Equipment:
Celestron 9.25” 2350mm Edge-HD Telescope
Sky-Watcher EQ6-R Pro Computerized GoTo Telescope Mount
Orion 50mm Helical Guide Scope & StarShoot AutoGuider
Celestron 9x50 Finder Scope
ZWO ASI294MC Pro Color Camera
Celestron .7 EdgeHD Reducer Lens
PHD2 Guiding Software
SharpCap Pro
Thank you for your comments.
Gemma
Mare Frigoris al norte
Mare Crisium a la izquierda
Mar e la Serenidad a la derecha
Los cráteres Platón, arriba, Aristilus y Autolycus, abajo y a la izquierda Arquímides y el pequeño Timocharis
En el lado derecho Aristóteles y Eudoxo y en el extremo derecho Hércules y Titan
Sky Watcher 200P Dobsoniano manaual
ZWO ASI120MC-S
Sharpless 115 and Friends
SHO+RGB Stars
Telescope: William Optics GT71
Mount: Sky Watcher HEQ5
Camera: ZWO ASI183MM Pro
Filters: Astrodon Gen 2 RGB, 5nm H-alpha, 5nm OIII, 5nm SII
Frames
H-alpha: 58x300" (4h 50')
OIII: 54x300" (4h 30')
SII: 46x300" (3h 50')
Red: 40x30" (20')
Green: 40x30" (20')
Blue: 40x30" (20')
Total Integration: 14h 10'
Región de Platón, que destaca con el fondo de lava oscura contra la claridad de los montes Alpes.
Se aprecia también en Valle Alpino
En la parte superior, en fila, de izquierda a derecha, los cráteres Fontenelle (D 38km), Fontenelle A (D 21km) y Anaxágoras (D 51km). Abajo a su izquierda, Epigenes (D 55km)
A lcasi la altura de Platón, en vertical, de arriba a abajo, Timaeus (D 33km), Archytas (D 31km) y Protagoras (D 22km)
Finalmente, cerca del borde inferior de la imagen, Aristóteles (D 88km)
Sky Watcher 200P (200mm)
Dobsoniano, manual
ZWO ASI120MC-S
Ocular Svbony 20mm en proyección de ocular.
This Mountain Hare appears to be appreciating the emergence of a blue sky over the Cairngorm National Park
The Triangulum Galaxy is a spiral galaxy 2.73 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Triangulum. It is catalogued as
Messier 33 or NGC 598. The Triangulum Galaxy is the third-largest member of the Local Group of galaxies, behind the Milky Way and the Andromeda Galaxy.
The Triangulum Galaxy was probably discovered by the Italian astronomer Giovanni Battista Hodierna before 1654.
Additionally, the Galaxy was independently discovered by Charles Messier on the night of August 25-25, 1764.
It was published in his Catalog of Nebulae and Star Clusters (1771) as object number 33; hence the name M33.
Equipment:
Celestron 9.25” 2350mm Edge-HD Telescope
Sky-Watcher EQ6-R Pro Computerized GoTo Telescope Mount
Orion 50mm Helical Guide Scope & StarShoot AutoGuider
Celestron 9x50 Finder Scope
ZWO ASI294MC Pro Color Camera
Celestron .7 EdgeHD Reducer Lens
PHD2 Guiding Software
SharpCap Pro
Have a Merry Christmas and a Happy and Healthy New Year!
Gemma