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Image taken with a SkyWatcher 70mm SK707AZ2 + Barlow 3X + 10mm lens (210x).
Edited with Photofiltre and MS Picture Manager, to get more details.
Sky-Watcher Star Adventurer mount
Sky-Watcher Evostar 72ED OTA (72/420mm)
Baader Barlow 2.25x (effective 2.86x)
ZWO ASI533MC Pro (at 0 degrees)
oaCapture 1.8.0 (recording)
PIPP (pre-processing)
AutoStakkert! 3 (stacking)
Siril (splitting the 3 channels)
ImPPG (sharpening)
PlanetarySystemLRGBAligner (aligning separate channels to the original RGB image)
Siril (recombining back channels into RGB)
RawTherapee (RGB post-processing)
GIMP (creating LRGB, with original RGB as the L channel)
RawTherapee (LRGB post-processing)
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Telescopio: Skywatcher 200/800 Wide Photo
Camera: Zwo Asi 294 mm pro monocromatica
Montatura: Skywatcher AZ-EQ6
Autoguida: 60mm UltraGuide Artesky con zwo asi 224mc
Correttore di coma: aplanatico Skywatcher f4
Filtri: Antlia pro 3nm H-alfa OIII SII
Software d'acquisizione Sgpro
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temp -10 con dark, flat e darkflat
HA 18x600s 38x300s 30x60s 30x30s 30x10s
OIII 46x300s 30x60s 30x30s 30x10s
SII 27x300s 30x60s 30x30s 30x10s
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Pixinsight
Photoshop
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A night of 01 - 2nd April allowed me to image M106 in Canes Venatici which is near the handle of the Plough or Big Dipper.
The galaxy itself is over 20 million light-years distant and is around 80,000 light-years across.
The galaxy was discovered by Pierre Méchain in 1781, with Charles Messier including it in his famous catalogue as M106.
M106 contains an active nucleus and is classified as a Type 2 Seyfert. Radio wavelength observations have indirectly confirmed the presence of a massive black hole at its centre.
Prominent at the bottom frame is galaxy NGC 4217 with a strong, dark, dust lane. This galaxy may be a companion of M106.
Imaged with a Skywatcher Esprit 120ED Triplet Apo and a ZWO 2600MC camera.
100x120s Subs
Darks, Flats & Dark Flats
Processed with Astro Pixel Processor and Photoshop 2021.
Thanks for looking
Lights: 220x30" (1h50)
DOF: 30
Iso: 1600
Reprise de l'ancien traitement sous PixInsight.
Traitement: PixInsight / DxO PhotoLab
Nikon D3100 (Non Défiltré)
Skywatcher 80ED Equinox (80x500)
Skywatcher Az-Gti Equatorial Mode
Aberkenfig, South Wales
Lat +51.542 Long -3.593
Skywatcher 254mm Newtonian Reflector, Nikon D780 at prime focus. EQ6 Syntrek Mount.
30 frames 1/640s ISO 200.
Processed using Autostakkert! then wavelets and initial saturation with Registax 6.
Final adjustments to levels and further saturation using G.I.M.P.
The enhanced colours on the second image indicate the mineral variation and composition of the lunar surface.
Clear skies during the night of the 15th to 16th April allowed me to image the beautiful Needle Galaxy NGC 4565 in Coma Berenices.
This edge-on spiral galaxy is located between 30 and 50 million light-years from us. The galaxy's bright core of stars bulges out on each side of the comparatively thin galactic disk with its prominent dust lanes. The effect is somewhat akin to the analogy of two fried eggs laid back to back!
I have tried to name some of the fainter systems within the wide view. One of these NGC4562 is about 75 million light-years from us. A dwarf galaxy IC3571 is also visible near the Needle Galaxy.
Imaged with a Skywatcher Esprit 120ED and a ZWO 2600MC camera.
82x120s Subs
Flats, Dark Flats and Temp. matched Darks.
Processed using Astro Pixel Processor and Photoshop 2021.
Single shot - tracked on Skywatcher Staradventurer. The chilean sky of the Atacama desert is just magical. 30s exposure are enough to reveal beautiful deep sky nebulae such as the Lagoon (M8) and the Trifid (M20).
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Deux magnifiques nébuleuses perdu dans la myriade d'étoiles et de nuages de gaz et de poussières proches du centre galactique !
Pour révéler ces merveilles, une seule photo et 30secondes d'exposition grâce à la monture Skywatcher Staradventurer. Le ciel parfaitement pur du désert d'Atacama est juste magique !!
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NGC2264 - The Christmas Tree Cluster, including the Cone nebula and also Fox Fur nebula. Skywatcher 25cm Quattro CF. EQ6 mount with autoguider. QHY8 ccd camera. 8 x12 minute exposures stacked in deep sky stacker and finished in Photoshop.
Optics: Skywatcher ED80, 0.85 FF/FR
Camera: ASI1600mm pro @ -20°C and QHY8C @ -25°C
Mount: SW EQ6 Pro
Guiding: finderguider with QHY5L-IIc
Exposure: Baader Ha 83x180 sec, Gain 200, Offset 50, Dark, Flat, Flat dark with ASI1600mm pro
RGB : 6x900 sec with QHY8c
Total integration time 5.7 hrs
Software: Sequence Generator Pro, PHD2, PixInsight, PS CC 2017
Date: 03.08.2019, 04.08.2019.
Aberkenfig, South Wales
Lat +51.542 Long -3.593
Skywatcher 254mm Newtonian Reflector, Nikon D780 at prime focus with Skywatcher Coma Corrector, EQ6 Syntrek Mount.
Imaging session commenced 02:41 UT
16 x 25s at ISO 2500
18 dark frames & 15 flats.
Processed with Deep Sky Stacker and levels adjusted with Lightroom & G.I.M.P.
A fairly reasonable outcome for a short sequence of data capture.
Nine panels panorama
Skywatcher 130/900 newtonian
QHY 5L-II mono
Astronomik filter Planet IR pro 807
UT 18:21:57- 18:42:23
Location: Vironas, Athens, Greece
OTA: Newtonian Celestron 130 mm/f5 modified
Mount: Skywatcher Heq 5
Imaging Camera: Canon 700D astro modified
Telescope Guide: Gso 50mm
Camera Guide: QHY5L II Mono
Baader Mk III Coma Corrector
Polemaster Eletronic Polar Scope
Total Exposure: 2:30 hours (subs 300 sec)
Deep Sky Stacker: Calibration and stacking of frames
Adobe Photoshop Cs2 : Data Processing
PHD Guiding 2: Guide
Darks, Dark Flats, Flats and Bias apply
Serra Negra ( Bortle 4) /São Paulo/Brasil . march/2019
NGC 7380 Nebula
Technicals:
Telescope: Orion 8 inch f4 Astrograph
Mount: Skywatcher HEQ5
Imaging Camera: ASI294MC Pro cooled to -5C . Gain 120. Captured 48 exposures of 180 seconds each.
Used the excellent Televue Paracoor Type-2 corrector.
Guiding: PHD2 with ASI178MC Camera on a ZWO 30mm, 120mm focal length, guidescope.
Filter Used: STC Astro Duo Narrowband
No Darks or Calibration Frames.
Processed in Pixinsight with Finishing Touches in Corel Paintshop Pro. Captured with APT. Polar Aligned with Sharpcap Pro.
Site: Landers, California, USA. Bortle 4 zone.
Ieri sera, sfidando come sempre l’inquinamento luminoso cittadino, ho catturato le splendide galassie M65 e M66 nella costellazione del Leone. Con il mio SkyWatcher 200/1000 e due ore di posa, emergono i dettagli affascinanti di queste due isole di stelle a circa 35 milioni di anni luce da noi.
M65, in basso, appare elegante e poco disturbata, mentre M66, in alto, mostra le sue strutture deformate, segno di interazioni cosmiche passate.
Un viaggio nello spazio profondo, direttamente dal cuore della città! 🚀✨
#M65 #M66 #LeoTriplet #galassie #deepSky #astrofotografia #astrophotography #universo #cosmos #longexposure #SkyWatcher #telescope #space #stelle #galaxyhunter #deepspace #astronomia #nightphotography #astrophoto #stargazing
You are looking at The Eagle Nebula, also known as M16 (Messier Object 16). It is a diffuse emission nebula about 5700 light-years away in the constellation Serpens (in the Sagittarius Arm of the Milky Way). This nebula is probably most famous/known because of a 1995 Hubble Space Telescope (HST) called "The Pillars of Creation". That image showcased the central region of star formation in the image before you, now. If you've never seen the HST's 20-year update of that image, you really should check it out in all its splendor!
I've actually been attempting this target for about a month, now. It is low enough in the sky (at least given my neighboring trees/houses) that I only have had a brief window to shoot after sunset. I had repeated calibration and alignment issues, but I had two sessions that combined to make this image. I used about an hour of data from two separate nights to make this image.
I've been really enjoying some good telescope time, lately... so I think I should have some more to share with you quite soon!
The specifics:
Exposures: Hydrogen-alpha(H) = 10x180s, Oxygen-ii(O) = 10x300s, Sulfur-iii(S) = 10x180s
Monochromatic images combined in PixInsight, mapped SHO to RGB.
Location: Parkesburg, PA
Camera: ZWO ASI1600MM with ZWO EFW and filters
Scope: Skywatcher 150PDS
Sol Región Activa 12882
Buen seeing con un poco de brisa
Telescopio: Skywatcher Refractor AP 120/900 f7.5 EvoStar ED
Cámara: ZWO ASI178MM
Montura: iOptron AZ Mount Pro
Filtros: - Baader Neutral Density Filter 1¼" (ND 0.6, T=25%)
- Baader Solar Continuum Filter 1¼" (double stacked) (540nm)
Accesorios: - Baader 2" Cool-Ceramic Safety Herschel Prism
- TeleVue Lente de Barlow 2,5x Powermate 1,25"
Software: FireCapture, AutoStakkert, Registax y Photoshop
Fecha: 2021-10-07 (3 de octubre de 2021)
Hora: 13:10 T.U. (Tiempo universal)
Lugar: 42.615 N -6.417 W (Bembibre Spain)
Vídeo: 3 minuto
Resolución: 1352x840
Gain: 63 (12%)
Exposure: 0.032ms
Frames: 13992
Frames apilados: 13%
FPS: 77
Sensor temperature= 38.3°C
An edit of my previous IC1396 photo to look more like the the colorful "Hubble" Palette
Located approximately 2,400 Light Years away in the Constellation of Cepheus is a concentration of interstellar gas and dust within the much larger ionized gas region IC 1396. The nebula gets its name for its appearance of looking like an elephants trunk. The trunk conceals many young protostars that are in the process of forming.
Shot on a ZWO ASI 2600 MC Pro.
TS-Optics CF-APO 90 mm f/6 FPL55 Triplet
TS Optics 50mm Guide Scope
Skywatcher EQ6R Pro mount
600" Exposures - 31hrs 50mins Integration time.
Edited in Pixinsight & Photoshop
©NebulosityMedia 2022
Skywatcher 130PDS
ZWO ASI183mmPro
Astrodon LRGB Filter
Baader h-alpha
Celestron AVX
total exposure time: 8 Std.
Pixinsight/Affinity Photo
The Lunar Eclipse shortly after the end of totality.
L'éclipse de Lune du 21 Janvier 2019 peu après la fin de la totalité.
🔭 Skywatcher Evostar 80ED and Nikon D5200.
is a bright emission nebula in the constellation Cassiopeia.
total exposure time: 25 hours
Processing: PixInsight/Affinity Photo
Equipment:
10" /f4 TS ONTC Newton
ASI1600mmc v3
ZWO EFW 8x
Skywatcher EQ8
Guiding TS9 OAG Lodestar
123x300s h-alpha
72x300s OIII
60x300s SII
15x300s red
15x300s green
15x300s blue
Skywatcher 130/900 f/7
QHY 5L-II mono
Filter: Astronomik, planet IR pro 807
Barlow: 5x
9 panels panorama
Processing: AutoStakkert 2.1.0.5, Registax 6, Photoshop
Location: Vironas, Athens, Greece
Date: 26-03-2021
Dec 25 2015 was a full moon. The last Christmas full moon was in 1977.
50 images stacked in Autostakkert2. Shot with a Canon 7D on a Skywatcher 10in Dob
1/1250th sec
iso 100
Obtained with my Skywatcher 254mm Newtonian, Tal 2x Barlow and a recently purchased ZWO ASI 385MC.
On each image about 1500 to 1700 frames stacked with AutoStakkert! 3.1.4. Wavelets processed with Registax and final adjustments with G.I.M.P.
Lunar south is uppermost.
"Here are the most important pieces of advice that i've passed on to my children ...
- One, look not to look at the stars and not at your feet.
- Two, never give up on work. Work gives you a meaning and a but and life is empty without it.
- Third, if you are lucky enough to find love, remember it's there and don't throw it away. " - <3
and keep your/our childhood dreams... let's see the space when night is here... but let's see the blue sky when sun is here.
#stephenhawking #space #future #generationspace #star #astronomy #cosmology #theory #observer #oneofmyhobby #sky-watcher #smile #sun #sciences #sky #life
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Teleskop Service ONTC Newton, 254mm aperture, 1200mm focal lenght. Mounted on a Skywatcher AZ EQ6 GT. The camera is a Canon EOS 60Da, controlled by the MGEN Autoguider, which is also used for guiding. A 50mm finderscope is enough.
This place is only temporary, while I am waiting for my pier to dry and harden :)
M20, M8 and NGC 6334
Nikon d610 camera
TS-Optics Photoline 72mm FPL53 APO with
TS-flat72
Tracked with the Skywatcher Star Adventurer
TS 50mm f3.6 guidescope connected on a zwo asi120mc-s
Total exposure time: 4hrs 32min,
iso800 f6
Stacked in DSS
Processed in Photoshop
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Telescopio: Skywatcher 200/800 Wide Photo
Camera: Zwo Asi 294 mm pro monocromatica
Montatura: Skywatcher AZ-EQ6
Autoguida: 60mm UltraGuide Artesky con zwo asi 224mc
Correttore di coma: aplanatico Skywatcher f4
Focheggiatore motorizzato Zwo Eaf
Ruota portafiltri Zwo Efw
Filtri: Optolong 3nm Ha O3 S2
Software d'acquisizione Sgpro
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temp 0 con dark, flat e darkflat
HA 60 x 300s
O3 84 x 300s
S2 48 x 300s
————— ELABORAZIONE ———
Pixinsight
Photoshop
Photo taken from Athens, Greece
Lens: 120mm/600mm Skywatcher StarTravel refractor telescope, Bahtinov mask focusing
Camera: Canon EOS 250D
Exposure: 600 light frames * 0.4sec. = 240sec., 20 dark frames, 10 flat frames
ISO: 6400
Mount: Alt./Az.
Processing: DSS stacking & GIMP
Aberkenfig, South Wales
Lat +51.542 Long -3.593
Skywatcher 254mm Newtonian Reflector, Nikon D780 at prime focus. EQ6 Syntrek Mount.
Imaging session commenced 23:16 UT
32 x 30s at ISO 3200
Also 15 dark frames.
Processed with Deep Sky Stacker and levels adjusted with Lightroom & G.I.M.P.
Final image cropped.
Here's a close-up picture of the Clavius Crater that I took about 2 weeks ago.
I took this picture with a Sky-watcher Skymax 102, Celestron 2x Barlow, ZWO ASI 120MC-S and a Star Adventurer Pro.
I captured the frames in Firecapture. Ran that movie through PIPP, stacked the frames in Autostakkert!3 and edited that image in Registax 6. :)
Aberkenfig, South Wales
Lat +51.542 Long -3.593
Skywatcher 254mm Newtonian Reflector, Nikon D780 at prime focus. EQ6 Syntrek Mount.
Imaging session commenced 23:41 UT 2022-03-26
16 x 60s at ISO 1600
8 x 30s at ISO 1600
8 x 30s at ISO 2000
8 x 30s at ISO 2500
Also 10 dark frames.
Processed with Deep Sky Stacker and final levels adjusted with Lightroom & G.I.M.P.
Final image cropped.
Taken on the night of the 14th April. Part of the retinue of spring galaxies M100 presents a beautiful, classic face on spiral. It is around 55 million light years from us. Surrounding M100 are many other galaxies.
Skywatcher 25cm Quattro CF. Skywatcher EQ6 mount auto guided with PHD. QHY8L camera.
Software used at scope - APT, Carte du Ciel, PHD.
Image processing - Astro Pixel Processor and Photoshop.
10 x 10 minute exposures plus all calibration frames
Pelican Nebula only narrowband filter SHO with more integration
Telescope
Rc 8 carbon and reducer 0,67 Ts
Ccd
Moravian G2-8300 mono
Oag
guide g0-0300
Mount
AZ-EQ6 Skywatcher
and there are
10x600 23x300 Ha
5x600 23x300 Sii
3x600 25x300 Oiii
Elaboration Pix and PS
This is not my first image of the beautiful Orion Nebula and probably will not be my last. It was captured on a field night with Macarthur Astronomical Society, despite several equipment issues I had to deal with.
Object Details:
Messier 42, NGC 1976, LBN 974.
Constellation: Orion.
Visual magnitude: +4.0
Apparent diameter: 85 x 60.0 arc-min. (about 2 Lunar Diameters).
Actual diameter: 35 light years.
Distance: 1,400 light years.
Altitude: 41° above NE horizon.
Also visible:
Also visible in this image are: NGC 1973, NGC 1975, and NGC 1977, the Running Man Nebula; the smaller bright nebula, M43; open cluster NGC 1981.
Image:
Exposure: 52 x 90 sec = 78 min. Live stacked.
Gain 300
Date: 2018-12-03 commencing approx 11.15 pm
Location: The Oaks, NSW.
Sky: semi-dark rural.
Cloud: clear.
Moon: no.
Image acquisition software: SharpCap.
Image post-processing: GIMP.
Cropping: no.
Imaging log:
[ZWO ASI071MC Pro]
Debayer Preview=On
Output Format=FITS files (*.fits)
Binning=1
Capture Area=4944×3284
Colour Space=RAW8
Hardware Binning=Off
Turbo USB=80(Auto)
Flip=None
Frame Rate Limit=Maximum
Gain=223
Exposure=90
Timestamp Frames=Off
White Bal (B)=56(Auto)
White Bal (R)=39(Auto)
Brightness=64
Temperature=5.3
Cooler Power=100
Target Temperature=-10
Cooler=On
Auto Exp Max Gain=300
Auto Exp Max Exp M S=30000
Auto Exp Target Brightness=100
Mono Bin=Off
Anti Dew Heater=Off
Banding Threshold=35
Banding Suppression=0
Apply Flat=None
Subtract Dark=None
#Black Point
Display Black Point=0
#MidTone Point
Display MidTone Point=0.5
#White Point
Display White Point=1
TimeStamp=2018-12-03T13:43:15.2148775Z
SharpCapVersion=3.2.5871.0
TotalExposure(s)=4680
StackedFrames=52
Gear:
Imaging telescope: Skywatcher Esprit 120ED Super APO triplet refractor.
Focal length: 840 mm, focal ratio: f/7.
Imaging camera: ZWO ASI 071 MC Pro
Guiding: off (guide camera malfunction).
Telescope mount: SkyWatcher EQ6-R.
Polar aligning method: QHYCCD PoleMaster.
Polar alignment error: estimated 4-6 arc-min.
Field flattener: yes; filter: no.
Observing Notes:
Well, I’ve had nearly a year of frustration with my SkyWatcher EQ6 mount, which has been giving me alignment errors since January. It’s been looked at twice by the dealer and the Australian Skywatcher supplier, Tasco. They found nothing wrong and I’ve had mixed results since getting it back.
I thought it was resolved but it played up again on this occasion and I ended up manually locating this easy object so I would not come away empty-handed. I now have reason to believe it was a power supply issue and have since bought a replacement battery to power the mount.
Sharpcap livestack performed well, once I was able to begin imaging.