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TS-Optics UNC 10" f/5, QHY178M monochrome camera, SW Barlow lense 2x, filter wheel, ZWO-R,G,B filters.
4 2 min exposures in R,G,B. 24000 frames stacked. Derotation of 25 min. Drizzle 1.5x
FireCapture, Autostakkert, Registax, WinJUPOS, AstroSurface, Photoshop, FastStone.
Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF)
This object, currently passing nearby Earth, was last seen by the Neanderthals 50,000 years ago. It was discovered in March 2022 by the Zwicky Transient Facility. It's orbit extends to the Oort Cloud at the farthest reaches of the Solar System.
20 frames; Celestron NexStar 6 SE Prime focus; Stacked using Affinity photo and processed in Lightroom and Photoshop.
Uncropped; 2250mm eq. focal length.
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Moon. I used my 80mm ED refractor along with StarShoot SolarSystem Color Imager IV and software to create this image
Courtesy NASA:
solarsystem.nasa.gov/resources/754/what-is-a-lagrange-point/
The easiest way to understand Lagrange points is to think of them in much the same way that wind speeds can be inferred from a weather map. The forces are strongest when the contours of the effective potential are closest together and weakest when the contours are far apart.
Lagrange Contours
L4 and L5 correspond to hilltops and L1, L2 and L3 correspond to saddles (i.e. points where the potential is curving up in one direction and down in the other). This suggests that satellites placed at the Lagrange points will have a tendency to wander off (try sitting a marble on top of a watermelon or on top of a real saddle and you get the idea). But when a satellite parked at L4 or L5 starts to roll off the hill it picks up speed. At this point the Coriolis force comes into play - the same force that causes hurricanes to spin up on the earth - and sends the satellite into a stable orbit around the Lagrange point.
Thick grey clouds. So dark. So a little play with some oil on water. I am pretending that is the sun and planets.
Image taken with a SkyWatcher 70mm SK707AZ2 + 10mm lens.
Fusion out of 3 photos (with the same data) with Photofiltre to get multi focus results.
Edited with Photofiltre and MS Picture Manager, to get more details.
Comet C/2017 K2 (PanSTARRS), currently the brightest comet in the sky. This image is from the dark and clear morning of June 30th from suburban Bloomington, Ind., with the comet against the rich star background of the constellation Ophiucus. It will be getting a little closer to Earth in the next couple of weeks and so may still be a bit brighter, but will be up against a bright, full Moon, so this may be the best I can do.
29 frames, 180 sec. each. Explore Scientific ED102 102mm f/7 refractor, ZWO ASI294MC Pro cooled camera, UV/IR cutoff filter, iOptron CEM25P mount, auto-guided, ASIAir controller. Processed in Astro Pixel Processor, Lightroom, and Photoshop.
Images were combined twice, once with the stars aligned but the comet trailed and again with the comet registered but the stars trailed. These two rendered images were combined in Photoshop to produce the composite.
#comet #astrophotography, #deepsky, #solarsystem #PanSTARRS
Reprocess of a Jupiter image from last week. Additional sharpening was applied and then de-noised using Topaz Labs de-noise which is an amazing piece of software
Saturn imaged from London on 30th June 2018.
Red filtered image, shot using a Celestron Edge HD11 scope, ASI174MM camera, Televue 2.5x Powermate
Solar Prominence imaged from London on the 4th Juney 2023. Solar disc inverted and false colour.
Lunt LS60THa scope, Televue 2.5x Powermate & ZWO ASI174MM camera.
The Moon shot from London on 10th October 2016
6 panel mosaic using Celestron Edge HD11 and EOS Rebel T3i
ZWO ASI290MM/EFW (RGB)
Meade LX850 (12" f/8)/Tele Vue 2.5x PowerMate
Losmandy G11
4200 frames in R, G, and B captured in FireCapture
Preprocessed in PIPP
Best 50% stacked in AutoStakkert!
Wavlet sharpening and noise reduction in RegiStax
RGB frame derotation in WinJuPos
Finished in Photoshop
Far left to far right in a shallow, climbing diagonal line: Venus, Moon, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn. 0345 looking east.
Prošle zime temperatura Sunca nije bila dovoljno visoka da rastopi snijeg koji ga je pokrio...
Last winter the temperature of the Sun was not high enough to melt the snow that has covered it...
Image taken with a SkyWatcher 70mm SK707AZ2 + Barlow 3X + 10mm lens (210x).
Edited with Photofiltre and MS Picture Manager, to get more details.
Jupiter on July 20th. Seeing was above average with average transparency with a humid and hazy sky. The Great Red Spot (GRS) is shown crossing with a lot of turbulence following. The feature known as the "chimney" is shown to be open now. This feature is the bright broken area in the dark ring that surrounds the GRS. The "chimney" is located at the 1 O'clock position above the GRS. Image taken with ZWO ASI174MM camera and Meade 12inch LX200 scope.
It took me only about 5 hours to get to Mono Lake from Ventura County. I made a quick stop, but then straight to Mono Lake to catch the sunset (will post tomorrow). But then, because I do things in reverse order, decided to look for a campsite AFTER shooting Mono Lake at sunset. Being a weekend in the summer, the SMART thing to do, would have been to find a campsite first, and then go shoot. But I wasn’t going to lose the sunset.
So after the sunset, I went up Tioga Pass Road to find a campsite at the handful of campsites. Full. Full. Full. Full. Crap. And then I had a tip from Jeff Sullivan about a small spot near Mono Lake which is not only sandy, but somewhat legal. So I found that, set up my tent, and then headed back to Lee Vining to eat at the gourmet gas station. I had the carnitas tacos which I will dare to say were probably some of the best I’ve ever had. Sure they were $11, but WELL worth it. Probably the best food within 100 miles.
So this is my tent with the Milky Way behind it. Shot it at 30seconds at ISO 4000, lit internally by my cell phone. Drove almost 1000 miles in 3 days, including shooting a wedding with Jeff. The rest of the week will be Mono Lake, Yosemite & maybe some hot springs (as long as I keep the location confidential)
SkyWatcher 70mm SK707AZ2 + Filter Thousand Oaks + barlow 2X + super 25mm.
Edited with MS Picture Manager and Photofiltre.
ZWO ASI290MM/EFW 8 x 1.25" (RGB)
TeleVue 2.5x PowerMate
Meade LX850 (12" f/8)
Losmandy G11
#ZWO
#TeleVue #PowerMate
#Meade
#Losmandy
#Mars
#SyrtisMajor
#SolarSystem
#Planet
Venus conjunction with Crescent moon on 09 Oct 2021 in Scorpius constellation. However, Venus is paired with star called Dschubba. In this image, planet Venus is about 3 arc degree from the 3 days old Moon. Also, you can see the Earthshine on the Moon’s dark side with 9% illuminated crescent.
Jupiter opposition on 26/09/2022 with its closest approach to Earth by about 150 million km with . apparent diameter of 50 arc second. Jupiter currently is about 590 million km from Earth. The image shows Europa , one of Jupiter moons on the left of the planet. This closest approach will happen again after 59 years.
Gear setup:
Celestron HD 800
UV/ IR Cut filter
ZWO ADC
ZWO 224MC
TV powermate 2x
Sunspot AR3784 imaged in white light and rendered in false colour, 11th August 2024, Celestron Edge HD11, ZWO ASI174MM camera and Baader solar film & green filter
Original image taken from the same NASA planetary size comparison chart as Jupiter: solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/display.cfm?Category=Plan...
This looks like a flipped version of the "Saturn's rings" photo (Photo ID: P-23883C/BW) from the NASA NSSDC Photo Gallery: nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/photo_gallery/photogallery-saturn.html
It was taken by Voyager 2 on July 21, 1981.
It was really fun capturing this year’s blood moon. I wasn’t expecting to see it due to the back to back storms we’ve been having, but Mother Nature was kind and moved the clouds for about an hour so we could enjoy it! I wish I’d captured it rising over something interesting, but I still think it’s mesmerizing by itself surrounded by the night sky.
The Sun imaged from London in Ha on the 1st September 2018. Rendered in false colour.
Lunt LS60 scope & ASI174MM camera
Captured just before dawn from Red Rock Canyon State Park, CA. Five minute exposure, unguided, with a WO RedCat.
Moon imaged from London on 17th July 2016
Celestron Edge HD11 & Canon EOS Rebel T3i
6 panel mosaic
Processed in PS CS6
ZWO ASI290MM/EFW 8 x 1.25"
Meade LX850 (12" f/8)/TV 2.5x PowerMate
Losmandy G11
10 RGB Runs (18ms, gain 420, 2500 frames/filter) captured in FireCapture
Preprocessed in PIPP
Best 50% of frames stacked in Autostakkert
Wavelet Sharpened in Registax
De-rotated in WINJUPOS
Finished in Photoshop