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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.
Craters Theophilius, Cyrillus & Catharina to the left of the Mare Nectaris
Shot from London on 2nd April 2017 in daylight using Celestron Edge HD11 scope, Televue 2.5x Powermate, ASI174MM camera & 685nm IR pass filter
Thick grey clouds. So dark. So a little play with some oil on water. I am pretending that is the sun and planets.
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
The Moon shot from London on 10th October 2016
6 panel mosaic using Celestron Edge HD11 and EOS Rebel T3i
Sunrise over the high sides of craters Goldschmidt and Barrow. Imaged from London on 4th February 2017
Celestron Edge HD11, Televue Powermate 2.5x, ASI174MM camera
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
Jupiter imaged from London on the 7th January 2025 in poor seeing conditions. Celestron Edge HD11 scope, Televue 2.5x Powermate, ZWO ASI224MC camera.
Far left to far right in a shallow, climbing diagonal line: Venus, Moon, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn. 0345 looking east.
A view of last evening’s 64% illuminated moon from Weatherly, PA.
Tech Specs: Meade 12” LX-90, Celestron CGEM-DX pier mounted, ZWO ASI071mc-Pro, Antares Focal Reducer, best 15% of 2,500 frames, unguided. Captured using SharpCap Pro v3.2, sharpened in Registax. Image date: March 22, 2021. Location: The Dark Side Observatory, Weatherly, PA, USA (Bortle Class 4 Zone).
Lunar crater Schiller imaged from London on 7th May 2017
Celestron Edge HD11, CGE Pro mount, Televue Powermate 2.5x, ASI174MM camera
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
Distant Ice Giant Uranus imaged from London on 7th September 2016
Celestron Edge HD11
ASI120MM camera
RGB image processed using AS!2, Registax6 & PS CS6
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.
The Sun with Mercury transiting (left middle) - white light false colour
Shot from London on 9th May 2016
Celestron Edge HD11, Baader Solar flter, Canon EOS Rebl T3i camera.
4 panel mosaic processed in PS CS6
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
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.
Captured just before dawn from Red Rock Canyon State Park, CA. Five minute exposure, unguided, with a WO RedCat.
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
Three days old Moon with Earthshine on the Moon’s dark side with 9% illuminated crescent. Gear setup: Celestron 127 SLT with Meade 0.63 F/R @ f/7.5, ZWO 294 MC pro. Captured by Sharpcap pro. Stacking by Autostakkart!. Wavelets by Registax. Processed by PS & Topaz Denoise AI.
Ormai il pianeta Giove si allontana sempre di più dalle condizioni ideali di osservazione. Fra la fine dell'anno scorso e l'inizio di questo, ho iniziato a fare sul serio e a riprendere in mano la mia grande passione: osservare il cielo e sentirmi parte dell'Universo.
Qui Giove ripreso qualche giorno fa con una focale equivalente di 2.250 mm su un telescopio dal diametro di 15cm. Il risultato è notevole perché arriva al limite massimo teorico dello strumento
Buona giornata
#giove #skywatcher #pianeta #osservazioni #solarsystem #newton #barlow #bands #bande #astronomy
Well I have done my best to try and catch up with everyone, I was so far behind that I could only favourite photo's that I like as I just don't have the energy to comment on the all. I really want to keep up with everyone but I can't promise because I have been feeling so tired.
Today I managed to get a few photo's sorted that I hope to post over the next few days, mostly wildlife shots from last year plus of course photo's of Cirrus and Sweet Pea.