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This Galaxy cluster in "Leo's Tail" at 350 Million Lightyears is shown here with Annotated PGC Galaxy Numbers with Their calculated Distances. (It is a big image, so best viewed at full resolution, click here for the Flickr full res: www.flickr.com/photos/kees-scherer/39833714680/sizes/o/)
Image dates: 5,6,16,17,18 april 2018.
Esprit 100 refractor/ QHY16200 CCD @ -20C
2 x Drizzle was used in APP (and a crop)
Platesolved in PI and Annotated with PGC catalog. The 290 PGC Galaxy numbers where used to find the "Modz" (Cosmological distance modulus) in the Hyperleda database: atlas.obs-hp.fr/hyperleda/
The modz value was converted to Megaparsecs: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distance_modulus
And finally converted to Million Lightyears and added with the PI Procees, Painting, Annotation Tool.
Only after adding the distances it becomes clear that there are 3 distinct "levels", first the 350 Million lightyears for Abell 1367 members, second a group at around 1500 Million LJ and third a group at around 2500 Million LJ. And many, many more at greater distances (not in the PGC catalogue)
Knight Observatory, Tomar.
NGC 7000, a complex field in the constellation Cygnus in the process of forming new stars out of gas and dust comprise a dynamic region of the Milky Way. Sometimes known as the North America Nebula for its resemblance to the form of the continent, this image is rotated 90º counterclockwise to the usual view to make a better (to my eye) presentation.
A mosaic of 72 exposures, 300 sec. each in three overlapping fields in the light emitted by hydrogen gas. Explore Scientific ED102 0.1m f/7 refractor, Stellarvue 0.8x reducer/flattener, ZWO ASI294MC camera, 7nm H-alpha filter, iOptron CEM25P mount, ASIAir controller, autoguided. Processed in Astro Pixel Processor and Lightroom.
The Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) is a dwarf barred spiral galaxy that orbits our Milky Way Galaxy (MWG) at distance of about 160,000 light years. It has about 10 billion stars and is about 20,000 light years in diameter. It contains about 5% of the stellar mass of the MWG. The closeup photo of the LMC shows the central bar of the galaxy which is about 14,000 light years in length. The central bar spans most of the diagonal of the photo from the upper left corner to the lower right corner. The stars in the central bar are mostly older stars that are typical for the centers of galaxies. Only a small portion of the LMC’s spiral arms are shown within the frame of this photo. The entire LMC is too large fit all of the spiral arm structure within the frame. The spiral arms have been distorted by the gravitational tidal forces of the MWG and a nearby dwarf galaxy called the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC). The LMC is predicted to collide with the MWG in about 2.4 billion years. A red gas bubble generated by a supernova explosion can be seen in the upper right corner of the photo.
A prominent feature of the LMC is the Tarantula Nebula (NGC 2070), which is the reddish-pink patch, in the upper right center of the photo. This is largest star burst region within our Local Group of Galaxies (LGG) which contains the MWG, the Andromeda Galaxy (M31), the Triangulum Galaxy (M33) along with about 50 dwarf galaxies. The rate of formation stars in NGC 2070 is many times more than anywhere else in the LGG. The nebula is a stellar nursery that contains some of the largest stars that have ever been studied.
The LMC is visible to observers living in the Southern Hemisphere and spans the boundary between the constellations Dorado and Mensa. The LMC and SMC are named in honor of the Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan who circumnavigated the oceans of the Southern Hemisphere from 1519 and 1522. The LMC and SMC appear as cloudy grayish patches to the human eye in the night sky. The LMC occupies a diameter of about 20 full Moons in the sky.
The photo was captured using the remotely controlled T8 astrograph at the iTelescope facilities located at the Siding Spring Observatory in New South Wales, Australia. The telescope portion of the T8 is a Takahashi FSQED 106 mm (4”) diameter 530 mm (20.9”) focal length f/5 instrument. The camera attached to the telescope is Finger Lakes Instruments FLI Microline 16803 CCD monochrome instrument equipped with individual Luminance, Red, Green, Blue and narrowband Hydrogen-Alpha (Ha) filters. The Ha filter was used to gather imaging data from the ionized Hydrogen stellar regions of the LMC and intensify the wideband red images using color blending. T8 was controlled by me over the Internet from my home in the suburbs of Washington, DC. The resultant images were downloaded to my PC for processing. Sixty-two 66 MB 5-minute exposures were taken using the 5 different filters to capture the structural detail and colors of the LMC. The dedicated astrophotography processing program, Astro Pixel Processor, was used to produce the 90 MB photo of the LMC. Final tweaks to the color and saturation of the final image were performed in Adobe Photoshop CC.
Donatiello I is named after its discoverer, Italian amateur astrophotographer Giuseppe Donatiello, and is abbreviated to "Do I". The galaxy's nickname, "Mirach's Goblin", is a reference to the nearby dwarf lenticular galaxy NGC 404, with which it may be physically associated. NGC 404 is nicknamed "Mirach's Ghost" due to its proximity to the second magnitude star Mirach.
Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donatiello_I
Telecope: Esprit 100 f5.5 APO
Camera: QHY16200 CCD
305x300sec Luminance (25 hrs) imaged during: 29,30,31 aug. 1,2,3,4,26,27,28,29,30 sep 2019.
Software: Sequence Generator Pro/ Astropixelprocessor/ Pixinsight
The image data stacks have been submitted to Giuseppe Donatiello to be used/combined with other data to obtain a deep, collaboration image.
Date: 24:40-28:00JST Sep.30, 2017
Location: Otaki Town, Chiba Pref., Japan
Cloud Coverage: 0-10%
Lens: SIGMA 135mm F1.8 DG HSM Art
Mount: SWAT-200 (single axis autoguiding)
Autoguider: QHY5L-II, LM75JC, PHD2
Camera: Canon EOS 6D (SEO-SP4)
ISO speed: 1600
Exposure: 3x30x110sec.(f/1.8) + 8x15sec.(f/2.8)
Processing: PixInsight, AstroPixelProcessor
Am 03.03.2022 nutze ich Teleskop 68 von iTelescope.net und nahm 3 Aufnahmen à 240 sec des Quallennebels IC 443 auf. Dies ist meine erste Aufnahme eines Supernova Überrestes. Die Belichtungszeit könnte natürlich länger sein, aber der Nebel kommt schon ganz gut zum Vorschein. Aufgrund des dichten Sternfeldes in dem der Nebel liegt, habe ich die "Starreducer" Funktion in AstroPixelProcessor eingesetzt, damit der Nebel etwas beser heraussticht.
Teleskop: Celestron RASA 11" 280mm mit ZWO ASI2600 Farbkamera. Standort: Mayhill, New Mexico.
Reprocesado de flic.kr/p/UH3wzN
29-04-2017 - 04:00 aprox. GMT -3
Star Adventurer
Canon 6D - Canon 50mm f/1.4 USM @ f/4
ISO 1600 - 5150K - 120s - DF 50mm
46 lights, 32 darks, 29 flats, 32 dark flats y 32 bias
AstroPixelProcessor (Trial) y Adobe PS
One for the Trophy cabinet :-)
apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap191014.html
twitter.com/apod/status/1183767014789308417
APOD Discussion about this Image:
The Veil Nebula or Cygnus Loop, the remnants of a long-ago supernova explosion, among the most powerful fireworks in the universe.
Tech: 2x3 panel mosaic each 25 4 minute exposures, ZWO ASI294MC camera, Nikon 200-500mm f/5.6 lens, dual narrow-band filter (H+O), iOptron CEM25P drive, ZWO ASIAir controller. Processed with AstroPixelProcessor and Adobe Lightroom.
The planet Mars photobombs the Pleiades star cluster (Messier 45). A composite of 10 3 minute exposures, ZWO ASI294MC Pro camera, Nikon 80-200mm f/2.8 lens, 200mm, f/4, dual narrow-band filter (Hα+[O III]), iOptron CEM25P mount, ZAO ASIAir controller, ZWO ASI120MM Mini guide camera and Astro-Tech 60mm f/4 guide scope.
The Triangulum Galaxy is a spiral galaxy 2.73 million light-years (ly) 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. It is one of the most distant permanent objects that can be viewed with the naked eye.
Askar FRA400 f/5.6
ZWO ASI585C OSC (Offset:8 / Gain:300 HCG)
360 x 10 sec. subs (1hr.)
Data capture using NINA.
Processed in Astro Pixel Processor and Affinity Photo
Side by side images showing the maximum brightness (about magnitude 12.8) and lower brightness (magnitude 15) on March 19. See the lightcurve here:
www.flickr.com/photos/146026104@N07/39205945934
ASRAS page for this SN: www.rochesterastronomy.org/sn2018/sn2018gv.html
Date: Aug. 10~14, 2023(GMT)
Location: Hurtado Valley, Chile
Optics: Takahashi TOA150B
Camera: ASI6200MM Pro (-10C)
Filter: Chroma LRGB
Gain: 100
Exposure:
- Panel1 (Northern Part)
L 187x120sec.
R 70x120sec.
G 70x120sec.
B 73x120sec.
- Panel2 (Southern Part)
L 182x120sec.
R 72x120sec.
G 72x120sec.
B 72x120sec.
Processing: PixInsight, AstroPixelProcessor
Using the William Optics Gt102 / ZWO ASI 294 MC Pro combination.
66 *15 sec lights (10 darks / bias frames) - Unguided
Camera cooled to 0 degrees, GAIN 385 and captured RGB24.
RAW16 is actually the preferred format as I found out later on.
Calibrated in AstroPixel Processor
This is my first completed image with the ZWO ASI6200MC Pro Full Frame OSC Camera using the Optolong L-eXtreme filter and all data was acquired over 4 nights, I love the North America Nebula because of all the detail it packs into a single subject spanning over 140 Light years and at a distance of 2590 light years (give or take 25 parsecs).
RA: 20h56m24.45s
Dec: 43°54'01.80"
Constellation: Cygnus
Designation: NGC7000 / Caldwell 20
Specific named items in the nebula: Cycgnus Wall, Pelican Nebula
Image Details: 101x300S at Gain 100
Darks: 101 Frames
Flats: 101 Frames
Bias: 101 Frames
Acquisition Dates: Oct. 26, 2020 , Oct. 27, 2020 , Nov. 2, 2020 , Nov. 3, 2020
Total Capture time: 8.4 hours
Equipment Details:
Imaging Camera: ZWO ASI6200MC Pro 62mpx Full Frame OSC
Imaging Scope: SharpStar 15028HNT Hyperboloid Astrograph
Guide Camera: StarlightXpress Lodestar X2
Guide Scope: 365Astronomy 280mm Guide Scope
Mount: Sky-Watcher EQ8 Pro
Focuser: Primalucelab Sesto Senso V2
Filter: Optolong L-eXtreme Dual Band Filter
Power and USB Control: Pegasus Astro USB Ultimate Hub Pro
Acquisition Software: Main Sequence Software. Sequence Generator Pro 3.2
Calibration and Stacking: Astro Pixel Processor
Processing Software: PixInsight 1.8.8 and EZ Processing Suite for Star Reduction
A part of the photo below.
Location: Hurtado Valley, Chile
Optics: Takahashi TOA150B
Camera: ASI6200MM Pro (-10C)
Processing: PixInsight, AstroPixelProcessor, Affinity Photo 2
[LRGB]
Date: Aug.10-14, 2023(GMT)
Filter: Chroma LRGB
Gain: 100
Exposure:
- Panel1 (Northern Part)
L 187x120sec.
R 70x120sec.
G 70x120sec.
B 73x120sec.
- Panel2 (Southern Part)
L 182x120sec.
R 72x120sec.
G 72x120sec.
B 72x120sec.
[SHO]
Date: Jul.29 - Aug.01, 2023(GMT)
Filter: Chroma SHO 3nm
Gain: 300
Exposure:
- Panel1 (Northern Part)
S2 52x300sec.
Ha 59x300sec.
O3 54x300sec.
- Panel2 (Southern Part)
S2 51x300sec.
Ha 54x300sec.
O3 51x300sec.
12x240sec. exposures, Celestron C5, ZWO ASI294MC camera, iOptron CEM25P drive, processed in AstroPixelProcessor and Lightroom.
M51 - Whirlpool Galaxy
M51 Feb 2019
QHY163m with Astrodon Filters
175 x 300s Lum
95 x 300s RGB (per filter)
Stacked and stretched in AstroPixelProcessor
Processed in PixInsight
Finished in Photoshop using Astronomy Tools Action Set
Imaged in Wakefield, bortle 6 skies from 25-28th Feb 2019
Dati: 109 x 300 sec a gain 5 e offset 25 a -10° c + 70 dark + 25 flat e darkflat
Filtro Astronomik UV/IR Block L2
Montatura: eq6 pro
Ottica: Takahashi FSQ106
Sensore: QHY168C
Cam guida e tele: magzero mz5-m su Scopos 62/520
Software acquisizione: nina e phd2
Software sviluppo: AstroPixelProcessor e Photoshop
Sky-Watcher Quattro 150P f/3.5
QHYCCD Minicam8
HOO
60 x 60sec. Ha
48 x 60sec. OIII
Processed with Astro Pixel Processor, NoiseXTerminator and Affinity Photo.
Messier 17, also called the Omega Nebula, a brilliant star-formation region in the constellation Sagittarius. This black & white image is from the light of hydrogen, revealing the densest areas of gas, some of it hidden behind relatively dense clouds of dust.
28 5-minute exposures (2 hr., 20 min. total). Explore Scientific ED102 0.1m f/7 refractor, ZWO ASI294MC camera, H-alpha filter, iOptron CEM25P mount, ASIAir controller.
Processed in Astro Pixel Processor and Lightroom.
AT2018fhy was discovered on August 21, 2018 using data from 16-21 Aug.
wis-tns.weizmann.ac.il/object/2018fhy
Looking at my data from 10-16 Aug used for my latest M31 image:
www.flickr.com/photos/kees-scherer/30243178338/
I can see AT2018fhy as shown in this upload with inverse blow-up inset and 3D brightness plot. The Extragalactic Nova candidate is still unconfirmed as the brightness decreased rapidly after 21 Aug.
(We are looking at events on a white dwarf star the size of planet Earth at 2.5 Million Lightyears distance.)
ASRAS : www.rochesterastronomy.org/novae.html
What is a Nova? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nova
(17.4 hrs RGB, Esprit 100/ QHY16200 CCD)
Dati: 36 x 4 min. 800 Iso + 15 Dark + 25 flat e darkflat software: AstroPixelProcessor e Photoshop CS2 Strumenti: ottica Takahashi FSQ106 f/5 su Skywatcher EQ6 pro - Canon 40D CentralDS. 12/08/2020 - Castelletta (AN), Temp. esterna: 20° C temperatura al sensore 0,00°C - Umidità 79%
This image of the Veil Nebula was taken exclusively from my backyard under suburban light pollution using my radiantelescopes triad Ultra filter. .
The Veil Nebula - also known as the Filament nebula- consists remnants of a supernova. Its name is derived from its delicate, draped filamentary structures. The entire nebula is 110 light-years across, covering six full moons on the sky as seen from Earth, and resides about 2,100 light-years away in the constellation Cygnus, the Swan. wisps of gas, which are all that remain of what was once a star 20 times more massive than our sun.
The fast-moving blast wave from the ancient explosion is plowing into a wall of cool, denser interstellar gas, emitting light. The nebula lies along the edge of a large bubble of low-density gas that was blown into space by the dying star prior to its self-detonation. (NASA) #astromaniacmag
Details:
Equipment: Stellarvue 80mm APO, #ioptron ieq30pro, #asi2600 #60mm guidescope w/asi 120mm camera.
Acquisition: NINA
Processing: #astropixelprocessor PI, LR.
Dati: 31 x 480 sec ( 4.13 ore) gain 5 @ -10° c + 12 dark + 30 flat e darkflat
Filtro: Optolong l-enhanche
Montatura: EQ6 pro
Ottica: Takahashi FSQ106
Sensore: QHY168C
Cam guida e tele: magzero mz5-m su Scopos 62/520
Software acquisizione: nina e phd2
Software sviluppo: AstroPixelProcessor e Photoshop
Temperatura esterna: 21 ° C - Umidità 85%
The Lagoon (M8 at bottom) and Trifid (M20) nebulae in the constellation Sagittarius. 2 frames, 20 exposures, each 360 sec. Explore Scientific ED102 102mm f/7 refractor, 0.8x reducer/flattener, ZWO ASI294MC camera, H-alpha filter, iOptron CEM25P mount, ASIAir controller. Processed in Astro Pixel Processor, Lightroom,and Photoshop
The Draco Group consists of three galaxies of which the barred spiral NGC 5985 is on the left. Together with NGC 5982 (center) and NGC 5981 (right) it forms the gravitationally bound trio Holm 719.
Object: NGC 5985, NGC 5982, NGC 5981 (Holm 719, Draco Group)
Optics: GSO Newton 8" F4 + GPU
Mount: Sky-Watcher EQ6-R
Camera: ZWO ASI 183MM Pro @-20°C, Gain=53, Offset=10
Filter: ZWO EFW 7x36mm, ZWO 36mm Filters
Exposure: total 7h, R 12x240sec, G 12x240sec, B 12x240sec, L 69x240sec, 200 Bias, 40 Darks, 60 Flats per channel
Date: 2018-05-12, 2018-05-19, 2018-05-21, 2021-08-10
Location: Schwaig, Lienz
Capture: Sequence Generator Pro, N.I.N.A.
Guiding: Off-Axis, ASI120MM, PHD2
Image Acquisition: Stephan Schurig
Image Processing: Stephan Schurig
AstroPixelProcessor 1.082: Calibration, Registration, Normalization, Integration, Remove Light Pollution, Background Calibration, Star Colors Correction, Auto Digital Development
Photoshop 22.5.1: Curves, Exposure (Offset), Nik Dfine 2 Denoise (Color Noise), Masked Nik Dfine 2 Denoise (Contrast Noise), Star Shrink, Starless Masked Smart Sharpen, Masked Dynamic (Dynamic, Saturation)
First real try at Orion Nebula with tracking mount. About 2.5 hours of integration.
Nikon D5300 (unmodded)
SW HEQ5-Pro (unguided)
WO GT81
60s x 117 lights
30s x 60 lights
30 Dark frames
M31 from a Bortle 9 location (Philadelphia).
Per Wikipedia: The Andromeda Galaxy, also known as Messier 31, M31, or NGC 224 and originally the Andromeda Nebula, is a barred spiral galaxy approximately 2.5 million light-years (770 kiloparsecs) from Earth and the nearest large galaxy to the Milky Way.
Stacked in AstroPixelProcessor, processed in PixInsight and Photoshop. Incorporated Ha data to bring out the nebulas within the galaxy.
Acquisition Details:
Gain 139
Ha - 100 * 180s
Gain 76
L - 862 * 30s
R - 146 * 60s
G - 130 * 60s
B - 130 * 60s
Calibration Frames per filter - 30 darks, 30 flats, 30 dark flats
Total integration time - 18 hours, 57 minutes
Shot from a Bortle 9 location.
Gear:
William Optics FLT91
RST-135
ZWO EFW
ZWO EAF
ZWO ASI1600mm Pro
ZWO ASI120mm - for guiding
ZWO ASI Air Pro
This image is from exactly the same data as the data from the following image:
However I used my own tutorial in creating the SHO Hubble Palette image from Dual Band OSC Data, the process is documented here:
www.stastrophotography.com/creating-a-hubble-palette-imag...
RA: 20h56m24.45s
Dec: 43°54'01.80"
Constellation: Cygnus
Designation: NGC7000 / Caldwell 20
Specific named items in the nebula: Cygnus Wall, Pelican Nebula
Image Details: 101x300S at Gain 100
Darks: 101 Frames
Flats: 101 Frames
Bias: 101 Frames
Acquisition Dates: Oct. 26, 2020 , Oct. 27, 2020 , Nov. 2, 2020 , Nov. 3, 2020
Total Capture time: 8.4 hours
Equipment Details:
Imaging Camera: ZWO ASI6200MC Pro 62mpx Full Frame OSC
Imaging Scope: SharpStar 15028HNT Hyperboloid Astrograph
Guide Camera: StarlightXpress Lodestar X2
Guide Scope: 365Astronomy 280mm Guide Scope
Mount: Sky-Watcher EQ8 Pro
Focuser: Primalucelab Sesto Senso V2
Filter: Optolong L-eXtreme Dual Band Filter
Power and USB Control: Pegasus Astro USB Ultimate Hub Pro
Acquisition Software: Main Sequence Software. Sequence Generator Pro 3.2
Calibration and Stacking: Astro Pixel Processor
Processing Software: PixInsight 1.8.8 and EZ Processing Suite for Star Reduction
Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks, on three consecutive nights: December 12, 13, 14, 2023 (right to left). GSO 8" f/8 RC OTA, ZWO ASI294MC Pro cooled one-shot color CMOS camera, ZWO EAF autofocuser, Losmandy GM811G mount, ZWO ASIAir Plus controller, auto-guided, AstroTech AT60GS 60mm f/4 guide scope, ZWO ASI290MM Mini guide camera. Processed in Astro Pixel Processor, Lightroom, and Photoshop.
The Leo Triplet, named for the constellation it's in and consists of spiral galaxies: edge-on NGC 3628 at the top, M65 at lower right and M66 at lower left. They form a physical group, though fairly widely separated, about 40 million light-years away.
Taken over two nights from suburban Bloomnington, Indiana. Celestron Edge 8 SCT (203mm aperture f/10), 0.7x reducer/flattener, ZWO ASI294MC one-shot color and ZWO ASI2600MM monochrome cooled CMOS cameras, Losmandy GM811G mount, ASIAir controller, auto-guided. Processed in Astro Pixel Processor, Lightroom, and Photoshop.
#astrophotography #deepsky #galaxies