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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.
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 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 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.
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
California Nebula - NGC 1499 - 4 from 8 panels mosaic - work in progress
[EN] I would have preferred to finalise the 8 panel mosaic of the California Nebula before the year-end but the rare clear skies allowed me to finalise only 4 panels. The individual panels were stacked in PixInsight (WBP), the 4 panel were transformed to a mosaic by using AstroPixelProcessor and the postprocessing was again done in PixInsight. I hope you like the result and I hope that 2022 will bring enough clear skies to finalize this project.
[NL] Het plan was om voor het einde van dit jaar een 8-delige mozaïek van de Californiënevel te voltooien, maar door het slechte weer zal het voorlopig bij 4 panelen blijven. De afzonderlijke panelen werden gestackt in PixInsight (WBP), de 4 panelen werden in een mozaïek gegoten met behulp van AstroPixelProcessor en de afwerking werd gedaan in PixInsight. Geniet van het resultaat en hopelijk brengt 2022 genoeg ‘clear skies’ om dit project volledig af te werken.
Astrobin link: astrob.in/oh48l9/0/
📷 ZWO ASI533MC PRO - Optolong L-Extreme filter
🌌 L-Extreme: lights - 145 x 300sec (4 panels - 37x 37x 40x 31x) - 12 hours - gain 101 - offset 40 -10°c
🔭 TS-PHoton 6" F5 (150/750) Newton with TS-Optics Newton Coma Corrector 1.0x
💫 guiding with ZWO ASI120 MC-S on TS-Optics 50mm
💻 PHD2, N.I.N.A, PixInsight, TopazDenoise
📍🇧🇪 Belgium, Class 6 Bortle
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)
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
Bortle 4.6 Location
Alt-az
10 second subs
347 subs
Stacked in AstroPixelProcessor, processed in PixInsight
imaged in July 2024 from Linden, Blue Mountains, Australia
iTelescope 9 x 150 sec stack with AstropixelProcessor
Even though Atlas is relatively faint at mag 9.4 it is a quite attractive comet.
So trying different things lately. This is only my third attempt at a DSO. A very steep learning curve indeed!
Nikon D5300 - unmodded
300mm f/2.8 AF-S
SW HEQ5 Mount - unguided
Polemaster
Bortle 5+ skies
80 Lights - 90sec, f/4 ISO400
20 Darks
50 Flats
50 Bias
Processed in Astro Pixel Processor, finished in PS Elements
Image consists of 30 x 90s sub exposures that were integrated using AstroPixelProcessor, so 45minute exposure total.
This image is a representation as the comet moves swiftly between every exposure so the stars and galaxies were processed seperately from the comet and then both processed images combined star matched to one sub exposure
Imaged using RedCat61 and ASI2600MC colour camera
A collaborative 4ºx6º mosaic of NGC 7000 and the surrounding area, captured using Vaonis Vespera Observation Stations.
Data collected and processed by Ian Baber and Ray Bellis, with 15 CovalENS mosaics captured late May and early June 2023 and combined to form the larger mosaic.
Processed with Astro Pixel Processor and PixInsight.
12x240sec. exposures, Celestron C5, ZWO ASI294MC camera, iOptron CEM25P drive, processed in AstroPixelProcessor and Lightroom.
Der Kugelsternhaufen M13 (Messier 13) im Sternbild Herkules.
Aufgenommen mit Teleskop T05 von iTelescope.net in New Mexico, USA.
10 Einzelbilder pro Farbkanal (2x60s, 3x120s, 5x180s), d.h. 23 min Belichtungszeit pro Kanal, 69 Minuten Gesamtbelichtungszeit. Prozessiert mit AstroPixelProcessor und Photoshop.
Great globular cluster M13 in Hercules. Taken with a remote telescope (T05 from iTelescope.net).
10 Frames per colour channel (2x60s, 3x120s, 5x180s), 23 min per channel, 69 minutes total exposure time.
Processed in AstroPixelProcessor and Photoshop.
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.
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
This is a four panel mosiac of the Region surrounding the bright star Dschubba.
One and a half hours per panel in rgb (club dark site) and one hour per panel in H alpha (Bortle 6)
10 hours of integration in total.
Stacked individual panels -RGB and Ha -separately in AstroPixel Processor; 4 panel RGB and Ha mosaics created -LNC first degree, MBB 20% in APP
Stacked mosaics processed in Pixinsight
Dynamic crop
ADBE
BlurX (correct only)
Image solve
SPCC (RGB only)
BlurX
Starnet++
NoiseX
Nebula
Generalised Hyperbolic Stretch
Curves
SetiAstro star stretch
PixelMath to add stars back to starless image
Mosaics registered in Pixinsight
Stars removed from registered Ha mosaic with Starnet++. This still left a few very bright stars.
Converted to tiff and remaining stars removed using content aware fill in Photoshop CS6
(this did a better job than clone stamp in PixInsight)
Saved in PI as XISF File.
Combined RGB and Ha using the excellent Combine Ha and RGB process in PixInsight
Equipment
Samyang 135mm/ZWOASI 533 Mc and MM/Optolong UV/IR Filter/Antlia 3nm H alpha filter/ASIAIR/AM3
Software
ASIAIR App
AstroPixelProcessor
PixInsight with RC plugins (NoiseX, Blur X) and Starnet++
Photoshop CS6
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
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
Samyang 135 mm/AM 3/ASIAIR/Antlia Triband filter
2 hours of integration- 300 second subs
AstroPixelProcessor/PixInsight/ Photoshop CS 6
Contains a number of objects besides M 24 and M 17 including
NGC 6596
NGC 6603
NGC 6565
NGC 6590
NGC 6595
IC 1283
IC 1284
IC 4701
42 Lights 600sec
6 Darks
50 Flats
ASI2600MC ,Gain 100, Cooled -10
William Optics GT81
Skywatcher HEQ5-Pro
ASIAIR 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
I had seen images showing faint gas and dust clouds surrounding Sh2-140 in the constellation Cepheus, and I wanted to make these visible using the RASA at f/2.2, focusing primarily on the RGB data. In the end, I accumulated nearly 25.5 hours of exposure time, with about 20.5 hours dedicated to RGB and 5 hours to H-alpha.
The processing was more challenging than expected because, despite the long exposure time, everything was still quite faint overall. I blended the H-alpha data very subtly to keep the RGB look. I was very pleased that the dust clouds became visible in the lower right of the image, as well as the two reflection nebulae VdB 153 (bottom center) and GN 22 12.3 (top center). Sh2-140 also stood out nicely with its shockwave, along with the gas cloud Sh2-145 (left).
Celestron RASA 8 f/2
Celestron Motorfocus
EQ6-R Pro
ZWO ASI 2600 MC Pro (Gain 100, Offset 18, -10°)
RGB: 1223 × 60″ (20h 23‘)
TS 2600 MP (Gain 100, Offset 200, -10°)
Baader H-Alpha Highspeed 3.5nm: 157 × 120″ (5h 14‘))
Total: 25h 37‘
Bortle 5 (19.50 SQM)
N.I.N.A., Guiding: ASI 120MM & PHD2
Astropixelprocessor, Photoshop, Pixinsight
Date: Aug 26-29 & Sep 1, 2024
Location: Hannover, Germany (Bortle 5-6)
Dati: 24 x 300 sec ( 2 ore) gain 5 @ -10° c + 70 dark + 30 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
Temperatura esterna: 15 ° C - Umidità 59%
This image of the Messier 24 star cloud features many other named deep space objects, inter alia, Sharpless2-41, Barnard 92 and 93. Messier18, NGC 6603,NGC 6567
Location :Bortle 6 s
Equipment
Redcat 651/AM3/Antlia Triband Filter/ASIAIR
4 hours of integration, 5 minute subs
Processing
stacked in AstroPixelProcessor, processed in PixInsight
Processing Notes
Stack
Dynamic Crop
GraXpert
Blur X -correction
Image Solver
SPCC
Starnet++
Nebula
BlurX
GHS
Curves Transformation
Stars
SetiAstro star stretch script
stars and nebula combined with Pixelmath
Minor tweaking in Photoshop CS6
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
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.
Another great night with the Avalon m zero mount, this time imaging M27 in HOO using the Antlia 3.5nm narrow band filters. Camera was the ASI183MM connected to a WO GT71 with field flattener 6A2. Captured using Nebulosity.
50 mins total HA (5 min subs),
102 mins total O3 (2 min subs).
Again, just a rough PA so some walking noise in the shadows.
Calibrated in AstroPixel Processor with darks, flats and dark flats.
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
IC 342 is an intermediate spiral galaxy in the constellation Camelopardalis. Despite it appears as the third-largest galaxy in the northern hemisphere - only smaller than M 31 and M 33 - its location in dusty areas near the galactic equator makes it difficult to observe, thus leading to the nickname.
Object: IC 342 (The Hidden Galaxy)
Optics: GSO Newton 8" F4 + GPU
Mount: Celestron CGEM
Camera: ZWO ASI 1600MMC @-20°C, Gain=75, Offset=15
Filter: ZWO EFW 7x36mm, ZWO 36mm Filters
Exposure: total ~3.7h, R 12x240sec, G 12x240sec, B 13x240sec, L 19x240sec, 200 Bias, 40 Darks, 40 Flats per channel
Date: 2017-10-14
Location: Vockenroth
Capture: Sequence Generator Pro
Guiding: Off-Axis, ASI120MM, PHD2
Image Acquisition: Stephan Schurig
Image Processing: Stephan Schurig
AstroPixelProcessor 1.071: Calibration, Registration, Normalization, Integration, Channel Combination, Background Flattening & Calibration, Star Colors Correction, Auto Digital Development
Photoshop 20.0.4: 2x Curves, Masked Nik Dfine 2 Denoise, Color Balance, Masked Dynamic (Dynamic, Saturation), Star Shrink, Masked Smart Sharpen, Levels
Remarks: Dedicated to Gernot Semmer
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.