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Equipo: Star Adventurer - Mak 102 - Canon EOS 6D - Filtro Optolong L-PRO

 

13 lights de 15s - ISO 1600 - 1300mm . f/12,7 del 2018-01-21 1:10 UTC -3 en Buenos Aires

 

Procesado: AstroPixelProcessor - Lightroom

  

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.

 

arxiv.org/abs/1810.04741

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

  

Dati: 34 x 3 min. 800 Iso + 11 Dark + 25 flat e darkflat software: AstroPixelProcessor - Photoshop Strumenti: ottica Takahashi FSQ106 f/5 su Skywatcher EQ6 pro - Canon 40D CentralDS. 25/07/2019 - San Romano (FC), Temp. esterna: 26,5° C temperatura al sensore 2.50°C - Umidità 60%

November 1, 2021. 4-panel mosaic, each 7 frames, 450 sec., Explore Scientific FCD-100 102mm telescope, ASI294MC camera, UV/IR cut fillter, iOptron CEM25P mount, ASIAir controller, processed in Astro Pixel Processor and Lightroom.

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

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.

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

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

  

24x30 secondes + darks + flats + offsets traitement AstroPixelProcessor et Photoshop CC

A struggle. Moon, Low to horizon. Cloud. But happy.

A group of open clusters: M46, M47, and NGC 2423, along with the planetary nebula

An interesting region of the Milky Way, with a nice cloud shining in the light of hydrogen (IC 5146) with some dark lanes of dust (Barnard 168) obscuring the dense star field behind. Might be just the line of sight, but sure looks to me like the dust surrounds the nebula and trails off behind.

 

2x2 mosaic, 48 total exposures, 6 min. each (total 4+ hours). Explore Scientific ED102 102mm f/7 refractor, ZWO ASI294MC one-shot color CMOS camera, UV/IR cutoff filter, iOptron CEM25P mount, ASIAir controller, auto-guided. 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.

  

Altair Astro Starwave 102ED-R (2017), HEQ5 Pro (Rowan Belt Drive), Berlebach Tripod, Altair IMX178MC Hypercam, Altair 0.6x Focal Reducer, Pegasus Stepper Motor Focuser, 21 x 30 Second Exposures. Processed in AstroPixelProcessor Finished in Photoshop and Lightroom.

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.

IC1805 in Cassiopeia imaged in Hydrogen alpha (39minutes total with ZWO ASI2600MM Pro mono camera / WO FLT91 @ 540mm f/5.9 / Chroma 5nm Ha / TTS-160 & rOTAtor / Guide scope ASI290mm mini / processed AstroPixelProcessor & Affinity Photo).

 

[Also Showing: IC1795, NGC896, NGC1027 (IC1824)]

 

The Heart Nebula (IC1805) is one of a pair of bright nebula in Cassiopeia (the other the Soul Nebula IC1848). The very brightest part to the right is separately designated NGC896 and was discovered before the remainder and dimmer parts of the nebula that make its distinctive shape. The center of the nebula features an open cluster of young and massive stars (catalogued O.C. Melotte 15) which cause the deep red glow of the remainder of the nebula. The Heart Nebula is one of the prettiest and most recognized in the northern sky.

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

Also known as "The Eye of God" and "The Eye of Sauron", The planetary Nebula NGC7293 shows up clearly in H-Alpha. It's south Declination of -20d50m makes it difficult to image from Europe but it is no problem from Portugal. Imaged with Esprit 100 f5.5 refractor/ QHY16200 CCD camera and 6nm Ha filter. 26x 15 minutes (6.5 hrs), Stacked with APP and processed further with Pixinsight. Image dates :24,25,26 and 27 October 2017.

 

Inverse image added to enhance the faint outer structures.

 

Knight Observatory, Tomar.

  

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

 

iTelescope 9 x 150 sec stack with AstropixelProcessor

 

Even though Atlas is relatively faint at mag 9.4 it is a quite attractive comet.

IC 4601 is a beautiful reflection nebula usually imaged in widefield images of the Blue Horsehead but worthy of attention on its own

 

Imaged from Bortle 6 so bringing out the dust after gradient removal was challenging.

  

Equipment

 

Redcat 651/AM3/ZWOASI533MC/Antlia Triband Filter/ASIAIR

4 hours of integration, 5 minute subs

 

Processing

stacked in AstroPixelProcessor, processed in PixInsight

 

Processing Notes

 

Stack

Dynamic Crop

Tried three tools for Gradient Removal

-Auto DBE

-GraXpert

GradientCorrection

 

Gradient Correction did the best job IMHO

 

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

 

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 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)

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

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.

Dati: 34 x 300 sec a gain 5 e offset 25 a -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: 18.5 ° C - Umidità 70%

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%

40 exposures, 5 minutes each.

12x240sec. exposures, Celestron C5, ZWO ASI294MC camera, iOptron CEM25P drive, processed in AstroPixelProcessor 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.

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

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

 

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

 

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.

 

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.

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