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For the first time in months I was able to set up my telescope and do a bit of stargazing. This time I set up my Zenithstar 81 refracting telescope. It has a wider field of view than my Celestron C11. Once I had everything set up and calibrated I found Markarian's Chain of galaxies in the constellation of Virgo to be a good target for the night and spent three hours soaking up the image.

 

There is a whole string of different galaxies laid out in a curved line. The two largest are the Messier objects M84 and M86 but there is a whole host of other galaxies in this area.

 

Near the heart of the Virgo Galaxy Cluster the string of galaxies stretches across this view. In the frame at top centre are the prominent lenticular galaxies, M84 and M86, you can follow the chain down and to the left. Its centre is an estimated 50 million light-years away making it the nearest galaxy cluster. With up to about 2,000 member galaxies, it has a noticeable gravitational influence on our own Local Group of Galaxies.

 

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Controller: ZWO ASIAIR Plus

Main Camera: ZWO ASI533MC Pro at -10C

Filter: Optolong L-Pro filter

Focuser: ZWO EAF

Guide Camera: ZWO ASI290MM Mini guidecam

Guidescope: William Optics Refractor 50/200 mm 50mm

 

Telescope: William Optics ZenithStar 81 APO

Mount: SkyWatcher EQ6-R Pro

 

Stacked from:

Lights 64 at 180 seconds, gain 101, temp -10C

Darks 30 at 180 seconds, gain 101, temp -10C

Flats 30 at 2.8 seconds, gain 101, temp -10C

Dark Flats 30 at 2.8 seconds, gain 101, temp -10C

 

Bortle 4 sky.

Integrated the saved frames in Astro Pixel Processor processed in PixInsight and titles added in Photoshop CS4.

 

La Nebulosa Elica o Occhio di Dio (NGC 7293) è uno degli esempi più spettacolari di nebulosa planetaria, creata da una stella morente che un tempo era simile al Sole. La nube ha una geometria sorprendentemente complessa, che include filamenti radiali, anelli esterni e addensamenti gassosi di ignota origine. Quando il combustibile necessario per le reazioni di fusione nucleare si esaurisce, le stelle di massa medio-piccola vanno incontro alla fine della loro vita gloriosa, espellendo gli strati gassosi esterni e lasciandosi dietro un nucleo denso e caldo, una nana bianca, Il puntino bianco visibile al centro della nube è proprio la densa nana bianca.

 

Setup, Skywatcher Heq5 goto, Svbony 102ed, camera Asi2600mc pro, filtro Optolong L-extreme, camera guida Asi224mc teleguida 60/240.

 

Light 75x300” più Dark, Flat e DarkFlat

Tot. integrazione ore 6:15

 

Software di acquisizione Ekos su dispositivo Raspberry OS StellarMate.

 

Software di elaborazione AstroPixelProcessor, Pixinsight.

 

Bortle 7.2

 

Cieli sereni 😎

M101, o NGC 5457 è conosciuta anche come la Galassia Girandola, nome, che le deriva dalla sua conformazione a spirale, si trova nella costellazione dell'Orsa Maggiore. A 19 milioni di anni luce di distanza,in condizioni eccellenti, M101 può essere osservata anche con un semplice binocolo; infatti, grazie alla sua estensione e alla sua relativa vicinanza a noi, M101 è una delle galassie più brillanti del cielo. Setup Skywatcher Heq5-pro goto, telescopio Svbony 102ed, camera Qhy183 filtro Svbony CLS, camera guidaAsi120-mm, teleguida 60/240. Software di acquisizione Ekos su Raspberry e OS StellarMate. Light 65 da 240” Light 233 da 300” Più Dark, Flat e DarkFlat Tot. Integrazione ore 23:45 Software di elaborazione AstroPixelProcessor e Pixinsight Bortle 7.2. Cieli Sereni

camera ZWO 294 Mc-Pro on EQ6-R-Pro, OAG, filter: Optolong L-Pro

22 Feb 2022, Gain: 120, 24 x 300 sec., binning: 1 x 1, at temp:-10°

 

Total exposure: 2 hr.

AstroPixelProcessor + Photoshop

NGC2237 (Rosette Nebula) - SHO

Data Acquisition:

12/13/2020 - Ha 5nm 36x300s

12/14/2020 - O3 3nm 44x300s

12/15/2020 - S2 3nm 48x300s

Total Integration 10hours and 40 minutes

iOptron CEM40EC

William Optics 1000mm Mortar Tri-pier

Askar FRA400 Quintuplet with 0.7 reducer at F/3.9

ZWOASI183MM-Pro

ZWO120MM Mini

ZWO OAG

ZWO ASIAir Pro

ZWO EAF

ZWO EFW

Chroma Filters

B9 Site in Miami

 

Stacked on AstroPixelProcessor

Processed on PixInsight

 

20 Flats for each session

50 Dark Flats for each session

20 Darks

50 bias

M51 Draaikolkstelsel – Feb 2022

 

GSO Newton telescope 800 / f4, camera ZWO 294 Mc-Pro on EQ6-R-Pro, OAG, filter: Optolong L-Pro

 

11 Feb, Gain: 120, 24 x 300 sec., binning: 1 x 1, at temp:-10°

 

AstroPixelProcessor + Photoshop

 

Dirk Van Luyten – Zoersel – Belgium

M51 Draaikolkstelsel – Feb 2022

Cropped

 

GSO Newton telescope 800 / f4, camera ZWO 294 Mc-Pro on EQ6-R-Pro, OAG, filter: Optolong L-Pro

 

11 Feb, Gain: 120, 24 x 300 sec., binning: 1 x 1, at temp:-10°

 

AstroPixelProcessor + Photoshop

 

Dirk Van Luyten – Zoersel – Belgium

M33 : De driehoeknevel

   

GSO Newton telescope 800 / f4 on EQ6-R-Pro

   

Camera ZWO ASI294MC pro, met OAG, filter :Optolong L-Extreme

13 nov 2022, Gain 120, at -20°, 78 x 300 sec (+50 darks, 100 bias, 50 flats)

  

Camera Canon, EOS 80D, met OAG, filter : Optolong L-pro

3 sept 2021, ISO 800, 14 x 600 sec ( + 16 darks, 34 bias, geen flats)

 

21 sept 2020, ISO 800, 34 x 480 sec ( + 26 darks, 31 bias, geen flats)

 

Total exposure: 13u 22 min

AstroPixelProcessor + Photoshop + lightroom

 

Dirk Van Luyten – Zoersel – Belgium

  

M42 Orionnevel – Feb 2022

 

GSO Newton telescope 800 / f4, camera ZWO 294 Mc-Pro on EQ6-R-Pro, OAG, filter: Optolong L-Pro

 

11 Feb, Gain: 120, 10 x 300 sec., binning: 1 x 1, at temp:-10°

 

AstroPixelProcessor + Photoshop

  

Dirk Van Luyten – Zoersel – Belgium

According to my information there is a dark nebula in this picture. It is recorded as LDN 1242 in the constellation of Cepheus.

 

Perhaps if I had spent over 20 hours trying to capture it with five or six hours per night something might show up. I don't get enough clear nights to devote that much time in the hope that a dark nebula will emerge from the void. Not when there are so many rewarding objects find. So for now, I will just content myself with this view of some pretty stars in the night sky from integrating 20 three minute images.

 

Next target please.

 

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Telescope: William Optics ZenithStar 81 APO

Mount: SkyWatcher EQ6-R Pro

 

Controller: ZWO ASIAIR Plus 256G

Main Camera: ZWO ASI533MC Pro at -10C

Filter: ZWO UV/IR Cut filter

Focuser: ZWO EAF

Guide Camera: ZWO ASI290MM Mini guidecam

Guide via: ZWO OAG

 

Stacked from:

Lights 20 at 180 seconds, gain 101, temp -10C

Darks 30 at 180 seconds, gain 101, temp -10C

Flats 30 at 14.6 seconds, gain 101, temp -10C

Dark Flats 30 at 14.6 seconds gain 101 temp -10C

 

Bortle 4 sky.

Integrated the saved frames in Astro Pixel Processor.

Processed in PixInsight

Added captions in Photoshop CS4

   

SH 2-275 / Rosette Nebula

 

The Rosette Nebula, also known as Caldwell 49, is a large HII region located some 4700 light-years from the solar system. It was discovered by the American astronomer Lewis Swift in 1865.

 

The mass of the Rosette Nebula is estimated to be about 10 000 times the mass of the Sun

 

Spec :

 

William Optics Zenithstar61 II

Flat61

HEQ5 Pro

Optolong L extreme 2"

Canon T3I astro modded

 

35 x 120 secondes (1h10 integration)

15 darks

8 flats

20 offsets

 

13 x 180 secondes (40 minutes integration)

15 darks

9 flats

20 offsets

 

Total integration 1h50

 

Iso800

 

Sky Bortel 9

Montréal, Qc, CA

 

APP / Photoshop / Topaz denoise

Canon 1100D Fullspectrum CLS CCD Tecnosky 70/420 ED 1X; Skywatcher AZEQ5

ISO 1600 - Exp: 11h10' RGB (70x10') - 5h HAlpha 35nm (30x10') ASI120MC guide; Darks & Flats & Bias

APP + PS (Astronomy Tools; Tonalitymasks) + LR

Provincia di Siena, 01-03-05-06/08/2019

GSO Newton telescope 800 / f4 on EQ6-R-Pro

 

Camera ZWO ASI294MC pro, met OAG, filter :Optolong L-Pro

Besturing via Asiair plus

21 jan 2023, Gain 120, at -20°, 10 x 60 sec en 10 x 120 sec (+ darks, bias, flats)

 

Total exposure: +- 30 minuten

AstroPixelProcessor + Photoshop

Dirk Van Luyten – Zoersel – Belgium

 

GSO Newton telescope 800 / f4 on EQ6-R-Pro

 

Camera ZWO ASI294MC pro, met OAG, filter :Optolong L-Pro

 

Besturing via Asiair plus

20 jan 2023, Gain 120, at -20°, 34 x 300 sec (+ darks, bias, flats)

Total exposure: +- 2 uur 40 minuten

AstroPixelProcessor + Photoshop

Dirk Van Luyten – Zoersel – Belgium en Grandpre - France

SA, D800 (modified), Nikkor 180mm f/2.8 lens, IDAS LPS P2 filter, ISO1600, 1min*33

 

AstroPixelProcessor, Starnet and CS6 processed.

GSO Newton telescope 800 / f4 on EQ6-R-Pro

 

Camera ZWO ASI294MC pro, met OAG, filter :Optolong L-Pro

 

12/13 dec 2022, Gain 120, at -20°, 35 x 180 sec (+ darks, bias, flats) linkerhelft

 

12/13 dec 2022, Gain 120, at -20°, 35 x 180 sec (+ darks, bias, flats) rechterhelft

 

Total exposure: +- 1u 45 min

 

AstroPixelProcessor + Photoshop

Canon 1100D Fullspectrum CLS CCD Tecnosky 70/420 ED 1X; Skywatcher AZEQ5

ISO 1600 - Exp: 11h10' RGB (70x10') - 5h HAlpha 35nm (30x10') ASI120MC guide; Darks & Flats & Bias

APP + PS (Astronomy Tools; Tonalitymasks) + LR

Provincia di Siena, 01-03-05-06/08/2019

NGC 1491 is called the Fossil Footprint Nebula. It is a bright emission nebula and hydrogen (HII) region, located on the edge of a vast cloud region of neutral gas, about 10,700 light-years away in the Perseus arm of our Milky Way Galaxy in the constellation Perseus.

 

HII regions are well known for being places where new stars are born, and are created when ultraviolet radiation from hot stars ionizes the surrounding gas, causing it to glow in visible light. The surrounding dust is also heated by this radiation, so we also see it glow in infrared light.

 

The bright, blue star near the centre is illuminating the nebula while its strong stellar wind is “blowing” a bubble in the gas that immediately surrounds it. The intense radiation from the star is also eroding the gas clouds surrounding it.

 

The entire nebula is quite irregular with a subtle bite cut out of the nebulosity that creates a darker hollow, and a high surface brightness region as seen in this image. A faint, elongated haze extends from this patch past the star, giving an elongated appearance.

 

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Telescope: Celestron C11-A XLT Schmidt Cassegrain OTA

Mount: SkyWatcher EQ6-R Pro

 

Controller: ZWO ASIAIR Plus 256G

Main Camera: ZWO ASI533MC Pro at -10C

Filter: Optolong L-eNhance filter

Focuser: ZWO EAF

Guide Camera: ZWO ASI174MM Mini guidecam

Guide via: ZWO OAG

 

Stacked from:

Lights 63 at 120 seconds, gain 101, temp -10C

Darks 30 at 120 seconds, gain 101, temp -10C

Flats 30 at 6.5 seconds, gain 101, temp -10C

Dark Flats 30 at 6.5 seconds gain 101 temp -10C

 

Bortle 4 sky.

Integrated the saved frames in Astro Pixel Processor.

Processed in PixInsight

Added captions in Photoshop CS4

   

The Owl Cluster is a bright open star cluster located approximately 8,000 light-years away in the northern constellation Cassiopeia. It has the designation NGC 457 in the New General Catalogue and is listed as Caldwell 13 in Sir Patrick Moore’s Caldwell catalogue.

 

The Owl Cluster is one of the finest telescope targets in the northern sky. It is easy to find because it appears in the region of Cassiopeia’s W. NGC 457 is also popularly known as the E. T. Cluster, Dragonfly Cluster, Kachina Doll Cluster, and Phi Cassiopeiae Cluster. I'll go with Owl Cluster as it is easier to spell.

 

The brightest members of the Owl Cluster are blue stars which are hot, massive, luminous stars that burn through their supply of fuel quickly and evolve into giants or supergiants within only a few million years. They have very short lives due to their high mass. The most massive of these stars will end their lives as supernovae, while others will cast away their outer layers to form planetary nebulae and slowly fade away as dim white dwarfs.

 

NGC 457 gets its most common nicknames – the Owl Cluster and the E.T. Cluster – because of two bright stars that appear in the same field. These two stars look like a pair of eyes, while the fainter stars form an outline of an owl - or the popular character E.T. from Steven Spielberg’s 1982 film.

 

This image was taken by integrating 20 two-minute exposures using my C11 telescope. That is not long for astrophotography, but the camera sensor picks up light from the stars much faster than the faint glow from nebulae.

 

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Telescope: Celestron C11-A XLT Schmidt Cassegrain OTA

Mount: SkyWatcher EQ6-R Pro

 

Controller: ZWO ASIAIR Plus 256G

Main Camera: ZWO ASI533MC Pro at -10C

Filter: Optolong L-Pro filter

Focuser: ZWO EAF

Guide Camera: ZWO ASI174MM Mini guidecam

Guide via: ZWO OAG

 

Stacked from:

Lights 20 at 120 seconds, gain 101, temp -10C

Darks 30 at 120 seconds, gain 101, temp -10C

Flats 30 at 1.1 seconds, gain 101, temp -10C

Dark Flats 30 at 1.1 seconds gain 101 temp -10C

 

Bortle 4 sky.

Integrated the saved frames in Astro Pixel Processor.

Processed in PixInsight

Added captions in Photoshop CS4

   

On the 4th April 2023 the nearly full moon was casting its light across the sky, but up in the Northern constellation of Cepheus the Iris Nebula was still visible.

 

Many of the nebulae visible in the night sky are emission nebulae since they are clouds of dust and gas that are hot enough to emit their own radiation and light. The Iris Nebula or NGC 7023, is a reflection nebula. This means that its colour comes from the scattered light of its central star, which lies nestled in the abundant star fields of the constellation Cepheus. Located some 1,400 light-years away from Earth, the Iris Nebula’s glowing gaseous petals stretch roughly 6 light-years across. You can also see extensive streams of brownish dust and gas obscuring the distant stars beyond this nebula.

 

I managed about two hour on this target in the small hours of the morning before finding myself falling asleep. Stayed awake just long enough to pack up all my gear and in bed by 4:30 am.

 

There is something wrong with this hobby.

 

Equipment Used

 

Telescope: William Optics Zenithstar 81 APO

Mount: SkyWatcher EQ6-R Pro

 

Controller: ZWO ASIAIR Plus

Main Camera: ZWO ASI533MC Pro at gain 101, temperature -10C

Filter: ZWO IR cut-off (Infrared block) filter

Focal reducer: William Optics 0.8x 2.00"

Focuser: ZWO EAF

Guide Camera: ZWO ASI290MM Mini guidecam

Guide Scope: William Optics 50mm

Flat Panel: PegasusAstro Flatmaster250

 

Stacked from:

Lights 30 at 300s, gain 101, temp -10C

Darks 30 at 300s, gain 101, temp -10C

Flats 30 at 10s, gain 101, temp -10C

DarkFlats 30 at 10s, gain 101 temp -10C

 

Bortle 4 sky.

Stacked in AstroPixelProcessor and adjusted in Photoshop CS4 and Topaz DeNoise AI

 

#irisnebula #iris #nebula #astrophoto #ngc7023 #zwo #zwoasiairpro #zwoasi533mcpro #asi533mcpro #williamsoptics #zenithstar81 #zs81 #astrophotography #astronomy

  

NGC-6888 la Crescent Nebula, nella Costellazione del Cigno, a 4700 anni luce di distanza da noi.

La nube risplende per riflessione, a seguito dell’energia ricevuta durante l’esplosione di una stella in supernova. Nel giro di pochi millenni si prevede che l’oggetto svanirà del tutto, disperdendosi nel mezzo interstellare.

 

Setup, Skywatcher Heq5 goto, Svbony 102ed, camera Asi2600mc pro, filtro Optolong L-extreme, camera guida Asi224mc teleguida 60/240.

 

Light 174x300” più Dark, Flat e DarkFlat

Tot. integrazione ore 14:30

 

Software di acquisizione Ekos su dispositivo Raspberry OS StellarMate.

 

Software di elaborazione AstroPixelProcessor, Pixinsight e Photoshop.

 

Bortle 7.2

 

Cieli sereni 😎

作者:李昱星(東華大學)、楊杰霖(臺東大學)

目標:M45 – 昴宿星團

 

主鏡/鏡頭:FSQ106

相機:Canon 90d

追蹤設備:EM31Pro

拍攝時長:120s * 60 ;Total: 2hr

拍攝地點:觀星園

後製程式:AstroPixelProcessor + SiriL + Pixinsight

 

故事說明:

M45,昴宿星團,全天最有名的深空天體之一,肉眼即可見到。星團中間年輕的恆星照亮了周圍的雲氣,由於只距離我們443光年左右,因此相當容易進行拍攝。

 

評審短評:

越是習以為常的深空天體,越能體現拍攝者在進行深空處裡時對於高亮度的星體與低亮度的星雲之間的調配,於累計2小時左右的曝光,可見作者對於天文攝影修圖的技術底運不低,這份作品可作為一般天文攝影修圖之標準作品。

Supernova 2025gvs in galaxy UGC 10058

12 exposures 300 sec. each.

Explore Scientific ED102 102mm f/7 apochromat refractor, Explore Scientific 1x flattener

ZWO ASI2600MC Pro cooled color CMOS camera, gain 100, -20ºC, IDAS DTD light pollution filter

ZWO EAF autofocuser

ZWO ASIAir Pro controller

iOptron CEM25P mount

auto-guided, SVBONY SV2165 30mm f/4 guide scope, ZWO ASI120MM Mini guide camera

Processed in Astro Pixel Processor, Lightroom, Photoshop

GSO Newton telescope 800 / f4 on EQ6-R-Pro

Camera ZWO ASI294MC pro, met OAG, filter :Optolong L-Pro

12 dec 2022, Gain 120, at -20°, 10 x 30 sec

 

12 dec 2022, Gain 120, at -20°, 18 x 180 sec (+ darks, bias, flats)

Total exposure: +- 1 uur

AstroPixelProcessor + Photoshop

Despite the light pollution from the bright moon I spent about four hours on this nebulous target before it dipped too low in the sky. The larger, predatory looking nebula is IC 417 and the smaller, brighter nebula is NGC 1931.

 

This fun pair are sometimes called the Spider and the Fly nebulae.

 

IC 417 is an emission nebula in the constellation Auriga, lying about 10,000 light years away. The glowing centre of the nebula is energized by the hot, massive blue stars embedded within and it is a hotbed of new star formation.

 

NGC 1931, the Fly Nebula (towards the top) is an emission and reflection nebula, and has been referred to as a miniature version of the Orion Nebula, as it shares some of the same characteristics.

 

Equipment Used

 

Telescope: William Optics Zenithstar 81 APO

Mount: SkyWatcher EQ6-R Pro

 

Controller: ZWO ASIAIR Plus

Main Camera: ZWO ASI533MC Pro at gain 101, temperature -10C

Filter: ZWO IR cut-off (Infrared block) filter

Focal reducer: William Optics 0.8x 2.00"

Focuser: ZWO EAF

Guide Camera: ZWO ASI290MM Mini guidecam

Guide Scope: William Optics 50mm

Flat Panel: PegasusAtro Flatmaster250

 

Stacked from:

Lights 42at 300s, gain 101, temp -10C

Darks 30 at 300s, gain 101, temp -10C

Flats 30 at 10s, gain 101, temp -10C

DarkFlats 30 at 10s, gain 101 temp -10C

 

Bortle 4 sky.

Stacked in AstroPixelProcessor and adjusted in Photoshop CS4 and Topaz DeNoise AI

   

William Optics Zenithstar Z61II telescope + flatner/reducer 0.8 / f4.8 - 288mm on Staradventure

   

Camera Canon 80D, filter :Optolong L-Pro

   

26 feb 2023, ISO 800, 193 x 35 sec (+ 250 darks, 250 bias )

     

Total exposure: +-2 uur

   

AstroPixelProcessor + Photoshop

   

Dirk Van Luyten – Zoersel – Belgium

M100 with supernova 2019ehk.

1x300s shot in moonlight with the H183C and RC8. Lots of thin cloud coming through so i lost a further 27 subs...

 

No colour due to a stacking artefact in AstroPixelProcessor - i need to remind myself how to make it import FITS properly! Postprocessed in Pixinsight and FastStone.

M13 Herculesbolhoop

GSO Newton telescope 800 / f4 on EQ6-R-Pro

 

Camera ZWO ASI294MC pro, met OAG, filter :Optolong L-Pro

 

Besturing via Asiair plus

14 feb 2023, Gain 120, at -20°, 60 x 180 sec (+ 100 darks, 120 bias, 100 flats, 100 darkflats)

Exposure: 3u

 

23 feb 2022, Gain 120, at -10°, 12 x 300 sec (+dark, bias)

Exposure: 1u

 

Camera Canon Eos 80d not modified, filter : Optolong L-pro

 

06 Maart 2022, ISO 800, 17 x 400 sec (+darks,bias)

 

12 April 2021 , ISO 800, 16 x 300 sec (+darks,bias)

 

13 April 2021 , ISO 800, 17 x 300 sec (+darks,bias)

 

exposure: 4u 38min

  

Total exposure: 8 uur 38 min

AstroPixelProcessor + Photoshop

 

Dirk Van Luyten – Zoersel – Belgium

IC1396 the Elephant's Trunk Nebula in Cepheus. 21x300s captured with hte H183C and RC8, stacked in Astropixelprocessor and tweaked in Pixinsight. Colours still not right!

Processed by me, data from Telescope Live Network.

PixInsight, APP and Photoshop.

Vdb-142 nebulosa oscura nella Costellazione del Cefeo a 3.000 anni luce di distanza, galassia di appartenenza via Lattea.

 

Setup, Skywatcher Heq5 goto, Svbony 102ed, camera Asi2600mc pro, filtro Optolong L-extreme, camera guida Asi224mc teleguida 60/240

 

Light 47x600” tot. Integrazione : ore 7:50

Più Dark, Flat e DarkFlat.

 

Software di acquisizione Ekos su dispositivo Raspberry OS StellarMate.

 

Software di elaborazione AstroPixelProcessor e Pixinsight

 

Bortle 7.2

 

Cieli sereni ✨✨✨

Western Veil Nebula (Caldwell 34), 06/25/2020

 

This object is part of a super nova remnant from a star that was 20 times more massive than the sun. When that star blew up some 10,000 to 20,000 years ago, it left behind ionized gas and dust that has expanded to cover an area of the sky roughly 6 times the diameter of the Moon. This picture is only one small part of that explosion.

 

This night was kind of a last-minute decision. I looked outside and saw clear skies so I quickly setup the gear. It was my first night using some new toys, a new light pollution filter and an Asiair Pro computer. The new equipment worked great but I did have a few issues. I had my gain set to 200 for some reason and the polar alignment was crap. But I think I salvaged the data and the image turned out pretty good.

 

Equipment:

RASA 8

CGEM-dx mount

ZWO ASI294MC-Pro

ZWO Asiair Pro

Optolong L-eHhance filter

 

Details:

Location – My back yard in Tacoma WA

Bortle Class 8

Gain 200

120 60-second Lights

60 Darks

60 Bias

60 Flats

Astro Pixel Processor

Lightroom

Photoshop

 

#astrophotography #astronomy #comos #nightphotography #space #telescope #deepsky #asi294mcpro #amateurastronomy #backyardastronomy #asiair #rasa #celestron #astropixelprocessor #optolong #telescope #astronomyphotography #deepskyobject #zwo #longexposurephotography #caldwell34 #veilnebula

 

GSO Newton telescope 800 / f4 on EQ6-R-Pro

Camera ZWO ASI294MC pro, met OAG, filter :Optolong L-Pro

13 dec 2022, Gain 120, at -20°, 30 x 180 sec (+ darks, bias, flats)

Total exposure: +- 1u 30 min

AstroPixelProcessor + Photoshop

M33 - Triangulum Galaxy

 

Data Acquisition:

12/02/2020 - 24x300s 5nm Ha

12/05/2020 - 24x300s 5nm Ha

12/07/2020 - 24x300s 5nm Ha

12/08/2020 - 62x120s Luminance

12/08/2020 - 16x180s Red

12/08/2020 - 15x180s Green

12/08/2020 - 15x180s Blue

 

Total Integration 10hours and 22 minutes

iOptron CEM40EC

William Optics 1000mm Mortar Tri-pier

Askar FRA400 Quintuplet F/5.6

ZWOASI183MM-Pro

ZWO120MM Mini

ZWO OAG

ZWO ASIAir Pro

ZWO EAF

ZWO EFW

Chroma Filters

 

B9 Site in Miami for Ha

B3 Site in Mahogany Trail in Everglades for LRGB

 

Stacked on AstroPixelProcessor

Processed on PixInsight and finished on Photoshop

 

20 Flats for each session

50 Dark Flats for each session

20 Darks

50 Bias

3 hours total LRGBHa, 120s exposures.

 

Mediocre sky transparency and seeing.

 

200mm f/5 Newtonian

ZWO ASI 533MM Pro

 

Captured using Astroberry/KStars/EKOS

 

Images combined in AstroPixelProcessor

Post-Processing in Photoshop, Graxpert

Wizard Nebula (NGC7380), 09/28/2020

 

The Wizard Nebula is 7200 light-years away in the Cepheus constellation. This is the first time I’ve shot this target and I definitely need to take much more data. This is also the first time I tried to do duo-band color processing. Pretty.

 

Equipment:

RASA 8

CGEM-dx mount

ZWO ASI294MC-Pro

ZWO Asiair Pro

Optolong L-eHhance filter

 

Details:

Location – Belfair Start Park, WA

Bortle Class 4

220 60-second Lights

60 Darks

60 Bias

60 Flats

Astro Pixel Processor

Lightroom

Photoshop

StarNet++

 

#astrophotography #astronomy #comos #nightphotography #space #telescope #deepsky #asi294mcpro #amateurastronomy #backyardastronomy #asiair #asiairpro #celestronrasa #celestron #astropixelprocessor #optolong #telescope #astronomyphotography #deepskyobject #zwo #longexposurephotography #ngc7380 #wizardnebula

 

Rielaborazione (ero indeciso tra le due versioni beh, le ho pubblicate entrambe 😄)

 

Sh2-185 fantasmi in Cassiopea, questi spettri cosmici si trovano a 613 anni luce, in alto ad dx si nota la brillantissima stella Gamma Cassiopeiae, una subgigante variabile bianco azzurra, che si trova a 550 anni luce ed è 19 volte più massiccia e 65.000 volte più brillante del nostro sole, la sua radiazione ultravioletta è responsabile del bagliore rossastro dell’idrogeno ionizzato.

 

Setup Skywatcher Eq5 goto, Asi2600mc, filtro Optolong L-Enhance, teleguida 60/240 camera guida Asi224

 

Light : 159x300” più Dark, Flat e Bias

Tot. Integrazione : ore 13:15

 

Software di acquisizione, somma ed elaborazione :

Ekos su dispositivo Raspberry OS Stellarmate, AstroPixelProcessor e Pixinsight.

 

Livello inquinamento luminoso : Bortle 7.2

 

Cieli sereni 🌌

2022 11 13 - NGC 1502- Newton 20cm f5 - ASI183MCPro - 18x120s - NINA - AstroPixelProcessor - Photoshop - Melsele - Johan Bonne - Resampled

La Nebulosa Elica o Occhio di Dio (NGC 7293) la quale si trova nella Costellazione dell’Acquario è uno degli esempi più spettacolari di nebulosa planetaria, creata da una stella morente che un tempo era simile al Sole. La nube ha una geometria sorprendentemente complessa, che include filamenti radiali, anelli esterni e addensamenti gassosi di ignota origine. Quando il combustibile necessario per le reazioni di fusione nucleare si esaurisce, le stelle di massa medio-piccola vanno incontro alla fine della loro vita gloriosa, espellendo gli strati gassosi esterni e lasciandosi dietro un nucleo denso e caldo, una nana bianca, Il puntino bianco visibile al centro della nube è proprio la densa nana bianca.

 

Setup, Skywatcher Heq5 goto, Svbony 102ed, camera Asi2600mc pro, filtro Optolong L-extreme, camera guida Asi224mc teleguida 60/240.

 

Light 75x300” più Dark, Flat e DarkFlat

Tot. integrazione ore 6:15

 

Software di acquisizione Ekos su dispositivo Raspberry OS StellarMate.

 

Software di elaborazione AstroPixelProcessor, Pixinsight.

 

Bortle 7.2

 

Cieli sereni 😎

SA, D800 (modified), Nikkor 180mm f/2.8 lens, IDAS LPS P2 filter, ISO1600, 1min*33

 

AstroPixelProcessor, Starnet and CS6 processed.

IC 434 Paardekopnevel en Vlamnevel

  

GSO Newton telescope 800 / f4 on EQ6-R-Pro

Camera ZWO ASI294MC pro, met OAG, filter :Optolong L-Extreme

14 nov 2022, Gain 120, at -20°, 23 x 300 sec (+50 darks, 90 bias, 50 flats)

Total exposure: 1u 55 min

AstroPixelProcessor + Photoshop

Dirk Van Luyten – Zoersel - Belgium

An image in Ha RGB

 

Located between Hadar and Rigel Kentaurus, this nebula has recently become quite a favourite for astroimagers

 

Location : Bortle 6

 

Equipment

Sharpstar z4/Antlia 3 nm Ha filter/ Antlia Triband RGB filter/ZWO 533 Mm pro -for H-alpha /6/533 MC pro for RGB colour/ASIAIR/HEQ5/ASIAIR

 

Data

  

8 hours in Ha (10 minute subs)

  

Processing

 

stacked in AstroPixelProcessor, processed in PixInsight

 

Processing Notes

 

Ha

Stack

Dynamic Crop

GraXpert

Blur X -correction

Image Solver

SPCC

Starnet++

 

BlurX

NoiseX

GHS

NoiseX

Dark Structure Enhance

Curves Transformation

 

see also the RGB version

 

flic.kr/p/2qimgw4

   

40 million light years away in the constellation Pegasus.

 

DSI RC10C telescope.

FLI ML8300 camera.

Chroma LRGB filters.

 

3 hours L, 1 hour each of RGB.

 

Image acquisition using NINA.

 

Processed with AstroPixelProcessor and Photoshop.

2022 11 13 - M39 - Newton 20cm f5 - ASI183MCPro - 13x120s - NINA - AstroPixelProcessor - Photoshop - Melsele - Johan Bonne - Resampled

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