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M81 en M82 Sigaar en Bodestelsel
GSO Newton telescope 800 / f4 on EQ6-R-Pro
Camera Canon Eos 80d not modified, filter : Optolong L-pro
23 en 24 Maart 2022, ISO 800, 39 x 600 sec
Total exposure: 6u 30 min
AstroPixelProcessor + Photoshop
The Horsehead Nebula (also known as Barnard 33) is a small dark nebula in the constellation Orion. The nebula is located just to the south of Alnitak, the easternmost star of Orion's Belt, and is part of the much larger Orion Molecular Cloud Complex. It appears within the southern region of the dense dust cloud known as Lynds 1630, along the edge of the much larger, active star-forming H II region called IC 434. which you can see in the bottom left corner of this image
The Horsehead Nebula is approximately 1,400 light-years from Earth. It is one of the most identifiable nebulae because of its resemblance to a horse's head.
Telescope: Celestron C11-A XLT Schmidt Cassegrain OTA with 0.63x flattener/reducer.
Mount: SkyWatcher EQ6-R Pro
Controller: ZWO ASIAIR Pro
Main Camera: ZWO ASI533MC Pro at -10C
Filter: ZWO UV IR Cut filter
Focuser: ZWO EAF
Guide Camera: ZWO ASI174MM Mini guidecam
Guide via: ZWO OAG
Stacked from:
Lights 12 at 300 seconds, gain 100, temp -10C
Darks 10 at 300 seconds, gain 100, temp -10C
Flat 30 at 80.0ms, gain 100, temp -10C
Dark Flat 30 at 80.0ms, gain 100, temp -10C
Bortle 4 sky.
Integrated the saved frames in Astro Pixel Processor and adjusted in Photoshop CS4.
NGC 2903 en NGC 2916
GSO Newton telescope 800 / f4 on EQ6-R-Pro
Camera Canon Eos 80d not modified, filter : Optolong L-pro
21 Febr 2021, ISO 800, 26 x 300 sec (+darks,flats,bias)
27 maart 2022, ISO 800, 13 x 600 sec (+darks,bias,flats, darkflats)
Total exposure: 4u 20 min
AstroPixelProcessor + Photoshop
Dirk Van Luyten – Zoersel – Belgium
The Fishhead nebula (NGC 896 / IC 795) is an emission nebula in the constellation Cassiopeia. A star forming region, the intense red colour comes from hydrogen photon emissions. Also visible in this nebula are dark lanes of obscuring dust. The nebula is approximately 6000 light years distant. The brighter region of the nebula is catalogued as NGC 896.
This nebula is a part of a much larger complex of nebulosity including the Heart Nebula (IC 1805).
Telescope: Celestron C11-A XLT Schmidt Cassegrain OTA
Mount: SkyWatcher EQ6-R Pro
Controller: ZWO ASIAIR Pro
Main Camera: ZWO ASI533MC Pro at -10C
Filter: ZWO UV IR Cut filter
Focuser: ZWO EAF
Guide Camera: ZWO ASI174MM Mini guidecam
Guide via: ZWO OAG
Stacked from:
Lights 23 at 300 seconds, gain 100, temp -10C
Darks 10 at 300 seconds, gain 100, temp -10C
Flat 30 at 80.0ms, gain 100, temp -10C
Dark Flat 30 at 80.0ms, gain 100, temp -10C
Bortle 4 sky.
Integrated the saved frames in Astro Pixel Processor and adjusted in Photoshop CS4.
GSO Newton telescope 800 / f4 on EQ6-R-Pro
Camera ZWO ASI294MC pro, met OAG, filter :Optolong LPro
25 sep 2022, Gain 120, at -20°, 19 x 300 sec (+darks,bias, flats)
Total exposure: 1u 35 min
AstroPixelProcessor + Photoshop
Dirk Van Luyten – Molezon – France
Used Nikon D7500 w/ a Nikkor 55-200 VR lens from 2009
3307 lights at 1 seconds each, and 300 Darks, 50 Flats, and 50 Biases
Used AstroPixelProcessor for Stacking, Background Calibration, and Star Color Calibration
Used Siril for Background Removal, Green Noise Removal, Color Calibration, Star Removal, Star Reconstruction, and Histogram stretching.
Used Topaz Photo AI for Denoising and Sharpening on the starless version.
Photo was taken outside my house in Dallas County, TX. Bortle Class 9
NGC-7635 la Bubble Nebula, nella costellazione di Cassiopea al confine con il Cefeo, dista a 11.000 anni luce dalla Terra, Galassia di appartenenza Via Lattea.
La sua caratteristica principale è una "bolla" di vuoto circondata da una nebulosa, visibile con potenti strumenti nella zona meridionale dell'oggetto, causata dal vento stellare della giovane stella centrale, di magnitudine 8,7.
In basso più a sx si trova l'ammasso aperto M-52.
Setup SkyWatcher eq5 goto, rifrattore Svbony SV503 80ed f/7 camera Asi2600 mc-pro, filtro Optolong L-Enhance, spianatore Tecnosky 1x, teleguida 60x240 camera guida Asi120mm
Light 69x600" più Dark Flat DarkFlat e Bias
Tot. Integrazione ore 11:30
Acquisizione: tramite dispositivo Raspberry, os Stellarmate, software Kstars.
Software: Somma tramite AstroPixelProcessor, elaborazione tramite Pixinsight.
Bortle 7.2
Cieli sereni.
From my October, 2019 trip to Cosmic Campground. New Mexico. 30 x 3 minute exposures with ASI294 camera; SV80 Access on Losmandy GM811G mount. Processed with Astropixelprocessor with tweaks from Startools and ACDSee.
Compare with the image from earlier this summer with a different camera (Olympus OMD-EM1 Mark ii). The ASI pretty well blows the Olympus away--not surprisingly, because the ASI is a dedicated astrocamera and the Oly isn't.
Ha 5nm - About 10 hours
S2 3nm - About 9:5 hours
Channel combination
R = 0.7*Ha + 0.3*S2
G = Faux Hb
B = Faux Hb
Faux Hb = 0.3*Ha
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
Stacked on AstroPixelProcessor
Processed on PixInsight
20 Flats for each session
50 Dark Flats for each session
20 Darks
50 bias
IC1805 is part of a large complex of nebulosity in the constellation of Cassiopeia. The name Heart Nebula clearly comes from its shape. It is about 7500 light years away. The open cluster of stars in the centre is catalogued as Melotte 15. The red colour of the Heart Nebula is driven by the radiation from Melotte 15. This cluster contains a few bright stars nearly 50 times the mass of our Sun.
It was a clear night last night and this image was from thee and a half hours observation with my ZenithStar 81 telescope.
In this picture are: Heart Nebula, LBN 655, LDN 1366, LBN 648, LBN 650, LBN 647, LDN 1369, LDN 1367, LDN 1372, LDN 1368, LDN 1364, CL TOMBAUGH 4, LDN 1361, LDN 1363, LDN 1365, LDN 1371, CED 7 and LDN 1362
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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: Optolong L-eNhance filter
Focuser: ZWO EAF
Guide Camera: ZWO ASI174MM Mini guidecam
Guide via: ZWO OAG
Stacked from:
Lights 68 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
Canon 1100D Fullspectrum (astronomik L filter uv/ir cut) Tecnosky 70/420 ED 1X; Orion Starshot Autoguider; Skywatcher AZEQ5
ISO 1600 - Exp: 9h (90*6'); Darks & Flats & Bias
APP + PS (Astronomy Tools; Tonalitymasks) + LR
Siena, 20-21/02/2020
GSO Newton telescope 800 / f4 on EQ6-R-Pro
Camera ZWO ASI294MC pro, met OAG, filter :Optolong LPro
30 sep 2022, Gain 120, at -20°, 2 x 60 sec en 14 x 300 sec (+darks,bias, flats)
Total exposure: 1u 02 min
AstroPixelProcessor + Photoshop
Dirk Van Luyten – Molezon – France
This is my second image of B33, the Horsehead Nebula; the earlier one can be found below.
This image can be thought of as a "closeup" of the Horsehead. It was obtained with a scope with a focal length of 1860 mm; the earlier pic was obtained with a scope with half that focal length, 900 mm.
The Horsehead is a vast and dense cloud of dust, behind which is a vast, red emission nebula., IC 434. To the lower left of the Horsehead is a blue reflection nebula known as NGC 2023. The Horsehead is about 1500 light years away.
All of these objects are part of a region known as the Orion B molecular cloud, a star-forming region in the Milky Way.
Tech data:
Tech data:
Vixen VMC260L scope with .62x reducer (~1860mm f/l)
Risingcam IMX571 camera 73 x 120 sec.
Avalon Linear mount
Processed with Astropixelprocessor, Startools, ACDSee, Topaz
Cosmic Campground, Mogollon, NM, March 1, 2022
Messier 66 (M66), the brightest and largest member of the Leo Triplet of galaxies, is an intermediate spiral galaxy located in Leo constellation. The galaxy lies at a distance of about 36 million light years from Earth and has an apparent magnitude of 8.9. It has the designation NGC 3627 in the New General Catalogue.
Messier 66 has a diameter of about 95,000 light years. It can be seen in the same field of view as its neighbours M65 and NGC 3628. M66 is separated from M65 by only 200,000 light years.
The Leo Triplet can be found between the stars Theta and Iota Leonis, or along the line from the bright star Denebola to Regulus, the brightest star in Leo.
In this picture M66 is the leftmost of the two Messier galaxies in the group.
The Leo Triplet is also known as the M66 Group, which consists of M66, M65, NGC 3628 and possibly two other galaxies. M66 is notable for its outstanding dark dust lanes and bright starburst regions along the spiral arms.
Gravitational interaction with the nearby galaxies Messier 65 and NGC 3628 has significantly affected M66. The galaxy’s past encounter with NGC 3628 has resulted in an extremely high central mass concentration, asymmetrical spiral arms and an interstellar cloud composed of neutral atomic hydrogen – removed from one of the galaxy’s spiral arms. As a result, the galaxy appears to have a conspicuous and unusual structure of spiral arms and dust lanes. The distorted, hooked spiral arms appear displaced above the plane of the galaxy’s disk.
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: Optolong L-Pro filter
Focal reducer: William Optics 0.8x 2.00"
Focuser: ZWO EAF
Guide Camera: ZWO ASI290MM Mini guidecam
Guide Scope: William Optics 50mm
Stacked from:
Lights 25 at 300s, gain 101, temp -10C
Darks 30 at 300s, gain 101, temp -10C
Flats 30 at 850ms, gain 101, temp -10C
DarkFlats 30 at 850ms, gain 101 temp -10C
Bortle 4 sky.
Stacked in AstroPixelProcessor and adjusted in Photoshop CS4 and Topaz DeNoise AI
About 3 hours total HA. Planning to capture more when the weather is clear again.
Chroma 3 nm filter.
ZWO ASI6200 camera.
AstroPhysics AP155 EDFS refractor.
5 minute subs.
Acquired with NINA and processed with AstroPixelProcessor and Photoshop.
GSO Newton telescope 800 / f4 on EQ6-R-Pro
camera Canon Eos 550d
27 maart 2020, ISO 800, 13 x 354 sec
Camera Canon Eos 80d not modified, filter : Optolong L-enhance
7 Maart 2020, ISO 800, 21 x 400 sec
Total exposure: 3u 36 min
AstroPixelProcessor + Photoshop
M16 viene anche chiamata Nebulosa Aquila , ha un’estenzione di circa 80 a.l. e dista da noi circa 5700 anni luce, essa si trova nella costellazione del Sagittario e contiene alcune formazioni estremamente conosciute, come i Pilastri della Creazione, le lunghe colonne di gas oscuro originate dall’azione del vento stellare delle componenti dell’ammasso centrale e che sono responsabili anche del nome proprio della nebulosa stessa, a causa della loro forma.
Setup, Skywatcher Heq5 goto, Svbony 102ed, camera Asi2600mc pro, filtro Optolong L-extreme, camera guida Asi224mc teleguida 60/240.
Light 170x300” più Dark, Flat e DarkFlat, tot. Integrazione ore : 14:10.
Software di acquisizione Ekos su dispositivo Raspberry OS StellarMate.
Software di elaborazione AstroPixelProcessor, Pixinsight e Photoshop.
Bortle 7.2 Cieli sereni 😎
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 😎
Technical data:
Remote Observatory "FarLightTeam"
Team: Marc Valero, José Esteban, Jesús M. Vargas, Bittor Zabalegui.
Telescope: Takahashi FSQ106 ED 530mm f/5
CCDs: QSI683 wsg8
Filters: Baader Planetarium - LRGB
Mount: 10Micron GM1000 HPS
Imaging Software: Voyager
Processing Software: PixInsight-AstroPixelProcessor
Imaging Data:
Captured Between February 1 to April 30, 2022 in 6 sessions due to bad weather.
( Fregenal de la Sierra ) Badajoz, Spain.
Hosting "E-EYE Entre Encinas y Estrellas"
Image composed of:
Luminance 54 x 900" .....13,5 hours
RGB 28x300" on each channel ..... 7 hours
Total ....20,5 hours
Darks, flats, bias
Technical explanation of objects :
The Virgo cluster is a cluster of galaxies located approximately 59 ± 4 million light-years away in the direction of the constellation Virgo. It contains some 1,300 known galaxies, although there may be as many as 2,000, and forms the central region of the Local Supercluster, in which the Local Group is also found. Its mass is estimated to be 1.2×1015 MS up to about 8 degrees from the center of the cluster, which is equivalent to a radius of about 2.2 Mpc.3
Many of the bright galaxies in this cluster, including the giant elliptical galaxy Messier 87, were discovered in the late 1770s and early 1780s and later included in Charles Messier's catalogue. Described by Messier as starless nebulae, their true nature would not be discovered until the 1920s.
The cluster subtends a maximum arc of about 8 degrees centered on the constellation Virgo, and many of its galaxies can be seen with an amateur telescope. Its brightest member is the giant elliptical galaxy M49, but the most notable and famous is the galaxy M87, located in its center.
In the center of the image we show we have NGC 4435 and NGC 4438, also known as the Eye Galaxies or Arp 120, they are two galaxies in the Virgo Cluster, about 52 million light years from our galaxy, also visible with amateur telescopes.
NGC 4435:
NGC 4435 is a barred lenticular galaxy showing a ring of dust around the nucleus. Through studies carried out with the Spitzer telescope, a young stellar population has been detected in its center, which indicates that 190 million years ago it suffered a stellar outbreak perhaps caused by an interaction with NGC 4438, and almost all of its hot gas, according to studies. made in X-rays with the Chandra telescope, is concentrated in its central region. It also seems to have a long tail that was also thought to be produced by this event, but which is actually a system of dust clouds in our galaxy that is totally unrelated to NGC 4435.
NGC 4438:
NGC 4438 is a hard-to-classify galaxy that has been classified as both a spiral galaxy and a lenticular galaxy, which explains its inclusion in Halton C. Arp's Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies. It is one of the most notable galaxies in the cluster due to its highly distorted appearance, which shows that it is undergoing or has undergone gravitational interactions, and for the unknown mechanism that causes its central region to show activity, and that it has expelled opposing gas loops at one the other. A starburst, a black hole, or an active galactic nucleus has been thought of, and all possibilities are under investigation. It also shows a low content of neutral hydrogen, perhaps due to its friction with the hot gas that fills the intergalactic medium of Virgo or with the corona of hot gas that surrounds the nearby galaxy M86 and/or due to having been torn away by gravitational attraction. of some galaxy with which it was about to collide (perhaps M86 itself), in addition to a displacement of the different components of its interstellar medium (neutral hydrogen, molecular hydrogen, hot gas, and interstellar dust, which reaches up to a distance of 4-5 kiloparsecs from its disk) in the direction of NGC 4435 -which tends to be attributed, however, to friction with the aforementioned intergalactic medium-, and finally traces of having undergone several bursts of star formation.
A pair of interacting galaxies?
NGC 4435 and NGC 4438 have been and are considered by numerous authors to be a pair of interacting galaxies, having calculated that the two galaxies came close 100 million years ago to just 16,000 light years from each other. In any case, and despite the strong evidence in favor of an interaction between the two, other scientists have expressed doubts as to whether the two galaxies are actually interacting despite their apparent proximity, since their redshifts are different and NGC 4435 is barely visible. has suffered the effects of such interaction. It has also been speculated that NGC 4438 may actually be two galaxies merging, having nothing to do with NGC 4435, which has interacted in the past with M86 (to which it seems to be joined by filaments of gas and in which it is detected certain amount of interstellar dust and atomic and ionized hydrogen that seems to come from NGC 4438, which reinforces this possibility) causing the peculiarities observed in it, that the three mentioned galaxies have interacted with each other, and even that NGC 4438 may be being torn apart by the gravity (tidal forces) of M87, which is only 58 arcminutes away from it (and seems to have gotten as close as 300 kiloparsecs).
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
GSO Newton telescope 800 / f4 on EQ6-R-Pro
Camera ZWO ASI294MC pro, met OAG, filter :Optolong LPro
25 sep 2022, Gain 120, at -20°, 21 x 300 sec (+darks,bias, flats)
Total exposure: 1u 45 min
AstroPixelProcessor + Photoshop
Dirk Van Luyten – Molezon – France
A region of star formatiompn in the constellation Monoceros known as NGC 2264 containing the Cone Nebula (bottom) and Christmas Tree star cluster (top). 66 exposures, 5 min. each in 3 mosaic tiles in the light of warm hydrogen gas, from suburban Bloomington, Indiana. GSO 8" f/8 RC OTA, ZWO ASI2600MM Pro cooled monochrome CMOS camera, SVBONY H-alpha 7nm filter, 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, Photoshop
On the first clear night in a month I had two hours to capture something so I focussed on what I call the Brighton and Hove Albion Nebula (aka the Seagulls).
It is a broad expanse of glowing gas and dust presenting a bird-like appearance, hence its more common name - The Seagull Nebula. You can just about make out the wings and body. If I had more time they would have been more distinct.
The cloud of gas at the ‘head’ of the Seagull (Sharpless 2-292) glows brightly due to the energetic radiation from an extremely hot young star within it (HD 53367).
Sharpless 292, IC 2177, and NGC 2327 all refer to the ‘head’ of the Seagull, which is only a small portion of the larger nebula. The entire nebula region spans nearly 240 light-years across.
The picture also includes two open clusters of stars. NGC 2335 is about a third of the way up on the left and NGC 2343 is in the centre at the bottom of the picture. There are so many other stars here it may be hard to tell what is a cluster and what isn't.
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
Stacked from:
Lights 25 at 300s, gain 101, temp -10C
Darks 30 at 300s, gain 101, temp -10C
Flats 30 at 850ms, gain 101, temp -10C
DarkFlats 30 at 850ms, gain 101 temp -10C
Bortle 4 sky.
Stacked in AstroPixelProcessor and adjusted in Photoshop CS4 and Topaz DeNoise AI
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
M13 Herculesbolhoop
GSO Newton telescope 800 / f4
camera ZWO 294 Mc-Pro on EQ6-R-Pro, OAG, filter: Optolong L-Pro
23 Feb 2022, Gain: 120, 10 x 300 sec., binning: 1 x 1, at temp:-10°
Camera Canon Eos 80d not modified on EQ6-R-Pro, filter : Optolong L-Pro
06 Maart 2022, ISO 800, 20 x 400 sec
12 April 2021, ISO 800, 15 x 300 sec
13 April 2021, ISO 800, 18 x 300 sec
Total exposure: 5u 48 min
AstroPixelProcessor + Photoshop
14 hours total exposure in the light of hydrogen and oxygen. GSO 8" f/8 RC OTA, ZWO ASI2600MM Pro cooled monochrome CMOS camera, SVBONY H-alpha 7nm filter, SVBONY [O III] 7nm filter, Losmandy GM811G mount, ZWO ASIAir Plus controller, auto-guided. Processed in Astro Pixel Processor, Lightroom, Photoshop
The Cone Nebula (NGC 2264), 03/19/2020
Now I like a lot more then I thought I would! It is a really small target for my current setup and I did not think I could capture enough detail in the short amount of time I was able to spend collecting photons. But I wanted to see how the new telescope would do. I did crop it in a bit to make it look bigger in the frame. But damn it looks cool AF.
The Cone Nebula (or the Christmas Tree Nebula in December 😉) is an emission nebula found in the Monoceros Constellation. The cone shape is a cloud of cold hydrogen gas and dust blocking the light of the star S. Monocerotis which is the brightest star in this image. The cone is about seven light-year long and sits around 2,700 light-years from my telescope.
Equipment:
RASA 8
CGEM-dx mount
ZWO ASI294MC-Pro
ZWO Asiair
Details:
Location – My back yard
Bortle Class 8
37 120-second Lights
60 Darks
60 Bias
60 Flats
Deep Sky Stacker
Astro Pixel Processor
Lightroom
Photoshop
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The Deer Lick Galaxy Group is really only a visual grouping of galaxies in the constellation Pegasus.
The large, spiral galaxy NGC 7331 in the centre of this picture is a foreground galaxy in the same field of view as the collection known as the Deer Lick Group. It contains four other members, affectionately referred to as the "fleas": the lenticular or unbarred spirals NGC 7335 and NGC 7336, the barred spiral galaxy NGC 7337 and the elliptical galaxy NGC 7340. These galaxies lie at distances of approximately 332, 365, 348 and 294 million light years, respectively.
Although adjacent on the sky, this collection is not a galaxy group, as NGC 7331 itself is not gravitationally associated with the far more distant "fleas"; indeed, even they are separated by far more than the normal distances (~2 million light years) of a galaxy group.
Even so, it is nice to be able to capture so many galaxies in one shot.
Telescope: Celestron C11-A XLT Schmidt Cassegrain OTA
Mount: SkyWatcher EQ6-R Pro
Controller: ZWO ASIAIR Pro
Main Camera: ZWO ASI533MC Pro at -10C
Filter: ZWO UV/IR Cut filter
Focuser: ZWO EAF
Guide Camera: ZWO ASI174MM Mini guidecam
Guide via: ZWO OAG
Stacked from:
Lights 93 at 120 seconds, gain 101, temp -10C
Darks 30 at 120 seconds, gain 101, temp -10C
Flat 30 at 1.14s, gain 101, temp -10C
Dark Flat 30 at 1.14s, gain 101 temp -10C
Bortle 4 sky.
Integrated the saved frames in Astro Pixel Processor.
Processed in PixInsight.
Captions added in Photoshop CS4
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
Zoom sur M57 , 30x180s + DOF + traitement AstropixelProcessor + Pixinsight , lunette 120x900 CCD 2600Mc Pro à -10°.
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
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
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
Old crescent Moon, 13 October, about 32 hours before New Moon and the annular solar eclipse. GSO 8" f/8 (1624mm FL) RC OTA, ZWO ASI2600MM Pro cooled monochrome CMOS camera, ZWO ASIAir Plus controller, auto-guided.
Processed in Astro Pixel Processor, Lightroom, Photoshop.
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
Messier 53 (M53) is a globular star cluster located in the northern constellation Coma Berenices. The cluster is almost 60,000 light years from Earth. It contains at least 500,000 stars.
The stars in the cluster are considered metal-poor, as they contain very little quantities of elements heavier than helium, which is below average for stars found in a globular cluster.
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Telescope: Celestron C11-A XLT Schmidt Cassegrain OTA
Mount: SkyWatcher EQ6-R Pro
Controller: ZWO ASIAIR Pro
Main Camera: ZWO ASI533MC Pro at -10C
Filter: ZWO UV/IR cut filter
Focuser: ZWO EAF
Guide Camera: ZWO ASI174MM Mini guidecam
Guide via: ZWO OAG
Stacked from:
Lights 4 at 30 seconds, gain 101, temp -10C
Darks 30 at 30 seconds, gain 101, temp -10C
Flat 30 at 1.2s, gain 101, temp -10C
Dark Flat 30 at 1.2s gain 101 temp -10C
Bortle 4 sky.
Integrated the saved frames in Astro Pixel Processor.
Processed in PixInsight
Added captions in Photoshop CS4
作者：李昱星（東華大學）、楊杰霖（臺東大學）
目標：SH2-275 - 玫瑰星雲
主鏡/鏡頭：FRA300Pro
相機：ToupTek 26000KPA
追蹤設備：WD17s
拍攝時長：300s * 12 ；Total: 1hr
拍攝地點：觀星園
後製程式：AstroPixelProcessor + SiriL + Pixinsight
故事說明：
SH2-275，玫瑰星雲，在全國大學天文聯盟儀器營隊的時候做拍攝，中心玫瑰的左上角可以看到淡淡的一條星雲，常常被當作為玫瑰的枝；而除了玫瑰星雲這名稱外，從現在的角度看，可以發現他貌似一個骷髏頭，因此也有人稱他為骷髏頭星雲。
評審短評：
作品對曝光累積時間不錯。唯獨色彩與高動態掌握上還有進步空間，色階與暗空背景的過渡稍微僵硬,建議可以使用多重曝光或窄頻,豐富這一區域的影像！
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
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
Un particolare della nebulosa oscura in Sh2-275 dove noteremo NGC-2238 e NGC-2237 il tutto nella costellazione dell'Unicorno.Distanza dal sistema solare circa 5200 anni luce, Galassia di appartenenza Via Lattea (Trattasi ovviamente di un’immagine crop)
Setup, Skywatcher Heq5 goto, rifrattore Svbony SV503 102ed f/7 camera ASI2600mc, filtro optolong L-Extreme, camera guida ASI120mm, teleguida 60x240.
Light 69x600”
Dark 21
Flat 25
DarkFlat 25
Software acquisizione Ekos tramite dispositivo Raspberry, OS Stellarmate.
Software elaborazione:AstroPixelProcessor e Pixinsight.
Bortle 7.2
Cieli sereni
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
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
captured by asi071mc pro at -10C, gain=100, Sigma 135mm f/1.8 lens at f/2.8, 60s*2.
integration by AstroPixelProcessor.
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
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 😎
This sparkly group of bright, blue stars with backdrop of thousands more fainter stars is an Open Cluster of stars in the Constellation of Ophiucus and is catalogued as IC4665. It also known as the Summer Beehive Cluster or Poseidon's Trident. It is about 1,100 light years away. The cluster's very young age, about 35 million years, accounts for the beautiful blue, hot stars.
I got this image from over 2 hours worth of 2-minute exposures using my C11 telescope.
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Telescope: Celestron C11-A XLT Schmidt Cassegrain OTA
Mount: SkyWatcher EQ6-R Pro
Controller: ZWO ASIAIR Plus
Main Camera: ZWO ASI533MC Pro at -10C
Filter: ZWO UV/IR Cut 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
Flat 30 at 590ms, gain 101, temp -10C
Dark Flat 30 at 590ms, gain 101 temp -10C
Bortle 4 sky.
Integrated the saved frames in Astro Pixel Processor.
Processed in PixInsight
Captions added in Photoshop CS4