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The Veil Nebula
Shot in Ha and Oiii and processed in HSO (with synthetic green)
Askar FRA 600 with 0.7 reducer
Zwo ASI 2600 MM
Astronomik Deep Sky 6nm Ha and Oiii filters
40x180 sec expsorures for each filter
Processing with AstroPixelProcessor, PixInsight and Photoshop
Three panel mosaic of the central region of Cygnus constellation. From left to right, in order of appareance, the North America Nebula (NGC 7000), the Pelican Nebula (IC 5070), the Butterfly Nebula (IC 1318), the Crescent Nebula. At the bottom right, some molecular clods and dark nebulae.
Framing was planned with the software NINA, the single subs stacked with DeepSkyStacker, and the panels merged with Astropixelprocessor. Processing with Pixinsight and Photoshop.
Gear and technical data:
Samyang 135 @ f/4
QHY183C
Optolong L-enhance filter
30 subs x 3 panels x 180s
M101 Windmolenstelsel
GSO Newton telescope 800 / f4 on EQ6-R-Pro
Camera ZWO ASI294MC pro, met OAG, filter :Optolong L-Pro
Besturing via Asiair plus
15 feb 2023, Gain 120, at -20°, 82 x 180 sec (+ 100 darks, 120 bias, 100 flats, 100 darkflats)
Exposure: 4u
23 feb 2022, Gain 120, at -10°, 24 x 300 sec (+dark, bias)
Exposure: 2u
04 maa 2022, Gain 120, at -10°, 16 x 300 sec (+dark,bias)
Exposure: 1u 20min
Total exposure: 7 uur 20 min
AstroPixelProcessor + Photoshop
Dirk Van Luyten – Zoersel – Belgium
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
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
I wanted to image this nebula since I have seen this picture on astrobin www.astrobin.com/5l8pbx/
It looks absolute striking and way better than my own attempt. Guess mono and over double the exposure time doing their magic here.
If possible I will try to get a few more ours on this target, weather was an absolute catastrophe since early December for me, with only a few nights of clear skies.
Esprit 120
Eq6r Pro
DSPro 2600c
Mini Guide Scope
Captured using Nina
76*800sec exposures at gain and offset 100
my processing was the following:
- stacked and normalized in app
- graxpert for gradient romoval
- pixinsight for spcc and everything else
- some final adjustments in affinity photo
Thanks to chatGPT for the following lines ;)
The Flaming Star Nebula, also known as IC 405 or Caldwell 31, is a diffuse emission nebula located in the constellation Auriga. It is about 1,500 light-years away from Earth and covers an area of about five times the size of the full Moon in the night sky.The Flaming Star Nebula gets its name from the distinctive shape of the reddish-pink nebula, which resembles a fiery, flaming star. The nebula is primarily composed of hydrogen gas, which is ionized by the ultraviolet radiation from a nearby hot, young star called AE Aurigae. This process causes the gas to emit light, creating the glowing appearance of the nebula.In addition to the hydrogen gas, the Flaming Star Nebula also contains dust particles, which absorb and scatter light. This gives the nebula its intricate, filamentary structure and contributes to the overall reddish-pink color.The Flaming Star Nebula is a popular target for amateur astronomers and astrophotographers due to its striking appearance and relative brightness. It is best viewed from dark-sky locations using telescopes or large binoculars, and is particularly impressive when captured in long-exposure photographs.
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
SA, D800 (modified), Nikkor 180mm f/2.8 lens, IDAS LPS P2 filter, ISO1600, 1min*33
AstroPixelProcessor, Starnet and CS6 processed.
Intégration avec AstroPixelProcessor de :
167 lights
47 darks
124 flats
78 offsets
Setup :
Skywatcher Star Adventurer
WO Spacecat
Sony A7III
Optolong L-Pro
Post-Prod :
APP et Photoshop
Not exactly thrilled with this, but just another learning experience.
Canon t3i (modified)
Canon 300 F/4L
140x60 sec
Stacked and Stretched in AstroPixelProcessor
Photoshop
2022 11 13 - NGC 1502- Newton 20cm f5 - ASI183MCPro - 18x120s - NINA - AstroPixelProcessor - Photoshop - Melsele - Johan Bonne - Resampled
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
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
Star Adventurer - Canon 6D - Lente Canon EF 50mm f/1,4 USM
16 lights - f/4 - 300s - ISO 1600 - 4000K - 16 darks - 24 flats
Procesado: AstroPixelProcessor - Adobe Lightroom
Febrero 2018 - Pipinas, Buenos Aires
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 😎
Andromeda Galaxy (M31), 09/27/2020
Took advantage of the unexpectedly clear skies and went to Belfair Start Park for a few nights. Last month I took a picture of M31 with my small system (T5i, 200mm lens and a star tracker) and I thought I’d compare it to my full-size setup. Yep, you guessed it, it’s a much better photo.
Equipment:
RASA 8
CGEM-dx mount
ZWO ASI294MC-Pro
ZWO Asiair Pro
Optolong L-Pro filter
Details:
Location – Belfair Start Park, WA
Bortle Class 4
30 120-second Lights
60 Darks
60 Bias
60 Flats
Astro Pixel Processor
Lightroom
Photoshop
#astrophotography #astronomy #comos #nightphotography #space #telescope #deepsky #asi294mcpro #amateurastronomy #backyardastronomy #asiair #asiairpro #celestronrasa #celestron #astropixelprocessor #optolong #telescope #astronomyphotography #deepskyobject #zwo #longexposurephotography #m31 #andromedagalaxy
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
2022 11 13 - M39 - Newton 20cm f5 - ASI183MCPro - 13x120s - NINA - AstroPixelProcessor - Photoshop - Melsele - Johan Bonne - Resampled
Rielaborazione, più dettaglio nebulosa oscura (l’occhio)
IC 1848 (nota anche come Nebulosa Anima, Nebulosa Embrione)è una nebulosa diffusa associata ad un ammasso aperto di stelle giovani e calde di grande massa, visibile nella costellazione di Cassiopea, a 7500 anni luce dalla Terra.
Setup SkyWatcher eq5 goto, Svbony 80ed ,spianatore di campo Tecnosky 1x Camera Asi 2600mc pro filtro Optolong L-Enhance, teleguida 60/240 camera Guida Asi 224
Light 44x300”
Più Dark, Flat
Acquisizione con software Kstars, tramite Stellarmate e Raspberry.
Somma ed elaborazione AstropixelProcessor, Pixinsight.
Bortle 7.2
Cieli sereni 😊
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
Rielaborazione, più dettaglio nebulosa oscura (l’occhio)
IC 1848 (nota anche come Nebulosa Anima, Nebulosa Embrione)è una nebulosa diffusa associata ad un ammasso aperto di stelle giovani e calde di grande massa, visibile nella costellazione di Cassiopea, a 7500 anni luce dalla Terra.
Setup SkyWatcher eq5 goto, Svbony 80ed ,spianatore di campo Tecnosky 1x Camera Asi 2600mc pro filtro Optolong L-Enhance, teleguida 60/240 camera Guida Asi 224
Light 44x300”
Più Dark, Flat
Acquisizione con software Kstars, tramite Stellarmate e Raspberry.
Somma ed elaborazione AstropixelProcessor, Pixinsight.
Bortle 7.2
Cieli sereni 😊
La famosa galassia Vortice (Whirlpool) M51 che si trova nella Costellazione dei Cani da Caccia, a 31 milioni di anni luce dal sistema solare sembra toccarsi con la sua compagna in basso NGC-5195.
Setup SkyWatcher Heq5 goto, rifrattore Svbony SV503 102ed, camera Qhy183, impostata a -5 gradi, gain 11 offsett 30 filtro Svbony CLS, camera guida Asi 120mm teleguida 60/240.
Tot. Integrazione ore 16:00 risultato della somma di 240Light da 240” più Dark, Flat e DarkFlat.
Software di acquisizione Ekos tramite dispositivo raspberry e OS StellarMate.
Software somma e elaborazione, AstroPixelProcessor, Pixinsight.
Bortle 7.2.
Cieli Sereni
I imaged the Lagoon nebula on August 1, 2019. At that time, I was using my Olympus camera. AstroPixelProcessor did not process Olympus RAW files, so I processed the image using Startools. APP has since been modified to process Olympus RAW files. On September 23, 2020, I reprocessed the 2019 data using APP, and here is the result.
Gum-2 un gabbiano nello spazio, a 3260 anni luce, nella Costellazione del cane Maggiore, in questa regione molecolare, noteremo in particolare IC-2177 “la testa del Gabbiano” e i 4 ammassi stellari NGC-2335/NGC-2343/NGC/2345 e M-50 trattasi di ammassi di giovani stelle.
Setup, SkyWatcher Azgti in modalità equatoriale, ottica Jupiter 200mm, Asi2600mc, filtro Optolong L-Extreme, teleguida Svbony 30/165 camera guida Asi 120mm
Light 36x600” più Dark, Flat e DarkFlat
Tot. Integrazione ore 6:00
(Avrei voluto integrare almeno il doppio su questo astro, ma il tempo così bizzarro non lo ha permesso, sicuramente in futuro lo farò)
Acquisizione tramite dispositivo Raspberry, con pc da remoto, e applicazione Ekos.
Somma dei Light ed elaborazione tramite, AstroPixelProcessor e Pixinsight.
Livello di Bortle 7.2
Cieli sereni ✨
This is a first test shot with my new RASA telescope. Although the conditions where rather bad, this image turned out pretty well.
Equipment used:
Celestron RASA 8"
ZWO ASI2600MC Pro
60x 120sec subframes + dark and bias frames
Processing in AstroPixelProcessor
Finishing in Photoshop
A perennial favourite.
M51, the Whirlpool Galaxy, is 31 million light years from Earth in the constellation Canes Venatici. It has a beautiful face-on appearance, as seen from Earth, enabling observers to make out its distinct spiral structure and luminous galactic core.
The spiral arms are packed with stars, gas and dust and make for the perfect conditions for new stars to be born, as that gas and dust coalesces, compresses and collapses to ignite star-birth.
In images of the Whirlpool Galaxy, hot young stars can be seen glowing bright blue along the arms, while older, yellower stars are seen glowing closer to the centre.
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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: Optolong L-Pro filter
Focuser: ZWO EAF
Guide Camera: ZWO ASI174MM Mini guidecam
Guide via: ZWO OAG
Stacked from:
Lights33 at 180 seconds, gain 101, temp -10C
Darks 30 at 180 seconds, gain 101, temp -10C
Flat 30 at 580 ms, gain 101, temp -10C
Dark Flat 30 at 580 ms, gain 101 temp -10C
Bortle 4 sky.
Integrated the saved frames in Astro Pixel Processor.
Processed in PixInsight
Captions added in Photoshop CS4
Messier 108 (also known as NGC 3556, nicknamed the Surfboard Galaxy) is a barred spiral galaxy about 46 million light-years away from Earth in the northern constellation Ursa Major. From the Earth, this galaxy is seen almost edge-on.
The galaxy contains about 400 billion stars and an estimated population of 290 globular clusters. With a radius of 55,000 light years it is about the same size as the Milky Way.
This image was obtained from integrating over 80 two-minute exposures through my Celestron 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: Optolong L-Pro filter
Focuser: ZWO EAF
Guide Camera: ZWO ASI174MM Mini guidecam
Guide via: ZWO OAG
Stacked from:
Lights 86 at 120 seconds, gain 101, temp -10C
Darks 30 at 120 seconds, gain 101, temp -10C
Flat 30 at 1.1 seconds, gain 101, temp -10C
Dark Flat 30 at 1.1 seconds, gain 101 temp -10C
Bortle 4 sky.
Integrated the saved frames in Astro Pixel Processor.
Processed in PixInsight
Captions added in Photoshop CS4
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
Besturing via Asiair plus
14 feb 2023, Gain 120, at -20°, 70 x 180 sec (+ 100 darks, 120 bias, 100 flats, 100 darkflats)
Total exposure: 3 uur 30 min
AstroPixelProcessor + Photoshop
Dirk Van Luyten – Zoersel – Belgium
The Whirlpool Galaxy (and a few really faint ones in the background)!
16 x 5 minute light frames; flat and bias frames added, but no auto guiding.
My rig:
8” Celestron edge 8
Skywatcher EQ6Rpro mount
ZWO 294mcPRO camera
ZWO ASIAIR controller
AstroPixel Processor stacking
My equipment supplier: @highpointscientific
#celestron
#zwo
#skywatcher
#whirlpoolgalaxy
#astropixelprocessor
#astrophotography
#deepsky
#psalm19
La famosa galassia Vortice (Whirlpool) M51 che si trova nella Costellazione dei Cani da Caccia, a 31 milioni di anni luce dal sistema solare sembra toccarsi con la sua compagna in basso NGC-5195.
Setup SkyWatcher Heq5 goto, rifrattore Svbony SV503 102ed, camera Qhy183, impostata a -5 gradi, gain 11 offsett 30 filtro Svbony CLS, camera guida Asi 120mm teleguida 60/240.
Tot. Integrazione ore 16:00 risultato della somma di 240Light da 240” più Dark, Flat e DarkFlat.
Software di acquisizione Ekos tramite dispositivo raspberry e OS StellarMate.
Software somma e elaborazione, AstroPixelProcessor, Pixinsight.
Bortle 7.2.
Cieli Sereni
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°, 41 x 180 sec (+ 100 darks, 120 bias, 100 flats, 100 darkflats)
Total exposure: 2 uur 3 min
AstroPixelProcessor + Photoshop
Dirk Van Luyten – Zoersel – Belgium
M36 is an open cluster in the constellation Auriga. I took these pictures last week and tried to stack them with Siril but they didn’t come out that well. I downloaded Astro Pixel Processor last night and tried again with far better results.
Telescope: William Optics Zenithstar 71ED
Mount: Astrotrac TT320AG
Camera: Modified Canon T3i
Filter: Altair Triband filter
Software: AstroDSLR, Astro Pixeo Processor and GIMP
Frames: 89 15 sec
Dark: 8 frames
Flats: 30 frames
Bias: 100 frames
Bortle: 9
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
NGC 6543, also known as the Cat's Eye Nebula, is a planetary nebula located in the constellation Draco, approximately 3,300 light-years from Earth.
Its intricate shape and colourful appearance have earned it the nicknames the Cat’s Eye Nebula, the Snail Nebula, and the Sunflower Nebula.
It formed around 1,000 years ago, when an aging star reached the end of its life and expelled its outer layers of gas and dust into space. The ejected clouds of material now surround the hot, bright planetary nebula nucleus, which illuminates them. Those outer clouds are quite faint. I needed 4 hours with my Celestron C11 to capture this level of detail.
Planetary nebulae are relatively short-lived phenomena. They typically last only 10,000 years. The Cat’s Eye Nebula will gradually disperse over the next several thousand years and the central star will eventually cool down and slowly fade away as a white dwarf.
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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: Optolong L-eNhance filter
Focuser: ZWO EAF
Guide Camera: ZWO ASI174MM Mini guidecam
Guide via: ZWO OAG
Stacked from:
Lights 78 at 180 seconds, gain 101, temp -10C
Darks 30 at 180 seconds, gain 101, temp -10C
Flat 30 at 10.9 seconds, gain 101, temp -10C
Dark Flat 30 at 10.9 seconds, gain 101 temp -10C
Bortle 4 sky.
Integrated the saved frames in Astro Pixel Processor.
Processed in PixInsight
Captions added in Photoshop CS4
The California Nebula (NGC1499), 03-17-2020
The California Nebula is an emission nebula found in the Perseus Constellation. It is actually quite large, two or three times larger than the moon, but is very faint.
Another new target for me. Technically this photo came out pretty good. It is just not that interesting to look at for me. If I had framed it on the diagonal, I may have like it better. I did have trouble getting a good image at first, but then I tried a trial version of a different processing program that did a great job bringing out the detail. I guess I’ll be plopping down more money on this hobby yet again.
Equipment:
RASA 8
CGEM-dx mount
ZWO ASI294MC-Pro
ZWO Asiair
Details:
Location – My back yard
Bortle Class 8
63 120-second Lights
60 Darks
60 Bias
60 Flats
Deep Sky Stacker
Astro Pixel Processor
Lightroom
Photoshop
#astrophotography #deepsky #asi294mcpro #amateurastronomy #backyardastronomy #asiair #rasa #celestron #astropixelprocessor #telescope #astronomyphotography #californianebula #ngc1499
A stack of 14 *20 sec exposures at ISO 800 in my K-50 with the K135/2.5 lens taken on the morning of dec. 7. There were plenty of clouds so I'm happy to have seen it in the first place. Stacked and processed in AstroPixelProcessor
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.
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
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 🌌
With the Perseid Meteor shower at its peak on 12 August 2024 I set up my camera with an Unleashed controller to take a series of 15-second exposures and hoped that a meteor would show up. One did.
I stacked all 86 photos with 30 darks in AstroPixelProcessor, processed them in PixInsight to bring out the detail of the Milky Way. That of course obliterated the meteor. So I then used Adobe Photoshop to reintroduce the meteor flash. Not ideal, but it shows what happened
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Camera: Nikon D5300
Lens: Nikkor 28mm manual
Filter: ICE UV/IR Cut 52mm
Controller: Unleashed v3.2.0 by Foolography GmbH
Settings: ISO 1600
Exposures: 10 seconds
Lights: 86
Darks: 30
Bortle: 4
Temperature: 20C
Astro Pixel Processor, Pixinsight, Adobe Photoshop CS4
Z4/Antlia 3nm Ha/HEQ5 pro/ASIAIR/Bortle 7.6
48 x 10 minutes- integration
AstroPixelProcessor/ Pixinsight
Vdb-142 Elephant Trunk Nebula, 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
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