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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
Cieli sereni ✨✨✨
IC2177 (Seagull Nebula) - SHO and HOO
Project took me 9 night over January because of bad weather and backyard obstruction - I have roughly 3 hours per night on this object.
Data Acquisition (All Bin1):
05/Jan/21 - Ha 5nm 25x300s
06/Jan/21 - S2 3nm 25x300s
08/Jan/21 - O3 3nm 27x300s
18/Jan/21 - O3 3nm 29x300s
19/Jan/21 - Ha 5nm 25x300s
20/Jan/21 - O3 5nm 24x300s
21Jan/21 - S2 3nm 27x300s
22/Jan/21 - Ha 5nm 26x300s
23/Jan/21 - S2 3nm 32x300s
Total Integration 20hours
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
Dumbbell Nebula (M27), 08/16/2020
This is a planetary nebula which is formed from the ionized gas ejected from a red giant star. It is about 1360 light-years away in the constellation Vulpecula. This is the second time I’ve capture this target.
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 120
130 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 #asiairpro #rasa #celestron #astropixelprocessor #optolong #telescope #astronomyphotography #deepskyobject #zwo #longexposurephotography #M27 #dumbbellnebula
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 ✨
GSO Newton telescope 800 / f4 on EQ6-R-Pro
Camera Canon 80D, met OAG
03 Apr 2021, ISO 800, 20 x 300 sec ( + darks, bias, flats) (filter Optolong L – Enhance), Place : Manderfeld
Exposure: 1u 40 min
28 okt 2021, ISO 800, 14 x 600 sec (+ darks, bias, flats, ) (filter Optolong L - Pro)
Exposure: 2u 20 min
Camera ZWO ASI294MC pro, met OAG, filter :Optolong L-Enhance
Besturing via Asiair plus
25 feb 2023, Gain 120, at -20°, 10 x 300 sec (+darks, bias, flats, darkflats)
Exposure: 50 min
26 feb 2023, Gain 120, at -20°, 10 x 300 sec (+darks, bias, flats, darkflats)
Exposure: 50 min
Total exposure: 5 uur 40 min
AstroPixelProcessor + Photoshop
Dirk Van Luyten – Zoersel – Belgium
It has been so long since I had a clear night that I thought I would try a target I have not looked at before. The result may not look as spectacular as some I have posted, but the detail in there is staggering.
In the constellation of Coma Berenices there is a cluster of thousands of galaxies. The centre is about 320 million light-years away and is flying away from us at the rate of about more than 15 million mph (24 million kph)!
The Coma Berenices galaxy cluster is one of the most populated galaxy clusters known. Scientists estimate that it contains as many as 10,000 or more members. Indeed, there are more individual galaxies in this cluster than there are stars visible to the unaided human eye on a clear, dark night.
I have posted another image which has many of these galaxies annotated.
Most galaxies in the central part of the cluster are elliptical. Elliptical galaxies are the result of galaxy mergers. The two brightest members are NGC 4889 and NGC 4874, both of which are giant ellipticals. They are at least two to three times larger than our own Milky Way galaxy. Farther out from the centre are several spiral galaxies.
Above the centre of this image NGC 4921 is a large barred spiral galaxy. That galaxy is three times as large as the Milky Way.
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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-Pro filter
Focuser: ZWO EAF
Guide Camera: ZWO ASI290MM Mini guidecam
Guide via: William Optics Refractor 50/200 mm
Stacked from:
Lights: 61 at 180s, gain 101, temp -10C
Darks: 30 at 180s, gain 101, temp -10C
Flats: 30 at 11.4s, gain 101, temp -10C
Dark Flats: 30 at 11.4s, gain 101, temp -10C
Bortle 4 sky.
SW Tools:
Stacked in AstroPixelProcessor
Stretched and processed in PixInsight
Labels added in Adobe Photoshop CS4
Fuji X-M1 on a TPO 6" f4 scope.
Stacked and processed with Astro Pixel Processor and Photoshop CS3.
From my backyard near Bastrop Tx
Rielaborazione
In questo quadretto, si notano in alto M-20 e in basso M-8 entrambe sono nella costellazione del Sagittario, nel cuore della nostra Galassia, la Via Lattea.
Setup, Skywatcher Azgti, in modalità equatoriale, camera Qhy183 color, ottica Jupiter 200mm f/4 filtro banda stretta Optolong L-Enhance 10nm, teleguida Svbony 30/165 camera guida Asi 120mm.
Light : 25x300” più Dark, Flat e DarkFlat
Software di acquisizione : Echos su dispositivo Raspberry, Os stellarmate.
Software per la somma e di elaborazione : AstroPixelProcessor e Pixinsight.
Bortle 7.2 loc. Campi Bisenzio (Fi)
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 😎
A nova in the Andromeda Galaxy (M31) our nearest neighboring large spiral galaxy, dubbed AT2025abao. This object is classified as a luminous red nova (LRN), much fainter than a supernova, but brighter than a classical nova, thought to be caused by the merger of two stars. This image was made on November 21, 2025 from southwestern New Mexico. Compare the inset to an image taken in 2021 where the nova does not appear. Not an impressive image perhaps, but fun to catch a faint transient event that took 2½ million years for the light to reach us.
10 exposures 360 sec. each (1 hour total)
Explore Scientific ED102 102mm f/7 apochromat refractor
Explore Scientific 1x flattener
ZWO ASI2600MC Pro cooled color CMOS camera
ZWO EAF autofocuser
iOptron CEM25P mount
ZWO ASIAir Pro controller
auto-guided, SVBONY SV2165 30mm f/4 guide scope
ZWO ASI120MM Mini guide camera
Processed in Astro Pixel Processor, Lightroom, Photoshop
#astrophotography #deepskyphotography
La famosa galassia Vortice (Whirlpool) M51 che si trova nella Costellazione dei Cani da Caccia, a 31 milioni di anni luce dal sistema solare, fu una delle scoperte originali di Messier, mentre era intento ad osservare una cometa. La sua compagna, NGC 5195, fu scoperta dall'amico Mechain, è doppia e ciascuna ha un centro luminoso e le due "atmosfere" si toccano, una è più debole dell'altra.
M51 è il membro dominante di un piccolo gruppo di galassie. Poiché si trova a 31 milioni di anni luce di distanza ed è di cospicue dimensioni, si tratta di un oggetto esteso e luminoso.
Questa galassia fu la prima di cui fu scoperta la struttura a spirale (da Lord Rosse, nel 1845, che ne fece un disegno preciso ed accurato). Secondo le attuali conoscenze, la pronunciata struttura a spirale è dovuta all'incontro di M51 con la vicina NGC 5195 (quella debole nella descrizione di Messier).
Setup SkyWatcher Heq5 goto, rifrattore Svbony SV503 102ed, camera Qhy183, impostata a -5 gradi, gain 11 offsett 30 filtro Svbony CLS, camera guida Asi 224mc teleguida 60/240.
Tot. Integrazione ore 16:00 risultato della somma di 240Light da 240” più Dark, Flat, DarkFlat e Bias.
Software di acquisizione Ekos tramite dispositivo raspberry e OS StellarMate.
Software somma e elaborazione, AstroPixelProcessor, Pixinsight e Photoshop camera raw.
Bortle 7.2.
Cieli Sereni
Nel cuore della nebulosa "Cuore", o IC 1805, c'è un ammasso stellare nato dalla stessa nebulosa. Questo ammasso stellare si chiama "Melotte 15" ed è "M E R A V I G L I O S A!!!"
Situato nella costellazione di Cassiopea a 7.500 anni luce dalla Terra.
SkyWatcher eq5 goto setup, rifrattore apocromatico Svbony sv503 80ed, spianatore, riduttore Svbony 0,8x, camera di acquisizione Asi 2600 mc pro, camera di guida Asi 224, teleguida 240/60, filtro Optolong L-Enhance.
Light 101x600 ”+ dark flat e bias
Tot. Integrazione 16:50 ore
Software di acquisizione Kstars, sistema operativo Stellarmate su dispositivo Raspberry
Software di elaborazione AstroPixelProcessor Pixinsight e Photoshop camera raw
Bortle 7.1
Cieli bui a tutti 😁
作者：李昱星（東華）、楊杰霖（臺東）
目標：NGC4038
主鏡/鏡頭： Mewlon300
相機：ZWO 6200MM
追蹤設備：EM400
拍攝時長：L: 300s * 20、Ha:300s *5、RGB each:120s*6
拍攝地點：觀星園天文台
後製程式：AstroPixelProcessor、SiriL、Pixinsight
故事說明：
NGC4038，觸鬚星系，在觀星園由戚維功同好提供設備所拍攝的NGC4038和NGC4039是兩個合併中的交互作用星系，是春天相當有名的目標。星系碰撞產生了由氣體塵埃組成的兩條長長的尾巴，且中心處像是一個愛心一樣，因此讓他成為春季長焦段的熱門選擇之一。
評審短評：
可能因為雜訊的關係，背景壓的有點太暗，進而導致暗星點呈現過飽和，同時因為降噪，讓塗抹感有點重。有保留星系中間的色彩，不過整體稍微偏綠。
M81 è una bella galassia a spirale situata nella costellazione dell'Orsa Maggiore. Si tratta dell'oggetto n.81 del famoso catalogo Messier, ma è anche conosciuta come galassia di Bode.
Distanza dalla terra, 11.740.000 anni luce.
Setup SkyWatcher Heq5 goto, rifrattore Svbony SV503 102ed, camera Qhy183, impostata a -5 gradi, gain 11 offsett 30 filtro Svbony CLS, camera guida Asi 224mc teleguida 60/240.
Tot. Integrazione ore 16:00 risultato della somma di 192 Light da 300” più Dark, Flat e DarkFlat.
Software di acquisizione Ekos tramite dispositivo raspberry e OS StellarMate.
Software somma e elaborazione, AstroPixelProcessor e Pixinsight.
Bortle 7.2.
Cieli Sereni
Swan Nebula
August 7th 2024 LMDSS (Bortle 2)
Camera: Samsung S22
Mount: iOptron CEM26B
Scope: Skywatcher ED80
Eyepiece: 24mm Tele Vue Optics Panoptic
108 x 55s Lights
ISO1600
30 Darks
Stacked in AstroPixelProcessor & Proc in PixInsight & Photoshop.
Orion Nebula (M42), 03/04/2021
My yearly attempt at the Orion Nebula. Honestly, I was just messing about with my telescope and grabbed 40 minutes of data before Orion dropped behind my roof. Not much data to work with but it may be the best M42 I’ve done to date. I think it’s mainly because my post processing is getting better. Still so much to learn but it keeps the hobby fun.
Equipment:
RASA 8
iOptron GEM45
ZWO ASI294MC-Pro
ZWO Asiair
Optolong L-Pro filter
Details:
Location – My driveway
Bortle Class 7
80 30-second Lights
60 Darks
60 Dark flats
60 Flats
Astro Pixel Processor
Lightroom
Photoshop
#astrophotography #astronomy #comos #nightphotography #space #telescope #deepsky #asi294mcpro #amateurastronomy #backyardastronomy #asiair #asiairpro #celestronrasa #celestron #ioptron #ioptrongem45 #astropixelprocessor #optolong #telescope #astronomyphotography #deepskyobject #zwo #longexposurephotography #M42 #orionnebula
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
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 😊
M10 and C/2017 K2 PANSTARRS.
15x30s on each object, stacked in AstroPixelProcessor and processed in Pixinsight, then composited in Photoshop CS2.
Cocoon Nebula (IC5146), 08/28/2020
I totally forgot I did this one. This is an emission nebula in the constellation of Cygnus. It is about 15 light-years across and roughly 4,000 light-years away. You can also see a dark nebula, Barnard 168, as well. This is actually clouds of dust that are blocking the light from the background stars and giving the impression of empty regions in space.
Equipment:
RASA 8
CGEM-dx mount
ZWO ASI294MC-Pro
ZWO Asiair Pro
Optolong L-Pro filter
Details:
Location – Buck Creek Campground
Bortle Class 3
30 300-second Lights (2.5 hours total)
60 Darks
60 Bias
60 Flats
Astro Pixel Processor
Lightroom
Photoshop
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Rielaborazione di una mia vecchia sessione fotografica,Sardegna Agosto 2020 località Orosei, la Via Lattea…
Setup Skywatcher StarAdventurer, Canon eos700D no mod, ottica Canon 18/55 impostato a 18mm f/3.5
Light : 54x30” più Dark, Flat e Bias
Software di elaborazione : AstroPixelProcessor, Photoshop e Pixinsight.
Bortle 3.6
Cieli Sereni 😎
IC 63, also known as "The Ghost of Cassiopeia", is an area of molecular hydrogen clouds and dust located 550 light-years away in the constellation of Cassiopeia.
This region is both an emission nebula and a reflection nebula. The gas and dust in this region are bombarded with radiation from the bright star Navi (which is just out of shot to the top of this picture).
Navi is a Blue-White Giant star; the middle star in the "W" shape made by the constellation. It has a radius that is 14 times larger than our own Sun, while also being 55,000 times more luminous and 19 times more massive. Added to this is the fact that it is only 3 or so light-years away from the nebula. and bathes it in ultraviolet light. This causes the hydrogen gas to glow in the red part of the spectrum. Areas of blue can also be seen, which is due to light reflected from the gas dust in the nebula.
This picture was gathered by the C11 telescope over the course of about 3 hours.
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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 83 at 120 seconds, gain 101, temp -10C
Darks 30 at 120 seconds, gain 101, temp -10C
Flat 30 at 6.1 seconds, gain 101, temp -10C
Dark Flat 30 at 6.1 seconds, gain 101 temp -10C
Bortle 4 sky.
Integrated the saved frames in Astro Pixel Processor.
Processed in PixInsight
Captions added in Photoshop CS4
Eagle Nebula (M16), 07/26/2020
Man have the skies been clear a lot lately! Prepare for a bunch of images once I get a chance to process them all. First time that has been an issue for me in the PNW.
This is the Eagle Nebula, an object I have shot before on different equipment. The Eagle Nebula is a 5.5 million-year-old cloud of molecular hydrogen gas and dust stretching approximately 70 light years by 55 light years. It lies about 6,500 light-years away. The “Eagle” itself in the center is the famous Hubble image, “The Pillars of Creation”. Its good to have goals. LOL
Equipment:
RASA 8
CGEM-dx mount
ZWO ASI294MC-Pro
ZWO Asiair Pro
Optolong L-eHhance filter
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Location – My back yard in Tacoma WA
Bortle Class 8
Gain 120
64 180-second Lights
60 Darks
60 Bias
60 Flats
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Messier 1 is better known as the Crab Nebula. Charles Messier originally mistook Messier 1 for Halley’s Comet, which inspired him to create his famous catalogue of celestial objects that might be mistaken for comets.
The Crab Nebula is an expanding remnant of a star's supernova explosion. Japanese and Chinese astronomers recorded this violent event nearly 1,000 years ago in 1054 AD, as likely did the Native Americans. The glowing relic has been expanding since the star exploded, and it is now approximately 11 light-years in width.
The orange filaments are the tattered remains of the star and consist mostly of hydrogen. The blue in the filaments in the outer part of the nebula represents neutral oxygen. These elements were expelled during the supernova explosion.
A rapidly spinning neutron star (the ultra-dense core of the exploded star) is embedded in the centre of the Crab Nebula. Electrons whirling at nearly the speed of light around the star’s magnetic field lines produce the eerie blue light in the interior of the nebula. The neutron star, like a lighthouse, ejects twin beams of radiation that make it appear to pulse 30 times per second as it rotates.
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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 47 at 120 seconds, gain 101, temp -10C
Darks 30 at 120 seconds, gain 101, temp -10C
Flat 30 at 7.6 seconds, gain 101, temp -10C
Dark Flat 30 at 7.6 seconds, gain 101 temp -10C
Bortle 4 sky.
Integrated the saved frames in Astro Pixel Processor.
Processed in Pixinsight
Captions added in Photoshop CS4
Sh2-263 is a red HII emission nebula in the constellation of Orion, located in the center of this image. The central star is HD 34989, a blue-white 5.8 magnitude star, located 1700 light-years away. The blue reflection nebula near the center is called vdB-38
Camera: QHY268M
Telescope: 11" Celestron Edge HD with Hyperstar V4
Mount: Orion HDX-110
Filter: Optolong UV/IR cut (Luminance)
60x120sec
Camera: QHY128C
Telescope: AstroTech AT65EDQ
Mount: Orion HDX-110
Filter: Optolong UV/IR cut (RedGreenBlue)
15x480sec
The L+RGB shot from the 2 telescopes were acquired with SGPro and APT, processed in AstroPixelProcessor, Pixinsight & combined in Photoshop 2024
Resolution ............... 1.430 arcsec/px
Rotation ................. -3.498 deg
Reference system ......... ICRS
Observation start time ... 2024-02-01 12:00:00 UTC
Focal distance ........... 532.19 mm
Pixel size ............... 3.69 um
Field of view ............ 2d 20' 48.0" x 1d 31' 50.4"
Image center ............. RA: 5 21 41.606 Dec: +8 24 07.36
5 hours each of HA and L, approx 2 hours each of RGB.
FLI ML8300. DSI RC10C.
Processed with AstroPixelProcessor and PixInsight.
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 😎
Sadr (γ Cyg) at top left, Crescent Nebula (NGC 6888) in middle and Tulip Nebula (Sh2-101) at bottom right, with large areas of H-alpha emission in between.
Data captured by Ray Bellis and Iab Baber with Vaonis Vesperas with dual band filters, processed with Astro Pixel Processor, GraXpert and PixInsight.
Orion / Horsehead Nebula Mosaic, two panels, rough stitch, 1/2 size. This image is through Hydrogen Alpha (Ha) 6nm filter (pure red).
Comet C/2025 A6 Lemmon captured on Wednesday 15th October, early evening. Taken with Redcat 61 telescope (300mm f/l) and a ASI2600MC cooled camera. Image consists of 30x90s exposures that were combined (stacked) using AstroPixelProcessor in comet mode so the stars are trailed due to comet movement over the 45minutes of total@exposure