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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
I liked the look that my Seestar got of M104, the Sombrero Galaxy so I took a closer look with my C11 last night for about three and a half hours.
The Sombrero Galaxy, also known as Messier 104 (M104), is a famous unbarred spiral galaxy. It lies at a distance of 29.3 million light years from Earth in the direction of the constellation Virgo.
The Sombrero Galaxy is known for its appearance, similar to that of a Mexican hat, with a bright white core surrounded by thick lanes of dust and a halo of globular clusters and stars. The galaxy appears almost exactly edge-on when observed from Earth.
There is a supermassive black hole at the heart of the Sombrero Galaxy. It is one of the most massive black holes detected in galaxies near the Milky Way. It is believed to have a mass of at least a billion suns. This would make it about 250 times larger than the black hole in the centre of our galaxy, the Milky Way.
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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 1.25"
Filter Wheel: ZWO EFW 5 Mini
Focal reducer: TS Optics 0.63x
Focuser: ZWO EAF
Guide Camera: ZWO ASI174MM Mini guidecam
Guide via: ZWO OAG
Stacked from:
Lights 217 at 60 seconds, gain 101, temp -10C
Darks 30 at 60 seconds, gain 101, temp -10C
Flats 30 at 220 ms, gain 101, temp -10C
Dark Flats 30 at 220ms gain 101 temp -10C
Bortle 4 sky.
Integrated the saved frames in Astro Pixel Processor.
Processed in PixInsight
Labels added 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
TecnoSky Tripletto 115/800
Riduttore 0.8x
Telescopio Guida 70/400 + ASI120MM-S
Skywatcher NEQ6 Skyscan Pro
17×300” -10° QHY168C + L Pro 2”
33 Dark
25 Flat
25 Dark Flat
AstroPixelProcessor, Pixinsight, Photoshop CS6
Località: Castelletta di Fabriano
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
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
Z4/Antlia 3nm Ha/HEQ5 pro/ASIAIR/Bortle 7.6
48 x 10 minutes- integration
AstroPixelProcessor/ Pixinsight
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
M31 Andromeda taken with WO ZS61 and astro mod Canon 600D, on SW Star Adventurer. 42 x 50 sec exposures stacked in AstroPixelProcessor
TecnoSky Tripletto 115/800
Riduttore 0.8x
Telescopio Guida 70/400 + ASI120MM-S
Skywatcher NEQ6 Skyscan Pro
37×300” -10° QHY168C + L Pro 2”
33 Dark
25 Flat
25 Dark Flat
AstroPixelProcessor, Pixinsight, Photoshop CS6
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
The Elephant’s Trunk Nebula (IC1396), 05/30/2021
Weirdly last time I took the telescope out camping for the weekend the skies were exceedingly kind to me. The weather was forecast to be cloudy and I almost did not even bring my gear, let alone set it all up once I got on site. But the clouds buggered off so, what the hell, let’s give it a chance. One unfortunate thing however was that this target did not rise from behind the trees until after 12:30am. This totally put the damper on how much partying I got to do with my friends. However, the weather was so good I was able to shoot this object three nights in a row and it ended up being the most time I’ve sunk into a single image so far. I believe that this is the best image I’ve capture yet and it was definitely worth the effort!
The Elephant’s Trunk Nebula is in the constellation Cepheus and is about 2,400 light-years away from your couch. The “trunk” itself is over 20 light-years in size.
Equipment:
RASA 8
iOptron GEM45
ZWO ASI294MC-Pro
ZWO Asiair
Optolong L-Pro filter
Details:
Location – Buck Creek Campground
Bortle Class 3
145 120-second Lights (4.8 hrs.)
30 Darks
30 Dark flats
60 Flats
Astro Pixel Processor
Lightroom
Photoshop
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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