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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

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

 

14700s integration - Messier 51

 

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

  

Processed by me, data from Telescope Live Network.

PixInsight, APP and Photoshop.

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 ✨✨✨

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

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

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 ✨

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

  

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

 

#astrophotography #astronomy #comos #nightphotography #space #telescope #deepsky #asi294mcpro #amateurastronomy #backyardastronomy #asiair #asiairpro #celestronrasa #celestron #ioptron #ioptrongem45 #astropixelprocessor #optolong #telescope #astronomyphotography #deepskyobject

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

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

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

 

#astrophotography #astronomy #comos #nightphotography #space #telescope #deepsky #asi294mcpro #amateurastronomy #backyardastronomy #asiair #asiairpro #celestronrasa #celestron #astropixelprocessor #optolong #telescope #astronomyphotography #deepskyobject #zwo #longexposurephotography #ic5146 #cocoonnebula

 

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 😎

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

 

Details:

Location – My back yard in Tacoma WA

Bortle Class 8

Gain 120

64 180-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 #M16 #eaglelnebula #pillarsofcreation

 

5 hours each of HA and L, approx 2 hours each of RGB.

 

FLI ML8300. DSI RC10C.

 

Processed with AstroPixelProcessor and PixInsight.

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.

 

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 😎

Orion / Horsehead Nebula Mosaic, two panels, rough stitch, 1/2 size. This image is through Hydrogen Alpha (Ha) 6nm filter (pure red).

Stephan's Quintet is a visual grouping of five galaxies of which four form the first compact galaxy group ever discovered. The group is visible in the constellation Pegasus.

 

Four of these galaxies are about about 300 million light years away. Because of the two dimensional nature of this image, the fifth member (to the left of the middle pair) appears to be with the others; but in fact it is “only” 40 million light years away, so it is not part of the more distant group.

 

You may recognise these galaxies from the opening scenes of the classic 1946 film, “It’s a Wonderful Life.”

 

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Telescope: Celestron C11-A XLT Schmidt Cassegrain OTA

Mount: SkyWatcher EQ6-R Pro

 

Controller: ZWO ASIAIR Plus 256G

Main Camera: ZWO ASI533MC Pro at -10C

Filter: Optolong L-Pro filter

Focuser: ZWO EAF

Guide Camera: ZWO ASI174MM Mini guidecam

Guide via: ZWO OAG

 

Stacked from:

Lights 65 at 120 seconds, gain 101, temp -10C

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

Flat 30 at 160ms, gain 101, temp -10C

Dark Flat 30 at 160 ms gain 101 temp -10C

 

Bortle 4 sky.

Integrated the saved frames in Astro Pixel Processor.

Processed in PixInsight

Added captions in Photoshop CS4

 

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

  

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

Besturing via Asiair plus

 

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

 

Total exposure: +- 30 minuten

 

AstroPixelProcessor + Photoshop

Dirk Van Luyten – Zoersel – Belgium

  

Sh2-155 o Nebulosa Grotta è una nebulosa ad emissione visibile nella costellazione di Cefeo.

La nebulosa appare come un insieme di parti brillanti e nebulose oscure, e dista da noi circa 2400 anni luce, galassia di appartenenza Via Lattea.

 

Setup, Skywatcher Heq5 goto, Svbony 102ed, camera Asi2600mc pro, filtro Optolong L-extreme, camera guida Asi120mm teleguida 60/240.

 

Light 189x300” più Dark, Flat e DarkFlat

Tot. integrazione ore 15:45

 

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 😎

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 😊

The M 78 Region in H alpha

 

RedCat51. Antlia 3nm H alpha filter. ZWO 533 MC. ASIAIR. AM3

 

390 minute of integration. 10 minute subs

 

AstropixelProcessor for stacking

 

reprocessed in PixinSight

 

stack in APP

Dynamic Crop

Blur X (correct)

AutoDBE

BlurX

Starnet++

NoiseX

nebula:

Generalised Hyperbolic Stretch

NoiseX

 

stars:

star stretch

 

Pixel math to combine stars and nebulae

 

Bortle 6 location

Imaged with a Fuji X-A1 full spectrum camera and a Takahashi FS102 telescope. This was an early image I did a long time ago but stacked in a new program. Astro Pixel Processor.

After stacking and some processing in APP I finished the image in Photoshop CS3.

 

Helix Nebula (IC 7293), 09/03/2021

 

Headed up to my buddy’s property in Orofino Idaho last weekend for some light boozing and shenanigans with a bunch of friends. I took the telescope as well on the off chance there were clear skies, and I wasn’t too far gone to use it. On the first night I was able to capture this before skies and my brain got too hazy to do any more.

 

This is the Helix Nebula. For obvious reasons it is very often called the “Eye of God” nebula. It is found in the constellation Aquarius and is probably the nearest planetary nebula to our Solar System, located roughly 650 light years away. Based on its size, age and distance it is expanding in size at 19 miles per second. My back of the envelope math estimates that is as fast as traveling to the moon in under 3.5 minutes.

 

Equipment:

RASA 8

iOptron GEM45

ZWO ASI294MC-Pro

ZWO Asiair Pro

Optolong L-Pro filter

 

Details:

Location – Chris’s property in Idaho

Bortle Class 3

Gain 120

120 60-second Lights

30 Darks

30 Bias

30 Dark Flats

Astro Pixel Processor

StarNet++

Lightroom

Photoshop

 

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North America Nebula (NGC 7000) and the Cygnus Wall, 07/22/2021

 

Several weeks ago I set up the telescope in the driveway to work out some issues I was having. I pointed at an object in a region of the sky I could see between the trees for a few hours. I wasn’t thinking I was going to get an image worth sharing but after I processed it, I was pleasantly surprised.

 

This is part of the North America Nebula (NGC 7000). It is found near the star Deneb in the constellation Cygnus. It is one of the few nebulae that’s distance has been accurately measured. The Gaia astrometry satellite calculated 395 stars within the nebulosity to a precise distance of 2,590 light-years away.

 

The Cygnus Wall is the W-shaped area along the “East Coast” of the nebula and is a region of concentrated star formation. I think it looks like an eagle in flight from overhead.

 

Equipment:

RASA 8

iOptron GEM45

ZWO ASI294MC-Pro

ZWO Asiair Pro

Optolong L-eHhance filter

 

Details:

Location – My driveway

Bortle Class 7

Gain 120

160 60-second Lights

60 Darks

60 Bias

60 Flats

Astro Pixel Processor

StarNet++

Lightroom

Photoshop

 

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40 x 480" L-Enanched

35 Dark

30 Flat

30 Dark Flat

QHY168C - SharpStar Askar Fra600 f/5.6

Skywatcher EQ6-R

AstroPixelProcessor

Photoshop CS6

Località: Falconara (AN)

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 Asi224.

 

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 e Photoshop camera raw.

 

Bortle 7.2

 

Cieli sereni.

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 😎

Zenithstar 61 OTA, ASI 183MC Pro, Guided. 30x 180s Subs. Stacked in AstroPixelProcessor and tidied in Affinity Photo.

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