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On the 2nd of January I took a few minutes to capture this colourful open cluster. It is M38, the Starfish Cluster in the constellation of Auriga.
It is about 3500 light years away and 25 light years across. The cluster's brightest stars form a pattern resembling the Greek letter Pi. (If you squint and tilt your head to the right there is a wide strip of stars representing the top of Pi, a bright fine line of stars which would be the 'left leg' of Pi and a fairly indeterminate linear group forming the 'right leg')
The lines can also be interpreted as looking like a starfish (apparently), hence the name for this cluster of stars.
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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 10 at 60 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
The image shows a portion of the Moon including the Schiller and Schickard craters, Mare Humorum and parts of Mare Cognitum and Mare Nubium.
Stacked from a 30 second video on a ZWO ASIAIR Plus.
Equipment Used
Telescope: William Optics Zenithstar 81 APO
Mount: SkyWatcher EQ6-R Pro
Controller: ZWO ASIAIR Plus
Main Camera: ZWO ASI533MC Pro at gain 101, temperature -10C
Filter: ZWO IR cut-off (Infrared block) filter
Focal reducer: William Optics 0.8x 2.00"
Focuser: ZWO EAF
Guide Camera: ZWO ASI290MM Mini guidecam
Guide Scope: William Optics 50mm
Stacked from:
30 second video at 480
Bortle 4 sky.
Converted to TIFF in AstroPixelProcessor and adjusted in Photoshop CS4.
Shot with my Celestron 8" telescope and a hyperstar focal reducer. 50 frames stacked and processed in AstroPixelProcessor
Sombrero Galaxy
31st Dec 2024
Leon Mow Dark Sky Site (LMDSS)
iOptron CEM26
Skywatcher ED80
24mm Televue Panoptic
Samsung S22 Ultra
120 x 55s Images
ISO3200
30 Darks
Stacked in AstroPixelProcessor, Processed in Pixinsight, Graxpert & Photoshop
M31 997 Files from 60 Seconds to 240 Seconds (SHO)
Software Used AstroPixelProcessor (APP)
LRGB SHO Luminance
IC 4665 is an Open Cluster in the Ophiuchus constellation. IC 4665 is situated close to the celestial equator and, as such, it is at least partly visible from both hemispheres in certain times of the year.
The celestial equator is an imaginary great circle on the celestial sphere that is in the same plane as Earth's equator, dividing the sky into northern and southern hemispheres.
I was using this object to set up and calibrate my guide scope for the night's viewing, which worked out nicely. The bright pattern of stars in this cluster also made a nice image for my first target of the night. The stars were so bright I only needed thirty 30-second exposures to capture this cluster and all those faint stars way in the distant background. The cluster is about 1400 light years away.
If you are interested and still reading this, IC stands for the Index Catalogue which is an update to the earlier NGC catalogue. IC 4665 is not a Messier Object and doesn't have a Messier Number.
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Telescope: Celestron C11-A XLT Schmidt Cassegrain OTA
Mount: SkyWatcher EQ6-R Pro
Controller: ZWO ASIAIR Plus
Main Camera: ZWO ASI533MC Pro at -10C
Filter: ZWO UV/IR Cut filter
Focuser: ZWO EAF
Guide Camera: ZWO ASI174MM Mini guidecam
Guide via: ZWO OAG
Stacked from:
Lights 29 at 30 seconds, gain 101, temp -10C
Darks 30 at 30 seconds, gain 101, temp -10C
Flat 30 at 360 ms, gain 101, temp -10C
Dark Flat 30 at 360 ms, gain 101 temp -10C
Bortle 4 sky.
Integrated the saved frames in Astro Pixel Processor.
Processed in PixInsight
Captions added in Photoshop CS4
M31 997 Files from 60 Seconds to 240 Seconds (SHO)
Software Used AstroPixelProcessor (APP)
LRGB SHO Supper Luminance
Messier 12 (M12), also known as the Gumball Globular, is a globular star cluster located in the constellation Ophiuchus. The Gumball Globular lies at a distance of 15,700 light years from Earth and has a diameter of 75 light years. It has the designation NGC 6218 in the New General Catalogue.
The high concentration of stars within globular clusters provides such cramped living quarters that it makes them home to exotic binary star systems where two stars are locked in tight orbits around each other. Matter from one is gobbled up by its companion, releasing X-rays formed from very close encounters between stars in crowded regions. It looks pretty but don't stand too close for very long.
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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 33 at 60 seconds, gain 101, temp -10C
Darks 30 at 60 seconds, gain 101, temp -10C
Flat 30 at 690 ms, gain 101, temp -10C
Dark Flat 30 at 690 ms, gain 101 temp -10C
Bortle 4 sky.
Integrated the saved frames in Astro Pixel Processor.
Processed in PixInsight
Captions added in Photoshop CS4
NGC 1365
30th Dec 2024
Leon Mow Dark Sky Site (LMDSS)
Skywatcher EQ6
Saxon 5" Dobsonia
25mm Plossl
Samsung S22
199 x 55s Images
ISO3200
30 Darks
Stacked in AstroPixelProcessor, Processed in Pixinsight, Graxpert & Photoshop
C/2023 A3 Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS 18:26-18:31jst Oct.16, 2024
Ai Nikkor ED180mmF2.8S=>F4, Fujifilm X-E2 ISO1600, 17x15s (4.3min)
(dark 23, bias 20, flat 20)
stack by AstroPixelProcessor, tone/denoise by RawTherapee/Gimp.
(tracking by TOAST-TP2)
NGC-6888 la Crescent Nebula, nella Costellazione del Cigno, a 4700 anni luce di distanza da noi.
La nube risplende per riflessione, a seguito dell’energia ricevuta durante l’esplosione di una stella in supernova. Nel giro di pochi millenni si prevede che l’oggetto svanirà del tutto, disperdendosi nel mezzo interstellare.
Setup, Skywatcher Heq5 goto, Svbony 102ed, camera Asi2600mc pro, filtro Optolong L-extreme, camera guida Asi224mc teleguida 60/240.
Light 174x300” più Dark, Flat e DarkFlat
Tot. integrazione ore 14:30
Software di acquisizione Ekos su dispositivo Raspberry OS StellarMate.
Software di elaborazione AstroPixelProcessor, Pixinsight e Photoshop.
Bortle 7.2
Cieli sereni 😎
Tarantula Nebula
Lights set 1 - 6/7th September 2024
1972 images
10 Seconds
Moranghurk (Bortle 3)
Lights set 2 - 13th August 2024
186 images
10 Seconds
Hadfield (Bortle 7)
Lights (Light Pollution Filter) set 3 - 27th June 2024
1496 images
10 Seconds
Antwerp (Bortle 1)
Total Integration Time - 10hrs 9m (3,654 x 10s Images)
Seestar S50
Stacked in AstroPixelProcessor, Processed in PixInsight & Photoshop
M 106 (conosciuta anche come NGC 4258) è una galassia a spirale visibile nella costellazione dei Cani da Caccia; sembra che il suo interno ospiti un buco nero supermassiccio.
La distanza della galassia è stimata sui 21-25 milioni di anni luce e la sua massa totale è pari a circa 190 miliardi di masse solari; si allontana da noi alla velocità di 537 km/s.
Setup, skywatcher Heq5 goto, rifrattore Svbony sv503 102ed, camera Qhy183mc, filtro Cls Svbony, camera guida Asi224 teleguida 60/240
Light 296x300” più Dark, Flat, e DarkFlat
Tot. Integrazione ore 24:40
Software di acquisizione Kstar, OS StellarMate, su dispositivo Raspberry.
Software per domma ed elaborazione : AstroPixelProcessor, Pixinsight e photoshop.
Bortle 7.2
Cieli sereni 😎
M31 997 Files from 60 Seconds to 240 Seconds (SHO)
Software Used AstroPixelProcessor (APP)
LRGB SHO Supper Luminance
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 😎
Sombrero Galaxy
30th Dec 2024
Leon Mow Dark Sky Site (LMDSS)
Skywatcher EQ6
Saxon 5" Dobsonia
25mm Plossl
Samsung S22 Ultra
120 x 55s Images
ISO3200
30 Darks
Stacked in AstroPixelProcessor, Processed in Pixinsight, Graxpert & Photoshop
With all these recent clear skies it has been time for mee to set up my trusty telescope. This image of the globular cluster M13 was taken with my big, heavy Celestron C-11 scope.
Messier 13, or M13, is a globular cluster in the constellation of Hercules. As a result it is sometimes called the Great Hercules Cluster and is considered the most spectacular globular cluster in the northern skies. About 145 light-years in diameter, M13 is composed of several hundred thousand stars, with estimates varying from around 300,000 to over half a million. Compared to the stars in the neighbourhood of the Sun, the stars of the M13 population are more than a hundred times more densely packed. They are so close together that they sometimes collide and produce new stars.
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Telescope: Celestron C11-A XLT Schmidt Cassegrain OTA
Mount: SkyWatcher EQ6-R Pro
Controller: ZWO ASIAIR Plus
Main Camera: ZWO ASI533MC Pro at -10C
Filter: ZWO UV/IR Cut filter
Focuser: ZWO EAF
Guide Camera: ZWO ASI290MM Mini guidecam
Guide via: ZWO OAG
Stacked from:
Lights 35 at 30 seconds, gain 101, temp -10C
Darks 30 at 30 seconds, gain 101, temp -10C
Flat 30 at 570ms, gain 101, temp -10C
Dark Flat 30 at 570ms, gain 101 temp -10C
Bortle 4 sky.
Integrated the saved frames in Astro Pixel Processor.
Processed in PixInsight
Captions added in Photoshop CS4
M31 997 Files from 60 Seconds to 240 Seconds (SHO)
Software Used AstroPixelProcessor (APP)
LRGB SHO Luminance
M31 997 Files from 60 Seconds to 240 Seconds (SHO)
Software Used AstroPixelProcessor (APP)
LRGB SHO Luminance
Milkyway mosaic of 2 images
Fujifilm XF18mmF2.0 @F2.8, Kenko Prosofton clear filter,
Fujifilm X-T20 ISO1600 120s subs
#1 (Sco, Sgr) 15 frames
#2(Aql,Oph) 17 frames
dark 10, bias 20, flat 20
stack by AstroPixelProcessor, tone by RawTherapee, #1 and #2 stitched by ICE.
(fixed anomaly at the stitched zone by Gimp)
This a 15 hour integration of the Lambda Centauri Nebula, or the Running Chicken Nebula ( no clue where is the chicken though), I shot this one from Mar del Plata City in Argentina, a bortle 8 city by the sea over the course of 3 nights. I stacked and preprocess with AstroPixelProcessor, then Pixinsight and finally Photoshop.
Taken with an Esprit 100ED and an ASI2600mm pro with Antlia 2.8 filters.
Ha: 48 x 300”
Oiii: 48 x 300”
Sii: 72 x 300”
R: 80 x 15”
G: 80 x 15”
B: 80 x 15”
Link to astrobin: astrob.in/berv2w/0/
C/2023 P1 Nishimura (3:47-4:42JST, Sep. 4, 2023)
SD60SS, 0.8xRD, Sightron CBP filter
ASI533MC (uncooled)
Capture by ASICap (gain 360, 110x30s (total 55min), RAW16)
(bias 20, dark 10)
stack by AstroPixelProcessor
tone/WB/crop by RawTherapee
M31 997 Files from 60 Seconds to 240 Seconds (SHO)
Software Used AstroPixelProcessor (APP)
LRGB SHO Supper Luminance
Trifid Nebula
30th July 2024
Leon Mow Dark Sky Site (Bortle 2)
Seestar S50
166 images
10 Seconds
Stacked in AstroPixelProcessor, Processed in PixInsight & Photoshop
Sharpstar Askar Fra600 f5.6
Camera di ripresa QHY168C
Montatura Skywatcher EQ6R
Autoguida con ASI 120MM-S
23 x 480" L-Enanched
21 x 480" L-Pro
35 Dark, 30 Flat, 30 Dark Flat
AstroPixelProcessor, Photoshop CS2
Tarantula Nebula
Lights set 1 - 6/7th September 2024
1972 images
10 Seconds
Moranghurk (Bortle 3)
Lights (Light Pollution Filter) set 2 - 27th June 2024
1496 images
10 Seconds
Antwerp (Bortle 1)
Lights set 3 - 5/6th October 2024
2322 images
10 Seconds
Nhillicootie (Bortle 3)
Total Integration Time - 16 hrs 5 min (5,790 x 10s Images)
Seestar S50
Stacked in AstroPixelProcessor, Processed in PixInsight & Photoshop
Messier 28
3rd September 2024
Hadfield (Bortle 7)
Seestar S50
74 images
10 Seconds
Stacked in AstroPixelProcessor, Processed in PixInsight & Photoshop
C/2023 A3 Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS 19:14-19:42jst Oct.20, 2024
Nikkor ED180mmF2.8S=>F4, Fujifilm X-E2 ISO1600, 53x30s (26min)
(light 53, dark 13, bias 20, flat 20)
stack by AstroPixelProcessor, tone/denoise by RawTherapee/Gimp.
(tracking by TOAST-TP2)
Messier 22
3rd September 2024
Hadfield (Bortle 7)
Seestar S50
65 images
10 Seconds
Stacked in AstroPixelProcessor, Processed in PixInsight & Photoshop
M16 viene anche chiamata Nebulosa Aquila , ha un’estenzione di circa 80 a.l. e dista da noi circa 5700 anni luce, essa si trova nella costellazione del Sagittario e contiene alcune formazioni estremamente conosciute, come i Pilastri della Creazione, le lunghe colonne di gas oscuro originate dall’azione del vento stellare delle componenti dell’ammasso centrale e che sono responsabili anche del nome proprio della nebulosa stessa, a causa della loro forma. Setup, Skywatcher Heq5 goto, Svbony 102ed, camera Asi2600mc pro, filtro Optolong L-extreme, camera guida Asi224mc teleguida 60/240. Light 170x300” più Dark, Flat e DarkFlat, tot. Integrazione ore : 14:10. Software di acquisizione Ekos su dispositivo Raspberry OS StellarMate. Software di elaborazione AstroPixelProcessor, Pixinsight e Photoshop. Bortle 7.2 Cieli sereni 😎
Fighting Dragons Of Ara (Hubble Palate)
23/24 Jan 2025
LMDSS
Skywatcher EQ6
Meade LX85 R6
ASI 2600Mc
11 x 300s Ha
11 x 300s OIII
7x 300s Sii
Master Dark
No Flats
Manual Focus
Stacked in Pixinsight, Processed in Pixinsight AstroPixelProcessor & Photoshop
Messier 23
3rd September 2024
Hadfield (Bortle 7)
Seestar S50
162 images
10 Seconds
Stacked in AstroPixelProcessor, Processed in PixInsight & Photoshop
Tarantula Nebula
6/7th September 2024
Moranghurk (Bortle 3)
Seestar S50
1972 images
10 Seconds
Stacked in AstroPixelProcessor, Processed in PixInsight & Photoshop
Trifid Nebula
2nd September 2024
Hadfield (Bortle 7)
Seestar S50
79 images
10 Seconds
Stacked in AstroPixelProcessor, Processed in PixInsight & Photoshop
47 Tucanae
30th July 2024
Leon Mow Dark Sky Site (Bortle 2)
Seestar S50
530 images
10 Seconds
Stacked in AstroPixelProcessor, Processed in PixInsight & Photoshop.
Lagoon nebula (M8), Trifid nebula (M20), Webb's cross (M21) etc. in Sagittarius (Sgr)
SD60SS RD0.8x, Sightron CometBP filter, Fujifilm X-T20 ISO3200,
26x3min (78min) (dark 11, bias 20, flat 20)
stack by AstroPixelProcessor, tone/WB by RawTherapee/Gimp.
Prawn Nebula
28th August 2024
Hadfield (Bortle 7)
Seestar S50
200 images
10 Seconds
Stacked in AstroPixelProcessor, Processed in PixInsight & Photoshop.
Running Chicken (Hubble Palate)
25 Jan 2025
LMDSS
Skywatcher EQ6
Meade LX85 R6
ASI 2600Mc
9 x 300s Ha
4 x 300s OIII
9x 300s Sii
Master Dark
No Flats
Manual Focus
Stacked in Pixinsight, Processed in Pixinsight AstroPixelProcessor & Photoshop
La Nebulosa Rosetta (nota anche con le sigle di catalogo SH2-275-NGC 2237 e C 49) è un'ampia regione H II di forma rozzamente circolare situata ai confini di una nebulosa molecolare gigante, nella costellazione dell'Unicorno.Distanza dal sistema solare circa 5200 anni luce e ha una dimensione approssimativa di 100 anni luce.Galassia di appartenenza Via Lattea.
Setup, Skywatcher Azgti in modalità equatoriale, ottica vintage Jupiter 200mm f/4 camera Asi2600mc
Pro, filtro Optolong L-Extreme, teleguida Svbony, 30/165 camera guida Asi120mm.
Light : 56x600” più Dark, Flat e DarkFlat
Tot. integrazione ore : 9:20
Software acquisizione Ekos tramite dispositivo Raspberry, OS Stellarmate.
Software elaborazione : AstroPixelProcessor e Pixinsight.
Bortle 7.2
Cieli sereni 😊
Veil nebulae (NGC6920(East) 6960(West) etc.)
SD60SS RD0.8x, Sightron CometBP filter, Fujifilm X-T20 ISO3200,
56x3min (168min) (dark 11, bias 20, flat 20)
stack by AstroPixelProcessor, tone/WB by RawTherapee/Gimp.
Super big winter triangle 2025:
Samyang 12mmF2 @F2.8, Fujifilm X-T20 ISO1600 19x1min (dark 10, bias 10)
stack by AstroPixelProcessor, tone/WB/denoise by RawTherapee/Gimp.
(no BPM, no sigma clipping rejection)
Rosette Nebula
24 Jan 2025
LMDSS
Skywatcher EQ5
Meade LX85 R6
ASI 2600Mc
20 x 300s Ha
20 x 300s OIII
11x 300s Sii
Master Dark
No Flats
Manual Focus
Stacked in Pixinsight, Processed in Pixinsight, AstroPixelProcessor & Photoshop
Leo-I Regulus dwarf galaxy and Regulus
R200SSmod, SW F4 coma corrector,
Fujifilm X-T30, ISO3200, 63x180s (total 189min) (dark 11, bias 10, no flat)
stack by AstroPixelProcessor, vignette correction/tone/WB by RawTherapee,
wavelet denoize by Gimp.
M 106 (conosciuta anche come NGC 4258) è una galassia a spirale visibile nella costellazione dei Cani da Caccia; sembra che il suo interno ospiti un buco nero supermassiccio.
La distanza della galassia è stimata sui 21-25 milioni di anni luce e la sua massa totale è pari a circa 190 miliardi di masse solari; si allontana da noi alla velocità di 537 km/s.
Setup, skywatcher Heq5 goto, rifrattore Svbony sv503 102ed, camera Qhy183mc, filtro Cls Svbony, camera guida Asi224 teleguida 60/240
Light 296x300” più Dark, Flat, e DarkFlat
Tot. Integrazione ore 24:40
Software di acquisizione Kstar, OS StellarMate, su dispositivo Raspberry.
Software per domma ed elaborazione : AstroPixelProcessor, Pixinsight e photoshop.
Bortle 7.2
Cieli sereni 😎
NGC-281 conosciuta anche come Nebulosa PacMan è una nebulosa a emissione, nella Costellazione di Cassiopea e dista dalla terra circa 9500 anni luce.
Setup, Skywatcher Heq5 goto, Svbony 102ed, camera Asi2600mc pro, filtro Optolong L-extreme, camera guida Asi224mc teleguida 60/240
Light 129x600” tot. Integrazione : ore 21:30
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 😎