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TELESCOPE-Z4
CAMERAS; ZWO ASI 533 MC AND 533 MM @-10 DEGREES C
FILTERS; ANTLIA TRIBAND FOR RGB; ANTLIA 3 NM HA
INTEGRATION: 45 MINUTES IN RGB; 240 MINUTES IN HA
MOUNT; HEQ5 PRO
LOCATION: BORTLE 7.6
PROCESSING
STACKING IN ASTROPIXELPROCESSOR
PROCESSING IN PI-
ALIGNMENT
DYNAMIC CROP
ADBE
BLUR X CORRECT
BLURX SHARPEN
MAS
STARX
HARGB COMBINE RGB AND HA STARLESS
GHS
DARKSTRUCTURE ENHANCE
LOCALHISTOGRAM EQUALISATION
CURVES TRANSFORMATION
The Cygnus Loop (a.k.a. Veil Nebula) in the constellation Cygnus, the remnants of a supernova explosion in which a star blew itself apart after exhausting its primary nuclear fuels.
A mosaic of 72 exposures, 300 sec. each in six overlapping fields in the light emitted by hydrogen gas. Explore Scientific ED102 0.1m f/7 refractor, Stellarvue 0.8x reducer/flattener, ZWO ASI294MC camera, 7nm H-alpha filter, iOptron CEM25P mount, ASIAir controller, autoguided. Processed in Astro Pixel Processor and Lightroom.
LDN 673 (upper right quadrant) is one of those dark nebula that I often stopped to admire when surfing astroimages. I was excited to find that I could capture some of its structure at 135mm, and that it would fit nicely in the same 135mm extent with the more frequently imaged Barnard's E. This shot has been planned for awhile but took me awhile to get to.
Acquisition details: Fujifilm X-T10; Samyang 135mm f/2.0 ED UMC @ f2.0, ISO 1600; tracking with iOptron SkyTracker Pro; 36 x 60 sec; stacking with DeepSkyStacker; editing with Astro Pixel Processor; and curves adjustment/star reduction/editing with GIMP; taken on Sept. 2, 2021 under Bortle 3/4 skies.
A colour take on the California Nebula (NGC1499).
The California Nebula is an emission nebula located in the Northern constellation of Perseus, approx 1300 light years distant.
Taken through Luminance/Red/Green/Blue filters on a monochrome astrocamera. The result is a 4 panel mosaic of 36 minute (9 x 240s) exposures on each filter, and each of four panels. That's around 9.6 hours total exposure (2.4 hours on each panel).
T: William Optics 81GTF.
C: ZWO ASI533MM-Pro.
M: Pegasus NYX-101.
G: OAG & ZWO ASI220MM.
R: Pegasus Falcon V2.
EFW: ZWO Electronic Filter Wheel (2" LRGB only).
EF: Pegasus FocusCube 3.
S: NINA to Capture and APP & Photoshop to process.
12*300 second subs using the ASI1600MM and Antlia 3.5nm HA filter. Was aiming for some O3 but the sun came up.
Mount was the Avalon Instruments M Zero with PHD2 guiding with only a rough polar alignment. Again, I am just amazed at how well this mount tracks.
NINA was the acquisition software, camera gain = 111 and temp = 0 Deg.
Calibrated in APP, lights, darks, flats and dark flats
Balcony astro with a full moon. Gota love narrow band imaging.
100*30 second exposures of the galaxy M33 taken using the IDAS NGS1 Di light pollution filter. Taken from my north facing balcony 'observatory' in Bortle class 7 skies.
Gain= 220
Temp = 0
Acquired in NINA
Guiding PHD2 & dithering
Processed in AstroPixel Processor. Lights only with Bayer drizzle
Avalon M Zero mount
This is not the first time I have imaged the largest visible galaxy in our skies, the last time was with a DSLR Camera, so whilst I was trying out the ASI2400 Full Frame Camera I thought it would be a perfect target and I was not disappointed
Image Details: 172x90S at Gain 0
Darks: 101 Frames
Flats: 101 Frames
Bias: 201 Frames
Total Capture time: 4.3 hours
Equipment Details:
Imaging Camera: ZWO ASI2400MC Pro 24mpx Full Frame OSC
Imaging Scope: SharpStar 15028HNT Hyperboloid Astrograph
Guide Camera: StarlightXpress Lodestar X2
Guide Scope: 365Astronomy 280mm Guide Scope
Mount: Sky-Watcher EQ8 Pro
Focuser: Primalucelab Sesto Senso V2
Filter: Optolong L-Pro
Power and USB Control: Pegasus Astro USB Ultimate Hub Pro
Acquisition Software: Main Sequence Software. Sequence Generator Pro 3.2
Calibration and Stacking: Astro Pixel Processor
Processing Software: PixInsight 1.8.6 and EZ Processing Suite for Star Reduction
This is one I've always wanted... It is definitely the first attempt of many to come!
D5300 (unmodded), 300mm f/2.8 AF-S, SW HEQ5 Pro
90 lights, 45seconds, ISO640, f/5.6
20 Darks
No Flats
Captured with APT, Processed with APP, GIMP, PS Elements
Sky-Watcher Quattro 150P f/3.5
Altair Astro Hypercam 585C OSC (Offset:10 / Gain:100)
HDR mode on
137 x 120 sec. subs (~4.5hrs.)
Processed in Astro Pixel Processor, StarNet, GraXpert and Affinity Photo
At the end of August, I captured this beautiful, faint emission nebula in Cygnus, which is rarely photographed and located between North America and Elephant‘s Trunk Nebula. SH2-124 and its surroundings offer a fascinating variety of structures and dark clouds that I processed in SHO first. Here's an alternative HOO version with a more „realistic“ look. I hope you like the picture in this bicolor version, too!
Skywatcher 200/1000 @750mm f/3.75
Starizona Nexus Coma Corrector & Reducer (0.75)
EQ6-R Pro
ZWO EAF Motorfokus
ZWO ASI 2600 MC Pro (Gain 100, Offset 18, -5°)
Ha & OIII: 324 × 120 secs (10h 48′) with IDAS NBZ Filter
RGB (stars): 50 x 5 secs
N.I.N.A., Guiding: ZWO ASI 120 MM & PHD2
Bortle 5
Astropixelprocessor, Photoshop, Pixinsight
200 * 30 second lights (100 minutes).
William Optics GT102 with ASi 294 MCPro & Televue Powermate *2. Guiding PHD2, no polar alignment.
Calibrated using AstroPiselProcessor
Brisbane city: Bortle class 7.
This image was a cooperation with Mabula Haverkamp (the maker of astropixelprocessor) who was imaging M106 at the same time as I did. We shared our data to look what we could get out.
This is the result with a resolution of 1.36"/pixel and a limit of a magnitude of around 22.5.
We were quite happy with this result!
Mabula:
Telescope: Takahashi TSA102
Camera: ASI 1600mm-c
B: 33x120s, 97x300s 9,2h
G: 33x120s, 57x300s 5,9h
R: 33x120s, 85x300s 8,2h
Ha: 20x900s 5h
L: 20x120s, 198x300s 17,2h
Andre:
Telescope: TMB92ss
Camera: QSI583ws
L: 130x300s 10,9h
Total: 56,4 h
Comet C/2017 K2 (PanSTARRS) continues to brighten but is still quite faint, though positioned fairly high in the sky overnight. It will likely get somewhat brighter as it approaches closest to Earth in July. Last night the comet appeared near the loose open cluster IC 4665 in the constellation Ophiucus as our streak of clear nights continues.
10 3-minute exposures, Explore Scientific ED102 102mm f/7 refractor, ZWO ASI294MC camera, UV/IR cutoff filter, iOptron CEM25P mount, ASIAir controller. Processed in Astro Pixel Processor, Lightroom, and Photoshop.
Dati: 52 x 300 sec a gain 5 e offset 25 a -10° c + 70 dark + 30 flat e darkflat
Filtro: Astronomik UV/IR Block L2
Montatura: EQ6 pro
Ottica: Takahashi FSQ106
Sensore: QHY168C
Cam guida e tele: magzero mz5-m su Scopos 62/520
Software acquisizione: nina e phd2
Software sviluppo: AstroPixelProcessor e Photoshop
Temperatura esterna: 18 ° C - Umidità 68%
Date: 2020-05-23 and 05-29(2 days)
Location: Mt. Zao, Miyagi, Jpn.
Optics: Zeiss Apo sonner 135mm F2(F2.8)
Camera: Canon EOS 6D (mod)
Exposure: 120s x 32flames(23th) + 120s x 60flames(29th), ISO 1600
Processing: AstroPixelProcessor, Pixinsight, Photoshop.
Wide field imaging of the Sagittarius region using Antlia narrowband filters 3nm HA and 03.
Captured using an ASI1600 and Sigma 70-200mm lens on a Star Adventurer mount. Nebulosity was the capture software.
30*2 min subs at 0 degrees.
Calibrated lights only in AstroPixel Processor.
The Plejades, also known as Messier 45 or the Seven Sisters. The star cluster with hot blue B-type stars formed during the last 100 million years and is passing through dust clouds reflecting and scattering the light.
Telescope: Esprit 100 f5.5, Camera: QHY16200 @-15C.
78x300sec Red, 69x300sec Green, 74x300sec Blue (18.4 hrs)
Imaged on 5,6,7,8,9 &10 october 2018.
Processed in AstroPixelProcessor and Pixinsight.
Knight Observatory, Tomar.
The Elephant's Trunk Nebula or IC 1396 as it is otherwise known, but never with such a wide field of view, at a distance of around 2400 light years from earth and is mainly illuminated by a single bright star. It is thought that this region of space is home to a pretty young star forming region.
This image consists of the same data as the RGB Image but has been processed using my tutorial on creating SHO images from One Shot Colour Cameras which you can read here:
www.stastrophotography.com/creating-a-hubble-palette-imag...
RA: 21h39m00.01s
Dec: 57°29'24.00""
Constellation: Cepheus
Designation: IC1396
Image Details: 128x300S at Gain 100
Darks: 101 Frames
Flats: 101 Frames
Bias: 201 Frames
Acquisition Dates: Nov. 5, 2020 , Nov. 7, 2020 , Nov. 24, 2020 , Dec. 1, 2020 , Dec. 24, 2020 , Dec. 27, 2020
Total Capture time: 10.7 Hours
Equipment Details:
Imaging Camera: ZWO ASI6200MC Pro 62mpx Full Frame OSC
Imaging Scope: SharpStar 15028HNT Hyperboloid Astrograph
Guide Camera: StarlightXpress Lodestar X2
Guide Scope: 365Astronomy 280mm Guide Scope
Mount: Sky-Watcher EQ8 Pro
Focuser: Primalucelab Sesto Senso V2
Filter: Optolong L-eXtreme 2"
Power and USB Control: Pegasus Astro USB Ultimate Hub Pro
Acquisition Software: Main Sequence Software. Sequence Generator Pro 3.2
Calibration and Stacking: Astro Pixel Processor
Processing Software: PixInsight 1.8.8 and EZ Processing Suite for Star Reduction
Here's a little experiment. The dotted line is the International Space Station (ISS) passing through the field of view of my small telescope, very near the interesting little object known as NGC 246, a planetary nebula sometimes called the Skull Nebula in the constellation Cetus.
This wasn't by chance. Watching for these sorts of coincidences, I consulted the trusty sky simulation software SkySafari and noticed that the path of the station would take it in front of a few interesting features in the sky, in addition to this one: M13, the Great Hercules Globular cluster in Hercules, Vega, the brightest star in Lyra, and The Veil Nebula in Cygnus.
Because of the tremendous difference in brightness, I captured the ISS and the nebula field separately. (The ISS is the third brightest object in the night sky, after the Moon and Venus). For the ISS pass, I made a short video with a Nikon Z 6 mirrorless camera and Explore Scientific 102mm f/7 refractor. The image of NGC 246 was made afterward with a ZWO ASI294MC camera and Nikon 80-200mm f/2.8 lens @200mm, 15 6-minute exposures processed in Astro Pixel Processor and Lightroom. The ISS track is in the correct position and scale, composited in Photoshop. In addition, the inset is an enlargement of a few video frames and shows some detail in the ISS.
#astrophotography, #ISS
The area around the well-known "Ghost of Cassiopeia" had been on my agenda for a while, and this year I was finally able to make it happen. Once again, I wanted to use my fast f/2 optics and a 400mm focal length to capture not only RGB data but also as much H-alpha signal as possible across the entire region. My goal was to show how deeply IC 63 and IC 59 are embedded within the H-alpha clouds. For this, I gathered 9.5 hours of RGB and 6.75 hours of H-alpha data.
To ensure that the beautiful reflection nebulae of IC 63 and IC 59 weren’t completely overwhelmed by the narrowband data, I combined the H-alpha data in this area with the RGB data using continuum substraction. Finally, I invested a few more hours in finding a good balance between the RGB and narrowband components for the final image.
Hope you like it!!!
Celestron RASA 8 f/2
Celestron Motorfocus
EQ6-R Pro
ZWO ASI 2600 MC Pro (Gain 100, Offset 18, -10°)
RGB: 576 × 60″ (9h 36′)
TS 2600 MP (Gain 100, Offset 200, -10°)
Baader H-Alpha Highspeed 3.5nm: 202 × 120″ (6h 44')
Total: 16h 20'
Bortle 5 (19.50 SQM)
N.I.N.A., Guiding: ASI 120MM & PHD2
Astropixelprocessor, Photoshop, Pixinsight
What's in a colour-palette? Back when I first produced this as a regular HOO image in glowing red and purply-blue, I also experimented with a weirder palette in PixInsight, more like OHO but with a few tweaks. Figured the resultant blue-green tonality would suit this time of year much better :)
(Formula, if you really want it:
// R:
OIII^2 + Ha/2
// G:
(Ha+OIII^1.05)/2
// B:
Ha + 0.5*OIII^2
)
I added another half hour of imagery to what I already had, so this image consists of 65 minutes of data. After shooting it this latest time, I realized that I hadn't been balancing my tracker correctly when shooting south, so when I image it again this fall, I hope to be more efficient with getting non-star-trailed 60-second subs.
Acquisition details: Fujifilm X-T10, Samyang 135mm f/2.0 ED UMC @ f2.0, ISO 1600, 65 x 60 sec, tracking with iOptron SkyTracker Pro, stacking with DeepSkyStacker, editing with Astro Pixel Processor and GIMP, taken Oct. 6 2019 and Feb. 27, 2020 under Bortle 3/4 skies.
This is one of those astronomy targets where I cannot quite make out the relationship between the name and the visual appearance of the object, but nevertheless this is SH2-132 or commonly known as The Lion Nebula.
I think the dark lines near the two dark areas may represent the lions mouth like an upside down Y, but who knows. This region is rich in HII, but also very rich in OIII as you can see by the blue in the image. I have produced both the HOO (Hydrogen Alpha+Oxygen III + Oxygen III as RGB) and the Hubble Palette SHO (Sulphur Dioxide II + Hydrogen Alpha + Oxygen III as RGB)
Image Details:
Acquisition Dates: Aug. 9, 2022 · Aug. 20, 2022 · Sept. 17, 2022 · Sept. 19, 2022 · Sept. 25, 2022 · Sept. 28, 2022 · Nov. 4, 2022 · Nov. 17, 2022 · Nov. 19, 2022
Frames:
Baader H-alpha Highspeed(f/2) 50 mm: 101×150″(4h 12′ 30″) (gain: 100.00) -10°C bin 1×1
Baader O-III Highspeed(f/2) 50 mm: 101×150″(4h 12′ 30″) (gain: 100.00) -10°C bin 1×1
Integration: 8h 25′
Darks: 51
Flats: 51
Bias: 201
Equipment:
Imaging Camera: ZWO ASI Cameras ZWO Astronomy CamerasASI6200MM Pro Gain 100 -10C
Imaging Scope: Sharpstar Optics 20032PNT F3.2 Paraboloid Astrograph
Filters: Baader Planetarium Ultra Fast, Ultra Narrow Ha, OIII and SII 50.4mm filters
Filterwheel: ZWO ASI Cameras ZWO Astronomy Cameras 7x EFW
Guide Camera: ZWO ASI Cameras ZWO Astronomy Cameras ASI290MM
Mount: Sky-Watcher EQ8 Pro German Equatorial Mount
Auto Focuser: Primalucelab Sesto Senso2
Environmental conditions: Primalucelab ECCO2
Observatory Control: PrimaLuceLab Eagle Eagle 4 Pro
Roof Control: Talon RoR
Image Acquisition: Main Sequence Software Sequence Generator Pro
Image Calibration and Stacking: Astro Pixel Processor
Image Processing: PixInsight, EZ Processing Suite and StarExterminator
> The Pinwheel Galaxy (also known as Messier 101, M101 or NGC 5457) is a face-on spiral galaxy 21 million light-years (6.4 megaparsecs) away from Earth in the constellation Ursa Major.
This is a stack of 60 images captured with a Nikon Z7ii, SkyWatcher Esprit 100 scope, and the HEQ5 Pro tracking mount. PHD2 software was used for guiding.
This image was made from 60x180s exposures at ISO 800, plus 20 darks and 40 flats stacked in AstroPixelProcessor and edited in Photoshop.
20 6-minute exposures, ZWO ASI 294MC camera, Nikon 200-500mm lens @500mm, iOptron CEM25P mount, ZWO ASIAir controller, dual narrow-band filter (H-alpha + [O III]).
A complex, dynamic region of star formation in the constellation Auriga with three named objects: IC 417, IC 410, and IC 405, also known as the Flaming Star Nebula in the light of hydrogen, from suburban Bloomington, Indiana.
229 total exposures, 6 min. each (total 23 hours) in several overlapping tiles. Explore Scientific ED102 102mm f/7 refractor, 0.8x reducer/flattener, ZWO ASI2600MM monochrome CMOS camera, 7nm H-alpha filter, iOptron CEM25P mount, ASIAir controller, auto-guided. Processed in Astro Pixel Processor and Lightroom.
#Astrophotography #DeepSky
I've seen a number of images lately of the famous comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko* and thought I'd try my own. Here's the result from last night, clear enough after a modest snowfall during the day though with temps flirting with 0ºF overnight.
I'm a bit baffled by the tail that seems to be offset from the nucleus, which I don't recall seeing very often except in comets that are much closer to the Sun and sporting both ion and dust tails, and some oddball hybrid comet/asteroid objects.
The image is a composite of 100 frames, 90 seconds each; Explore Scientific ED102 102mm f/7 refractor, ZWO ASI294MC camera, UV/IR cutoff filter, iOptron CEM25P mount, Processed in Astro Pixel Processor and Lightroom.
*67P is most famous because it was visited by ESA's fabulous Rosetta spacecraft in 2014 and its Philae lander.
M51-Whirlpool Galaxy
My modest attempt at this popular DSO. Makes me wish for much more than 300mm!
Nikon D5300 - unmodded
Nikon 300mm f/2.8 AF-S
SW HEQ5
75 LIghts, 90sec, ISO400, f/4
20 Darks
50 Flats
50 Bias
Captured with APT, processed with APP/Gimp
Trifid nebula Lagoon nebula NGC 6514 NGC 6523; 33 x 300s; ISO 200. Farm Kiripotib, Namibia
© Julian Köpke
There’s no better time to reprocess images than during cold and cloudy winter nights. I briefly imaged the California Nebula In September 2019. I planned to add many more hours of time on this target before posting it, but life and cloudy nights got I. The way, for now. .
The California Nebula is located 1,000 lys from Earth. .
This image consist of 20 minutes of data taken with: Stellarvue sv80ed, Asi294mc-p, ioptron iEQ30, baader uv/ir filter.
Data acquisition: 20x60sec @200 gain, 10 offset, 0 degrees.
Processed: #astropixelprocessor, pixinsight Lightroom, photoshop AND 1792 Bourbon.
Captured with: NINA.
Imaging from a Bortle class 2 site makes all the difference but still had a 1/3 moon to contend with. Problems with guiding, could not get ASIair to work, problems with the hand controller.. the list goes on but that's astrophotography for ya, Just push on.
35*30 seconds, total integration time 17 minutes
Gain: 300
Temp: 0
Mount: CEM40
Polar Alignment: Pole Mster
Capture software: SharpCap
Processing: AstroPixel Processor : lights only
Supernova remnant IC 443, sometimes known as the Jellyfish Nebula in the constellation Gemini in the light of sulfur (red), hydrogen (green), and oxygen (blue).23 hours total exposure. Explore Scientific ED102 102mm f/7 refractor, ZWO ASI294MC camera, dual narrow-band filter (Hα,[O III]), [S II] filter, [O III] filter, iOptron CEM25P mount, Processed in Astro Pixel Processor and Lightroom.
Imaging the Eastern Veil Nebula with a William Optics GT71 telescope, ASI183MM camera and Antlia 3.5nm HA and 03 filters.
All the gear is finally coming together.
6*600 secs HA
6*600 sec O3
Gain 111
Temp 0 Deg c
Using the Avalon Instruments m-zero mount with a rough polar alignment.
Image acquisition software was NINA.
Guiding PHD2.
Calibrated darks, flats and dark flats in AstroPixel Processor.
A lot of exposure time was needed for this image, a total of 31 hours. The bright star on the left is Supergiant star HD21389 and the reflection nebula around it is vdB15. To the right (north) we see another Supergiant blue star HD21291 and reflection nebula vdB14. Faint Ha emission can be seen also.
The data for this image was shot on: 19 aug, 10,11,12,13,14,15,16 sep 2018 using the Esprit 100 telescope and QHY16200 CCD camera cooled to -15C.
82x 300 sec Red, 82x 300 sec Green, 128x 300 sec Blue and 40x 600 sec Ha (6nm). Processed with AstroPixelProcessor and Pixinsight.
Knight Observatory, Tomar
The latest postcard from the constellation Auriga, a group of gas clouds in the process of forming stars: IC 417 (upper left), IC 410 and the associated star cluster NGC 1893 (center), and IC 405, sometimes known as the Flaming Star Nebula (right). Taken on a single nice clear but cold and moonless night from suburban Bloomington, Indiana.
3x3 mosaic, each tile 10 6 minute exposures (9 hours total exposure). Explore Scientific 102mm f/7 refractor, ZWO ASI294MC camera, dual narrow-band fillter (H-alpha and [O III]), iOptron CEM25P mount, ASIAir Pro controller, processed in Astro Pixel Processor and Lightroom.
There's another bright-ish comet in the sky: 19P/Borelly, now the second brightest after the departing Leonard (which is best visible from the southern hemisphere now). I captured this from suburban Bloomington, Indiana. The green coma is very prominent (from emission of carbon molecules) and there's a narrow, straight tail just visible above the sky background. Also in this frame is a galaxy, NGC 275, the fuzzier streak at upper left, some 79 million light-years away.
40 3-minute exposures, Explore Scientific 102mm f/7 refractor, ASI294MC camera, UV/IR cutoff filter, iOptron CEM25P, ASIAir controller, processed in Astro Pixel Processor, Lightroom, and Photoshop.
IC 1848, as known as Soul Nebula, is an emission nebula locatel in the constellation of Cassiopeia; far 7500 years light from the solar system. It conforms a great stars formation region, with visible huge extensions of ionized and excited gas. Soul nebula is integrated by many open star clusters, an intense radio source called W5 and by huge bubbles formed by the intense winds coming from massive young stars. W5 integrates large cavities that were carved out by radiation and winds from the region’s most massive stars, pushing gas together and causing it to ignite into successive generations of new stars. Dense large pillars of material can be seen around the nebula structure, pillars of around 10 light years with stars forming into them.
This image is taken through Ha, SII and OIII filters, and mapped in post-process as a variation of the SHO palette. Because of this, we can see differenciated areas, depending on the signal received. Hydrogen Alpha, Sulfur double ionized or Oxygen triple ionized. The narrowband astrophotography allows us to detect different chemical compositions of the ionized gas emited by the nebulas.
Technical data:
Remote Observatory "FarLightTeam"
Team: Jesús M. Vargas, Bittor Zabalegui,José Esteban, Marc Valero.
Telescope: Takahashi FSQ106 ED 530mm f/5
CCDs: QSI683 wsg8
Filters: Baader Planetarium - Halpha-SII-OIII
Mount: 10Micron GM1000 HPS
Imaging Software: Voyager
Processing Software: PixInsight-AstroPixelProcessor
Captured through 12 December 2021 to 21 February 2022, ( Fregenal de la Sierra ) Badajoz, Spain.
Processing: Marc Valero
Image composed by a Mosaic of 2 tiles:
Ha: 94x1200"
SII-OIII: 147x1200"
Sky-Watcher Quattro 150P f/3.5
QHYCCD Minicam8
LRGBHa
15 x 120sec. subs each filter (2.5hrs. total)
Processed with Astro Pixel Processor, GraXpert, NoiseXTerminator and Affinity Photo
M31 Andromeda Mosaic with M32 and M110. With special thanks to Stefan (astroartcologne).
© Julian Köpke
Asteroid 516 Amherstia showed up on one of the RGB Mosaic stacks of the California Nebula (NGC1499). Visible upper right in this resulting HaRGB Mosaic the small red-green-blue trace is visible, the inset shows an enlarged view. Amherstia was imaged on 01 jan 2019 between 19:00 and 20:30 UTC.
2 Panel Mosaic, 12x900 seconds H-alpha, 24R, 23G, 22 B x 120seconds.
Esprit100 refractor/QHY16200 CCD @-20C , processed with Astropixelprocessor and Pixinsight.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/516_Amherstia
Knight Observatory, Tomar
The bright star just off-center is Polaris, which is surrounded by Integrated Flux Nebulae (IFN) named the Polaris Flare, discovered in 1984 by Heiles (Panopoulou et al. 2015: doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stv1301). Yildun, the brightest star in the lower right-hand corner, is the next star in the 'handle' of the Little Dipper.
Acquisition details: Fujifilm X-T10, Samyang 135mm f/2.0 ED UMC @ f2.0, ISO 1600, 78 x 60 sec, tracking with iOptron SkyTracker Pro, stacking with DeepSkyStacker, editing with Astro Pixel Processor and GIMP, taken on Apr. 11, 2020 under Bortle 2/3 skies.
Date: 2022-11-25
Location: Kamiwari-saki
Optics: Mamiya Apo-sekor 250mm F4.5, EOS6D (Twin)
Exposure: 240s x 99f + 10s x 10f, ISO1250 (left)
240s x 46f + 10s x 10f, ISO1250 (right), 2 panel mosaic
Processing: Pixinsight, AstroPixelProcessor, Photoshop
Sky-Watcher Quattro 150P f/3.5
Altair Astro Hypercam 585C OSC (Offset:10 / Gain:100)
HDR mode on
156 x 60 sec. subs (~2.5hrs.)
Processed in Astro Pixel Processor, GraXpert and Affinity Photo
M82 (Cigar Galaxy) Edge on Galaxy found in the constellation of Ursa Major.
M: iOptron iEQ45-Pro
T: Celestron C8 SCT
C: ZWO ASI1600MC-Cooled
G: OAG and PHD2
GC: ZWO ASI220MM
RAW16; FITs
Temp: -10 DegC
Filter: No Filter
Gain 139; Exp: 18 x 120s
Frames: 18 Lights
Cal Frames: DarkFlats/Flats
Total Exposure: ~36 mins
90% Crop
Capture: NINA
Processed: APP; PS.
Sky: No moon, no breeze, no cloud.
The Pacman Nebula, an emission nebula [NGC281] with open star Cluster [IC1590], may be seen in the constellation of Cassiopeia.
M: iOptron EQ45-Pro
T: William Optics GTF81
C: ZWO ASI533-Pro [Cooled]
F: Ha & Oiii Narrowband (ZWO 7nm)
G: PHD2
GC: ZWO ASI120mini
Format: RAW16; FITs
Temp: -10 DegC
Gain 101;
Frames: 24 x Ha Exp 400s; 24 x Oiii Exp 400s
Dark Calibration Frames: 1 Master Dark from 20 Darks
Flat Frames: 1 Master Flat from 50 flats
100% Crop
Capture: SharpCap [Advanced Sequence automation]
Processed: Astro Processor Pro [APP]; Photoshop [PS]
Sky: No moon, calm, No cloud, Bortle Class 5, good seeing.