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A waxing crescent moon captured after the early spring sunset.
Aberkenfig, South Wales
Lat 51.542 N Long 3.593 W
25 single shot images 1/250s @ ISO 200 obtained with a 254mm Skywatcher Newtonian & Nikon D780 at prime focus.
Images converted to TIFF format then stacked with AutoStakkert! 3.1.4.
Wavelets processed with Registax 6.
Final levels & curves processed with G.I.M.P. & Adobe Lightroom
Best viewed using the expansion arrows.
EXIF Note: Error in date & time. I did not enter the correct day or time when I reconfigured some of the settings. I always keep a manual note of my observations to cross reference the digital dates. I only had the camera for a few days around this time. Have a look at my Orion Nebula dated 2022-03-06, that was the first time I tried it out on the night sky with my 254mm Newtonian.
Taken with a Skywatcher ED80 Refractor fitted with a Baader Astrosolar Filter and a Canon 600D at prime focus. Seeing poor today and it made focusing difficult due to turbulence. Stacked 15 of 40 images using Autostakkert 2.
The young Earth and Moon suffered periods of extreme bombardment by asteroids, meteors and comets in the first two billion years of their existence. This was a time when all manner of sub-planetary-sized bodies were scattered throughout the solar system in great numbers. Frequently the movements of the planets jostled the smaller bodies into orbits that crossed those of the inner rocky planets. They frequently collided with the inner planets. The record of these collisions is preserved in the battered surface of the Moon, for the moon lacks the geologic mechanisms, such as erosion and tectonic “recycling”, that continuously refresh the Earth’s face. Still, the process of meteor bombardment is itself a process which churns and alters the Moon’s face. The Moon’s long history of meteor impacts has obscured much of the record of its earliest history.
This photo illustrates how that hidden record can be sussed. First, let’s find some landmarks. The most striking crater in this photo is the extremely elongated crater Schiller. In the top left corner, the trio of Wargentin, Nasmyth and Phocylides is seen. Occupying the bottom right corner is a medium-sized crater with a wide inner wall on its northwest and a central peak. This is Bettinus. Its floor is flooded, and Its rampart cratered. Nearby, to the northwest is the slightly smaller Zucchius. a young crater, possessed of a symmetrical crater rim, a terraced inner wall terraced, and a group of small central peakr. Viewed under direct sunlight, Zucchius even sports a ray system. Below Zucchius and Bettinus in this photo, the vast crater Bailly is caught along the lunar terminator. We can see little of this crater other than its enormity. This is the largest crater on the visible side of the Moon, fully 303 km in diameter. That is big. Further, it is estimated to be more than 3 billion years old, part of the Nectarian system of craters. That is old. Now let’s put these landmarks to work.
There is, in the center of this photo, an impact crater that is both bigger and older than Bailly. One might think it easily seen. It is not. All we see now are traces of it. Once you know the traces, your mind can “reconstruct” the whole. Look hard, you will see it too. Start with Schiller: look at the points that define its major axis, its longest diameter. Starting with the rightmost of these two points and then extend the line of the major axis about one “half-Schiller” to the right and a little down. There is a pair of craters near the right photo margin. Passing between them, a line of ridges can be detected. Below the crater pair the ridges become a wide scarp. It arcs around toward the left, where it first glances the northern (upper) rim of Bettinus and then intersects Zucchius. Beyond Zucchius, the track is harder to follow. If you allow your mind to “connect the dots” a broken arc of hills and ridges extend the track to Phocylides, where it merges with this crater’s southeastern rim. Beyond Phocylides, it is easier to see the ridge that reconnects Phocylides with Schiller near the northern point of Schiller’s major axis.
So, take a moment and behold the Schiller-Zucchius Basin. At 335 km diameter, it exceeds that of Bailly. The interior of its ring is pretty much indistinguishable from the rest of the lunar surface. It has lava plains, craters, crater chains, hills and ridges. The scars of its life are its camouflage.
Now use your skills of tracking the remains of circles and see if you can detect another ring, concentric with and interior to the outer ring. This is best seen in the southeastern side, interior to the arc connecting Schiller and Zucchius craters. There is even one more ring (Confession: I do not yet see it) which forms a bullseye at the center. Beneath this, a mass concentration has been detected by lunar orbiting spacecraft. This makes the Schiller-Zucchius Basin one of the Moon’s multi-ring basins, in the company of the Imbrium, the Occidentale and the Nectarian Basins, as well as several others. These multi-ringed basins are the products of the most colossal collisions between heavenly bodies.
I mentioned the Nectaris Basin and stated that Bailly crater dated to the Nectarian Period of the Moon’s history. The creation of that basin marks the second of the recognized periods in the geological history of the Moon. This seventy-million-year long period spanned a time from 3.92 to 3.85 billion years ago. The Schiller-Zucchius Basin is recognized as a relic from the PRE-Nectarian Period, the first era in the life of the Moon. That makes the Schiller-Zucchius Basin a relic of the Moon’s most ancient history, perhaps half a billion years or more older than Bailly Crater.
Instrumentation:
Celestron EdgeHD 8 telescope, ZWO ASI290MM monochrome camera, Celestron Advanced VX mount.
Processing:
Video data captured with Firecapture software as a .ser file. Pre-processing of 4919 frame .ser file with PIPP. Best 10% of those video frames stacked with AutoStakkert!3, wavelets processing with Registax 6, and final processing in Photoshop CC 2020.
Aberkenfig, South Wales
Lat +51.542 Long -3.593
Skywatcher 254mm Newtonian Reflector, Olympus E410 at prime focus. EQ6 Syntrek Mount.
15 single shot frames 1/320s ISO 100
Processed using Autostakkert! then wavelets with Registax 6.
Final adjustments to levels using Adobe Lightroom & G.I.M.P.
Best viewed using the expansion arrows..
Mars at 21:21 UT, 03/11/2020. Good seeing conditions at times tonight. 10 minutes worth of data, the result of merging 4 files in Winjupos, each the best 4,000 of 22,000 frames, resized 150%. Captured using Firecapture V2.5. Processed using Autostakkert V 3.1.4 , Registax V6 and Winjupos. Equipment used, Celestron C14 Edge HD, CGEPRO Mount, ZWO ASI224MC camera and Carl Zeiss 2 X Barlow.
Jupiter with two Moons (Ganymed and Io)
Date: 09 Nov. 2021
Telescope: Skywatcher Dobson 200/1200
Barlow Lens: Explore Scientific 3x 2"
Camera: Canon EOS 750D (Video mode)
Processing:
- PIPP
- Autostakkert
- Registax6
- GIMP
Jupiter and one of its moons Europa
Captured on a Skywatcher 200p Scope. ASI120MC-S Camera and a 5x Barlow.(Powermate)
This is a stack from 6 x 2 minute captures and 1 x 3 minute capture. 15 minutes in total. 7 stacked files de Rotated in Winjupos. Stacking by Autostakkert!2 and wavelets in Registax6, and a little tweak in Photoshop.
Captured 300 frames with Firecapture
Stacked best 75% in Autostakkert!
Wavelet sharpened in Registax
Finished in Photoshop
ZWO ASI178MC
Tele Vue NP101is/2.5x PowerMate
Losmandy G11
Taken with a Celestron C6 SCT, Celestron AVX mount, 2x Barlow, and ASI120MC. Captured with SharpCap, stacked with AutoStakkert, and processed with Astra Image Pro and Photoshop.
The Sun was playing hide & Seek with clouds today, but I managed to grab a few videos in the gaps so I could test out the new Baader Solar Continuum Filter that I bought from First Light Optics a few weeks ago. This filter helps to reduce the effect of atmospheric turbulence and I could definitely see that on screen. It also increases definition and brings out the granularity of the Sun's visible surface. I have wanted one of these for about 9 years so I'm super thrilled to finally have one! I'm looking forward to playing with it some more.
Taken with a William Optics 70mm refractor fitted with a Thousand Oaks glass solar filter. The Camera was an ASI120MC fitted with a Celestron 3x Barlow. Mount was an EQ5 Pro, tracking at solar speed. 290 frame video captured with SharpCap, the best 25% of the frames were stacked using Autostakkert! 2 then quick processing in Fast Stone Image Viewer.
Taken with Rubinar 1000mm mounted on an Olympus PEN E-P5 at ISO800, shutter at 1/160th
Taken 2017-04-02 at 10pm but forgot about the RAWs until today!
Aligned in PIPP, stacked with AutoStakkert (best 75% of 91 images), post-processed in Photoshop.
Reflector SW 250/1200, barlox x3 y cámara ZWO Asi 120 MC, desde cielo urbano (Rosario SF, Argentina).
Captura con Sharpcap en video AVI, suma de 993 cuadros con Autostakkert, procesado con Astroart.
My attempt at showing the color differences on our moon's surface. These subtle colors can be brought out easily with astronomy cameras and heavy saturation, but they cannot be seen with our naked eye due to the moon's extreme surface brightness.
The colors are controlled by variations in iron and titanium content. The most notable red to blue color change in the Mare regions is caused by titanium oxide.
Equipment:
OTA: William Optics GT81 w/0.8x reducer (382mm fl at f/4.7)
Mount: Orion Sirius EQ-G (HEQ-5)
Imaging camera: ZWO ASI1600MM-Cool
Software:
Firecapture
CdC
Autostakkert!2
Registax
PixInsight
Acquisition:
Location: Arlington, TX (Bortle 7)
Dates: 5/24/18
Gain: 139
Camera temp: -10C
R: 1.00ms exposure / 11fps / 60" of video
G: 1.30ms exposure / 11fps / 60" of video
B: 1.80ms exposure / 11fps / 60" of video
Preprocessing:
Stacked best 10% of frames using AS!2
ChannelCombination in PixInsight
RGB Align in Registax
Postprocessing in PixInsight:
Deconvolution
MultiscaleLinearTransform
CurvesTransformation for saturation
ColorSaturation for specific saturation
HistogramTransformation for brightness adjustment
Invert > SCNR green > Invert to remove some pink artifacts
Solar Image AR3354, 2023-06-29
Still image for comparison to time-lapse. One processed in native B&W the other processed with false colour. Best 8% of 2,000 images used.
Equipment details:
Orion 80mm refractor
Quark Chromosphere filter
ZWO294MM Pro using ROI
Processed in Autostakkert, IMPPG and Photoshop
Dobson 8" f/6 - Canon 6D - Filtro Baader
Video RAW Magic Lantern
Procesado: PIPP - AutoStakkert/3 - Registax 6 - Adobe PS
Taken from Oxfordshire, UK with a William Optics 70mm refractor and ASI120MC camera fitted with a Celestron 3x Barlow. 2,000 frame video captured with Sharp Cap, the best 75% were stacked with Autostakkert! 3
De Sky Safari: Al frente se observa el cráter Platón, y a la izquierda el cráter Anaxágoras. Se estima que tienen 101 y 52 km de diámetro y que su origen es de impacto.
Telescope: Celestron C9.25 Edge HD @ 4700 mm
Focal ratio: f20
Camera: ZWO ASI462MC
FPS (avg.)=134
Shutter=7.4ms
Gain=191 (70%)
Resolution: 0.127 arcsec/pixel
Stack: 25% best of 24544 frames (6052 frames)
Barlow: Explore Scientific 1.25" 2x Focal Extender
Atmospheric Dispersion Corrector: ZWO ADC
Focuser: MicroTouch Focuser
Capturing software: FireCapture 2.7
Mount: iOptron CEM60
Processing: Autostakkert! (25%), RegiStax, PixInsight
Date: 18-jan-2022
Local Time: 11:49 pm
Universal Time (UT): 4:45 am
Location: Bogotá, Colombia
A fair amount of disturbance apparent in the Northern Equatorial Belt, while the Southern belt appears very smooth and uniform.
Best 2000 of 4000 frames processed with Autostakkert.
Wavelet filtering with Registax 6.
Camera - ASI034MC
Telescope -NexStar 6SE
Shorty 2X Barlow.
This is a cropped 3 panel mosaic of a large active region on the surface of our Sun.
Each panel (1920x1200) consisted of a stack of 70% of the best 1000 frames from AVIs shot at 40fps.
The panel stacks were generated using Autostakkert. The panels were stitched using Microsoft's ICE. IMPPG was used for deconvolution, unsharp masking and tone curve adjustment. Photoshop CC was used for false colouring, sharpening and HDR toning. I decided to use HDR toning to bring out the fine details of the plage and surrounding areas.
The following equipment was used to capture the image data.
Sky-watcher 120mm Evostar refracting telescope.
Daystar Quark Chromosphere Hydrogen Alpha eyepiece.
FLIR (formerly Point Grey) Blackfly mono CMOS (IMX249 sensor).
Image processed using WinJUPOS on RGB frames. This is my first image processed with WinJUPOS. It was well worth the extra step in my workflow.
Io's shadow and the Great Red Spot are clearly visible on the Gas Giant. Ganymede is seen to the upper right.
After viewing other recent images of Jupiter I realize that I captured an outbreak in the North Temperate Belt. It is the small white oval just above the ruddy colored North Equatorial Belt and is in line with the GRS at the time this image was taken. An outbreak is a giant thunderstorm (in simple terms) that can last for months.
This image was taken using a monochrome camera and Astronomik RGB filters.
Date: January 23, 2025
Bortle Class 5 backyard, SF Bay Area (East Bay)
Capture: 3000 frames per filter, lucky imaging (FireCapture)
Telescope: Celestron C9.25 SCT
Camera: ZWO ASI462MM
Filters: Astronomik R, G and B
Tele Vue 2x Powermate
Mount: iOptron GEM45
Processing: AutoStakkert!4, waveSharp 2.0, WinJUPOS 12.3.12, Photoshop CC
Finally, an evening with at least average seeing conditions. Best 45% of 2000 frames.
Celestron CPC800 XLT
ASI120MC-S camera
Shorty 2X Barlow
(FireCapture, AutoStakkert, Registax, Photoshop CC 2015)
Another short session produced this image of AR 2824 using my 80mm Lunt modified refractor double stacked with Solarmax II 60 Richview etalon and QHY5III 178M + 2x Barlow. SER stacked in Autostakkert 3 and processed in PS CS2.
The June full (Strawberry) Moon from Austin, Texas. Fair transparency and seeing. Questar 1350/89 mm f/15 telescope with Sony a6300 camera at prime focus. Exposed for 1/60 sec at ISO 100. Best 10 of 100 images stacked in Autostakkert 3, deconvolved in Lynkeos, with final exposure adjustments in Photoshop.
Bresser 90mm f/10 refractor,Lunt CaK B1200 module and QHY5III 178. SER stacked in Autostakkert 3,processed in Astrosurface and PS CS2.
clavius du 24/05/18. Newton 400 + barlow televue powermate 2.5x couplé à caméra Zwo asi224mc.
empilement autostakkert3 et finitions photoshop.
Saturn 21 05 2013
Celestron 8
Barlow XCel 2x
SPC900 @ 5 fps
50% of 1800 frames
Aligned and stacked (drizzle 3x) with Autostakkert! 2
RGB Alignment and Wavelets in Registax 6
Image cropped
Seeing 4-5 / 10
Celestron Edge HD 925 with 3x Barlow
Captured with a FLIR Point Grey Flea3 color camera at 48 fps
Each video had the best 132 of 600 frames stacked in AutoStakkert. After a few tweaks in PixInsight, stacked images were derotated and combined in WinJUPOS. Final composition edited in PixInsight and Photoshop.
Tecnosky APO Triplet 130/910 mm
Camera di acquisizione: QHY5III178C
Montatura: iOptron CEM60
Software: SharpCap 3.0, Emil Kraaikamp Autostakkert 2.6.8, Pleiades Astrophoto PixInsight 1.8
Pose: 150 FPS: 33 Seeing: 4
Trasparenza: 7
Balcone di casa, Formigine, Modena, Italy
Seeing buono ma trasparenza non perfetta.
Test camera CMOS QHY 178C
Taken with an 8" Ritchie Chretien telescope and Canon 1100D on an EQ6 mount
Top image is a composite of 2 single shots, one exposed to bring out the Galilean Moons, the other to try and maintain Jupiter's cloud detail. They were merged in Photoshop using a layer mask
Middle image was captured using Backyard EOS at 5x magnification. 2000 frame video shot, the best 55% stacked using Autostakkert! 3 and tweaked in Registax 6, Lightroom and Fast Stone Image Viewer
Bottom image was captured using Backyard EOS at 10x magnification. 2000 frame video shot, the best 30% stacked using Autostakkert! 3 and tweaked in Registax 6, Lightroom and Fast Stone Image Viewer
Jupiter and Europa. Taken using a QHY IMG132E, attached to a Altair Wave 115 ED Triplet Refractor with a Tele Vue 2 x Powermate to increase magnification. It is the result of 500 images, stacked using AutoStakkert 2 and processed using RegiStax 6.
Just a sounding title :)
Animated GIF, covering one hour of secret life of the Sun between 09:10 and 10:06 MSK in 12 frames. East is Up, North is to the Left.
See Original Size for the action.
Acqusition time: 29.08.2016 09:10-10:06 MSK
TIS DMK 23U274 on Coronado PST via 2x Barlow lens.
960x960 pixels videos werestacked in AS!2 using 150 best frames of 800 total. Each frame was deconvolved in AstraImage 3 PRO (Cauchy 0,4-11) and manually aligned in PS.
Taken just over 9 hours past the exact time of Full Moon, during the 2nd Full Moon of January 2018 making this a Blue Moon.
Taken with an 8" Ritchie-Chretien telescope, focal reducer and Canon 1100D on an EQ6 mount.
1500 frame video shot with Backyard EOS, best 75% stacked using Autostakkert! 3 (Beta) then processed in Lightroom and Fast Stone Image Viewer
I hadn't tried using the 16-bit mode on the ZWO ASI120MM to shoot the Moon before, so I figured I'd see what I could get. This is a few hours past when the X and V are prominent, but there is a nice crater rim poking up into sunlight at the south edge of the terminator.
This is a compilation of 55 tiles, which are stacks of the best 81 out of 300 frame SER files. Shot with a Celestron Edge HD 925 at f/10 and a green 58 filter on the ZWO camera. Stacks were processsed in AutoStakkert, then trimmed, then composited in Image Composite Editor. There was a bit of sharpening of the 7500 by 10000 pixel result in PixInsight and some final touches in Photoshop.
Lunation: 7.90 days
Illumination: 59.2%
Distance: 394000 km
Aberkenfig, South Wales
Lat +51.542 Long -3.593
Skywatcher 254mm Newtonian Reflector, Nikon D780 at prime focus. EQ6 Syntrek Mount.
25 single shot frames stacked.
1/640s ISO 160 for each frame.
Processed using Autostakkert! then wavelets with Registax 6.
Final adjustments to levels using Adobe Lightroom & G.I.M.P.
Lunar north is uppermost.
Best viewed using the expansion arrows.
113 degrees F today in Phoenix...Sky-Watcher Esprit 80mm, QHY174, Daystar Quark solar filter with a IR cut filter as well. Shot 500 frames, best 15% stacked in Autostakkert, then IMPPG, then NAFA, then Photoshop, then Lightroom.
40 DSLR (Canon EOS 450D) shots 1/320s ISO100 prime focus. Baader Neodymium filter. Sky-Watcher 150 Explorer Newtonian. Autostakkert for alignment and stacking; Registax for wavelets and post-processing in Photoshop. Combined after stacking with uncropped single DSLR shot from same series. Taken from Wolverhampton, West Midlands.
تصويري لكوكب #زحل
My Astrophotography of #Saturn
🔭 Celestron CPC 800
ZWO ASI290MC
Filter: Baader UV/IR-Cut L-filter
التكديس Stacked
Autostakkert
Registax
Photoshop
Close up lunar surface
Taken with an old C8 and ASI120mc planetary camera with a 3x Barlow
Capture software: sharpcap 2
Stacking software : autostakkert!2
Wavelets sharpening in registax6
40sec AVI @~10fps
During these nights, the giant of our solar system shines brightly between the constellation of Pisces, culminating in an opposition (closest point to our planet) on the night of the 26th. i share the final image and the animation of the movement of the giant planet and two of its moons Io and Europa.
Gear: Nexstar 8SE and camera Neptune-C II Player One astronomy
best 400 frames of 3000 Process: PIPP, Autostakkert, Registax V6 and Photoshop CC 2022 with topaz sharpen
Pianeta: Giove.
Data: 24 aprile 2017.
Diametro: 43.81"
Magnitudine: -2.44
CMI=140.0° CMII=108.8° CMIII=232.5°
Luogo: Pedara (CT).
Ora (locale): 23:35.
Seeing (scala di Antoniadi): 4/5.
Telescopio: Celestron CPC-800 xlt.
Barlow: 2.5x GSO.
Lunghezza focale: 4950mm
Risoluzione: 0.16"
Camera di ripresa: ASI120MC.
Numero di frames acquisiti: 2847.
Numero di frames elaborati: 50% (1423).
FPS: 31.
Durata del filmato: 90 s.
ROI: 640x480
Software di elaborazione: Autostakkert 3.0.14, PixInsight 1.8, Photoshop CC 2015.
Planetary alignment 2022 in hires.
In this period, in the early hours of the morning, it is possible to observe this spectacular astronomical phenomenon, the planets appear in the sky arranged exactly in order of distance from the Sun, a bit like in the classic book photos illustrating the solar system. Unfortunately, I have not been able to capture the elusive Mercury, but what you see are exactly as they appear now: Venus, imaged in the infrared and ultraviolet wavelengths to highlight the cloudy structures consisting mainly of sulfuric acid, Mars, still very far away (it will be in opposition in December) and with an apparent size of about 7.7 ", very small but already showing interesting details, it is possible to notice the polar cap and the region of Syrtis Major, Jupiter with its characteristic Big Red Spot and its dynamic atmosphere and Saturn, which this year shows a greater portion of the south pole, characterized by an azure / blue coloration and its wonderful system of rings and bands. A real spectacle, which however costs the "small" sacrifice of setting the alarm very early in the morning.
Celestron C11 f10
Qhy178m
Astronomik RGB Filters
Astronomik irblock + W47 filter
Astronomik irpass 807nm filter
Azeq6
Software:
Sharpcap
Autostakkert 3
Iris
Winjupos
Photoshop
Here in high resolution :
Crater Messala is the large and well-worn crater just right and below center frame.
ZWO ASI178MC
Tele Vue 2.5x PowerMate
Meade LX850 (12" f/8)
Losmandy G11
4000 frames captured in Firecapture
Best 2000 frames stacked in Autostakkert
Wavelet sharpened in Registax
Finished in Photoshop
Imaged through a 4x barlow
---Hardware---
Mount : Skywatcher AZ-EQ-6 GT
Camera : PointGrey Grasshopper GS3-U3-23S6M
Tube : Celestron 11 EDGE HD
Extender: Televue 4x
Effective focal length : 11200 mm
Effective aperture : ~ F/40
---Software---
Acquired with FireCapture
Stacked with AutoStakkert
Mosaic done with Microsoft ICE
Processed with Lightroom & Topaz SharpenAI
Transparency was fair at best, but seeing was good for this image of the moon. Questar 1350/89mm f/15 telescope with a Sony a6300 camera at prime focus. Exposed on on 2019-05-16 04:29. Best 12 of 147 images stacked in Autostakkert 3, deconvolve in Lynkeos, with final crop and exposure in Photoshop.
Cloudy sky. Missed the occultation with Nu Pcs.
4 panel mosaic
Fuji X-T20
SW120ED (2x barlow to F=1800mm)
400+ frame stacked from video
Autostakkert
Microsoft ICE
PixInsight
Genova, Italy (26 Aug 2022 01:04 UT)
Planet: diameter 48.2", mag -2.8, altitude ≈ 46°
Telescope: Orange 1977 vintage Celestron C8 (203 F/10 SC)
Mount: EQ5 with ST4 hand controller (no GoTo)
Camera: QHY5III462C Color
Barlow: GSO APO 2.5x
Filter: QHY UV/IR block
Recording scale: 0.121 arcsec/pixel
Equivalent focal length ≈ 4940mm F/24.3
Image resized: +33%
Recording: SharpCap 4.0
(800x600 @ 40fps - 120 sec - RAW16 - Gain 129)
Best 40% frames of about 4831
Alignment/Stacking: AutoStakkert! 3.1.4
Wavelets/Deconvolution: AstroSurface T3
Final Elaboration: GIMP 2.10.30