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Saturn, the 6th planet, just hours before its 2022 opposition. The brightest portion of its magnificent ring system extends from 4,300 to 50,000 miles (7,000 to 80,000 km) away from the equator. The Cassini Division appears prominently as a dark band in the rings. 5 Saturnian moons are also visible in this field of view. Its largest moon, Titan, is the only other place in the Solar System with bodies of liquid on the surface (rivers, lakes, and seas).
After several weeks of cloudy nights, I was shocked to see clear skies on the night of opposition. I didn't get a chance to test my new equipment beforehand, so this was a great example of "figuring it out on the test" (my motto from high school). My new planetary imaging setup uses a different telescope, camera, and Barlow compared to last year. The only thing that hasn't changed is the mount. I expected low-quality results based on how little time I had to sort everything out, but this turned out way better than I expected!
Captured from 05:57 to 07:02 UTC
Phase angle: 0.14°
Apparent magnitude: 0.28
Apparent diameter: 43.71" (with rings)
Distance from Earth: 8.857 AU
Stack of 3,000 frames (best of 205,535)
Exposure 10 ms, Gain 400, Offset 25
Location: Summerville, SC
Atmospheric seeing: 3/5
Camera: ZWO ASI224MC
Telescope: Celestron C6 Schmidt-Cassegrain Telescope
Barlow: Tele Vue 2x 1.25" Barlow (gives an effective focal length of 3404mm at f/22.7)
Mount: Orion Sirius EQ-G (unguided)
Captured with FireCapture
Processed with PIPP, AutoStakkert! 3 (with 3x drizzle), PixInsight, and Paint.NET
Skywatcher 72ED
Prime Focus
Raspberry Pi Camera
Autostakkert (2391 video frames)
Wavelet in Registax
My first attempt imaging Jupiter.
taken with a small refractor (72mm, f=420mm) with a Raspberry Pi Camera
Just a quick imaging this very early afternoon. It was challenging to find the extremely thin Venus crescent, but when I did my smile was just as wide as the crescent itself :D
Processing was another challenge, PIPP couldn't do much with the video, Autostakkert also was struggling. But a little trick helped, saved the video into individual frames and that helped a lot.
This is the thinnest Venus I have ever photographed. Great day! :)
Phase: 0.6% illuminated
Apparent size: 1.0 arcsec
Distance: 40.8 million km
Visual magnitude: -4.0
Distance from Sun (in the sky): 6° 41'
Equipment:
Skywatcher 72/420 ED Apo
Zwo ASI224MC colour camera
Zwo Red filter
Celestron NexStar 6SE, ZWO asi224mc with IR cut filter, 2.5x TeleVue Powermate and ZWO ADC. 3 minute video Captured in SharpCap, processed in PIPP, AutoStakkert, RegiStax Wavelets then Lightroom.
Rupes Recta, the Straight Waal on the Moon, Celestron 8 telescope with ZWO ASI120 MC-S camera. Composite of 80 frames out of a 4000 frame capture. Processing with Autostakkert and Registax.
Sky-Watcher Star Adventurer mount (it has a lunar tracking mode available) + Sky-Watcher Evostar 72ED (72/420mm) + filter wheel with Baader LRGB filters set (for the transit UV/IR filter was used) + Barlow 2x + ZWO ASI174MM camera. To get the color shot R, G and B channels, 3000 frames per each (and 3000 more through UV/IR filter, which was used as L channel later on). As the Moon doesn't fit the field in this configuration, two panels were shot. ISS cropped out manually using Gimp; stacked and sharpened using cvAstroAlign (25 frames out of 70 went into stack); later on got ISS out using Gimp. Moon stacked using AutoStakkert! 3, then aligned the channels using PlanetarySystemLRGBAligner, then combined to obtain RGB using ImageMagick; L channel added in Gimp. Then assembled the panorama using Hugin. Post-processing in RawTherapee. Added ISS back using Gimp
Dobson 8" f/6 - Canon 6D - Filtro Baader - Barlow 2x
Video RAW Magic Lantern
Procesado: PIPP - AutoStakkert/3 - Registax 6 - Adobe PS
Taken with a Coronado PST and 2 x Barlow + ASI120MC camera.
I was imaging prominences around the entire solar disc between 11:00 - 11:15 UT. Between 500 and 1,000 frame videos were captured and the best 250 frames were stacked using Autostakkert! 3.
After imaging an ISS solar transit, I shot some more video of the Sun in white light. I caught AR12833 on the upper left, which rotated into view a few days ago, but also very faintly to the right is AR12832 which is about to rotate out of view on the opposite side. Photo taken from Oxfordshire, UK with a William Optics 70mm refractor fitted with a Thousand Oaks glass solar filter. The camera was an ASI120MC. A 2,000 frame video was captured using SharpCap and the best 75% of the frames were stacked using Autostakkert! 3. Stacked image was processed in Lightroom, Fast Stone Image Viewer, Photoshop CS2 and Focus Magic.
Taken from Oxfordshire, UK with a William Optics 70mm refractor + ASI120MC camera fitted with a 3x Barlow. The mount was my Skywatcher AZ GTi on a tripod. I had to use my portable set up because the Moon was too low to get above the trees from my permanent pier or from the observatory shed.
I grabbed the telescope because I wanted to capture the Lunar X and V on the 44% Waxing Crescent Moon before the Moon set. I had to dodge endless patches of cloud which were making my life miserable! Given the conditions I'm really really happy with the photos I got!
I captured a 1,000 frame video using SharpCap. I stacked the best 50% of those frames in Autostakkert! 3, then processed the images in Lightroom and Fast Stone Image Viewer.
Taken with a Skywatcher ED80 Refractor fitted with a Baader Astrosolar Filter and a Canon 600D at prime focus ( 600mm ). Best 10 of 30 jpgs stacked with Autostakkert 2 after centering and cropping automatically with PIPP.
Captured using red filter through average seeing and turbulent transparency. Best 25% of 2000 frames with Autostakkert.
Telescope=CPC800 XLT
Camera=ASI120MC-S
Aberkenfig, South Wales
Lat 51.542 N Long 3.593 W
The seeing conditions were not ideal when the images were captured.
25 single shot RAW images 1/320s @ 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 processing with G.I.M.P & Adobe Lightroom..
Best viewed using the expansion arrows.
I caught the crescent Moon under a tree branch on a beautifully clear night in Austin Texas taken 2019-06-09 04:27 UT. Sony a7 iii with a vintage Nikkor 300mm ED telephoto and 1.4x teleconverter. Exposed 1/25 sec at ISO 640 at f/16.
Best 4 of 25 images drizzle stacked in Autostakkert 3, deconvolve in Lynkeos with final crop and exposure in Photoshop. Tree limb light painted in 15 sec exposure.
Taken from Oxfordshire, UK on Friday 29th May 2020 when the Moon was at 42% illuminated waxing crescent phase. I love the crater shadows during this phase and the shadows on Walther and La Caille were looking fantastic. You can also still make out the Lunar X (I shared a daytime photo of this yesterday) which is a clair obscur effect. This is a pretty aggressive crop from the original image.
William Optics 70mm refractor with Celestron 3x Barlow and a ZWO ASI120MC camera on an EQ5 Pro mount on a permanent pier.
2,000 frame video shot, the best 70% were stacked with Autostakkert!. Image processed in Lightroom and Fast Stone Image Viewer
A lunar close-up showing Crater Plato (the large crater in the lower right of the image). This is a lava-filled lunar impact crater on the northern hemisphere of the near side of the Moon. It has a diameter of 101 km and is about 3.84 billion years old. It is located on the northeastern shore of the Mare Imbrium, at the western extremity of the Montes Alpes mountain range. In the mare to the south are several rises collectively named the Montes Teneriffe. To the north lies the wide stretch of the Mare Frigoris. East of the crater, among the Montes Alpes, are several rilles collectively named the Rimae Plato.
Information from Wikipedia:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plato_(crater)
Created from 1001 frames of video
Exposure = 0.010901 at Gain 139 (Unity)
Processed in PIPP, AutoStakkert, Registax, and Photoshop
Equipment:
Telescope: Sky-Watcher Explorer-150PDS
Mount: Skywatcher EQ5
Imaging Camera: ZWO ASI1600MC Pro
x2 Barlow lens with extension
Saturn is not only nice for its rings but it works as a miniature solar system as seven of its Moons can be imaged with modest equipment.
Mimas and Enceladus were too close to the planet so they are not in the photo. The orange color of Titan is visible. The unlabeled thing is a star.
Taken with a 5'' scope and a Canon 550D camera in 640x480 video crop mode.
Stacked with Autostakkert!. Extra exposure of 2'' at ISO 6400 for the moons.
Panorama de 17 tomas
Celestron Maksutov 127 SLT
ZWO ASI120MM
Celestron CG4
Frames por toma: 500
Df: 1500 mm.
F: 12
Firecapture
Autostakkert + ICE + Registax 6 + Fitsworks + Pixinsight 1.8
Guillermo Cervantes Mosqueda
Observatorio Astronómico Altaír
Poncitlán Jalisco México
Near to the center of this photograph is the Apollo 11 landing site where man first set foot on the surface of the moon in July 1969. This photo also captured the craters Armstrong, Aldrin, and Collins which were named in honor of the three Apollo 11 crew members (Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins).
Slightly below and between the craters Aldrin and Collins is a small group of three craters that form a near right triangle and the topmost of these three craters is officially named Sabine C (although an effort has been made to name this crater after the late broadcast journalist Walter Cronkite). The rightmost crater in this small group is informally known as the "Cat's Paw." Among the lunar craters that are able to be seen with medium-sized amateur telescopes, the "Cat's Paw" is the closest to the Apollo 11 landing site (which is only about 7km to the east -- right -- of the "Paw").
Photographed on the evening of April 13, 2016 using a 5 inch aperture refracting telescope (e.f.l. 990mm, f/7.8) and a ZWO ASI178MM-Cool camera (using a stack of the best 40% of 1000 frames). Image processing done with Autostakkert!, Registax, and Photoshop CC2015.
On the lower left is an annotated 2X enlargement of this same area, which is also outlined in black at the center of the main field.
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Lunt 60 on Orion Solar Starseeker mount. ASI 174 mono camera using Firecapture. 4000 frames, stacked 50% in Autostakkert II and processed with Photoshop CC and Topaz Sharpen AI.
My take on the super blue moon. K3iii x 55-300PLM (100 takes staked in Autostakkert). Bit of LR + PS for the stars. 9:35 PM UTC. Laurentides, Québec, Canada.
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. Mount was an EQ5 Pro, tracking at solar speed. A 2,000 frame video captured with SharpCap, the best 50% of the frames were stacked using Autostakkert! 2 then quick processing in Fast Stone Image Viewer.
Solar Image AR3354, 2023-06-29
Time-lapse over 3 hours 40 minutes, compressed to 14 seconds. This demonstrates the complex sun spot systems. Large filaments can be seen developing and diminishing.
Equipment details:
Orion 80mm refractor
Quark Chromosphere filter
ZWO294MM Pro using ROI
Processed in Autostakkert, IMPPG and Photoshop
Saturn reached opposition on August 14. This session took place on the night of the 12/13 of August - just before Earth moved between the sun and Saturn, placing the planet opposite the sun in our sky and when it appears at its biggest and brightest. I used frames above the 75% quality threshhold I arbitrarily chose. This composite image uses two different exposures, one for the planet and one for the moons.
Captured with SharpCap
Processed in PIPP and AutoStakkert
Post-processed in Photoshop
Date: 12-13/08/2022
Saturn
Made from 1,950 stacked video frames (75% quality and above)
Gain - 70%
Exposure - 0.073065 seconds
Integration - 142.48 seconds
Moons
Made from 587 stacked video frames (75% quality and above)
Gain - 80%
Exposure - 1.864855 seconds
Integration - 934.29 seconds
Equipment:
Telescope: Sky-Watcher Explorer-150PDS
Guide scope: Orion 50mm Mini
Guide camera: SVBony SV105 with ZWO USBST4 guider adapter
Mount: Skywatcher EQ5
Imaging Camera: ZWO ASI120 MC
x2 Barlow with extension tube (equivalent to x3.3)
Mare Crisium, Mare Fecunditatis, and the surrounding area are lit by sunlight coming in at a low angle in this pair of views. The top image was shot around 2020-09-04 0620 UT and the bottom image around 0900 UT. Look closely at the length of shadows in each - you can see how the Sun has sunk closer to the horizon during the time between the two images.
The north edge of the Moon is at the left in these images. Looking along the terminator, some craters that stand out are Geminus and Cleomedes to the north and Langrenus and Petavius to the south. The central peaks of Langrenus and Petavius show the change in the length of their shadows particularly well.
Each image is a composite from stacks of SER files shot with a ZWO ASI120MM with a #58 green filter. The scope was a Celestron Edge HD 925 at f/10. Stacking in AutoStakkert with the best 75 of 300 frames; individual images merged in Photoshop for the composite; final processing in PixInsight.
Giove del 3-07-2022
Queste sono le mie prime immagini di quest'anno del gigante gassoso, il più grande dei pianeti e il quinto in ordine di distanza dal Sole.
A causa della presenza di nubi e velature non è stato facile ma, grazie a una sufficiente calma atmosferica, sono riuscito comunque a riprendere il pianeta e a ottenere un risultato accettabile.
Dati:
- Telescopio Celestron 114/910 Newtoniano
- Montatura Eq2 con motore AR con pulsantiera
- Camera planetaria QHY5L-II-C
- Filtro UV-Ir cut
- Barlow 2x Celestron Omni
-Sharpcap per acquisire un video da 2 minuti
- Autostakkert!3 e Registax 6 per elaborare circa il 60% dei fotogrammi
- GIMP per scrivere i nomi dei corpi celesti
- Luogo: Cabras, Sardegna, Italia
- Data e ora: 3 luglio 2022 alle 3:11 UTC
New and improved version! WinJUPOS derotation leads to a much sharper result. This is a derotation of 5 images (500 frames each).
Jupiter, the largest planet in the Solar System, about 3 weeks after its 2022 opposition. The Great Red Spot, visible in the southwest, is a giant storm with a diameter larger than Earth. Wind speeds in the storm peak at 268 mph (432 km/h).
This is one of my top 3 Jupiter images from the 2022 season. Using this 6" SCT with a planetary camera is so much fun, and the results are shocking to me. I could have never imagined getting images this sharp when I started this hobby back in 2018!
Phase angle: 4.05°
Apparent magnitude: -2.90
Apparent diameter: 49.20"
Distance from Earth: 4.007 AU
Derotation of 5 images, each image consisting of 500 frames (best 500 of 18,000)
Captured from 04:11 to 04:30 UTC 10/15/22
Exposure 10 ms, Gain 250, Offset 25
Location: Summerville/Ladson, SC
Atmospheric seeing: 4/5 to 5/5
Camera: ZWO ASI224MC
Telescope: Celestron C6 Schmidt-Cassegrain Telescope
Barlow: Tele Vue 2x 1.25" Barlow (gives an effective focal length of 3404mm at f/22.7)
Mount: Orion Sirius EQ-G (unguided)
Capture software: FireCapture
Processing software: AutoStakkert! 3 (with 3x drizzle), PixInsight, WinJUPOS, GIMP
In alto a destra è visibile il cratere Gassendi (diametro 111 Km),con all'interno alcuni piccoli crateri e alcune fessure chiamate rime, più a sud invece si trova il mare Humorum ( 419 Km), più scuro e e con pochi crateri al suo interno.
La zona a ovest di Gassendi nell'immagine è ricchissima di dettagli e qui nella foto si vedono bene a causa della vicinanza al terminatore, che è la linea di separazione giorno/notte ed è la zona in cui la luce solare arriva solo a sfiorare le parti alte dei rilievi lunari.
Dati:
Celestron 114/910 Newton
Montatura eq2 con motore AR
Camera planetaria QHY5L-II-C
Barlow 2x Celestron Omni
Filtro UV IR cut
Sharpcap per acquisire un video da 5000 frames
Autostakkert!3 e Registax 6 per elaborare il 30% dei frames totali
GIMP per luminosità e contrasto nel risultato finale.
Luogo: Cabras, Sardegna, Italia
Data: 13 maggio 2022 alle 21:26 UTC (23:26 ora locale)
Fase della Luna: Gibbosa crescente al 93%
Telescope: Celestron 11 - CGEM
Filter #25 (Red)
Camera: ASI120MM
Software: Firecapture - Autostakkert!2 - Registax -iMerge - PS6
2 minutes video recording stacked with AutoStakkert
Olympus OMD EM1 MKII
Celestron C90 MAK + Skywatcher Staradventurer + Baader hyperion zoom eyepiece
Scope: Orion 254mm F4.7
Mount: Orion Atlas EQ-G
Camera: SVBony 305 - IMX290MC
Televue Powermate 5x
Exposure Time: 12ms
Gain: 300
FPS: 50
Software: Sharpcap, AutoStakkert_3.1.4_x64, Pixinsight
Jupiter_x5_2022-07-17_03_53_44_12ms_300_lapl5_ap413_Drizzle15_Pixinsight.jpg
Taken with a Coronado PST, 2x Barlow & Canon 1100D on an EQ5 Pro mount
Images shot in RAW, cropped and colour removed in Lightroom then exported at TIFF files. Best 58% of 206 images stacked using Autostakkert! 2.
Stacked image was duplicated, one processed to enhance the prominences, the other to enhance surface features. Images exported again as TIFFs, then false colour applied and images merged together in Photoshop CS2 using a layer mask. The final merged image was then tweaked using Lightroom and Focus Magic
Seestar S50, immagine ottenuta da un'elaborazione di un filmato di 1037 frames di cui il 50% elaborati con AutoStakkert e AstraImage.
Seestar S50, image obtained from the processing of a 1037-frame video, 50% of which were processed with AutoStakkert and AstraImage.
Sunspot AR2741
Session Information :
* 51° N 3° E
* Torhout, Belgium
* Capture Date : 12.05.2019
* Surface Capture Start : 12:55:20 UTC
* Surface Capture Mid : 12:55:36 UTC
* Surface Capture End : 12:55:51 UTC
Object Information
* Type : Sunspot
* Designation : AR2471
* Distance : 1.010 AU or roughly 151.1 million km
Hardware
* Mount : Celestron CGX
* Imaging Scope : TS Optics 152mm f/5.9 Achromat
* ERF : Baader 2" UV/IR Cut
* Filter : Daystar Quark Hydrogen-Alpha (Chromosphere)
* Imaging Camera : ZWO ASI 174MM
Exposure Settings
* Exposure : 6ms
* Gain : 0
* Gamma : 25
* Frames Surface : 4.000
* Frames Surface Stacked : 10% (400)
Capture Software
* FireCapture
Processing Software
* AutoStakkert!
* RegiStax
* Adobe Photoshop
* Topaz DeNoise AI
Hardware: ZWO-ASI174MM, Meade SN10, iOptron CEM60
Software: Firecapture, Autostakkert! & Photoshop 2020
C9.25 with full aperture Baader solar film (Nd 3.0 photo version) and QHY5III 178M with 0.5x reducer and solar continuum filter
used to capture white light image of sunspot group AR 2396.
Calcium image is result of experiment to see how the solar film would act as ERF with Lunt B1200 CaK module,this time C9.25 was used at f/10 but camera had to be 2x2 binned as well as using ROI so as to reduce exposure time and increase FPS rate to around 10-15.
SER files recorded in Firecapture,stacked in Autostakkert 3 and processed in Astrosurface and PS CS2 adding false colour.
Image taken with a Coronado PST, 2x Barlow and Canon 1100D on an EQ5 Pro mount
Images shot in RAW with the camera set to mono to assist with focusing. Images then cropped and tweaked in Lightroom and exported as TIFFs
Best 30% of 320 images stacked using Autostakkert! 2. Stacked image was duplicated, then using Lightroom one was processed to enhance the prominences and the other to enhance the surface details.
False colour was then added and the 2 images merged using a layer mask in Photoshop CS2, then final tweaks made in Lightroom and Focus Magic
Sketch was done with coloured pastel pencils on black paper then photographed
Hoping to catch a total lunar eclipse in about 9 days but this time, I will have to be mobile to catch it all - neighbour's houses and trees will interfere as the Moon sinks down towards the horizon in the UK.
So rather than use my 900mm telescope and heavy tracking mount, I plan to go mobile with a DSLR, long camera lens and extender (840mm focal length) on an AstroTrac tt320x-ag tracking mount.
Sigma 150-600mm Sports
Sigma 1.4x extender
Canon 1dx 2
Static tripod
ISO 400, 840mm focal length, 1/100s at f/9
Just wanted to test that imaging train would do a reasonable job!
This is a stack of 9 single images - best 33% stacked in Autostakkert 3 and drizzled. Wavelet sharpening in Registax 6.
Average seeing. C9.25", 3x Televue barlow, Astronomik LRGB filters.
Processed in AutoStakkert!2 and Registax 6 (wavelets).
No de-rotate.
(The GRS was just sneaking around the corner).
Michael L Hyde (c) 2014
Venus captured at 6pm in complete daytime. Celestron NexStar 6SE, ZWO asi224mc with IR cut filter, 2.5x TeleVue Powermate and ZWO ADC. 2 minute video Captured in SharpCap, processed in PIPP, AutoStakkert, RegiStax Wavelets then Lightroom.
Photographed on a rare clear winter night in the UK on 3rd January 2025.
Equipment used was a Skywatcher 200P Newtonian telescope and an ASI715MC planetary camera. Processing was with Autostakkert, Registax 6 and Pixinsight. A 1 minute AVI video was made at 1280 x 720 resolution.
The seeing was extremely varied: mostly unsteady, washed-out images and sometimes good moments. Autostakkert selected optimally! Prominent the GRS.
Celestron 14
Petit souvenir du rapprochement Lune - Vénus de ce matin,
La lune a occulté Vénus en cours de matinée, mais ni la météo ni le timing ne m'ont permis de suivre cet évènement.
Ce sera donc une petite photo souvenir, à 400mm de focale donc avec peu de détails, mais ça reste un joli moment au sein de la mécanique céleste à photographier 😊
Exifs : Fuji XT3 + 50-140 + Doubleur de focale
200 prises de vues additionnées pour "réhausser" les détails et assemblées via PIPP et Autostakkert
Didn't think I'd get to see anything at all since it was overcast and but the clouds were thin enough at times for the h-alpha wavelength to cut through. I captured as much as I could. This is a stack of about 450 frames. I have more that I need to process and probably add on to this.
I have a video showcasing my gear and capture process here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=mlLqKOOljcs
The image was taken with this equipment:
Equipment used:
* Lunt 40
* Sky-Watcher SolarQuest
* QHY5-III 178m
* FireCapture, PIPP, AutoStakkert!3, AstroSurface
* Colorization in Photoshop via curves adjustments
You can see a higher resolution at www.naztronomy.com/images/portfolio/fullscreen/Oct14Solar...
My YouTube: youtube.com/Naztronomy.