View allAll Photos Tagged autostakkert

TEC 250 @ F/12 + ASI 1600MM-C

 

Image scale 0,25"

 

Captured with Sharpcap

Processed with AutoStakkert!2, Pixinsight

104_9494-7 4K MP4s processed with PIPP and AutoStakkert

Telescopio Newton 155/1000 su base dobson, oculare Plossl 5 mm. Samsung S6; adattatore universale per smartphone. Filmato di 458 frames a 30 fps, di cui il 50% elaborati con PIPP, Autostakkert, AstraImage e Photoshop.

The waxing gibbous Moon from Austin, Texas. Taken 2018-02-26 02:46 UT. Questar 1350/89mm f/15 telescope with a Sony a6300 at prime focus. Exposed 1/40 sec at ISO 100. Best 8 images of 150 stacked in Autostakkert 3, deconvolved in Lynkeos, with final crop and exposure in Photoshop.

---------------------------------------------------------

Timestamp: 22.5.2023 14:22:02 CEST

10" GSO Dobson Deluxe on Astrothingy EQ platform

Thousand Oaks Optical Solar Filter

Meade #908N Narrowband filter

Camera: ZWO ASI462MC

 

Captured by FireCapture with following settings:

Resolution: 1936x1096

duration 20s

exp 1.00ms

gain 0

frames 2010 (40% best stacked)

Profile=Sun

 

Stacked in: AutoStakkert! v3

 

Postprocessing by Registax (Wavelets)

 

Final postprocessing by Gimp:

Color levels (RGB) adjustments + Color curves adjustments + Sharpen + Crop

Uranus as imaged from home on the 1st Jan 2018.

A reasonably clear night, teamed up with a pretty well aligned scope meant it was easy to find Uranus.

I used the ZWO ZSI120mc CCD camera and Firecapture to collate the raw footage, and processed in AutoStakkert and DSS.

 

First attempt at a Jovian timelapse.

(Click on double arrow symbol to view at actual size in light box)

 

Celestron Nexstart 127 SLT

Skywatcher 2x Barlow

Baader IR-UV Cut Filter

DMK21AU618

 

Capture: FireCapture - 80 x 3182 frames @ 60 fps @ f23.6

Stacking: AutoStakkert!2 - Best 30%

Wavelets: Registax 6

Postprocessing: Adobe Photoshop CS5

99.4% full moon rising just after sunset. The clouds partially ruined it, but these ended up having a more artistic/dramatic look than expected.

 

14 x 1/100 second f/8 ISO3200

Apparent magnitude: -12.70

Apparent diameter: 32'54"

Distance from Earth: 0.002427 AU

 

Location: Sullivan's Island, SC

Camera: Canon 7D Mark II

Lens: Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS II USM + EF 1.4x III Extender

Tripod: Cayer BV30L 72" Aluminum Tripod with K3 Fluid Head

Processed with PIPP, AutoStakkert! 3, and GIMP

Assemblage de 2 photos avec Gimp

Champ couvert 950x375 km (mesuré sur Atlas Virtuel de la Lune)

Photo 2758x1080 pixels (7'45.1" x 3'04")

1 pixel = 344 m

Instrument de prise de vue: Sky-watcher T250/1000 Newton F4

Caméra d'imagerie: QHY5III462

Monture: Skywatcher AZ-EQ6 Pro Goto USB

Instrument de guidage: sans

Caméra de guidage: Sans

Logiciels: Stellarium - ScharpCap - AutoStakkert - RegiStax 6 - Darktable - Gimp _ FastStone Images Viewer

Filtres: IR-Cut / IR-Block ZWO (M48)

Accessoire: GPU coma-correcteur Sky-watcher + Barlow Keppler x2.5 (x3.5 env. suivant mon montage)

Dates: 8 Mai 2022- 19h27

Images unitaires: SER (1000x32.87ms) 10% retenues - Gain 102

Intégration: --

Échantillonnage: 0.17 arcsec/pixel

Seeing: 1.34"Arc

Echelle d'obscurité de Bortle: 4.50

Phase de la Lune (moyenne): 47.2% - 7,87 jours

Distance: 393787 km

 

Jupiter and Europa.

ASI034MC through 3X Barlow. Best 33% of 4000 frames processed with Autostakkert.

106_1391-3 processed with PIPP and AutoStakkert.

Sunspot groups AR2443 (left) and AR2448 (right, if I'm not mistaken) captured 06.11.2015 @09:30 MSK (UT+4).

 

DMK23U274 via 2x Barlow lens on Coronado PST on Celestron CG-4.

25% of 1500 frames, processed in AS!2, AstraImage 3.0 (gamma, RLD, wavelets) and PS (final assembly and extra contrast adjustment).

My seeing was catastrophic, fulldisk montage failed.

Better on black like this? Or on white?

 

Telescope = Lunt LS60HaDS50/B1200

Camera = DMK21AU618

Mount = EQ6 Pro

Software = capture in ICCapture, stacking in AutoStakkert 2, mosaic in Photoshop CS5

Mosaic = 5 images (4 corners and one for the center overlap region)

Date = 21/05/2012

Beverage = Hop City Barking Squirrel lager

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.

30 Sep 2016 0130 UTC

Coronado PST 40mm

IMG132e

Autostakkert

PixInsight

 

ShahGazer Observatory, Sri Damansara, Malaysia

Sol Región Activa 12975

Mal seeing con un poco de brisa

 

Telescopio: Skywatcher Refractor AP 120/900 f7.5 EvoStar ED

Cámara: ZWO ASI178MM

Montura: iOptron AZ Mount Pro

Filtros: - Baader Neutral Density Filter 1¼" (ND 0.6, T=25%)

- Baader Solar Continuum Filter 1¼" (double stacked) (540nm)

Accesorios: - Baader 2" Cool-Ceramic Safety Herschel Prism

- TeleVue Lente de Barlow 2,5x Powermate 1,25"

Software: FireCapture, AutoStakkert, Registax y Photoshop

Fecha: 2022-03-24 (24 de marzo de 2022)

Hora: 12:51 T.U. (Tiempo universal)

Lugar: 42.615 N -6.417 W (Bembibre Spain)

Vídeo: 1 minuto

Resolución: 1968x1504

Gain: 85 (16%)

Exposure: 0.032ms

Frames: 2517

Frames apilados: 10%

FPS: 41

Sensor temperature= 32.7°C

A shot of the waxing crescent moon that was taken on February 13, 2016 using my Stellarvue SV80 telescope and a 2X barlow (960mm effective focal length, f/12) with a ZWO ASI174MM camera (exposure time 13ms, camera gain of 179, Astronomik ProPlanet IR 742nm filter).

 

This was a quick grab with the moon fairly low in the sky (17 degrees altitude) using a fixed and non-tracking, alt-azimuth mount.

 

The picture was produced from a stack of the best 50% of 530 images taken at a scale of 1.26 arc second per pixel. Processing was done with AutoStakkert, Registax, and Photoshop CC 2015.

 

The image is best seen at full size (1032 x 1600) and against a dark background.

 

All rights reserved.

17 Apr 2019

0130 UTC

 

Full aperture baader.

ZWO ASI290MM

C9.25 (F=2350mm)

AutoStakkert

PixInsight

 

Moderate seeing (3/5)

The spring full moon before the clouds came back in Austin, Texas. Transparency was poor with exposure a full stop more than usual. Questar 1350/89mm f/15 telescope with Sony a6300 camera at prime focus. Best 8 of 150 images stacked in Autostakkert 3 with deconvolution in Lynkeos and final crop and exposure adjustment in Photoshop.

My first attempt at 'lucky imaging'. Taken May 10, 2022

 

Camera: Olympus OM-D E-M1MarkII in 4K video mode

Filters: none

Telescope: TS 102mm ED f/11 doublet refractor

Post: Autostakkert!3, ffmpeg. - best 50% of 3660 frames

Finish: Affinity Photo - stretch, levels, contrast, sharpen

One hour of the Sun's life squizzed into 6 seconds...

 

WARNING! Sun is dangerous, use proper filters for observing and imaging!

 

Aquisition time: 12.10.2013, betwee 12:48 and 13:50 MSK (UTC+4)

Image orientation: inverted (North is down, East is to the right).

Equipment:

Canon EOS 60D (unmodded) coupled to Coronado PST via Baader Planetarium Hyperion Zoom 8-24 mm Mark III click-stop system eyepiece and Baader Planetarium M43-to-T2 conversion ring and riding on Celestron CG-4 equatorial mount.

Aperture 40 mm

Native focal length 400 mm

Effective focal length 931 mm (zoom setting - 16 mm)

Tv = 1/60 seconds

Av (effective) = f/23

ISO 1600

Exposures: around 1500-2500 for each frame. The Sun was imaged for 30-45 seconds every 4 minutes and 20 seconds during one hour. 25% of frames were used to generate each of 11 frames of the resulting movie.

Processing: MOVs to AVI in SUPER(C). AVIs stacked in Autostakkert!2. Deconvolution in Astra Image 3.0 (Ricardson-Lucy algoruthm, Cauchy-type PSF, size - 6 units, 7 iterations). Coloration, contrast enchancement and pre-stacking (bad, bad tracking :) in Photosshop, clean-up alignment, time-stamping and movie generation in ImageJ.

Jupiter, the 5th planet, is growing larger in our sky as we approach opposition in August. This was my first time capturing the Great Red Spot since July 2019. The GRS is the largest storm in the Solar System, with a diameter larger than Earth. Wind speeds in the storm peak at 268 mph (432 km/h).

 

Two of Jupiter's moons are also visible in this shot: Europa (closer to the planet) and Io (further). Jupiter has 80 known moons and a faint ring system. Its atmosphere is separated into several bands at different latitudes, resulting in turbulence and storms along the boundaries.

 

5000 x 1/100 second ISO6400 (best of 7,281)

Phase angle: 5.8°

Apparent magnitude: -2.78

Apparent diameter: 48"

Distance from Earth: 4.126 AU

Atmospheric seeing: 4/5

 

Location: Coral Springs, FL

Camera: Canon T3i

Telescope: Explore Scientific ED80 f/6.0 Apochromatic Refractor

Barlow: Antares 3x Triplet Barlow (effective magnification is 4.932x for 2373mm focal length at f/29.66)

Mount: Orion Sirius EQ-G

Captured with Magic Lantern RAW Video (10 bit, 30 FPS, 640 x 426)

Processed with MLV App, PIPP, AutoStakkert! 3 (with 3x drizzle), PixInsight, and Paint.NET

Taken about 30 minutes before sunset. Seeing was reasonable. Really clear skies but slightly hazy.

 

Transparency (4/5)

Seeing (3/5)

 

C9.25 EDGEHD (F=2350mm)

ZWO120MC

SharpCap

Winjupos

AutoStakkert

PixInsight

 

Taken on 22 June 2019 at 23.34 UTC, with Celestron NexStar 6se SCT and NexImage 5 Camera. Video captured in SharpCap and stacked in AutoStakkert. Touched-up in Registax and LR.

Coronado PST

ZWO ASI120MM

Sky Watcher Star Adventurer

 

2 Videos, unos sobre expuesto y uno sub expuesto, cada uno:

Frames: 1000

Frames en stack: 800

Captura: Firecapture

Procesado: Autostakkert + Ps + Pixinsight 1.8

 

Guillermo Cervantes Mosqueda

Observatorio Astronómico Altaír

Poncitlán Jalisco México

La X lunare, visibile in questa foto, si forma quando la luce solare arriva a lambire le parti più elevate dei crateri La Caille, Blanchinus e Purbach. La X si può osservare nei pressi del terminatore (la linea che separa la parte illuminata da quella notturna) per diverse ore quando la Luna è vicina alla fase di Primo Quarto.

Dati:

- Telescopio Celestron 114/910 Newtoniano

- Montatura Eq2 con motore AR

- Camera planetaria QHY5L-II-C

- Filtro UV-Ir cut

- Barlow 2x Celestron Omni

- Sharpcap per acquisire un video da 1500 frames

- Autostakkert!3 e Registax 6 per elaborare circa il 50% dei frames

- GIMP per regolare luminosità e contrasto

- Luogo: Cabras, Sardegna, Italia

- Data: 6 giugno 2022

- Ora: 21:46 UTC (23:46 ora locale)

Telescope: Celestron 11 - CGEM

Powermate 2X - Filter #25 (Red)

Camera: ASI120MM

Software: Firecapture - Autostakkert!2 - Registax - PS6

Sinus Iridum (236km) also known as the ‘Bay of Rainbows’ is located in the North Western region of the moon and forms part of Mare Imbrium.

The bay is really part of a crater which has been filled with lava leaving only the higher edges visible and a faint outline to the south.

China landed their Yutu lunar rover on 14th December 2013 just to the south east of the Bay of Rainbows.

 

Image taken 21st November 2015

 

Equipment:

Celestron 8SE

ZWO ASI 120MCS

 

Software:

Pre-Processed – PIPP v2.5.4

Stacked in AutoStakkert 2.20

Post Processed in Registax 6

Post Processed in Photoshop CC 2015

 

Total stacked frames: 998. Best 249 frames used.

 

False Colour

 

Lunt 60mm Ha Solar Telescope

TIS DMK21AU618

 

Captured: FireCapture - 2000 frames @ 60 fps - Disc

2000 frames @ 30 fps - Proms

Stacking: AutoStakkert!2 - Best 30%

Postprocessing: Adobe Photoshop CS5

 

Taken during the September 2013 Astrocamp event in Cwmdu, Wales.

Mars a few days before it reaches opposition. Mars is making its closest approach to Earth in 15 years and reaches opposition on July 27th but it will be closest to Earth on July 31st. This was a good time to image it as was such a clear night and the Moon will be full on July 27th. I was pleasantly surprised that some detail came out despite the planet-wide dust storm currently raging on Mars and obscuring so many features. However it took a fair amount of processing to bring it out. The southern ice cap is clearly visible but appears to have been slightly coloured by the dust, which is interesting, especially as a lake of liquid water has just been discovered beneath the ice in that region.

 

Created from 5000 frame video with only the frames of 75% quality or higher used (5,000)

Captured with SharpCap

Processed in AutoStakkert, Registax and Photoshop

 

Gain 75%

Exposure 0.002443 seconds

 

Equipment:

Sky-Watcher Explorer-150PDS

Sky-Watcher EQ5 Mount

ZWO ASI120 MC camera

x2 Barlow with extension tube

It's been too long since I've taken a moon image. Past time to see how the little 2" RedCat performs on the Moon, it took a couple of weeks to get around to processing the images. I had to wait for a bug to be fixed in Crossover Mac to allow the stacking program that I prefer, Autostakkert 3, to run on the all 64bit macOS Catalina. I now have 64 bit versions of all my astronomy software running again on macOS. The waxing gibbous Moon of 2020-01-05 05:24 UT from Austin. I used the Sony a6300 for a less undersampling and a 1.5x drizzel and the Moon is nice and clear even with just 250mm of focal length. Not as sharp as the Questar but with plenty of room for other interesting things in the image although the moon was too high in the sky this time for that.

 

William Optics RedCat 51 and Sony a6300 exposed 1/250 sec at f/4.9 and ISO 100. Best 4 of 83 images stacked in AutoStakkert 3, deconvolved in Lynkeos, with final exposure and crop in Photoshop.

 

1st official Venus and Mercury photoshoot.

 

Skywatcher Equinox 120ED

F=1800mm

ZWO ASI120MC

AutoStakkert

PixInsight.

Taken with a William Optics 70mm refractor on an EQ5 Pro with a Canon 1100D

Best 61% of 120 frames stacked in Autostakkert! 2 and tweaked in Lightroom

This image is monochrome only, because I am still working out an issue that is preventing my filter wheel from responding to filter change commands. As Mars' opposition is just two weeks away and unfavorable weather can linger for days, I am anxious to get this resolved.

 

I deemed this image worthy of posting as it represents an improvement over my last Mars image. I attribute this to better focus that was aided by better seeing and me having developed a better eye for focusing planetary images. Astrospheric.com was calling my local seeing condition as above average, and the difference between this and what I have experienced so far in my planetary imaging journey was remarkable, and I am sure that factor alone made a difference in my ability to focus accurately. As far as the "me" factor, I spent more time watching for the smallest detail that I could discern in the shimmering image, and committing those brief instances of clarity to memory. After making focus adjustments, I would compare the new image with my memorized image, and make additional adjustments as necessary.

 

Major features visible in this image are south polar cap, Terra Sirenum, Valles Marineris, Solus Lacus, Olympus Mons, and Amazonis.

 

Meade LX850 (12" f/16)

ZWO ASI290MM

Autostakkert

Registax

Cloudy condition this evening. About 103 days to go to Inferior Conjunction.

 

Transparency (2/5)

Seeing (3/5)

 

5 images derotated. 1.5X drizzle

 

C9.25 EDGEHD (F=2350mm)

ZWO120MC

SharpCap

Winjupos

AutoStakkert

PixInsight

104_8433-6 4K MP4s processed with PIPP and AutoStakkert.

Image of the Sun taken today in Calcium K line showing Sunspot AR2765. 72ED Pro with Lunt CaK 1200 module and QHY5III 178M,500 frame SER taken in Firecapture,stacked in Autostakkert,processed in ImPPG and Photoshop CS2 adding false colour. Hazy conditions due to thin cloud covering the Sun

Saturn fading

Celestron C8 SCT , Televue Powermate 2.5X, ZWO ASI 178MM/EFW RGB, recorded in Firecapture. Processed with Pipp, Autostakkert AS!2, Registax, Lightroom.

The 62 mile diameter lunar crater Tycho. Used 9.25 in Celestron SCT telescope and ZWO ASI120MM-S Camera. Processed in Autostakkert, Registax and Faststone.

The ringed planet, with the Cassini Division clear as day, and maybe even a hint of the Encke gap. Much better results than when my telescope is fogged up! Easily my best Saturn yet...and you'd better believe I'll go at it again when Saturn gets closer to opposition and I maybe get a better (apo) Barlow or try out various eyepiece projection techniques.

 

(Atmospheric seeing: Very Good 4/5 )

 

Equipment: Celestron C8, "Shorty" 2x Barlow, Canon 60D (movie crop mode, using Magic Lantern to slow down the frame rate to 15fps), processed in PIPP, Autostakkert, and Registax.

Sol Región Activa 13190 y 13194

Seeing regular, nubes bajas y algo de viento. Jetstream malo.

Telescopio: Skywatcher Refractor AP 120/900 f7.5 EvoStar ED

Cámara: ZWO ASI178MM

Montura: iOptron AZ Mount Pro

Filtros: - Baader Neutral Density Filter 1¼" (NDND 1.8, T=1.5%)

- Baader Solar Continuum Filter 1¼" (double stacked) (540nm)

Accesorios: - Baader 2" Cool-Ceramic Safety Herschel Prism

Software: FireCapture, AutoStakkert, Registax y Photoshop

Fecha: 2023-01-20 (20 de enero de 2023)

Hora: 11:54 T.U. (Tiempo universal)

Lugar: 42.61 N -6.41 W (Bembibre Spain)

Vídeo: 60 segundos

Resolución: 1552x1146

Gain: 171 (33%)

Exposure: 0.032ms

Frames: 3289

Frames apilados: 25%

FPS: 54

Sensor temperature= 33.5°C

Result of stacking in AutoStakkert! (AS) 899 video frames from Seestar S50 and further processed in Lightroom. Moon as seen on 2025-03-12 at 21:16:37 EDT from Washington DC.

 

Used PIPP to convert the original mp4 file to avi followed by stacking in AS with an alignment point size of 168 and minimum brightness of 45 for 62 alignment points which cover almost the entire lunar surface.

5 stacks of a total of 31 caught over the span of 4 hours

Kept best 10% of 3000 frames

 

---Hardware---

 

Mount : Skywatcher AZ-EQ-6 GT

Camera : ZWO ASI 224 MC

Filters:

PierroAstro ADC Mk2

ZWO UV/IR Cut

Tube : Celestron C8 with 4x barlow (Televue Powermate)

 

Effective focal length : 8000 mm

Effective aperture : ~ F/40

 

---Software---

 

Acquired with FireCapture

Stacked with AutoStakkert

Processed with Lightroom & Topaz DenoizeAI

Luna del 16-07-2016

Video RAW Magic Lantern 2496 x 1080 apilado 26 de 130 cuadros.

SW Dob 8" f/6 - Canon 60D - ISO 400 - 1/1000 - Foco primario

Procesado: PIPP - AutoStakkert - Adobe Lightroom

The Moon (28/7/2015). Gibous. One of my best moon images yet! Notice the drastic colour change in the soil from gray to yellowish in the right upper side. It is due to different mineral deposits in different regions on Lunar surface.

Thanks to Ankit, Anubhav dada and Shiladitya dada for accompanying and helping me during the imaging session.

  

Celestron 8" Cassegrain. Nikon D5100. Stack of 25 frames.

Processing the images was a hard time! Autostakkert almost cried out and hanged multiple times trying to stack 25x 16mgpx frames tongue emoticon So I had to align and stack them manually in PS. Sharpened using wavelets in Registax. Touched up in PS.

©Arnaud Lallouet

EOS 6D + Tamron Tele 500mm Catadioptrique+ Convertisseur 2x

+Autostakkert!

Foto por: Carlos Gómez

Marte 7-09-2020

Telescope=Maksutov 180 mm

Camera=ZWO ASI290MM

Powermate 2X

Filters=IR,R,G,B

Diameter=19.85"

Magnitude=-1.96

CM=298.3° (during mid of capture)

FocalLength=5900mm

Resolution=0.10"

Date=070920

Sensor temperature=21.2°C

FireCapture, Autostakkert, Pixinsight, Lightroom

The total solar eclipse of 2017 captured near Anderson, SC. All frames captured with Skywatcher 80ED with Skywatcher Flattener/Reducer and a Canon 6D. Used BackyardEOS in planetary mode with 5X on and all 100 frame videos stacked in Autostakkert, then aligned in the Gimp on a black 1920X1080 background, then converted to a video using FFMPEG at 2 frames per second.

Taken from Oxfordshire, UK with a Coronado PST and ASI120MC camera fitted with a 2x Barlow.

 

A 2,000 frame video was captured using SharpCap then the best 50% were stacked using Autostakkert! 3. Processing in Lightroom, Photoshop CS2, Focus Magic and Fast Stone Image Viewer,

Taken with 12"LX9"ACF and QHY IMG 132e. Processing Autostakkert, Registax6 and Photoshop

1 2 ••• 63 64 66 68 69 ••• 79 80