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M51 Galaxy in Canes Venatici, with companion galaxy NGC 5195
Distance: 28 million light years
Scope: Orion EON 80ED
Camera: Canon EOS 20Da
Date: 1 May 2014
Total exposure: 1 hour
LH-HRVB (Ha : 6nm narrow band filter)
Bin1x1 CLS:8h30 , Ha:7h56 ; Bin2x2 R:2h39 , G:2h24 , B:2h51 exposure time
200/1000 mm Newtonian telescope
Camera ZWO ASI1600MM Pro
Guiding with AOG and ZWO ASI1174MM mini camera using PHD2
Automatic acquisitions with APT
Preprocessing with SIRIL
Image processing with Photoshop
Final touch with Lightroom
What are the chances? While taking a series of astrophotos through a small telescope of the Andromeda Galaxy, I could see a plane heading towards the target and wondering if it would ruin the shot...Well, now I think what a great alignment...a plane a few kilometers high passing just in front of a galaxy more than 2 million light years away...
Image details:
Scope: Orion 80 mm/f 6.25 ED refractor and Skywatcher 80 mm guide scope with Synguider standalone guider camera
Camera: EOS 20Da
Mount: Vixen Sphinx
This is my first completed image with the new ODK10 telescope from Orion Optics. It has taken a little tuning all round. but I think I'm there now!
NGC 7635, also called the Bubble Nebula, Sharpless 162, or Caldwell 11, is a H II region emission nebula in the constellation Cassiopeia. It lies close to the direction of the open cluster Messier 52. The "bubble" is created by the stellar wind from a massive hot, 8.7 magnitude young central star. The nebula is near a giant molecular cloud which contains the expansion of the bubble nebula while itself being excited by the hot central star, causing it to glow. It was discovered in 1787 by William Herschel. It is located approx 7800 light years away.
Details
M: Avalon Linear Fast Reverse
T: ODK10
C: QSI683 ws-g with 3nm narrowband filters.
16x1800s Ha
17x1800s OIII
18x1800s SII
25.5 hours total integration time.
M 27 Planetary Nebula in Vulpecula
Distance: ~ 1400 light years
Telescope: Orion EON ED80 Refractor
Camera: Canon EOS 20Da
ISO 1600, 7 MINS TOTAL
Still learning about stacking deep sky imagery. This is a blend of 44 images 90 sec. @ ISO 5000 and 76 images 45 sec. @ ISO 2500. each set stacked in Photoshop using median blend then exposure blended to increase dynamic range, or at least that was the intended result anyway.
Nikon 500mm f/4P ED IF AI-S
Nikon 1.4 teleconverter
A week away from the lunar eclipse now and forecast is for clouds and snow. I'm holding out some hope that could change.
The Rosette Nebula (also known as Caldwell 49) is a large, circular H II region located near one end of a giant molecular cloud in the Monoceros region of the Milky Way Galaxy. The open cluster NGC 2244 (Caldwell 50) is closely associated with the nebulosity, the stars of the cluster having been formed from the nebula's matter.
The cluster and nebula lie at a distance of some 5,000 light-years from Earth and measure roughly 50 light years in diameter. The radiation from the young stars excites the atoms in the nebula, causing them to emit radiation themselves producing the emission nebula we see. The mass of the nebula is estimated to be around 10,000 solar masses.
Details
M: Avalon Linear Fast reverse
T: Takahashi FSQ85 0.73x
C: QSI683 ws-g with Astrodon 3nm Ha and OIII filters
39x900s in Ha
22x900s in OIII
totalling 15h 15m of exposure.
The three galaxies M65 (top right), M66 (bottom right) and NGC 3628 (left) comprise the famous Leo Triplet in the zodiacal constellation Leo.
M65 is a highly inclined spiral galaxy with a prominent dust lane extending across its disk, visible through moderate-sized telescopes. M66 is a spiral galaxy with two bright arms which loop outward from the nucleus. Its spiral arms are deformed and distorted, probably due to gravitational interactions with its neighbors.
The 10th magnitude spiral galaxy NGC 3628 is a galaxy seen edge-on. It is about 100,000 light years across and the strong gravitational interactions with its neighbors are likely responsible for the warp of its spiral disk. Prominent dark dust lanes bisect its puffy galactic disk and give this magnificent galaxy the nick-name "Hamburger galaxy". Long exposure photos with big telescopes reveal a giant tidal tail that stretches about 300,000 light years.
The estimated distance of the three galaxies is about 35 million light years.
M65 and M66 were discovered by Charles Messier in 1780. NGC 3628 was discovered by William Herschel in 1784.
Image Details:
Telescope: Orion EON ED 80/500 refractor
Mount: Modified Vixen Sphinx (NexSXW)
Camera: Canon EOS 20Da
Light frames: 8 x 3 mins (total: 24 mins), ISO 1600, Daylight WB, no filter
Calibration frames: Darks
Guiding: Skywatcher 80/400 refractor, Synguider autoguider
Date & Location: 14/3/2018 - Chalkidiki, Greece
Processing: DSS 4.1.1, Adobe Photoshop CS6
Horsehead Nebula IC 434
Flame Nebula NGC 2024
NGC 2023
IC 435
IC 432
IC 431
Alnitak
Nikon D810
Nikon 500mm f4
Orion Atlas Pro EQ mount
F5, ISO 10,000, 60 sec. x 91 exp.
20 x Dark
250 x Bias
Location: Clingman's Dome, Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
Conditions were not great, with haze and clouds passing through but I was eager to get out under the stars. A heavy fog rolled in as I was shooting the dark frames about an hour before sunrise. Looking forward a chance to see what I can do with this lens once conditions improve this winter.
Revision of Heart Nebula with Melotte 15
45 x 600s
ASI 2600 MC Pro
Skywatcher 150/750 PDS
Optolong L-Extreme 2"
Asiair Pro
Zwo OAG
ASI 120 Mini
My first attempt at deep sky imagery.
M31 Andromeda Galaxy had to be my first, as I've seen it for years in my wide field and astro-landscape images. There's a big difference in seeing it with my 14-24mm vs 500mm. While I won't be able to replicate some of the incredible images produced from telescopes and CCDs this was enough to convince me it would be worth attempting a stacked image here to bring out more detail.
The Butterfly Nebula, also known as IC 1318, the Gamma Cygni Nebula, and the Sadr Region, is a celestial object that lies in the heart of the Cygnus constellation. Narowband image processed in Hubble Pallet SHO. Technical Info:
68 x 300 sec. Astronomik Ha 12 nm filter
66 x 300 sec. Astronomik OIII 12 nm filter
58 x 300 sec Astronomik SII 12 nm filter
Gain 200, Offset 50, Binning 1x1
Total Integration 16 hours
Explore Scientific 102mm f/7 APO Refractor
Sensor cooled to -15°C on ZWO ASI1600MM Pro (mono)
Calibration frames: Bias, Darks, and Flats.
Plate Solve-PlateSolver 2 via N.I.N.A. 1.11
Image processing Pixinsight 2.0 and Photoshop 2022
OBJECT: NGC 2244, Rosette Nebula, Monoceros constellation, RA (center) 6h 34 min, DEC 05°, apparent magnitude 9,0, apparent dimensions 1,3°, FOV approx 4,1°x 2,7°.
GEAR: Nikon Z7 Kolari Full Spectrum + Nikkor 500 PF, 5,6, Astronomic UV/IR/L2 Clip in filter, Rollei Astroklar light pollution filter, Dew heater strip, tracking mount iOptron CEM60EC
ACQUISITION: March 22, 2022, Struz, CZ, Subexposure 180s, f 5,6, ISO 1600, Interval 15 s, RAW-L, Lights 18x, Darks 20x, Bias 20x, Flats 20x, DarkFlats 15x. Total exposure time 54 min. Night, clear skies, breeze, +3° C, no Moon, Backyard - Light pollution - Bortle 5.
STACKING AND POST PROCESSING: AstroPixelProcessor (stacking, background neutralisation, light pollution removal, calibrate background and stars colours), Adobe Photoshop CC 2022 (stretching, black and white point settings, star reduction, enhance DSO, deep space noise reduction, contrast setting and sharpening). No cropped, image size 3840 x 2560 px.
IC1396 - Elephant Trunk Nebula (H-SHO)
H-SHO (Narrow band filters 6nm)
Bin1x1 Ha:9h36', Bin2x2 OIII:1h20mn & SII:1h20mn exposure time
80/600 mm Refractor – Camera ZWO ASI1600MM Pro
Preprocessing with SIRIL
Image processing with Photoshop
Final touch with Lightroom
Vast clouds of Hydrogen, Sulphur, Oxygen, and dust swirl around bright young stars. The "lower back" region of IC 1848, the Soul Nebula.
To see more of my work and to buy prints visit www.jklovelacephotography.com/pages/space
Rework of my latest image from the iris nebula.
Taken over four nights in June and July 2019. Total integration is about 12 hours. 6 h for luminance and 2 h for RGB each.
IC-443 the Jellyfish nebula is a galactic supernova remnant in the constellation Gemini and it's distance from Earth is roughly 5,000 liight years away. Technical info: 116 x 300 sec. Astronomik Ha 12 nm filter
155 x 300 sec. Astronomik OIII 12 nm filter
142 x 300 sec Astronomik SII 12 nm filter
135 x 1300 sec. OPTOLONG L-eNhance filter
Gain 200, Offset 50, Binning 1x1
Total Integration 45.7 hours
Explore Scientific 102mm f/7 APO Refractor
Sensor cooled to -15°C on ZWO ASI1600MM Pro (mono)
Calibration frames: Bias, Darks, and Flats.
Plate Solve-PlateSolver 2 via N.I.N.A. 1.11
Image processing Pixinsight 1.8.8-9 and Photoshop 2022
Cygnus Wall - North America Nebula (NGC7000)
Tournefeuille, France
Ha-SHO (Narrow band filters 6nm)
Bin1x1 Ha:4h56, Bin2x2 OIII:52mn & SII:56mn exposure time
200/1000 mm Newtonian telescope
Camera ZWO ASI1600MM Pro
Guiding PHD2 with AOG et ASI1174MM mini
Preprocessing with SIRIL
Image processing with Photoshop
Final touch with Lightroom
The Andromeda galaxy M31 and the Triangulum galaxy M33 are located almost equidistant but opposite directions from the star Beta Andromedae. Naturally these galaxies became targets on a December (2021) evening under clear Bortle 2-3 skies in Kaeng Krachan, Thailand
HO-HOO (6nm narrow band filters)
Bin1x1 Ha:3h52, OIII:2h56mn exposure time
200/1000 mm Newtonian telescope
Camera ZWO ASI1600MM Pro
Guiding with AOG and ZWO ASI1174MM mini camera using PHD2
Automatic acquisitions with APT
Preprocessing with SIRIL
Image processing with Photoshop
Final touch with Lightroom
ASI 2600 MC Pro - TS65Q APO - ASI 120 MC-S im ZWO OAG - ZWO EAF - Asiair Pro - Optolong L-Extreme 2"
80 x 600s
IC 2944/2948 (catalogued twice)
Heart of the Running Chicken nebula
Open cluster and associated emission nebula in the southern constellation of Centaurus. Spanning about 100ly at the distance of approx. 6000 light years from earth. Dark molecular clouds (Bok globules) can be seen towards the center of the nebula.
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The image is a SHO (hubble palette) combination of about 11hrs of integrated data
Ha - 24 x 900s
Oiii - 17 x 600s
Sii - 16 x 600s
All subs at gain 111, -10°C, bin 2x2
Gear
HEQ5 Pro, 6in reflector, ASI183MM Pro Cooled (imaging), ASI120MM mini (guiding), Baader Mpcc mkiii coma corrector, ASIAir Pro, Optolong Ha 7nm, Optolong Oiii 6.5nm, Optolong Sii 6.5nm, ZWO EAF, ZWO filter drawer.
Location: Perth, Western Australia
January, 2021
Galassia Sigaro M82
Strumentazione e dati tecnici:
Telescopio TS RC 12” truss
Montatura Ioptron Cem120
Guida fuori asse Moravian con camera Moravian G0300
Focheggiatore e rotatore elettronico Moonlite 3,6”
Camera di ripresa Moravian G8300 con ruota interna
Filtri Astronomik CLS Ccd, R, G, B, Ha
49 X 300s Cls Ccd -20*
21 X 240s X RGB -20*
21 X 600s Ha 6nm -20*
Dark, flats e bias
Software acquisizione: SGP e Phd2
Software elaborazione: Pixinsight e Photoshop
The Andromeda Galaxy, M31, is the nearest spiral galaxy to our own Milky Way...and it's growing nearer every second.
See on Fluidr
To see more of my work and to buy prints visit www.jklovelacephotography.com/pages/space
The Triangulum Galaxy is a spiral galaxy 2.73 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Triangulum. Technical Info:
56 x 180 sec. . OPTOLONG L-eNhance filter
52 x 180 sec. ZWO Red filter
47 x 180 sec. ZWO Green filter
46 x 180 sec. Zwo Blue filter
Gain 200, Offset 50, Binning 1x1
Total Integration 10 hours
Explore Scientific 102mm f/7 APO Refractor
Sensor cooled to -15°C on ZWO ASI1600MM Pro (mono)
Calibration frames: Bias, Darks, and Flats.
Plate Solve-PlateSolver 2 via N.I.N.A. 1.11
Image processing Pixinsight 1.8.8-9, and Photoshop CC 202
Ha-SHO (6nm narrow band filters)
Bin1x1 Ha:06h24, Bin2x2 OIII:4h36mn & SII:5h32mn exposure time
200/1000 mm Newtonian telescope
Camera ZWO ASI1600MM Pro
Guiding with AOG and ZWO ASI1174MM mini camera using PHD2
Automatic acquisition with APT
Preprocessing with SIRIL
Image processing with Photoshop
Final touch with Lightroom
Newton 203/800
ZWO ASI 183MMPRO
LRGB-HA (astrodon)
180 - 60 - 60 - 60 - 180 (minutes)
9 hours (total)
Pixinsight + BlurXterminator
The Whirlpool Galaxy (M51)
L-RGB
Bin1x1 L:4h06mn, Bin2x2 R:60mn, G:57mn & B:63mm exposure time
200/1000 mm Newtonian telescope
Camera ZWO ASI1600MM Pro
Preprocessing with SIRIL
Image processing with Photoshop
Final touch with Lightroom
Ha-SHO (6nm narrow band filters)
Bin1x1 Ha:3h18, Bin2x2 OIII:1h30mn & SII:1h51mn exposure time
200/1000 mm Newtonian telescope
Camera ZWO ASI1600MM Pro
Guiding with AOG and ZWO ASI1174MM mini camera using PHD2
Automatic acquisition with APT
Preprocessing with SIRIL
Image processing with Photoshop
Final touch with Lightroom
*Awarded a NASA APOD on the 11th October 2016 apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap161011.html *
The Cygnus Wall complex is part of the more recognisable North American nebula.
This ridge is approximately 20 light years long and is a huge star forming region.
You can see where it is in a larger picture on the following link www.swagastro.com/the-cygnus-wall-complex.html
This is a 4 pane mosaic as the field of view was too small to fit in the Cygnus Wall itself.
Details
M: Mesu 200 / Avalon Linear Fast Reverse
T: ODK10 / Takahashi FSQ85 x0.73
C: QSI683 / QSI690 with 3nm Ha and OIII Astrodon filters
72x1800s in Ha (36hrs)
16x1800s in OIII (8hrs)
Total of 44 hours. The reason that 8 hours of OIII can kind of match the 36 hrs of Ha data is that the OII us taken at f3.9 and the Ha at f6.8
HO-HOO (6nm narrow band filters)
Bin1x1 Ha:3h44, OIII:3h28mn exposure time
200/1000 mm Newtonian telescope
Camera ZWO ASI1600MM Pro
Guiding with AOG and ZWO ASI1174MM mini camera using PHD2
Automatic acquisitions with APT
Preprocessing with SIRIL
Image processing with Photoshop
Final touch with Lightroom
IC 5146 (also Caldwell 19, Sh 2-125, and the Cocoon Nebula) is a reflection/emission nebula in the constellation of Cygnus. The distance is about 4,000 light years away. When viewing IC 5146, dark nebula Barnard 168 (B168) is an inseparable part of the experience, forming a dark lane that surrounds the cluster and projects westward forming the appearance of a trail behind the Cocoon.
This is an image taken with the QSI690 that I was hoping to add to, but it won't be happening, so I decided to post!
Details:
M: Avalon Linear Fast Reverse
T: Takahashi FSQ85 0.73x
C: QSI690-wsg with Baader RGB filters and Astrodon 3nm Ha.
34x1800s Ha
50x300s for R, G and B
Totalling 29.5 hours.
The Trifid Nebula (M20)
L-RGB
Bin1x1 CLS:2h20, Bin2x2 R:38mn, G:38mn & B:38mm exposure time
200/1000 mm Newtonian telescope
Camera ZWO ASI1600MM Pro
Guidage PHD2 avec AOG et ASI1174MM mini
Preprocessing with SIRIL
Image processing with Photoshop
Final touch with Lightroom
It is my Biggest work. A huge mosaic with 4 panels made with my 115/632 telescope and a ZWOASI 1600 MMPRO camera.
Each panels have 5 hours capture, tottaly 20 hours.
Please look in total resolution.
8196 x 6009 PX
Hugs from Brazil!
Maicon Germiniani
The Pacman Nebula also known as NGC 281 is a bright emission nebula and part of an H II region in the northern constellation of Cassiopeia and is part of the Milky Way's Perseus Spiral Arm. Technical Info:
64 x 300 sec. Astronomik Ha 12 nm filter
61 x 300 sec. Astronomik OIII 12 nm filter
62 x 300 sec Astronomik SII 12 nm filter
66 x 180 sec. OPTOLONG L-eNhance filter
Gain 200, Offset 50, Binning 1x1
Total Integration 21.1 hours
Explore Scientific 102mm f/7 APO Refractor
Sensor cooled to -15°C on ZWO ASI1600MM Pro (mono)
Calibration frames: Bias, Darks, and Flats.
Plate Solve-PlateSolver 2 via N.I.N.A. 1.11
Image processing Deep Sky Stacker 4.2.6, Pixinsight 1.8.8, and Photoshop CC 2021