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Date: 30-12-2019 to 31-12-2019
Location: Fongky Observatory, Malaysia
Optical Configuration: GSO RC8 + Atik EFW + Camera
Camera: ZWO ASI1600MM, ASI224MC (Guiding)
Filter: Baader Ha 7nm, OIII 8.5nm, Hb 8nm
Other Equipment: iOptron iEQ45 Pro
Integration: Ha 360s × 6, OIII 360s × 12, 360s × 12 SII
Calibration: 10 darks, 10 biases, 5 flats in Ha, OIII, SII
Without a startracker, I decided to take my shot of shooting the Andromeda Galaxy with my telephoto lens with a very short exposure. Although it still picked up the trailing, can still see the massive galaxy and its two dwarf elliptical galaxies M32 and M110.
Cygnus Loop, or Veil Nebula, 60 two-minute exposures taken on August 16, 2020. A three-degree-wide (6 full moons wide) spherical expanding bubble of glowing gas from a star that exploded as a supernova about 21 thousand years ago. About 130 light-years in diameter, at a distance of about 2000 light-years.
The Veil Nebula - Cygnus
1.08.2021
🌓 50%
1 Hr x 300sec subs, 100gain.
🔭 Skywatcher F5 750mm Newt.
📷 ASI533
Optolong L-enhance
💻 APT, Phd2, Pixinsight, Stellarium, Sharpcap & Photoshop.
This is what happens when a star looses its shit Britney style. A full umbrella swinging, hair shaving, meltdown. #freebritney
The exploding star would have been about 20 times more massive than our Sun. Said dramatic outburst occurred 10k-20k years ago. The supernova would have been quite the sight, being brighter then Venus and visible during the day.
Only an hour exposure so far because someone put a roof in the way.. lol
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The Western Veil Nebula (or the Witch's Broom Nebula for obvious reasons) on the top right along with Pickering's Triangle.
The image FOV is about 2 degrees wide, making it four times as wide as the full Moon. It would be great if our eyes were sensitive enough to see these terrifyingly large things in the sky.
The reds are mainly hydrogen alpha emission (areas of ionized hydrogen) and the bluish-green is due to Oiii emission corresponding to regions of doubly ionized oxygen.
The Veil Nebulae are part of the larger Cygnus Loop supernova remnant which is an expanding spherical shell material left over from an exploding star.
This was also the session where I finally got plate solving to work so now the rig knows what it is looking at, then compare it to what it should be looking at and then make the necessary adjustments.
Acquisition details
Lights: 10 x 300s = 50 mins at Voorhees State Park (Bortle 5)
Lights: 14 x 300s = 1 hr 10 mins at Summit NJ (Bortle 7-8)
Darks: 12 x 300s
Camera: ASI294MC pro at - 10°C
Filter: Optolong L-eXtreme
Scope: William Optics z103 710mm x 0.8 reducer/flattener (Flat6AIII) = 568mm effective focal range
Mount: iOptron ieq30 pro
Guidescope: 50mm guidescope
Guide camera: ASI120MM mini
Software: NINA for global acquisition control, PHD2 for guiding. ASTAP for stacking, Photoshop for stretching, denoising. Lightroom for final touches and framing.
Sky-Watcher 80ED 600mm (Semi-apochromatic Refractor)
Sky-Watcher 0.85x Reducer/Flattener
Sky-Watcher HEQ5
Canon 350Dm
14x300s @ ISO1600 (70min)
Lacerta MGEN2
Calibrated, registered, stacked in DeepSkyStacker.
Postprocessing in PS5.
OBJECT: Eta Carinae
CONSTELLATION: Carina
POSITION (2000.0): 10 45 03.6 -59 41 04
URANOMETRIA 2000.0 MAP: 199L
DIAMETER: 18" x 10"
DISTANCE (parsecs): 7500
TYPE: LBV (Bipolar)
CLASS: LBV (Luminous Blue Variable)
MAGNITUDE: 6.21
REFERANCE: Various sources
DATE: Apr. 24, 2013
TIME: 04:16 to 04:28 AM (local time)
PLACE: Sossusvlei Desert Lodge, Namibia, Africa
INSTRUMENT: 12 Inch (30 cm) Meade LX200 SCT
FOCAL RATIO: f/14
ACCESSORIES: Antares 1.4x Barlow
MOUNT: Meade Altazimuth
CAMERA: Canon 60Da
EXPOSURE: 15 seconds
SUBS: 5 seconds
ISO: 6400
The Wizar Nebula, NGC 7380 is a young open cluster of stars in the northern circumpolar constellation of Cepheus, discovered by Caroline Herschel in 1787. The surrounding emission nebulosity is known colloquially as the Wizard Nebula, which spans an angle of 25′. German-born astronomer William Herschel included his sister's discovery in his catalog, and labelled it H VIII.77. The nebula is known as S 142 in the 1959 Sharpless catalog (Sh2-142). It is extremely difficult to observe visually, usually requiring very dark skies and an O-III filter. The NGC 7380 complex is located at a distance of approximately 8.5 kilolight-years from the Sun, in the Perseus Arm of the Milky Way.
Taken 6-9-2021, Capture : 1hrs 14 mins - 540sec L L Exstreme - 540sec L OIII - 13D - 50F - 50FD - 100 Bias - stacked in DSS - post in LR & PS.
Equipement : WO Z61 II - Zwo ASI294MC Pro - SWNEQ6-R-Pro - WO slide 200mm guide scope - Zwo Asi 1200 mini guide cam - Zwo filter wheel & focuser.
APT & Stellarium, PH2.
I couldn't leave well enough alone.
With the success of the pass through Noiseware of the previous example, I tried to go for broke and see what I could make of a deep stretch.
So in this case, I went back to the stacked FIT file from DSS that was solved and cropped. Reworked the DBE, SCNR to remove the green, and then ran the masked stretch script to boost the midrange. Then stretched the results to give the view seen here. Passed this as 16bit TIFF to Noiseware and then processed it there. Back to PI for a run through some masked curves for saturation and lightness and an unsharp mask to pop the small stars.
I think I'm really done with this image.
Date: 28 to 29-03-2020
Location: Fongky Observatory, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Optical Configuration: GSO RC8 + Astro-Physics CCDT67 Focus Reducer + Atik EFW + Camera
Camera: ZWO ASI1600MM, ASI224MC (Guiding)
Filter: Baader Ha 7nm, OIII 8.5nm, SII 8nm
Other Equipment: iOptron iEQ45 Pro
Integration: Ha 360s×8, OIII 420s×9, SII 480s×9
COMMON NAME:
NAME: MyCn 18
PN G#:
CLASS: PN
TYPE:
MAGNITUDE:
CENTRAL STAR MAG.:
CONSTELLATION:
POSITION (2000.0):
URANOMETRIA 2000.0 MAP:
SIZE:
DISTANCE (parsecs):
REFERANCE:
DATE: Apr. 11-12, 2015
PLACE: Sossusvlei Desert Lodge, Namibia, Africa
INSTRUMENT: 12 Inch (30 cm) Meade LX200 SCT
FOCAL RATIO: f/6.3
ACCESSORIES: Meade 0.63x reducer
MOUNT: Meade Altazimut
CAMERA: Canon 60Da
EXPOSURE: 34m 45s
SUBS: 15 sec.
ISO: 6400
IC 2944, also known as the Running Chicken Nebula, the Lambda Centauri Nebula or the λ Centauri Nebula, is an open cluster with an associated emission nebula found in the constellation Centaurus, near the star λ Centauri. It features Bok globules, which are frequently a site of active star formation. However, no evidence for star formation has been found in any of the globules in IC 2944. Other designations for IC 2944 include RCW 62, G40 and G42.
Stephan's Quintet lower left
William Optics FLT 132 Apo refractor
ZwoASI294MC Pro
Optolong L-Pro broadband filter
Celestron CGX
PHD2 guided
47 - 300 second subs
No calibration
Deepsky Stacker
Adobe Photoshop CC 2020
Rosette Nebula (NGC 2237)
Rosette Nebula in the constellation Monoceros.
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Location: Montclair, California, USA (Bortle 8)
Date: January 6, 2022
Moon: Waxing Crescent (24%)
Camera: ZWO ASI6200MC Pro
Telescope: William Optics ZenithStar 61II APO f/5.9
Flattener/Reducer: William Optics FLAT61A Field Flattener
Filter: Optolong L-eXtreme 2”
Mount: Sky-Watcher EQ6-R Pro
Guide Camera: ZWO ASI120MM Mini
Guide Scope: William Optics UniGuide 32 f/3.75
Camera Settings: Gain 100 | f/5.9 | 5 min
Acquisition: 30 x 5 min Lights | 50 Darks | 100 Bias
Integration Time: 2 hrs 30 min
Software: ZWO ASIAIR PRO, PixInsight, Adobe Lightroom Classic
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Sony A7R3 + Nikon AIS 300mm/2.8
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Andromeda Galaxy (M31), 09/27/2020
Took advantage of the unexpectedly clear skies and went to Belfair Start Park for a few nights. Last month I took a picture of M31 with my small system (T5i, 200mm lens and a star tracker) and I thought I’d compare it to my full-size setup. Yep, you guessed it, it’s a much better photo.
Equipment:
RASA 8
CGEM-dx mount
ZWO ASI294MC-Pro
ZWO Asiair Pro
Optolong L-Pro filter
Details:
Location – Belfair Start Park, WA
Bortle Class 4
30 120-second Lights
60 Darks
60 Bias
60 Flats
Astro Pixel Processor
Lightroom
Photoshop
#astrophotography #astronomy #comos #nightphotography #space #telescope #deepsky #asi294mcpro #amateurastronomy #backyardastronomy #asiair #asiairpro #celestronrasa #celestron #astropixelprocessor #optolong #telescope #astronomyphotography #deepskyobject #zwo #longexposurephotography #m31 #andromedagalaxy
William Optics Zenithstar61
Ioptron sky guider pro
Canon T3i asrtro modded
70x25"
Darks x20
Offsets x20
Flats x20
Iso400
Sky bortel 9
Montreal, Qc, CA
Siril / photoshop
Date: 23-02-2020
Location: Pertang Farm, Negri Sembilan, Malaysia
Optical Configuration: GSO RC8 + Atik EFW + Camera
Camera: ZWO ASI1600MM, ASI224MC (Guiding)
Filter: Baader Ha 7nm, OIII 8.5nm, SII 8nm
Other Equipment: iOptron iEQ45 Pro
Integration: Ha 480s × 6, OIII 540s × 6, SII 600s × 6
Calibration: dark × 10, bias ×10, flat × 10 in Ha, OIII, SII
Cygnus is a northern constellation lying on the plane of the Milky Way, deriving its name from the Latinized Greek word for swan. Cygnus is one of the most recognizable constellations of the northern summer and autumn, and it features a prominent asterism known as the Northern Cross
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Date:28/09/2019
Location:Alrazeen desert 🐪,Abu Dhabi , UAE
Light pollution Bortle class 4
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Equipment
Camera: Canon 70D (unmodified)
Lens/telescope : Canon EF 50mm f/1.8
Filter: No filter
Mount : SkyWatcher Star Adventurer
Software: Deep sky stacker , Adobe Photoshop
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Light frame (21x180sec) @ f/3.5 ISO-800
Dark frame (4x180sec)
Bias frame (44x1/8000)
Flat frame 0
Total Exposure Time 1h 2min
Do you see the alien skull? This is the Rosette Nebula, a region of atomic hydrogen that has been ionized (HII region) by the star cluster in the middle.
The plan was to take about 40 x 200s exposures resulting in over 2 hours of integration. However, a tree came out of nowhere and ruined all the best laid plans of mice and screwed up guiding in most of the photos. At the end only 7 images were usable resulting in just under 25 mins of data.
The structure is about 5000 ly away and 130 ly wide.
Acquisition details
Lights: 7 x 200s = 23.3 mins
Darks: 10
Flats: telescope is too big to point at white monitor image :(
Camera: ASI294MC pro at - 10°C
Filter: Optolong L-Enhance
Scope: William Optics z103 710mm x 0.8 reducer/flattener (Flat6AIII) = 568mm effective focal range
Mount: iOptron ieq30 pro
Guidescope: 50mm guidescope
Guide camera: ASI120MM mini
Software: NINA for global acquisition control, PHD2 for guiding. ASTAP for stacking, Photoshop for stretching, denoising, and final touches.
Località: Verona, Italia
Data: 29.11.2022
SCHEDA TECNICA
Newton Skywatcher 150/750 PDS Explorer
EQ - Celestron AVX Advanced VX
Asi 1600 mono PRO (raffreddata a -10°)
Filtro: H-alfa
Esposizione: 60''
Gain: 200
Integrazione: 69 pose (.fits) × 60 '' + Dark + Flat
Elaborazione: DSS + Photoshop
Near and Far: This photo shows a small piece of the sky in the constellation Cepheus. A full moon would almost exactly fit between the two primary objects in the photo. The star cluster NGC 6939 near the bottom is within our Milky Way galaxy, about 4000 light years from Earth, as are all the stars in the photo. The galaxy NGC 6946 near the top of the photo is about 25 million light years from Earth, 6000 times further away than the star cluster. This difference in distance is like looking at your hand, one foot away from your eyeballs, while also seeing something a little over a mile away from you, with nothing in-between your hand and that thing a mile away. There's nothing visible to us between the star cluster and the galaxy. Space is really, really empty.
DATE: Apr. 28-29, 2015
PLACE: Sossusvlei Desert Lodge, Namibia, Africa
INSTRUMENT: 12 Inch (30 cm) Meade LX200 SCT
FOCAL RATIO: f/6.3
ACCESSORIES: Meade 0.63x reducer
MOUNT: Meade Altazimut
CAMERA: Canon 60Da
EXPOSURE: 4m 30s
SUBS: 15 sec
ISO: 3200
Very difficult object to image. I wasn't planning on imaging it but rather the Globular Cluster itself. When I returned home from Africa, Rich Jakiel was looking at the image and suggested we get a detailed finder chart of the PN just in case it was there. We secured a finder chart, very detailed, from Hubble images. The article mentions the red star and the blue star above and below the PN. The PN itself is the light blue spot between the two stars.
NGC 6997 is a Star Cluster + Nebula in the Cygnus constellation.
14 x 180s
(O hr, 42 min total)
ZWO ASI1600MM Pro
Newton Skywatcher 150/750 PDS Explorer
EQ - Celestron AVX Advanced VX
Filter H-Alpha
DSS + Photoshop
Comet C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-ATLAS October 17 2024
composite image of comet above landscape of hills in Western Pennsylvania
William Optics Zenithstar 73 Apo doublet
ZwoASI2600MC Pro
Optolong L-Pro broadband filter
19-420 second subs
Deepsky stacker
Adobe Photoshop CC 2021
M57: A sunlike star ran out of hydrogen fuel about 1600 years ago and became a red giant, shedding it's outer layers to form a sphere of expanding gas as it subsequently contracted into the white dwarf in the center of the ring. The object's name is 'Messier 57', or the 'Ring Nebula'. The white dwarf has the mass of our Sun, but only the diameter of the Earth. The light this dead cinder of a star emits as it cools makes the expanding gas sphere glow. The edges of the sphere appear brighter than the center since we're seeing only a thin layer at the center, but a great depth of glowing gas at the edges, piled on top of each other. This is the fate of our sun, in about 5 billion years. This object is quite small in our sky, being 1/24 the diameter of the full moon. It is perhaps 2570 light years away. This photo is built from 63 one-minute exposures, taken on Aug 6 2020.
Star Clusters, can be really nice to look at. Binoculars will show some of the larger, brighter ones quite well.This is through an 8 inch reflector.
🔭💫 California Nebula... in color!
Three-panel mosaic
SCHEDA TECNICA
Newton Skywatcher 150/750 PDS Explorer
EQ - Celestron AVX Advanced VX
Asi 1600 mono PRO (raffreddata a -10°)
Filtro: H-alfa
Esposizione: 60''
Gain: 200
Elaborazione: DSS + Photoshop
Here's M46.
01/14/12
Fullerton, CA
21 second exposures ISO 6400
65 second exposures ISO 3200
Images stacked in DeepSkyStacker, processed in Gimp 2
80mm Skywathcer Refractor LXD75 EQ Mount
Canon Rebel T3 DSLR
William Optics Zenithstar61
Flat61
Ioptron Sky Guider Pro
Optolong L extreme 2"
Canon T3i asrtro modded
72x180"
Darks x10
Offsets x10
Flats x20
iso800
Sky bortel 9
Montreal, Qc, CA
Siril / photoshop
Thurston Moore (vocals, guitar, bass, ex-Sonic Youth),
Steve Shelley (drums, ex-Sonic Youth),
Debbie Googe (bass, backing vocals, My Bloody Valentine),
James Sedwards (guitar).
deepskyobject.blogspot.com/2017/07/sideways-2017-helsinki...
Heart and Soul Nebulas under a nearly full moon. 73x3 minutes with a modded Nikon D600 through a WO Redcat 51 and Optolong L-Enhance filter
I cheated!
So I went back to my data again in PI. Tried reading through the PI tutorials on using ACDNR and I was able to understand a lot more about how to use the tool. Got something so so out of it. I really wasn't too happy about the results. When I put some before and after images together, I was turned off by the views.
So on a whim, I exported a 16 bit tiff from before the ACDNR exercise and ran that through Noiseware. Given what I've learned in PI, I was able to tweak that software a lot faster. The results that I got in less than 10 minutes of working were cleaner and much less grungy than what I'd been getting after several hours in PI. I know that I'd be able to duplicate the same results, I just don't know the settings.
Anyhow, I was able to reattach the FIT headers and Annotate the image.
So, it's done now.
TRYING TO TAKE A PHOTOGRAPH OF THE ORION NEBULA AND HORSE HEAD NEBULA WITH MY GALILEO 1400x150 SCOPE WITH A PL25MM OPTIC.
William Optics Zenithstar 73
ZwoASI294MC Pro
Optolong L-Pro broadband filter
30-300 second subs
15 dark frames
COMMON NAME:
NAME:
PN G#:
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MAGNITUDE:
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CONSTELLATION:
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DISTANCE (parsecs):
REFERANCE:
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PLACE: Sossusvlei Desert Lodge, Namibia, Africa
INSTRUMENT: 12 Inch (30 cm) Meade LX200 SCT
FOCAL RATIO: f/6.3
ACCESSORIES: Meade 0.63x reducer
MOUNT: Meade Altazimut
CAMERA: Canon 60Da
EXPOSURE:
SUBS:
ISO: