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January 26th 2023 924pm 217am
Bortle 8.5 Sky. Waxing Cresent Moon, 4.93 days old and 30.07%.
Camera cooled to -4 with a gain of 110.
Lights: 79 subs for 275 minutes or 4.58 hours.
30 x 60-sec EXP - with Optolong L-Ultimate 3nm Dual Band
49 x 300-sec EXP - with Optolong L-Ultimate 3nm Dual Band
Telescope: WO RC 51
Crescent Nebula in h-alpha and OIII, bi colour processing.
Only about an hour of each filter due to poor sky quality, and lack of clear nights, but i managed to squeeze an image from it so it's definitely a win. :)
Hoping to add more, although not sure when it'll happen :P ...... good ol' UK skies!
Data was combined in Ha/OIII/OIII for RG and B Channels respectively, in photoshop. Some noise reduction at various stages to compensate the sparse data, not entirely successful....... :P
ED80 - QHY163M - Optolong ha 7nm, baader OIII filters. 5 min exposures x apprx. 12 each filter.
M42 The Orion Nebula and NGC 1977 The Running Man Nebula and M43 captured this time with a longer lens which I wanted to experiment with.
Using the 150-600mm Tamron G2 lens at 600mm I knew I was pushing my star tracker beyond the limits but even without autoguiding I was still able to get some usable images. I stacked a series of various exposure lengths creating 3 images using Siril and in Photoshop stacked and edited them before moving to Lightroom to finish off.
50 lights (series of 20, 30 and 60 sec exposures)
Calibration frames (Biases, Flats, Darks)
Nikon Z6ii
Tamron 150-600mm at 600mm
f/6.3
ISO 800
Skywatcher Star Adventurer 2i Pro
Sky - Bortle 5
Thank you for looking.
Taken with a TMB92L, Hutech-modified Canon T3i DSLR, Orion SSAG autoguider and 50mm guidescope, and Celestron AVX mount. Consists of 25 300-second light frames and 19 300-second dark frames, all at ISO 800, as well as 35 flat and 50 bias frames. Captured with BackyardEOS, stacked in DeepSkyStacker, and processed in Photoshop.
Technical Information:
Telescope: AIRY APO 130T PrimaLuceLab
Mount: Paramount MyT - Software Bisque
Camera: QHYCCD QHY9
Filter: H-a Optolong 3nm 2" - OIII Optolong 3nm 2"
Frames: H-a: 40x900s -- OIII: 40x900s -- RGB
Total Integration: 20 Hours
Software: SGP – TheSkyX – PHD2 – DSS – PixInsight – Adobe Photoshop 2022
Location: AstroAtlas Observatory - Noventa di Piave (Venice) 4 meter above sea level – ITALY
Environment Temperature: About 27°C
Relative Humidity: 62%
Date: 13.07.22 - 03.08.22 - 09.08.22
NGC6960 in Bi-Color technique! Taken from the AstroAtlas Observatory with the new 2" HSO 3nm Optolong Filter!
I have to thank my friend Andrea Peretti, who provide me his photo of NGC6960 taken with RGB filters - thanks to him I could add some beautiful stars color and a better color balance!
Clear skies!
AstroBin: astrob.in/3jz8n2/0/
NOTE: Bortle 5.
#astrophotography #astronomy #astroatlas
Lonely galaxies watch a passing comet slip away through the integrated flux.
This is a shot from May of this year. The comet is C/2017 T2 (PANSTARRS), not the current superstar comet C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE). T2 PANSTARRS spent three nights drifting past galaxies M81 and M82 before moving on. I caught this on the middle of those three nights. Unlike NEOWISE, T2 PANSTARRS was never bright enough to see unaided, and required a very long lens or small telescope to effectively photograph, so images of T2 PANSTARRS are comparatively rare. As you can see, the two comets feature very different tails. 2020 has already proven to be quite the year for Comets.
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A first attempt at the well-known triangle of galaxies known as the Leo Triplet.
On the top, NGC3628 aka the Hamburger galaxy; below, M66 and M65.
I'm particularly pleased to have got 3 extra bonus galaxies in the frame: right up in the top-left the tiny fuzzy IC2782, with IC2776 just below and IC2763 in the middle of the left edge of the frame.
Nearly two hours' data, Altair 26C at gain 100 with Neodymium filter, 3-minute subs, and plenty darks+flats+bias calibrations as well.
My tribute to "The Hubble Space Telescope", one of the most successful scientific endeavors that completely changed our view of the known Universe and our place within it.
Best viewed LARGE!
The image is not at full resolution, but is still best viewed as LARGE as possible. Zoom in and out by clicking on the image (in the gap under the Astrometry identification notes) and pan around. You can also view the image in lightbox mode by clicking HERE.
Original Resolution: 18 000px.
Current Resolution: 8 000px.
About M42, the Great Nebula in Orion:
M42 (NGC 1976) is a diffuse nebula situated in the Milky Way Galaxy, in the constellation of Orion. It is one of the brightest nebulae, and is visible to the naked eye in the night sky. M42 is located at a distance of 1,344 light-years from Earth, and is the closest region of massive star formation.
Why I like to "play around" with scientific data:
This Feynman quote sums it up...
"Feynman, that's pretty interesting, but what's the importance of it? Why are you doing it?'' ``Hah!'' I say. ``There's no importance whatsoever. I'm just doing it for the fun of it.'' - "Surely you're joking, Mr. Feynman'', by Richard P Feynman.
Data source:
The Hubble Legacy Archive (HLA).
The Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI).
Processing:
Narrowband Monochrome FITS data in the HST Palette.
Processing and Linear workflow in PixInsight,
and finished in Photoshop.
Image processing by Martin Heigan.
Hubble Palette explanation:
www.astronomymark.com/hubble_palette.htm
Narrowband explanation:
www.swagastro.com/narrowband-information.html
My brief description of the Electromagnetic Spectrum of Light:
www.flickr.com/photos/martin_heigan/22278042895
Hubble Legacy Archive Credit:
Based on observations made with the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, and obtained from the Hubble Legacy Archive, which is a collaboration between the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI/NASA), the Space Telescope European Coordinating Facility (ST-ECF/ESA) and the Canadian Astronomy Data Centre (CADC/NRC/CSA).
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Telescope: TS UNC 8" f/5
Mount: Sky-Watcher NEQ6 pro
Cam: QSI 583wsg
Guider: QHY5L-II
Data collected in Bazaleti, Georgia on October 5, 2016
In this photograph of landscape and night sky we can see hills and mountains in El Cajon del Maipo, the combination hdr of the golden hour and the night sky generates a composition rich in detail for both the landscape and the sky, pointing towards the East , where is the Andes mountain range from Chile you can see the constellation of Orion and part of the most famous equatorial constellations, in the central part the bright blue star is Rigel, a little above on the right you can clearly see the Orion nebula , more to the right you can see the famous belt of Orion and more to the right of orange we can find the super giant Betelgeuse, the alpha star of the hunter.
Author: Mario Poblete
Español:
Orión y los andes Chilenos.
En esta fotografía de paisaje y cielo nocturno podemos apreciar cerros y montañas en El Cajon del Maipo, la combinación hdr de la@hora dorada y el cielo nocturno genera una composición rica en detalle tanto para el paisaje como para el cielo, apuntando hacia el Este, donde se encuentra la cordillera de los andes desde Chile se puede apreciar la constelación de Orión y parte de las constelaciones ecuatoriales mas famosas, en la parte central la estrella brillante azul es Rigel, un poco arriba a la derecha se puede apreciar nítidamente la nebulosa de Orión, mas a la derecha se puede apreciar el famoso cinturón de Orión y mas a la derecha de color anaranjado podemos encontrar a la súper gigante Betelgeuse, la estrella alfa del cazador.
Autor: Mario Poblete
English below
M31, la galassia di Andromeda è l'oggetto oiù lontano ancora visibile ad occhio nudo sotto cieli scuri. Si tratta di una galassia a spirale distante circa 2,5 milioni di anni luce. E' la più grande del Gruppo Locale.
Mosaico di 2 pannelli, per ogni pannello circa 8 ore in pose da 5 minuti con filtro broadband SV260 e circa 10 ore in pose guidate da 10 minuti con filtro dualband Antlia ALP-T 5nm. Telescopio newton 150/600 con correttore Tecnosky 0.95x, camera Tecnosky Vision 571C, montatura Eq6-R Pro, elaborazione in Pixinsight.
M31, the Andromeda Galaxy, is the most distant object still visible to the naked eye under dark skies. It is a spiral galaxy about 2.5 million light-years away. It is the largest of the Local Group.
Mosaic of two panels, each panel approximately 8 hours in 5-minute exposures with a SV260 broadband filter and approximately 10 hours in 10-minute guided exposures with an Antlia ALP-T 5nm dual-band filter. 150/600 Newtonian telescope with a Tecnosky 0.95x corrector, Tecnosky Vision 571C camera, EQ6-R Pro mount, image processing in Pixinsight.
Reprocess with a couple extra exposures added to the stack. editing in PS, stacked in deepskystacker 3.4 same kit as before. managed to bring more of the brown/golden dust and blue reflection nebula out as well as the main nebula itself. quite happy with this one i think. :P
NGC 6946, conosciuta come la *Fireworks Galaxy*, è una delle galassie a spirale più affascinanti del cielo boreale. Situata a circa 22 milioni di anni luce, al confine apparente tra le costellazioni di Cefeo e del Cigno, mostra bracci ricchi di polveri scure, regioni di intensa formazione stellare e un nucleo relativamente tenue, caratteristiche tipiche delle spirali tardive ma qui particolarmente accentuate.
La sua fama è legata a un primato straordinario: è una delle galassie con il maggior numero di supernovae osservate in epoca moderna, ben dieci eventi confermati nell’ultimo secolo. Un dato eccezionale, che testimonia un tasso di nascita e morte stellare insolitamente elevato. Non a caso, NGC 6946 è un vero laboratorio cosmico per lo studio dell’evoluzione stellare e dei cicli di vita delle stelle massicce.
Una curiosità affascinante è che, nonostante la sua luminosità intrinseca, questa galassia appare più debole del previsto a causa delle dense nubi di polvere della Via Lattea che si frappongono lungo la linea di vista. Fotografarla dalla città è quindi una sfida tecnica notevole, che rende ancora più gratificante riuscire a far emergere la delicata struttura dei bracci e le sfumature diffuse del disco.
Un’esplosione silenziosa, lontana milioni di anni luce, che continua a raccontare storie di stelle, energia e trasformazione cosmica.
Dati tecnici: ripresa effettuata dalla città con telescopio Newton 200 mm, camera ZWO ASI 533 MC a colori e filtro SV240 per il contenimento dell’inquinamento luminoso; integrazione totale di 90 minuti, scelta che ha permesso di far emergere la struttura della galassia e le regioni più luminose di formazione stellare nonostante il cielo urbano.
#NGC6946 #FireworksGalaxy #galassiaspirale #supernovae #deepSky #astrofotografia #astrophotography #galaxyphotography #cieloprofondo #urbanastrophotography #ASI533MC #Newton200 #inquinamentoluminoso #sv240 #deepskyobjects #cosmos #universo #spazio #astronomia #nightscape
Messier 33 a.k.a. Triangulum Galaxy
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As part of the local group of galaxies, along with the Milky Way, Andromeda and several other smaller galaxies, M33 is about 2.7 million light-years away from Earth and can be seen in the constellation Triangulum, a constellation that gave the galaxy its name.
Compared to our galaxy, Triangulum Galaxy is almost 2 times smaller than the Milky Way, with a diameter of about 60,000 light-years, and hosts "only" 40 billion stars, compared to almost 400 billion stars of the Milky Way.
Triangulum Galaxy, according to those passionate about astronomical observations, can be seen with the naked eye (I really couldn’t see it, not even from a Bortle 2 location), but using a small / medium telescope, this galaxy can be seen very well during the last months of the year.
Equipment and settings:
Mount: SW EQ6R
Telescope: Explore Scientific 102ED + 0.75 APM reducer
Camera: ASI 533MM Pro
Filters : LRGB Astrodon
Total integration: 13 hours
Edit in Pixinsight.
Location: my Bortle 6+ backyard
This picture of the bubble nebula (ngc 7635) was taken last night at home.
This objet located in cassiopeia constellation is an emission nebula.
Capture: 53 lights 300sec. each + (50 Dark - 50 Flat - 100 Bias) - Dithering
Total integration time : 4h25mn
Gain: 252
Temp. Camera: -10°C
Bortle: 6
Camera: ZWO ASI585mc PRO
Telescope: MEADE Newtonian 6"+MPCC Mark III Coma corrector
Filer SVBony SV220 (7nm - H-Alpha/O-III)
Mount: Meade LXD75 Onstep modified
Guiding : miniguidescope+qhy 5l II c
Capture : NINA + Sharpcap polar alignment
Guiding :PHD2
Processing : SIRIL
Not bad for 35 minutes' worth of exposure.
Say hello to my friend, the 'Sombrero' galaxy (aka Messier 104). I've waited five long years for this sucker. Tonight, I finally nabbed it! :)
35 one-minute exposures @ ISO3200 using a Nikon D5500 and a 10-inch Meade LX200.
Stacked in Deep Sky Stacker and fine-tuned in Adobe Photoshop CS6.
Aw hell yes. It feels GREAT to be back in the ol' saddle again! <3
Cap-aux-Oies, Québec, Canada - Printemps 2015
After a session of long exposures at sunset, I got a short starry spectacle just before moonrise. This photo is a view from east to west showing the entire Milky Way, as it is positioned June.
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Après une séance de longues expositions au coucher du soleil, j'ai eu droit à un court spectacle étoilé juste avant le lever de la lune. Cette photo est un panorama allant de l'est vers l'ouest montrant l'ensemble de la Voie Lactée, telle qu'elle est positionnée au mois de juin.
À bientôt,
Fred
Finally getting some imaging done using an RC6 that i found secondhand last year. Nightmare to collimate but should work ok on smaller targets like galaxies, something i've wanted to do since the beginning :) got a long way to go :P
AA RC6 scope (150mm f9) 350D camera EQ6 mount. CLS clip.
Apprx 25 x 10 min subs, with a couple darks.
DSS / Ps for processing
Data gathered over 3 nights in April 2016.
This is my first attempt to track and capture M31 The Andromeda Galaxy. Located in the constellation of Andromeda and is the closest galaxy to our own. The small galaxy to the lower left of M31 is M110.
This was captured from by back garden using a 70-200 2.8 G2 lens (at 200mm) attached to a Nikon D750 mounted to a Skywatcher Star Adventurer 2i. I took 23 images ranging in exposure time from 90 secs up to 189 secs (32 mins total) all at f4 and ISO 800 and then stacked in Deep Sky Stacker and edited in Lightroom.
I must admit for a first attempt I am pretty impressed at what I have captured although for more detail I will need to take a lot more images so more work to be done.
Thank you very much to you all and hope you like what I captured.
I imaged over 3 nights in June 2024.
The Lagoon Nebula (M8) and the Trifid Nebula (M20) are in the constellation Sagittarius.
Both nebulae are estimated to be about 5,000 light years away from Earth, but the exact distance is uncertain.
The Lagoon Nebula is about 100 light years in diameter, while the Trifid Nebula is about 15 light years in diameter.
Appearance: The Lagoon Nebula is faintly visible to the naked eye in dark skies. The Trifid Nebula is a bright object that amateur astronomers love.
Composition: The Lagoon Nebula is an emission nebula and an Hydrogen-alpha region. The Trifid Nebula combines an open star cluster, an emission nebula, a reflection nebula, and a dark nebula.
Star formation: Both the Lagoon and Trifid Nebulae are stellar nurseries, where new stars are actively forming.
Discovery: The Trifid Nebula was discovered by French astronomer Charles Messier in 1764.
This is IC 2177, the Seagull Nebula. I shot it from my back yard in Bend, OR.
I used a 90mm f/6 triplet refractor equipped with a field flattener and mounted on an Orion Sirius EQ-G mount. The camera was a modified Canon 6D. I also used an Optolong L-Enhance dual-band filter to block out light pollution. Polar alignment, telescope focus, object acquisition, autoguiding, and exposure capture were all done from my iPhone using the ZWO ASIAir Pro.
I combined 30 300s exposures at f/6, ISO 2000, for a total of 2.5 hours of exposure time. Images and calibration frames were stacked in Astro Pixel Processor and finished in Lightroom and Photoshop.
johnsastrophotos From last night
Bottom left LDN1622, center M78, upper right NGC2024 and B33
70-300 second images
ZWO ASI6200MC
Antlia duel band filter
250mm f4.9 Red Cat telescope
M51
First light test of a QHY163M and a Optolong LRGB filter set.
5min subs L x 12
2min subs RGB x 8 each
RC6 - @F9 - QHY163M - Optolong LRGB, EQ6. finderguider. 50mm
NGC 1499 a.k.a. California Nebula
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Discovered in 1884, NGC1499 is a hydrogen emission nebula which can be found at about 1500 light-years from Earth, in the constellation Perseus, on the Orion arm of the Milky Way. Stretching over a length of 80-100 light years, the California nebula received this name under which it is best known for its shape that more or less resembles the American state of California. The California Nebula is an extremely popular target in terms of astrophotography, images with this target being easy to take with relatively simple equipment. Being an emission nebula, the use of a narrowband filter is highly recommended for better results.
Equipment and settings:
Mount: Skywatcher EQ6R
Telescope: Skywatcher 72ED Evostar
Camera: ASI 533MM Pro
Filters: SHO Astrodon 5nm
Integration: 13h15’
Edit in Pixinsight.
Location: my Bortle 6+ backyard
Technical Information:
Telescope: AIRY APO 130T PrimaLuceLab
Mount: Paramount MyT - Software Bisque
Camera: QHYCCD QHY9
Filter: 2" HSO Optolong filter
Frames: H-a: 57x900s --OIII: 80x900s -- SII: 48x900s
Total Integration: 46,25 Hours
Software: SGP – TheSkyX – PHD2 – DSS – PixInsight – Adobe Photoshop 2022
Location: AstroAtlas Observatory - Noventa di Piave (Venice) 4 meter above sea level – ITALY
Environment Temperature: About 23°C
Relative Humidity: 69%
Date: 10.06.22 - 19.06.22 - 25.06.22 - 26.06.22 - 29.06.22 - 30.06.22 - 03.07.22 - 08.07-22 - 07.07.22 - 21.07.22 - 25.07.22 - 01.08.22 -
vdB142 - The Elephant trunk Nebula taken from the AstroAtlas Observatory situated in Noventa di Piave (ITALY). Acquired with the new HSO Optolong 3nm HSO filters.
I love this target and I hope you like it!
Clear skies!
AstroBin:
NOTE: The image was acquired from a polluted sky with high humidity - Bortle 5.
#astrophotography #astronomy #astroatlas
M13 Found in the constellation of Hercules.
Imaged to compare with an image taken with OSC a while ago.
M: Pegasus NYX-101
T: WO GTF81 Refractor
C: ZWO ASI533MM-Cooled
G: OAG and PHD2
GC: ZWO ASI120MC
RAW16; FITs
Temp: -10 DegC
Gain 200; Offset 50
Ha: Exp: 180 x 20s
Oiii: Exp: 180 x 20s
Sii: Exp: 180 x 20s
R: Exp: 180 x 12s
G: Exp: 180 x 12s
B: Exp: 180 x 12s
L: Exp: 180 x 12s
Frames: 1260 Lights; Darks/Bias/Flats to calibrate.
Total Exposure: ~5.4 hours over 2 nights.
84% Crop
Capture: NINA
Processed: APP [LRGBHSO]; PS.
Sky: 50-68% moon, no breeze, no cloud.
Conosciuta anche come “Nebulosa Cuffia Telefonica” per la sua curiosa forma che ricorda un paio di auricolari — è una debolissima nebulosa planetaria situata nella costellazione della Lince.
Si tratta del guscio di gas espulso negli ultimi stadi di vita di una stella simile al Sole: quando il nucleo stellare rimasto al centro diventa estremamente caldo, la sua intensa radiazione ultravioletta illumina e ionizza il materiale circostante, facendolo brillare nello spazio.
La struttura dell’oggetto appare sdoppiata e dai colori distinti perché il gas emette luce prevalentemente in due colori.
Le regioni rossastre sono dominate dall’emissione dell’idrogeno ionizzato (H-alpha), mentre le parti verde-azzurre provengono soprattutto dall’ossigeno doppiamente ionizzato (OIII).
Con un filtro dual-band come l’SV220 è possibile isolare proprio queste emissioni, permettendo alla nebulosa di emergere dal fondo del cielo e rendendo evidente la sua caratteristica morfologia.
Questa immagine è stata ottenuta con rifrattore 102ED e camera ASI 533 MC, integrando 90 minuti di esposizione attraverso filtro SV220, sempre dal mare di luci della città (Bortle8)
Buona domenica, di pioggia
#astrofotografia #astrophotography #planetarynebula #earphonesnebula #pk16431 #deepSky #deepskyobject #nebula #spazio #cosmos #astronomia #nightsky #longexposure #telescope #asi533mc #sv220filter #astrophotographer #universo #stargazing #nightskyphotography
The glory of the galactic center dominates the night sky of Coudersport, PA with the brightness of Jupiter trying to steal the show.
So, that's finally my last capture before I get my DSLR modified for astrophotography.
Of course, my ideia is to shot an emission nebula hard to capture with a stock camera.
If everything ends right, soon I'll post a version of this same target, with some quite similar exposure, but with an astromoded Canon T6i.
Wish me luck!
Well... what a hard target for a Bortle 6 skies and a stock DSLR. Almost 3 hours of exposure and I hardly got some nebulosity. I hope it will change soon, as soon my camera come back and my Optolong L-Pro arrive.
Technical Information:
Telescope: AIRY APO 130T PrimaLuceLab
Mount: Paramount MyT - Software Bisque
Camera: QHYCCD QHY9
Filter: Optolong 36mm unmounted L-Pro, R, G, B and H-a 6nm
Frames: H-a:32x900s -- L-Pro:150x240s -- R:75x240s -- G:75x240s -- B:75x240s
Total Integration: 33 Hours
Software: SGP – TheSkyX – PHD2 – DSS – PixInsight – Adobe Photoshop 2022
Location: AstroAtlas Observatory - Noventa di Piave (Venice) 4 meter above sea level – ITALY
Environment Temperature: About 5°C
Relative Humidity: 89%
Date: 12.03.22 - 13.03.22 - 23.03.22 - 24.03.22 - 25.03.22 - 26.03.22 - 27.03.22
M51 - The Whirlpool Galaxy taken from the AstroAtlas Observatory situated in Noventa di Piave (ITALY).Acquired with Optolong H-aLRGB filters. Small galaxy for my equipment - The photo has been cropped.
I hope you like it!
Clear skies!
AstroBin: astrob.in/6e5jim/0/
NOTE: The image was acquired from a polluted sky with high humidity - Bortle 5.
#astrophotography #astronomy #astroatlas
For some scary summer fun, and with a nod to it being Shark Week on Discovery Network, I shot the Shark Nebula (LDN 1235) in Cepheus. It was first light with my new ASI2600MC Pro cooled astro camera, used with an Orion ED80T (f/6) carbon fiber triplet refractor right from my back yard in Bend, OR. I did not use any filters for this image. The image consists of 123 exposures of 5 minutes each, for a total of 10.25 hrs of integration (this thing is faint)! Light frames and calibration frames were stacked in Deep Sky Stacker, and the combined image was processed using Photoshop and Topaz Denoise AI, and a few of Annie's Actions. This is a first swipe at processing Celestial Jaws. He needs work, but I'll save that for another day.
Technical Information:
Telescope: AIRY APO 130T PrimaLuceLab
Mount: Paramount MyT - Software Bisque
Camera: QHYCCD QHY9
Filter: Optolong H-a 7nm, L-Pro, R, G, B -- 36 mm
Frames: H-a:40x900s -- L-Pro:147x240s -- R:50x240s -- G:50x240s -- B:50x240s
Total Integration: 29,8 Hours
Software: SGP – TheSkyX – PHD2 – DSS – PixInsight – CS6
Location: AstroAtlas Observatory - Noventa di Piave (Venice) 4 meter above sea level – ITALY
Environment Temperature: About 3°C
Relative Humidity: 71%
Date: 02.03.21 - 06.03.21 - 07.03.21 - 08.03.21 - 20.03.21 - 21.03.21 - 23.03.21
M101 - The Pinwheel Galaxy taken from the AstroAtlas Observatory situated in Noventa di Piave (ITALY);
I really like this Galaxy for its shape.
Over 29 hours of exposure time taking H-a_LRGB - Half of the lights taken with H-a filter where taken with 3/4 of Moon.
AstroBin: astrob.in/sa3jdd/0/
NOTE: The image was acquired from a polluted sky with 71% of humidity - Sky Bortle 5.
#astrophotography #astronomy #astroatlas
Messier 101 (NGC 5457) auch als Feuerrad-Galaxie oder Pinwheel-Galaxie bezeichnet, ist eine Spiralgalaxie Im Sternbild Großer Bär.
Die Entfernung beträgt rund 16 Millionen Lichtjahre und ihr Durchmesser 170.000 Lichtjahre mit einer scheinbaren Helligkeit von 7,5 mag.
Aufgenommen am 11.03.2019
Skywatcher Ed Apo 66/400
Canon 700Da
Lights 150/45sek (2h)
Darks 20
Flats 20
Bias 20
This is an open cluster, close to the Eta Carina nebula. It is already beautiful to the naked eye, showing stars of different colors. But through long exposures, it looks spectacular!
I really think this is one of the most beautiful open clusters in the night sky. The residual nebula that glows in H-Alpha brings an incredible complexity to this DSO.
By the way, I was very happy to be able to record this surrounding nebula. It is much darker than the other nebulae that I am used to photograph, and the heap of stars around it makes it even more difficult.
EXIF:
CEM25P
Long Perng 66mm f6
Canon T6i astromod
Optolong L-PRO
129x60s
Prints, cards and more are available via the website: shiny.photo/photo/Sh2-132-The-Lion-Nebula--Cepheus-20c162...
Sh2-132, also known as the "Lion Nebula", is an emission nebula located in the constellation Cepheus. Part of the Sharpless catalog, a list ofH II regions - clouds of glowing gas where star formation occurs.
About 10,000ly distant and 250ly across, Sh2-132 is situated in the Perseus arm of the Milky Way.
The most prominent sources of ionization in Sh2-132 are two Wolf-Rayet stars, which are extremely hot and massive stars nearing the end of their lives. These stars emit intense stellar winds shaping the surrounding gas into intricate structures.
Another of those occasions where one tries to match the DSS image of the Ha emission pattern resembling a lion with how the data looks. Make the OIII too bright a blue and it becomes a cut-'n'-shut with the front and rear ends too separate... It's also about the fine veins and blobs of dark nebulae - lanes of dust in the foreground.
4hr35min total integration with the IDAS NBZ dual-narrowband (Ha + OIII) filter, from which I extracted the Ha & OIII data separately using APP and recombined in PI.
Used a stock camera(Nikon D5600) with a very close spectral response similar to the human eye. Hydrogen emission nebulae actually appear pink due to H-alpha (red), H-beta (blue) and emission from other atoms, like oxygen and sulfur. Orange faint nebulosity is the dust clouds.
Data acquisition
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Camera : Nikon D5600
Lens : 70-300mm kit lens (300mm @f6.3)
Mount : iOptron Skyguider Pro
Tripod : Manfrotto MT190
Total exposure : 1 Hour 26 mins
172 framses stacked,cropped and processed.
Light frames : 30"x 172
no dark,flat,bias frames
Bortle scale : class 4
Image processing
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Stacked using Deep Sky Stacker
Image processed using Siril , ImagesPlus and PS
Another shot in the Cygnus constellation taken last night.
You can see NGC 6960 and NGC 6979, two supernovae remnants.
The picture is a stack of 65 subs of 180 seconds each taken with my ZWO ASI 585 MC Pro camera on Sharpstar 61 EDPH II (SV220 Dual narrowband fllter)
Gain 252, offset 8 and temperature -10°C.
LXD75 Onstep modified mount.
Capture with Nina and PHD2Guiding.
Processing with Siril (Hoo).
A misty moonlit night was a poor time to try RGB, imaging but without any nebulae in my part of the sky at that time i decided to give it a shot, i chose a star cluster for 2 reasons - bright enough to show up in short exposures, and wouldn't require much stretching during post-processing.
Simple RG and B (no luminance) 2min x 10 subs per filter. with darks.
Bode's and Cigar galaxies are performing cosmic tango some 12 million light years away from us.
Telescope: TS480APO (480mm f/6)
Camera: QSI 583
Mount: iOptron iEQ30 Pro
L 20x300sec bin 1x1
R,G,B each 12x180sec bin 2x2
Image acquisition from two locations during 4 nights in February 2016
Another night of clear skies, another DSO. :)
I had already photographed this phenomenal emission nebula a while ago, but with a unmoded Canon SL1. Now I'm revisiting with a Canon T6i astromoded and a light polution filter.
This nebula is AMAZING. The Bok globules (Also known as Thackeray's Globules) are finaly visible.
156x60s
Canon T6i (750D) mod
ISO 1600
iOptron CEM25P
Long Perng 66mm f6
NGC6914 -
If i have this right, this image is a L(Ha+R)GB image. That is, i used .Luminance and RGB filters with a bit of hydrogen alpha mixed with the red channel.
I have wanted to image this area again ever since i first did with my old 350D and the last two clear nights (with no full moon) were the perfect opportunity for me to give it a shot.
It's a nice reflection nebula (blue) in the center of some emission nebulosity in Cygnus.
Used my ED80 - QHY163M - Optolong filters and processed in photoshop.
I'm quite happy with the result, although several different versions of it are on my laptop, some better than others and this one happens to be my favourite for the moment, but that will quickly change :D
Blue Horsehead Nebula - IC 4592
This is a rarely imaged nebula, located about 400 light years from us, visible in the constellation Scorpio. IC 4592 is a true reflection nebula, being formed of cosmic dust, the central part appearing blue due to the energy released by Jabbah, the star whose light makes this nebula visible. The popular name of this nebula, Blue Horsehead, is given by the more or less obvious resemblance to a horse's head and, as most astronomy enthusiasts know, this is not the only "horsehead" visible in the night sky. Practically every night of the year a "horsehead" nebula can be seen, regardless of whether it is "blue" or "dark". As an additional note, the above statement is valid for the latitude where I am (44 degrees North).
Equipment and settings:
Tracking - Skywatcher Star Adventure GTI
Camera - Nikon D610A
Photo lens - Rokinon 135 F2
98 x 60 sec - F2.8 iso 1600.
Stacking in Deep Sky Stacker.
Edit in Pixinsight.
English below
Nuova elaborazione di LDN673 pubblicata qualche giorno fa.
Somma di pose guidate da 10 minuti per un'integrazione di 21 ore e 30 minuti. Telescopio newton 150/600 con correttore Tecnosky 0.95x, camera Tecnosky Vision 571C, montatura Eq6-R Pro, elaborazione Pixinsight.
New processing by LDN673 published a few days ago.
Sum of 10-minute guided exposures for an integration time of 21 hours and 30 minutes. 150/600 Newtonian telescope with Tecnosky 0.95x corrector, Tecnosky Vision 571C camera, EQ6-R Pro mount, Pixinsight processing.
A six-night project in December 2025.
This is the head of the Lion Nebula (Sharpless 132) in Cepheus, also known as LDN 1161.
I've imaged the Lion Nebula before, in 2023, but not a close up of just the head, which has a lot of really interesting detail, particularly in Hydrogen Alpha.
🔭 EdgeHD 8 & 9.25
⚙️ ZWO AM5N & AM5
ZWO ASI2600MC Pro
🌈 Antlia ALP-T Filter 3nm and 5nm
⏰ Integration time 52 hours 58 minutes
🎨 Processing: Pixinsight, Lightroom, and Affinity Photo 2.
️ Backyard
English below:
M16 o nebulosa Aquila nella costellazione della Coda del Serpente presenta, al suo centro, la formazione nota come i Pilastri della Creazione resa nota al Telescopio Spaziale Hubble.
Somma di pose guidate da 10 minuti per un totale di 2 ore e 20 minuti con filtro dualband Antlia ALP-T 5nm. Telescopio newton 150/600 con correttore Tecnosky 0.95x, camera Tecnosky Vision 571C, montatura Eq6-R Pro, elaborazione Pixinsight.
M16, or the Eagle Nebula, in the constellation Serpens (Coda del Serpens), features, at its center, the formation known as the Pillars of Creation, discovered by the Hubble Space Telescope.
Sum of 10-minute guided exposures for a total of 2 hours and 20 minutes with an Antlia ALP-T 5nm dual-band filter. 150/600 Newtonian telescope with a Tecnosky 0.95x corrector, Tecnosky Vision 571C camera, EQ6-R Pro mount, and Pixinsight processing.
Technical Information:
Telescope: AIRY APO 130T PrimaLuceLab
Mount: Paramount MyT - Software Bisque
Camera: QHYCCD QHY9
Filter: Optolong 36mm unmounted L-Pro, R, G, B
Frames: L-Pro:150x240s -- R:45x240s -- G:45x240s -- B:45x240s
Total Integration: 19 Hours
Software: SGP – TheSkyX – PHD2 – DSS – PixInsight – CS6
Location: AstroAtlas Observatory - Noventa di Piave (Venice) 4 meter above sea level – ITALY
Environment Temperature: About 1°C
Relative Humidity: 75%
Date: 27.02.22 - 01.03.22 - 05.03.22 - 08.03.22 - 09.03.22 - 10.03.22
This is my last picture taken from the AstroAtlas Observatory situated in Noventa di Piave (ITALY).
This is M64 acquired with Optolong LRGB filters. Small galaxy for my equipment - The photo had been cropped.
I am happy of this result and I hope you like it!!!
Clear skies!
AstroBin: astrob.in/xfqgjf/0/
NOTE: The image was acquired from a polluted sky with high humidity - Bortle 5.
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