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I was browsing through some old captures, and then find this one. Why did I forget to publish it?
I don't know! Well, better later than never.
This was my first capture using my T6i, back on July 9, 2020.
I remember now, why I did capture the Crux again. My hope was to compare, side by side, my old Nikon D5000 and the "new" Canon T6i. Well, my D5000 served me well for a long time, but now it needs to retire. :)
The old picture: www.astrobin.com/sr6a6v/B/?nc=user
No darks, flats or bias
142x30s, ISO 1600
Nikon 135mm AI f2.8(f4) with Canon EOS Adapter
The Crux constellation and the Coalsack Nebula (C99) captured with an old DSLR.
My Nikon D5000 have a serious issue with its sensor. On the right corner and top of the image we can see it failure. A region of the sensor which does have a lack of sensitivity.
First I though it was a "flat frame issue", but it's not. Darks and bias doesn't help.
Only after a carefully processing I'm "ok" in posting this picture. But my Nikon D5000 is old, and I'm not happy to say that it needs to retire.
I found an empty piece of plastic the other day, on which I had no hesitation in slapping a modded Canon 500D, purchased at a very reasonable price from James Stannard here. There then followed a bit of a learning curve - having been used to a Nikon - which has taken up the best part of two weeks. But I got there in the end :)
This is another collaboration with my good friend Dave Williams from the northern wastelands, who generously donated large portions of Ha, used as luminance.
I will now spend some time trying to breathe life into my Nikon D70 so that I can inflict some considerable pain on the thing, before I eventually kill it - slowly.... :)
RGB:
SW ED80/EQ5
Canon 500D modded, Baader Neodymium filter
90 x 180 sec subs, iso 1600, total 4 hours 30 minutes
Acquisition: APT
Guiding: Quickcam Pro4000/9x50 finderscope, PHD
Stacked in DSS and processed in CS5.
Ha (Dave Williams):
Takahashi FS78 with reducer
G2 8300 camera
10 x 10 minute subs for 1 hour 40 minutes
The complete mosaic with this globular cluster and its surroundings can be viewed at flic.kr/p/2m84gRJ
Globular cluster M4 is the closest globular cluster to the Earth. It is situated in a very colorful part of the sky known as the Rho Ophiuchi dust complex. You can get a hint of the colors in the background of this image. This is part of the larger mosaic I am working on constructing around Antares. This is proving to be a good bit more challenging than the one near Sadr ( flic.kr/p/tYxubt ), mostly due to so many bright stars in the region. The gradients from the colors of interstellar dust and gas is also a challenge to work with.
The panels of the mosaic are stacks of 90 s shots. This portion includes 3 panels. There are 4 in the i Sco mosaic posted earlier (available at flic.kr/p/2gbsUqJ ). The 90 s shots were taken with a guided Celestron Edge HD 925 at f/2.3 with HyperStar and an Atik 314L+ one shot color camera. Preprocessing in Nebulosity with flats, darks, and bias frames; stacking, compiling the mosaic, and initial processing in PixInsight; final touches in PS CS 5.1.
Image center (J2000) is at
RA 16h 22m 57s
DEC -26° 23' 1"
The image spans about 1.5° x 1.0°.
Very early this morning, I had an epiphany, and made a big discovery.
As most of you know, I own a 10" Meade LX200 telescope. The focal ratio of the telescope is f/6.3, which puts it about 15-20 percent optically faster than a standard f/10 Schmidt-Cassegrain.
For a couple years, I've had an f/6.3 focal reducer/field flattener for a smaller f/10 8-inch Meade LX5 telescope I also own.
I decided to experiment - and in the process of doing so, I made my 10" LX200 optically faster by 50%. What does this mean?
I now have significantly more light gathering power, at a small cost. The focal length is halved from 1600mm to 800mm.
Not only that, I can shorten my exposure time by half!
This is the first result: Messier 42 - AKA The Great Orion Nebula.
10x5 seconds for the core
20x30 seconds for the outer fringes.
15x5-second dark calibration frames
30x30 second dark calibration frames
10 "T-shirt" flat calibration frames
It would've taken me about twice as long to gather the data to produce this image!
A very big spiral galaxy in the Triangulum constellation.
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Nebulas: M33
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Canon EOS60D (no-mod)
TS APO 804 FPL53
HEQ5 (unguided)
480mm - f/6.0 - ISO800
Light Frames: 10x180'' + 5x240''
Dark Frames: 11x180'' + 7x240''
Bias Frames: 19x
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Il Velo del Cigno è un resto di supernova che ha un'estensione angolare di circa 3 gradi e, secondo le osservazioni più precise, la distanza da noi è di circa 1470 anni luce. E' catalogato come Sh2-103 (W78 come sorgente radio) ma le sue parti hanno identificazione del più utilizzato catalogo NGC, la parte orientale è NGC 6992 e 6995, mentre la parte più occidentale è NGC6960.
Per riprenderlo quasi nella sua interezza, ho esguito un mosaico di 2x2, ogni pannello ha circa 5 ore e mezza di integrazione con pose guidate da 10 minuti con filtro dualband Antlia ALP-T 5nm per la nebulosa mentre per le stelle sono un'ora di pose da 60 secondi senza filtri. Telescopio newton 150/600 con correttore Tecnosky 0.95x, camera Tecnosky Vision 571C, montatura Eq6-R Pro, elaborazione in Pixinsight.
The Cygnus Loop is a supernova remnant with an angular extension of about 3 degrees and, according to the most precise observations, its distance from us is about 1,470 light-years. It is cataloged as Sh2-103 (W78 as a radio source), but its parts are identified in the most widely used NGC catalog: the eastern part is NGC 6992 and 6995, while the westernmost part is NGC 6960.
To capture it almost in its entirety, I created a 2x2 mosaic. Each panel took about 5.5 hours of integration, with 10-minute guided exposures using an Antlia ALP-T 5nm dual-band filter for the nebula, and one hour of 60-second exposures without filters for the stars. 150/600 Newtonian telescope with Tecnosky 0.95x corrector, Tecnosky Vision 571C camera, Eq6-R Pro mount, Pixinsight processing.
IC434 + NGC 2024 + NGC 2023 in the constellation of Orion (near Orion's Belt)
Taken with digital telescope “ZWO Seestar S50 Smart Telescope” in Mosaic/Framing mode with 62 minutes (372 x 10 seconds) exposure time edited with Luminar Neo, Neat Image and Jpg Illuminator.
I would have liked to expose for longer, but then the high fog came.
Well heavens above - two clear nights on the bounce. I'd forgotten how to do this stuff ;)
My first guided image! :) The Crescent Nebula in Cygnus, a mere 5K light years away.
Bought a modded Quickcam Pro4000, with the adaptor to fit it to the SW 9x50 finder scope, from Badgers/Anton on SGL. Then did the EQ5 handset mod using the kit from Shoestring Astronomy, downloaded PHD and voila. Total cost £90 - can't be bad :) Not perfect of course, but then it was never going to be with an EQ5 and rubbish motors. There was some evidence of wispy bits around this, but it looked more like discolouration, so I took it out - probably expecting too much :)
SW 200p/EQ5
Nikon D70 modded, iso 1600, Baader CC and Neodymium filter
40 x 5 mins for a total of 3 hours 20 minutes
Guiding: Quickcam Pro4000/9x50 finderscope, PHD
Stacked in DSS and processed in CS5
Località: Verona, Italia
Data: 18.10.2022
Partendo dall'originale monocromatico, ho lavorato con i livelli di Photoshop associando i colori dei vari gas di questo stupendo oggetto, cercando di essere il più fedele possibile.
Prossima sessione sarà riprende questo oggetto con il filtro OII per poi integrarlo con il monocromatico di questa foto fatto in H-alpha... cosi vedremo realmente i colori di questa nebulosa.
100 x 60s
(1 hr, 40 min total)
ZWO ASI1600MM Pro
Newton Skywatcher 150/750 PDS Explorer
EQ - Celestron AVX Advanced VX
Filter H-Alpha
DSS + Photoshop
Here is another deep-sky object from the meet-up on Saturday night (2nd April, 2016). This colourful gem is the Eta Carinae Nebula, for which we southern hemisphere folk are in prime viewing position. At the centre of the nebula is the “hypergiant” star Eta Carinae, which is estimated to be between 100 to 150 times the mass of the sun and about FOUR MILLION TIMES THE BRIGHTNESS LOF THE SUN! The nebula itself is about four times as large as the Orion Nebula, which I posted a photo of two nights back, but it’s not as well known because it’s not visible to most of the northern hemisphere.
This photo was created from a stack of five original images. Stacking reduces the digital noise in the final image.
Canon EOS 6D, Canon EF 100-400mm @ 400mm @ f/5.6, 30 sec @ ISO 3200.
his is a re-processing of Lagoon and Trifid project from Abastumani. July 17th 2015.
Just 5 x 2 mins of exposures with regular Nikon D750 camera.
TS80APO refractor (480mm f/6)
iOptron iEQ30 Pro mount
processed in PixInsight
slightly enhanced in Lr
Clustermania :)
A three hour gap in the endless, persistent cloud cover gave me just enough time to do another one of these things. Nebulous stuff takes several sessions under my light polluted skies, and would take months with the weather being as it is, so clusters beckon.
This is M38, aka NGC 1912, aka The Starfish Cluster (don't ask me why), and to the right is NGC 1907. M38 is about 4,200 light years away and is about 25 light years in diameter, similar to that of its more distant neighbour M37. It is about 220 million years old. NGC 1907 is around 4,500 light years from Earth. It contains around 30 stars according to Wiki (looks like more to me) and is over 500 million years old.
This is a closer crop than my previous two cluster efforts, for two reasons: first, the framing was rubbish, and second, the stars at the edges reminded me just how much I need a field flattener!
I'm running out of double clusters to do :)
SW ED80/EQ5
Canon 500D modded, Baader Neodymium filter
56 x 180 sec subs, iso 1600
Acquisition: APT
Guiding: Quickcam Pro4000/9x50 finderscope, PHD/EQMOD/AstroEQ
Stacked in DSS and processed in CS5.
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近日天氣仍然時好時壞，數日前趁著好天氣匆匆的走到深空拍攝勝地試一下新鏡頭。現時初昇的獵戶仍然在較低位置，加上天氣的不濟，最後只能拍到8幅共32分鐘總曝光，訊噪比十分低。但總算為新鏡頭開光， 當作試鏡大家就先忍耐著看一下吧 :)
Photo by Michael Leung
日期：2015/09/13 @ 北潭涌
相機：CentralDS 600D @ -4c
鏡頭：Samyang 135 /2 @ f2.8
追星儀：iOptron ZEQ25
導星：Guided QHY5LII Mono
其他：IDAS LPS-D1 Filter
設定：ISO 1600, 240sec x 8 (Darkframe / Bias)
香港拍攝難度：★ (五星最高)
建議鏡頭焦距：100 ~ 300mm
適合拍攝月份：10月 ~ 3月 (香港)
大概方向：東昇西落
We had several clear nights on the bounce a week or two back, and I spent the time imaging this thing as Cygnus was still getting up above my house a little late. This is just short of 10 hours, but I put it away because I got the feeling it was out of focus when comparing it with the version I did back in 2011 with the 200p. The stars in the cluster don't look quite as tight as I think they should.
Whaddya reckon? Out of focus?
Cloudy nights begs for revisits of old data ...
18x180s SII
14x180s Hα
4x180s OIII
100xBias
50xFlats per channel
50xDark Flats per channel
100xDarks
Processed in Pixinsight
Taken with a TMB92L, Canon T3i DSLR, and Celestron Advanced VX mount. Consists of 41 light and 39 dark frames, each a 50-second exposure at ISO 800, stacked in DeepSkyStacker and processed in Photoshop.
"Stairway to Heaven"A few nights ago I was out gazing the milky way in the early pre-dawn sky. Twas a windy night at Dinosaur Point and i was tired and feeling less-than creative finding myself having difficulty composing. Watching the milky way in transit, i noticed the center hovering over the hills along the horizon reaching straight upward into the infinite sky. it appeared to be a cosmic stairway to heaven. Click and Voila! This shot really came to life in post, after delicate processing, the colors and details of the milky way make the pre-dawn sky bloom with color. Enjoy and thanks for stopping by:-)
This revision softens contrast and color corrects stars.
Imaging telescope or lens: Nikon NIKKOR 180 F2,8 AIS ED
Imaging camera: Nikon d7100
Mount: ORION Sirius EQ-G
Guiding telescope or lens: Nikon NIKKOR 180 F2,8 AIS ED
Software: Noel Carboni's Astro Tools for PhotoShop Noel Carboni Actions, PixInsight 1.8 Ripley PixInsight , Photoshop CS 6 Adobe
Resolution: 3992x3448
Dates: Feb. 10, 2016, Feb. 13, 2016, Feb. 28, 2016, March 4, 2016, Nov. 3, 2016, Nov. 6, 2016, Nov. 8, 2016
Frames:
129x75" ISO1000
5x100" ISO1250
11x75" ISO1250
41x60" ISO1600
151x75" ISO1600
23x80" ISO1600
Integration: 7.4 hours
Avg. Moon age: 9.44 days
Avg. Moon phase: 32.46%
Bortle Dark-Sky Scale: 4.00
Temperature: 2.00
Astrometry.net job: 1319036
RA center: 93.598 degrees
DEC center: 22.281 degrees
Pixel scale: 4.441 arcsec/pixel
Orientation: 89.593 degrees
Field radius: 4.107 degrees
Locations: Home observatory, Cheyenne, WY (elevation: 6014'), United States
Another clear sky, albeit with half a moon :)
Continuing my obsession with all things cluster, this is M67 in Cancer. Apparently there are few Galactic clusters known to be older (this is something like 4 billion years old), and none of them are as close as M67, so it is the subject of much study (according to Wiki). Slight variation in the spikes on this one, just to ring the changes :) A little noisy, but I had some trouble retaining the colour so decided to put up with it.
SW ED80/EQ5
Canon 500D modded, Baader Neodymium filter
60 x 180 sec subs, iso 800
Acquisition: APT
Guiding: Quickcam Pro4000/9x50 finderscope, PHD/EQMOD/AstroEQ
Stacked in DSS and processed in CS5.
Just before the Event Horizon Telescope started its imaging run on the supermassive black hole at the center of M87, I was imaging the same region of the sky with my Celestron Edge HD 925. The galaxy in question, M87, is in the lower left corner of this image. It is the closest Brightest Cluster Galaxy (BCG) to us, and it shows a relativistic jet when you take enough data to capture that feature.
The other galaxies that cross the top part of this picture are known as Markarian's Chain -- all of the prominent galaxies in this picture are part of the Virgo Cluster. M87 and the rest of the Virgo Cluster galaxies are about 55 million light years away. At that distance, if there was a civilization looking back at Earth, the image they would currently get is of a planet whose biosphere had just rebounded from the Chicxulub impact. However, any such image is exceedingly unlikely. On the full size scale of this image (1684x2408 pixels), the supermassive black hole would be 16 millionths of a pixel in size. That black hole is roughly 3 million times the diameter of the Earth. Using a radio telescope the size of the Earth, we were just able to resolve the black hole.
This image is a mosaic of 4 separate tiles. Each of those is a stack of 4 minute exposures. Images were shot with an Edge HD 925 at f/2.3 with Hyperstar and an Atik 314L+ color CCD. Preprocessing was done in Nebulosity. The stacking, initial processing, and mosaic composition was done in PixInsight. Final processing was done in PixInsight and PS CS 5.1.
The image center (J2000) is at:
RA 12h 29m 9s
DEC +13° 0' 17"
The image spans 1° 10' by 1° 40'.
There are 14 galaxies with NGC designations, and about 100 galaxies in total visible in the picture.
Taken with a TMB92L, Canon T3i DSLR, Orion SSAG autoguider and 50mm guidescope, and Celestron AVX mount. Consists of 42 120-second light frames and 45 120-second dark frames, all at ISO 800, as well as 32 flat and 50 bias frames. Captured with BackyardEOS, stacked in DeepSkyStacker, and processed in Photoshop.
Taken with a TMB92L, Canon T3i DSLR, and Celestron CG-4 mount. Consists of 37 light and 29 dark frames, each a 40-second exposure at ISO 800, stacked in DeepSkyStacker and processed in Photoshop.
Another ellipsoidal collection of stars leftover from the formation of the Milky Way Galaxy. Part of why the center appears so dense is that, at over 11 kpc, the center is farther away than the center of our galaxy.
Stack of 24 90s exposures shot with a Celestron Edge HD 925 at f/2.3 with Hyperstar and an Atik 314L+ color CCD. Preprocessing in Nebulosity; stacking and processing in PixInsight; final touches in PS CS 5.1.
Image center (J2000) is at
RA 21h 33m 27s
DEC -0° 49' 30"
Ref: www.skyandtelescope.com/observing/3200-phaethon/
Look just right the center of image to see this 6 km size asteroid move. Estimated magnitude 10.9 and somewhat brighter and faster moving than just two days ago. Nearly overhead at the end of this brief timelapse. 143 minutes lapsed time.
Nikon d7100, Nikkor 180mm f/2.8, iso 3200, @ f/4 and f/5, 30 sec exposure with 4 sec gap between frames. Played back at 40 fps.
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南半球的銀河，跟我們看慣的有不一樣的景致。近中央可以看到很易辨認的南十字座 (Crux) 和煤袋星雲 (Coalsack Nebula)，往右一點比較光的是船底座大星雲 (NGC3372)；相片右下角有大麥哲倫星系 (Large Magellanic Cloud)，右上角一片的紅色是甘姆星雲 (Gum Nebula) 部份。
Photo by Michael Leung @ New Zealand
Canon EOS 650D
Samyang 14mm f/2.8
Taken with a TMB92L, Canon T3i DSLR, and Celestron CG-4 mount. Consists of 41 light and 23 dark frames, each a 35-second exposure at ISO 800, stacked in DeepSkyStacker and processed in Photoshop.
NGC 3718 and its little friend This critter sits near the lower left corner of the bowl of the 'Big Dipper', and is a tough nut to crack.
Last night, I broke through the skin of that nut. :)
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.
This is a portion of the dust complex just north of Antares, in Scorpius. The blue reflection nebula at the left surrounds the star i Sco. This is a mosaic of 4 panels which consist of stacks of 90 s subframes. My intention is to expand upon this later. Here is the final version.
Subframes taken with a guided Celestron Edge HD 9.25" at f/2.3 with Hyperstar and an Atik 314L+ color CCD. Preprocessing in Nebulosity; processing and mosaic creation in PixInsight; final touches in PS CS 5.1.
Image center is near
RA 16h 26m
DEC -25.3°
Much needed reprocess :)
This is a pigging thing! Either my skies ain't up to it or the ED80 is too slow, but this is 11 hours of hard work (well, sort of) and required no small amount of encouragement during processing. And the noise you wouldn't believe!
Unlikely to get the opportunity to add to it this year, so maybe next :)
No apology for the spikes - they hide a multitude of sins, and it is a christmas tree after all :)
SW ED80/EQ5
Nikon D70 modded, Baader Neodymium filter
162 subs, 3-6 mins, iso 800-1600, total 11 hours 2 minutes
Guiding (RA only): Quickcam Pro4000/9x50 finderscope, PHD
Stacked in DSS and processed in CS5
Had a session on this last night, and combined with last year's effort for a total of 2 hrs 23 mins.
Not sure that I've gained much, although a little less noisy in the wispy bits, and a couple of fuzzies visible. Don't think I'll get much more out of this target without a serious upgrade of kit! :)
SW 200p, EQ5 unguided
Nikon D70 modded, iso1600, Baader MPCC and Neodymiun filter
142 x 60sec
darks, bias and flats.
Stacked in DSS and processed in CS5
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всем удачи в Новом году! 💟
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3. Air Formation — Near Miss
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17. Yuragi — Still Dreaming, Still Deafening
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19. Tape Deck Mountain — Echo Chamber Blues
20. Tender Age — Becoming Real Forever
Nothing — помимо шугейза не побоялись скататься этой зимой в #Murmansk!
93MillionMilesFromTheSun — pure reverb
Air Formation — долгожданное возвращение
Ride и Swervedriver — отцы держат отличную форму!
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7. Sobrenadar — Y
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10. Tape Waves — Distant Light
11. Sales — Forever & Ever
12. Evening Gown — Lakes of Harmony
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15. Endless White — Flow West to You
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Beach House — мечтательные синты уносящие прочь
Holy Motors — сначала Pia Fraus, теперь вот моторы в том же духе (и в честь фильма Leos Carax)
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#indie
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Heathers — post-grunge дебютантки из Монреаля, назвавшиеся в честь того самого фильма
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18. Bloody Knives — White Light Black Moon
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1. Anna von Hausswolff — Dead Magic
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8. Minami Deutsch — With Dim Light
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15. Holy — All These Worlds Are Yours
16. Cavern of Anti-Matter — Hormone Lemonade
17. Psychic Lemon — Frequency Rhythm Distortion Delay
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1. Holy Fawn — Death Spells
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5. Thou — Magus
6. Wrekmeister Harmonies — The Alone Rush
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Messa — пучины итальянского психоделического дума
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1. Low — Double Negative
2. Nine Inch Nails — Bad Witch
3. Django Django — Marble Skies
4. Death & Vanilla — The Tenant
5. Flasher — Constant Image
6. Dead Vibrations — Dead Vibrations
7. God Is An Astronaut — Epitaph
8. Sigur Rós — Route One
9. Body/Head — The Switch
10. King Dude — Music To Make War To
11. Spiritualized — And Nothing Hurt
12. The Sea and Cake — Any Day
13. Dark Times — Tell Me What I Need
14. The Smashing Pumpkins — Shiny And Oh So Bright, Vol. 1 LP No Past. No Future. No Sun
15. Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks — Sparkle Hard
16. Ty Segall & White Fence — Joy
17. Crystale — Crystales
18. The Breeders — All Nerve
19. Yo La Tengo — There's a Riot Going On
20. Black Rebel Motorcycle Club — Wrong Creatures
Low — текстура здесь так же важна как и мелодия, создание и разрушение переплетаются в процессе звучания — отцы slowcore сумели как никто другой всех удивить
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#electronic #lofi #ambient
1. Jóhann Jóhannsson — Mandy
2. Jon Hopkins — Singularity
3. Laurel Halo — Raw Silk Uncut Wood
4. Sarah Davachi — Let Night Come On Bells End The Day
5. Lisa Stenberg — Monument
6. Julia Holter — Aviary
7. Marie Davidson — Working Class Woman
8. Cremation Lily — In England Now, Underwater
9. Puce Mary — The Drought
10. Sophie — Oil of Every Pearl’s Un-Insides
11. H ø R D — Parallels
12. Hammock — Universalis
13. The Field — Infinite Moment
14. Dakota Suite, Dag Rosenqvist, Emanuele Errante — What Matters Most
15. Lucrecia Dalt — Anticlines
16. Grouper — Grid of Points
17. Deena Abdelwahed — Khonnar
18. William Basinski and Lawrence English — Selva Oscura
19. Oneohtrix Point Never — Age Of
20. Helena Hauff — Qualm
Jóhann Jóhannsson /RIP — ныне покойный исландский композитор погружается в глубины drone ambient — релиз вышел после его гибели, в записи приняли участие Stephen O'Malley, Randall Dunn, Skúli Sverrisson, Matt Chamberlain, Úlfur Eldjárn и др.
Laurel Halo — Лорел вновь генерирует таинственные электроакустические текстуры
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#pop #synthwave
1. Let's Eat Grandma — I'm All Ears
2. Melody's Echo Chamber (w/ The Amazing, Dungen, Pond) — Bon Voyage
3. Robyn — Honey
4. Ariana Grande — Sweetener
5. Kali Uchis — Isolation
6. Aurora — Infections Of A Different Kind - Step 1
7. Ex:Re — Ex:Re
8. Dita Von Teese (w/ Sébastien Tellier) — Dita Von Teese
9. Halo Maud — Je Suis Une Ile
10. Superorganism — Superorganism
11. Tess Roby — Beacon
12. Hooverphonic — Looking For Stars
13. Steady Holiday — Nobody's Watching
14. Corine — Fille De Ta Région EP
15. Mitski — Be the Cowboy
16. The Orielles — Silver Dollar Moment
17. Jean-Benoît Dunckel — H+
18. Nightmare Air — Fade Out
19. Virginia Wing — Ecstatic Arrow
20. Rosalía — El Mal Querer
Let's Eat Grandma — калейдоскопический lo-fi future-pop от teen grls
Melody — dream pop с психоделическим саундом от шведов и вокалом француженки
Ex:Re — X-Ray дебют Elena Tonra из Daughter
Robyn — это и есть идеальная поп-музыка
Dita — всё на этом альбоме сочинил Sébastien Tellier, но именно Dita стала его украшением
Aurora — восходящая норвежская звезда, начинавшая с каверов на Bowie и Oasis, теперь её можно увидеть в эпичных шоу с Wardruna!
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#russia
1. Самцы Дронта — Самцы Дронта (1990-1995) [2018 reissue]
2. Архитектурный Оркестр Благодетели — Слово
3. Rosemary Loves A Blackberry — Snowfake
4. Pinkshinyultrablast — Miserable Miracles
5. ГШ / Glintshake — Польза
6. Isa — Небо в солёных колодцах
7. IC3PEAK — Сказка
8. Арсений Креститель — 31
9. Supervitesse — NorNor
10. Акульи Слёзы — В Музее Моей Памяти EP
11. Kate NV — для FOR
12. Vy Pole — Like You Say
13. Clouds Electric — Blush
14. Стефа и шугейз колдуны — Оставили в прошлом EP
15. Mooptheband — Pinky
16. Love Fade — Придуманных страхов призраки
17. Supernova 1006 — Blackout
18. Secrets Of The Third Planet — Birds Station
19. Double Trouble Pill — Lizzy's Demons
20. Автоспорт — Береги себя EP
21. Dooby Douglas — Webwave
22. Endless Sleeper — Ocean Locked in the Room
23. Trna — Earthcult
24. Menk — Волны EP
25. Буерак — Репост Модерн
26. Невидимый Робот — Самый Теплый Свитер EP
27. Park17 — Когда дни уходят спиралью вниз
28. Забыл повзрослеть — Простые сложности
29. COSme — Lost Generation
30. Motorama — Many Nights
31. Roots In Fever — Flower EP
32. Рыцари Диких Яблок — Дворец EP
33. Ploho — Куда птицы улетают умирать
34. Дождливый гражданин — Игра в жмурки
35. Сруб — Скорбь
36. Пустая Электричка — Родные Края EP
37. Деревянные киты — Под воду
38. Rape Tape — Прочь EP
39. Sonic Death — Punks Against Mafia vol. 1,2
40. Путь — Песни смерти
41. uSSSy — Voyage
42. Parks, Squares and Alleys — Cold Blood Magic
43. Inverse — S/T
44. Grave Disgrace — Sabbatharium
45. Комсомольск — Дорогие Москвичи
46. Shoe Shine Six — Sunday EP
47. L own — Rave Mission
48. Låska — Låska
49. ТЭЦ — А
50. Поспишь Потом — Не Приходить в Себя
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Sea(r)hing — various tracks
Самцы Дронта — получили наконец физическое воплощение, как раз те самые забытые герои
Архитектурный Оркестр — «стихи и музыка», по сумме факторов один из лучших релизов на русском языке в 2018
Rosemary — аудиовизуальное исследование тёмных сторон девичьего подсознания
Pinkshiny — изучая новые способы воздействия углубились в электронику
ГШ — море драйва
Isa — ambient-drone проект из Новосибирска и Орла с зашифрованной в названии руной «|» (лёд, остывший ручей)
Ic3peak — умело используют в видеоклипах актуальный контент и вокалистка смутно напоминающая Grimes
Арсений — Ben Horn навсегда!
Supervitesse — адепты Stereolab etc из Петербурга
Акульи Слёзы — меланохоличные dream pop grls из Уфы
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#festivals
1. Roadburn D3: Boris & Stephen O’Malley — Absolutego, Hugsjá — Ivar Bjørnson (Enslaved) & Einar Selvik (Wardruna), NYIÞ & Wormlust — Hieros Gamos, Earthess & Kikagaku Moyo, Zola Jesus, Mizmor (Yodh), Maggot Heart, Godspeed You! Black Emperor (vol I), Occvlta, Panopticon, The Heads, All Pigs Must Die @ Tilburg, 21.04.2018
2. Roadburn D4: Godspeed You! Black Emperor (vol II), Alda, Spotlights, Vánagandr: Sól án varma (Misþyrming, Naðra, Svartidauði, Wormlust), Wiegedood, Watter, Bell Witch, Vampillia, GosT, Zuriaake, Hell (Salem) @ Tilburg, 22.04.2018
3. Sideways D1: Bardo Pond, James Holden & The Animal Spirits, Dopplereffekt, Apparat, Teksti-TV 666, A Perfect Circle, Yamantaka feat Sonic Titan, Joni Ekman & Koira @ Helsinki, 08.06.2018
4. Roadburn D2: Minami Deutsch, Motorpsycho, Godflesh, Jarboe ft. Father Murphy, Kairon; Irse!, Planning For Burial, Converge, Kikagaku Moyo, Worship, Joy, Grave Pleasures @ Tilburg, 20.04.2018
5. Roadburn D1: Årabrot, Kælan Mikla, Future Occultism (Bong-Ra, Servants Of The Apocalyptic Goat Rave, Phurpha), Earthless, Horte, Wreck and Reference, Harsh Toke, Weedeater, Stomach Earth @ Tilburg, 19.04.2018
6. Sideways D3: Ben Frost, K-X-P, Preoccupations, MØ @ Helsinki, 10.06.2018
7. Sideways D2: Deerhunter, Oranssi Pazuzu, Cigarettes After Sex, Kaukolampi, Jane Weaver, Siinai, Visible Cloaks, The National, The Comet Is Coming @ Helsinki, 09.06.2018
8. PPF 2018 D2: Broken English Club, Nina Kraviz, Lena Willikens, Imatran Voima, Superficial Random Knowledge Porridge, Ron Morelli, Anastasia Kristensen, Aux 88 @ Sevcabel, 28.07.2018
9. Электромеханика: Sobranie 8 18, Eva Geist, Les Trucs, Luceria Dalt, Amnesia Scanner, Alexander Robotnick, GhostNoir, Петроградское Гудельное Собрание, LVRIN, Måla, Wolffflow, Илья Артемов @ Alexandrinsky Theatre, 03.11.2018
10. Innocence: Kedr Livanskiy, Maceo Plex, Rødhåd, DJ Koze, Monika Kruse, Lena Popova, Fatima Yamaha, Magda @ Street Art Museum, 02.06.2018
11. Stereoleto D2: Chkbns, Спасибо, Franz Ferdinand, Cigarettes After Sex, Увула, Tequilajazzz, Комсомольск @ Artplay, 11.06.2018
12. SKIF XXII: Holy Motors, Motorpsycho, T'ien Lai, Tangerine Dream, Andrea Belfi, ДК Посторонних, Фивы @ Alexandrinsky Theatre, 18.05.2018
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#seenlive
1. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds @ A2, 25.07.2018
2. Roger Waters @ SKK, 29.08.2018
3. Lebanon Hanover, Soft Kill @ Mod, 02.11.2018
4. Dead Meadow, Grave Disgrace @ Zoccolo, 17.10.2018
5. The Jesus & Mary Chain @ Kosmonavt, 16.05.2018
6. Cold Cave, Ash Code @ Opera, 18.11.2018
7. Chkbns, Архитектурный оркестр благодетели, Bananafish @ Opera, 02.09.2018
8. Adult., Supernova 1006 @ Mosaique, 25.11.2018
9. Drab Majesty, Supernova 1006, Рыцарь диких яблок @ Serdce, 12.01.2018
10. LA Witch, Angelic Milk @ Mod, 02.06.2018
11. Big Brave @ Zoccolo 2.0, 04.05.2018
12. Philip Jeck, Automotrice @ New Holland, 05.09.2018
13. John Duncan, Alexei Borisov @ Club, 13.08.2018
14. ГШ / Glintshake @ Erarta, 22.06.2018
15. Jean Sibelius — Kalevala @ Capella, 22.12.2018
16. :Of The Wand & The Moon: @ Opera, 18.02.2018
17. Trisomie 21 @ The Place, 23.09.2018
18. Zola Jesus @ Mod, 06.11.2018
19. Gnaw Their Tongues @ The Place, 06.04.2018
20. Laibach @ Opera, 09.10.2018
21. Black Rebel Motorcycle Club @ Kosmonavt, 12.06.2018
22. Darkwood, Agnivolok @ Serdce, 12.10.2018
23. Tim Hecker @ Mosaique, 01.06.2018
24. Trna, Show Me A Dinosaur @ Fish, 23.03.2018
25. Author & Punisher, Trepaneringsritualen @ Serdce, 03.06.2018
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#films
1. Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017, прокат в 2018) / Три билборда на границе Эббинга, Миссури @ Martin McDonagh, 9/10
2. Loro (2018) / Лоро @ Paolo Sorrentino 9/10
3. Лето (2018) / Leto @ Kirill Serebrennikov, 9/10
4. Mortal Engines (2018) / Хроники хищных городов @ Christian Rivers, 9/10
5. Jem Cohen shorts @ Film Festival «Message to Man», St Petersburg, Russia, 9/10
6. Unsane (2018) / Не в себе @ Steven Soderbergh, 9/10
7. You Were Never Really Here (2017, прокат в 2018) / Тебя никогда здесь не было @ Lynne Ramsay, 8/10
8. Joueurs / Нас не догонят @ Marie Monge, 8/10
9. Bohemian Rhapsody / Богемская рапсодия (2018) @ Bryan Singer, 8/10
10. Green Book / Зелёная книга @ Peter Farrelly, 8/10
11. How to Talk to Girls at Parties (2018) / Как разговаривать с девушками на вечеринках @ John Cameron Mitchell, 8/10
12. A Star Is Born (2018) / Звезда родилась @ Bradley Cooper, 8/10
13. Aquaman (2018) / Аквамен @ James Wan, 8/10
14. Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018) / Хан Соло: Звёздные войны. Истории @ Ron Howard, 7/10
15. Mission: Impossible — Fallout (2018) / Миссия невыполнима: Последствия @ Christopher McQuarrie, 7/10
16. Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald / Фантастические твари: Преступления Грин-де-Вальда @ David Yates, 7/10
17. Ready Player One (2018) / Первому игроку приготовиться @ Steven Spielberg, 7/10
18. Avengers: Infinity War (2018) / Мстители: Война бесконечности @ Anthony Russo, 7/10
19. Adrift (2018) / Во власти стихии @ Baltasar Kormákur, 6/10
20. Maze Runner: The Death Cure (2018) / Бегущий в лабиринте: Лекарство от смерти @ Wes Ball, 6/10
21. Submergence (2017) / Погружение @ Wim Wenders, 6/10
22. Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (2018) / Мир Юрского периода 2 @ Juan Antonio Bayona, 5/10
— провал года: Siberia (2018) / Профессионал @ Matthew Ross, 1/10 [Keanu, wtf?!]
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films [planned, alphabetical]:
22 июля / 22 July @ Paul Greengrass
Апгрейд / Upgrade @ Leigh Whannell
Баллада Бастера Скраггса / The Ballad of Buster Scruggs @ Coen brothers
Братья Систерс / The Sisters Brothers @ Jacques Audiard
Всем парням, которых я любила раньше / To All the Boys I've Loved Before @ Susan Johnson
Двойные жизни / Doubles vies @ Olivier Assayas
Догмэн / Dogman @ Matteo Garrone
Дом, который построил Джек / The House that Jack Built @ Lars von Trier
Другая сторона ветра / The Other Side of the Wind (1970-76, 2018) @ Orson Welles
Закат / Napszállta @ László Nemes
Магазинные воришки / Manbiki kazoku @ Hirokazu Koreeda
Мэнди / Mandy (2017) @ Panos Cosmatos
На границе миров / Gräns (Border) @ Ali Abbasi
Не волнуйся, он далеко не уйдёт / Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot @ Gus Van Sant
Ничего хорошего в отеле «Эль рояль» / Bad Times at the El Royale @ Drew Goddard
Операция «Финал» / Operation Finale @ Chris Weitz
Остров собак / Isle of Dogs @ Wes Anderson
Пепел — самый чистый белый / Jiang hu er nv @ Zhangke Jia
Под Сильвер-Лэйк / Under the Silver Lake @ David Robert Mitchell
Призрачная нить / Phantom Thread (2017) @ Paul Thomas Anderson
Простая просьба / A Simple Favor @ Paul Feig
Пылающий / Burning @ Chang-dong Lee
Рассказ / The Tale @ Jennifer Fox
Рим / Roma @ Alfonso Cuarón
Тихое место / A Quiet Place @ Paul Feig
Холодная война / Zimna wojna @ Paweł Pawlikowski
Человек на Луне / First Man @ Damien Chazelle
Экстаз / Climax @ Gaspar Noé
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tv series [planned, alphabetical]:
Американцы / The Americans
Барри / Barry
Блеск / Glow
Затерянные в космосе / Lost in Space
Касл-Рок / Castle Rock
Маньяк / Maniac
Мозаика / Mosaic
Озарк / Ozark
Острые предметы / Sharp Objects
Побег из тюрьмы Даннемора / Escape at Dannemora
Рассказ служанки / The Handmaid’s Tale
Террор / The Terror
Трагедия в Уэйко / Waco
Тьма / Dark
Убивая Еву / Killing Eve
Удивительная миссис Мейзел / The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Человек в высоком замке / The Man in the High Castle
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best_of_2018 (all in one) @ The Wire, Resident Advisor, CVLT Nation, Pitchfork, Uncut, Mojo, Noisey, Stereogum, gorilla vs. bear, The Line of Best Fit, Q, Echoes And Dust, Under the Radar, PopMatters, Tiny Mix Tapes, XLR8R, Irregular Crates, DJ Mag, arcticdrones, bandcamp, Decibel, Rolling Stone, Consequence of Sound, Kerrang!, The A.V. Club, AllMusic
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total recall:
Albums of the Year:
flickr:
2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017
last - blogspot:
livejournal:
2012 | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006
shoegazers:
2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018
2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012
2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007
#best_of_2018 #top2018 #deepskyobject
Imaging telescopes or lenses: Explore Scientific 127 ED APO Carbon
Imaging cameras: ZWO ASI1600MM Pro
Mounts: SkyWatcher EQ6-R Pro
Guiding telescopes or lenses: Skywatcher 80ED
Guiding cameras: Orion Starshoot Autoguider Orion Starshoot
Software: PixInsight · N.I.N.A · PHD2
Filters: ZWO Narrowband Filters Ha, OIII, SII second generation · ZWO LRGB 1.25" Filters
Accessory: Pegasus Astro Pocket Powerbox Advance · Pegasus Astro Focus Cube2 · Zwo EAF · ZWO EFW 1,25"
Dates:April 23, 2021
Frames:
ZWO Narrowband Filters Ha, OIII, SII second generation: 10x180" (gain: 139.00) -20C bin 1x1
ZWO LRGB 1.25" Filters: 10x180" (gain: 139.00) -20C bin 1x1
ZWO LRGB 1.25" Filters: 30x60" (gain: 139.00) -20C bin 1x1
Integration: 1.5 hours
Darks: ~83
Flats: ~50
Flat darks: ~50
Avg. Moon age: 10.63 days
Avg. Moon phase: 81.85%
Bortle Dark-Sky Scale: 6.00
Second verse, same as the first.
Since my processing methods have improved somewhat I thought I'd go back and revisit a gem I shot last summer. This is a composite of all data I acquired on the Dumbbell Nebula. Shot over the months of July, August and September. Dates of acquisition being 7/29, 8/11, 8/25, 9/11, and 9/25. A combined total of almost an hour's worth of imaging data. Combined acquisition data combined and saved over the initial September 11 master frame.
M51a & M51b interacting Galaxies found in the constellation of Canes Venatici.
M: Pegasus NYX-101
T: WO GTF81 Refractor
C: ZWO ASI533MM-Cooled
G: OAG and PHD2
GC: ZWO ASI120MC
RAW16; FITs
Temp: -10 DegC
Ha: Gain 100; Exp: 15 x 600s
R: Gain 100; Exp: 15 x 600s
G: Gain 100; Exp: 15 x 600s
B: Gain 100; Exp: 15 x 600s
L: Gain 100; Exp: 15 x 300s
Frames: 75 Lights; Darks/DarkFlats/Flats
Total Exposure: ~7.5 hours
98% Crop
Capture: NINA
Processed: APP [LRGBHa-2]; PS.
Sky: Slim crescent moon, no breeze, no cloud.
Have you ever seen the Southern Cross? This famous constellation is best seen from the southern hemisphere of the Earth. The photograph, taken from the cajón del Maipo, shows the four bright stars that form the Southern Cross just above the rock formation in the Maipo drawer. To the right of this constellation, also known as Crux, there is the orange star Gamma Crucis The band of stars, dust and gas that arises through the center of the image is part of the Milky Way. Just above the Southern Cross is the dark nebula of the Coal Sack.
The Southern Cross is such a famous constellation that it is represented in the national flag of Australia.
capture made last April 13 in the Melosas. Composed of a stack of 10 frames of 45sec to iso1600, lens canon to 50mm f2.8.
Close-up of 1min to iso 800 f8 in blue hour at dawn. All mounted on a t5i canon and ioptron mount.
Author: Mario Poblete.
Alguna vez has visto la Cruz del Sur? Esta famosa constelación se ve mejor desde el hemisferio sur de la Tierra. La fotografía, tomada desde el cajón del Maipo, muestra las cuatro brillantes estrellas que forman la Cruz del Sur justo por encima de la formación rocosa en el cajón del Maipo, A la derecha de esta constelación, también conocida como Crux, existe la estrella anaranjada Gamma Crucis. La banda de estrellas, de polvo y de gas que surge por el centro de la imagen es parte de la Vía Láctea. Justos arriba de la Cruz del Sur está la oscura nebulosa del Saco de Carbón.
La Cruz del Sur es una constelación tan famosa que está representada en la bandera nacional de Australia.
captura realizada el pasado 13 abril en las Melosas. Compuesta de un apilado de 10 fotogramas de 45seg a iso1600, lente canon a 50mm f2.8.
Primer plano de 1min a iso 800 f8 en hora azul de madrugada. Todo montado en una canon t5i y montura ioptron.
Autor: Mario Poblete.
The Danjera Dam near Nowra, Australia, is a popular campsite and especially so for freshwater fishing folk. Its seven-kilometre long catchment is stocked with rainbow trout and Australian bass and hosts plenty of eels. Also under the waters of the dam are the ruins of the old mining town of Yalwal, where gold was discovered in 1852. A bushfire in 1939 burnt almost the whole village, leaving only one residence, one shop and the Post Office. Completion of the dam in 1971 drowned the gully and with it the area’s gold-boom history.
I have visited the dam a half-dozen or so times in the past two years, including on an ill-fated trip in early November, when I lost the memory card containing my last Milky Way core shots of the year. There were also several photos of M31, the Andromeda Galaxy, on that memory card, so I had to go back one more time to shoot some more. This time I was very careful to make sure that the memory card made it home with me. As well as M31 there are plenty of stars visible in the sky, and a few reflected off the dam's surface, towards the bottom of the shot.
Here is a photo of M31 in the sky over the dam, which I captured with my Canon EOS 6D Mk II camera, a Yongnuo 50mm f/1.4 lens @ f/1.4, using an exposure time of 8.0 seconds @ ISO 6400.
MOSAIC OF 3 PANEL
32H INTEGRATION
CANON 650D ASTRO MODIFICATION
HEQ5 PRO SYNTREK
SW NEWTON 150/750MM
29H HA6NM+3H RGB
M51 in the canes venatici constellation. This picture was taken on the 9th of April 2023. 48 subs of 2' with a Canon 600d and cls svbony filter on 152/762 newtonian telescope
I have a better picture of this using narrowband filters now:
This bright emission nebula stands out visually, but even visual observations from a dark sky site won't bring out its full extent. I particularly like M17 because 1) it was the first emission nebula I looked at in my Dobsonian as a kid that made me think it looked like its name (a swan), and 2) the super dark molecular cloud near the "head" of the swan. How dense must that be? Find some images of the nebula taken with infrared light to peer into how furious the rate of star formation is - very well worth the search effort.
Stack of 51 90s exposures shot with a Celestron Edge HD 925 at f/2.3 with Hyperstar and an Atik 314L+ color CCD. Preprocessing in Nebulosity; stacking and initial processing in PixInsight; final processing in PS CS 5.1
Image center (J2000) is at:
RA 18h 20m 44s
DEC -16° 10' 33"
South is roughly at the top, and west is at the left -- rotated 180° from how I usually display images.
Località: Verona, Italia
Data: 12.02.2023 + 14.02.2023
Exposure: 3 hr, 21 min (102x60'' H-Alpha + 99x60'' OIII)
ZWO ASI1600MM Pro
Newton Skywatcher 150/750 PDS Explorer
EQ - Celestron AVX Advanced VX
Filter H-Alpha + OIII
DSS + Photoshop
Another shot from Friday night.
This is 79 light frames, 10 dark frames stacked in Deep Sky Stacker, processed in Pixinsight and Lightroom.
Genuinely amazed to see it on the back of the camera.
English below
Scoperta nel 1779 da Pierre Méchain, M63 è nota come "Galassia Girasole". Si tratta di una delle galassie a spirale più belle del cielo settentrionale e si trova nella Costellazione dei Cani da Caccia. Dista circa 37 milioni di anni luce e presenta bracci piuttosto compatti e ricchi di particolari, specialmente molte regioni di idrogeno ionizzato ben visibili perché di colore rosa acceso.
18 ore di pose guidate da 10 minuti a cui ho aggiunto quasi 15 ore con filtro dual band Antlia ALP-T da 5nm, telescopio newton 150/600 con correttore Tecnosky 0.95x, camera Tecnosky Vision 571C, montatura Ioptron GEM45, elaborazione Pixinsight.
Discovered in 1779 by Pierre Méchain, M63 is known as the "Sunflower Galaxy". It is one of the most beautiful spiral galaxies in the northern sky and is located in the constellation of Canes Venatici. It is about 37 million light years away and has rather compact arms rich in details, especially many regions of ionized hydrogen clearly visible because of their bright pink color.
18 hours of 10-minute guided exposures to which I added almost 15 hours with a 5nm Antlia ALP-T dual band filter, 150/600 newton telescope with Tecnosky 0.95x corrector, Tecnosky Vision 571C camera, Ioptron GEM45 mount, Pixinsight processing.