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Tripod-stabilized shot taken with a LG G8X ThinQ through a Skymax 90 telescope on a Celestron Astromaster AZ tripod, 25mm Super MA Sky-Watcher eyepiece.
North America Nebula (NGC 7000) & Pelican Nebula (IC 5070)
Location: Montclair, California, USA (Bortle 8)
Date: August 19-22, 2022
Moon: Waning Crescent (40-15%)
Camera: ZWO ASI6200MC Pro
Telescope: William Optics ZenithStar 61ii
Flattener: William Optics FLAT61A
Filter: Astronomik L2 UV/IR Block; Antlia ALP-T
Focuser: ZWO EAF
Mount: Sky-Watcher EQ6-R Pro
Guide Camera: ZWO ASI120MM Mini
Guide Scope: William Optics UniGuide 32 f/3.75
Controller: ZWO ASIAIR Pro
Acquisition:
Astronomik L2 UV/IR Block (RGB stars): 53 x 30 sec = 26 min 30 sec
Antlia ALP-T: 137 x 300 sec = 685 min = 11 hr 25 min
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The Witch Head Nebula under Bortle 4 skies
Technical:
-Stock Canon Rebel T7 on Star Adventurer
-135mm Rokinon lens at f/2, ISO 800 and 105 minute-long exposures stacked in Deep Sky Stacker along with calibration frames (25 bias, 20 dark, and 20 flat frames)
-Total integration time of 105 minutes
-Background gradient removed using graXpert
-Starnet++ used to separate and color-enhance surrounding nebulosity in photoshop, final result was merged with stars and cropped
-Final stacked image histogram stretched and color-corrected in Photoshop
Milky Way Galactic Core
Sony a7R V | Sony FE 70-200mm F2.8 GM OSS II | iOptron SkyGuider Pro
ISO 800 | f/2.8 | 2 min | 70mm
18 x 2 min = 36 min
Processed in PixInsight.
Two colliding galaxies in the constellation Corvus, with enhanced star formation rate and rich hydrogen regions. The star stream resembles an insect's antenna, which is how it got the name.
This is an LRGB composition. The red uses the R filter, the green uses the G filter, the blue uses the B filter, and the L filter is used for luminance. Stack of 8 x 600 seconds for the L and B, 9 x 600 seconds for the R and G. Total integration of 6 hours and 40 minutes.
Data credit: Telescope Live
Processing Credit: Addy