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One of the easiest DSOs to find. It's the fuzzy object in Orion's sword below the belt. By the way, did I mention that I took this from the most light-polluted place in the country (New York)?
The fuzzball in the lower centre is Messier 87 or NGC 4486, an elliptical galaxy in the constellation Virgo that is believed to contain several trillion stars. Strikingly it has a jet of plasma streaming out from its core, which you can just make out in my image. M87 also has a massive black hole in its centre - famously pictured by the Event Horizon Telescope team in 2021. My picture was imaged in the back garden in Colchester on a ZWO ASI585MC camera, with the light coming from a Sky-Watcher Explorer 150P telescope through Baader MPCC III coma corrector and ZWO UV/IR cut filter. I stacked the best 70% of 160 x 20" exposures at Gain 300 in Astro Pixel Processor and tweaked it in Photoshop and Lightroom.
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PLACE: Moccasin Lake, Winston, Georgia
INSTRUMENT: 14 Inch (36 cm) Meade LX200 SCT
FOCAL RATIO: f/6.3
ACCESSORIES: Meade 0.63x reducer
MOUNT: Orion HDX110 EQ-G
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Orion Constellation and Orion Nebula (M42). The Flame Nebula can also faintly be seen above Alnitak (leftmost star in Orion's belt).
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-Canon Rebel T
7 on a fixed tripod
-18-55mm kit lens @f/3.5, ISO 800 and 130 six-second exposures stacked in Deep Sky Stacker along with calibration frames (50 bias, 30 dark, and 30 flat frames)
-Total integration time of 13 minutes
-Final stacked image histogram stretched, light-pollution gradient subtracted and color-corrected in Photoshop and Lightroom
IC 1396 - Elephant's Trunk Nebula.
293 x 120sec Lights
20 darks
ASI2600MC Pro -10 100 Gain
ASIAIr Pro
Skywatcher Star Adventurer GTi
Optonlong L-Pro Filter
Williams Optics RedCat51
Processed in PixInsight
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PLACE: Moccasin Lake, Winston, Georgia
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Nov. 7, 2004
Moccasin Lake, Winston, GA
14 inch f/10 SCT Meade LX200
SBIG ST-2002 ccd camera
30 sec subs, 18 frame
exposure 9 minutes
Cygnus
PK 080-6.1 = Egg Nebula
21 02.3 +36 42 (J2000.0)
30"x15"
14.0 mag; ---- mag CS
Type PPN
3,000 light years
Uranometria 2000.0 Map 47R
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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
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OBJECT: SSWZ 94 4;
CLASS: Open Cluster aka Galactic Cluster
CONSTELLATION: Crux
POSITION (2000.0): 12 14 03 -63 35.6
URANOMETRIA 2000.0 MAP: 209L
DIAMETER: 1.8'
DISTANCE (parsecs): 6190
TYPE: ?
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REFERANCE: Star Clusters - Archinal & Hynes, 2003
DATE: May 10/11, 2015
TIME: 11:52 PM to 12:10 AM (local time)
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 Altazimuth
CAMERA: Canon 60Da
EXPOSURE: 10 minutes
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This little gem - Messier 57 or NGC 6720 - is a planetary nebula in the constellation Lyra. "Planetary" is a misnomer based on early astronomers' misunderstandings of what such objects were. It is actually ionized gases shed from a star late in its life. Cropped from an image captured on an ASI585MC camera attached to my Sky-Watcher Explorer 150P in Colchester UK, with a ZWO UV/IR cut filter and Baader MPCC III coma corrector, on an EQ5 Pro mount, unguided. I shot 300 x 20" exposures at Gain 300, but a lot of them were useless because of passing clouds overnight. Here are the best stacked in Astro Pixel Processor and tweaked in Lightroom.
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NAME: BlDz 1; ESO 217-11; PK293+10.1
PN G#: 293.6+10.9
CLASS: ?
TYPE: Planetary Nebula
MAGNITUDE: 12.3
CENTRAL STAR MAG.: 18.0b
CONSTELLATION: Centaurus
POSITION (2000.0): 11 53.1 -50 51
URANOMETRIA 2000.0 MAP: 185L
SIZE: 82"
DISTANCE (parsecs): 1,100
REFERANCE: Strasbourg-ESO Catalog of Galactic Planetary Nebulae (Acker et al.1992)
DISCOVERER: Blaauw et al, 1975
DATE: Apr. 20/21, 2015
TIME: 03:52 to 04:36 AM (local time)
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: 24 minutes 45 seconds
SUBS: 15 seconds
ISO: 6400
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PLACE: Moccasin Lake, Winston, Georgia
INSTRUMENT: 14 Inch (36 cm) Meade LX200 SCT
FOCAL RATIO: f/6.3
ACCESSORIES: Meade 0.63x reducer
MOUNT: Meade Fork
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Nov. 7, 2004
Moccasin Lake, Winston, GA
14 inch f/10 SCT Meade LX200
SBIG ST-2002 ccd camera
30 sec subs, 18 frame
exposure 9 minutes
Cygnus
PN G089.0+00.3
21 06.3 +47 51 (J2000.0)
29"x13"
10.9 mag; 14.2 mag CS
Type 3a
5,500 light years
Uranometria 2000.0 Map 32L
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INSTRUMENT: 12 Inch (30 cm) Meade LX200 SCT
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Double open cluster - h and χ Persei
Olympus 150mm 6.3 (40-150mm f/4-5.6)
Sky-Watcher HEQ5
Olympus E-PM2
34x60s @ ISO6400 (34min)
Calibrated, registered, stacked in PixInsight.
Postprocessing in PS5.
Crescent Nebula (NGC 6888), 08/04/2020
This is the Crescent Nebula, an emission nebula in the constellation of Cygnus. It is about 5000 light-years from earth, that is pretty close all things considered. Do you see that bright star in the middle of the nebula? That star is energizing the gas that was blown off into space when the star became a red giant. This left behind gas, absorbs the star light and then emits its own faint light that my camera is able to see.
Equipment:
RASA 8
CGEM-dx mount
ZWO ASI294MC-Pro
ZWO Asiair Pro
Optolong L-eHhance filter
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Location – My back yard in Tacoma WA
Bortle Class 8
Gain 120
43 300-second Lights
60 Darks
60 Bias
60 Flats
Astro Pixel Processor
Lightroom
Photoshop
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PLACE: Moccasin Lake, Winston, Georgia
INSTRUMENT: 14 Inch (36 cm) Meade LX200 SCT
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Mar. 4, 2005
Moccasin Lake, Winston, GA
14 inch SCT Meade LX200
SBIG ST-2002 ccd camera
10 sec subs, 39 frames
exposure 6 minutes 30 seconds
Processed with MaxIm DL
Gemini
PN G197.8+17.3
07 29.2 +20 55 (J2000.0)
47"x43"
9.2 mag; 10.4 mag CS
Type 3b+3b
2,900 light years
Uranometria 2000.0 Map 75R
Cave Nebula, also known as Sh2-155 or Caldwell 9 is a huge emission nebula located in the constellation of Cepheus. The Cave itself is the dark arcuate object in the center surrounded by the red emission nebula. It has about 14 light years in diameter and is part of a much bigger cloud of gas and dust, which lies at a distance of 2740 light years.
I captured this image in September through a borrowed telescope Vixen 81S with my modified camera Canon EOS 1300D. It is my first attempt at taking emission nebulae through the telescope, not a lens, and I am pretty happy with it. There is much more detail than it would be through the common lens.
Canon EOS 1300D (modified), SVBony CLS filter
Vixen 81S, EQ-5 mount
EXIF: 48x120sec (1 hour 36 minutes in total), ISO 6400
Darks, flats, biases
Processed in DSS, Siril, StarNet++ and Photoshop
15/09/2023, Mašov, Czech Republic (Bortle 5)
The Lagoon and Trifid Nebulas under Bortle 4 skies.
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-Stock Canon Rebel T7 on Star Adventurer
-135mm Rokinon lens @f/2, ISO 1600 and 25 minute-long exposures stacked in Deep Sky Stacker along with calibration frames (25 bias, 15 flats and no dark frames)
-Total integration time of 25 minutes
-Final stacked image histogram stretched and color-corrected in Photoshop
-Starnet++ used to separate and color-correct star clouds and nebulae in photoshop, final result was merged with stars
OBJECT: NGC 6250; Cr 320; OCL 991; C1654-457
CLASS: Open Cluster aka Galactic Cluster
CONSTELLATION: Ara
POSITION (2000.0): 16 57 55 -45 56.1
URANOMETRIA 2000.0 MAP: 181R
DIAMETER: 16.0'
DISTANCE (parsecs): 996
TYPE: II3r
MAGNITUDE: 5.9
MEMBERS: 35
REFERANCE: Star Clusters - Archinal & Hynes, 2003
DATE: May 12/13, 2015
TIME: 11:37 to 11:54 PM (local time)
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 Altazimuth
CAMERA: Canon 60Da
EXPOSURE: 10 minutes
SUBS: 15 seconds
ISO: 6400
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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
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I've decided to take more photos, and stack them.
So, this is my result by 131 x 2,5 sec light frames and 15 dark frames.
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PLACE: Moccasin Lake, Winston, Georgia
INSTRUMENT: 78mm Stellarvue Refractor
FOCAL RATIO: f/6
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May 8, 2005
Moccasin Lake, Winston, GA
78 mm f/6
SBIG ST-8 ccd camera
2 min subs, 1 frame
exposure 2 minutes
Ursa Major
PN G148.4+57.0
11 14.8 +55 01 (J2000.0)
202"x196"
9.8 mag; 16.0 mag CS
Type 3a
1,300 light years
Uranometria 2000.0 Map 24R
10" Newton
Canon 60D
20 x 400s
Alccd5l-llc (Guiding)
After two weeks of testing and tuning my new 10" Newton this is my first picture with it.
OBJECT: NGC 3114; Cr 215; Mel 98; OCL 602; C1001-598
CLASS: Open Cluster aka Galactic Cluster
CONSTELLATION: Carina
POSITION (2000.0): 10 02.7 -60 06
URANOMETRIA 2000.0 MAP: 199L
DIAMETER: 35.0'
DISTANCE (parsecs): 908
TYPE: II3r
MAGNITUDE: 4.2
MEMBERS: 171
REFERANCE: Star Clusters - Archinal & Hynes, 2003
DATE: May 9/10, 2015
TIME: 08:36 to 08:52 PM (local time)
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 Altazimuth
CAMERA: Canon 60Da
EXPOSURE: 10 minutes
SUBS: 15 seconds
ISO: 6400
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INSTRUMENT: 12 Inch (30 cm) Meade LX200 SCT
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Sky-Watcher 80ED 600mm (Semi-apochromatic Refractor)
Sky-Watcher 0.85x Reducer/Flattener
Sky-Watcher HEQ5
Canon 350Dm
15x150s @ ISO1600 (37min)
Lacerta MGEN2
Calibrated, registered, stacked in DeepSkyStacker.
Postprocessing in PS5.
Soul Nebula (IC 1848)
The Soul Nebula in the constellation Cassiopeia.
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Location: Montclair, California, USA (Bortle 8)
Date: January 4-5, 2022
Moon: Waxing Crescent (8-14%)
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: 53 x 5 min Lights | 50 Darks | 100 Bias | 20 Flats
Integration Time: 4 hrs 25 min
Software: ZWO ASIAIR PRO, PixInsight, Adobe Lightroom Classic
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The Sombrero Galaxy (M104), 04/18/2021
Like I said in my last photo, its galaxy season, lol. A few weeks ago, I took my gear up into the woods and was able to capture lots of images while in the dark skis. I have always wanted to photography this galaxy, but it is really small and far away (31 million light-year), but I did it anyways. This picture is cropped in a lot. The Sombrero Galaxy is almost perfectly edge on to our field of view, so the dust lanes really pop. It also contains one of the biggest super-massive black holes ever discovered.
Equipment:
RASA 8
iOptron GEM45
ZWO ASI294MC-Pro
ZWO Asiair
Optolong L-Pro filter
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Location – Long Mire Campground
Bortle Class 2
167 30-second Lights (1.4 hrs.)
60 Darks
60 Dark flats
60 Flats
Astro Pixel Processor
Lightroom
Photoshop
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OBJECT: NGC 6231; Cr 315; Mel 153; Mrk 31; Caldw 76; OCL 997; C1650-417
CLASS: Open Cluster aka Galactic Cluster
CONSTELLATION: Scorpius
POSITION (2000.0): 16 54 09.8 -41 49 30
URANOMETRIA 2000.0 MAP: 181R
DIAMETER: 14.0'
DISTANCE (parsecs): 1853
TYPE: I3p
MAGNITUDE: 2.6
MEMBERS: 93
REFERANCE: Star Clusters - Archinal & Hynes, 2003
DATE: May 16/17, 2015
TIME: 10:44 to 11:00 PM (local time)
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 Altazimuth
CAMERA: Canon 60Da
EXPOSURE: 10 minutes
SUBS: 15 seconds
ISO: 6400
Canon 60D
6" Newton
ISO 800
13 x 7min
20 x 2min
15 x 20s
This is my first Orion Nebula of the season. I used my smaller 6" Newton to capture it. In the next weeks i try to use the 10" to get a detailed picture of the center of the nebula.
Bode's Galaxy (M81), Cigar Galaxy (M82), NGC 3077
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Location: Whittier, California, USA (Bortle 8)
Date: March 2, 2021
Moon: Waning Gibbous (80%)
Camera: ZWO ASI533MC Pro
Telescope: William Optics ZenithStar 61II APO f/5.9
Flattener/Reducer: William Optics FLAT61A Field Flattener
Adapter: None
Filter: Optolong L-Pro
Mount: iOptron SkyGuider Pro
Guide Camera: ZWO ASI120MM Mini
Guide Scope: William Optics UniGuide 32 f/3.75
Imaging Controller: ZWO ASIAIR PRO
Camera Settings: Gain 100 | f/5.9 | 4 min
Acquisition: 44 x 4 min Lights | 100 Darks | 100 Bias
Integration Time: 2 hour 56 min
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