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Taken using Skywatcher 80ED Pro (.85X FR), Nikon D3300, 102x30" lights (ISO 3200), 100 flats, 110 bias. Stacked in DeepSkyStacker and processed in Photoshop
The Eagle Nebula (catalogued as Messier 16 or M16, and as NGC 6611) is a young open cluster of stars in the constellation Serpens. Its name derives from its shape that is thought to resemble an eagle. It contains several active star-forming gas and dust regions, including the famous "Pillars of Creation", photographed by the Hubble Space Telescope.
Optical Rig
MOUNT: Meade LX850 w/ Starlok
SCOPE: Stellarvue SV105-3SV
REDUCER: SFF7-3SV Field Flattener
CAMERA: Canon 550D Full Spectrum Mod by Gary Honis
FILTER: Astronomik L-UV/IR Filter
SOFTWARE: Nebulosity 3
Exposures
19 1-min 1600 ISO @ f3.5 (19min)
11 2-min 1600 ISO @ f3.5 (22min)
5 5-min 800 ISO @ f3.5 (25min)
5 5-min 1600 ISO @ f3.5 (25min)
Total Exposure Time 91 minutes
Image Processing
STACKER: Deep Sky Stacker
RAW EDIT: Adobe Lightroom
Operating System - Windows 8.1 64bit
This photo was taken from Silchester, Hampshire, UK (51.35 long, 1.06667 lat).on 24 September 2013 between 9.30pm and 10.00pm.
The photo is composed of 20 exposures of 90 seconds at ISO 6400 with four dark frames subtracted and all stacked using deepskystacker.
The California Nebula is an emission nebula located in the constellation Perseus. It is almost 2.5° long in the sky and, because of its very low surface brightness, it is extremely difficult to capture. As a result, I'm quite pleased with this imagine.
My equipment is a modified Canon EOS 1100D, a Sky Watcher ED80 telescope and an EQ3-2 Mount with an RA motor. I also used a UHC filter to help remove some of the light pollution.
orion widefield. taken from the LP capital of the world: oakland, CA.
canon 50d (unmodified) and canon 50mm f/1.2L lens, mounted on an orion sky view pro. astronomik CLS clip-in fliter. polar alignment using orion spotting scope. unguided.
night 1: 1m45s x 62f at ISO640 and f/3.2. 1h48m total.
night 2: 1m45s x 58f at ISO800 and f/5. 1h38m total.
night 1 and night 2 individually stacked in deepskystacker using auto-adaptive weighted average. 20 bias frames and 20 darks each.
then, night 1 final image and night 2 final image stacked together using average mode, for a total of 3h26min.
postprocessing in pixinsight 1.5:
- automatic background extraction to take care of a wicked sky gradient.
- deconvolution
- noise reduction
- 6 separate histogram stretches
then, image fusion of the 6 stretches using enfuse. this step is needed because M42 is so bright that it is completely blown out when the image is stretched enough to bring out barnard's loop.
final tweaks in lightroom 2.0; a little bit of color balancing and contrast adjustments.
lastly another run at noise reduction in noise ninja. if i knew how to use pixinsight better this would probably not be necessary.
notes:
this is kind of weak sauce and likely what you could get in just a few minutes of imaging from a dark site. also i should probably get a camera with the IR cut filter removed...
on night 1 i was anxious to get going since orion only clears the roof of my house about 11:30pm these days. i meant to shoot more to the left to pick up all of barnard's loop, but it was still obscured by my house.
it turns out that either i have a bad copy of this lens, or its just not well suited for astrophotography. even stopped down from its native f/1.2 to f/3.2, there is still a LOT of red CA. i may have been slightly misfocused as well. luckily it's just a rental, as it is a very expensive lens.
so on night 2 i stopped down to f/5, but cranked the ISO. the CA was reduced, but it's still there. i probably should have gone for longer exposures too. the only problem is that there's so much skyglow that i could probably only do 3 minutes tops even at f/5 without overexposing the bottom of the image.
having said all of that i'm sort of amazed to see the slightest bit of witch head goin' on over there.
i'll probably continue to work on this widefield over the coming months.
Orion's Belt and Sword, M42 Orion Nebula (right) and IC434 Horsehead and NGC2024 Flame Nebulae (left) - widefield (approx 8.5deg across) - 15-Dec-2014 Zeiss Sonnar Apo 135/2 lens on Astrotrac TT320X-AG mount - Canon 60Da camera + Hutech IDAS LPR Filter, 33 frames (240sec) + 22 frames (30sec) 135mm @ f/2.0 ISO400 - Total Exp: 2h23m + 20+27 Darks + 29 EL panel flats, stacked with DeepSkyStacker, post-processed with Photoshop CC/Lightroom/Nebulosity 3
4x20s ISO800
1 Flat Dark - 1 Master Dark
Fuji FinePix S1 Pro
Nikkor 28-80mm F3.3-5.6G at 28mm F3.3
Deep Sky Stacker
(Scusate la compressione degradante del JPEG ma però non riuscivo a caricare il RAW)
Imaging telescopes or lenses: Skywatcher Explorer 130 PDS
Imaging cameras: Canon 600 astro-modificated
Mounts: Celestron Advanced VX Goto
Software: Photoshop, DeepSkyStacker, Fitswork
Filters: Astronomik Clip-Filter (EOS) / CLS
Resolution: 2268x1511
Dates: April 19, 2015
Frames: Astronomik Clip-Filter (EOS) / CLS: 110x50" ISO800
Integration: 1.5 hours
Flats: ~25
Avg. Moon age: 0.24 days
Avg. Moon phase: 0.07%
Bortle Dark-Sky Scale: 7.00
Imaging telescopes or lenses: Explore Scientific 127mm ED TRIPLET APO
Imaging cameras: ZWO ASI1600MM Pro-Cool
Mounts: iOptron CEM60
Guiding telescopes or lenses: Starfield 60mm Guidescope
Guiding cameras: ZWO ASI290MM mini
Focal reducers: Explore Scientific 0.7 Reducer/Flattener
Software: Topaz Sharpen Topaz · Photoshop CC 2020 Photoshop · Topaz Denoise Topaz · ZWO ASIAIR · PixInsight 1.8.8 Ripley · DeepSky Stacker (DSS) Deepskystacker 3.3.6
Filters: Astronomik SII 1.25" 12 nm · Astronomik Ha 1,25" 12 nm · Astronomik OIII 1.25" 12nm
Accessory: ZWO EAF Electronic Auto Focuser · ZWO 8x 1.25" Filter Wheel (EFW) · Celestron 9x50 finderscope
Date: Aug. 3, 2019
Locations: UAE desert, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Localisation : CastresmallObservatory (Castres, Tarn - France)
Acquisition Date : 2017-01-06
Auteur/Author : ROUGÉ Pierre
Mouture/mount : Orion Atlas EQ-G
Tube/Scope : Newton Orion 200/1000 (f/5) + MPCC Baader
Autoguiding : Skywatcher Synguider (v1.1) & Meade ETX 70/350 mm
Camera : Canon EOS 400D (Digital Rebel Xti) refiltré Astrodon in Side (modded Astrodon in Side)
+ EOS CLIP CLS Astronomik
Exposure : 40 minutes [40 subexposures of 60 sec each (selected from 40)] @ ISO 1600
Calibration : Dark & Bias : 10/11 @ ISO 1600 - Flat & Dark-Flat : 9 @ ISO 400
Temps/Weather : Bonne transparence. Faible vent nul. T= -3°C. Humidité faible.Lune/moon 57 %.
Constellation : Aurigae / Cocher
Software Used : Astro Photograph Tool (v3.13), DeepSkyStacker 3.3.6, Pixinsight LE, PhotoShop 7, xnview, Noiseware Community Edition
NGC7635 Bubble Nebula (left) and M52 cluster (right) - 19/10/11 - 8" reflector on HEQ5 mount - Nikon D90 + Coma Corrector + LPR Filter, prime focal, guided with SPC880 webcam FinderGuider and PHD, 39 frames (300sec @ISO1600) + 11 frames (600sec @ ISO800) Total Exp:5h05m + 29 EL panel flats, stacked with DeepSkyStacker
NGC4631 Humpback Whale Galaxy
C-11 @ F/2 Hyperstar CGEM-DX on Pier
OverallQuality = 999.81 in Deepskystacker
41 subs 60 sec iso1600 unguided
5 flats
5 darks
5 bias
Total integration 41 minutes.
Canon 450D Full spectrum - self Mod
Filter - LPS2
seeing - better than normal
2nd time on target
Widefield Heart and Soul Nebula (top left), Double Cluster NGC 869, 884 (bottom left), Caldwell 10 open cluster (bottom right), and more...
Bower 85mm F4
Canon T4i ISO 800 3 mins
9x lights
6x darks
DeepSkyStacker
iOption SkyTracker
Pixinsight 1.8
A few shots that I took at Redmires early this morning have been stacked using DeepSkyStacker to produce this image of part of the Milky Way
Messier 81 (also known as NGC 3031 or Bode's Galaxy) is a grand design spiral galaxy about 12 million light-years away, with a diameter of 90,000 light years, about half the size of the Milky Way, in the constellation Ursa Major. Due to its proximity to Earth, large size, and active galactic nucleus (which harbors a supermassive black hole), Messier 81 has been studied extensively by professional astronomers. The galaxy's large size and relatively high brightness also makes it a popular target for amateur astronomers.
Messier 82 (also known as NGC 3034, Cigar Galaxy or M82) is a starburst galaxy approximately 12 million light-years away in the constellation Ursa Major. A member of the M81 Group, it is about five times more luminous than the whole Milky Way and has a center one hundred times more luminous than our galaxy's center. The starburst activity is thought to have been triggered by interaction with neighboring galaxy M81. As the closest starburst galaxy to Earth, M82 is the prototypical example of this galaxy type. SN 2014J, a type Ia supernova, was discovered in the galaxy on 21 January 2014. In 2014, in studying M82, scientists discovered the brightest pulsar yet known, designated M82 X-2.
Imaged on 2/22/20.
Nikon D5300 Ha modified.
240 second subs at iso 800
IDAS LPS-D1 filter
About 4 hours total integration.
Celestron Advanced VX
Explore Scientific ED102 APO
Orion Magnificent Mini Autoguider
Astrophotography Tool, PHD2, Deepskystacker, Startools
This target was the first guided target that I images in February 2019.
I re-imaged M81-M82 with a Ha modded dslr, IDAS LPS D1 filter.
Improvement in the nebulous structures in M81 and the hydrogen splash from the core of M82.
First Star - stack ever. Uses Hugin and Stellarium for Skyrotation and then stacked all the Images with Deep Sky Stacker. The Image is made of 20 Pictures + 5 Darkframes and Postprocessed in Lightroom.
For me at least, its a good first try in Stacking the Milkyway.
First image from the first night with the new AstroTrac. I only got 9 frames before it was time to go to bed (I don't think it's too bad for so few frames).
If you look closely, you can see the North America Nebula (NGC7000), the Veil Nebula, and a all sorts of other stuff.
9 x 4 min at ISO 800, f/4
Canon 350D (modified)
Canon EF 35mm f/1.4L
AstroTrac TT320(K)
Milky Way in the constellation Perseus
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Teleskop / Kamera:
Montierung: Star Adventurer
Optik:60mm f/3.5
EF-S60mm f/2.8 Macro USM
Kamera: Canon EOS 650D
Guider: -
Filter:-
Aufnahmedaten:
Zahl der Aufnahmen: 9
Brennweite:60 mm
Öffnungsverhältnis: 3,5
Belichtungszeit pro Aufnahme: 30 sek.
Empfindlichkeit ISO-Wert: 1600
Darkframes -
Flats -
Bildbearbeitung:
DeepSkystacker:
Standard / Light = Durchschnitt / Ausrichtung= Automatsch / 100% der Bilder
Photoshop Elements 10:
Tonwertkorrekur, Sättigung
I've got a lot to learn about astrophotography post-processing, but this was the best I could do to preserve the faint tail. I don't know if it is wishful thinking or real, but it looks to me like the tail can be seen back almost to below the Pleiades. This was taken with a Tokina AT-X 90mm f2.5 on a Pentax K-5. A few exposures were stacked using DeepSkyStacker (which I'm also just learning to use). The camera and lens were on a Vixen Polarie for tracking.
Canon 5D3 with Celestron's CGEM 1100HD. Taken in the Northwoods of Wisconsin with fair seeing and very dark skys. Used ISO 1600 and a stack of eight (using Deepskystacker). Each exposure was 10 minutes with a dark frame of the same time. Manual guiding was done using Celestron's Off-Axis Guider and Orion's 12.5mm illuminated reticle eyepiece. Hope to get more images in the future for greater stack number to reduce grain.
This emission nebula is about 11,000 light-years away and rather dim at Mag 10. Its size is about 15x8 arc-mins (long lenth is 1/2 size of moon). The bright star off-center of the bubble is causing all the action (bubble due to solar winds, red emission due to its radiation). This star is 15 times as massive as the sun.
The reds are H II emissions and these occur very close to the cameras' IR filter so are reduced by a factor of 6 or so (no, I am not going to remove the filter on the 5D3!). These IR filters are unfortunate for astrophotography since the best images are H II regions (but OTOH it stops us from seeing too much of people we photograph!). I think Canin is going to be making the 60A, "A" for astronomy, that has the filter removed.
NGC4631 (The Whale or Herring Galaxy)an edge-on spiral galaxy. Its companion in the field of view is NGC4656/57 (The Hockey-Stick or Crowbar Galaxy) which is a highly warped barred spiral galaxy. Both galaxies can be observed in the constellation Canes Venatici (Hunting Dogs).
The original images were taken on 27.02.17 with a Canon EOS 760D attached to an 11" Celestron Nexstar scope fitted with a Starizona Hyperstar f/2 lens.
Processing with DeepSkyStacker, Photoshp CS4, and NeatImage.
Imaging telescopes: Skywatcher Esprit 100ED APO Triplet
Imaging cameras: ZWO 1600MM-COOL
Mounts: Sky Watcher NEQ6 pro
Guiding telescopes or lenses: Skywatcher Esprit 100ED APO Triplet
Guiding cameras: ZWO ASI 120 MC-s
Software: Photoshop CC Photoshop · Astrophotography Tool · DeepSkyStacker 4.1.1 64bit Deepskystacker
Filters: Chroma 5nm HA · Chroma Sii 3nm · Chroma OIII 3nm
Accessory: ZWO EFW 36 mm Filter Wheel
Frames:
Chroma 5nm HA: 38x300" (gain: 200.00) -15C bin 1x1
Chroma OIII 3nm: 38x300" (gain: 200.00) -15C bin 1x1
Chroma SII 3nm: 38x300" (gain: 200.00) -15C bin 1x1
Camera: Nikon D90
Lens: Tokina 11-16 F2.8 DX
Exp: 30 sec
ISO: 1600
Software: 25 light frames+dark+bias stacked in DeepSkyStacker
Finish edit in PS.
Managed to drag myself out over the last couple of nights. We've had several clear skies on the trot, but I've been too knackered. Very clear last night, and I wasn't intending to stay up until stupid a.m., but felt I had no choice :)
This is just over 2 hours in 60 second chunks, and is an improvement on last years effort, albeit a tad blotchy in places. May give this another go when I get the time.
200p/EQ5 unguided
Nikon D70 modded, iso1600, Baader Neodymium Filter
126 x 60 seconds
Darks, flats and bias
Stacked and processed in DSS and CS5
Managed to get out last night and have another go at this. Conditions were much better and, to be honest, I expected more, although the extra data has enabled me to do a closer crop. I've put up several iterations of this, and this is probably as good as it's going to get. Reasonably happy now. :)
Nikon D70 modded, 55-200 Nikkor at 200mm (cropped), f5.6, 1600iso, Baader Neodymium filter.
26 x 4 min subs for a total of 1 hour 44 mins, unguided EQ5
Darks, flats and bias
Stacked and processed in DSS and CS5.
Shall I spike that fat star? ;)
A crude stack of 4x 30 second exposures of Comet Lovejoy.
View from Maple Ridge BC, Canada
F5.6, 110mm, Canon 60D. Orion Starblast Autotracker Mount. Stacked with Deepsky Stacker.
Constellation: Scorpius
Taken at Blackheath NSW on 12/09/2009
Modified Canon EOS 400D, Orion ED80 (FL600mm) at prime focus.
EQ5 mount autoguided by 3"WO refractor;Philips webcam & PhD
ISO800 3 x 10min subs stacked in DeepSkyStacker with darks.
60 light - 800 iso - 120 sec.
11 dark - 800 iso - 120 sec.
31 offset - 800 iso - 1/8000 sec.
31 flat frame - 800 iso - 1/80 sec.
Reflex no modded on eq5 synscan without guide and telescope refractor TSED70Q 474mm 70mm F6.7.
Processed with DeepSkyStacker 3.3.2, Pixinsight, Photoshop CS6
Andromeda Galaxy
20 September 2023 from Singapore
Bortle class 9
Canon EOS 60D
463 x 20 second light frames
25 dark frames
47 flat frames
50 bias frames
Stacked using DeepSkyStacker
ISO 1000
Orion ST120 f5 Achromatic OTA
iOptron CEM-25P mount
SVBony SV205 Guide Camera
PHD 2 guide software
Having learned some processing steps I revisited my previous original TIF file produced by Deep Sky Stacker and the result is this. A lot more detail compared to the original. What do you think?
Orion 150mm Mak
Celestron Deluxe Telecompressor
DGM NPB Filter
Nikon D5100
Shot from my red/orange zone backyard.
Stacked using DeepSkyStacker, processed in StarTools.
North American and Pelican Nebulae (NGC 7000), with the Cygnus gases.
Nikon D7000 (Unmodded), Nikkor 85mm f/2 @ f/2.8 ISO 800.
Approx 1hr 50 mins of exposure (1min lights). Calibrated with darks, flats and bias. Shot through urban light pollution.
Celestron 1.25" UHC/LPR filter.
SkyWatcher Star Adventurer.
DeepSkyStacker, PixInsight LE and Photoshop.
Fujifilm X-T10, XF18-55mm F2.8-4.0 @ F5.6 and 55mm, ISO 3200, 18 x 3 min, tracking with iOptron SkyTracker Pro, stacking with DeepSkyStacker, editing in GIMP, taken 13 Sept 2018 from my backyard.
B 168 and the Cocoon Nebula are also fairly apparent.
Oct. 1 update: I removed some of the light pollution gradient.
Telescopio: Maksutov Celestron 127 mm
Montatura: Celestron SLT.
Fotocamera: Canon EOS R100 (non modificata).
Pose: 34x15 secondi @3200 ISO.
Elaborazione: DeepSkyStacker, Siril, Pixinsight, Gimp.
M16 - Eagle Nebula in SHO
Imaging telescopes: Skywatcher Esprit 100ED APO Triplet
Imaging cameras: ZWO 1600MM-COOL
Mounts: Sky Watcher NEQ6 pro
Guiding telescopes: Skywatcher Esprit 100ED APO Triplet
Guiding cameras: ZWO ASI 290MM
Software: Photoshop CC Photoshop · Astrophotography Tool · DeepSkyStacker 4.1.1 64bit Deepskystacker
Filters: Chroma 5nm HA · Chroma Sii 3nm · Chroma OIII 3nm
Accessory: ZWO EFW 36 mm Filter Wheel
Frames:
Chroma 5nm HA: 30x600" (gain: 139.00) -15C bin 1x1
Chroma OIII 3nm: 30x600" (gain: 139.00) -15C bin 1x1
Chroma Sii 3nm: 35x900" (gain: 139.00) -15C bin 1x1
Integration: 18.8 hours
Darks: ~30
Flats: ~30
Flat darks: ~30
Bias: ~30
Bortle Dark-Sky Scale: 6.00
M33 - The Triangulum Galaxy
November 15, 2014. M33, 70 minute stack of 35x120" exposures on a Canon 500D through an Orion ED80.
Captured using Backyard EOS, stacked with DeepSkyStacker, post-processed in Photoshop.
Location: Teuge, NL
Camera: Nikon D3x
Optics: Celestron 9,25" Edge HD
Guiding: LVI Smart2Guider
Mount: SkyWatcher NEQ5 Pro
Stacked in DeepSkyStacker
Stacking mode: Standard
Alignment method: Bicubic
Stacking step 5 frames (ISO: 800) - total exposure: 51 mn 5 s
RGB Channels Background Calibration: No
Per Channel Background Calibration: No
Method: Kappa-Sigma (Kappa = 2.00, Iterations = 5)
Offset: 120 frames exposure: 1/8000 s
Method: Kappa-Sigma (Kappa = 2.00, Iterations = 5)
Dark: 12 frames exposure: 10 mn 13 s
Method: Kappa-Sigma (Kappa = 2.00, Iterations = 5)
Flat: 17 frames exposure: 3 s
Method: Kappa-Sigma (Kappa = 2.00, Iterations = 5)
Nova Sagittarii 2015 No. 2 (an exploding star in Sagittarius, which was discovered on March 15th), photographed from my suburban Brisbane backyard this morning. For this image I stacked 10 x 8 second exposures (each taken using the Canon 6D and EF 35mm f/2 lens @ f/3.2 and 3200 iso) using DeepSkyStacker. It's surprising how much Milky Way detail can be pulled out after stacking, despite the Brisbane light pollution.
Stacked from 10 frames in DeepSkyStacker then processed for color, these plus another 90 were used non-aligned to make a star trails image. I believe each frame was taken around 5 seconds at f/1.4 and ISO 1600 or 2000 for reference. The D800 with the 85mm f/1.4 is just shockingly sharp. I need to figure out how to deal with the vignetting at the corners though as it really makes a difference in the stacking.
30 lights (25s f/3.5 ISO1600); 20 darks; no bias. Canon EOS 450D 18-55mm lens @18mm. DeepSkyStacker > PixInsight > Photoshop
The Veil Nebula (part of it).
I used an unmodified Canon 5D, and I'm pretty unimpressed with the length of integration necessary to get this much of an image. Maybe it's time to look into a modified dSLR to capture more of the Hydrogen-alpha light. Although, I'm pretty happy with the amount of detail (check out the large view).
32 x 4 minute @ ISO1600
stacked in Deep Sky Stacker
Canon 5D through an Orion ED80
Autoguided with a Meade DSI Pro through an Orion ST80 using PHDGuiding
Celestron CG5 mount
Constellation Cygnus as photographed between two tall pines.
The prominent star is pinkish Deneb at bottom center, Also seen are Gamma, Epsilon and Delta Cygni [but not Alberio at the tail; out of frame].
Seven images @ 30 seconds per image @ f2 @ ISO400. Processed in DeepSkyStacker.
PE: LAB processing: color intensified on A & B layers, brightness / contrast adjusted on L layer. No sharpening or content editing.
Comet C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE). 42 images stacked with DeepSkyStacker 4.2.3. Canon 5DIII, Tamron SP AF 70-300mm f/4.0-5.6 Di VC USD, ISO 2500, 300mm, f/5.6, 3.9s.
Second test with a new camera...
Target: NGC1499, California Nebula
OTA: Celestron C8N, 8" Newtonian reflector
Camera: ZWO ASI1600MM
Exposure: H-alpha: 20x10min
Mount: CGEM-DX
Captured with SGP
Registered and stacked with DeepSkyStacker
Photographed from Round Rock TX (light pollution zone: red)
Acquisition details:
OTA: Celestron 8" newtonian reflector, C8N
Filter: Orion Skyglow Imaging filter
Corrector: MPCC
Mount: Celestron CGEM DX
Camera: Canon 450d mod BCF, 34°F
Exposure: 44x4min ISO 400
Guided with PHD, SSAG, 9x50
Captured with BackyardEOS
Registered and stacked with DeepSkyStacker
Photographed from Round Rock TX (Orange zone)
Comet Lemmon (C2012 F6) near the South Celestial Pole in Feb 2013. Reprocesed in Lightroom 5.
The original description is here:
"Comet Lemmon (C/2012 F6) near the South Celestial Pole on the evening of 6th Feb 2013. Tripod-mounted Canon 50D and EF 70-200 mm lens. 11 x 30 sec exposures (plus 3 darks) at 200mm, f/4 and 1600 iso stacked using DeepSkyStacker."
Camera: Sony A57
Lens: Sony 85mm f/2.8 @f/2.8
Exposure: ~14 minutes-cm2 (4x 30s ISO3200)
Tracker: Sky-Watcher Star Adventurer
Raw converter: RawTherapee
Stacker: Deep Sky Stacker (DSS)
Processing: rnc-color-stretch
Processing: GIMP