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Samyang 14mm + SEOCooledX2 on CD-1
15x300sec (Total:75min)
StellaImage7, DeepSkyStacker, Photoshop CS6
Locations: Koresato, Akaiwa, Okayama, Japan
Nov. 2010
Taken 5-05-16 at Lake Ray Roberts, TX
Scope: William Optics GT81 w/ 0.8x reducer (382mm focal length at f/4.7)
Mount: Orion Sirius EQ-G
Guidescope: Orion 50mm guidescope
Guiding camera: StarShoot Autoguider
Imaging camera: Canon t3i (unmodified)
ISO400
13x600" lights (2hr 10min total exposure time)
5x darks
30x flats
150x bias
Stacked in DeepSkyStacker (3x drizzle custom rectangle)
Processed in Photoshop CS6
This image of the Ring Nebula (M57) has been cropped from a stacked data-set of images taken last night using a Canon EOS 60D mounted onto a Skywatcher 200 reflector.
A bit more software experimenting, this time using Deepskystacker.
This works in a different way to Starstax which layers up multiple frames for startrails. This one aligns the stars, making them brighter, by adding one on top of the other.
A side effect of this action is that it loses a lot of the other rubbish that is in the original images like meteors, aircraft, satellites and clouds, Oh and hot pixels from the sensor.
This is a blend of 48 x 20second exposures, then the foreground from one of the original shots blended in, as in the lining up process, fixed land based objects get blurred.
Must find a more interesting sky to experiment with this software some more :)
none of these astro pics could have been possible without Mo. Thanks for helping the noobie Mo.
So for DeepSkyStacker alludes me....this stck done via CS6 and Dr.Brown's stack-o-matic out of Bridge.
The Triangulum Galaxy is a spiral galaxy approximately 3 million light years from Earth in the constellation Triangulum. (Wikipedia)
148 photos stacked in DeepSkyStacker.
Check out the full size farm4.staticflickr.com/3785/9516814696_f2c9e3f37f_o.jpg
Canon EOS 450D
50 mm
f/2.0
5 s
ISO 1600
Basic tripod
15 lights (10s f/5.6 ISO1600), 10 darks, 20 bias. Canon EOS 450D DSLR + Tamron 70-300mm zoom @ 124mm on static tripod. DeepSkyStacker > PixInsight > Photoshop (incl Star Spikes Pro 2)
An old favourite I've imaged several times.
7 x 5-minute exposures at ISO 1600, f/4. Manually guided off-axis. Modified EOS 600D & Revelation 12" Newtonian reflector telescope.
Registered and stacked using DeepSkyStacker; initial curves adjusted in Canon Photo Professional; final curves & colour-balance adjusted using Paint Shop Pro; noise reduction via CyberLink PhotoDirector.
Quick shot of the Elephant's Trunk Nebula & surrounding area. Located approximately 2400 light years from Earth.
Exposure: 62 x 30s exposures @ ISO3200 equiv. Darks & bias/offset, no flats.
Camera: Canon EOS 60Da
Lens: EF 70-200mm 1:4 L USM @ f/4.5. 200mm (x1.6).
Filters: Astronomik CLS
Mount: Piggy-backed on 8" Meade LX10. Rough polar alignment.
Guiding: None
RAW images stacked in DeepSkyStacker, processed in PSPx5.
Comet C/2014 Q2 Lovejoy
Canon 5D III
Canon EF 200/2.8L II @ f3.5
34x120s @ ISO800
Tracked on NEQ-6 un-guided
Stacked in DeepSkyStacker
Post Processed in PS CC x 64
Ring Nebula (M57 or NGC6822) - a planetary Nebula in constellation Lyra.
Shot trough Celestron C11 - Schmidt-Cassegrain 280/2800mm with Canon 550D mounted on NEQ6Pro.
26 frames at 20s, ISO 3200 each.
Stacking with DeepSkyStacker.
522 1-s exposures, ISO 6400, f/5.6, 300 mm. Photographed from an urban location -- lights from a million people.
Using my 120mm f5 achromat refractor and modified 1100D with 2" UHC filter I captured 17 subs at 4 minutes at ISO 1600 to create this widefield view of the Cocoon nebula in Cygnus.
Stacked in Deepskystacker and processed in Photoshop.
Image taken 20/09/15
Orion Nebula (M42)
50 frames processed in DeepSkyStacker
38 - 20 sec @ iso 800
10 - 20 sec @ iso 400
2 - 20 sec @ iso 1600
12 dark frames, 10 bias frames, 17 flat frames
Camera Canon 50D with a f/2.0 HyperStar 3 lens
Mounted on an 11” Celestron Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope.
Manually guided for 12 x 7-minute exposures at ISO 1600, f/6.25. Modified EOS 600D & Sky-Watcher ED80 refractor, piggybacked on a Celestron C8 telescope for guiding.
Registered and stacked using DeepSkyStacker; initial curves adjusted in Canon Photo Professional; final curves & colour-balance adjusted using Paint Shop Pro; noise reduction via CyberLink PhotoDirector.
Localisation :
CastresmallObservatory (Castres, Tarn - France)
Acquisition Date :
2016-10-04
Author :
Pierre Rougé
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 :
60.0 minutes [6 subexposures of 600 sec each (selected from 6)] @ ISO 800
Calibration :
Dark & bias : 3/11 @ ISO 800 - Flat & Dark-Flat : 9 @ ISO 800
Weather :
Bonne transparence. Vent nul. T=17°C. Humidité nulle.
Constellation : Cassiopea / Cassiopée
Software Used :
Astro Photograph Tool (v3.13), DeepSkyStacker, PhotoShop CS
... until I've overhauled my EQ5, sometime when. I need more data and can't get it with 30 second exposures. Hopefully the overhaul will enable me to hit an unthinkable 90 seconds!
This one's better framed than my previous efforts, and the running man is just about visible, which is nice. Pleased considering there was a big moon up there.
21/1/2011
200p/EQ5 unguided
Nikon D70 full spectrum prime focus, ISO 1600
70x30 second
10x10 second for the core
22 darks
30 bias
10 flats
Stacked in DSS and processed in CS5
Re-processed here
I`ve been waiting for a clear moonless sky for many months now, just so I could give my latest filter a proper test. I purchased a Hutech IDAS LPS-V4 Nebula filter earlier this year to see if a One Shot Color CCD could do a decent job of recording Ha and OIII at the same time. The theory was that as the OIII wavelength falls almost exactly half way between the green and blue pixels (at a lower sensitivity though), I should get be able to stack the 2 green channels and the blue channel all as one large stack, and therefore grab 3 times the exposure of OIII compared to the single red pixel collection Ha data. Well, it kind of worked. The Ha data is nearly sharp as previous sessions with a 13nm Ha filter, and certainly usable, but not as good as my current Baader 7nm Ha filter. The OIII data (even after stacking) seems a bit washed out, and I believe this is because of the wide passband around the OIII wavelength (50nm wide at the very top of the peak), allowing in additional noise that a real narrowband filter would
block.
Even so, as an Ha/OIII/OIII combined image, taken from a moderately light polluted area in one single session without having to change filters, I would say it was worth the time to do this test. The real question will be what happens to the OIII data when the moon fills the skies, as OIII tends to be washed out from moonglow far more than Ha data.
Mount: EQ6 via EQMOD
OTA: Borg 60 @ f/3.8
Guiding: SW ED80 + SX Lodestar + Maxim
Imaging: Starlight Xpress M25C + MaximDL, 16 x 900s, Hutech LPS-V4
Nebula filter
Orchestrated: CDD Commander
Stacked: DeepSkyStacker
Post Process: PSCS2 + PixInsight
my "second" first astro picture! :) sony a6000, Minolta MD Tele Rokkor 2.8/135 @ f4, 1s@ISO3200 on static tripod, 12 Lightframes, 11 Darkframes, 11 Flatframes stacked in DeepSkyStacker, heavily cropped
Celestron Nexstar 130 SLT
Canon EOS 10d
24*20 sec. Iso 1600.
DeepSkyStacker.
Photoshop.
Very fast editing, too tired.. Later better version.
Interacting galaxies M51a and M51b.
Distance: 30 million light years
Shot in March 2019. Had guiding issues about 2 hrs in and aborted.
Equipment/Software:
Explore Scientific ED 102 APO
Celestron Advanced VX Mount
Orion Starshoot Autoguider on Orion 50 mm guidescope
Nikon D3300 (unmodified)
80 images at 120 seconds at iso 800
DeepskyStacker - Startools
This is one way that you can setup the equipment that I have for sale. I prefered setting up the guidescope and main scope in a side by side configuration. If you wanted to you could attach the guidescope directly to the telescope. All required cables are included.
To take and process pictures you will need the following:
BackyardEOS - purchase online $24
Deepskystacker - free download
PHD - free download
Some form of image editing software
25x60s@iso400
65x30s@iso400
150mm (750mm FL) F5 Newtonian with GSO coma corrector.
First try with autoguiding using PHD2. Unfortunately the 3D printed guidescope mount was not nearly robust enough. 2/3 of the exposures were thrown out.
Stacked with DeepSkyStacker and post processed in Photoshop.
Unfortunately a large number of Geo satellites were present in the view and created streaks.
Next -- attempt to remove that pesky light gradient from the background
My first attempt at tracked astrophotography. What a learning experience it was!
Canon 80D and 70-200 F4L IS
200mm, f4, ISO 1600, 45" x 23
5 darks, 5 biases
Stacked with DeepSkyStacker, default settings
Edited in lightroom and photoshop.
Most important lesson learned: tripod stability is everything. I took 35 mins of exposures, and lost 12 to shake, likely from passing cars. Next time, I go further from the road, stabilize the tripod better, and pick sturdier ground.
Date:15/9/2011
Location:Brisbane Australia
Imaging Camera: Opticstar 142M
Imaging Scope: Orion EON 80mm ED Refractor
Focal Length: 500mm F6.1
Guide Camera: SSAG
Guide Scope: Orion 80mm F5 Refractor
Guided with PHD Guiding
Mount: Celestron EQ5 GT
Exposure:
30 min Red 15x2min
30 min Green 15x2min
30 min Blue 15x2min
Darks: 40 min 20x2min
Processing: DeepSkyStacker, CS5, Noel Carboni's Astronomy Tools
Primer intento de combinar data de dos días diferentes.
1) 20200907: 277 lights + 22 darks
2) 20200910: 356 lights + 32 darks
Todo a 30 segundos a ISO800
Todo esto da un total de exposición de 5 horas 16 minutos y 30 segundos.
El procesado en DeepSkyStacker tardó unas 8 horas (para tenerlo en cuenta) y luego trabajé en Gimp para ajustar curvas y niveles.
Las fotos de sacaron con una Canon T2i + evostar 72 ed sobre montura eq3 motorizada en AR.
Telescopio Vixen 130 f/5
Cámara Canon T2i sin modificar
Tomas:
30 Light 60 seg + 12 Darks 60 seg
ISO 800
Apilado con DeepSkyStacker
Post proceso y recorte por:
Renán Van De Wingard con Photoshop
Locación: Observatorio Cerro Pochoco de ACHAYA
24 enero 2012
First night out with the Explore Scientific ED102CF Telescope. 60x60" exposures shot with a Nikon D7200 on an unguided Celestron AVX Mount. Stacked with DeepSkyStacker and processed in Lightroom/Photoshop.
Pentax K5
Tair 3S 300mm F4.5
iOptron SkyGuider Pro
~ f/6@ISO 800
99x180s stacked using DeepSkyStacker
Processed in PixInsight
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North American Nebula
72Frames 30sec Iso1600
1Frame 60Sec Iso1600
30Dark 0Flat 50Bias
DeepSkyStacker
Photoshop
I have been away for a long time, but finally I have some time and new pictures.
This is taken with Canon Eos1100D and 18-200mm lens.
Tracking with Celestron130SLT mount.
Cropped, rotated and generally faffed about with this one. Far more neb, but the stars are a pig - I hate stars! ;). Original process here.
Nikon D70 full spectrum, 55-200 Nikkor at 200mm , f5.6, 1600iso
45x90sec subs for a total of about 1hr 7 mins, unguided, EQ5
Darks, flats and bias
Stacked and processed in DSS and CS5, with a little help from Noel's tools.
The owls on the hillside just north of my home have been keeping me company at night. This little star cluster has risen above the treeline from which they call.
Nikon D90 camera
Sigma 150-500mm f/5-6.3 DG OS HSM APO Autofocus Lens
Orion TeleTrack GoTo Altazimuth Telescope Mount
20 X 30” exposures, f/6.3, ISO1600, 500mm
Dark, flat, dark-flat, and offset-bias frames applied
Stacking software: DeepSkyStacker
Post-processing: Photoshop CS5
New images (only a few due to cloud cover) and a new method of processing. It is a little blotchy but much more detail in the cloud.
Date:6/9/2009
Location:Brisbane Australia
Imaging Camera: Canon 1000D prime focus
Imaging Scope: Skywatcher 127mm Mak Cas
Focal Length: 1500mm F12
Guide Camera: SSAG
Guide Scope: Orion 80mm F5 Refractor
Guided with PHD Guiding
Mount: Celestron EQ5 GT
Exposure: 24 min (6x4min) full colour
Darks: 4x4min
ISO: 800
Processing: DeepSkyStacker, CS3, Noel Carboni's Astronomy Tools
The Veil Nebula is a cloud of heated and ionized gas and dust in the constellation Cygnus.
It constitutes the visible portions of the Cygnus Loop, a supernova remnant, many portions of which have acquired their own individual names and catalogue identifiers. The source supernova was a star 20 times more massive than the Sun which exploded between 10,000 and 20,000 years ago. At the time of explosion, the supernova would have appeared brighter than Venus in the sky, and visible in daytime. The remnants have since expanded to cover an area of the sky roughly 3 degrees in diameter (about 6 times the diameter, and 36 times the area, of the full Moon). While previous distance estimates have ranged from 1200 to 5800 light-years, a recent determination of 2400 light-years is based on direct astrometric measurements.
Imaged from my backyard on 8/19/20.
Explore Scientific ED102/Nikon D5300 (Ha mod) with IDAS LPS D-1 filter, w/Stellarview FF/0.80FR.80% illuminated moon.
55 Light frames at iso 400 for 240 seconds
Total integration of 3 1/2 hours.
Processed in DeepSkyStacker , Startools, Starnet++, and Photoshop.
Localisation : CastresmallObservatory (Castres, Tarn - France)
Acquisition Date : 2016-11-30
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 : 63 minutes [21 subexposures of 180 sec each (selected from 21)] @ ISO 400
Calibration : Dark & Bias : 11/11 @ ISO 400 - Flat & Dark-Flat : 9 @ ISO 400
Temps/Weather : Bonne transparence. Vent nul. T=11°C. Humidité faible.
Constellation : Perseus/Persée
Software Used : Astro Photograph Tool (v3.13), DeepSkyStacker 3.3.6, Pixinsight LE, PhotoShop 7, xnview, Noiseware Community Edition
This is my first real attempt at image stacking. This actually took quite a while, now I just need to learn how to spot things in the sky. Ultimately, my goal is to get a nebula, i know now, this is going to take some work.
The process is quite involved, the image processing is involved as well and with it comes all kinds of algorithms and processes..
So, just learn as you go.
Orion Nebula M42
Celestron Nexstar 4se with T-ring
Canon eos 500d
About 15 mins of data with dark file
ISO 3200
Stacked in DSS
Levels stretched in Ps - I cant work out how to get colour
Nice, bright star cluster in constellation Cancer. This cluster have fallen into the sweet spot of my optics, so the halos around bright stars are at least center-symmetrical and not comet-shaped. Yes! This one turns out at steady 3 out of possible 5.
This shot and this share the same effective resolution so the apparent sizes can be compared. This only applies to "original" size of the images. M67 is tiny compared to Praesepe/Beehive. And has only 7,5m against 4m of the Beehive.
Aquisition time: 13.04.2013 around 23:45:00 MSK (GMT+4).
Equipment:
Canon EF 70-200 f/2.8L lens + Canon EF 2x III extender on EOS 60D mounted on Celestron CG-4 GEM (German equatorial mount) with RA drive.
Aperture 71 mm
Focal length 400 mm
Tv = 30 seconds
Av = f/5,6
ISO 800
Exposures: 85 + 12 dark frames
Processing: contrast was set to "linear" and vingetting was corrected with Canon DPP, 16 bit TIFFs were stacked in DeepSkyStacker, contrast'n'colors adjusted in Photoshop. Image scaled down 50% (cheat!).
Notes: this time I have recorded the steps of contrast adjustment. I'll better have bluish sky than reddish.
Orion Nebula, the middle "star" in Orion's sword. Crop from this image. 105 stacked 1/2 s exposures from Olympus E-520 with 300 mm lens.
We had three relatively clear nights on the bounce last week, which hasn't happened since the Roman occupation ;) This was taken Saturday night, but I only managed 12 frames before some cloud rolled in, so this is just 36 minutes.
Taken with the longest lens I possess at present (200mm), and then cropped a bit to take out the remnants of the amp glow that my darks don't seem to want to deal with at the moment, it doesn't reveal a lot of detail. But it looks cute! ;)
Nikon D70 modded, 55-200 Nikkor at 185mm (cropped), f6.3, 800iso, Baader Neodymium filter.
12 x 3 min, unguided EQ5
Darks, flats and bias
Stacked and processed in DSS and CS5, with a little help from Noel's tools.
Spiked :)
I was very pleased to get this result, as it is about as far South as I can see!
Unmodified EOS 40D & Celestron C8 telescope.
Manually off-axis guided for 3 x 5-minutes at ISO 1000 & 15 x 5-minutes at ISO 1600, f6.3. Images registered and stacked using DeepSkyStacker software.
Image of M63 (Sunflower Galaxy, NGC5055) made from some DSS stacked shots taken during the early hours of today using a Canon EOS 60D mounted on a Skywatcher 200 reflector.
A wide-field shot of the Ring Nebula (M57) in the constellation Lyra taken with a Nikon D5100 DSLR using a lens of only 100mm focal length. This image is best viewed in the Flickr light box (press the "L" key to toggle the light box and optionally click on the "View all sizes" menu item to see the image at its largest size).
This is a stack of eleven images that were exposed for 25 seconds each using a hand-driven, barn-door type tracking mount (two boards, a hinge, and a screw you turn by hand). The faintest stars recorded in this photo range down to approximately magnitude 13.5 (see image notes which identify a few of the brighter stars, north is off to the right).
Captured on October 17, 2011 between 8:03PM and 8:23PM PDT under fairly bright, hazy, light-polluted skies with a Nikon D5100 DSLR (ISO 3200, 25 second exposure x 11) and a 70mm-300mm AF-S G Zoom Nikkor lens at its 100mm f/5.6 position. Image stack created with DeepSkyStacker using eleven image frames combined with eight dark frames (no flats or bias).
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Milky Way over Nichol's Field, Ipswich MA
3 shot composite stacked in Deep Sky Stacker for extra detail