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Comet C/2013 R1 (Lovejoy)
Exposure: 57 x 30 sec at ISO 1600
Camera: Olympus E-PL1
Telescope: Sky-Watcher 750mm f/5, EQ3-2 mount
Software: DeepSkyStacker, Krita, Darktable
Telescope: 10" Newtonian
Exposure: 61"
Total: 22 Minutes.
Mount: Atlas EQ-G Mount
Processed and stacked in DeepSkyStacker
I wanted to see how much detail I could capture in Orion without a tracking mount. I was surprised to find 5 seperate nebulas in this image. This is a stack of about 105 pictures each shot at 4 seconds, f4, ISO 8000 with a Takumar 135mm f2.5 lens. It was then cropped about 50%. One of these days I'll get an astrophotography mount so I can capture even more. To give you an idea of what else is in that constellation, check out this picture with nearly the same field of view: www.flickr.com/photos/28192200@N02/5776855550/
100x 15 sec exposures using ZWO ASI1600MC camera and AltairAstro ED triplet refractor. Stacked in DeepSkystacker and processed in Adobe Lightroom. No calibration frames or autoguiding.
The first picture taken through my AltairAstro 3" refractor on 30 Nov 2017. 70% moon so well pleased !
M42 is a diffuse nebula in the Milky Way approx. 1350 light years away and is the archetypical stellar nursery with stars emerging from clouds of hydrogen gas and dust. The bright area consists of a cluster of young stars called the Trapezium (overexposed in the photo in order to bring out the surrounding nebulosity).
Galaxy M109 in Ursa Major.
C6S-GT at F6.3
14x1min exposures.
Canon 30D at ISO 3200
Autoguided with PHD guiding and a DSI Pro.
Stacked in DeepSkyStacker and processed in PixInsight.
Pretty happy with this one from my light polluted backyard. I will definitely revisit this one over the next few months and get some more data.
This is M33 after a long time of processing. You can see more about this galaxy on Wikipedia.
The original lights came from the evenings of September 18 and the night of September 23-24, 2009
Taken with my Pentax K10D camera with the Stellarvue SV4 scope, operating at Prime Focus. A field flattenter was also used as well as a Baader Moon and Skyglow light pollution filter. Tracking was done with the Orion Starshoot Autoguider using a Stellarvue SV 70 ED. The DLSR in-camera noise reduction was turned off. Most shots were done with using the Pentax remote control software to do bulb interval shots. I allowed about 2 minutes of time between shots to give the camera a chance to cool off and for the batteries to recover.
Most of the darks were recorded well after the lights in an effort to help understand and control the noise that is generated by this camera. I learned that I had to be vigilant regarding IR light getting into the camera when making this library of darks. Also, it appears that the telescope body itself seems to act as a heatsink for this camera, making collecting darks requiring connecting the camera as if it was in the field.
Stacking was with DSS using the below settings:
Stacking mode: Custom Rectangle
Drizzle x2 enabled
Total exposure: 4hrs 42 mins 21s
Stacking step 1 ->2 frames (ISO: 800) - total exposure: 16 mn 4 s
-> Offset: 36 frames (ISO: 800) exposure: 1/4000 s
-> Dark: 40 frames (ISO : 800) exposure: 8 mn 3 s
-> Dark Flat: 36 frames (ISO : 800) exposure: 1/4000 s
-> Flat: 24 frames (ISO: 800) exposure: 1/4000 s
Stacking step 2 ->2 frames (ISO: 800) - total exposure: 20 mn 6 s
-> Offset: 36 frames (ISO: 800) exposure: 1/4000 s
-> Dark: 90 frames (ISO : 800) exposure: 10 mn 5 s
-> Dark Flat: 36 frames (ISO : 800) exposure: 1/4000 s
-> Flat: 24 frames (ISO: 800) exposure: 1/4000 s
Stacking step 3 ->4 frames (ISO: 400) - total exposure: 1 hr 0 mn 20 s
-> Offset: 24 frames (ISO: 400) exposure: 1/4000 s
-> Dark: 18 frames (ISO : 400) exposure: 15 mn 7 s
-> Dark Flat: 48 frames (ISO : 400) exposure: 1/1600 s
-> Flat: 19 frames (ISO: 400) exposure: 1/1600 s
Stacking step 4 ->1 frames (ISO: 400) - total exposure: 20 mn 7 s
-> Offset: 24 frames (ISO: 400) exposure: 1/4000 s
-> Dark: 3 frames (ISO : 400) exposure: 20 mn 9 s
-> Dark Flat: 48 frames (ISO : 400) exposure: 1/1600 s
-> Flat: 19 frames (ISO: 400) exposure: 1/1600 s
Stacking step 5 ->11 frames (ISO: 400) - total exposure: 2 hr 45 mn 44 s
-> Offset: 24 frames (ISO: 400) exposure: 1/4000 s
-> Dark: 11 frames (ISO : 400) exposure: 15 mn 4 s
-> Flat: 19 frames (ISO: 400) exposure: 1/1600 s
Processing was with PixInsight LE 1.0 using the instructions provided by Rogelio Andreo regarding gradient subtraction:
blog.deepskycolors.com/archivo/2010/05/
Further processing was done via the tutorial at this page from David Nash's website:
www.davesastro.co.uk/techniques/pixinsight_tutorial/index...
I'm extremely happy with how this image turned out. I know that there are a few gradients still showing up. Still, this is much better than I've been able to get from what I've always known was good data. The missing bits were getting a library of decent darks and flats and bias frames to give DSS some meat to chew on.
Finally being able to follow what is happening in PixInsight really helps as well.
Now I'll try to fill in the holes in my other data from last year and I'll see what I can get!
Quelques tentatives réussies de capturer la comète C/2012 S1 ISON. Malheureusement, la queue ne se détache que très mal du fond du ciel. Les raisons peuvent être le début de l'aube et la présence de la Lune presque pleine, bien qu'à l'opposé. Je tenterai de combiner les 17 fichiers d'assez bonne qualité avec Deepskystacker ou IRIS.
Some attemps of capturing Comet C/2012 S1 ISON. Unfortunately, the comet's tail doesn't detach that clearly from the background sky. Reasons can be the approaching dawn and the almost full Moon, although it was far in the sky. I will try to stack the 17 good files I made in Deepskystacker or IRIS.
EXIF - 220X30" (1h50'), Gain 120, f5
Calibration: Flats - 60, Darks - 60
Camera: ZWO ASI294MC Pro (cooled to -10°C)
Filter: Astronomik L-2 - UV IR Blockfilter 1,25"
Main optics: Sky-Watcher Explorer 200P
Mount: Sky-Watcher EQ6-R Pro
Guiding: Artesky UltraGuide 70 + ZWO ASI120MM Mini
Controller: ZWO ASIair Pro
Electronic focuser: ZWO EAF
Software: DeepSkyStacker + Pixinsight + Photoshop
Location: Bilice, Sibenik, Croatia
I knew I had to do this - the last one wasn't too good. And I've now replaced this photo three times!
Think I've got about as much as I'm going to get out of this one. I'm pleased with it now, and will leave it alone! :)
From the original image:
200p, EQ5
Nikon D70 Full Spectrum
48 x 60 second subs iso 1600, unguided, plus darks, flats and bias.
Stacked in DSS, processed in CS5.
Reprocessed again!
Start of a project to image the wider Sadr Region in Cygnus in Ha and RGB with DSLR.12nmHa Optolong filter Esprit100/Canon6Da 25x900sec iso1600, 20 Dark frames 19 Flatframes, 174 Biasframes. (20+21+22 june 2016)
Imaged under a full moon.
Stacked in DeepSkyStacker and processed with Pixinsight 1.8 (DBE, Staralign, Mergemosaic, Histogramtransformation, Curvestransformation)
F11+ L for large view, Full image downloadable in 6472x4971 pixels.
Knight Observatory, Tomar.
My first ever try on this..
I was going to shoot more, but I noticed a fire behind near building, and I got very busy...
I know this is not good picture, but first ones are always like that. ;) I´m hoping to get back to this tonight.
Nights are getting darker and darker.
39*30sec
iso 1600
5 Darks
5 Flats
Celestron Nexstar 130 SLT
Canon Eos 10D
DeepSkyStacker
Photoshop
The center of the Milky Way. Includes the constellations Sagittarius and Scorpius. Numerous star clusters and nebula are shown in addition to the dark dust clouds between Earth and the galaxy core. The beating heart of the scorpion, Antares, a red super giant, shines a bright reddish gold in this image. Also includes several Messier objects, including the larger Ptolemy Cluster (M7), the Lagoon Nebula (M8), and the Sagittarius Star Cloud (M24). Though faint, the red hue of the bright nebula IC 4628 is visible in the tail of Scorpius. Hover your mouse over the image to show identified objects.
Stack of 3x25 secs RAW, ISO 1600 taken with a Canon 50D. Stacked in DeepSkyStacker; processed in Photoshop CS3 using curves and levels adjustments; banding reduction using Astronomy Tools actions from within Photoshop; and final processing using Noise Ninja from within Photoshop.
Taken under dark (Bortle 2) and clear skies at St. George Island, Florida.
90 frames x 2 minutes exposures @ISO6400, using Celestron Nexstar 8SE on CG-5, Starizona field flattener, astromodded EOS550, CLS clip filter, Moonlite focusser, guided with Celestron guidescope with SPC900C guide camera and PHD guiding. BackYard EOS camera control, DeepSkyStacker stacking. Final image processing for levels and gamma in Photoshop. Dark skies, and everything worked for a change - best result so far for a galaxy.
Location :CastresmallObservatory (Castres, Tarn - France)
Acquisition Date :2016-06-28
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 :75.0 minutes [15 subexposures of 300 sec each (selected from 15)] @ ISO 800
Calibration :Dark & bias : 6/9 @ ISO 800 - Flat & Dark-Flat : 9 @ ISO 800
Weather :Bonne transparence. Faible vent de E à SE. T=25°C humidité nulle.
Software Used :Astro Photograph Tool (v3.11), DeepSkyStacker, PhotoShop CS
Canon 5D3 with CGEM 1100HD. ISO 1600 with stack of 13 shots at 10 minutes exposure over two nights. Seeing was good to excellent. Manually guided with a dark frame for each shot. Celestron Off-Axis Guider was used with Orion's 12.5mm illuminated reticle eye piece. Processed using Deepskystacker.
The new camera is GREAT! Its low light capability is about twice that of the 550D. Here we see just a little grain in the nebulous areas. Here the gamma curve was boosted a lot to bring up the dim spirals causing the grain to become noticable - will need to increase my exposure time and/or ISO. The good seeing allowed lots of detail as well. Looks like the supernova (SN 2011fe) has dimmed a lot since last August (blue star at end of white line).
Handful of exposure after New Year. Exposure 90s, 150s & 180s steps each 10 using Canon T4i. Camera Orion 80ED on G11
Processed in Layers after stacking in DeepskyStacker.
[31032017] Komet 41P-Tuttle-Giacobini-Kresák
Fuji X-E1
Fujinon 35mm F1.4@F1.4
10x10s @ISO400/1600/6400
RawTherapee 4.2
Deepskystacker
Fitsworks
Detail of M20 from this shot. I think it came out nicer than M8--being a little higher in the sky helped a bit.
100 minutes of integration on M1.
The asteroid left of center is 1997 WN35:
Object (33078) 1997 WN35 RA 05 34 23.2 DEC +22 20 36 Magnitude 19.9 Motion in Arcsecs/Hr: RA 76+ DEC 0-
I've recalibrated and stacked and worked this image a few times since I first attempted it. Each time I come back with one more bit of knowledge.
This time, I'm still calibrating with Maxim. What's new is that I'm calibrating with 2C increments. Thus, for the 10 lights, there's two sections for calibration. This significantly reduces the over and undercorrection that I was seeing before. Also, it makes the post process a lot easier to manage.
Same details as before:
10 lights total, each at 600 seconds and 400 ISO.
Scope was the Orion 127mm Maksutov Cassegrain guided by a ST80 with SSAG.
64 darks for 14-15C
32 darks for 16C
256 bias
15 flat
Calibrated to make FITs in Maxim. Then debayered and stacked in DSS 3.3.3 beta 47 with kappa 2 5 iterations.
Processed in PI: dynamic crop, dbe, masked stretch, masks made from extrated lightness, these maskes used on atrous and deconvolution, multiscale media transform used on the remaining layers to boost the brightness of the nebulosity, unsharp mask, new mask from lightness, curves used on positive and inverse of this mask to bring up saturation and rgb as well as drive the background lower.
Exported to LR3 for upload.
Here's the platesolve:
Referentiation Matrix (Gnomonic projection = Matrix * Coords[x,y]):
+0.000009018848 +0.000208680214 -0.282411212779
-0.000208635884 +0.000008952885 +0.388572952899
+0.000000000000 +0.000000000000 +1.000000000000
Resolution ........ 0.752 arcsec/pix
Rotation .......... -92.472 deg
Focal ............. 1665.23 mm
Pixel size ........ 6.07 um
Field of view ..... 48' 2.7" x 31' 50.5"
Image center ...... RA: 05 34 32.008 Dec: +21 59 10.65
Image bounds:
top-left ....... RA: 05 33 18.711 Dec: +22 22 28.49
top-right ...... RA: 05 33 28.047 Dec: +21 34 29.13
bottom-left .... RA: 05 35 36.340 Dec: +22 23 50.62
bottom-right ... RA: 05 35 44.903 Dec: +21 35 50.79
Lens: Nikon 180mm ED AI-s f/2.8, shot at f/2.8
Camera: Canon 6D (unmodified)
Exposure: 123x1min iso400
Filter: None
Mount: Celestron CGEM DX
Captured with BackyardEOS
Registered and stacked with DeepSkyStacker
Photographed from Round Rock TX (Orange zone)
The deformation caused by the lens gives a nice sens of speed on the way to our galactic core.
Pentax K-5 II
smc PENTAX-DA 18-55mm F3.5-5.6 AL WR
72x21 seconds stacked using DeepSkyStacker
Post processing in Photoshop
Celestron Nexstar 130 SLT
Canon eos 10D
39*20 sec.
Dark picture.
Iso 800.
DeepSkyStacker.
Photoshop.
Cropped.
It was cloudy for long time.
This night was clear, but moon was shining. I wanted to test lower iso value, than before, and I think it is much better.
Composite of moon and background stars taken 07APR20 (moon) and 10APR20 (stars). Nikon D780 DSLR camera.
Stellarvue SV105SVFT telescope. Celestron CGX mount. 150X1/200sec subs for moon and 20X10 sec subs for stars. Processed with DeepSkyStacker (moon), Nebulosity 4 (stars), Pixinsight (batch resample) and Photoshop CS2.
25min total (5x300s@800iso)
UK 31/12/13
Takahashi FSQ106ED f/5
Celestron Advanced Vx Mount Guided
Canon D1100 (modified) CLS filter
BackyardEOS, PHD
Deepskystacker, Photoshop CS6
Comet Iwamoto was at its closest to Earth this morning, so I headed out to dark skies southwest of Brisbane early this morning to photograph it. This is a FAST comet, so even though I only had 20 minutes worth of exposures I had to align them to the comet rather then the background stars,
20 x 60 second exposures at 200mm, f/4 and 3200 iso, stached in DeepSkyStacker and processed in Lightroom.
There is a faint tail visible extending towards 11 o'clock.
Die Plejaden (M45) im Urlaub in Spanien (Empuries) fotografiert.
Pentax K3 II, TS 80/480 mm F6, ISO 100,19 x 300s.
Stacking mit DeepSkyStacker, Bearbeitung am Notebook mit Photoshop.
30 x 10s ISO800
20 darkframes
DeepSkyStacker
Canon XS @ Celestron C6N
Segundo intento de fotografiar orion, di mas tiempo de exp aunque perdiera un poco de definicion (mi montura no tiene un seguimiento correcto)
Promete el asunto :)
DeepSkyStacker: 62 frames X 1 sec, f/2.8, 3200 ISO.
First time trying stacking, I had very little idea what I was doing, but it came out ok. You can see some of the texture of the galaxy, and no star trails (I don't have a tracking mount). I learned a lot for next time I try it, mostly just MORE FRAMES.
Time: 2019. 1. 26. 20:00 ~
Location: Boeun, South Korea (Bortle Dark-Sky Scale: 4)
Optics: Takahashi FS60CB with Flattener(370 mm ƒ/6.2)
Exposure: Sony A7s (Modified) ISO 8000 x 30s x 280 subs (with Dark, Flat, Bias frames)
Filter: Optolong L-Pro filter
Mount: Toast Pro (TP2)
Software: DeepSkyStacker, Astronomy Tools, GradientXTerminator, Adobe Photoshop
This was an alternate stack of the same photos using Sequator vs the previous using DeepSkyStacker. I like the results out of Sequator a bit better and the ease of use.
Shotdate: 4-12-2013
Camera: Nikon D3x
Optics: 105mm AF Micro Nikkor @ f4
ISO speed: 1600
Subs: 10 x 300 seconds
Calibration: 108 bias, 32 dark and 32 flat frames.
Stacking in DeepSkyStacker and post-processing in PixInsight
Sky-Watcher 80ED APO, AZ-EQ5 GT, Altair Lightwave Flattener/Reducer 0.8x, Nikon D7000, ZWO ASI120MC + Altair 60mm f/3.75 guidescope. Only two frames 180 sec. each due to some technical problems, stacked with DSS. Approx. 25 x dark and bias.
The Orion Nebula (M42) is close to Earth in universe scale at only 1,344 light years away. The nebula is visible to the naked eye, even in light polluted areas as a "fuzzy" star in the middle of Orion's sword,, to the south of Orions belt. This nebula is busy forming new planets and stars.
My first astro photography photograph.
Capture Details:
Exposure duration: 38x 120s (1h16m)
ISO: 800
Canon EOS 1100D
AdvancedVX Mount
Sky-Watcher Pro 80ED APO Refractor (600mm Focal Length, 3.1" or 80mm Aperture)
Guider: Orion Magnificent Mini Autoguider
Post processing: DeepSkyStacker + Corel Photo Paint X6
All Star Polar Alignment assistance: @AstroTanja
Auto-guider configuration assistance: @TheAstroShake
Telescopi o obiettivi di acquisizione: Sky-Watcher Equinox 80ED
Camere di acquisizione: QHY8L
Montature: Skywatcher AZ EQ6 GT
Telescopi o obiettivi di guida: Celestron 102mm f/6.6 Achromat
Camere di guida: Magzero MZ-5m
Software: DeepSkyStacker, photoshop, Absoft Neat Image
Accessori: TecnoSky Flattener 1x
Risoluzione: 2988x1962
Date: 13 aprile 2015, 17 aprile 2015
Pose:
60x300" -15C bin 1x1
21x600" -15C bin 1x1
Integrazione: 8.5 ore
Dark: ~57
Flat: ~31
Bias: ~40
Giorno lunare medio: 25.26 giorni
Fase lunare media: 22.65%
Scala del Cielo Scuro Bortle: 3.00
Temperatura: 8.50
Centro AR: 184,572 gradi
Centro DEC: 47,211 gradi
Orientazione: -86,153 gradi
Raggio del campo: 1,603 gradi
Luoghi: Drassa, Corinth, Grecia
Discovered by NASA's Near-Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (NEOWISE) mission on March 27th 2020, this long period comet is now on its way out of the Solar System having passed just inside the orbit of Mercury at perihelion.
Exposure: 52 x 8s exposures @ ISO1000 equiv. (Total integration time: 6 min 56 s)
Camera: Canon EOS 7D MKII
Lens: EF 70-200mm 1:4 L USM @ f/3.5. 200mm (x1.6).
Mount: Piggy-backed on 8" Meade LX10.
Guiding: None
Alignment & stacking in DeepSkyStacker
Post-processing and image crop in PSP2019
C9.25 with 3.3 focal reducer and QHY5L-II. Captured 20 subs at 20secs each,no guiding. Stacked in Deepskystacker and processed in Photoshop.
Image taken 12/04/16
Canon EOS 550D, Prime Focus, Skywatcher Explorer 200p, Astronomik CLS CCD Filter, 84 lights (30s ISO1600), 11 darks, DeepSkyStacker > Lightroom
Comet 46P/Wirtanen
Optics: Takahashi FS60CB with 0.72x Reducer (255 mm F4.2)
Exposure: Fujifilm X-E1 (Unmodded) iso6400 x 1 min x 60 subs (with Dark, Flat, Flat Dark, Bias)
Mount: Toast Pro (TP2)
Software: DeepSkyStacker, Astronomy Tools, GradientXTerminator, Adobe Photoshop
A planetary nebula in Constellation Vulpecula....1360 l.y. away
Taken from my suburban Sydney backyard on 15/08/2009
Modified Canon EOS 400D, Orion ED80 (FL600mm) at prime focus. IDAS LPS filter
EQ5 mount autoguided by 3"WO refractor;Philips webcam & PhD
ISO800 6 X 5min subs stacked in DeepSkyStacker with darks.
Heavily cropped
Rework of previous data from Jan 2021. Less 'over-processed' as some would say.
Comments welcomed, Ed.
Acquisition Equipment
Camera - CANON EOS 60D (Modified)
Filter - Astronomik CLS-CCD EOS Clip
Telescope - SkyWatcher Evostar 80ED
Reducer/Flattener - 0.85x
Focal Length - 510mm
F Ratio - F6.3
Mount - Celestron CG-5 Adv GT GEM
Guide Scope - Celestron 9x50
Guide Camera - QHY 5 Mono
Image Capture
136 x 10 secs = 22 mins
28 x 60 secs = 38 mins
80 x 180 sec = 4 hours
Total = 5 hours
350 x Dark frames
250 x Bias frames
230 x Flat frames
230 x Dark flat frames
Acquisition Software
Capture/Sequence - N.I.N.A.
Plate Solving - ASTAP
Guiding - PHD2
Planetarium – Stellarium
Processing Software
Stacking - DeepSkyStacker
Post - Adobe Photoshop / Bridge / Camera Raw
taken at McDermott Court at MIT.
Camera settings: 70-300mm lens @ 300mm, F/5.6, 2 sec. per frame, 144 frames, ISO 1250. Stacked with dark, flat, and offset frames subtracted.
Total exposure time 56 min.
I used iso 800 and iso 400
Few darks
Celestron Nexstar 130Slt
Canon Eos 10D
DeepSkyStacker
Photoshop
I took more pictures of this object and added them to my previous session.
I think this is a little green, but I got backround quite dark..
I am still working to get flats right, but after testing I noticed that 50 frames without any calibrate frames gives me less noise.. And noise is the hardest to edit. Vigneting is easier..
I am going to make lightbox and I´m hoping to get opportunity to test it in this season, while nights are still dark.
Localisation : CastresmallObservatory (Castres, Tarn - France)
Acquisition Date : 2017-01-07
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 : 37 minutes [37 subexposures of 60 sec each (selected from 40)] @ ISO 1600
Calibration : Dark & Bias : 20/11 @ ISO 1600 - Flat & Dark-Flat : 9 @ ISO 400
Temps/Weather : Bonne transparence. Faible vent nul. T= -2°C. Humidité faible.Lune/moon 62 %.
Constellation : Gemeaux
Software Used : Astro Photograph Tool (v3.13), DeepSkyStacker 3.3.6, Pixinsight LE, PhotoShop 7, xnview, Noiseware Community Edition
Got a new scope :) A skywatcher 200mm f5 Newtonion. Spent the last couple of nights collimating - not perfect yet but getting there......
Date:11/10/2009
Location:Brisbane Australia
Imaging Camera: Canon 1000D prime focus
Imaging Scope: 200mm Newtonian
Focal Length: 1000mm F5
Guide Camera: SSAG
Guide Scope: Orion 80mm F5 Refractor
Guided with PHD Guiding
Mount: Celestron EQ5 GT
Exposure: 20 min (10x2min) full colour
Darks: 4x2min
ISO: 800
Processing: DeepSkyStacker, CS3, Noel Carboni's Astronomy Tools