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This is a cropped and rotated image from the M51 Wide Field picture. It was cropped to show more of the galaxy details.
Taken by Doug Spalding on April 10, 2011 near Butler, Missouri using an SBIG8300C camera mounted on a CGE1100 Telescope using Hyperstar (F/2). This is the sum of 5 of 6 ten minute images, stacked using DeepSkyStacker. The image was then processed with Maxim DL and Photoshop CS2.
This was shot vertically... I have it horizontal so it displays larger on the screen.
1 sec. / ISO 5000 / 300mm / f5.6
90 light frames
15 each - dark, flat, bias
Shot with a Nikon D600 on a tripod without an equitorial mount from my driveway in light polluted Parma, Ohio.
Stacked and aligned using Deep Sky Stacker.
Processed in Photoshop CC and Camera Raw.
Spikes added using Star Spikes Pro 3.
Here's a version showing Jupiter with, I think, 3 moons. The inset is @ 100% out of my camera: www.flickr.com/photos/alanstudt/16696092023/
Veil Nebula NGC 6992
Taken at Calstar 2012 on the nights of September 13 and 14 while I was waiting for other targets to rise.
Heavily cropped due to poor framing. I would have liked to include more of the original mosiac, but the amp glow on the edge makes it difficult to smooth out these errors.
Stack of 21 subs of 10 minutes at 400 ISO using the cooled, full-spectrum Pentax K10D on the Stellarvue SV4 telescope at prime focus. Temperature range varied from 24-29C so I had to match darks with groups according to temperature. 100 total darks used to correspond to the range.
Stacking done with DSS 3.3.3 beta 47. PI 1.7 used to crop, annotate, apply DBE, masked stretch, and some NR. Final step in LR3.
I probably will return to this data set to see if I can reduce the size of the stars. There was some trailing caused by PEC and poor polar alignment.
1x10s, 1x20s and 5x30s exposures taken with Nikon D40 DSLR through 200mm F/4 Newtonian. Processed in Iris and Nebulosity. Stacked in DeepSkyStacker.
19-Feb-2010
Taken 5 Dec 07. Canon 400d, 55mm f/5.6, ISO 1600, 27 x 15 sec exp stacked using DeepSkyStacker. This is unprocessed with a histogram stretch. I will post a processed picture once done.
Orion Nebula
October 22, 2016
Mount: Atlas EQ-G
Scope: SkyWatcher ProED 120mm f7.5
Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3
Lights: 250 @30sec ISO 800
Darks: 40 @30sec ISO 800
Flats: 40 @1/20 sec ISO 800
Biases: 40 @1/4000 sec ISO 800
Stacked in DeepSkyStacker 3.3.4
Processed in PixInsight and LightRoom
250/1000 Newton telescope, EQ6r pro mount, Sony a6100 camera.
Guiding: 40/700 guiding scope with Asi 120mc guiding camera.
60 x 180s photo + 10 bias, dark and flat frames.
Processed with DeepSkyStacker, Pixinsight, Photoshop
Camera: Nikon D50
Exposure: 11 x 240s ISO 1600 RGB
Filter: Orion Skyglow Imaging Filter
Flattener/Correction: Anteres .63x Focal Reducer
Focus Method: Prime focus
Telescope Aperature/Focal Length: 256×2500mm
Telescope: Meade LX200-GPS 10" ACF
Guided: PHD Guiding
Stacked: DeepSkyStacker
Adjustments: cropped/leveled in Photoshop
Location: Flintstone, GA
Camera: Nikon D50
Exposure: 17m 40s (40 frames varying from 5s to 90s) ISO 800 RGB
Filter: Orion Skyglow Imaging Filter
Flattener/Correction: MPCC
Focus Method: Prime focus
Telescope Aperature/Focal Length: 203×812mm
Mount: LXD75
Telescope: Meade 8" Schmidt-Newtonian
Guided: Yes - PHD Guiding
Stacked: DeepSkyStacker
Adjustments: cropped/leveled in Photoshop
Location: Flintstone, GA
Note: The Moon was nearly full when this was taken...
Always wanted to get the Orion, Horsehead, and Flame Nebulas in one shot. Came out better than I expected without taking multiple exposure lengths.
Finally got my HEUIB-II front filter for my Nikon D5100 - first light using it with my Tamron 18-270mm lens. Definitely a fan. This was shot at 140mm, and significantly cropped to eliminate the edges where chromatic aberration, coma and astigmatism were at their worst.
20x 5min subs at 400 iso.
Used my self-modded Nikon D5100. IOptron iEQ30 Pro, guided via 50mm guidescope, SSAG, and PHD2. Stacked in DeepSkyStacker, processed in StarTools.
20*60ms exp.
Date 11/02/2021
F/1.9
ZWOASI533mc
Celestron Evolution Edge 8HD
AVX mount
Deepskystacker , photoshop.
Not enough data from exp
This photo was submitted as part of the Hoohaa52 Challenge. This week's topic was "Your Choice."
I happened to step outside this night and saw a nice view of the night sky. Having recently been looking at some astrophotography and reading about some of the newer techniques (compared to when I last made a semi-serious effort), I thought I would try a simple shot. This picture is actually a composite of four separate images. It was more about testing the software and learning how it went wrong. For example, I took no flat fields or dark frames. I shot with foreground objects that would blur as I combined images due to the earth's rotation (the software does alignment based on the stars). I purposely left a light on to illuminate the trees though, so that is not a mistake.
This has me itching to try some more shots. However, I did learn that the hotspot problem on my camera has gotten worse so it is even more important that I take those extra shots to help make it easier to subtract out the hotspots. I know this is a problem that can develop over time with digital sensors, but I can't help but wonder why the problem started after getting my camera's sensor cleaned? I did take it in to someone at a camera repair shop, but it still makes me wonder.
This particular view does show the constellation of Scorpius but I am able to detect a deep sky objects as well. In particular, I can see M4, M6, M8 and M20. Here is a chart.
This is one of the brightest parts of the Milky Way in the constellation Cygnus. This is a stack of 23 pictures taken with a 50mm lens at 13 seconds, f1.7, iso 3200.
Imaging telescope or lens:Explore Scientific 102mm ED CF APO triplet ED 102 CF
Imaging camera:Altair Hypercam 183C
Mount:iOptron iEQ30 Pro iOptron
Guiding telescope or lens:Starwave 50mm guidscope Starwave
Guiding camera:Altair Astro GP Cam 130 mono Altair
Focal reducer:Altair Lightwave 0.8 Reducer/Flattener Altair Lightwave
Software:PHD2 2.6.4, APT - Astro Photography Tool APT 2.43, DeepSkyStacker (DSS) Deepskystacker 3.3.2, Photoshop CC 2017 Photoshop
Filter:Badaar Moon and SkyGlow Badaar
Resolution: 5440x3648
Dates: Sept. 13, 2018
Frames: Badaar Moon and SkyGlow Badaar: 21x300" (gain: 11.00) 23C bin 1x1
Integration: 1.8 hours
Darks: ~30
Flats: ~40
Avg. Moon age: 4.06 days
Avg. Moon phase: 17.52%
Bortle Dark-Sky Scale: 7.00
Mean FWHM: 6.00
Temperature: 20.00
Astrometry.net job: 2251185
RA center: 304.121 degrees
DEC center: 37.616 degrees
Pixel scale: 0.783 arcsec/pixel
Orientation: 280.470 degrees
Field radius: 0.712 degrees
Locations: Home Observatory, Newmarket, Ontario, Canada
Data source: Backyard
More exposure time needed through my slow scope. Starting to get some real detail now.
Date:27/8/2009
Location:Brisbane Australia
Imaging Camera: Canon 1000D prime focus
Imaging Scope: Skywatcher Mak Cas 127mm
Focal Length: 1500mm F12
Guide Camera: SSAG
Guide Scope: Orion 80mm F5 Refractor
Guided with PHD Guiding
Mount: Celestron EQ5 GT
Exposure: 13x6 min full colour
Darks: 4x6 min
ISO: 800
Processing: DeepSkyStacker, CS3, Noel Carboni's Astronomy Tools
Localisation : CastresmallObservatory (Castres, Tarn - France)
Acquisition Date : 2017-09-23
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 : 93 minutes [31 subexposures of 180' Flat & Dark-Flat : 11/9 @ ISO 800]
Temps/Weather : Bonne transparence. Vent nul. T=15°C. Humidité faible.
Constellation : Cygnus / Cygne
Software Used : Astro Photograph Tool (v3.33), DeepSkyStacker 3.3.6, Pixinsight LE, PhotoShop 7, xnview, Noiseware Community Edition
Here an image of another peculiar galaxy, also known as the Crowbar or Hockey Stick Galaxy. It lies within the vicinity of NGC4631. The distortion of NGC4656 as well as that of NGC4631 suggests that both galaxies interacted in the past. Note the very faint extension of stars to the top-right. North is on the right.
Technical data: Imaged from the 27-28/05/2017; 50 x 5 min. exposures through a GSO RC 8" f/8 with a PrimaLuceLab 700Da cooled at -10 degree Celsius; ISO 3200; no light pollution filter; Stacked with DeepSkyStacker in autoadaptive weight averaging mode and further processed in Fitswork4, PS and Noiseware Community.
Total 1hr 10min
H-Alpha - 7x600sec
Stacked in DeepSkyStacker & processed in PS2.
Camera: Atik 314L+ Mono
Filters: Baader H-Alpha 7nm.
Scope: Sky-Watcher Equinox 80ED .
Mount: AZ EQ6-GT goto, PhD guided with Orion 50mm guidescope & SSAG.
M51 - Also known as the whirlpool galaxy.
C6S-GT at F6.3
Canon 40D at ISO 1600
37x4min, 20 darks, 20 flats
Stacked and processed in DeepSkyStacker, PixInsightLE and Photoshop
Noise reduction in NeatImage
Manually, off-axis guided for 12 x 4-minute exposures at ISO 1600, f/4.
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.
(I need to add the usual caveat that this fast telescope doesn't give nice round star images towards the edges due to coma).
A barred spiral galaxy in Ursa major.
Celestron C6S-GT at F10
Canon 40D at ISO 1600
42x3min
Stacked in DeepSkyStacker and processed in Pixinsight LE, Gimp and NeatImage.
OTA: Canon 300mm f/4, stopped to 62mm for f/4.8
Camera: ZWO ASI1600MM
Filters: Baader CMOS-Optimized Ultra-Narrowband
Exposure: Ha 14x10min, Oiii 6x10min, RGB 12x1min
Mount: CEM70G
Captured with SGP
Registered and stacked with DeepSkyStacker
Photographed from Round Rock TX (light pollution zone: red)
In the constellation Ursa Major. ~120 images stacked using DeepSkyStacker. 270mm, f2.8, 1.6s, ISO3200, exposure bias +3.
The images were processed to jpeg to enhance the lighter areas before stacking.
M81 06.03.2021 - distance to earth around 11.7 Mio Lj
Nexstar 8 SE w/o wedge / reducer /Canon 1300D astro-modified.
DeepSkyStacker 96 frames; 31 min 40 s
Post processed with PS elements
Cencenighe d'agordino - 16/01/10
Transparency: 4/5
Seeing 3/5
Meade SN6 (Schmidt Newton 15cm/6")
Canon 450D Baader unmodified
14x480 Sec RAW 400 ISO
15 Dark - 21 Bias - 21 Flat
Guided with PHD Guiding
Magzero Mz5-m+Orion ShortTube 80 f5
Deepskystacker; Iris, Pixinsight, Photoshop
Notes: Processed in Iris With 15 iterations of RL2 deconvolution
24 lights (30s ISO1600) 10 Darks 20 Flats 20 Bias. Canon EOS 450D prime focus Skywatcher 150 Explorer Newtonian. EQ3-2 Mount. DeepSkyStacker > PixInsight > Photoshop CS5
[08122015]
Orionnebel(M42)
Fuji X-E1
Walimex Pro IF 85mm F1.4
21x
F5.6/ISO6400/2.5s/85mm
DeepSkyStacker
Fitsworks
FaststoneViewer
Canon EOS 450D prime focus Skywatcher 150 Newtonian. 10 lights (20s ISO1600); 10 darks; 20 flats; 20 bias. Processed in DeepSkyStacker, PixInsight and Photoshop CS5
M48 in Hydra. 6th February 2013. Fuji S2 at prime focus of a Celestron NexStar 102 SLT. ISO800. 12x10s frames processed in DeepSkyStacker and Photoshop.
3x20s - 1 Dark - 1 Flat Dark - ISO1600
Nikkor 28-80mm F3.3-5.6G at 28mm F3.3
Fuji FinePix S1 Pro
Deep Sky Stacker
14 x 4-minute exposures at ISO 1600, f/4. Pentacon 300mm lens & unmodified EOS 40D, piggybacked on a Celestron C8 telescope for manual guiding. Frames registered and stacked using DeepSkyStacker.
Part of the Virgo Cluster of Galaxies in the constellation Virgo. This is part of the area they call the Realm of Galaxies, between Virgo and Leo, and there are estimated to be up to 2000 galaxies visible in that area of the sky (not to the naked eye though!). The two largest in this image, M84 and M86 - the round blobs to the right - are between 55 and 60 million light years away. Took me ages to get this little lot in the frame!
Still experiencing problems with my mount, so restricted to 26 minutes here having had to ditch a few. I'll give this another go when the mount decides to behave itself.
26 April 2011
200p, EQ5 unguided
Nikon D70 full spectrum prime focus
26 x 60sec
iso 1600
darks, bias and flats.
Stacked in DSS processed in CS5
Kit:
Canon 6d
Canon 70-200 f/4
Home brew barn door tracking mount
DeepSkyStacker 4.1.1
Lightroom 6 / Photoshop
Image:
12 frames (best of 24)
200mm f/4
ISO 1600
123sec/frame
Location
Near Moore Falls, Ontario
(Bortle Scale 3 light pollution)
Pentax K-5 II
smc PENTAX-DA 18-55mm F3.5-5.6 AL WR
71x19 seconds stacked using DeepSkyStacker
Post processing in Photoshop
My deep sky astrophotography equipment:
- Canon EOS 1200Da (Modded)
- Skywatcher NEQ6 with Rowan Belt Mod
- Skywatcher Evostar ED80 DS Pro
- Astronomik CLS Clip in Filter
- Baader UV/IR Cut Filter (1.25")
- Baader Ha,Sii,Oiii Filters (1.25")
- Altair GPCAM 1 MONO
- Altair 60mm starwave guide scope
- Pegasus Astro Pocket Powerbox
- Astrozap 3" and 4" Dew heater bands
- Amazon Basics USB 2.0 Hub
20m USB 2.0 Extension Cable
- Various adapters and cables
- Controlled by APT (Astrophotography Tool), and Stark Labs PHD2 Guiding
- Processed in DeepSkyStacker (DSS) and Adobe Photoshop CC
AstroTech AT8RC + CCDT67 + Atik383L(-30C) on SkyWatcher AZ-EQ6GT
Astrodon Tru-Balance E-Series Gen2 (with EFW2)
L10x60sec,R5x60sec,G5x60sec,B10x60sec (Total:30min)
Guiding: OAG9 + LodestarX2
StellaImage7, DeepSkyStacker, Photoshop CC2015
Locations: Okayama, Japan
Dec. 2015
Info:
Object: NGC7380 Wizard Nebula
Telescope: Skywatcher explorer 150p f/5 met Baader MPCC
Camera: 450D Full Spectrum
Mount: Heq 5 pro
Guiding: TSOAG9 met Orion SSAG
Imaging time: 47x5mn & 52x10min= 12hr 35mn
Filter: Hutech IDAS LPS-P2
Darks: 40x5min & 21x10min
ISO: 400
Stacked in: DeepSkyStacker (DSS)
Processing: Photoshop CS6
Location: Heesch en Sterrenwacht Halley
Date:28-07-2013, 01-08-2013 & 03-08-2013
M-20, the Trifid Nebula is 5,200 light years distant with an approximate diameter of 40 ly. It's magnitude is 6.3
Equipment Used:
Explore Scientific ED102 APO, Celestron AVX mount, Orion MMAG autoguider.
Imaged with an unmoddified Nikon D5300 with Astrophotography Tool software.
Imaging data:
40 light frames for 150 seconds at iso 400 stacked in dss at 90% which is about 90 minutes total integration.
15 darks at 77 deg F
15 bias
15 flats (from the bank)
Shot just over the roof line of my neighbors house.
Stacked in DeepSkyStacker and processed in Startools with a little touch of contrast and noise reduction in Photoshop Elements 15.
IC 443 (nota anche come Nebulosa Medusa e Sharpless 248 ( Sh2-248 )) è un residuo di supernova galattica (SNR) nella costellazione dei Gemelli . La sua distanza è di circa 5.000 anni luce dalla Terra. IC 443 potrebbe essere i resti di una supernova avvenuta tra 3.000 e 30.000 anni fa. IC 443 è uno dei casi meglio studiati di resti di supernova che interagiscono con le nubi molecolari circostanti. Dati tecnici Telescopio SW 72ed ridotto 0,8x Camera Qhy294c pro Filtro L-ultimate Acquisizione N.I.N.A. Guida Phd2 con cam. Asi 224 Tubo guida 60/240 Scatti da 300" tot. 2h e 45' più 2h con filtro SII Svbony 2"più 20 m. per le stelle con filtro L-pro 2" . Montatura Heq5pro Somma DeepSkyStacker Elab. PixInsight + Photoshop
Imaging telescope or lens:Explore Scientific 102mm ED CF APO triplet ED 102 CF
Imaging camera:Altair Hypercam 183C
Mount:iOptron iEQ30 Pro iOptron
Guiding telescope or lens:Starwave 50mm guidscope Starwave
Guiding camera:Altair Astro GP Cam 130 mono Altair
Focal reducer:Altair Lightwave 0.8 Reducer/Flattener Altair Lightwave
Software:PHD2 2.6.4, APT - Astro Photography Tool APT 2.43, DeepSkyStacker (DSS) Deepskystacker 3.3.2, Photoshop CC 2017 Photoshop
Filter:Badaar Moon and SkyGlow Badaar
Resolution: 4678x3381
Dates: Sept. 11, 2018
Frames:
Badaar Moon and SkyGlow Badaar: 30x120" (gain: 11.00) 15C bin 1x1
Badaar Moon and SkyGlow Badaar: 10x300" (gain: 11.00) 16C bin 1x1
Integration: 1.8 hours
Darks: ~25
Flats: ~40
Avg. Moon age: 1.96 days
Avg. Moon phase: 4.28%
Bortle Dark-Sky Scale: 7.00
Mean FWHM: 6.12
Temperature: 12.50
Astrometry.net job: 2248362
Locations: Home Observatory, Newmarket, Ontario, Canada
Data source: Backyard
7x15s - 1 Dark - 1 Flat Dark - ISO1600
Nikkor 28-80mm F3.3-5.6G at 28mm F3.3
Fuji FinePix S1 Pro
Deep Sky Stacker
Omega Centauri
Date taken: 19,20,22/04/2023 around 20h00
Location: Pretoria, Gauteng
Equipment: SkyWatcher MN190 telescope with unmodified Nikon D5300 camera
Duration: 133 x 45 second images
Processing: Stacked in Deepskystacker and processed in Startools
Coenraad van der Merwe
Camera: Nikon D50
Exposure: 50m 14s (14 frames 3-6 min) ISO 800 RGB
Filter: Orion Skyglow Imaging Filter
Flattener/Correction: MPCC
Focus Method: Prime focus
Telescope Aperature/Focal Length: 203×812mm
Mount: LXD75
Telescope: Meade 8" Schmidt-Newtonian
Guided: Yes - PHD Guiding
Stacked: DeepSkyStacker
Adjustments: cropped/leveled in Photoshop
Location: Flintstone, GA
Six months of experience makes a big difference! www.flickr.com/photos/lee_pullen/14421524755/in/set-72157...
Constellation: Serpens Cauda............Distance:7000ly
Location: my suburban Sydney backyard on 21/07/2009
Modified Canon EOS 400D, Orion ED80 (FL600mm) at prime focus. IDAS LPS filter
EQ5 mount autoguided by 3"WO refractor;Philips SPC900nc & PhD
ISO800 5 X 5min subs stacked in DeepSkyStacker with darks.
Processed in Noiseware
Localisation : CastresmallObservatory (Castres, Tarn - France)
Acquisition Date : 2017-10-11
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 : 32 minutes [16 subexposures of 120" @ ISO 1600]
Dark & Offset 10/9 @ ISO 1600 - Flat & Dark-Flat : 11/9 @ ISO 1600
Temps/Weather : Bonne transparence. T=?°C. Humidité faible.
Constellation : Cepheus/Céphée
NGC6946
Mag : 8.90
Dim : 11'x11'
Software Used : Astro Photograph Tool (v3.33), DeepSkyStacker 3.3.6, Pixinsight LE, PhotoShop 7, xnview, Noiseware Community Edition