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The Pelican Nebula (also known as IC 5070 and IC 5067[1]) is an H II region associated with the North America Nebula in the constellation Cygnus. The gaseous contortions of this emission nebula bear a resemblance to a pelican, giving rise to its name.[1] The Pelican Nebula is located nearby first magnitude star Deneb, and is divided from its more prominent neighbour, the North America Nebula, by a molecular cloud filled with dark dust.
The Pelican is much studied because it has a particularly active mix of star formation and evolving gas clouds. The light from young energetic stars is slowly transforming cold gas to hot and causing an ionization front gradually to advance outward. Particularly dense filaments of cold gas are seen to still remain, and among these are found two jets emitted from the Herbig–Haro object 555.[1] Millions of years from now this nebula might no longer be known as the Pelican, as the balance and placement of stars and gas will leave something that appears completely different.
Technical card
Imaging telescopes or lenses: Vixen VSD100 f/3.8 Astrograph
Imaging cameras: Starlight Express SXVR-H18
Mounts: Sky-Watcher NEQ6 Pro
Guiding telescopes or lenses: Vixen VSD
Guiding cameras: sx loadstar
Software: PixInsight 1.8, Photoshop CS5
Filters: Baader O III 8.5nm, Baader Ha 8.5nm
Accessories: Starlight Xpress USB filter wheel, Starlight Xpress Lodestar Guider
Resolution: 3307x2486
Frames:
Baader Ha 8.5nm: 11x1800" bin 1x1
Baader O III 8.5nm: 12x1800" bin 1x1
Baader SII 8.5nm: 10x1800" bin 1x1
Integration: 16.5 hours
Avg. Moon age: 21.77 days
Avg. Moon phase: 54.01%
Locations: Home observatory, Valencia, Spain
Cosmic Dust Ritual
My Interplanetary Memories
Interplanetary Travel
I was watching the sunset under a red cosmic dust cloud when I took this photo. I was sitting in silence enjoying this unique view in the sky. It was a moment when I felt very, very lucky. I had not yet given a name to this nebula I had just discovered. Instead of naming this nebula, I decided to savor the moment. A nebula or nebula is a nebula structure in space made up of cosmic dust, hydrogen, helium, and other ionized gases spread over vast areas. They were the remains of a dying star. Even billions of years old stars can have an end. When I think about it, a shudder takes over my body. While the concept of the end sometimes causes peace and excitement in me, the concept of the end sometimes causes fear in me. A concept that can put you in volatile moods is the ending. Maybe I should stop thinking about the end. But I still can't stop myself from thinking about my end. There is a result that I have experienced with nebulas and which surprised me quite a bit. I always felt a tremendous sense of peace in the face of all the cosmic dust landscapes I encountered. I was able to sleep better at night. And when I woke up, I felt that my whole body was completely relaxed. The dreams I had when I slept under the cosmic dust were also different. At night, I had dreams that made me happy and did not tire my mind. I discovered that cosmic dust causes positive results in the human body and soul. However, I have never measured it scientifically. It was just an observational discovery. Even thinking about those moments gives me peace right now. Again, I can't wait to encounter a cosmic dust landscape, the nebula.
Camera: Canon EOS Kiss X7i
Photograph by Yusuf Alioglu
Location: Outer space (space)
The Whirlpool Galaxy in Canes Venatici: astrobackyard.com/m51-whirlpool-galaxy/
This was an exciting project for me!
I've never had enough reach to do M51 justice before. This image was created by collecting LRGB exposures (5-minutes each) over several cold nights in March and April, 2020.
36 x 300-seconds Lum
9 x 300-seconds Red
12 x 300-seconds Green
15 x 300-seconds Blue
The images were stacked in DeepSkyStacker and processed entirely in Adobe Photoshop 2020.
I've recorded a 30-minute image-processing tutorial of the techniques used for this image that will be live in my image processing guide by the end of this week. If you've already downloaded it, remember to update to the new version (for free) this weekend to find it!
Clear skies!
6 out of 9 space cadets... prefer our deep space hot air balloon rides.. they come bit heavy on the saturated side... the air up there is a little bit lighter... the veiw is out of this world...but the b/w effects are taking over now... getting ready for the festival next weekend...we should be arriving at 015..9r a bit later... so see you then.. btw what kinda faces are in the clouds.... up up and away in my beautiful balloon....HSS...
This 'deepscape' shows the California Nebula (NGC1499) setting behind the upper part of the Carmenna chairlift in Arosa, Switzerland. The foreground was lit by snowcats grooming the ski slopes.
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EXIF
Canon EOS 6D, astro-modified
Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8 L @ 200mm
iOptron SkyTracker Pro
Sky:
Stack of 56x 60s @ ISO1600, tracked
Foreground:
Stack of 7 x 60s @ ISO1600, untracked
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• Sky-Watcher Quattro 250P
• Sky-Watcher EQ8-R Pro
• ZWO ASI294MM-Pro
• ZWO Hα 7nm: 41x600s bin1 gain 200
• ZWO OIII 7nm: 27x600s bin2 gain 200
• ZWO SII 7nm: 28x600s bin2 gain 200
(total integration 16h)
• ZWO OAG & ASI290Mini guide cam
• TS GPU coma corrector
• ZWO EFW, ZWO EAF & Pegasus Astro Ultimate Powerbox 2
Trevinca, Valding, Spain
Bortle 3, SQM 21.8
processed with Pixinsight
3 a.m.
I'm up an repairing an electrical pipeline that blew due to to much charge up from lasts nights metor shower. The shields held up. but not without a fight.
The Veil Nebula in Cygnus, with its intricate structures, is one of my preferred nebulas in the night sky and is the result of a supernova which happened some 10,000 or 20,000 years ago.
This image is the re-processing of data taken in 2021, whose first version was published here astrob.in/93bsj3/C/ and I may say that this time I was able to achieve what I envisioned to this photo.
I hope you enjoy.
Shot at Barcarena on August 2021.
Technical details:
NB: 111 x 600’’
BB: 20 x 120’’
TS Optics Triplet APO 800/115 | TS Optics TSFLAT2 0.79x | QHYCCD 268C | Omegon IV/IR Cut 2'' | Optolong L-Extreme
Acquisition: N.I.N.A. | Processing: Pixinsight
The heart of the Heart nebula revisited using the "natural palette" with special attention to the dark nebulas there.
It a complete rework of a previous image made on SHOrgb.
A total of 57 hours of integration and a lot of intermediate version on the process.
Still I think that I could obtain more details, but this will be next year (maybe :P ).
Technical card
Imaging telescopes or lenses:Teleskop Service TS Photoline 107mm f/6.5 Super-Apo , Altair Astro RC250-TT 10" RC Truss Tube
Imaging cameras:ZWO ASI183MM-Cool , ZWO ASI1600MM-Cool
Mounts:Skywatcher EQ6R Pro , Mesu 200 Mk2
Guiding telescopes or lenses:Celestron OAG Deluxe , Teleskop Service TSOAG9 Off-Axis Guider
Guiding cameras:ZWO ASI290 Mini , ZWO ASI174 Mini
Focal reducers:Riccardi Reducer/Flattener 0.75x , Telescope-Service TS 2" Flattener
Software:Pleiades Astrophoto PixInsight , Seqence Generator Pro
Filters:Astrodon O-III 36mm - 5nm , Astrodon S-II 36mm - 5nm , Astrodon R Gen.2 E-series 36mm , Astrodon G Gen.2 E-series 36mm , Astrodon B Gen.2 E-series 36mm , Astrodon HA 36mm - 5nm , Optolong SII 6.5nm 36mm , Optolong OIII 6.5nm 36mm
Accessory:ZWO EFW , MoonLite NiteCrawler WR30 , MoonLite CSL 2.5" Focuser with High Res Stepper Motor
Dates:Nov. 29, 2019
Frames:
Astrodon B Gen.2 E-series 36mm: 90x30" (gain: 75.00) -20C bin 1x1
Astrodon G Gen.2 E-series 36mm: 90x30" (gain: 75.00) -20C bin 1x1
Astrodon HA 36mm - 5nm: 166x600" (gain: 200.00) -20C bin 1x1
Optolong OIII 6.5nm 36mm: 80x600" (gain: 183.00) -15C bin 1x1
Astrodon R Gen.2 E-series 36mm: 90x30" (gain: -75.00) -15C bin 1x1
Optolong SII 6.5nm 36mm: 80x600" (gain: 183.00) -15C bin 1x1
Integration: 56.6 hours
Avg. Moon age: 2.95 days
Avg. Moon phase: 9.53%
Astrometry.net job: 3907933
RA center: 2h 34' 16"
DEC center: +61° 21' 18"
Pixel scale: 1.007 arcsec/pixel
Orientation: 359.646 degrees
Field radius: 0.408 degrees
Resolution: 1760x2328
Locations: AAS Montsec, Àger, Lleida, Spain
Data source: Own remote observatory
Remote source: Non-commercial independent facility
NGC6888, nota anche come Nebulosa Crescente, è una nebulosa diffusa visibile nella parte meridionale della costellazione del Cigno.
Si trova a circa 4.700 anni luce dal sistema solare e si estende nello spazio per 16 anni luce. Può essere individuata con un piccolo telescopio da cieli di buona qualità.
Fotografia realizzata nel mese di marzo e aprile del 2020 tramite l'uso dell'osservatorio personale 3z Observatory.
Composizione multi blending HOO di circa 16 h ore di integrazione a bin2
Strumentazione:
RC12GSO su EQ8
CCD G24000-Astrodon Filter - OA Starlight
Elaborazione tramite Pixinsight/Photoshop
Autori: Paolo Zampolini e Giorgio Mazzacurati @3zObservatory
IC405 is an emission and reflection nebula in the constellation Auriga. The nebula measures approximately 37.0' x 19.0', and lies about 1,500 light-years away from Earth.
Image capture details: (11h)
Ha-16x1,200sec (5h20m)
OIII-4x1,200sec (1h20m)
SII-13x1,200sec (4h20m)
Imaging Equipment:
SharpStar 140PH Triplet 910mm focal length
Mesu 200 MKII,
ZWOASI1600MM Pro camera
Antlia narrowband filters (Ha, OIII, SII)
Processed in PixInsight and Photoshop
Con solo 1h e 10min di integrazione totale e temperatura del sensore 22°
-#85 in Explore 11/11/2016 (verificato 12/11/16 ore20:30)
Il 12/09/2015 acquisivo questo FOV con lo scopo di riuscire ad evidenziare anche le Nubi Molecolari che circondano il famosissimo ammasso aperto delle Pleiadi (M45). In questi casi occorrono cieli molto bui, una congrua integrazione e temperatura ambiente abbastanza bassa per chi utilizza le DSLR. Purtroppo velature e nubi mi avevano permesso di acquisire solo 14 frames da 300s: troppo poca l'integrazione di 1h e 10 min per pretendere qualcosa. Inoltre occorre ricordare che lo strumento fotografico era il teleobiettivo Zenit Jupiter-11A 135mm f4 (diametro obiettivo di 33,75 mm). flic.kr/p/MekcC7
Speravo in altre sessioni fotografiche per aumentare almeno l'integrazione totale, ma non sono stato fortunato.
Dopo un anno di inutile speranze ero comunque molto curioso di vedere cosa avrei potuto estrapolare da quei pochi frames. I frames combinati dal programma DeepSkyStacker (DSS) hanno creato il file.tif finale combinato, che mostrava appena un pò di nebulosità attorno a M45.
Il mio obiettivo erano le debolissime Nubi Molecolari quindi mi aspettava una elaborazione molto ardua!
E' stato necessario agire molto sulla regolazione livelli di PS e il forte "stretch" ha ovviamente evidenziato i limiti della poca integrazione. Non è stato facile controllare i diametri stellari e il rumore nei mezzitoni e nelle ombre . Questi effetti collaterali mi hanno costretto a lavorare molto con le selezioni e algoritmi riduci-rumore. Sapevo già che non potevo pretendere grande definizione dei dettagli.
Malgrado tutto l'obiettivo è stato raggiunto e mi ritengo molto soddisfatto del risultato finale, dove le debolissime Nubi Molecolari, presenti nella nostra Via Lattea, sono visibili.
Curiosità> Fa un certo effetto ripensare che fino a 15 anni fa con la fotografia analogica un risultato come questo era impensabile e irragiungibile con modesti strumenti.
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With only 1h and 10 min of total integration time and sensor temperature 22°C
-#85 on Explore 11/11/2016 (checked on 11.12.2016 8.30 pm)
On 09/12/2015 I acquired this FOV for the purpose too to be able to reveal the molecular clouds that surround the famous Pleiades open cluster (M45). In these cases it takes a long dark skies, a fair share integration and low enough ambient temperature for those who use DSLR. Unfortunately, clouds had allowed me to acquire only 14 frames of 300s: too little integration of 1h and 10 min to demand something. It is noted that the photographic instrument was the telephoto Zenit Jupiter-11A 135mm f4 (objective diameter of 33.75 mm). flic.kr/p/MekcC7
I was hoping for more photo sessions to increase at least the total integration, but I was not lucky.
After a year of futile hope I was however very curious to see what I could extrapolate from those few frames. The frames combined by DeepSkyStacker (DSS) program have created the final file.tif combined, which showed only a little nebulosity around M45.
My objective was very faint Molecular Clouds therefore waited for me a very arduous processing!
It was important to act on the adjustment levels of PS and the strong stretch has obviously revealed the limitations of little integration. It was not easy to control the stellar diameters and noise in the midtones and shadows. These adverse effects have forced me to work a lot with the selections and reduce noise algorithms. I already knew that I could not expect great detail definition.
Despite all, the purpose has been achieved and I am very pleased with the final result, where the faint Molecular Clouds, present in our Milky Way, are visible.
Curiosity> Makes a certain effect rethink that until 15 years ago with analog photography a result like this was unthinkable and unattainable with modest instruments.
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Lens: Zenit Jupiter-11A 135mm f/4 flic.kr/p/MekcC7
Camera: Canon EOS 550D (Rebel T2i) mod. Baader BCF
Mount: Sky Watcher HEQ5 Synscan
Seeing 3 (scala Antoniadi inversa)
14x300s 1600iso / 21 dark / 21 flat / 21 bias
date 12/09/2015
temperature 16°C (media)
Temperature sensor: 22°C (media)
Integration 1h 10min
Location: monti Nebrodi, (Sicily-Italy) 1550m slm
Elaborazione DSS + PSCS3.
Durante lo Star Party del Gruppo Astrofili Catanesi astrofilicatanesi.net/ (02-04/08/2024), il cielo pur essendo discreto a causa dell'Inquinamento luminoso non mostrava bene la Via Lattea a declinazione negativa. Ho dovuto scegliere un target vicino allo zenit: il Muro del Cigno. Una vasta e ricca nebulosità che fa parte della grande nebulosa Nord America (NGC7000) it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nebulosa_Nord_America.
La prima notte purtroppo ho acquisito (non so cosa sia successo) senza raffreddare il sensore della ASI533MC-pro (circa 15°C). Speravo nella seconda notte ma a causa delle nuvole ho acquisito solo 5 frame.
Ciò malgrado l'immagine combinata era abbastanza buona. Ho deciso allora di riprendere da casa un pò di segnale in banda stretta per aggiungerlo all'immagine RGB ed enfatizzare il segnale H-alfa.
Sono rimasto piacevolmente sorpreso nel vedere durante l'elaborazione che la prima sessione di 43 frame a +15° aveva un segnale sufficente per regalarmi questo risultato.
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During the Star Party of the Gruppo Astrofili Catanesi astrofilicatanesi.net/ (02-04/08/2024), the sky, although discrete due to light pollution, did not show the Milky Way well at negative declination. I had to choose a target close to the zenith: the Cygnus Wall. It is a large and bright nebulosity that is part of the great North American nebula (NGC7000) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_America_Nebula#:~:text=The%20...(NGC,its%20shape%20resembles%20North%20America.
Unfortunately the first night I acquired (I don't know what happened) without cooling the sensor of the ASI533MC-pro (about 15°C). I was hoping for the second night but due to the clouds I acquired only 5 frames.
Despite this the combined image was quite good. I then decided to take some narrowband signal from home to add it to the RGB image and emphasize the H-alpha signal.
I was pleasantly surprised to see during the processing that the first session of 43 frames at +15° had enough signal to give me this result.
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Optic: Rifrattore APO Scopos TL805 80mm/f7 + WO 0.8X
Camera: ZWO ASI533MC-Pro
Mount: Sky Watcher HEQ5 Synscan
Narrowband filter Optolong L-eNhance 2"
Seeing: 3 (scala Antoniadi inversa)
RGB 43x300s 121gain / 12 dark /20 flat / 21 darkflat /0 bias sensor +15°C
RGB 5x300s 121gain / 12 dark /20 flat / 21 darkflat /0 bias sensor -5°C
Ha+OIII 13x600s 121gain / 15 dark /21 flat / 21 darkflat /0 bias sensor -5°C
Date: 3-4-21/08/2024
Integration: 6h 10min
Temperature: 21°C (media)
Location for RGB: Maniace (CT) , monti Nebrodi (Sicily-Italy) 890m slm
location for Ha+OIII: Biancavilla -Catania-(Italy) 515m slm
Acquisition: NINA, PHDGuiding
Processing: DSS, GraXpert, SIRIL, PS.
© P Williamson 2015
13 November 2015
Taken near Al Khanza desert (Abu Dhabi)
L: 33min (180 sec sub exp)
R: 24 min (180 sec sub exp)
G: Synth
B: 9 min (180 sec sub exp)
Camera: Atik 490ex Mono
Scope: Celestron C8, Hyperstar Lens (F/2)
Mount: Sky Watcher AZ-EQ6 GT
Filters: Baader
Andromeda Galaxy a.k.a. Messier 31
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Andromeda, the largest galaxy in the so-called Local Group of Galaxies to which our galaxy also belongs, is 2.5 million light-years away and can be seen (even with the naked eye) in the constellation Andromeda. As general information, Andromeda is about 1.5 times larger than the Milky Way, with a diameter of 220,000 light-years (compared to the Milky Way which is 120-140,000 light-years in diameter) and contains more than 2 times as many stars. Although the first mention of this celestial object dates from 960, the first to give a more detailed description was the German astronomer Simon Marius, in the 1600s.
It should also be mentioned that Andromeda and the Milky Way are approaching with about 100 miles per second, experts estimate that in about 3-4 billion years the 2 galaxies will collide and thus form a new giant galaxy.
The attached image only shows part of Andromeda because the equipment I used was prepared for another target.
Equipment and settings:
Mount: Skywatcher EQ6R Pro
Telescope: Skywatcher 150PDS newtonian telescope
Camera: ASI 533MC Pro
Filter: Baader UV/IR cut
Integration: 52min
26 light frames x 2 min + calibration frames
Stacking with DSS. Edit in Pixinsight si Lightroom.
Location: my Bortle 6+ backyard
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• Sky-Watcher Quattro 250P
• Sky-Watcher EQ8-R Pro
• ZWO ASI294MM-Pro
• Astronomik L: 29x300s bin1 gain 0
• Astronomik RGB: 35x300s bin2 gain 125
(total integration 5.3h)
• ZWO OAG & ASI290Mini guide cam
• TS GPU coma corrector
• ZWO EFW, ZWO EAF & Pegasus Astro Ultimate Powerbox 2
Trevinca, Valding, Spain
Bortle 3, SQM 21.8
processed with Pixinsight
Simeis 147, a supernova remnant also known as Sharpless 2-240, is an object typically photographed with narrowband filters, because under visible light it just appears too "poor" in comparison, mainly due to the fact that this object is extremely faint when imaged through RGB filters - and not too bright when using narrowband filters either! Narrowband data however deprives us from viewing the many other things happening around it.
Most narrowband+broadband compositions I've seen (usually H-Alpha + RGB or H-Alpha + LRGB) haven't been able to "fix" that, so I decided to give it a try, also expanding the typical already-wide FOV, to hopefully capture and visually document more of what's around.
3 panes mosaic for LRGB: L: 6 x 10', RGB: 6x5' each,
3 panes mosaic for H-Alpha: All combined 56 x 15'
Imaging Scope: FSQ 106 EDX w/Reducer
Camera: STL11k
Captured at Henry Coe State Park, DARC Observatory and Montebello OSP, California, on November 2011
Almost 7 years together ❤️.
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️ Allez hop on retourne en Bretagne avec le ciel estival pour oublier cette grisaille IN-TER-MI-NA-BLE dans le Nord de la France qui empêche de faire de l'astrophoto depuis de longues semaines… Je n'ai jamais vu un hiver aussi pourri, même la Lune se met à nous troller en apparaissant uniquement les soirs de pleine Lune 😤.
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✨ En attendant de pouvoir vous montrer la comète du moment en image, voici une compo au 35mm (assez serré) de la Voie Lactée mais c'est une focale qui me plait de plus en plus en astro. Je voulais une compo assez minimaliste de nos 2 silhouettes avec la Voie Lactée comme toile de fond. Les moments où on peut s'immortaliser à deux sous étoiles sont rares et je voulais absolument garder ce souvenir en photo même s'il y a rien de typiquement breton ici 😬. Nous nous sommes posés, (non sans mal 😂) sur ce ballot de paille pour admirer le centre galactique qui se dressait devant nous avant d'aller nous coucher. L'absence de pollution lumineuse ici est un énorme atout et permet de facilement distinguer la Voie Lactée à l'œil nu.
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🚐 Ce road trip en Van en Bretagne nous a fait ouvrir les yeux sur ce mode de vie si simple mais pourtant si incroyable. Le sentiment de liberté est indescriptible, parcourir les routes au gré de ses envies, dîner le soir avec le coucher du soleil au-dessus de la mer, partir sur un autre spot pour admirer les étoiles loin de toute pollution lumineuse… Il ne faut rien de plus pour rendre ces moments inoubliables surtout lorsqu'on les vit aux côtés de la personne que l'on aime 💚.
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EXIF :
- @canonfrance 6D Astrodon + 35mm f/1.4L II USM
- @skywatcherusa Star Adventurer
- Sol : 1*30sec ISO3200 f/2
- Ciel : 22*60sec ISO1600 f/2.4
- Traitement Pix & PS
- Campagne de Pont-Aven
IC443 (Sh2-248) a supernova remnant (SNR)is located in the constellation of Gemini. It is commonly known as the “Jellyfish Nebula”due to it's shape.
These types of objects are created by one of the most important processes in the universe - a supernova event - when a star explodes and scatters the heavier chemical elements it has made during its lifetime back into space. This material will eventually form into future stars and planetary systems.
IC443 is thought to have been formed between 30,000 and 35,000 years ago and is located about 5,000 light years away,
Details
M: Avalon Linear fast reverse
T: Takahashi FSQ85 0.73x
C: QSI690-wsg with 3nm narrowband filters.
14x1800s in Ha
13x1800s in OIII
13x1800s in SII
20 hours total exposure time
Another M82 :D
More that 20 hours of integration time. Specially dificult to display the fine details but it was easy to use only one telescope to capture all data.
Messier 82 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 Milky Way and has a center one hundred times more luminous.
(desc credits: wikipedia)
Technical card
Imaging telescopes or lenses: Altair Astro RC250-TT 10" RC Truss Tube
Imaging cameras: ZWO ASI1600MM-Cool
Mounts: Mesu 200 Mk2
Guiding telescopes or lenses: Celestron OAG Deluxe
Guiding cameras: ZWO ASI174 Mini
Focal reducers: Riccardi Reducer/Flattener 0.75x
Software: Pleiades Astrophoto PixInsight · Seqence Generator Pro
Filters: Astrodon R Gen.2 E-series 36mm · Astrodon G Gen.2 E-series 36mm · Astrodon B Gen.2 E-series 36mm · Astrodon L Gen.2 E-series 36mm
Accessory: ZWO EFW · MoonLite NiteCrawler WR30
Dates:Dec. 17, 2020 , Jan. 18, 2021 , Feb. 11, 2021 , Feb. 25, 2021 , March 10, 2021
Frames:
Astrodon B Gen.2 E-series 36mm: 100x120" (3h 20') (gain: 75.00) -20C bin 1x1
Astrodon G Gen.2 E-series 36mm: 100x120" (3h 20') (gain: 75.00) -20C bin 1x1
Astrodon HA 36mm - 5nm: 25x600" (4h 10') (gain: 200.00) -20C bin 1x1
Astrodon L Gen.2 E-series 36mm: 240x120" (8h) (gain: 75.00) -20C bin 1x1
Astrodon R Gen.2 E-series 36mm: 100x120" (3h 20') (gain: 75.00) -20C bin 1x1
Integration: 22h 10'
Avg. Moon age: 15.41 days
Avg. Moon phase: 28.56%
Astrometry.net job: 4600468
RA center: 9h 55' 56"
DEC center: +69° 40' 41"
Pixel scale: 1.007 arcsec/pixel
Orientation: -178.751 degrees
Field radius: 0.337 degrees
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Resolution: 1818x1583
Locations: AAS Montsec, Àger, Lleida, Spain
Data source: Own remote observatory
Remote source: Non-commercial independent facility
Probably the last picture with this setup, the last one with the ASI1600M / ASI183M.
I am upgrading my set up to QHY268M / QHY294M and also from the Riccardi reducer to TS-Optics RC 0.8x. (more info here)
It's a long process, to many changes.
But here is my Sunflower version.
It's an integration time of a little more than 24 hours.
From that version in 2017 astrob.in/292513/D/ to the current one, a lot of things happen.
It's a difficult object to me despite that I saw a good evolution over the years.
Always was like a defocus image, on this last picture I do all my best to correct that.
This is my last try with that focal
Now I changed my cameras but I am not sure if this change could produce better results. Maybe will check next year.
The distance to this Glaxy M63, based upon the luminosity-distance measurement is 29,300,000 light-years. Meaning that the light of the stars on this galaxy needs more than 29 million years to arrive to my camera.....
It's interesting how many other galaxies appear on the field.
Only with the PGC Catalog you could see another 7 but including the SDSS catalog up to mag. 19..... another 216 galaxies are annotated (it's full of galaxies, not stars!!)
Second completed image of 2021 and the first complete one from my local astronomy club's dark site, an hour and a half outside of Houston. We finally had the first clear new moon weekend of the year, and myself and many others in the club decided we had to take advantage of it. It was a beautiful night with no clouds and the dew kept at bay. Had to image something unique for galaxy season and I settled on Markarian's Chain in Virgo. I framed to to get as many individual galaxies as I could in one shot.
- Location: Houston Astronomical Society's Dark Site (Bortle 4)
- Total Integration Time: 6.65 Hours
Equipment:
- Scope: TS107 w/ 0.79x Reducer
- Imaging Camera: QHY 268M
- Filters: Chroma LRGB 36mm
- Mount: Skywatcher EQ6-R Pro
- Guidescope: SVBony 50mm Guidescope
- Guide camera: QHY5L-ii mono
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Software:
- N.I.N.A for image acquisition, platesolving, and framing
- PHD2 for guiding
- PixInsight for processing
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Acquisition:
- L: 61 x 180"
- R: 25 x 180"
- G: 24 x 180"
- B: 24 x 180"
- All images at Gain 56, Offset 25 (Readout mode 1) and 0C sensor temperature
- 20 flats per filter
- Master Dark from library
- Master Bias from Library
- Nights: 4/10/21
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Processing:
- BatchPreProcessing to generate calibrated files
- SubFrameSelector to weight files
- ImageIntegration, DrizzleIntegration of masters
Luminance Processing:
- DynamicCrop
- DynamicBackgroundExtraction (x2 - subtraction and division)
- Deconvolution
- TGV Denoise
- MMT Blotch fix for TGV (MMT NR on wavelet layers 5/6/7 with inverted Luminance Mask)
- MMT Denoise on wavelet layers 1/2/3/4/8 (with MMT Mask)
- MaskedStretch for initial stretch with no clipping
- HistogramTransformation for slight further stretch
RGB Processing (to each master):
- DynamicCrop
- DynamicBackgroundExtraction
- StarAlignment of G and B to R
- ChannelCombination to combine to color image
- PhotometricColorCalibration
- MaskedStretch to bring to non-linear
- CurvesTransformation to bump saturation and contrast slightly
- HistogramTransformation to stretch a bit more to match RGB peak level to Luminance
Combine Luminance and RGB:
- StarAlign RGB to Luminance
- LRGBCombination with chrominance noise reduction enabled and saturation slider reduced to 0.2
Further Processing:
- PreviewAggregator script to combine 4 background previews
- BackgroundNeutralization to neutralize BG of image
- RangeSelection to make mask and CurvesTransformation to increase galaxy saturation
- MMT Chrominance Noise Reduction on galaxies using same RangeMask
- Starnet/Binarize/Convolution to create StarMask from Luminance
- RangeMask + LocalHistogramEqualization to slightly enhance galaxy details
- StarMask + MorphologicalTransformation for slight star reduction
- Combine RangeMask and StarMask via PixelMath and apply and invert
- HistogramTransformation to darken background
- Invert mask to normal and CurvesTransformation for final saturation boost
- FastRotation to Flip 180
- DynamicCrop to crop edge artifacts
- IntegerResample to downsample
- Save and Export
The Cocoon Nebula (IC 5146) is a reflection/emission nebula located in the constellation Cygnus. Technical Info:
111 x 300 sec. Astronomik Ha 12 nm filter
99 x 300 sec Astronomik SII 12 nm filter
Gain 200, Offset 50, Binning 1x1
Total Integration 17.5 hours
Celestron HD Edge 9.25
Sensor cooled to -15°C on ZWO ASI1600MM Pro (mono)
Calibration frames: Bias, Darks, and Flats.
Plate Solve-ASTP via N.I.N.A. 2.3
Image processing Pixinsight 1.8.9-1 and Photoshop 2024
Planewave CDK24
Moravian Camera
Data from Martin Pugh
El Sauce, Chile
H: 26x5m
S: 27x5m
O: 24x5m
RGB: 15x3m
Total Integration = 8.7h
S/H/O/R/G/B: BXT
SHO: Gold-Blue / PS - Detail Extractor, Selective Color, Smart Sharpen, StarShrink, SXT
RGB: SXT / Rescreen stars on SHO
IC 5146 a.k.a. Cocoon Nebula
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IC5146 is a emission/reflection nebula in interaction with a star cluster. The cosmic dust floating around the nebula and the ionized gas by nearby stars form ideal conditions for the formation of new stars, making the Cocoon Nebula a true cosmic nursery.
As general information, IC 5146 has a diameter of about 15 light years and can be seen in the constellation Cygnus, being at a distance of about 4000 light years from Earth.
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Equipment and settings:
Mount: Skywatcher Eq6 R
Telescope: Orion Optics VX6
Camera: ASI 533MC Pro
Filter: Baader UV/IR cut
Total integration: 4h.
120 light frames x 120 sec, + calibration frames.
Stacking in Deep Sky Stacker.
Edit in Pixinsight
Location: My Bortle 6+ backyard.
● Object specifications:
► Designation: Vdb 4
► Object type: Reflexion nebula
► Stellar coordinates:
-Ra: 00h 43m 17,07s.
-DEC: +61° 54′ 53.9″.
► Distance: /.
► Constellation: Cassiopeia.
► Magnitude: 9.5
● Gear:
► Telescope: SW 200/1000 F5
► Mount: IOptron CEM60-ec
► Camera: QHY294C
► Autoguiding: guidescope 50mm + ZWO asi
120mm
► Other optic(s): TS coma corrrector Maxfield 0.95X
► Filter(s): Optolong L-pro 2"
● Softwares:
► Acquisition: Nina
► Autoguiding: PHD guiding 2
► Preprocessing: PixInsight
► Processing: PixInsight, Photoshop CC
● Data acquisition:
► 48 X 600 sec, total 8H
► Gain: 1601
► Offset: 60
► Cooling: -5°C
► Date(s): 25/08/2022 -> 26/08/2022 | 2 nights
The 'Shelburn' is a deepspace rescue and crisis response spacecraft, built for Lego Shiptember 2021. It is 105 studs long and was a lot of fun - but a bit challenging with not much time to build. One thing I'm really happy about is how sturdy it is, I defenitiely have improved on that !
Celestial Dreams
Interplanetary Travel
Camera: Canon EOS Kiss X7i
Photograph by Yusuf Alioglu
Location: Outer space (space)
Explanation: What caused the Crescent Nebula? Looking like an emerging space cocoon, the Crescent Nebula, visible in the center of the above image, was created by the brightest star in its center. A leading progenitor hypothesis has the Crescent Nebula beginning to form about 250,000 years ago. At that time, the massive central star had evolved to become a Wolf-Rayet star (WR 136), shedding its outer envelope in a strong stellar wind, ejecting the equivalent of our Sun's mass every 10,000 years. This wind impacted surrounding gas left over from a previous phase, compacting it into a series of complex shells, and lighting it up. The Crescent Nebula, also known as NGC 6888, lies about 4,700 light-years away in the constellation of Cygnus. Star WR 136 will probably undergo a supernova explosion sometime in the next million years. (text: apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap071111.html)
This picture was photographed during 7 nights in July-August, 2014 in Khlepcha observatory, Ukraine.
Equipment: home assembled reflector 10 in., f/3.8
Mount WhiteSwan-180, camera QSI-583wsg, Tevevue Paracorr-2. Off-axis guidecamera QHY5L-II.
RGB and Ha, OIII filter set Baader Planetarium.
RGB= 31*600 sec. and 30*130 sec., each filter, unbinned.
Ha=22*900 sec., OIII-24*900 sec., unbinned. 30 hours total
FWHM 1.8"-2.8"
Processed Pixinsight 1.8, Fitstacker and Photoshop CS6
Some of you may remember my NASA APOD from 26. March 2020 called 'Andromeda Station'. It shows the Andromeda Galaxy over the Weisshorn Station in Arosa, Switzerland:
apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap200326.html
A short uphill hike of a few hundred meters from where I captured that image allowed me to frame the California Nebula with a very similar perspective.
Of course, the two deep space targets are completely different. As the name says, the Andromeda Galaxy is a complete Galaxy 2,5 million light years from earth, while the California Nebula at a distance of a 'mere' 1000 light years is a relatively nearby emission nebula within our own Milky Way.
EXIF
Canon EOS 6D
Canon 70-200mm f/2.8 L IS USM @ 200mm
iOptron SkyTracker Pro
Sky:
20x 120s @ ISO1600
Foreground:
Stack of 5 x 60s @ ISO1600
At a distance of just 200,000 light years, the Small Magellanic Cloud is one of the most distant objects we can see with the naked eye (from the southern hemisphere). SMC is home to several hundred million stars including some of the closest neighbors to our Milky Way Galaxy. It's thought to have had a barred spiral shape in the past but that was disrupted by our own Milky Way Galaxy - giving us the dwarf irregular galaxy we see today.
I captured this image (from my home in Colorado) using iTelescope.net's T8 telescope based in their Siding Spring Observatory near Coonabarabran, New South Wales in Australia. I captured 42 images over 2 nights (in a 2x1 mosaic) and processed them with Astro Pixel Processor and Photoshop.
Fields of Light
Planet Dokeia
Interplanetary Travel
Camera: Canon EOS Kiss X7i
Photograph by Yusuf Alioglu
Location: Outer space (space)
NGC 6914 is a reflection nebula located approximately 6000 light-years away in the constellation of Cygnus.
+/- 3800 Stars in this picture
-Equipment-
Scope: TS-Optics 94/414 EPDH (414mm focal)
Camera: ZWO ASI533MC Pro at -5°C gain 101 offset 49
Guiding: ZWO OAG
Guiding camera: ZWO ASI 120MM
Mount: Skywatcher AZ-EQ6
Filter: Optolong L-eXtreme
-Acquisition-
Light : 42x300s
Total integration time 3,5h
Dark: 100x300s Flat-50 Bias-100
Date : 28 April 2022
22 May 2022
Location : France-Alsace Bortle 4/5
-Software-
Carte du Ciel, N.I.N.A, Phd2 , PoleMaster and PixInsight
Ez Processing Suite from darkarcon
darkarcon website : darkarchon.internet-box.ch:8443/
-Pre Processing in PixInsight-
Image Calibration
Cosmetic Correction
Debayer
Subframe Selector
Star Alignement
Local Normalization
Image Integration
Drizzle x2
Dynamic crop
-Processing
DBE MasterLRGB
___RGB layer___HOO
Split RGB channels to build Ha and Oiii
Ha=R Oiii= B*0.3+G*0.7
EZ_Soft Stretch
HOO combination with Foraxx formula
R=Ha
G=((Oiii*Ha)^~(Oiii*Ha))*Ha + ~((Oiii*Ha)^~(Oiii*Ha))*Oiii
B=Oiii
SCNR
Starnet++ build a mask nebula
Color Saturation
Curves Tansformation
___L layer___
Ez_Deconvolution
Ez_Soft Stretch
Local Histogram Equalization with nebula mask
UnsharpedMask with nebula mask
___LRGB___
Ez_Denoise
Final Curve Transformation
Annotation
Save as JPG
Clear skies !
Entering the Perseus Arm of the Milky Way galaxy, the Hullbull Remote Space Telescope catches an infrared image of three runaway stars creating bow shock waves as they crash through dusty interstellar material.
Not a real space photo. Light art.
Composite of two exposures: first exposure using Waterworld technique (handheld) to create the nebula patterns. Second exposure on tripod using LEDs to create dense small starfield using method involving water droplets and white, yellow, red, green, and blue LEDs. Waterworld nebula pattern and dense starfield patterns completed using 100mm macro lens.
Inspired by WISE image of Zeta Ophiuchi
About this image:
A narrowband (HOO Palette) image of the Statue of Liberty Nebula (NGC 3576), a bright emission nebula in the Sagittarius arm of the Milky Way Galaxy. NGC 3576 is approximately 100 light-years across and 9,000 light-years away from Earth.
Technical Info:
Lights/Subs total integration time: just over 20 hours.
54 x 600 sec. 5nm Hydrogen-Alpha (Binning 2x2).
68 x 600 sec. 3nm Doubly Ionized Oxygen (Binning 2x2).
William Optics Star 71mm f/4.9 Imaging APO Refractor.
QHY163M Camera sensor cooled to -15°C.
Calibration frames: Bias, Darks and Flats.
SGP Mosaic and Framing Wizard.
PlaneWave PlateSolve 2 via SGP.
Pre-Processing and Linear workflow in PixInsight, Starnet++ and Straton was used for star separation, and final processing was done in Photoshop.
This image is part of the Legacy Series.
Photo usage and Copyright:
Medium-resolution photograph licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Terms (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0). For High-resolution Royalty Free (RF) licensing, contact me via my site: Contact.
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I know that I am a bit late to the party, but here is my take of the close encounter of Mars with the Pleiades open cluster.
I would have loved to shoot this as a deepscape from a dark sky location with some nice landscape in the foreground, but first I was clouded out and when it finally cleared, I had to fly the other day and was only able to shoot from my light polluted backyard.
Sometimes, you have to take what you can, even if it means to shoot a reflection nebula under a bortle 5 sky. Hope I will have better conditions in 17 years, when this encounter will happen again.
EXIF
Canon EOS 7D mkii
Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8
Skywatcher AZ-GTI
Controlled with ASIair
120 x 30s + 60 x 15s @ ISO800 @ 200mm f/2.8
I've been looking forward to capturing a good image of the Triangulum Galaxy and I finally made it happen. I really like the pinwheel shape and colors from this one.
From my home in Colorado, I was able to capture multiple exposures using iTelescope's T19 deep space telescope based in Mayhill, New Mexico. This is the result of shooting 24 images over 2 nights - 10/1/2021 and 10/2/2021.
Telescope Optics & Camera
• Planewave Ascension 200HR
• CCD: Proline FLI-PL16803
Exposure Settings (24 images)
• 6 Luminance: 5 minutes, bin 1
• 6 Red: 5 minutes, bin 2
• 6 Green: 5 minutes, bin 2
• 6 Blue: 5 minutes, bin 2
Now there are some free time and I decided reprocessed my astronomical photographs that I photographed last year.
In this troubled time, I would like to add a bright spring colors in the pictures of the cosmos harsh.
Description: Sh2-155 (popularly known as the Cave Nebula) is a bright rim/HII cloud and star forming region which arose from the large molecular cloud known as Cepheus B. The stars of this region are members of the very young Cepheus OB3 association, one of the nearest OB associations to our solar system. The stars of Cepheus OB3 are very young, mostly less than 100,000 years old. Low mass star formation is occurring at a high rate within Cepheus B and is particularly evident within the dust clouds of Sh2-155. In the image a small pocket of pre-main sequence stars glows from within a dusty cavern of Sh2-155. The two bright stars HD 217061 (west) and HD 217086 (north) (B1 and 07-types respectively) illuminate the bright ridges of Sh2-155. (text: www.robgendlerastropics.com/Cavetext.html)
This picture was photographed on september 9-11, 2013 in the Crimea. (height of 600 m. above sea level)
Equipment: home assembled reflector 10" f/3.8, mount WhiteSwan-180, camera QSI-583wsg, Tevevue Paracorr-2. Off-axis guidecamera QHY5L-II.
LRGB filter set Baader Planetarium.
L: 22x600 sec., bin.1, RGB: 20*450-600 sec. each filter, bin.2.
9,5 hours total.
FWHM 2.03"-2.33" , sum in L channel - 2.23"
Processed Pixinsight 1.8, Fitstacker and Photoshop CS6.
Une rétine fracturée et une larme qui coule 💫.
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Voilà ce que m'évoque cette image lorsque j'ai vu le résultat à l'assemblage 😮. Ma première projection 360° en mode planétarium, toujours au Cap Gris-Nez. Ce genre de panorama permet de contempler l'ensemble de la voûte céleste d'un seul coup d'œil 👀.
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La Voie Lactée est facilement visible en traversant le ciel de gauche à droite en passant presque par le zénith. L'ensemble de la lumière Zodiacale est également visible du haut en bas avec une courbe plus prononcée.
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Sur ce plan, la luminosité des étoiles est plus représentative que sur le panorama "planète", posté il y'a quelques semaines. L'étoile la plus brillante du ciel est présente sur la gauche de l'image, il s'agit de Sirius. À ne pas confondre avec le phare du Cap sur la droite, qui émet énormément de lumière.
NGC 7822 è una nebulosa a emissione visibile nella costellazione di Cefeo.
La nebulosa presenta al suo interno alcune nebulose oscure e dista dal sole 2740 anni luce.
Si individua nella parte orientale della costellazione di Cefeo, circa 9° a nord della brillante stella Caph, in un tratto della Via Lattea fortemente oscurato da polveri interstellari e nebulose non illuminate; il periodo più indicato per la sua osservazione nel cielo serale ricade fra i mesi di luglio e dicembre ed è notevolmente facilitata per osservatori posti nelle regioni dell'emisfero boreale terrestre, dove si presenta circumpolare fino alle regioni temperate calde. (fonte Wiki)
Composizione SHO - Hubble palette circa 13.3 ore di integrazione a bin2
Strumentazione:
RC12GSO su EQ8
CCD G24000-Astrodon Filter HAO3S2
Elaborazione tramite Pixinsight/Photoshop - Fotografia elaborata con l'utilizzo dello script linearstarnet
Autori: Paolo Zampolini e Giorgio Mazzacurati @3zObservatory
© P Williamson 2015
13 November 2015
Taken near Al Khanza desert (Abu Dhabi)
Ha: 90min (300 sec sub exp)
R: 30 min (180 sec sub exp)
G: Synth
B: 30 min (180 sec sub exp)
Camera: Atik 490ex Mono
Scope: Celestron C8, Hyperstar Lens (F/2)
Mount: Sky Watcher AZ-EQ6 GT
Filters: Baader
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• Sky-Watcher Quattro 250P
• Sky-Watcher EQ8-R Pro
• ZWO ASI294MM-Pro
• Astronomik L: 22x300s bin1 gain 0
• Astronomik RGB: 23x300s bin2 gain 125
(total integration 3.7h)
• ZWO OAG & ASI290Mini guide cam
• TS GPU coma corrector
• ZWO EFW, ZWO EAF & Pegasus Astro Ultimate Powerbox 2
Trevinca, Valding, Spain
Bortle 3, SQM 21.8
processed with Pixinsight
The Orion Nebula, 10-minute total exposure using a Canon 6D and Meade 12" LX90. 20-second subs at ISO 3200. Imaging done on January 6, 2016. Heavy editing and stars removed to help bring out more nebula details.
A complete reedit starting with Pixinsight and only using Ps to finish out the edit. This was only ever a trial as it only 28 subs to see how I could get photos from in the city very early on in the journey of deep space photography with computerised programs. Never before have I seen this much detail of the dust clouds around Orion or the very small nebula just below NGC1999. Ps have never given me anything like this amount of detail. Compare the shot below my first look at editing this nebula.
At the end of the year this will be revisited out of the city on a farm, where I have all night to capture frames no trees no houses.