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● Target data:
► Designation: IC 1318.
► Object type: Emission nebula.
► Stellar coordinates:
-Ra: 20h 27m 19.63s.
-DEC: +40° 09′ 18.3″.
► Distance: ±4000 ly.
► Constellation: Cygnus.
► Magnitude: /
● Gear:
► Telescope: SW 200/1000 F5
► Mount: IOptron CEM60-ec
► Camera: Canon EOS 700d astrodon
► Autoguiding: guidescope 50mm microspeed + ZWO asi
120mm
► Other optic(s): Baader mpcc mk3 coma corrector
► Filter(s): Optolong L-Extreme 2"
● Softwares:
► Imaging: APT ( AstroPhotography Tools )
► Autoguiding: PHD guiding 2
► Preprocessing: PixInsight
► Processing: PixInsight
● Data acquisition:
► 64 X 300 sec, total 5H20
► ISO 800
► Date(s): 18/07/2021 - 20/07/2021 - 21/07/2021
Imaged from my backyard in Gérgal, Almería, Spain
The Iris Nebula is a bright reflection nebula in the constellation of Cephus. It is illuminated by a magnitude +7.4 star designated SAO 19158. Its size is 6 light-years across and is 1,300 light-years from Earth.
In this wide field view you can see the dark dust clouds that surround the blue illuminated clouds that extent to the bottom of the image. To see the fine details, zoom in or view the high resolution image at astrob.in/full/w868zb/0/
This is another image taken with my small portable setup and was taken to practice more advanced editing techniques using a modest one shot colour camera.
5 Imaging sessions 1st - 6th June 2022
196 x 300 sec exposures using a Baader Moon & Sky Glow Filter
Total time: 16hours 20mins
Bortle Class: 4 to 5
Telescope: William Optics GT81 @ 385mm
Image Camera: ZWO ASI 183 MC Pro -10C
Guiding: ZWO OAG with ZWO ASI 192MM S
Focusing: Pegasus FocusCube 2
Filter: Baader Moon & Sky Glow
Mount: Celestron CGX
Computer: Intel Atom NUC
Capture software: NINA, PHD2, Sharpcap Pro
Processing software: PixInsight, StarXterminator, NoiseXterminator, Adobe Lightroom
A farewell to one of the most imaged objects in the night sky. A project I started in February on the Esprit 100ED telescope at the complex, but didn’t manage to get round to edit it until now. I used it to practice some new scripts in PixInsight for image blending. I am happy with the details in this image, the Esprit 100ED really is a great telescope for wide field imaging. The focal length of this image is 564mm after using the Skywatcher field flattener.
A much higher resolution image with imaging details can be found on my Astrobin page at: astrob.in/ev6jv9/0/
Thank you for looking.
Technical summary:
Captured: 9 Nights in February 2024
Location: Turismo Astronómico, Los Coloraos, Gorafe, Spain
Bortle Class: 3
Total Integration: 26h 54m
Filters: Baader Moon & Skyglow, Optolong L-Ultimate
Pixel Scale: 1.4 arcsec/pixel
Telescope: Skywatcher Esprit 100ED
Image Camera: ZWO ASI2600MC Pro
Mount: Skywatcher EQ 6R Pro
Capture software: NINA, PHD2
Editing software: PixInsight, Adobe Lightroom
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• Sky-Watcher Quattro 250P
• Sky-Watcher EQ8-R Pro
• ZWO ASI294MM-Pro
• Astronomik L: 292x300s bin1 gain 0
• Astronomik RGB: 112x300s bin2 gain 125
(total integration 33.6h)
• 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
Iteration on the Sharpless catalogue of faint nebulae.
It's not a common object, and here is the close up. Very faint and difficult. I am really proud of it :D
Sh2-170 is an emission nebula in Cassiopeia at around 7500 light years away.
The bright star at the centre of the nebula is ionising the surrounding hydrogen gas, causing the nebula to glow.
This nebula is about 2/3 the diameter of the full moon.
Technical card
Imaging telescope or lens:Altair Astro RC250-TT 10" RC Truss Tube
Imaging camera:ZWO ASI1600MM-Cool
Mount:Mesu 200 Mk2
Guiding telescope or lens:Celestron OAG Deluxe
Guiding camera:ZWO ASI174 Mini
Focal reducer:Riccardi Reducer/Flattener 0.75x
Software:Main Sequence Software Seqence Generator Pro, Pleiades Astrophoto PixInsight
Filters:Astrodon L Gen.2 E-series 36mm, Astrodon HA 36mm - 5nm, Astrodon B Gen.2 E-series 36mm, Astrodon G Gen.2 E-series 36mm, Astrodon R Gen.2 E-series 36mm, Astrodon S-II 36mm - 5nm, Astrodon O-III 36mm - 5nm
Accessories:ZWO EFW, MoonLite NiteCrawler WR30
Resolution: 2328x1760
Dates:Sept. 25, 2019, Sept. 26, 2019, Sept. 27, 2019, Sept. 28, 2019
Frames:
Astrodon B Gen.2 E-series 36mm: 35x30" (gain: 75.00) -20C bin 1x1
Astrodon G Gen.2 E-series 36mm: 35x30" (gain: 75.00) -20C bin 1x1
Astrodon HA 36mm - 5nm: 97x600" (gain: 200.00) -20C bin 1x1
Astrodon O-III 36mm - 5nm: 35x600" (gain: 200.00) -20C bin 1x1
Astrodon R Gen.2 E-series 36mm: 35x30" (gain: 75.00) -20C bin 1x1
Astrodon S-II 36mm - 5nm: 30x600" (gain: 200.00) -20C bin 1x1
Integration: 27.9 hours
Avg. Moon age: 27.48 days
Avg. Moon phase: 6.38%
Astrometry.net job: 2980353
RA center: 0.392 degrees
DEC center: 64.612 degrees
Pixel scale: 1.007 arcsec/pixel
Orientation: 91.169 degrees
Field radius: 0.408 degrees
Locations: AAS Montsec, Àger, Lleida, Spain
Data source: Own remote observatory
Remote source: Non-commercial independent facility
Long integration capture using narrow band filters and HSO palette plus rgb stars.
My longest integration up to now (51 hours), capturing frames during the last three months.
"The Crab Nebula is a supernova remnant in the constellation of Taurus.
The nebula lies in the Perseus Arm of the Milky Way galaxy, at a distance of about 2.0 kiloparsecs (6,500 ly) from Earth. It has a diameter of 3.4 parsecs (11 ly) and is expanding at a rate of about 1,500 kilometres per second or 0.5% of the speed of light."
(desc. credits: Wikipedia)
Technical card
Imaging telescopes or lenses:Altair Astro RC250-TT 10" RC Truss Tube, Teleskop Service TS Photoline 107mm f/6.5 Super-Apo
Imaging cameras:ZWO ASI183MM-Cool, ZWO ASI1600MM-Cool
Mounts:Skywatcher EQ6R Pro, Mesu 200 Mk2
Guiding telescopes or lenses:Teleskop Service TSOAG9 Off-Axis Guider, Celestron OAG Deluxe
Guiding cameras:ZWO ASI174 Mini, ZWO ASI290 Mini
Focal reducers:Riccardi Reducer/Flattener 0.75x, Telescope-Service TS 2" Flattener
Software:Main Sequence Software Seqence Generator Pro, Pleiades Astrophoto PixInsight
Filters:Optolong OIII 6.5nm 36mm, Optolong SII 6.5nm 36mm, Astrodon HA 36mm - 5nm, Astrodon B Gen.2 E-series 36mm, Astrodon G Gen.2 E-series 36mm, Astrodon R Gen.2 E-series 36mm, Astrodon S-II 36mm - 5nm, Astrodon O-III 36mm - 5nm
Accessories:ZWO EFW, MoonLite NiteCrawler WR30, MoonLite CSL 2.5" Focuser with High Res Stepper Motor
Resolution: 1979x1476
Dates:Oct. 27, 2019, Nov. 24, 2019, Nov. 30, 2019, Dec. 2, 2019, Dec. 22, 2019
Frames:
Astrodon B Gen.2 E-series 36mm: 60x30" (gain: 75.00) -20C bin 1x1
Astrodon G Gen.2 E-series 36mm: 60x30" (gain: 75.00) -20C bin 1x1
Astrodon HA 36mm - 5nm: 175x600" (gain: 200.00) -20C bin 1x1
Optolong OIII 6.5nm 36mm: 63x600" (gain: 183.00) -15C bin 1x1
Astrodon R Gen.2 E-series 36mm: 60x30" (gain: 75.00) -20C bin 1x1
Optolong SII 6.5nm 36mm: 63x600" (gain: 183.00) -15C bin 1x1
Integration: 51.7 hours
Avg. Moon age: 18.27 days
Avg. Moon phase: 14.46%
Astrometry.net job: 3149190
RA center: 83.630 degrees
DEC center: 22.014 degrees
Pixel scale: 1.007 arcsec/pixel
Orientation: 90.441 degrees
Field radius: 0.345 degrees
Locations: AAS Montsec, Àger, Lleida, Spain
Data source: Own remote observatory
Remote source: Non-commercial independent facility
"Head Shot" of the Fish Head Nebula, IC 1795. (2020-02-03 & 2020-02-14)
The Fish Head Nebula (IC1795) features glowing gas and dust in a star forming area in Cassiopeia. It s part of the Heart Nebula (IC1805) complex that is located at about 6000 light years away.
Equipment & Image Details:
Celestron 8" EdgeHD scope, Celestron CGEM II mount (hypertuned), ZWOASI1600MM Pro camera. Narrowband subs: 4*1,200 sec Ha filter, 6*1,200 sec OIII filter, 3*1,200 sec SII filter.
Processed with PixInsight and Photoshop.
🌟 C'est la dernière image d'Orion de la saison ! C'est ma plus longue intégration au grand champ sur cette partie du ciel car elle m'a pris plus de 2h de prise de vue.
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Ce spot iconique de Belgique est tout simplement vertigineux. Cette falaise semble tout bonnement sortir du sol telle une lame de rasoir. Quand on pose le trépied au bord, on est vraiment pas serein, surtout de nuit 😂.
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Si les nébuleuses d'hiver ressortent si bien sur cette image, c'est grâce à l'utilisation d'un filtre spécifique pour la raie H-Alpha des nébuleuses. J'ai enfin pu le tester en Janvier dans des conditions où la pollution lumineuse est quand même bien présente. Il m'a fallu apprendre pour la première fois à faire du traitement HaRVB sur Pixinsight et ça m'a pris un temps fou pour avoir un rendu comme celui-là. Même si je suis pas pleinement satisfait des couleurs, c'est quand même une première expérience enrichissante pour la suite.
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N'hésitez pas à swiper sur la deuxième image pour avoir le panorama vertical au complet. La Voie Lactée viens transpercer l'Hexagone d'hiver qui se distingue par les 6 étoiles les plus brillantes de l'image.
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- @canonfrance EOS 6Da
- @sigmafrance ART 24mm F/1.4
- @nisifrance Natural Night Filter
- Astronomik Ha 12nm clip-in Filter
- 1 tuile pour le sol 5x60s ISO 1600 F/4
- 3 tuiles en RGB pour le ciel, 10x120s ISO 800 F/2.8 pour chaque + 10x120s ISO 1600 F/2.8 en Ha pour chaque.
Anche in questa occasione sono andato alla ricerca di segnale debole. Il DSO è stato la "Nebulosa Girino", indicata anche con la sigla "IC410" dentro la quale si trova l'ammasso aperto "NGC1893" nella costellazione dell'Auriga.
Ho volutamente decentrato la nebulosa per inserire nello stesso FOV il gruppo di stelle che si vedono a sinistra, il cui asterismo ricorda la costellazione della Lira. Così ho potuto anche fotografare i filamenti nebulari molto deboli che circondano la nebulosa principale.
L'uso del filtro a banda stretta, il cielo non sempre buono e l'inquinamento luminoso hanno ridotto il rapporto segnale-rumore (SNR) soprattutto delle nebulosità più deboli, ma mi ritengo comunque molto soddisfatto del risultato ottenuto.
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Also on this occasion I went looking for a weak signal. The DSO was the "Tadpole Nebula", also indicated with the acronym "IC410" within which the open cluster "NGC1893" is located in the constellation of Auriga.
I deliberately decentralized the nebula to include in the same FOV the group of stars that can be seen on the left, whose asterism recalls the constellation of Lyra. In this way I was also able to photograph the very faint nebular filaments that surround the main nebula.
The use of the narrow band filter, the not always good sky and the light pollution have reduced the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) especially of the weaker nebulae, but I am still very satisfied with the result obtained.
Google translator
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Optic: APO Refractor Askar 103APO + 0.6X
Camera: ZWO ASI533MC-Pro
Mount: Sky Watcher HEQ5 Synscan
Seeing: 4 (scala Antoniadi)
Filter: Narrowband Optolong L-eNhance 2" + SVbony UV-IR cut
-153x300s 121gain / 26 dark /21 flat / 18 darkflat /100 bias (L-eNhance 2")
-19x20s 121gain/ 20dark/ 100bias (UV-IR cut) for color of the stars
t° sensor: -10°C
Date: 18+29+30/12/2024, 02+05/01/2025
Integration: 12h 45min
Temperature: 5°C (media)
location for : Biancavilla -Catania-(Italy) 515m slm
Acquisition: NINA, PHDGuiding
Processing: DSS, SIRIL, PS, GraXpert.
Equipment:
10" f/4 ONTC Newtonian Teleskope
ASI294mmPro
Astronomik L-2
Skywatcher EQ-8 Pro
135 x120s Luminanz
45 x 120s red
45 x 120s green
45 x 120s blue
total exposure time: 9 hours
march 2022
Processing: PixInsight/affinity photo
The Dumbbell Nebula (Messier 27, M27 or NGC 6853) is a bright planetary nebula in the constellation Vulpecula. It is easily seen in binoculars and wide-field photographs. The central star is an extremely hot blueish subdwarf. The nebula was created by the dying star ejecting a shell of gas into space.
The image is composed of 19-minutes of data (15 second subs at ISO 4000) with additional dark and bias frames. Tech Info: Meade LX90 12” telescope, Antares Focal Reducer, and Canon 6D camera. Imaging was done on July 27, 2016 and I also incorporated some data collected in 2015.
A dans 50 000 ans (peut-être) ☠️.
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☄️ C/2022 E3 (ZTF) est une comète à longue période qui a été découverte par le Zwicky Transient Facility le 2 mars 2022. Elle a atteint son périhélie le 12 janvier 2023 (son point le plus proche du soleil), à une distance de 1,11 ua, et elle est passée au plus proche de la Terre le 1er février 2023, à une distance de 0,28 ua soit environ 42 millions de kilomètres. La comète a atteint une magnitude inférieure à 6, ce qui l’a rend visible à l'œil nu sous un bon ciel dénué de pollution lumineuse.
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⁉️ Comparée à la comète Neowise de 2020, il y a une classe d’écart entre ces deux événements. Neowise était beaucoup plus lumineuse et imposante dans le ciel. Elle était même visible à l'œil nu alors que les premières lueurs du jour apparaissaient. Néanmoins, les médias ont sauté sur l’occasion pour vendre du papier et faire de cette comète, un événement à ne surtout pas manquer pour un citoyen “lambda”... Le hic c’est que nous sommes très peu à avoir pu la voir à l'œil nu en raison de la mauvaise météo en France et de la forte présence de la Lune. Quand bien même ces 2 conditions de votre côté, il fallait tout de même avoir un regard très aguerri pour apercevoir une petite tâche diffuse non loin du pôle nord céleste. De quoi en décevoir plus d’un…
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Par contre en photo, c’est un autre spectacle ! Je vous présente ma deuxième photo de cette session du 29/01 avec un tout autre setup : une lunette astronomique et une caméra refroidie. Ce soir-là, la météo était incertaine avec quelques éclaircies prévues au cours de la nuit. Mon repérage météo m’emmène donc dans un premier temps dans le sud-ouest des Ardennes où j’installe mes 2 setups à la lueur du quartier de Lune. Je finis de tout installer et je lève les yeux pour voir les 3/4 du ciel recouvert de nuages… Je remballe tout pour aller m’installer une deuxième fois dans l’Aisne où le temps était à priori plus clément. Cette fois-ci était la bonne ! Pas un nuage de minuit à 5h du matin ! Ce fût une entame de nuit assez éreintante.
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EXIF :
- @zwoasi 533MM Pro + Asiair Plus
- Askar FRA 400mm f/5.6
- @sky_watcher_official AZ-EQ6
- Filtres Antlia LRVB 36mm
- 20*120s L
- 5*120s R,V,B
- Gain 200
Test rapide Sigma ART f/1.4 50mm
16 x 120 sec - 800 iso - f/2
DOF 3, 3, 3
Canon 700D défiltré
Filtre CLS - Sigma ART f/1.4 50mm - Star Adventurer
Empilement et Pré traitement: Siril
Traitement: Photoshop, Starnet
Another image from the Hullbull Remote Space Telescope. Later in the sequence of the same mini supernova, one of many, shown in previous images and a much wider field of view. The timing is past the stellar collapse and development and disappearance of the black hole. All that remains are energized molecular clouds, emission nebula of elements seeded prior to initiation of dimensional oscillation. The supernova shock wave is clearly visible. The nearby binary star system should be visible to the upper left, but gravitational lensing and distortion of light in the turbulence of the shock wave have caused a diffuse yellow light. A gravitationally lensed nearby light show supernova is visible to the lower left. Images of the black hole consuming matter created by the controlled Big Bang are still being processed.
Image from early in the light show heralding the opening of Metropolis 1, a new City of Light created some thousand light years away and presented by the intrepid space-time traveling photographer Alan Jaras. This image is from a large set of high-speed photos documenting the first mini-big bangs created by the impressive dimensional oscillator.
🌀 M51 // Galaxie du Tourbillon
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🌾🌼 On profite du printemps pour continuer cette moisson de galaxies ! Encore très peu d'occasions d'imager à cause de la météo… C'est seulement ma deuxième image de galaxie cette année alors que j'aurais voulu en faire 5 avant la fin du printemps. C’est mal parti .
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👿 Première lumière provenant d'une galaxie pour ce télescope ! La focale de 1000mm est largement plus appropriée pour aller chercher des petits objets comme ça. Je voulais d'abord essayer de monter le Canon dessus pour avoir un échantillonnage correct et qui pardonne un peu. La prochaine image sera probablement avec le combo télescope/caméra astro refroidie. J'ai encore beaucoup de difficultés avec cet instrument, la collimation est par exemple très pointilleuse et j'ai découvert que mon miroir primaire était astigmate 😥. Les difficultés ne s'arrêtent pas là car l'humidité était très forte et lorsqu'on pointe un objet au zénith, les miroirs prennent vite en condensation… Le brouillard est venu stopper ma session à 02h30 après 3 petites heures de pose. Ça s'en ressent sur l'image finale avec des gros halos sur les étoiles et encore du bruit… Sur le plan large (2e photo), on distingue très faiblement les fameux IFN (Integrated Flux Nebula), ces nébulosités de gaz et poussières extrêmement ténues que seule la lueur de la galaxie éclaire. Malheureusement, trop peu de temps de pose pour les faire plus ressortir.
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🌌 M51, la galaxie du Tourbillon, est une belle galaxie spirale vue de face située dans la constellation des Chiens de chasse. Elle est du même type que la Voie Lactée, notre galaxie. M51 est reliée à une autre galaxie plus petite par un pont de matière : NGC5195. Elle a été découverte par l'astronome français Charles Messier en 1773.
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- Type d'objet : Galaxie spirale
- Distance : 27 M d’AL
- Dimensions : 60 000 d’AL
- Magnitude apparente : 8.4
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EXIF :
-@canonfrance EOS 6D astrodon
-Newton 250/1000 tube maison fibre/carbone
-@skywatcherofficial AZ-EQ6
-Asiair plus + EAF
-Omegon 50/180
-@zwoasi 120MM mini
-56*180s f/4 ISO800
-2h48 de pose
-Lune à 22%
-Bortle 4 (SQM 21.47)
-Pix & PS
The galactic center viewed from a Bortle 1 site (pitch black skies)
The zodiacal light is dust in plane of the solar system reflects sunlight and is visible as a faint glow of light from the lower left extending upwards to the center of the photo.
The bright "star" at the upper right is the planet Jupiter
Made from 6 light frames (captured with a SONY camera) by Starry Landscape Stacker 1.5.1.
Messier 45, the Pleiades, or "Seven Sisters" is one of the most recognizable objects in the Northern Hemisphere fall sky. Easily visible from heavily light polluted areas, M45 is a bright reflection nebula with lots of dust tendrils coming off in all directions.
This was a super quick 1/2 night project that I imaged this new moon.
- Location: Remote Observatory (Bortle 1, SQM 21.99) near Fort Davis, TX
- Total Exposure Time: 6.65 Hours
Equipment:
- Scope: Esprit 100ED w/ 1x Flattener
- Imaging Camera: QHY 268M
- Filters: Chroma LRGB (36mm)
- Mount: Astro Physics Mach1GTO
- Guidescope: SVBony 50mm Guidescope
- Guide camera: ASI 120mm mini
- Focuser: Moonlite Nitecrawler WR35
- Accessories: Pegasus Ultimate Powerbox v2, QHY Polemaster, Optec Alnitak Flip Flat
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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: 66 x 3m
- R: 22 x 3m
- G: 22 x 3m
- B: 21 x 3m
- All images at Gain 56, Offset 25 (Readout mode 1) and -5C sensor temperature
- 20 flats per filter
- Master Dark, Flat & Bias from Library
- Nights: 10/26/22
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Processing:
- WBPP for Pre-processing
- ImageIntegration for stacking
RGB Processing (Apply to each master then combine):
- DynamicCrop
- MureDenoise
- DynamicBackgroundExtraction
- StarAlign B and G to R
- ChannelCombination to combine into linear color image
- StarAlign to luminance
- StarXterminator on copy to create starless and extract stars. Save stars_only for later
- HT for stretch
- NoiseXterminator for slight noise reduction
- SCNR to remove green tint
- ColorMask to target green areas of reflection
- CurvesTransformation with ColorMask applied to remove green reflections
- ColorSaturation to saturate blues
- CurvesTransformation for further saturation
Luminance Processing:
- DynamicCrop
- MureDenoise
- DynamicBackgroundExtraction
- StarXterminator on copy to create starless version and extract lum_stars. Save lum stars
- GeneralizedHyperbolicStretch for initial stretch
- HistogramTransformation x2 for further stretch
- Slight UnsharpMask for sharpness
Combine Lum and RGB:
- LRGBCombination with chrominance NR enabled
- HistogramTransformation for green
- Invert -> SCNR -> Invert to remove magenta hue
- MultiscaleMedianTransform x2 with stretched luminance mask for chrominance noise reduction
- Slight NoiseXterminator for NR
- ColorSaturation for additional blue saturation
Add Stars Into Image and Further Processing:
- HistogramTransformation x3 on RGB stars to stretch
- Invert -> SCNR Green -> Invert to remove magenta on stars
- HistogramTransformation to bring nebula and stars_only images to pseudo-linear state
- PixelMath to combine stars and starless images
- HistogramTransformation to return to "stretched" state
- Extract luminance from stars_only and apply as star_mask
- Slight MorphologicalTransformation to reduce star emphasis
- NoiseXterminator for slight noise reduction
English below
WR134 è una stella di Wolf-Rayet a circa 5700 anni luce al centro della costellazione del Cigno.
Ho integrato per poco più di 20 ore, pose guidate da 10 minuti con filtro dualband Antlia ALP-T 5nm per la nebulosa mentre per le stelle un'ora di pose da 60 secondi senza filtri. Telescopio newton 150/600 con correttore 0.95x, camera Tecnosky Vision 571C, montatura Eq6-R Pro, elaborazione Pixinsight.
WR134 is a Wolf-Rayet star located about 5,700 light-years away in the center of the constellation Cygnus.
I integrated the nebula for just over 20 hours, using 10-minute guided exposures with an Antlia ALP-T 5nm dual-band filter, and the stars for an hour of 60-second exposures without filters. I used a 150/600 Newtonian telescope with a 0.95x corrector, a Tecnosky Vision 571C camera, an EQ6-R Pro mount, and Pixinsight processing.
NGC 1499.
Nikon D810a, 300mm nikkor, f/5,6, iso: 3200, 110x60sec light frames, 13 dark frames, 15bias, mount: Astrotrac, STC Clip-in Ha Duo Narrowband filter
The dark nebulae in this photo are part of a complex of Bok globules inside of the Rosette Nebula, NGC 2237. Bok Globules are dense opaque clouds of dust and gas, some of which are condensing under gravitational attraction to form stars and planets.
The Rosette nebula is located in the constellation of Monoceros approximately 6000 light years away.
Details:
M: Avalon Linear Fast reverse
T: AT 8" RC CF
C: QSI690-wsg with 3nm Ha and OIII filters
26x1800s Ha
22x1800s OIII
24 hours in total.
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• Sky-Watcher Quattro 250P
• Sky-Watcher EQ8-R Pro
• ZWO ASI294MM-Pro
• Astronomik L: 177x300s bin1 gain 0
• Astronomik L: 113x600s bin1 gain 0
• Astronomik RGB: 78x300s bin2 gain 125
• Astronomik RGB: 58x600s bin2 gain 125
(total integration 50h)
• 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
25 x 5 minute exposures @ ISO800, with 7 x 30 second exposures, unguided for the core.
Using a Celestron 80ED with Canon 450d.
Guided with PHD, using a Konus Vista 80s and a QHY5v.
Mounted on an HEQ5
I'm really very pleased with this, and it's possibly my best Deep Sky image to date.
I was lucky on the evening on March 27, 2020 to also capture this nice view of the planet Venus approaching the Pleiades star cluster in the constellation Taurus. Think this is close? Wait until the evening on April 3rd, the planet Venus will be inside this cluster!
Tech Specs: Canon 6D, Canon EF70-200mm f/2.8L USM lens, ISO 3200, 5 seconds, f/2.8, 155mm, tripod mounted. Image Date: March 27, 2020. Location: The Dark Side Observatory, Weatherly, PA.
darksideobservatory.com
[Explored on May 11, 2016]
[Chosen as AAPOD on 11 July, 2016.
www.aapodx2.com/2016/20160711.html ]
One of those moments, when results are better than it was planned ! Quite an amazing feeling. It's like when trying payes off and you feel relaxed - after merging 6 shots, I sat smiling :)
Shot taken in Georgia, Ertatsminda. It's several kms away from Kaspi.
Processed in Photoshop CC.
Explanation: Why do many galaxies appear as spirals? A striking example is M101, shown above, whose relatively close distance of about 27 million light years allows it to be studied in some detail. Recent evidence indicates that a close gravitational interaction with a neighboring galaxy created waves of high mass and condensed gas which continue to orbit the galaxy center. These waves compress existing gas and cause star formation. One result is that M101, also called the Pinwheel Galaxy, has several extremely bright star-forming regions (called HII regions) spread across its spiral arms. M101 is so large that its immense gravity distorts smaller nearby galaxies. (text from apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap090414.html)
About supernova SN 2011fe: apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap110826.html
This picture was photographed during two seasons: March-May, 2012 in Khlepcha observatory, and may 2013 in Crimea, Ukraine.
Equipment: reflector S&D 254 mm. f/4.7
Mount WhiteSwan-180, camera QSI-583wsg, Tevevue Paracorr-2. Off-axis guidecamera Orion SSAG.
HaLRGB filter set Baader Planetarium.
L=24*450 sec. + 63*600+36*900 sec. bin.1
RGB: 18*450-600 sec. bin2.
Ha: 8*900 sec. bin.2
Total 36 hours .
FWHM (L channel) 2,0″ — 4.5″
Processed Pixinsight 1.8 and Photoshop CS6.
2015, January
Version 2012 here: www.flickr.com/photos/olegbr/7223178990/
Da tanti anni avrei voluto fotografare questo target e finalmente è arrivata l'occasione giusta, Si tratta della "nebulosa Pacman", indicata in diversi cataloghi con le sigle NGC281, Sh2-184, o LBN616.
E' una nebulosa ad emissione molto carina immersa nella Via Lattea che mostra al suo interno l'ammasso aperto IC1590 e una caratteristica nube oscura frastagliata che la rende molto particolare.
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For many years I wanted to photograph this target and finally the right opportunity has arrived. It is the "Pacman nebula", indicated in various catalogs with the acronyms NGC281, Sh2-184, or LBN616.
It is a very nice emission nebula immersed in the Milky Way that shows inside it the open cluster IC1590 and a characteristic jagged dark cloud that makes it very particular.
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Optic: Rifrattore APO Scopos TL805 80mm/f7 + WO 0.8X
Camera: ZWO ASI533MC-Pro
Mount: Sky Watcher HEQ5 Synscan
Seeing: 4 (scala Antoniadi inversa)
Narrowband filter Optolong L-eNhance 2"
BS 91x300s 121gain / 18 dark /21 flat / 18 darkflat /100 bias sensor -5°C
Date: 30/09/2024 + 01/10/2024
Integration: 7h 35min
Temperature: 19°C (media)
location for : Biancavilla -Catania-(Italy) 515m slm
Acquisition: NINA, PHDGuiding
Processing: DSS, GraXpert, SIRIL, PS.
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This is a tight crop of an image of the Weinberger planetary nebula. I captured the outstanding OIII data for the planetary nebula last night. It was interesting to see the levels of oxygen emission from the PN with the new data added. OIII x 14 x18 , Ha 17x 1800 and SII 17x 1800. This would make an excellent target for longer focal length optics. May be next time round.
An emission nebula in the constellation Orion just above the Christmas Tree and Rosette Nebula's. Another name is the Eye of Ra. This is a less popular target than the nearby Rosette nebula.
iOptron CEM70
Takahashi FSQ-106
Antilia SHO 3nm
Shot in New Orleans in Bortle 8 skies.
H: 49x15m
O: 13x15m
S: 31x15m
Total Integration = 23.25h
SHO: DBE/BXT
L(H only): NXT/HDR
RGB: Blue/Gold SHO
Photoshop: Detail Extractor / Selective Color / Curves / StarShrink / Sat / Smart Sharped / Masked Desat of Sky
CDK17
Camera FLI
El Sauce Observatory, Chile
R: 24x10m
G: 22x10m
B: 22x10m
Total Integration = 11.3h
RGB: BXT, PCC, DBE, HT
PC: ColorEfex, StarShrink, NXT, Curves, Levels
In the constellation Cassiopeia, this nebula has the resemblance of the video game character. X-Ray visible in this region shows the supernovas lead to many of the elements present.
Shot in New Orleans, LA in Bortle 8 skies.
FSQ-106
iOptron CEM70
ASI 2600MM
PI: BXT, SXT, NXT, Rescreen, HOOS, LRGB Comb (with Lum)
PS: Level, Curves, Sat, Smart Sharpen, NXT
IC 4592 is a reflection nebula located in the constellation of Scorpius at approximately 400 light years from Earth.
IC 4592 makes up part of the Rho Ophiuchi cloud complex that sits low in the horizon close to the Milky Way core.
Taken over 6 nights in March 2023 from two locations. Primarily 4 nights from my backyard in Gérgal, Spain and two nights from Gorafe Megalithic Park in Granada, Spain.
High and full resolution versions with imaging and equipment details are available on my Astrobin page at astrob.in/full/rgyuz8/0/
Thank you for looking!
Imaging summary:
Location: Gérgal and Gorafe, Spain
Scope: William Optics GT 81
Camera: ZWO ASI2600MC Pro
Mount: Sky-Watcher EQ6-R Pro
Filter: ZWO UV/IR Cut
169 x 300 seconds exposures
Total Integration: 14 hours
SHO and RGB Stars
26x180s h-alpha
20x180s SII
25x180s OIII
total 3,55 hour
Equipment:
Epsilon 130D dual rig
QHY268m + CFW3M
TS2600MP (Touptek IMX571) + ZWO EFW
Astronomik DeepSky RGB
Astronomik MaxFR
Pegasus NYX-101
August 2023
Location: french alp
60 x 2min ISO400.
Lunette APO80x480 + correcteur + filtre IDAS lps d1 + 1000D défiltré.
Heq5 pro goto + guidage chercheur ASI120mc.
Siril + PS
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This is my new project. I hope to complete it in Ha RGB.
The Orion Nebula is a diffuse nebula situated in the Milky Way, being south of Orion's Belt in the constellation of Orion. It is one of the brightest nebulae, and is visible to the naked eye in the night sky.
Distance to Earth: 1,344 light years
Age: 3.002 million years
Magnitude: 4
Discovered: November 26, 1610
Constellations: Orion
Discoverer: Christiaan Huygens
moonrocksastro.com/index.php/2016/02/05/the-orion-nebula-...
Imaging telescope or lens: Vixen VSD
Imaging camera: Starlight Express SXVR-H18
Mount: Sky-Watcher NEQ6 and Pro Paramount MX
Guiding telescope or lens: Vixen VSD
Software: Sequence Generator Pro
Filter: Baader H-alpha 3.5 Nm
Accessory: Starlight Xpress Lodestar Guider
Resolution: 1000×912
Dates: Feb. 4, 2016
Frames: 80×1800″
Integration: 40.0 hours
Avg. Moon age: 24.78 days
Avg. Moon phase: 23.48%
Locations: Home observatory, Valencia, Spain
Alle mie latitudini questa zona del cielo, che comprende la parte inferiore della costellazione dello Scorpione, sale sopra l'orizzonte al meridiano intorno a +15° azimut.
Con questo presupposto, si piò tentare di ottenere un discreto risultato soltanto in caso di cielo molto trasperente, così da mitigare gli effetti negativi dell'Inquinamento Luminoso (sempre più presente ed ora non più filtrabile perchè proveniente da illuminazione a led) e del maggiore spessore dell'atmosfera terrestre.
Ebbene, far combaciare una sessione astrofotografica con un cielo molto trasparente è praticamente una rarità. Spesso occorrono molti anni.
In questa occasione il cielo non era molto trasparente, ma ho voluto tentare lo stesso decidendo di utilizzare un tempo di posa di 180sec per evitare frames troppo schiariti dall' Inquinamento luminoso, e di scattare le foto con il fov più vicino al meridiano.
La presenza dell'Inquinamento luminoso ha in parte coperto le sfumature nebulari, già poco evidenti con l'elaborazione a causa dell'integrazione di solo 1h e 30min. Ho tentato il possibile.
Comunque il risultato, frutto di tanta fatica elaborativa, è molto interessante per me. I famosi ammassi aperti M6 e M7 incastonati nell'equatore galattico dove filamenti oscuri si alternano con altri ammassi aperti e nebulose.
Un angolo della nostra galassia che da spettacolo!
Qui il link con risoluzione astrometrica degli oggetti DS
nova.astrometry.net/annotated_full/3539153
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At my latitudes this area of the sky, which includes the lower part of the constellation Scorpio, rises above the horizon to the meridian around +15 degrees azimuth.
With this assumption, it is possible to try to obtain a fair result only in the case of a very transparent sky, so as to mitigate the negative effects of Light Pollution (increasingly present and now no longer filterable because it comes from LED lighting) and of greater thickness. of the earth's atmosphere.
Well, matching an astrophotographic session with a very transparent sky is practically a rarity. It often takes many years.
On this occasion the sky was not very transparent, but I wanted to try the same deciding to use a shutter speed of 180sec to avoid frames too lightened by light pollution, and to take shots with the fov closest to the meridian.
The presence of light pollution has partly covered the nebular nuances, which are already not very evident with the elaboration due to the integration of only 1h and 30min. I tried my best.
However, the result of so much elaborative effort is very interesting for me. The famous open clusters M6 and M7 set in the galactic equator where dark filaments alternate with other open clusters and nebulae.
A corner of our galaxy gives a show!
Here the link with astrometric resolution of the DS objects
nova.astrometry.net/annotated_full/3539153
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Lens: Zenit Giove-11A 135mm f/4 flic.kr/p/MekcC7
Camera: Canon EOS 550D (Rebel T2i) mod. Baader BCF
Mount: Sky Watcher HEQ5 Synscan
30x180s 1600iso / 21 dark /21 flat / 21 bias
Date: 29/06/2019
Integration: 1h 30min
Temperature: 16°C (media)
Temperature sensor: 25°C (media)
Location: monti Nebrodi (Sicily-Italy) 1550m slm
Elaborazione DSS + PSCS3.
The Sombrero Galaxy (also known as Messier Object 104, M104 or NGC 4594) is an unbarred spiral galaxy in the constellation Virgo located 28 million light-years (8.6 Mpc) from Earth. The galaxy has a diameter of approximately 50,000 light-years, 30% the size of the Milky Way. It has a bright nucleus, an unusually large central bulge, and a prominent dust lane in its inclined disk. The dark dust lane and the bulge give this galaxy the appearance of a sombrero. Astronomers initially thought that the halo was small and light, indicative of a spiral galaxy, but Spitzer found that the halo around the Sombrero Galaxy is larger and more massive than previously thought, indicative of a giant elliptical galaxy. The galaxy has an apparent magnitude of +9.0, making it easily visible with amateur telescopes, and it is considered by some authors to be the brightest galaxy within a radius of 10 megaparsecs of the Milky Way. The large bulge, the central supermassive black hole, and the dust lane all attract the attention of professional astronomers.
Source Wikipedia: Read more at en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sombrero_Galaxy
Taken at the Sugar Grove Nature Center in McLean, IL on May 5, 2016.
Type: LRGB: 8x300 ea.
Hardware: AT8RC, SBIG ST8300M
Software: Nebulosity, CCDStack, Photoshop CS6
Distance 30 Mio. Lj
Equipment:
TS 10" f/4 ONTC Newton
1000mm f4
ZWO ASI 1600mmc
Astrodon LRGB
Losmandy G11/LFE Photo
Guding:
Lodestar on TS Optics - ultra short 9mm Off Axis Guider
PHD2
RGB per 12x120s
Luminanz 60x120s
total exposure time: ca. 192 min
20.03.2018
Processing: PixInsight/CaptureOne
Apo TEC140 (140/f7.2) - FLI Proline 16803 - Ha (210m) OIII (450m) R (130m) G (90m) B (130m) - Coonabarabran, NSW, Australia
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First Day
Planet Dokeia
Interplanetary Travel
Camera: Canon EOS Kiss X7i
Photograph by Yusuf Alioglu
Location: Outer space (space)
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• Sky-Watcher Quattro 250P
• Sky-Watcher EQ8-R Pro
• ZWO ASI294MM-Pro
• Astronomik L: 150x600s bin1 gain 0
• ZWO Hα 7nm: 51x900s bin1 gain 200
• Astronomik RGB: 90x600s bin2 gain 125
(total integration 52h)
• 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 Eagle Nebula (catalogued as Messier 16 or M16, and as NGC 6611, and also known as the Star Queen Nebula and The Spire) is a young open cluster of stars in the constellation Serpens, discovered by Jean-Philippe de Chéseaux in 1745-46. Both the "Eagle" and the "Star Queen" refer to visual impressions of the dark silhouette near the centre of the nebula, an area made famous as the "Pillars of Creation" photographed by the Hubble Space Telescope. The nebula contains several active star-forming gas and dust regions, including the Pillars of Creation.
This region of active current star formation is about 7000 light-years distant. A spire of gas that can be seen coming off the nebula is approximately 9.5 light-years or about 90 trillion kilometres long
Details
M: Mesu 200
T: ODK10
C: QSI683 with 3nm Astrodon Ha filter
28x1800s
Total exposure 14 hours
Arp 273
NASA APOD 1/9/2025 apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap250109.html
"A rose by any other name". The 273rd entry in Halton Arp's Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies (published in 1966) is often referred to as the "rose galaxy" or "cosmic rose". Arp 273 is a pair of interacting galaxies, 300 million light years away in the constellation Andromeda.
The larger of the spiral galaxies, known as UGC 1810, is about five times more massive than the smaller galaxy. (The Uppsala General Catalogue of Galaxies (UGC) is a catalogue of 12,921 galaxies visible from the northern hemisphere. It was first published in 1973).
The larger companion has a disc that is tidally distorted into a rose-like shape by the gravitational pull of the smaller galaxy below it, known as UGC 1813. The smaller galaxy shows distinct signs of active star formation at its nucleus, and it is thought that the smaller galaxy has actually passed through the larger.
The apparent size of Arp 273 is only around 2 arcmin and it is quite dim, close to magnitude 14.
A number of galaxies can be seen throughout the field
Capture info:
Location: SkyPi Remote Observatory, Pie Town, NM US
Telescope: Officina Stellare RiDK 400mm
Camera: QHY 600M
Mount: Paramount MEII
Data:
LRGB 9.5, 7.5, 4.5, 5 hours respectively; 2x2 binning; 0.56 arcsec/ pixel
Processing: Pixinsight
The Triangulum Galaxy
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