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Do you have time to talk about our lord and Xavier?
New stuff for my Love and deepspace series SL since I feel more inspired due to new guy appearance.
English below
M33, la Galassia del Triangolo, è la seconda galassia non nana più vicina alla nostra Via Lattea, è posta a circa a 3 milioni di anni luce. Presenta molte regioni di idrogeno ionizzato inserite nei catoghi NGC e IC fra cui NGC604 ben visibile in alto a sinistra rispetto al nucleo.
9 ore in pose da 10 minuti con filtro broadband SV260 e 7 ore e 30 minuti con filtro dualband Antlia ALP-T 5nm in pose guidate da 10 minuti. Telescopio newton 150/600 con correttore Tecnosky 0.95x, camera Tecnosky Vision 571C, montatura Eq6-R Pro, elaborazione in Pixinsight.
M33, the Triangulum Galaxy, is the second closest non-dwarf galaxy to our Milky Way, located approximately 3 million light-years away. It features many regions of ionized hydrogen within the NGC and IC categories, including NGC604, clearly visible to the upper left of the nucleus.
9 hours in 10-minute exposures with a SV260 broadband filter and 7 hours and 30 minutes with an Antlia ALP-T 5nm dualband filter in 10-minute guided exposures. 150/600 Newtonian telescope with a Tecnosky 0.95x corrector, Tecnosky Vision 571C camera, Eq6-R Pro mount, and Pixinsight processing.
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.
This deep image of the Helix Nebula reveals the full extent of the series of ejecta blown off by this dying star. The deep exposure reveals a long history of stellar eruptions by a once Sun like star in Aquarius. In this image the Helix Nebula is shown to actually cover several full moons worth of sky area!
AP152 F7.5 Starfire APO refractor with 4" field flattener
FLI ProLine11002 CCD & CFW-2-7
L SII Ha OIII: 1hr, 7hrs, 10hrs, 9hrs = Total 27hrs (all bin 1X1) Astronomik filters
AstroHandy LightRing used for flats
FOV = 1.0deg X 0.8deg at 1.4"/pix
Guide Camera: Starlightxpress SXVH9
Astroart4 use for camera control and processing
NGC7380 or the Wizard Nebula as it is commonly known as, is an emmision nebula in the constelation of Cepheus
Image Details:
Acquisition Dates:Sept. 20, 2019, Sept. 21, 2019, Sept. 30, 2019, Dec. 6, 2019, Dec. 9, 2019, Dec. 20, 2019, Dec. 25, 2019, Dec. 31, 2019
Frames:
Astronomik Ha 6nm: 51x300" (gain: 11.00) -20C bin 1x1
Astronomik OIII 6nm: 51x300" (gain: 11.00) -20C bin 1x1
Astronomik SII 6nm: 51x300" (gain: 11.00) -20C bin 1x1
Integration: 12.8 hours
Darks: ~101
Flats: ~101
Flat darks: ~101
Avg. Moon age: 15.36 days
Avg. Moon phase: 43.95%
Bortle Dark-Sky Scale: 4.00
Equipment Details:
Imaging Scope: Sharpstar Optics 15028HNT Hyperboloid Astrograph Reflector
Imaging Camera: Qhyccd 183M Mono ColdMOS at -20C
Mount: Sky-Watcher EQ8 Pro
Guide Scope: Sky-Watcher Finder Scope
Guide Camera: Starlight Xpress Ltd Lodestar X2
Filters: Astronomik 36mm RGB F2.2 Certified
Filterwheel: Starlight Xpress Ltd 7x36mm EFW
Power and USB Control: Pegasus Astro Ultimate USB Hub
Focuser: Primalucelab Sesto Senso Auto Focuser
Image Acquisition Software: Main Sequence Software SGPro
Guide Software: PHD 2
Processing Software: PixInsight
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
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• Sky-Watcher BK P2001 with TS Optics 2" Dual Speed Focuser
• EQ6-R Pro
• ZWO ASI1600MM-Pro
• Baader Hα 7nm: 15x600s
• Baader OIII 8.5nm: 15x600s
(total integration 5h)
• -20° sensor temp., Gain 139 (UG)
• Baader MPCC Mark III coma corrector
• 60x240 guide scope, ZWO ASI290Mini guide cam
Captured with ZWO EFW, ZWO EAF, ZWO ASIAIR, Pegasus Astro Powerbox
Saint Petersburg, Russia. Red light pollution zone, balcony
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
Explanation: The globular cluster M22, contains over 100,000 stars. These stars formed together and are gravitationally bound. Stars orbit the center of the cluster, and the cluster orbits the center of our Galaxy. So far, about 140 globular clusters are known to exist in a roughly spherical halo around the Galactic center. Globular clusters do not appear spherically distributed as viewed from the Earth, and this fact was a key point in the determination that our Sun is not at the center of our Galaxy. Globular clusters are very old. There is a straightforward method of determining their age, and this nearly matches the 13.7 billion-year age of our entire universe. (Text: apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap050627.html)
This picture was photographed June, 13, 2015 in Rozhen observatory, Bulgaria.
Equipment: home assembled reflector 10 in., f/3.8
Mount WhiteSwan-180 with a control system «Eqdrive Standart», camera QSI-583wsg, Tevevue Paracorr-2. Off-axis guidecamera QHY5L-II.
RGB filter set Baader Planetarium.
RGB= 8*100 sec. each filter, bin.1.
40 minutes total.
FWHM 2.25″-2.56″
Altitude from 23° to 24°
Processed Pixinsight 1.8 and Photoshop CS6
Imaged from Seven Skies Observatory 2022-09-21 thru 2022-10-04.
The second of 3 images captured during our 'test run' with the new observatory.
Sh2-114 is a very faint and rarely imaged emission nebula in the Cygnus constellation. It is known as the Flying Dragon Nebula, as its wispy twisted shapes resemble a flying dragon with outstretched bat-like wings. It is an unusual emission nebula that is thought to be sculpted by a combination of intense stellar winds emitted by massive stars interacting with magnetic fields within the interstellar medium.
Image captured over 8 nights; 2022-09-21, 24, 25, 26, 27 & 30, 2022-10-01, & 03
36.5 hours total integration
Ha subs 68 * 1,200 sec = 22 hours 40 min
OIII subs 15 * 1,200 sec = 5 hours
SII subs 22 * 1,200 sec = 7 hours 20 min
R subs 15 * 120sec = 30 min
G subs 15 * 120sec = 30 min
B subs 15 * 120sec = 30 min
Imaging Equipment:
SharpStar 94EDPH with reducer at 414mm focal length,
Rainbow Astro RST-135,
ZWOASI2600MM Pro camera
SHO 3.0nm filters & RGB filters
50 Mio ly
Equipment:
10" /f4 TS ONTC Newton
ASI1600mmc v2
ZWO EFW 8x
Guiding TS9 OAG Lodestar
Losmandy G11
total 5,3 hours
2018
Using warp drive from it's powerful anti-matter engine, the Hullbull Remote Space Telescope has rapidly approached the distant City of Light, Metropolis 1, to capture images from the incredible light show heralding the opening of the light city, some thousand light years distant. Here, one of the first images from the mission shows the first stages of a powerful series of explosions where matter was created by use of an advanced dimensional oscillator, similar to a miniature and controlled "Big Bang". Stellar fireworks, if you will. This is from the start of the light show which was produced a safe distance from Metropolis 1, several astronomical units, but yet close enough for the residents to see it develop in real time. The scale of the light show as viewed from Metropolis 1 would be similar to about 20 times the size of the full moon in our own sky. Additional images from the light show will be posted as more data are received from the Hullbull Telescope.
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
Rosette Nebula Narrow Band Image" Image time 30 Hrs with 10 min subs using Ha S2 O3 filters. Imaged from my backyard in Whittier CA USA Using a TOA-130f @ 1004mm Mounted on a AP1200 Note: Image start date 1-1-08 Thru 2-10-08
Super nova remnant in the constellation Taurus.
H 10m x 18
O 10m x 25
S 10m x 10
Total Integration = 8.8h
TEC140mm OTA
AP900 Mount
ASI 2600MM
Shot in New Orleans, LA in Bortle 8 Skies
Pixinsight: BXT, HOOS Combination, DBE
The Trifid Nebula (Messier 20) is a striking stellar nursery located about 5,000 light-years away in the constellation Sagittarius. Its name comes from the dark lanes of interstellar dust that divide the glowing gas into three distinct lobes, creating a dramatic cosmic “trifid” pattern. This region is a rare blend of emission, reflection, and dark nebulae—where intense radiation from newborn stars illuminates hydrogen gas in deep reds while nearby dust scatters blue starlight. Captured in this image is a snapshot of star formation in progress, offering a glimpse into the dynamic processes that shape our galaxy.
HSO: 34/18/38x15m
Total Integration = 22.5h
Shot in New Orleans Bortle 8 Skies
TEC-140
CEM70
ASI 2600MM
Pixinsight: DBE, SXT, HSO, HT, NBStars, Rescreen
PS: ColorEfex, Level, Smart Sharpen, Selective Color
Here are the Lagoon and Trifid Nebulae in the constellation Sagittarius.
From my backyard, these targets sit SO low on the horizon, that they JUST clear the treeline and my neighbor's roof.
They're also directly over the light dome of the city, so, needless to say, a challenging image from my location.
However, I am SUPER happy with the results I am getting from the system I mentioned in my last video. The Triad ultra filter and RedCat are a match made in heaven if you like these types of images.
Not to rush galaxy season. but seriously, I can't wait to dig into Cygnus over the next 2 months.
Canon EOS 60Da
William Optics RedCat 51
Sky-Watcher HEQ5
OPT Triad Ultra
28 x 5-minutes
ISO 1600
Stacked in DSS with Darks and Flats.
Topaz DeNoise AI for noise reduction
Processed in Adobe Photoshop
Two galaxies in Virgo. NGC5364 is a Grand Design Spiral Galaxy and NGC5363 is a lenticular galaxy.
Planewave CDK24
El Sauce Observatory, Chile
LRGB: 31/38/25/26x5m
Ha: Unknown Integration
Total Integration = 10h
PI: RGB - BXT, SXT, NXT, Rescreen, NBRGB, LRGB, SXT, ArcSin, Rescreen
L - BXT, Debanding, SXT, NXT, Rescreen, GAME, HDR
PS: ColorEfex, Curves, Sat, NXT, Smart Sharpen
Data from Martin Pugh
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• Sky-Watcher Quattro 250P
• Sky-Watcher EQ8-R Pro
• ZWO ASI294MM-Pro
• Astronomik L: 101x300s bin1 gain 0
• Astronomik RGB: 44x300s bin2 gain 125
• ZWO Hα 7nm: 29x300s bin1 gain 200
(total integration 14.5h)
• 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
-#265 in Explore 29/10/2017 (verificato 01/11/2017 )
Star Party del Gruppo Astrofili Catanesi presso Rifugio Margio Salice 18-20/08/2017
Speravo in qualcosa di più da questa immagine, ma in questa circostanza penso di aver raggiunto veramente i limiti strumentali e i miei limiti elaborativi.
La piccola nebulosa a riflessione, denominata "Iris" (NGC7023) di colore azzurro-ciano è certamente un oggetto facile da fotografare, ma il mio vero interesse erano le interessanti nubi molecolari che la circondano insieme a quelle oscure come la VdB141 denominata "nebulosa Fantasma" e che farebbero parte del complesso nebuloso molecolare di Cefeo
Sapevo che queste nubi molecolari, molto deboli e di natura oscura erano difficili da fotografare, ma contavo su una integrazione su 6h e 25min acquisita in 3 notti consecutive.
Purtroppo questa non è bastata perchè due parametri critici hanno rovinato la maggioranza dei frame: la temperatura del sensore direttamente influenzata dalla temperatura ambientale e la non ottima trasparenza del cielo. LA temperatura ambiente media notturna è stata di circa 18-19° C e quindi quella del sensore intorno ai 26° C. Troppo rumore termico (che potete vedere qui Frame grezzo singolo dell'immagine ) che ha cancellato il debole segnale delle nubi molecolari. In minor misura ha influito la non ottima trasparenza del cielo che ha permesso all'Inquinamento Luminoso delle vicine città di rendere il cielo lattiginoso.
Per evidenziare le nubi molecolari occorre agire con molti strech successivi che in questo caso hanno evidenziato soprattutto il rumore. Ho dovuto quindi trovare un compromesso rendendo morbida l'immagine.
L'elaborazione forzata ha evidenziato anche la vignettatura anche se trattata con i flat; quindi ho dovuto croppare del 10% entrambi i lati dell'immagine.
Mi auguro che questa condivisione possa aiutare gli amici astrofili come confronto e a fare le scelte migliori in base al setup posseduto e ad altri parametri esterni.
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-#265 on Explore 10.29.2017 (checked on 11.01.2017)
Star Party of Gruppo Astrofili Catanesi at Rifugio Margio Salice August 18-20, 2017
I was hoping for something more from this image, but in this circumstance I think I have really reached the instrumental limits and my elaborate limits.
The little reflection nebula, called "Iris" (NGC7023) of blue-cyan color is certainly an easy-to-photograph object, but my real interest was the interesting molecular clouds that surround it along with the obscure ones like the VdB141 called "Ghost Nebula "and that would be part of the Cepheus Molecular Cloud Complex .
I knew these molecular clouds, poorly lit and dark nature were difficult to photograph, but I expected on an integration of 6h 25min acquired in 3 consecutive nights.
Unfortunately this was not enough because two critical parameters have ruined the majority of frames: the temperature of the sensor directly affected by the ambient temperature and the poor transparency of the sky. The average nighttime ambient temperature was around 18-19 ° C and therefore the sensor temperature around 26 ° C. Too much thermal noise (you can see here single raw frame ) that cleared the little signal of molecular clouds. The unobtrusive transparency of the sky has adversely affected to a lesser extent; in fact it has made the bright sky caused by the light pollution coming from nearby cities
To highlight the molecular clouds, it is necessary to act with many successive strechs which in this case have highlighted the noise above. I had to find a compromise, making the image softer.
Forced processing also highlighted the vignetting even if treated with the flat; so I had to cut 10% on both sides of the image.
I hope this sharing can help amateur astronomers friends how to compare and make the best choices based on their setup and other external parameters.
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Optic: Rifrattore APO Scopos TL805 80mm/f7 + WO 0.8X
Camera: Canon EOS 550D (Rebel T2i) mod. Baader BCF
Mount: Sky Watcher HEQ5 Synscan
Seeing: 3 (scala Antoniadi inversa)
55x420s 1600iso / 17 dark /21 flat / 21 bias
Date: 18-19-20/08/2017
Integration: 6h 25min
Temperature: 19°C (media)
Temperature sensor: 26°C (media)
Location: Rifugio Margio Salice, monti Nebrodi (Sicily-Italy) 1250m slm
Elaborazione DSS + PSCS3.
The Triffid is a combination of an emission nebula (pink section) and reflection nebula (blue section). Situated in the constellation Sagittarius near M8 the Lagoon Nebula. Often these two objects are photographed together.
Takahashi TAO-150B
FLI 16200 (scale 1.1")
AP 1600GTO Abs Encoders
Data from Deepskywest El Sauce Observatory (Rio Hurtado, Chile)
Ha (12x30min)
Oiii (13x30min)
Sii (15x30min)
L (37x5min)
R (24x5min)
G (11x5min)
B (20x5min)
Total Integration = 27.7hrs
Pixinsight:
Bias/Dark/Flat/CC
LocalNorm/Drizzle
ChannelCombination RGB
PCC
PixelMath SHO
ChannelExtraction Lum
Deconvolution
SHO Lum combined with Lum in PS using masks
ChannelCombination Lum on RGB
Photoshop:
Saturation
Minimum filter with Star Mask
ColorEfex Pro - Detail Extractor
Curves
The Little Rosette Nebula, is an H2 region located in the constellation of Cassiopeia. This region of gas and dust is located about 7,500-light years away from Earth.
The bright star at the nebula's center ionizes the surrounding hydrogen gas and causes it to glow. While it is not small in size, it is a very faint and relatively unknown object. Approximate size is 2/3's of the full moon. There is also a significant level of dark dust mixed in with the gas, and filaments can be seen throughout.
Image captured over 6 nights; 2022-11-19, 20, 23, & 2023-01-18, 19, 22.
23 hours and 10 min total integration
Ha subs 33 * 1,200sec = 11 hours
OIII subs 17 * 1,200sec = 5 hours 40 minutes
SII subs 15 * 1,200sec =5 hours
R subs 15 * 120sec = 30 minutes
B subs 15 * 120sec = 30 minutes
G subs 15 * 120sec = 30 minutes
Imaging Equipment:
SharpStar 140PH Triplet 910mm focal length
Mesu 200 MKII,
ZWOASI2600MM Pro camera
3nm Ha, OIII & SII filters, R,G,B filters
Messier 31 the Andromeda galaxy HaLRGB
I added some more data to this so it’s just under 13 hours of data, I think I’m done on this one
Equipment used;
CGX mount
QHY9s CCD
AA 70 EDQ-R telescope
Baader filters
Capture details;
24 x 300 red
21 x 300 green
26 x 300 blue
48 x 300 ha
36 x 300 lum
31 x darks
100 bias (super bias pixinsight)
Software used;
SGP, phd2, pixinsight & Photoshop
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
The Man On the Vespa. A target I have never found a name for so I gave it one. Any one who has been to Italy and seen all the Vespa riders will know the sitting position. A few have heard me speak of this target but never really seen it quite like this. The Scope is in perfect focus why there is so much detail.
Narrow band and RGB stars in the Hubble pallet. I have paid homage to the Hubble pallet by not completely removing all the green. Add to the list of shot that make this up I even tried Sky flats so its a real long stack list.
At the very top of this shot is the outer Rim of the Tarantula Nebula one every one knows.
Enjoy the man like I have never seen before......and all the wispy details in the Background.
QHY183M -10c 100 Odd shots 5 min each filter over five nights .. one night 30 shots each RGB 1 min exposure.
QHYCFW3 and 7 Antlia filters LRGBSHaO
MeLE Mini PC
Pegasus Astro Pocket Mini power box
Starpoint Australis SP3 Focuser
Optolong LeNhance filter,
Skywatcher 200 F4 PREMIUM PHOTO QUATTRO REFLECTOR OTA
Skywatcher NEQ 6 Pro Hypertuned
SVbony 50MM Guide scope
QHY5L-II-M Guide camera
Guided PHD2, Nina
Pixinsight, Ps
As a follow on to my last post, here is a dedicated image to the Andromeda galaxy. This is a collaborative effort between myself and my good friend Steve Zigler. Steve captured the data using his dedicated astro camera and telescope and then was kind enough to let me edit it (though he's perfectly capable of edited it himself!). This is a two image pano, shot in LRGB. As my first LRGB image, let me just say this was an absolute BEAST to put together. Fun project, and a nice companion image to my last post.
IC 405 - der Flaming Star Nebel mit seinem Nachbar IC 410 der Tadpole Nebula
Konnte kurz vor Saisonende noch knapp 8,7 Std. mit dem Epsilon 130D und der QHY268m drauf halten.
Leider kommen die Quallen nicht so toll raus wie gehofft, denke da hätte noch etwas zusätzliches Schmalband geholfen.
Equipment:
Takahashi Epsilon 130ED
QHY268m
CFW3M
Astronomik H-alpha MaxFR
Skywatcher EQ8
Februar 2022
Processing: PixInsight/affinity photo
120x180s H-alpha
23x120s red
30x120s green
30x120s blue
2,7 Std. RGB
6 Std. H-alpha
total: 8,7 hour
The Everlasting Universe
Interplanetary Travel
Youtube: "4K" Road Trip in Tunisia - Visiting Tunisia "2019"
Camera: Canon EOS Kiss X7i
Photograph by Yusuf Alioglu
Location: Outer space (space)
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
This is a beautiful example of galactic dark nebulae at high latitudes that become visible through illumination by the interstellar radiation field this is known as Extended Red Emission (ERE). ERE is a dust-luminescence process, which appears in a broad band extending in wavelength across the R-band. ERE also often appears in narrow filaments on the edges of clouds and may therefore be mistaken for H-alpha emission. This nebula emits no significant H-alpha signal. It's shape reminds of a cometary globule in its very last phase before being dispersed. (Text: panther-observatory.com/gallery/deepsky/doc/LBN438_cass.htm)
This picture was photographed durin October-November 2015 in Rozhen observatory, Bulgaria.
Equipment: home assembled reflector 10 in., f/3.8
Mount WhiteSwan-180 with a control system «Eqdrive Standart», camera QSI-583wsg, Televue Paracorr-2. Off-axis guidecamera QHY5L-II.
LRGB filter set Baader Planetarium.
L = 26 * 900 seconds , bin.1, RGB = 15 * 300-450 seconds, bin.1 each filter. About 11 hours.
FWHM source in L filter 1.99"-2.73", sum in L channel - 2.32"
The height above the horizon from 66° to 86°, the scale of 1"/ pixel.
Processed Pixinsight 1.8 and Photoshop CS6
I was in cyprus last week for a few days to catch up with family and had the opportunity to go out at night to do a bit of astrophotography. This was my first attempt at photographing Andromeda Galaxy - our nearest galactic neighbour. I still got a lot to learn in this area, but for now I am happy with the results!
Very faint nebulosa in Auriga.
That's the most complicated object I never did and my first integration from new really dark location at Montsec, Lleida (Spain). Integration of 29.5 hours.
A really proof for remote operations that I started one month ago.
Technical card
Imaging telescope or lens:Teleskop Service TS Photoline 107mm f/6.5 Super-Apo
Imaging camera:ZWO ASI1600MM-Cool
Mount:Astro-Physics Mach-1 GTO CP4
Guiding telescope or lens:Celestron OAG Deluxe
Guiding camera:QHYCCD QHY5III174
Focal reducer:Riccardi Reducer/Flattener 0.75x
Software:Main Sequence Software Seqence Generator Pro, Astro-Physics AAPC, Pleiades Astrophoto PixInsight
Filters: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:Jan. 9, 2019
Frames:
Astrodon B Gen.2 E-series 36mm: 45x10" (gain: 200.00) -20C bin 1x1
Astrodon G Gen.2 E-series 36mm: 45x10" (gain: 200.00) -20C bin 1x1
Astrodon HA 36mm - 5nm: 104x600" (gain: 200.00) -20C bin 1x1
Astrodon O-III 36mm - 5nm: 36x600" (gain: 200.00) -20C bin 1x1
Astrodon R Gen.2 E-series 36mm: 45x10" (gain: 200.00) -20C bin 1x1
Astrodon S-II 36mm - 5nm: 35x600" (gain: 200.00) -20C bin 1x1
Integration: 29.5 hours
Avg. Moon age: 3.07 days
Avg. Moon phase: 10.31%
Astrometry.net job: 2466785
RA center: 81.629 degrees
DEC center: 42.932 degrees
Pixel scale: 2.936 arcsec/pixel
Orientation: 89.771 degrees
Field radius: 1.190 degrees
Locations: AAS Montsec, Àger, Lleida, Spain
Data source: Own remote observatory
Remote source: Non-commercial independent facility
A nebula hiding in the Orion constellation right next to the hunters club. Its name comes from the profile of a monkey head.
Shot in New Orleans metro area in Bortle 8 skies.
S: 44x15m
H: 58x15m
O: 56x15m
Total Integration = 39.5h
S/H/O: DBE/BXT/NXT/LF
Lum(H): HT/HDR/CT
RGB: LComb/BN
PS: Levels/ColorEfex/Selective Color/Dfine2/Smart Sharpen (Masked)/Curves
Radian Raptor61 + QHY268c, Skywatcher EQ6-R Mount, guided
190 x 600 sec, 20 x 30 sec Radian Triad Ultra Quad-Band filter
54 x 600 sec broadband.
I can hardly believe what the camera can capture, and what can be pulled out with processing. The Great Orion Nebula. Mostly taken from my rooftop in central Phoenix, AZ Bortle 9.
Deep Space Antenna 1 is ESA’s first 35-m deep dish, staring out to space to communicate with missions far from home.
Located 140 kilometres north of Perth, Western Australia, close to the village of New Norcia, this giant antenna is in the perfect spot to observe the skies.
“The Wadjarri people from the Murchison region refer to much of the milky way as the emu, as it resembles an emu stretched across the sky,” says Suzy Jackson, Maintenance & Operations Manager for the ground station.
“I’m told that when the emu’s nose reaches the horizon, that’s the best time to collect emu eggs. Having our antenna in the foreground just makes it all the better. I am amazed at how beautiful our workplace here is.”
The New Norcia antenna provides routine support to missions orbiting Mars like Mars Express and Exomars TGO as well as the Gaia space observatory, in the process of making the world's most precise map of the stars in our Milky Way galaxy and BepiColombo on its way to Mercury.
With the launch of ESA’s ESTRACK now 'dashboard’, you can find out exactly which missions are communicating with which antennas at any moment, and discover more about what individual missions are up to - what is their mission and how far away are they?
Explore the ESTRACK network in real time.
Check out our guide to using the dashboard, here.
This processed image was taken by local astrophotographer Jim Longbottom. Find more of his work on his Flickr page.
Credits: Jim Longbottom
The Cygnus Wall complex is part of the more recognisable North American nebula.
This ridge is approximately 20 light years long and is a huge star forming region. You can see where it is in a larger picture below.
This is a 4 pane mosaic as the field of view was too small to fit in the Cygnus Wall itself.
Details
M: Mesu 200
T: ODK10
C: QSI683 with 3nm Astrodon Ha filter
18x1800s in each pane
Total exposure 36 hours
I got some nice subs of the Rosette at DSSG this weekend before a large bank of clouds moved in.
Televue NP-101is
Tak EM-200
ASI2600MM
9x10m Ha (1h30m)
BlurXterminator / MMT Denoise / HT / HDR / CT
ColorEfex Pro Detail Extractor / Cropped to 4x5 / Smart Sharpen / Curves / Levels
NGC 7380 is an open cluster of stars in the northern constellation of Cepheus. The surrounding nebulosity is known as the Wizard Nebula.
Rio Rancho NM Bortle 5 zone,
Sept 25-27, 2022
William Optics Redcat 51
ZWO 183mm pro
ZWO 30mm f/4 mini guide scope and ZWO 120 Mini
Optolong Ha and OIII filters
ZWO ASI Air Pro
Sky-Watcher HEQ5
90 X 300s Ha
114 x 300s OIII
Darks bias dithering
Gain 111 at -10C
Processed in DSS and PS
Far Beyond the Realm of the Stars
Interplanetary Travel
Youtube: "4K" Road Trip in Tunisia - Visiting Tunisia "2019"
Camera: Canon EOS Kiss X7i
Photograph by Yusuf Alioglu
Location: Outer space (space)
The Crescent Nebula, NGC 6888, at the bottom right is an emission nebula created by the death throes of the Wolf-Rayet star HD 192163.
This bi-colour narrowband image (Hydrogen alpha/Oxygen iii) captures NGC6888 and surrounding nebulosity. At the middle bottom is a small, faint planetary nebula PN G75.5+1.7, also known as the Soap Bubble nebula.
Captured from DSW in New Mexico with a Takahashi FSQ-106ED scope and QSI-683 camera. 4.25 hours of Ha and 9 hours of Oiii. Processed with PixInsight.