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A very hungry looking dark nebula.
OTA: Astro Physics RH305 f3.8
GUIDER: ZWO ASI6200
GUIDE CAMERA: ZWO ASI174mm guide camera
FILTERS: Astrodon LRGBHα filters
ACCESSORIES: OPTEC Gemini rotating focuser
MOUNT: Bisque Paramount MEII
LOCATION: M & K Observatory, NSW
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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 on the following link www.swagastro.com/the-cygnus-wall-complex.html
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 / Avalon Linear Fast Reverse
T: ODK10 / Takahashi FSQ85 x0.73
C: QSI683 / QSI690 with 3nm Ha and OIII Astrodon filters
72x1800s in Ha (36hrs)
16x1800s in OIII (8hrs)
Total of 44 hours. The reason that 8 hours of OIII can kind of match the 36 hrs of Ha data is that the OII us taken at f3.9 and the Ha at f6.8
Lunette TS 80x480 + correcteur 0.79x.
ASI294mc + filtre Idas LPS D1.
-10°, gain 120, 57x180s.
Monture HEQ5 pro + kit Rowan.
Asiair.
Guidage ASI120mm mini + chercheur.
Ciel Bortle 4, Périgord.
The Pacman Nebula also known as NGC 281 is a bright emission nebula and part of an H II region in the northern constellation of Cassiopeia and is part of the Milky Way's Perseus Spiral Arm. Technical Info:
64 x 300 sec. Astronomik Ha 12 nm filter
61 x 300 sec. Astronomik OIII 12 nm filter
62 x 300 sec Astronomik SII 12 nm filter
66 x 180 sec. OPTOLONG L-eNhance filter
Gain 200, Offset 50, Binning 1x1
Total Integration 21.1 hours
Explore Scientific 102mm f/7 APO Refractor
Sensor cooled to -15°C on ZWO ASI1600MM Pro (mono)
Calibration frames: Bias, Darks, and Flats.
Plate Solve-PlateSolver 2 via N.I.N.A. 1.11
Image processing Deep Sky Stacker 4.2.6, Pixinsight 1.8.8, and Photoshop CC 2021
IC 5146 (also Caldwell 19, Sh 2-125, and the Cocoon Nebula) is a reflection/emission nebula in the constellation of Cygnus. The distance is about 4,000 light years away. When viewing IC 5146, dark nebula Barnard 168 (B168) is an inseparable part of the experience, forming a dark lane that surrounds the cluster and projects westward forming the appearance of a trail behind the Cocoon.
This is an image taken with the QSI690 that I was hoping to add to, but it won't be happening, so I decided to post!
Details:
M: Avalon Linear Fast Reverse
T: Takahashi FSQ85 0.73x
C: QSI690-wsg with Baader RGB filters and Astrodon 3nm Ha.
34x1800s Ha
50x300s for R, G and B
Totalling 29.5 hours.
Monkey Head Nebula NGC 2174 is an emission nebula located in the constellation Orion. It is located about 6,400 light-years away from Earth. Technical Info: 95 x 300 sec. Astronomik Ha 12 nm filter
123 x 300 sec. Astronomik OIII 12 nm filter
128 x 300 sec Astronomik SII 12 nm filter
91 x 1300 sec. OPTOLONG L-eNhance filter
Gain 200, Offset 50, Binning 1x1
Total Integration 36.4 hours
Explore Scientific 102mm f/7 APO Refractor
Sensor cooled to -15°C on ZWO ASI1600MM Pro (mono)
Calibration frames: Bias, Darks, and Flats.
Plate Solve-PlateSolver 2 via N.I.N.A. 1.11
Image processing Pixinsight 1.8.8-9 and Photoshop 2022
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This is a ten panel mosaic depicting Caldwell 49 up to and including the Cone Nebula and Christmas Tree Cluster. It has been around two months in the making.
maging telescope or lens: Vixen VSD
Imaging camera: Starlight Express SXVR-H18
Mount: Sky-Watcher NEQ6 Pro
Guiding telescope or lens: Vixen VSD
Software: Sequence Generator Pro
Filter: Baader H-alpha 3.5 Nm , OIII & SII
Accessory: Starlight Xpress Lodestar Guider
Integration: 100.0 hours
Dates: Jan. 26, 2016
Locations: Home observatory, Valencia, Spain
Monoceros is a faint constellation on the celestial equator. Its name is Greek for unicorn. Its definition is attributed to the 17th-century Dutch cartographer Petrus Plancius.
Monoceros is home to The Rosette Nebula , the Christmas Tree Cluster and the Cone Nebula.
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The Rosette Nebula (NGC 2237, 2238, 2239, and 2246) is a diffuse nebula in Monoceros. It has an overall magnitude of 6.0 and is 4900 light-years from Earth. The Rosette Nebula, over 100 light-years in diameter, has an associated star cluster and possesses many Bok globules in its dark areas. It was independently discovered in the 1880s by Lewis Swift (early 1880s) and Edward Emerson Barnard (1883) as they hunted for comets.
The Christmas Tree Cluster (NGC 2264) is another open cluster in Monoceros. Named for its resemblance to a Christmas tree, it is fairly bright at an overall magnitude of 3.9; it is 2400 light-years from Earth. The variable star S Monocerotis represents the tree's trunk, while the variable star V429 Monocerotis represents its top.[3]
The Cone Nebula (NGC 2264), associated with the Christmas Tree Cluster, is a very dim nebula that contains a dark conic structure. It appears clearly in photographs, but is very elusive in a telescope. The nebula contains several Herbig-Haro objects, which are small irregularly variable nebulae. They are associated with protostars.
NGC 2359 (also known as Thor's Helmet) is an emission nebula in the constellation Canis Major. The nebula is approximately 11.96 thousand light years away and 30 light-years in size. The central star is the Wolf-Rayet star WR7, an extremely hot giant thought to be in a brief pre-supernova stage of evolution. It is similar in nature to the Bubble Nebula, but interactions with a nearby large molecular cloud are thought to have contributed to the more complex shape and curved bow-shock structure of Thor's Helmet.
It is also catalogued as Sharpless 2-298 and Gum 4.
The nebula has an overall bubble shape, but with complex filamentary structures. The nebula contains several hundred solar masses of ionised material, plus several thousand more of unionised gas. It is largely interstellar material swept up by winds from the central star, although some material does appear to be enriched with the products of fusion and is likely to come directly from the star.The expansion rate of different portions of the nebula varies from 10km/s to at least 30km/s, leading to age estimates of 78,500 - 236,000 years. The nebula has been studied at radio and x-ray wavelengths, but it is still unclear whether it was produced at the class O main sequence stage of development, as a red supergiant, luminous blue variable, or mainly as a Wolf-Rayet star.
Details:
Mount: Avalon Linear Fast reverse
Telescope: Orion Optics ODK10
Camera: QSI683 with Astrodon 3nm Ha and OIII filters
30x1800s Ha
25x1800s OIII
27.5 hours of total exposure
Explanation: This colorful cosmic skyscape features a peculiar system of galaxies cataloged as Arp 227 some 100 million light-years distant. Swimming within the boundaries of the constellation Pisces, Arp 227 consists of the two galaxies prominent on the left; the curious shell galaxy NGC 474 and its blue, spiral-armed neighbor NGC 470. The faint, wide arcs or shells of NGC 474 could have been formed by a gravitational encounter with neighbor NGC 470. Alternately the shells could be caused by a merger with a smaller galaxy producing an effect analogous to ripples across the surface of a pond. Remarkably, the large galaxy on the right hand side of the deep image, NGC 467, appears to be surrounded by faint shells too, evidence of another interacting galaxy system. Intriguing background galaxies are scattered around the field that also includes spiky foreground stars. Of course, those stars lie well within our own Milky Way Galaxy. The field of view spans 25 arc minutes or about 1/2 degree on the sky. (text: apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap110226.html)
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 = 30 * 900 seconds , bin.1, RGB = 14* 300-450 seconds, bin.2 each filter. About 11 hours.
FWHM source in L filter 2.39"-2.90", sum in L channel - 2.66"
The height above the horizon from 33° to 51°, the scale of 1"/ pixel.
Processed Pixinsight 1.8 and Photoshop CS6
Monkey Head Nebula NGC 2174 is an emission nebula located in the constellation Orion and is associated with the open star cluster NGC 2175 It is located about 6,400 light-years away from Earth. Technical Info: 95 x 300 sec. Astronomik Ha 12 nm filter
123 x 300 sec. Astronomik OIII 12 nm filter
128 x 300 sec Astronomik SII 12 nm filter
91 x 1300 sec. OPTOLONG L-eNhance filter
Gain 200, Offset 50, Binning 1x1
Total Integration 36.4 hours
Explore Scientific 102mm f/7 APO Refractor
Sensor cooled to -15°C on ZWO ASI1600MM Pro (mono)
Calibration frames: Bias, Darks, and Flats.
Plate Solve-PlateSolver 2 via N.I.N.A. 1.11
Image processing Pixinsight 1.8.8-9 and Photoshop 2022
The Whale Galaxy NGC 4627 and 4631. Imaging telescope : Ikharos 8" RC SXH18 CCD L600x40 bin2 + RGB & Ha. Integration around 16 hours shot under moonless condition in semi urban skies. Home obbs Valencia.
NGC 4631 (also known as the Whale Galaxy or Caldwell 32) is an edge-on spiral galaxy in the constellation Canes Venatici. This galaxy's slightly distorted wedge shape gives it the appearance of a herring or a whale, hence its nickname. Because this nearby galaxy is seen edge-on from Earth, professional astronomers observe this galaxy to better understand the gas and stars located outside the plane of the galaxy.
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NGC 7822 is a young star forming complex in the constellation of Cepheus The complex encompasses the emission region designated Sharpless 171, and the young cluster of stars named Berkeley 59. The complex is believed to be some 3000 light years distant, with the younger components aged no more than a few million years.
This coloured version is an interesting mix of data. The main detail has been taken from a 2 pane Ha mosaic with the ODK10. The colour used has been a 2 pane mosaic of SII data taken with a Takahashi FSQ85.
Details:
Mount: Mesu 200
Telescope: Orion Optics ODK10 and Takahashi FSQ85 0.73x
Camera: QSI683 with 3nm Astrodon Ha and SII filters
Ha
Pane 1 - 24x1800s
Pane 2 - 22x1800s
SII
Pane 1 - 16x1800s
Pane 2 - 16x1800s
Totalling 39 hours worth of total exposure.
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Melotte-15 is the star cluster located at the heart of the Heart Nebula. Stellar winds and radiation from massive hot stars.
Imaging telescope: AG14 astrograph
Imaging camera: 9.2mp Sony SX814
Mount: Software Bisque Paramount MX
Integration 18 hours
Located in the constellation of Cepheus, this is approximately 2400 light years from us.
Details
M: HEQ5
S: Pentax 75SDHF
C: Atik 314L+ Baader narrowband filters
11 hours of total exposures
11x1500s in Ha, OIII and SII
DESCRIPTION + OBJECTS: Very interesting and rich region of nebulosity in Cassiopea constellation. From left to right you can see Sh161, Sh158 (NGC7538), Sh169, Sh152, NGC7635 Bubble nebula, M52 (NGC7654), NGC 7510, Sh157 Lobster Claw nebula in the center. FOV 4° x 2,6°.
GEAR: Nikon Z7 Kolari Full Spectrum + Nikkor 500/5,6 PF, Astronomic UV/IR/L2 Clip in filter, Rollei Astroklar light pollution filter, Dew heater strip, Sensor pixel scale xx 1,79 arcsec/px, tracking mount iOptron CEM60EC - 3 star alignment, no auto guiding.
ACQUISITION: September 3rd, 2021, Struz, CZ, Subexposure 180s, f 5,6, ISO 2000, Interval 15 s, RAW-L, Light 41x, Dark 30x, Bias 20x, Flat 20x, DarkFlats 10x. Total exposure time 123 min. Night, no wind, 10°C, Backyard, light pollution - Bortle 5.
STACKING AND POST PROCESSING: AstroPixelProcessor (stacking, background neutralization, light pollution removal, calibrate background), Adobe Photoshop CC 2021 (black and white point settings, stretching, stars dim, enhance DSO, contrast setting). No cropped, image size 3840 x 2560 px.
This is my best processing.
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• 422 Megapixels
• Width 19354
• Height 21821
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This image made by total 250 frames stitched together to create this view.
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GEAR : Canon 1200D. Canon 50mm f/1.8 STM.
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EXIF:
▪Foreground - 5s, ISO 200, F4, 50mm.
▪Sky - 25x10s, ISO 6400, F1.8, 50mm. (Each panel contains 10 frames stacked for NR)
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Stitched in ICE, processed in PS.
The Veil Nebula is a cloud of heated and ionized gas and dust in the constellation Cygnus. It constitutes the visible portions of the Cygnus Loop, a large but relatively faint supernova remnant. The source supernova exploded some 5,000 to 8,000 years ago, and the remnants have since expanded to approx 6 times the diameter of the full moon. The distance to the nebula is not precisely known, but Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer (FUSE) data supports a distance of about 1,470 light-years.
This is a 2 pane mosaic using the following equipment
Details:
M: Avalon Linear Fast reverse
T: Takahashi FSQ85 with 0.73x reducer
C: QSI 683 with 1.25" 3nm Astrodon Ha and OIII filters.
Pane 1 - 15x1800s Ha, 15x1800s OIII
Pane 2 - 15x1800s Ha, 15x1800s OIII
Total time: 30 hours
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
Explore Scientific 102mm f/7 APO Refractor
Sensor cooled to -15°C on ZWO ASI1600MM Pro (mono)
Calibration frames: Bias, Darks, and Flats.
Plate Solve-PlateSolver 2 via N.I.N.A. 2.0
Image processing Pixinsight 1.8.9-1 and Photoshop 2023
The North America Nebula is an emission nebula in the constellation Cygnus, close to Deneb. The remarkable shape of the nebula resembles that of the continent of North America, complete with a prominent Gulf of Mexico. This part of the North America nebula (NGC 7000) shown spans about 15 light years and lies about 1,500 light years away toward the constellation of the Swan
The North America Nebula is an emission nebula in the constellation Cygnus, close to Deneb. The remarkable shape of the nebula resembles that of the continent of North America, complete with a prominent Gulf of Mexico
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
Dates: July 8, 2015, July 9, 2015
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
I spent Sunday night setting up my scope again, aligning it, and tracking the Triangulum Galaxy. The Triangulum Galaxy lies ~2.7 million light years away from Earth and is part of our local group of galaxies. It lies in the constellation Triangulum, from where it gets its name. Charles Messier cataloged it first in 1764. He published his Catalog of Nebulae and Star Clusters in 1771 and listed it as object number 33, hence the name M33.
Equipment:
SkyWatcher EQ6-R
Nikkor 500mm f/4 P AI-S at f/5.6
Sony a7RIII (unmodified)
ZWO 30mm Guide scope
GPCAM2 Mono Camera
Acquisition:
Taos, NM: my front yard - Bortle 3
28 x 301" for 2 hours, 26 min, and 56 sec exposure time.
3 dark frames
15 flats frames
15 bias frames
Guided
Software:
SharpCap
PHD2
DeepSkyStacker
Photoshop
Lightroom
My Sony a7RIII and adapted Nikkor 500mm f/4 P AI-S were mounted on an ADM vixen rail and secured to the SkyWatcher EQ6-R mount. I polar aligned my mount using SharpCap Pro. The guide scope/camera was attached to the camera's hot shoe. I used PHD2 to autogude during the imaging session. DeepSkyStacker was used to combine all frames, and then I processed the TIFF file in Photoshop. I stretched the 32-bit file and used Gradient XT on the image. I then made it a 16-bit file and continued to stretch the file in levels, then curves. I used the color sampler tool and levels to do my best to help keep colors accurate. I then used my skillset, including some dodging & burning, and relied on Astronomy Tools Action Set and Topaz Denoise to give the image a polished look. I brought it into Lightroom to do final color corrections and add EXIF data.
tiring but rewarding process, I did not think of trying to bring as much detail with a paltry C11 XLT :) ... but yet ...
I am overjoyed with this new Camera! Thanks ZWO!
total processing time: 3 hours, 2 Leffe blonde and a few shot of rum ... and my i7 demanded mercy!
Same specs of first image:
Celestron C11 XLT mirror lock mod + Starizona 0.75x reducer on a Skywatcher EQ6 - ZWO ASI1600mm-cool camera and Lacerta standalone guide
45 shots for luminance (bin 1x1, 138/30 gain-offset, 150 sec for shot) 10xRGB shots (90 secs for each)
location: Monte Beigua, Sassello (SV), Italy
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Clear skies! :)
A group of four galaxies in the constellation of Grus
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Image exposure: 28 Minutes
Image Size: 2.11° x 1.4°
Image date: 2022-11-14
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The planetary nebula Sh2-188 commonly called the Dolphin, the Leaping Dolphin, the Shrimp, or the Firefox Nebula. But to me...
OTA: PlaneWave CDK20
GUIDER: Astrodon Monster MOAG
MOUNT: PlaneWave L-500
CAMERA: FLI ML-16803
GUIDE CAMERA: QHY 5-III 174 M
REDUCER: N/A
SOFTWARE: SGP, PhD2, PWI 3 & 4, Pixinsight, Starnet++, Photoshop, Topaz
FILTERS: 50mm square: Astrodon LRGB; 3nm Hα, SII, OIII, NII
ACCESSORIES: N/A
COLOR: Nebula NHO, Stars RGB
LOCATION: SRO
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This pair of large, faint emission nebulae are located in the Constellation: Auriga : lies 12,000 light years away.
Imaging telescopes or lenses:
Vixen VSD
Imaging cameras: Starlight Express SXVR-H18
Mounts: Sky-Watcher MX
Guiding telescopes or lenses:Vixen VSD
Guiding cameras: sx loadstar
Software: Sequence Generator Pro, PHD, Photoshop CS5
NGC 2359 also known as Thor's Helmet is an emission nebula in the constellation Canis Major. The nebula is approximately 11.96 thousand light years away and 30 light-years in size. The central star is the Wolf-Rayet star WR7, an extremely hot star thought to be in a brief pre-supernova stage of evolution. (Wikipedia)
Imaged over 11 nights in Jan 2023 from Gergal, Spain.
A bicolour image using an Oiii and Ha Filter.
Full resolution and more details available at: astrob.in/2skcr0/0/
Location: Gergal, Spain
Scope: Celestron C11 Edge HD
Camera: ZWO ASI6200MM Pro
Mount: Skywatcher EQ6R Pro
Filters: NB Astronomik 12nm Ha and Oiii
Integration: 142x Ha 600s and 114x Oiii 600s
Total Integration: 42 hours 40 min
2° procesado des del apilado de mi anterior imagen de éstos objetos, ahora se ven mas estrellas y polvo alrededor de las nebulosas. Pero tiene una parte negativa, el núcleo ha salido mas quemado😓
IC 443 (also known as the Jellyfish Nebula and Sharpless 248 (Sh2-248)) is a Galactic supernova remnant (SNR) in the constellation Gemini. On the plan of the sky, it is located near the star Eta Geminorum. Its distance is roughly 5,000 light years from Earth.
IC 443 may be the remains of a supernova that occurred 3,000 - 30,000 years ago. The same supernova event likely created the neutron star CXOU J061705.3+222127, the collapsed remnant of the stellar core. IC 443 is one of the best-studied cases of supernova remnants interacting with surrounding molecular clouds.
Integration: 37.5 hours
Imaging telescopes or lenses: Takahashi TSA 102
Imaging cameras: Starlight Express SXVR-H18
Mounts: Sky-Watcher NEQ6 Pro
Guiding telescopes or lenses: Takahashi TSA 102
Guiding cameras: sx loadstar
Focal reducers: Takahashi TOA/FS Reducer
Software: Sequence Generator Pro, PHD, Photoshop CS5
Filters: Baader Ha, Hb, OIII & SII
Accessories: Starlight Xpress USB filter wheel, Baader Planetarium 36mm narrowband filters
IC 410 is an emmision nebula that lies approximately 1200 light years away and spans 100 light years. Embedded in this nebula is NGC 1893, a young star cluster. Its stellar winds distort the denser, cooler clouds of gas that form the "Tadpoles" - visible at the upper left side of the image.
Integration: 22.5 hours
Technical card
Imaging telescopes or lenses: Takahashi TSA 102
Imaging cameras: Starlight Express SXVR-H18
Mounts: Sky-Watcher NEQ6 Pro
Guiding telescopes or lenses: Takahashi TSA 102
Guiding cameras: sx loadstar
Focal reducers: Takahashi TOA/FS Reducer
Software: Sequence Generator Pro, PHD, Photoshop CS5
Filters: Baader O III 8.5nm, Baader Ha 8.5nm
Accessories: Starlight Xpress USB filter wheel, Baader Planetarium 36mm narrowband filters
NGC 6337
Planetary Nebula in Scorpius
They named it after a breakfast cereal!
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Image exposure: 75 minutes
Image field of view: 38.5 x 25 arcmin
Image date: 2022-06-22
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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.
Equipment and settings:
Mount: Skywatcher EQ6R Pro
Telescope: Skywatcher Evostar 72/420 + 0.85 reducer
Camera: ASI 533MM Pro
Filters: Astrodon LRGB+Ha
Integration: 4h40'
Edit in Pixinsight.
Location: my Bortle 6+ backyard
Messier 13 (M13), also designated NGC6205 and sometimes called theGreat Globular Cluster in Hercules or the Hercules Globular Cluster, is a globular cluster of about 300,000 stars in the constellation of Hercules.
M13 is about 145 light-years in diameter and is 25,100 light-years away from Earth.
It was discovered in 1714 by Edmund Halley.
A globular cluster is a spherical collection of stars that orbits a galactic core as as satellite. Globular clusters are very tightly bound by gravity, which gives them their spherical shapes and relatively high stellar densities toward their centres.
Details.
M: Mesu 200
T: TMB 152/1200
C: QSI683 Baader LRGB filters
30x600s Luminance
30x600s Red
30x600s Green
30x600s Blue
Totalling 20 hours.
This was all taken as well during the full moon period, as Globular clusters are less affected by moonlight than other Deep Sky objects.
Comet C-2022 E3 (ZTF) 22 Jan 2023
First attempt at capturing and editing a comet.
Lot's of new processes to learn and to experiment with.
This was a tricky one for me to process. I eventually ended up with creating a full integration of the star tracked sequence which after initial processing, I removed the stars for the starfield and discarded the residue comet.
I ran a batch Star Xterminate on all the calibrated, debayered and star aligned subframes. These starless subframes were then comet aligned in PixInsight and image integrated using the first frame as the reference frame.
The starless comet was processed separately from the star image and eventually recombined using a Pixelmath combine expression.
Looking forward to the next opportunity to capture more frames in a new position in the sky and hopefully a better result.
Location: Gergal, Spain - January 22 2023
Scope: William Optics GT81 385mm
Camera: ZWO ASI2600MC Pro
Mount: Celestron CGX
Filter: Baader Moon & Sky Glow
Subframes: 92x 120s
Integration: 3 hours
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The nebula Messier 78 is a reflection nebula in the constellation Orion. It was discovered by Pierre Méchain in 1780 and included by Charles Messier in his catalog of comet-like objects that same year.
M78 is the brightest diffuse reflection nebula of a group of nebulae that include NGC 2064, NGC 2067 and NGC 2071. This group belongs to the Orion Molecular Cloud Complex and is about 1,600 light years distant from Earth. M78 is easily found in small telescopes as a hazy patch and involves two stars of 10th magnitude. These two stars, HD 38563A and HD 38563B, are responsible for making the cloud of dust in M78 visible by reflecting their light.
Ha x 1800 x 4 Lume x 600x 40 RGB x 10 x 30 plus close up data from last year.
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 pluss Baader RGBL
Accessory: Starlight Xpress Lodestar Guider
DESCRIPTION: Very nice target for smaller telescopes and camera lenses. I am surprised of data quality because I was shooting during astronomical twilight and nebulae were only approx 15° above south light polluted horizon… All comments are welcome, you can be critique and please constructive.
OBJECT: M 8 The Lagoon Nebula, M 20 The Trifid Nebula, Constelation Sagittarius, M8 apparent magnitude 6, apparent dimension 90’ x 40’, M20 apparent magnitude 6,3, apparent dimension 28’ x 28’, FOV 2,7° x 1,8°.
GEAR: Nikon Z7 Kolari Full Spectrum + Nikkor 500/5,6 PF, Astronomic UV/IR/L2 Clip in filter, Rollei Astroklar light pollution filter, Dew heater strip, sensor pixel scale 1,79 arcsec/px, tracking mount iOptron CEM60EC - 3 star alignment, no auto guiding.
ACQUISITION: July 3-4, 2021, Struz, CZ, Subexposure 180s, f 5,6, ISO 640, Interval 15 s, RAW-M, Light 19x, Dark 20x, Bias 20x, Flat 20x, DarkFlats 10x. Total exposure time 57 min. Astronomical twilight, no wind, 9°C, No Moon, Light polluted backyard - Bortle 5.
STACKING AND POST PROCESSING: AstroPixelProcessor (stacking, background neutralization, light pollution removal, calibrate background) , Adobe Photoshop CC 2020 ( black and white point settings, stretching, dim stars, enhance DSO, contrast setting, no noise reduction). Cropped 2,3x x, image size 3840 x 2560 px.