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### 🎬 **Prompt cinématographique hyperréaliste**
Portrait rapproché d’une jeune femme au visage délicat et naturel, peau claire parsemée de fines taches de rousseur réalistes, légèrement scintillantes comme si des particules d’or étaient incrustées sous la surface de l’épiderme. Ses yeux vert émeraude captent la lumière avec une profondeur presque liquide, reflet subtil d’un univers en expansion.
Ses cheveux blond platine, légèrement ondulés, flottent doucement comme en apesanteur, traversés par des filaments lumineux dorés évoquant des veines d’énergie cosmique. Quelques mèches sont retenues par une structure fine et élégante ressemblant à un ornement futuriste en métal doré.
L’arrière-plan est un vaste paysage spatial hyperréaliste : nébuleuses bleutées et orangées, nuages stellaires, poussières galactiques et étoiles scintillantes, avec un effet de profondeur volumétrique cinématographique. La lumière ambiante est douce mais contrastée, avec un éclairage principal chaud (golden hour cosmique) venant de la gauche et un rim light froid bleuté venant de l’arrière, créant un halo subtil autour du sujet.
Elle porte une tenue sombre, élégante et futuriste, avec des détails métalliques dorés finement gravés, rappelant une armure légère ou une combinaison d’exploratrice interstellaire. Les textures sont ultra détaillées : micro-rayures, reflets spéculaires, matériaux réalistes.
Sur sa peau apparaissent de fines lignes lumineuses dorées, comme des fractures d’énergie ou des constellations vivantes, intégrées de manière organique, diffusant une faible lueur.
Profondeur de champ très faible (f/1.4), focus ultra précis sur les yeux, bokeh cosmique en arrière-plan avec des particules lumineuses flottantes.
Rendu photographique haute définition, style hyperréaliste, 8K, détails peau réalistes, lumière cinématographique, color grading teal & gold, contraste maîtrisé, atmosphère éthérée et majestueuse.
Ambiance générale : mélange de beauté humaine et d’immensité cosmique, comme si elle incarnait une entité née des étoiles.
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### 🎬 **Ultra-Detailed Cinematic Prompt (Hyperrealistic)**
Close-up portrait of a young woman with delicate, natural features, fair skin dusted with fine, realistic freckles subtly infused with shimmering golden particles, as if stardust is embedded beneath her skin. Her emerald green eyes capture light with a liquid depth, reflecting hints of a vast, expanding universe.
Her platinum blonde hair, softly wavy, flows as if suspended in zero gravity, threaded with fine golden luminous strands resembling currents of cosmic energy. A few strands are held in place by a refined, futuristic metallic hair ornament in polished gold.
The background reveals a vast, hyperrealistic cosmic landscape: swirling blue and amber nebulae, dense interstellar clouds, glowing starfields, and fine galactic dust, all rendered with cinematic volumetric depth. Lighting is soft yet dramatic, with a warm key light (cosmic golden hour) illuminating her face from the left, and a cool blue rim light from behind, creating a subtle halo around her silhouette.
She wears a dark, elegant, futuristic outfit with finely engraved golden metallic details, reminiscent of a lightweight interstellar armor or explorer suit. Textures are highly detailed: micro-scratches, realistic reflections, and physically accurate materials.
Thin glowing golden lines appear across her skin, like delicate fractures of energy or living constellations, seamlessly integrated and softly emitting light.
Extremely shallow depth of field (f/1.4), razor-sharp focus on the eyes, with a dreamy cosmic bokeh in the background filled with floating luminous particles.
Photorealistic rendering, ultra-high definition, 8K resolution, highly detailed skin texture, cinematic lighting, teal and gold color grading, controlled contrast, ethereal yet majestic atmosphere.
Overall mood: a fusion of human beauty and cosmic vastness, as if she is a being born from the stars.
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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.
moonrocksastro.com/index.php/2016/02/26/m78-reflection-ne...
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
This image is a mosaic of three panels. M 81 and m82 shot using a 14" Newtonian from the home in Valencia.
This image Contains: M81 and it's companion dwarf galaxy Holmberg IX, NGC 3034 and M 82.
M81 and M82 are a pair of galaxies in the constellation Ursa Major. Messier 81 and Messier 82 can both be viewed easily using binoculars and small telescopes.
Imaging telescope or lens:AG14
Mount: Software Bisque Paramount MX
Frames:
Chroma LRGB & Ha CCD Filter set
Integration: +- 36 hours x 3
Locations: Home observatory, Valencia,
Spain
#Astrophotography #Space
It is finished! I have been slowly trying to learn deep-space photography using my camera, a telephoto lens, and a star tracker. It is the most challenging type of photography that I have attempted, and the editing process on this photo nearly broke me...BUT...I got it done. This photo was taken last weekend on Sunday, September 1st into the early morning hours on Labor Day (Monday), September 2nd. This was taken a few miles northwest of Munising Michigan in the UP. This photo combines 66 minutes (33 images exposed for 2 minutes each) of exposure time. The long exposure time allows the faint galaxy light to be collected in the data captured. Photo was taken with a Nikon Z6iii, Tamron 150-600mm lens, & ioptron skyguider pro. 33 exposures set at 2 minutes long, ISO 3200, f/6.3, focal length 550mm.
(Explore # 230)
Messier 42 (M42, the Great Orion Nebula, and Running Man Nebula. Shot with my one-shot color camera with no color adulteration.
Technical Info:
50 x 300 sec. Badder UV/IR Cut filter
10 x 60 sec. Badder UV/IR Cut filter
10 x 30 sec Badder UV/IR Cut filter
Explore Scientific 102mm f/7 Imaging APO Refractor
Sensor cooled to -5°C on my ZWO ASI2490 MC Pro
Calibration frames: Bias, Darks and Flats.
Plate solving- PlateSolver 2 via N.I.N.A.
Image stacking with DeepSkyStacker and finished in Photoshop
Apologies for the same type of shot two night's on the bounce but once I have an idea I'm like a dog with a rat :)
Same rig up as yesterday, minus stars and el wire plus sun.
I made the sun from a ping pong ball, under lit by the lp brushes orange filter.
I used a nd filter held over the bottom half of the sun to begin so the rings would show up better in front.
Quick tripod swap then onto the rings which appear to disappear behind the sun as I span my phone quicker on the top 1/4 of it's rotation. I made them more pronounced in front by moving the phone more slowly.
Straight out the camera deep space light art.
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
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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**Prompt cinématographique ultra détaillé hyperréaliste :**
Un majestueux chat tigré aux yeux turquoise cristallins flottant dans l’immensité du cosmos, vêtu d’une combinaison d’astronaute rétro-futuriste orange brûlé inspirée des missions Apollo, casque spatial ultra réfléchissant aux détails chromés complexes, portrait centré en très gros plan, regard intense et mystérieux capturant la profondeur de l’univers. Autour de lui, une galaxie vivante explose en nuances électriques de bleu nébuleux, cyan lumineux, indigo profond et éclats dorés scintillants. Des planètes géantes aux anneaux saturniens dérivent dans l’arrière-plan, accompagnées de météorites incandescentes traversant l’espace comme des flèches de lumière.
Éclairage cinématographique hollywoodien extrêmement sophistiqué, lumière volumétrique spatiale, reflets réalistes sur la visière du casque, particules lumineuses flottantes, bokeh cosmique doré et bleu, microdétails du pelage ultra nets, texture réaliste des moustaches et des fibres textiles de la combinaison spatiale. Composition symétrique immersive, profondeur de champ faible avec arrière-plan galactique légèrement diffus, contraste HDR spectaculaire, rendu 16K hyperréaliste, style blockbuster de science-fiction haut de gamme.
Ambiance épique et poétique mêlant douceur féline et immensité interstellaire, sensation de voyage cosmique contemplatif, esthétique NASA fantasy ultra détaillée, color grading teal & orange cinématographique, étoiles scintillantes infinies, halos lumineux, lens flares subtils, rendu Unreal Engine 5 photoréaliste, qualité IMAX, détails anatomiques parfaits, netteté extrême sur les yeux du chat, atmosphère immersive et magique.
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**Ultra-detailed cinematic hyperrealistic prompt (English):**
A majestic tabby cat with crystalline turquoise eyes floating through the vastness of deep space, wearing a retro-futuristic burnt-orange astronaut suit inspired by Apollo missions, ultra-reflective space helmet with intricate chrome details, centered close-up portrait, intense and mysterious gaze capturing the infinite depth of the universe. Surrounding the feline astronaut, a living galaxy erupts in electric shades of nebula blue, luminous cyan, deep indigo, and shimmering golden stardust. Giant ringed planets drift across the background while incandescent meteors streak through space like glowing arrows of light.
Extremely sophisticated Hollywood cinematic lighting, volumetric cosmic illumination, realistic reflections across the helmet visor, floating luminous particles, golden and blue cosmic bokeh, ultra-sharp fur microdetails, highly realistic whisker textures, and detailed woven fibers of the astronaut suit. Immersive symmetrical composition, shallow depth of field with a softly diffused galactic background, dramatic HDR contrast, breathtaking 16K hyperrealistic rendering, premium sci-fi blockbuster aesthetic.
Epic yet poetic atmosphere blending feline softness with interstellar grandeur, evoking a contemplative cosmic voyage. Ultra-detailed NASA-inspired fantasy aesthetic, cinematic teal-and-orange color grading, endless sparkling stars, subtle lens flares, glowing halos, Unreal Engine 5 photorealistic rendering, IMAX-quality visuals, anatomically perfect details, razor-sharp focus on the cat’s eyes, deeply immersive and magical ambiance.
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Photo showing Turbulence at the Ars Electronica Center’s Deep Space 8K.
Turbulence is an ongoing series of high-resolution visual experiments with particles simulated in various virtual environments by the award-winning interdisciplinary studio MELT. The three-part work was created exclusively for the Ars Electronica Center's Deep Space 8K.
In un gioco di colori, in primo piano, risplendono stelle nate da pochi milioni di anni, che convertono parte della propria massa in energia, con giovanile entusiasmo. la loro luce si disperde nell'ambiente circostante andando ad influenzare l'aspetto delle nubi di colore rossastro in cui sono immerse.
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In a play of colors, in the foreground, stars, born from a few million years shine, converting part of their mass into energy, with youthful enthusiasm. their light is dispersed in the surrounding environment, influencing the appearance of the reddish clouds in which they are immersed.
M45 The Pliedies also known as The Seven Sisters is an asterism and an open star cluster in the constellation Taurus. M45 is at a distance of about 444 light years and is the nearest star cluster to Earth.
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
The Orion Nebula (also known as Messier 42, M42, or NGC 1976) 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. M42 is located at a distance of 1,344 light years approx and is the closest region of massive star formation to Earth. The M42 nebula is estimated to be 24 light years across. It has a mass of about 2000 times the mass of the Sun. Older texts frequently refer to the Orion Nebula as the Great Nebula in Orion or the Great Orion Nebula
The Orion Nebula is one of the most scrutinized and photographed objects in the night sky, and is among the most intensely studied celestial features.[8] The nebula has revealed much about the process of how stars and planetary systems are formed from collapsing clouds of gas and dust. Astronomers have directly observed protoplanetary disks, brown dwarfs, intense and turbulent motions of the gas, and the photo-ionizing effects of massive nearby stars in the nebula.
Details
M: Avalon Linear Fast Reverse and Mesu 200
T: Takahashi FSQ85 0.73x and AT 8" RC CF
C: QSI690-wsg with 3nm Ha filter and Hutech IDAS filter, QSI683-wsg with Baader red, green and blue filters
14x1800s Ha (FSQ85) 16x45s Ha (FSQ85) 79x40s Ha (2x2 bin AT 8" RC)
31x600s Lum (FSQ85)
Red - 50x300s (FSQ85), 15x10s, 20x60s
Green - 50x300s (FSQ85), 15x10s, 20x60s
Blue - 50x300s (FSQ85), 15x10s, 20x60s
There is a total of 26 hours, 32 minutes and 10 seconds
The Rosette Nebula is a cluster and nebula which is at a distance of 5,000 light-years from Earth and measure roughly 130 light years in diameter. Technical Info:
49 x 120 sec. Astronomik UV/IR Cut filter
49 x 300 sec. Astronomik Ha 12nm Filter
48 x 300 sec Astronomik OIII 12nm Filter
41 x 300 sec Astronomik SII 12nm Filter
Gain 200, Offset 50, Binning 1x1
Total 14.8 hours
Explore Scientific 102mm f/7 APO Refractor
Sensor cooled to -10°C on ZWO ASI1600MM Pro (mono)
Calibration frames: Bias, Darks, and Flats.
ASTAP via N.I.N.A. 1.11
Image stacking with DeepSkyStacker 4.2.5 and finished in Photoshop CC 2021
The Medusa Nebula, also known as Abell 21, is a planetary nebula located in the constellation Gemini, about 1,500 light-years from Earth. It is the remnant of a dying star that shed its outer layers, forming a complex, glowing shell of ionized gas. Its twisted, filamentary appearance and faint greenish hue give it a resemblance to the serpent-haired figure from Greek mythology, inspiring its name.
A high-contrast, black and white interpretation of the Milky Way, capturing the dense, dusty heart of our galaxy. The monochrome treatment emphasises the texture and sheer magnitude of the starfield, turning the familiar celestial river into a dramatic, abstract canvas of light and darkness.
Photo showing Seven Experiments in Procedural Animation, a work by Karl Sims, in the Ars Electronica Center's Deep Space 8K .
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.
SH2-124 is a faint emission nebula located in the constellation of Cygnus.
Imaging telescope: Vixen VSD 100 f/3
Imaging camera: 9.2mp Sony SX814
Mount: Software Bisque Paramount MX
Guiding telescope or lens: Vixen VSD 100 f/3
Filters: Chroma OIII 3nm, Chroma Ha 3nm and Chroma SII 3nm
Dates: Nov..Dec...2016
Frames: 46x1800" at F3
Integration: 45.0 hours
Locations: Home observatory, Valencia, Spain
IC 1396 in a new light!
moonrocksastro.com/index.php/2015/11/01/cepheus/
It is named after Cepheus, King of Aethiopia in Greek mythology. It was one of the 48 constellations listed by the 2nd century astronomer Ptolemy, and remains one of the 88 modern constellations. Its brightest star is Alpha Cephei with an apparent magnitude of 3.5. Delta Cephei is the prototype of an important class of star known as a Cepheid variable. RW Cephei, an orange hypergiant, together with the red supergiants Mu Cephei, VV Cephei and V354 Cephei are among the largest stars known. In addition, Cepheus also has the hyperluminous quasar S5 0014+81, hosting an ultramassive black hole in its core at 40 billion solar masses, about 10,000 times more massive than the central black hole of the Milky Way, making it the most massive black hole known in the universe.
This two panel mosaic has an Integration of 45.0 hours
Imaging telescopes or lenses: Vixen VSD
Imaging cameras: Starlight Express SXVR-H18
Mounts: Sky-Watcher NEQ6 Pro
Guiding telescopes or lenses: Vixen VSD
Guiding cameras: sx loadstar
Software: Sequence Generator Pro, PixInsight 1.8, Photoshop CS5, PHD, Main Sequence Software
Filters: H-alpha 3.5 Nm, Baader SII 8.5nm, Baader O III 8.5nm
Accessories: Starlight Xpress USB filter wheel
Resolution: 4542x3208
Dates: Oct. 20, 2015, Oct. 21, 2015, Oct. 22, 2015
Frames:
Ha 8.5nm: 30x1800"
O III 8.5nm: 40x1800"
SII 8.5nm: 20x1800"
Integration: 45.0 hours
Locations: Home observatory, Valencia, Spain
The Elephant's Trunk is a part of the larger nebula IC 1396. This pillar of dense star/planet forming areas is more than 20 light years long. Though it lies about 2500 light years away, if unaided human eyes were able to see it in our night sky, the Trunk would appear around the same length as a full moon. For a sense of scale, if you place our Sun next to it in this image, the Sun and all its major planets (including Earth) would fit neatly into one pixel.
OTA: PlaneWave CDK14
MOUNT: Planewave L350
CAMERA: SBIG STX-16803
GUIDER: Astrodon Mega MOAG
GUIDE CAMERA: Starlight Xpress UltraStar
REDUCER: N/A
SOFTWARE: Planewave PWI3 & PWI4, SGP, PhD2, Pixinsight, Photoshop, Topaz
FILTERS: Astrodon
LOCATION: SRO
COPYRIGHT: 2019 JKLOVELACE
SII 20 x 1200 sec;
NII 14 x 1200 sec;
Hα 24 x 1200 sec;
OIII 16 x 1200 sec;
Red 24 x 300 sec;
Green 24 x 300 sec;
Blue 17 x 300 sec.
Total integration 30.08 hours.
Binning 1x1
Camera Temp -25C
DSO Color Mapping: SN-HO-OH
Original Image Scale (Pix): 0.72
To see more of my work and to buy prints visit www.jklovelacephotography.com/pages/space
M 42 ZWO Seestar S50 A diffuse nebula in the Milky Way south of Orions belt in the constellation of Orion. 1,500 Light years away from Earth
I captured the full moon a year ago and then added some stars to the background to give the image a 3D effect.
Enlarge for a more immersive view.
Enjoy!
Somewhere out there — a galaxy, far, far away, una galaxia muy, muy lejana — something may or may not be broadcasting. Down here on an unremarkable Spanish street, under a sky the colour of an unplugged television, an entire rooftop civilisation of aerials, dishes, and antennae stands ready to receive. Nobody asked them to coordinate. Nobody drew up a plan. And yet here they are: patient, purposeful, and pointing, more or less, at infinity.
The crane on the right is building an extension to AIJU, Ibi's internationally renowned toy research institute — because even on a street listening for signals from deep space, someone has to think about what the children will play with next.
Messier 101 (M101), also known as the Pinwheel Galaxy, is a spiral galaxy located in the constellation Ursa Major, the Great Bear. The Pinwheel Galaxy lies at a distance of 20.9 million light-years from Earth. It has the designation NGC 5457 in the New General Catalogue. Technical Info:
15 x 300 sec. Badder UV/IR Cut filter
Gain 200, Offset 50, Binning 1x1
Total 1.25 hours
Explore Scientific 102mm f/7 APO Refractor
Sensor cooled to -25°C on ZWO ASI294MC Pro (Color)
Calibration frames: Bias, Darks, and Flats.
Plate Solve ASTAP via N.I.N.A. 1.11
Image processing Pixinsight 1.8.8 and finished in Photoshop CC 2021
A Ha-OIII-RGB composite of Messier 78 (NGC 2068) is my first attempt at this deep sky object and this type of post-processing. It was imaged in the northern hemisphere in my yard.
M78 is the brightest diffuse reflection nebula of a group of nebulae that includes NGC 2064, NGC 2067 and NGC 2071. This group belongs to the Orion B molecular cloud complex and is about 1,350 light-years distant from Earth.
Subframes
66 Light (RGB) x 300 sec
21 Ha x 300 sec
30 OIII x 300 sec
Flat x 44
Dark x 25
Bias x 78
Total time 9.75 hrs
The Orion Nebula and the Running Man Nebula must be the most imaged nebulas in the night sky. In this project I wanted to get the surrounding dust and gasses that are not normally seen in most wide field Orion Nebula images. To be able to capture the faint dust and the super bright core and everything in-between I took a set of 3 different exposures to create an HDR image. The image required using a masked stretch of 300 iterations to be able to compress all the details into a workable image.
More information can be found at: astrob.in/afonwi/0/
Detail Summary:
Imaged from Gérgal, Spain on the 22 December 2022
Bortle class 4-5
SQM 20.6 - 20.9
WO GT81 385mm Telescope f/4.7
CGX Mount
ASI 2600MC Pro -5C Imaging Camera
Baader Moon & Sky Glow filter
Total imaging time 5 hours:
36x 30s Gain 0 : 18 mins
36x 180s Gain 0 : 1 hour 48 mins
36x 300s Gain 100 : 3 hours
An LRGB image of M92 Globular Cluster.
A total of 300 minutes exposure using a StellaMira 104m Refractor mounted on a 10 Micron GM1000 mount.
NGC 4565, the Needle Galaxy, is one of the most striking examples of an edge-on spiral galaxy visible from Earth. Located in the constellation Coma Berenices, it lies roughly 40 million light-years away. Its thin, elongated appearance comes from our vantage point, which allows us to see its disk almost perfectly from the side.
Its prominent central bulge and the dark lane of dust running along the midplane create a dramatic contrast between the bright core and the dimmer outer regions, offering insight into the structure of spiral galaxies.
As this image shows, the plane of NGC 4565 is not perfectly flat. A subtle warp is visible in the galaxy’s outer disk, with the edges bending slightly above and below the main plane. This is similar to our own galaxy, the Milky Way, whose disk is also warped, likely due to gravitational interactions with nearby galaxies or dark matter structures.
NGC 4565 shares many features, as well as a similar size, with the Milky Way. Because of these similarities, it is sometimes considered a “twin” of our home galaxy, offering a glimpse of what the Milky Way might look like from tens of millions of light-years away.
EXIF
Telescope: Sharpstar SQA106
Mount: Skywatcher Wave 150i
Camera: ZWO ASI 1600MM Pro
Filters: Baader RGB with ZWO EFW
Guiding: ZWO ASI 385MC with Artesky UltraGuide 32mm
Rig control: ZWO ASIAir Pro
150x 45s in RGB
Total exposure time 4h30min
Fifth and last image in this supermoon series...
I end this supermoon series with this capture that shows a lot of detail on its surface and with a dark background of deep space, giving it almost a 3D look. Enlarge for the most immersive view.
I never tire of the moon and its amazing presence!
Thanks for joining me on this celestial tour...
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