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In honor of tonight's full moon, here's an image from last month's full moon which I photographed about an hour after it rose.
The moon itself here is my capture, and I have used a deep space filter layered behind it, giving a three dimensional element and experience.
Hit the Enlarge button and enjoy your galactic journey floating into space as you view it :)
My Friday night was spent setting up my scope and targeting the Andromeda Galaxy. It is the furthest object visible to the naked eye as it lies relatively close to us at only ~2.5 million light years from Earth.
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
36 x 210" for 2 hours, 6 min, and 30 sec exposure time.
5 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 using Levels. I then made it a 16-bit file and continued to stretch the file in levels and 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.
This is a montage of the best bits of 2016 ..... It's been an interesting year for sure and I've had some imaging fun!
2017 is already turning into an interesting year, with things in the pipeline that I am looking forward to.
There are many hundreds of hours of total exposure time in this complete montage. Some of the images have been published in magazine and one of them got a NASA APOD as well.
I hope you enjoy looking over it as much as I've enjoyed the imaging and processing time spent doing each and every image on here.
Sony a7IV | Sigma 105mm F2.8 DG DN macro
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The Dumbbell Nebula (also known as the Apple Core Nebula, M 27, and NGC 6853) is a planetary nebula (nebulosity surrounding a white dwarf) in the constellation Vulpecula, at a distance of about 1360 light-years. A planetary nebula is a type of emission nebula consisting of an expanding, glowing shell of ionized gas ejected from red giant stars late in their lives. [wikipedia]
Imaged using the Celestron C14 Edge HD telescope in dome 4 at Turismo Astronómico, Los Coloraos observatory in Gorafe, Spain.
A higher resolution image with imaging details can be found on my Astrobin page at: astrob.in/3hreww/0/
Thank you for looking.
Technical summary:
Captured: 8 Nights in June 2024
Location: Turismo Astronómico, Los Coloraos, Gorafe, Spain
Bortle Class: 3
Total Integration: 21 hours 25mins
Filters: UV-IR 329 x 120s, Red 68 x 180s, Green 74 x 180s, Blue 67 x 180s
Pixel Scale: 0.4 arcsec/pixel
Telescope: Celestron C14 Edge HD
Image Camera: ZWO ASI6200MM Pro
Filters: Astronomik Lum, Red, Green, Blue,
Mount: Skywatcher EQ 8
Computer: Minix NUC
Capture software: NINA, PHD2
Editing software: PixInsight, Adobe Lightroom
Red hydrogen emission and blue reflection nebulae, dark molecular clouds and a bright star sitting in the middle, flooding the scene its yellow light... Sounds like the Rho Ophichui region?
Sure. There is, however, another smaller, but similarly colorful area in the sky:
Meet the Cave Nebula!
Officially designated Sh2-155, the Cave Nebula in the constellation Cepheus, is a diffuse nebula of ionized hydrogen with ongoing star formation activity, at an estimated distance of 2400 light-years from Earth. It lies within a larger complex containing emission, reflection, and dark nebulosity.
The name "Cave Nebula" for Sh2-155 was coined by Patrick Moore, presumably derived from photographic images showing a curved arc of emission nebulosity corresponding to a cave mouth. Earlier, the name was already used to refer to another brighter but unrelated reflection nebula in Cepheus, known as Ced 201. The name's application to Sh2-155 has come into vogue through the nebula's inclusion in Moore's Caldwell catalogue as object Caldwell 9.
EXIF
ZWO ASI 1600MM Pro
Baader Ha, Oiii, RGB filters
William Optics Megrez 88, f/5.6
Skywatcher AZ-GTI controlled with ASIAir
ZWO ASI 385MC for autoguiding
PixInsight processing
Total integration time: 5h10min
The Iris Nebula (NGC7023) is a reflection nebula approximately 1300 light years away, located in the constellation of Cepheus. On the right hand of the image is VdB 141 (The ghost nebula) so called because of it's shape. This is also a reflection nebula and is about 1500 light years away.
Details:
M: Avalon Linear fast reverse
T: Takahashi FSQ 85
C: QSI690ws-g with Lum filter and Starlight Express Trius SX25C OSC for the colour.
Luminance - 2 pane mosaic 54x600s in total
Colour - 100x600s
Totalling 25 hours and 40 minutes
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• Sky-Watcher Quattro 250P
• Sky-Watcher EQ8-R Pro
• ZWO ASI294MM-Pro
• Astronomik L: 55x300s bin1 gain 0
• Astronomik RGB: 26x300s bin2 gain 125
• ZWO Hα 7nm: 12x300s bin1 gain 200
(total integration 7.7h)
• ZWO OAG & ASI290Mini guide cam
• TS GPU coma corrector
• ZWO EFW, ZWO EAF & Pegasus Astro Ultimate Powerbox 2
Trevinca, Valding, Spain
Bortle 3, SQM 21.8
processed with Pixinsight
The Bubble Nebula (NGC 7635) is an emission nebula located in the northern constellation Cassiopeia. The nebula lies at a distance of 7,100 light-years from Earth. The nebula is in fact a cloud of gas and dust illuminated by the brilliant star within it. Technical Info:
102 x 300 sec. Astronomik Ha 12 nm filter
66 x 300 sec. Optolong L-eHance
Gain 200, Offset 50, Binning 1x1
Total Integration 14 hours
Explore Scientific 102mm f/7 APO Refractor
Sensor cooled to -20°C on ZWO ASI1600MM Pro (mono)
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.
NGC 7635 a.k.a. Bubble Nebula
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Space is full of things / situations / events that intrigue us, NGC7635 being one of those. In short and for everyone to understand, a massive star is caught in a "bubble". This star is almost 50 times larger than the Sun and the emitted radiation is about 1 million times stronger than it, producing a stellar wind that exceeds 5 million km per hour, wind that pushes dust and gas outward creating thus a shell or a bubble, a situation that obviously led to the popular name of this nebula.
As general information, the Bubble Nebula is an emission nebula with a diameter of about 7 light-years, located in the constellation Cassiopeia, at a distance of over 7000 light-years from Earth and it was discovered in 1787 by the British astronomer, William Herschel.
Specialists believe that in a short time ( meaning in the next 10-20 million years), the "guilty" star will consume its energy resources, and will explode, forming a supernova.
Equipment and settings:
Mount: SW EQ6R
Telescope: SW 150/750 PDS
Camera: ASI 533MM Pro
Filters: SHO Astrodon 5nm
Integration: 15h45’
Edit in Pixinsight.
Location: my Bortle 6+ backyard
A faint emission nebula located in Cygnus. There is no information about the distance of this nebula.
This is a 2 pane mosaic so that all of the delicate dust is captured as well, using an Ha and OIII filter to create a bi colour image.
Details:
M: Avalon Linear Fast reverse
T: Takahashi FSQ85 0.73x
C: QSI690ws-g with 3nm Ha and OIII filter
Pane 1 - 11x1800s Ha, 10x1800s OIII
Pane 2 - 10x1800s, 9x1800s OIII
Totalling 20 hours of exposure time.
This is a 4 night Two panel shot join is in the middle of the two shots. As I am able to rotate the Nikon 300mm F4 prime on its lens clamp I marked the degrees so I could rotate to suit camera angle. once done I got an error reading each night 1.4 degrees.
the two panels joined perfectly with next to no step between the two panels. I am impressed so much I am almost willing to for go the Auto Focus with the belt to be able to rotate the camera.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vela_Supernova_Remnant
for those interested a bit more info in the link.
Who can see the face in the shot.
ZWOASI071MC -10c 90 shots per panel 600 secs, over 4 night camera rotated.
ZWOEAF disconnected ,
Optolong LeNhance filter In filter draw,
Nikon 300MM F4 D Lens,
Skywatcher NEQ 6 Pro Hypertuned
Guided PHD2, SGP
Pixinsight, Ps & Lr.
NGC 6960 a.k.a. Western Veil Nebula a.k.a. The Witch's Broom
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10,000 years ago, long before the first records in human history, a bright light appeared in the sky and lasted for weeks until it faded and disappeared. Now we know that the phenomenon was caused by the explosion of a supernova, a huge star, 20 times larger than the Sun. What is seen in the attached image is a part of the remnants of that star, remnants that created a cloud consisting mainly of hydrogen (red) and oxygen (blue) and which expands with a speed of about 1 milion miles per hour.
This nebula is found in the constellation Cygnus, at a distance of about 2400 light-years from Earth, and is one of the best known summer targets for astrophotography enthusiasts, but due to the large number of stars in that area, it cannot be considered a easy target.
Besides Witch's Broom, other names under which this nebula is known are: Finger of God, Filamentary Nebula or Lacework Nebula.
Equipment and settings:
Mount: SW EQ6R
Telescope: SW Newtonian 150PDS
Camera: ASI 533MC Pro
Filter: Optolong Lextreme
Integration: 6h
88 light frames x 4 min + calibration frames
Stacking with DSS. Edit in Pixinsight si Lightroom.
Location: my Bortle 6+ backyard
Lunette triplet APO 80x480 + réducteur x0.79 + filtre Idas LPS D1.
HEQ5 et guidage chercheur + ASI120mc.
Canon 1000D défiltré partiel.
28 x 180s ; ISO400.
Ciel mag 21.12.
Siril, Pixinsight, Photoshop
Brief Description:
A dynamic looking region of the constellation Auriga where spherical nebulas appear hurled to crash into each other. This image features the nebulas Sh2-232, Sh2-235, Sh2-231, Sh2-234 and LBN 796, and the open star clusters M38 and M36.
In-depth Description:
This is a dynamic looking region of the constellation Auriga where spherical nebulas appear hurled to crash into each other. This image includes the nebulae Sh2-232, Sh2-235, Sh2-231, Sh2-234 and LBN 796, among others, and the open star clusters M38 and M36.
The eyeball looking nebula (Sh2-232) has been mistaken for a planetary nebula, but none of the round or semispherical objects in this image are actually classified as PNs (per Galaxymap and SIMBAD). In fact, the big fuzzy ball in the lower left center (right above cluster M36) does not seem to have any designation at all and is merely a part of the greater nebula LBN 796. A 2012 study suggests that these unusual forms are all part of an expanding shell, the result of an ancient supernova.
These nebulae are all features of a larger molecular cloud located 1800 pc from us. By comparison the two clusters are much closer: M36 (bottom center) is 1330 pc distant, and M38 (center right) lies only 1066 pc away.
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Designation: M15, NGC 7078
Constellation: Pegasus
Visual magnitude: +6.2
Apparent size: 18′
Diameter: 178 light years.
Distance: 34,000 light years.
21 minute exposure.
2019-10-24
Ebbene sì!!! Elaborare questa immagine è stato per me veramente difficile!
Ci troviamo nella costellazione della Coda del Serpente, tra le costellazioni dello Scudo e Ofiuco, nei pressi dell'equatore galattico. E' una zona ricca di dense nebulose oscure e polveri che fanno parte della "Fenditura dell'Aquila" e al loro interno una vasta regione HII di formazione stellare. Questa nebulosa è catalogata con le sigle LBN90, "Sh2-64" , RCW174 e "Westerhout 40" o W40. Dista dalla Terra circa 1420 a.l. ed è difficilmente osservabile perchè oscurata dalle dense nubi oscure interstellari che la circondano.
Alla ricerca di un nuovo target, sono incappato per caso su questa debole nebulosa ma mi ha attratto il contrasto tra zone ricche di stelle e zone molto oscure. Ho iniziato quindi ad integrare le prime ore di esposizione e con mia sosrpresa ho notato la presenza di deboli nebulosità più chiare che si stagliavano sulle nubi stellari e sulle nubi oscure. Incuriosito ho cercato conferme sul web che ho puntualmente trovato, ma i migliori risultati erano ottenuti da siti con cieli molto bui Bortle 2 o persino dalla Namibia. Dal mio cielo Bortle5-6 infatti queste deboli nubi venivano rovinate dai gradienti e si presentavano alquanto rumorose. Che fare? Ho deciso di sfidare queste difficoltà integrando il più possibile e arrivando quasi a 43h.
E così sono riuscito a raggiungere un discreto risultato, malgrado i problemi causati dai gradienti da Inquinamento luminoso o la difficoltà nel gestire il riverbero di alcune stelle come la stella 60Ser.
La sfida è stata dura ma la soddisfazione alla fine non è mancata.
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Well, yes!!! Processing this image was really difficult for me!
We are in the "Serpens Tail" constellation, between the constellations Scutum and Ophiuchus, near the galactic equator. It is an area rich in dense dark nebulae and dust that are part of the "Aquila Rift" and within them a vast HII star-forming region. This nebula is cataloged as LBN90, "Sh2-64", RCW174, and "Westerhout 40" or W40. It is about 1420 light years from Earth and is difficult to observe because it is obscured by the dense interstellar dark clouds surrounding it.
In search of a new target, I stumbled upon this faint nebula by chance, but I was intrigued by the contrast between star-rich areas and very dark areas. I then began integrating the first few hours of exposure and, to my surprise, noticed the presence of faint, brighter nebulosity standing out against the star clouds and dark clouds. Curious, I searched the web for confirmation, which I promptly found, but the best results were obtained from sites with very dark skies, such as Bortle 2 or even Namibia. From my Bortle 5-6 sky, these faint clouds were ruined by the gradients and appeared quite noisy. What to do? I decided to challenge these difficulties by integrating as much as possible, reaching almost 43 hours.
And so I managed to achieve a decent result, despite the problems caused by the gradients from light pollution and the difficulty in managing the glare of some stars, such as star 60Ser.
The challenge was tough, but the satisfaction in the end was not lacking.
Google translator
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Optic: APO Refractor Askar 103APO + 0.6X
Camera: ZWO ASI533MC-Pro
Mount: Sky Watcher HEQ5 Synscan
Seeing: 3-4 (scala Antoniadi)
Filter: Astronomik CLS
Narrowband filter: Optolong L-eNhance 2"
-446x300s 121gain/ 25 darks /29 flats /29 darkflats /80 biases (Astronomik CLS)
-67x300s 121gain/ 25 darks /29 flats /29 darkflats /80 biases (Optolong L-eNhance 2" )
t° sensor: -5°C
Date: 2026-07-04+05+06+07+08+09+11+12+13+14
Integration: 42h 45m
Temperature: 24°C (media)
location for: Biancavilla -Catania-(Italy) 515m slm (Bortle 5-6)
lightpollutionmap.app/it/?lat=37.641252&lng=14.871604...
Acquisition: NINA, PHDGuiding
Processing: SIRIL1.4.4, GraXpert, ARm, SCUNet_Denoise, StarNet 2.5, PS
Era arrivato i momento di provare a fotografare le nebulose oscure dal mio cielo Bortle5-6. Ho quindi cambiato setup con l'Askar 103APO. La scelta è caduta su una zona sull'equatore galattico, nella costellazione dell'Aquila a ridosso di una parte, "la Fenditura dell'Aquila", della "Grande Fenditura", che è una regione dell'equatore galattico particolarmente ricca di nubi interstellari oscure tanto da nascondere il tappeto di stelle della stessa Via Lattea e che si estende principalmente dalla costellazione del Cigno fino alla costellazione australe del Centauro.
Le nebulose oscure LDN673-767-676-677 formano una singolarissima figura astratta e si stagliano davanti al grande tappeto di stelle della Via Lattea.
Grazie al favorevole rapporto focale f/4 e malgrado i gradienti dell'Inquinamento Luminoso ho potuto appurare che tutta questa regione è satura di polvere oscura interstellare quasi come una velatura e che addensandosi in alcuni punti forma nebulose oscure come questa.
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The time had come to try photographing dark nebulae from my Bortle5-6 sky. So I changed my setup with the Askar 103APO. I chose an area on the galactic equator, in the constellation of Aquila, close to a part, "the Eagle Rift", of the "Great Rift", which is a region of the galactic equator particularly rich in dark interstellar clouds, so much so that it hides the star carpet of the Milky Way itself, and which extends mainly from the constellation of Cygnus to the southern constellation of Centaurus.
The dark nebulae LDN673-767-676-677 form a singular abstract figure and stand out against the vast carpet of stars of the Milky Way.
Thanks to the favorable f/4 focal ratio and despite the gradients of light pollution, I was able to determine that this entire region is saturated with dark interstellar dust, almost like a veil, and that, by condensing in some places, it forms dark nebulae like this one.
Google translation
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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: Astronomik CLS
-183x300s 121gain/ 25 darks /29 flats /29 darkflats /80 biases
t° sensor: -5°C
Date: 2026-06-19+20+21+22
Integration: 15h 15m
Temperature: 24°C (media)
location for: Biancavilla -Catania-(Italy) 515m slm (Bortle 5-6) flic.kr/p/8AWHek lightpollutionmap.app/it/?lat=37.641252&lng=14.871604...
Acquisition: NINA, PHDGuiding
Processing: SIRIL1.4.3, GraXpert, SyQon-Prism, SyQon-Starless, PS
Wisps of charged gases continue to expand after a supernova explosion over 30,000 years ago
See on Fluidr
OTA: Takahashi FSQ-106 EDX4
GUIDER: None
MOUNT: Software Bisque Paramount MyT
CAMERA: FLI ML-16070M
GUIDE CAMERA: None
REDUCER: Takahashi 645 QE .72x f/3.6
SOFTWARE: SGP, PhD2, TheSkyX, Pixinsight, Starnet++, Photoshop
FILTERS: Astrodon LRGB; 5nm Hα, 3nm SII, 3nm OIII
ACCESSORIES: Optec Gemini Focuser/Rotator
LOCATION: SRO
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IC 2177 a.k.a. Seagull Nebula.
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IC2177 is a region of nebulosity that spans about 240 light-years along the border between the constellations Monoceros and Canis Major, at a distance of about 3,800 light-years from Earth.
This is not the first time I have shot at the same targets with both the color and mono cameras, but it is the first time I have used both data sets for a single image. The color camera data was used as the Luminance channel, along with the Halpha data, and for the final result I used an LRGB approach.
Equipment and settings:
Mount: Skywatcher EQ6R
Telescope: Skywatcher 72ED + 0.85 dedicated flattener/reducer
Camera: ASI 533MC pro + ASI 533MM pro
Filters : Antlia ALP-T / Astrodon H S O 5nm
Integration : 42 x 5 min with the color camera / S 26 x 4min, O 40 x 5min, H 21 x 5min
Stacking with DSS/Pixinsight.
Edit in Pixinsight.
Location: my Bortle 6+ backyard.
CTB 1 is a supernova remnant (SNR) in the constellation Cassiopeia and a source of optical, radio, and X-ray emissions. A recent study reports that a pulsar was born from the supernova that produced CTB 1 and ejected into the galaxy.
CTB 1 is approximately 9784 light years away and physically spans another 98 light years in diameter while it is dated to be approximately 10,000 years old.
Image captured over 5 nights; 2021-11-06, 07, 08, 10, & 11
20.5 hours total integration
Ha subs 18 * 1,800 sec = 9 hours
OIII subs 12 * 1,800 sec = 6 hours
SII subs 11 * 1,800 sec = 5 hours 30 min
Imaging Equipment:
SharpStar 140PH Triplet 910mm focal length
Mesu 200 MKII mount,
ZWOASI2600MM Pro camera
SHO 3.0nm filters
Markarian's Chain is a stretch of galaxies that forms part of the larger Virgo Custer in the constellation of Virgo. The two bright galaxies on the lower section of the chain are M84 and M86 discovered by Charles Messier in 1781. In this field of view approximately 30 identified galaxies are visible making it a spectacular target to image.
A combination of 10 nights imaging in January and February 2022 and May 2023 using two different cameras. 2022 images were taken using a mono camera and 4 filters, 2023 images were taken using a colour camera and a single filter.
Imaging and processing details can be found on my Astrobin page at: astrob.in/full/zy1fpo/0/
Thank you for looking.
Technical summary:
Captured: 7,8,29,30,31 Jan 2022, 1,2,3 Feb 2022 and 13,14 May 2023
Imaging Sessions: 10
Location: Gérgal, Andalucía, Spain 2022 and Gorafe, Granada, Spain 2023
Bortle Class: 4 Gergal, 3 Gorafe
Total Integration: 23 hours 10 minutes
Blue 116x 120s 3hr 52m BIN 1 Gain 100 -5C
Blue 4x 300s 20m BIN 1 Gain 100 -5C
Green 123x 120s 4hr 6m BIN 1 Gain 100 -5C
Green 11x 300s 55m BIN 1 Gain 100 -5C
Red 149x 120s 4hr 58m BIN 1 Gain 100 -5C
Red 8x 300s 40m BIN 1 Gain 100 -5C
UV/IR 142x 120s 4hr 44m BIN 1 Gain 100 -5C
UV/IR 3x 300s 15m BIN1 Gain 100 -5C
Moon & Skyglow: 40x 300s 3hr 20m BIN 1 -5C
Pixel Scale: 2 arcsec/pixel
Telescope: William Optics GT 81 385mm
Imaging Cameras: ZWO ASI6200MM Pro and ZWO ASI2600MC Pro
Guiding: ZWO UniGuide 50mm - ZWO ASI120MM-S
Filters: ZWO R, G, B, UV/IR and Baader Moon & Skyglow
Mount: Skywatcher EQ6-R Pro
Capture Computer: Eagle 4
Capture software: NINA, PHD2
Editing software: PixInsight, Adobe Lightroom
Originally I only wanted to capture the reflection nebula vdb 152 (LBN 531).
However, I spontaneously decided on a different framing and included LDN 1217 in the center of the image, as well as LBN 532 in the lower left.
The object was captured in the French Alps.
26x180s red
26x180s green
31x180s blue
70x180s Luminanz
total 7,65 hours
August 2026
french Alps
Equipment:
Takahashi Epsilon 130D dual rig
Epsi1: QHY268m (IMX571)
Epsi1: QHYCFW3M-SR
Epsi1: QHY OAG + ASI220m
Epsi2: TS2600MP (Touptek/RisingCam IMX571)
Epsi2: ZWO EFW
Filter: Astronomik LRGB DeppSky
Filter: Astronomik MaxFR
JTD Dual Rig Alignment Saddle
Pegasus NYX-101
N.I.N.A
3 tuiles de 2h.
Lunette 80x480 + réducteur 0.79.
Canon 1000Ddp + filtre IDAS LPS D1.
HEQ5 pro goto + kit Rowan.
Discovered in 1786 by William Herschel, the North
America Nebula shows its characteristic shape only in wide field astrophotographs.
The North America Nebula is separated from the Pelican Nebula by a dark dust cloud catalogued in 1962 as L935.
It took until 2004 for astronomers to identify the star that ionizes both the North America and the Pelican Nebula. The light of the inconspicuous star, named J205551.3+435225, is almost entirely blocked by the dark cloud L935. As J205551.3+435225 lies just off the “Florida coast” of the North America Nebula, it has been more conveniently nicknamed the Bajamar Star ("Islas de Bajamar," meaning "low-tide islands" in Spanish, was the original name of the Bahamas).
Equipment:
Telescope: William Optics Megrez 88
Camera: ZWO ASI 1600MM Pro
ZWO EFW with Baader HaRGB filters
ZWO EAF autofocus
ZWO ASI 385MC autoguider
Equatorially mounted Skywatcher AZ-GTI
Controlled with ASIair Plus
9-panel panorama, each 3x60s with RGB @ 5x 180s Ha, total exposure time: 3h36min
50mm Wide field of the Rho Ophiuchi region, with Mars and Saturn. To the bottom right is the Milky Way core, with the Cat's Paw nebula visible.
Mars is the biggest / brightest yellow object to the top left, Saturn is the smaller bright object bottom right.
Image details:
52 Minutes: 13x 240 second exposures
Camera: Canon 60Da
Lens: Canon 24-70mm LII F/2,8. Shot at 50mm F/3,2
Mount: SkyWatcher Star Adventurer
The skies were not really dark enough as our imaging location was only 1,5hrs drive out of town. I think to achieve more red in Antares' region I'll need to take separate Ha exposures and blend them to this.
Location:
Magalies mountain Sanctuary - Gauteng, South Africa
Date: #EveryNewMoon 6 May 2016
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The Veil Nebula is a cloud of heated and ionized gas and dust in the constellation Cygnus, at about 2400 light years from us.
It constitutes the visible portions of the Cygnus Loop,a supernova remnant, many portions of which have acquired their own individual names and catalogue identifiers. In modern usage, the names Veil Nebula, Cirrus Nebula, and Filamentary Nebula generally refer to all the visible structure of the remnant, or even to the entire loop itself. The structure is so large that several NGC numbers were assigned to various arcs of the nebula. There are three main visual components: 1. The Western Veil (also known as Caldwell 34), consisting of NGC 6960 (the "Witch's Broom", Lacework Nebula, "Filamentary Nebula"; 2. The Eastern Veil (also known as Caldwell 33), whose brightest area is NGC 6992, trailing off farther south into NGC 6995 (together with NGC 6992 also known as "Network Nebula"; 3. Pickering's Triangle (or Pickering's Triangular Wisp), brightest at the north central edge of the loop, but visible in photographs continuing toward the central area of the loop.
The source supernova was a star 20 times more massive than the Sun which exploded between 10,000 and 20,000 years ago. At the time of the explosion, the supernova would have appeared brighter than Venus in the sky, and visible in the daytime. The remnants have since expanded to cover an area of the sky roughly 36 times the area of the full Moon.
Equipment and settings:
Mount: Skywatcher EQ6 R pro
Lens: Rokinon 135mm F2
Camera: ASI 533MM Pro
Filters: Astrodon SHO
Total integration: 10h30 ( Ha 49 exposures x 5 min, Sii 30 x 5 min, Oiii 77 x 3 min )
Edit in Pixinsight.
Location: my Bortle 6+ backyard.
This galaxy has an inner bar rotating at a faster speed than the outer bars resulting in this shape. Our own galaxy could also be a barred spiral galaxy.
L 13x5m / R 16x5m / G 9x5m / 12x5m) 4.2h
ASA RC-1000AZ
FLI PL16803 (0.27''/pixel)
PI:
Lum - Reg/Drizzle/DC/MMT/HT
RGB - Reg/Drizzle/Reg/RGBComb/PCC/ArcSin/HT/Curves
Data from Telescope.Live
The beautiful Rosette Nebula.
Emission nebula lit by bright ultraviolet light from stars at the center. NGC 2237.
fine detail present.
Captured 12/2020
Telescope
ASA 500N, F-3.8
CAMERA FLI PL16803
50 cm Newtonian telescope
Chile
Telescope Live
2 hours total exposure, SHO false color.
Pixinsight and photoshop, Topaz sharpen ai.
Nebula is 100 ly wide, and located at a distance of 5000 ly.
Another project I've been working on, this one is part of the Orion complex, including the Orion, Running Man, Horse head, and Flame nebulae. These things have been extremely fun to put together and as I said with the last one, I love the context it gives when compared to a terrestrial objects. This is all shot at 300mm. Foreground is obviously shot separately from the sky.
The Whirlpool Galaxy is an interacting spiral galaxy in the constellation Canes Venatici
at distance of 23 Mio. Lj
Equipment:
TS 10" f/4 ONTC Newton
1000mm f4
GPU Aplanatic Koma Korrector
ZWO ASI585mc
Skywatcher EQ8
Guding:
Lodestar on TS Optics - ultra short 9mm Off Axis Guider
PHD2
312x30s
total exposure time: 2,6 hours
Processing: PixInsight
2 clear nights in the last few months one of them with a full moon.
exposure time: 12,5hour
Processing: PixInsight/affinity photo
Equipment:
Takahashi Epsilon 130ED
QHY163M
ZWO EFW 8x
Astronomik Deep-Sky RGB und SHO MaxFR
Skywatcher EQ8
89x300s H-alpha
23x300s SII
39x300s OIII
Distance: ca.30 Mio. Lj
Equipment:
TS 10" f/4 ONTC Newton
1000mm f4
ZWO ASI 1600mmc
Astrodon LRGB
Skywatcher EQ8
Guding:
Lodestar on TS Optics - ultra short 9mm Off Axis Guider
PHD2
total exposure time: 8 hours
121x180 luminanz
19x180 red
11x180 green
12x180 blue
14/22/23.03.2020
Processing: PixInsight/Capture One
Handheld and captured with my D500 and 18-200mm lens... This has a deep space vibe to it and I rather like it.
The first color image to feature Sivan 5 and Sivan 6?
I believe this is the first successful color image of the nebulae Sivan 5 and Sivan 6. Siv 5 is the larger mass at the top. Siv 6 lies beneath it and includes Sh2-287, the bright section bottom center. The swooping red wisp that stretches from left to right and looks like a ship’s hull isn’t officially part of either nebula.
Astronomer J.P. Sivan identified these forgotten nebulae in 1974 from an Hα survey of the Milky Way in which they appeared as a couple of tiny, irregular blots. Apparently, no one has bothered with them since.
Sivan nebulae are large and exceedingly faint: this image spans over 5° of the constellation Monoceros; and total exposure time is 74 hours with narrowband filters. This area has been photographed before, but always with far less exposure time. Thus, they scarcely reveal these Sivan objects at all, not that anyone was looking for them. In fact, even the small, brighter Sharpless objects in this image barely appear in most other widefield images. If you find any that clearly show these Sivan nebulae, please let me know and I will update this page.
...Speaking of blots, in the cosmic Rorschach ink blot test that is interstellar space, to me this looks like a dog (or seal) sitting in a boat with a single sail. So, I call this the Seadog Nebula.
OTA: Takahashi FSQ-106 EDX4
GUIDER: Stellarvue F50
MOUNT: Software Bisque Paramount MyT
CAMERA: FLI ML-16070M
GUIDE CAMERA: ZWO ASI 174 Mini M
REDUCER: Takahashi 645 QE .72x f/3.6
SOFTWARE: SGP, PhD2, TheSkyX, Pixinsight, Starnet++, Photoshop
FILTERS: Astrodon LRGB
ACCESSORIES: Optec Gemini Focuser/Rotator
LOCATION: SRO
COPYRIGHT: 2021 JKLOVELACE
Data Acquisition from 2020-10-17 until 2021-01-13
DSO Color Mapping: SH-HO-O with RGB stars
Original Image (Pix) Scale: 4.00
For More Technical Information: www.astrobin.com/1dnvcy/0/
To see more of my work and to buy prints visit www.jklovelacephotography.com/pages/space
☄️ La comète ZTF au 135mm !
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🙏 J’ai eu la chance de pouvoir la photographier alors que la Lune n’était pas encore trop forte et lorsqu’elle était proche de sa luminosité maximale, le 29 Janvier 2023. Après avoir parcouru 200km pour trouver une météo plus favorable, j’ai pu poser 2 setups ici, dans l’Aisne, et imager environ 4 heures. Une nuit très rude à rester éveiller jusqu’à 5h du matin par -5 °C.
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🌠 On peut remarquer très aisément les 3 différentes queues de la comète : la queue de gaz ionisée est la plus longue et la plus détaillée ici. Elle parcourt plusieurs dizaines de millions de kilomètres de long et recouvre près des 2/3 de mon capteur full frame ! La deuxième, plus diffuse, se situe sur le même plan que la première. Elle contient énormément de poussières qui s'échappent du corps de la comète. On la nomme souvent la “chevelure”. Enfin, la troisième, souvent nommée l’”anti-queue”, est opposée aux 2 autres et permet de connaître le direction dans laquelle la comète file. C’est également un résidu de poussière que la comète a laissé derrière elle. La couleur verte qui émane du cœur de la comète est dûe aux interactions chimiques qui se passent entre le Soleil et elle. La couleur verte à proprement dit, n’existe nulle part ailleurs dans l’univers à part aux travers du noyau des comètes.
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Photographier une comète pendant plusieurs heures est un vrai défi car elle bouge très vite, vous n’avez donc pas droit à l’erreur. L’image que je vous présente ici contient donc quelques défauts car le “dithering” est presque impossible ce qui induit du bruit numérique. Je suis très content d’avoir pu obtenir de tels détails sur cette comète, c’est très rare de voir la queue aussi développée au 135mm ! Et quelle ne fût pas ma surprise en découvrant sur une image, une étoile filante passant juste à côté de la comète ! Une chance inouïe d’avoir pu capturer ça, mettant en perspective un petit gravillon passant à quelques dizaines de kilomètres au-dessus du sol et une comète à des dizaines de millions de kilomètres de nous..
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EXIF :
- Canon France EOS R(a)
- Samyang France 135mm f/2
- @skywatcherusa Star Adventurer GTi
- 105*60s ISO1600 f/2
- Pix & PS
- Lune à 53%
- Bortle 4
First image using the new Celestron Edge HD 9.25 SCT.
Messier 81 (M81), also known as Bode’s Galaxy, is a grand design spiral galaxy located in the constellation Ursa Major. The galaxy lies at an approximate distance of 11.8 million light years from Earth and has an apparent magnitude of 6.94. It has the designation NGC 3031 in the New General Catalogue. Technical Info:
36 x 180 sec. ZWO Red filter
35 x 180 sec. ZWO Green filter
32 x 180 sec. Zwo Blue filter
Gain 200, Offset 50, Binning 1x1
Total Integration 5.2 hours
Celestron Edge HD 9.25 f/10 SCT Reflector
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, and Photoshop CC 2023
This is the 2nd brightest globular clusters after Omega Centauri and one of the most massive in our galaxy. The cluster has a very dense core where the light falls off to a point vs reaching a flatter profile near the center as in a typical globular cluster. It has been proposed a massive black hole may reside near the center. In the night sky this object is about the size of the full moon.
Takahashi TAO-150B
FLI 16200 (scale 1.1")
AP 1600GTO Abs Encoders
Data from Deepskywest El Sauce Observatory (Rio Hurtado, Chile)
L (23x120s) and (7x300s)
R (16x300s)
G (12x300s)
B (11x300s
Total Integration = 4.6hrs
Pixinsight
BPP
Lum HDRComb/DC/HDRMT/MMT
RGB MMT/ASSx2/HT/CT/LComb
Photoshop
Crop/Levels/Curves
Sharpen Stars w/ Mask
Vibrance
I wasn't quite happy with how the original version of this image turned out, so I decided to start all over with it using a new tool called BlurXTerminator, which works to deconvolve astro images using AI that has been fed data from the Hubble and James Webb telescopes for reference models (this is super interesting because these telescopes shoot from outside our atmosphere and therefore have a clearer view of the stars without the distortions of our atmosphere - among other things) - it's crazy such a thing exists. Anyway, I also processed the image using a Hubble palette, instead of the Ha / Oiii palette, which results in a more pleasing coloration (in my opinion). Anyway, here's the new version!
This is the Elephant Trunk Nebula setting behind Scott mountain here in East Tennessee. The scene is shot entirely at 300mm and is astronomically accurate.
I was starting to do the Witches head but the camera would not focus not matter what I did. My thought was where the stars too Faint. so I turned to Orion with it big bright star.
I did get focus but it turned out the program kept asking me to increase the step size . It turned out it was the very opposite I had to make the steps smaller to the perfect curve.
I had planned to do this as a one shot for both which i still will be doing Plus a 50mm shot of the whole area and the Huge Bernard's Loop of the Whole Orion Area.
This is 148 shot 2 min long all night long then the next night I had to take shorter shots 60 sec , 30sec and 15 sec to over come the blown out core of Orion.
QHY 183C -10c 148 shots & 138 shot 2 min over two nights.
MeLE Mini PC
Pegasus Astro Pocket Mini power box
Prima Luce Essato Focus
Optolong LeNhance filter,
Skywatcher Black DiamondED80 OTA
Skywatcher NEQ 6 Pro
SVbony 50MM Guide scope
QHY QHY5L-II-M Guide camera
Guided PHD2, Nina
Pixinsight, Ps PTGui.