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newton skywatcher 150/750 pds canon eos 600D modificada con filtro baader bcf, sobre neq6 pro2.
3,5h de integración dividida en subtomas de 30, 60, 120, 240 y 360 segundos
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.
Images taken on March 2, 2021
Mars reflects the sun's light and is ~22 light minutes from Earth. The Pleiades is an open star cluster that is ~ 442 light years away from us. While these two are so different, both of them are prominent and easy to spot in the night sky. It’s very cool to witness the two so close to each other. I knew this was happening, but my life and job have been so busy lately it slipped my mind until it was basically happening already.
Step outside tonight and take a lookup. You can find this event just ahead of the constellation Orion. The next time these two will be near each other in our night sky again in 2038!
Equipment:
Celestron CGEM Mount
Canon FD 300mm f/4 L at f/5.6
Sony a7RIII (unmodified)
Altair 60mm Guide scope
GPCAM2 Mono Camera
Acquisition:
Taos, NM: my backyard - Bortle 3
10 x 121" for 20 min and 10 sec of exposure time.
10 dark frames
15 flats frames
15 bais frames
Guided
Software:
SharpCap
PHD2
DeepSkyStacker
Photoshop
My mount was polar aligned with SharpCap (what an amazing system for aligning). I'm not comfortable using my SCT as my lens yet. My solution is to piggyback my Sony a7RIII and adapted Canon FD 300mm f/4 L on a ADM dovetail rail on the top of my optical tube. I used DeepSkyStacker to combine all frames and then 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 stretched in level, then curves. I used the color sampler tool and levels to do my best to keep the background space black. I then using my skillset and relied on Astronomy Tools Action Set, and dodging and burning a bit to give the image the finishing touches.
This deep-space image showcases two stunning nebulae in the constellation Auriga: the Tadpoles Nebula (IC 410) at the top center, and the Flaming Star Nebula (IC 405) toward the lower left.
IC 410, the Tadpoles Nebula, is an emission nebula located about 12,000 light-years from Earth. It surrounds the young star cluster NGC 1893, whose massive, energetic stars light up and shape the surrounding gas. The 'tadpoles' that give the nebula its nickname are dense streams of dust and gas about 10 lightyears long. They are assumed to be sites of star formation.
IC 405, the Flaming Star Nebula, lies in the lower left portion of the image. This beautiful mix of emission and reflection nebula is about 1,500 light-years away and is illuminated by the hot, massive star AE Aurigae. Its flowing, flame-like filaments of gas and dust give the nebula its name and striking appearance.
Set against a dense star field, this image uses narrowband imaging techniques to highlight different elements: hydrogen, oxygen, and sulfur. The result reveals both the structure and composition of these rich star-forming regions.
This image is a HSO combination to simulate a view similar to the color balance of the human vision.
Equipment
Telescope: William Optics Megrez 88
Mount: Equatorially mounted Skywatcher AZ-GTI
Camera: ZWO ASI 1600MM
Filters: Baader H/Sii/Oiii with ZWO EFW
Autofocus: ZWO EAF
Autoguider: ZWO ASI 385MC & Artesky Guidescope UltraGuide 32mm
Rig control: ZWO ASIAir
15x 300s H
15x 300s Sii
15x 240s Oiii
Also known as the “Ghost of Cassiopeia”, these brightly outlined flowing shapes look ghostly on a cosmic scale. A telescopic view toward the constellation Cassiopeia, the colorful skyscape features clouds IC 59 (top border left of center) and IC 63.
The New General Catalogue of Nebulae and Clusters of Stars (abbreviated NGC) is an astronomical catalogue of deep-sky objects compiled by John Louis Emil Dreyer in 1888. The NGC contains 7,840 objects, including galaxies, star clusters and emission nebulae. Dreyer published two supplements to the NGC in 1895 and 1908, known as the Index Catalogues (abbreviated IC), describing a further 5,386 astronomical objects.
The clouds of IC 63 shown in the image, about 600 light-years distant, aren't actually ghosts. They are slowly disappearing though, under the influence of energetic radiation from hot, luminous bluish star gamma Cas to the upper right.
Gamma Cas is physically located only 3 to 4 light-years from the nebulae. Slightly closer to gamma Cas, IC 63 is dominated by red H-alpha light emitted as hydrogen atoms ionized by the hot star's ultraviolet radiation recombine with electrons. Farther from the star on the top border, IC 59 shows less H-alpha emission but more of the characteristic blue tint of dust reflected star light. (courtesy APOD 10/26/2024)
Capture info:
Location: SkyPi Remote Observatory, Pie Town NM US
Dates: 11/8- 12/8/2024
Telescope: Orion Optics UK AG14 (F3.8)
Mount: 10Micron GM3000
Camera: QHY268M
Data: HaRGB 12, 5.5, 5, 5.5hrs respectively
Processing: Pixinsight
Distance: ca.23 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: 6:15 hours
80x180 luminanz
15x180 red
15x180 green
15x180 blue
April 2018
Processing: PixInsight
Equipment:
Epsilon 130ED dual rig
QHY268m + CFW3M
Touptek IMX571 + ZWO EFW
Astronomik MaxFR
Skywatcher EQ8
September 2022
Processing: PixInsight/affinity photo
M33 is a large, bright galaxy in the constellation Triangulum. Part of the Local Group of Galaxies, which also includes the Milky Way and Andromeda Galaxies, it lies at a distance of "only" 2.7 million light years.
Telescope: Tele Vue 76mm Refractor with 0.8x Focal Reducer (383mm focal length)
Camera: QSI 683wsg
Mount: iOptron iEQ45 Pro
Integration: 75 minutes each of RGB (15 x 5mins)
Software: PixInsight 1.8.8
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 :)
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/
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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
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
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
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.
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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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
Complex reflection dust nebulae in the constellation of Cepheus the circumpolar region. The popular name - "The dance of demons".
This picture was photographed durin 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 = 20 * 900 seconds , bin.1, RGB = 15 * 300-450 seconds, bin.2 each filter. About 9 hours.
FWHM source in L filter 2.03"-2.92", sum in L channel - 2.50"
The height above the horizon from 52° to 46°, the scale of 1"/ pixel.
Processed Pixinsight 1.8 and Photoshop CS6
The Butterfly Nebula (IC 1318) is located in the constellation of Cygnus, this diffuse emission nebula is approximately 5000 light years from Earth. This is a 2 pane mosaic. This is my first attempt at making a mosaic. Technical info: Panel 1
88 x 300 sec. Astronomik Ha 12 nm filter
95 x 300 sec. Astronomik OIII 12 nm filter
82 x 300 sec Astronomik SII 12 nm filter
Panel 2
87 x 300 sec. Astronomik Ha 12 nm filter
87 x 300 sec. Astronomik OIII 12 nm filter
79 x 300 sec Astronomik SII 12 nm filter
Gain 200, Offset 50, Binning 1x1
Total Integration Panel 1=22.1 hrs, Panel 2=21.1 hrs, Combined total=43.2 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 2.0 and Photoshop 2022
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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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.
The colorful Rho Ophichui cloud complex is one the closest star forming regions in our Milky Way and a favorite target for astrophotography. Highlighted by the bright star Antares, the region provides an impressive spectacle of colorful glowing gases, juxtaposed with converging dark rivers of thick dust.
IC 4604 (Rho Ophiuchi Nebula) is a large diffuse nebula of 5th magnitude located in the southwestern corner of the constellation Ophiuchus (Serpent Bearer), surrounding the bright multiple star system ρ (Rho) Ophiuchi. Several regions of bright and dark nebulosity surround the area, which takes its name from ρ Oph.
At the mid-northern lattitudes, I normally work from, it plays a bit hard to get, as it always rides close to the horizon and is only visible for a few hours during nights from spring to mid summer.
During my Namibia trip in 2023, I had the pleasure to shoot this wonderful area riding high in the unspoiled southern hemisphere sky.
EXIF
Canon EOS-Ra
Canon 70-200mm f/2.8 L IS USM ll @ 135mm
Equatoriallly mounted Skywatcher AZ-GTI
IDAS 12 filter
30x 90s @ ISO1600, unfiltered & 10x 180s @ ISO6400, filtered
This nebula also called the Lambda Centauri Nebula is found in the constellation Centaurus.
H: 22x30m
O: 24x30m
S: 25x30m
Total Integration = 35.5hrs
Telescope: PW17
Camera: FLI ML16803
Remote Data from Deepskywest El Sauce Observatory, Chile.
IC 5070 a.k.a. Pelican Nebula
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This is a nebula emission that can be found at a distance of about 1800 light-years from Earth, in the constellation Cygnus, right next to the North American nebula, being separated from it by a molecular cloud that crosses that region. Pelican Nebula is an area that stands out both for the good environment for the formation of new stars, and also for the gas clouds that are constantly expanding. In other words, Pelican Nebula is in a continuous transformation. due to the ionization caused by the light of the new stars that heats the gas in the area, thus leading to an increase in the volume of these gas clouds.
Equipment and settings:
Mount: Skywatcher Eq6 R
Telescope: Explore Scientific 102ED FCD100
Camera: ASI 533MM Pro
Filters: Astrodon 1.25 H, S, O
Total exposure : only 3h20'
Ha filter - 15 exposures x 5 min each
Sii filter - 10 exposures x 5 min each
Oiii filter - 15 exposures x 5 min each
Stacking with Deep Sky Stacker.
Edit in Pixinsight and Lightroom.
Location: my Bortle 6+ backyard.
This was a trial with the MeLE Nuc to see if things where right I had three nights to "play" with the whole set up. The Nuc sits under the Skywatcker ED80 so 5 long 3 m cables gone going to the laptop they all stay up on the top of the scope.
Night one did not work out at all could not get plate solve to work properly could hardly see the stars. After some two hours I gave up went to bed.
Night two I bumped plate solve exposure by more than double the time finally plate solve worked. So I thought I would try some thing to check if the system worked. On taking the very first photo it would not down load and I lost the camera. The usb cable that was supplied with the camera died. My only option was to bundle up my normal 3m cable and connect up to the camera and the Nuc and try a fix the whole lot to the scope. The whole thing looked like it was normally what I was use to seeing.
Night three I had to remove the dead cable and wrap the 3m one around the guide scope. I decided to do a real test set up the system to start on it own 6:45Pm. I sat in side the computer room and watched the sequence start flawless totally on its own. This is the result of those two nights some more 1m cables on there way to lessen the weight of cables. Plate solve has gone back to its normal 10 sec exposure time.
QHY183C -10c 226 shot 2 min
MeLE Mini PC
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, SGP
Pixinsight, Ps.
An LRGB image of NGC2403
The image comprises of:
Luminance - 10 hours.
Red - 4 hours.
Green- 4 hours.
Blue - 4 hours.
Total - 22 hours
10 and 15 minute subs.
Acquisition - Planewave 12.5" CDK, PME, QSI 583 8WSG CCD, Lodestar auto guider, TSX, Maxim DL. Astrodon LRGB filters.
Processing Pixinsight 1.8 - I have had this data set around for a while and have never been happy with my processing results.
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IC 443 also known as the Jellyfish Nebula is a supernova remnant (SNR) in the constellation of Gemini. Its distance is approximately 5,000 light years from Earth and a diameter of 70 light years. This image has been processed in the style of the Hubble pallete using two narrow band 3nm filters of Ha and Oiii. This helps to separate the two gasses from each other.
Location: Gergal, Spain - January 2023
Scope: William Optics GT81 385mm
Camera: ZWO ASI2600MC Pro
Mount: Celestron CGX
Filter: Optolong L-Ultimate Dual 3nm Narrow Band
Subframes: 90 x 600s
Integration: 15 hours
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
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• Sky-Watcher Quattro 250P
• Sky-Watcher EQ8-R Pro
• ZWO ASI294MM-Pro
• Astronomik L: 50x300s bin1 gain 0
• Astronomik RGB: 36x300s bin2 gain 125
(total integration 7.1h)
• 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
Newton 200x1000 - HEQ5.
Guidage chercheur + ASI120mc.
123x2min - ISO400.
CANON 1000Dd - Filtre Idas LPS D1 - Correcteur de coma Baader MPCC Mark III.
PixInSight - PS.
Ciel Bortle 8.
Sh2-155 was first noted as a galactic emission nebula in 1959 in the extended second edition of the Sharpless catalogue.
The name "Cave Nebula" was coined for this object by Patrick Moore, presumably derived from photographic images showing a curved arc of emission nebulosity corresponding to a cave mouth.
Sh2-155 is a diffuse nebula in the constellation Cepheus, approximately 2,400 light-years away from Earth.
Image captured over 4 nights; 2021-10-01 to 2021-10-07.
17 hours and 20 min total integration
Ha subs 24 * 1,200sec = 8 hours
OIII subs 13 * 1,200sec = 4 hours 20 minutes
SII subs 15 * 1,200sec = 5 hours
Imaging Equipment:
SharpStar 140PH Triplet 910mm focal length
Mesu 200 MKII,
ZWOASI2600MM Pro camera
3nm Ha, OIII & SII filters
distance: 6,000 ly
HaRGB
Equipment:
TS 10" f/4 ONTC Newton
1000mm f4
GPU Aplanatic Koma Korrector
Moravian CCD G2-8300FW
Astrodon LRGB Filter
Astronomik H-Alpha Filter
Losmandy G11/LFE Photo
Guding:
Lodestar on TS Optics - ultra short 9mm Off Axis Guider
PHD2
21x600 H-Alpha
4x900 RGB
total exposure time: 7hour
Processing: PixInsight/Lightroom
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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
The Butterfly nebula (IC1318) is located in the constellation of Cygnus. The whole region is huge... Here you can only see IC1318b (upper area of nebulosity) and IC1318c (the lower area). IC1318b and c constitute a single giant HII cloud bisected by a thick obscuring dust lane known as LDN 889 which is shown in the middle of the frame.
The bright star to the top right is a class F8 star known as Sadr or Gamma Cygni. Its true location is only 750 light years away and not related to the nebulosity which is much more distant at 5000 light years.
This is a 6 pane mono mosaic. It has been stitched together using Astro Pixel Processor, whch created a seamless mosaic.
Details
M: Mesu 200
T: TMB 152/1200
C: QSI683 with 3nm Astrodon Ha filter
16x1800s in EACH pane, totalling 48 hours of exposure time.
M16 Eagle Nebula NGC 6611, is a young open cluster of stars in the constellation Serpens. M16 contains an area made famous as the "Pillars of Creation" imaged by the Hubble Space Telescope Technical Info:
30 x 180 sec. Badder UV/IR Cut filter
74 x 300 sec. Astronomik Ha 12 nm filter
45 x 300 sec. Astronomik OIII 12 nm filter
Gain 200, Offset 50, Binning 1x1
Total Integration 7.5 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-ASTAP via N.I.N.A. 1.11
Image processing Pixinsight 1.8.8 and finished in Photoshop CC 2021.
Orion is setting earlier every day now. Time to post another image of my favorite winter constellation, before the "Orion Season" draws to an end.
I captured this 'deep' exposure in early January, when it was still possible see Orion rising.
The night before, I was partially fogged out and even though it cleared again later in the night, I missed the rise if Orion.
I therefore decided to hike to a slightly higher spot the next night and face the cold one more time. Shortly after sunset, the fog started to form again, but thanks to my higher vantage point, the fog top stayed some 200m below my position, enabling my to successfully capture my planned composition.
The low fog not only added a special mood to the foreground, it also blocked a good part of the light pollution and thus enabled me to capture one of my most detailed Orion widefields to date, with a popping Barnard's Loop and an almost 3 dimensional Witchhead Nebula.
Sometimes, landscape astrophotograohers are walking a thin line. A few meters of hight difference or a slight difference in temperature or air pressure can be all that separates a successful shooting from a total failure.
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EXIF
Canon EOS 6D, astro-modified
Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 @ 70mm; f/4
iOptron SkyTracker Pro
Sky:
30 x 60s + 10 x 15s + 10 x 5s @ ISO1600
Foreground:
5 x 120s @ ISO1600
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
Check out PhotographingSpace.com for more tips and tutorials on #Astrophotography.
Or visit my website Astrotanja.com for other related stuff and more on the #EveryNewMoon project.
This is a bit of an odd ball as it does not follow anthing like I have done before. I found this Dark looking structure on Stellarium but it was not named so could not select it by writing the name. I was able to use the cool feature in Nina Select it in Stellarium and it brings it into Nina as a target. The star is HIP 54413 at least I knew that part from Stellarium This is two nights worth of shots and about 6 goes at trying to edit this which is so different to how I have done all the others.
I think this is pushing the limits of the ED 80 with all this very light dusty part of the sky. The mount performed flawlessly so really happy with the two upgrades.
ZWOASI071MC Pro -10c 90 shot 10 min
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.
distance ca. 1350 Lj
RGB Equipment:
Skywatcher ED80/600
Skywatcher Reducer x0,85
EOS 1000Da
Celestron VX
Guiding:
i-Nova PLA-Mx on 9x50 Finderscope
PHD
17x300s ISO800
08.12.2015
H-Alpha Equipment:
Skywatcher Esprit ED80
TS-Optics 0.79 Reducer
ASI183mm
1,25" Baader H-Alpha Filter
Celestron AVX
guiding with 50mm finderscope and ASI120
PHD2
64x240s H-Alpha
20.01.2020
Processing: PixInsight\Affinity Photo