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We captured an incredible shot of Comet Lemmon on October 16!
🌠 Its tail is getting longer and more vibrant as it approaches the Sun, a result of solar heating vaporizing its icy nucleus, releasing gas and dust that form the coma and tail.
Look for it low on the western horizon in the early night sky. It might be visible naked eye the next few days under dark skies.
Technical Details:
1 hour total integration
R subs 20 * 60 sec = 20 min
G subs 20 * 60 sec = 20 min
B subs 20 * 60 sec = 20 min
Imaging equipment:
SharpStar 140PH Triplet 910mm focal length
Mesu 200 MKII mount,
ZWO2600 camera
The Rho Ophiuchi cloud complex is one of my favorite spring targets. Not only is the region extremely colorful, it also consists of many interesting astronomical objects:
- Rho Ophiuchi is the star within the blue reflection nebula. If you zoom into the image you can see that it is actually a 3-star system. The blue color of the nebula is produced by Rayleigh Scattering, the same process that colors our daylight sky blue.
- The Rho Ophiuchi cloud complex on the other hand is the dark nebula south of the star Rho Ophiuchi. At a distance of 427 light-years, it is one of the closest star forming regions to the solar system.
- The yellow star within the yellow nebula is Antares, the brightest star of the constellation Scorpius. It is a red supergiant, nearing the end of its live. The star has depleted the fuel supply of hydrogen within its core and is now bloated to monstrous proportions. As it goes through its death throes, the star has expelled a lot of its mass as shells of gas and dust into space. The nebulosity surrounding Antares is created by this gas and dust which is reflecting the dying star’s yellowish light.
- To the right of Antares is the globular cluster M4. Globular clusters are massive, tightly packed spheres that contain thousands, or even hundreds of thousands, of individual stars.
- Above M4 you find Sigma Scorpii. It is multiple star system of hot, young stars, emitting of UV radiation. As this high energy UV light hits the hydrogen atoms it energizes them, and the electrons separate from the atomic nucleus. When they recombine, the electrons give off a reddish-pink light which makes the gas cloud glow.
- Below Antares is Tau Scorpii, surrounded by another faint emission nebula of energized hydrogen.
- Both Sigma and Tau Scorpii share the same name: Al Niyat. They got their name from ancient Arabic astronomers and it means, "the arteries". Seeing how these stars with their red nebula flank Antares, the heart of Scorpius, it makes sense that they could be viewed as the arteries of that colossal, dying heart.
As you can see, the region around Rho Ophiuchi has it all. Its colors tell a story of darkness and light, of peaceful coexistence and violence and of birth and death.
EXIF
Canon EOS 6D, astro-modified
Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8 @ 135mm
iOptron SkyTracker Pro
Sky:
15 × 60s @ ISO1600
Foreground:
7 x 60s @ ISO3200
🌺 Balade cosmique dans le jardin de Diane de Poitiers ✨.
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Cet été était prévu un très court road trip de quelques jours pour visiter un maximum de châteaux de la Loire avec @amande.sen 💜. Et comme d’habitude, je ne peux pas m'empêcher de sortir faire de l’astro quand j’en ai l’occasion surtout dans ce secteur où le ciel est bien sombre. Bien-sûr j’avais des rêves d’astrophotos avec les châteaux en tête mais en sachant pertinemment que ça allait être compliqué de trouver ces lieux ouverts de nuit…
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J’ai eu l’immense chance d’avoir accès à Chenonceau de nuit pour moi tout seul, chose qui ne se fait pratiquement jamais surtout aussi tard la nuit en été. Je suis tellement reconnaissant pour cette opportunité et je remercie infiniment la personne qui a rendu cela possible 🙏. Avancer dans l’allée centrale, voir le château au loin, se rapprocher, déambuler dans les magnifiques jardins de nuit, c’était un mélange d'émotions et un sentiment d’être tellement privilégié de me tenir ici. La magie est encore montée d’un cran quand toutes les lumières se sont éteintes…
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🏰 Je voulais faire le maximum de projets photos que j’avais en tête pour ne rien regretter. J’en avais 2, peut-être 3 dépendant de la météo qui prévoyait des nébulosités en fin de nuit… Il y en a bien eu 3 et on commence par le dernier : un panorama ultra détaillé réalisé au 135mm avec le centre de la Voie Lactée passant juste derrière le château et la région de Rho Ophiuchi derrière la Tour des Marques, le tout s’alignant avec le superbe jardin de Diane de Poitiers. Le cadre est idyllique, on dirait que l’alignement de ces 3 éléments a été pensé tellement c’est parfait, la géométrie et les courbes menant vers le fond l’image… A ce moment, je m'imaginais les balades sous les étoiles qui pouvaient se passer ici il y a plusieurs siècles, c’est juste dingue.
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EXIF :
-@canonfrance EOS R(a) by a-m.de
-@samyangfrance 135mm f/2 ED UMC
-@nisifrance Natural Night Filter
-@skywatcherofficial Star Adventurer GTi
-Ciel : 16 tuiles 45s f/2.4 ISO1600
-Sol : 12 tuiles 45s f/2 ISO3200
-Pix/PS/DxO/PTgui
Located close to the Orion Nebula and usually included in the same frame but not very often given the main stage.
Imaged 17 Dec 2022 on a single night test imaging session after a complete rebuild of the Celestron C11 Edge HD imaging setup.
This is 362 x 60 second subframes totaling 6 hours of integration.
The full details are available on my Astrobin page astrob.in/w1lbb3/0/
Technical summary:
Celestron C11 Edge HD with 0.7 focal reducer.
ZWO ASI2600 MC Pro camera.
Baader Moon and Sky Glow filter.
EQ6 R Pro mount.
200mm guide scope.
No flats, no darks only 50 bias frames for calibration.
Edited with PixInsight and Adobe Lightroom Classic.
Explanation: These two spiral galaxies make a photogenic pair, found within the boundaries of the northern constellation Draco. Contrasting in color and orientation, NGC 5965 is nearly edge-on to our line of sight and dominated by yellow hues, while bluish NGC 5963 is closer to face-on. Of course, even in this well-framed cosmic snapshot the scene is invaded by other galaxies, including small elliptical NGC 5969 at the upper left. Brighter, spiky stars in our own Milky Way are scattered through the foreground. Though they seem to be close and of similar size, galaxies NGC 5965 and NGC 5963 are far apart and unrelated, by chance appearing close on the sky. NGC 5965 is about 150 million light-years distant and over 200,000 light-years across. Much smaller, NGC 5963 is a mere 40 million light-years away and so is not associated with the edge-on spiral. Difficult to follow, NGC 5963's extraordinarily faint blue spiral arms mark it as a low surface brightness galaxy. (text: apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap120216.html)
This picture was photographed during April 2016 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 = 31 * 900 seconds , bin.1, RGB = 15* 450-600 seconds, bin.2 each filter. 14 hours total.
FWHM source in L filter 1.86"-2.76", sum in L channel - 2.30"
The height above the horizon from 58° to 75°, the scale of 1"/ pixel.
Processed Pixinsight 1.8 and Photoshop CS6
Simeis 147, also known as the Spaghetti Nebula, SNR G180.0-01.7 or Sharpless 2-240, is a supernova remnant (SNR) in the Milky Way, straddling the border between the constellations of Auriga and Taurus. Discovered in 1952 at the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory using a large 25" telescope. it is difficult to observe due to its extremely low brightness.
The nebulous area is fairly large with an almost spherical shell and filamentary structure The remnant has an apparent diameter of approx 3 degrees, an estimated distance of approximately 3000 (±350) light-years, and an age of approximately 40,000 years.It is about 1000 light years away and is roughly 15 light years in diameter.
Due to its size this is a 2x2 pane mosaic in order to fit the whole nebula in the frame.
Details
M: Avalon Linear Fast Reverse
T: Takahashi FSQ85 0.73x
C: QSI683 with Astrodon 3nm Ha filter
23x900s in Ha in each pane
Totalling 23 hours of exposure.
The name of this one how could I resist. Has been a cloud fight to get the shots over 4 night in very strong winds. this sits just below the Horse head nebula and just off the red ring that goes around Orion. Barnards loop the goes around half of the Orion area, Barnards loop I will wait for moon less night to try and get this target with my 50mm F1.8 lens ZWOASI071.
QHY183C -10c 82 shots 10 min each over 4 nights and camera rotated.
Prima Luce Essato Focus ,
Optolong LeNhance filter,
Skywatcher Black DiamondED80 OTA
Skywatcher NEQ 6 Pro Hypertuned
Guided PHD2, SGP
Pixinsight, Ps Lr.
wenn man schon 2 stunden lang meteoriten jagt und keine erwischt dann kann man das material noch zu startrails umbauen :D
2.4 hours of 3 min stacked exposures. 120mm Skywatcher , Canon Rebel 6ti mod, My first great astrophoto. 1,500 light-years away. The left star is the left star in Orion's Belt.
Officially named NGC 281, IC 11 or Sh2-184, the nebula is popularly named the Pacman Nebula for its resemblance to Pac-Man, the character in the popular 1980s maze video game. A dark dust lane forms the Pac-Man’s mouth.
The Pacman Nebula is a bright emission nebula and part of an H II region in the northern constellation of Cassiopeia. It is part of the Milky Way's Perseus Spiral Arm, lies approximately 9,200 light years from Earth and stretches 48 light years across.
The nebula is a star-forming region that contains young stars, large dark dust lanes and Bok globules. Bok globules are small, dense dark nebulae packed with material from which new stars are formed.
EXIF
ZWO ASI 1600MM
Baader Ha Oiii RGB filters
William Optics Megrez 88 f/5.6
Skywatcher AZ-GTI controlled with ASIAir
Total integration time: 4h20min
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.
Milkyway mosaic (16-frames) taken under perfect skies in the australian outback (mag 7, sometimes even mag7.5).
Equipment used: Canon EOS 40D (modified), Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 at f/4.0, AstroTrac (generation 1)
Exposure time was 211 times 5min.
English below
Già percettibile ad occhio nudo come una debole macchia lattiginosa, la Grande Nebulosa di Orione è probabilmente uno degli oggetti del cielo notturno più iconici e più fotografati. Per quanto non possa considerarsi una novità, una foto di questa nube di gas emoziona sempre per la sua ricchezza e la sua bellezza.
Mosaico di due pannelli con una combinazione di pose guidate da 30 e 300 secondi l'una per un totale di circa 6 ore per pannello con filtro broadband SV260 a cui ho aggiunto circa 3 ore per pannello di segnale ricavato da pose di 600 secondi con filtro dualband Antlia ALP-T 5nm per enfatizzare l'idrogeno ionizzato. Telescopio newton 150/600 con correttore Tecnosky 0.95x, camera Tecnosky Vision 571C, montatura Eq6-R Pro, elaborazione in Pixinsight.
Already visible to the naked eye as a faint milky patch, the Great Orion Nebula is probably one of the most iconic and photographed objects in the night sky. While it's hardly new, a photograph of this gas cloud is always breathtaking for its richness and beauty.
A mosaic of two panels, combining guided exposures of 30 and 300 seconds each, for a total of about 6 hours per panel with an SV260 broadband filter. I added about 3 hours per panel of a signal obtained from 600-second exposures with an Antlia ALP-T 5nm dualband filter to emphasize ionized hydrogen. 150/600 Newtonian telescope with a Tecnosky 0.95x corrector, Tecnosky Vision 571C camera, EQ6-R Pro mount, and Pixinsight processing.
The Orion nebula (M42) is about 1.350 light years away.
Tri(false)colour composition done with Baader H-alpha, OIII and SII filters. Reduced starfield to highlight the nebula. (Star71/347mm; ATIK 383l+; Celestron AVX)
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
● Object specifications:
► Designation: NGC 2903
► Object type: Barred spiral galaxy
► Stellar coordinates:
-Ra: 9h 32m 09,76s.
-DEC: +21° 30′ 07.0″.
► Distance: /.
► Constellation: Leo.
► Magnitude: 9.01
● Gear:
► Telescope: SW 200/1000 F5
► Mount: IOptron CEM60-ec
► Camera: QHY294C
► Autoguiding: guidescope 50mm + ZWO asi
120mm
► Other optic(s): TS coma corrrector Maxfield 0.95X
► Filter(s): Optolong L-pro 2"
● Softwares:
► Acquisition: Nina
► Autoguiding: PHD guiding 2
► Preprocessing: PixInsight
► Processing: PixInsight
● Data acquisition:
► total +-7H, 5 min per capture
► Gain: 1601
► Offset: 60
► Cooling: -15°C
► Date(s): 25/02/2023 -> 26/02/2023 | 2 nights
English below
11 ore e 20 minuti in pose guidate da 600 secondi con filtro dualband Antlia ALP-T 5nm, per le stelle un'ora in pose guidate da 60 secondi con filtro broadband SV260. Telescopio newton 150/600 con correttore Tecnosky 0.95x, camera Tecnosky Vision 571C, montatura Eq6-R Pro, elaborazione in Pixinsight.
The nebula known as Boogeyman corresponds to object number 1622 in the Lynds' Catalogue of Dark Nebulae (LDN 1622). It is located in the eastern part of the Orion constellation, a region of the sky rich in ionized hydrogen structures belonging to the winter Milky Way complex.
A total of 19 hours of integration, 79 guided exposures of 600 seconds with the SV260 broadband filter, to which I added another 29 with the Antlia ALP-T 5nm dualband filter. For the stars, I performed one hour of guided exposures of 60 seconds, again with the SV260. A 150/600 Newtonian telescope with a Tecnosky 0.95x corrector, a Tecnosky Vision 571C camera, an Eq6-R Pro mount, and processing in Pixinsight.
Newton SW 200x1000 sur HEQ5 pro modifiée Rowan.
Canon 1000D défiltré + filtre Idas LPS D1 + correcteur de coma Baader MPCC Mark III.
71x120s ISO400, 40 dark, 101 bias, 15 flat.
Ciel Bortle 8.
PixInSight, PS.
Image which has exceptional meaning for me. Taken on my last night at the GEO Observatory in Spain with my friend John Griffiths. He'd asked for a printout when I finished processing this image, which sadly I was not able to ever show him. This one is for him.
Atik 4000 CCD. H-Alpha/OIII filters
The Horsehead Nebula (also known as Barnard 33 and IC434 ) is a dark nebula in the constellation Orion. The nebula is located just to the south of the star Alnitak, which is farthest east on Orion's Belt, and is part of the much larger Orion Molecular Cloud Complex. It is located approximately 1500 light years from earth.
This is a two pane mosaic of the Horsehead area in Orion. I originally did the lower pane (the image below) but felt that a pane above this would give a sense of completeness in the image.
This is the first image that has taken advantage of the dual rig that I have got together.
Details:
M: Mesu 200
T: Takahashi FSQ85 0.73x
Pane 1:
C: QSI683 3nm Ha filter
27x1800s
Pane 2:
C: QSI683 3nm Ha filter / Moravian G2-8300 3nm Ha Filter
20x1800s QSI / 8x1800s G2-3800
Total exposure time 27.5 hours
Comet:
60x20s red
60x20s green
60x20s blue
180sx20s Luminanz
Stars:
11x180s red
11x180s green
11x180s blue
30x180s Luminanz
Equipment:
Epsilon 130D dual rig
QHY268m + CFW3M
TS2600MP (Touptek IMX571) + ZWO EFW
Astronomik DeepSky RGB
Astronomik MaxFR
Pegasus NYX-101
23.10.2024 19:28 - 20:44
SH2-308, commonly known as the "Dolphin Head Nebula" is a HII region located in the constellation Canis Major. It is approximately 4300light years away. he massive star that created the bubble, a Wolf-Rayet star, is the bright one near the center of the nebula. Wolf-Rayet stars have over 20 times the mass of the Sun and are thought to be in a brief, pre-supernova phase of massive star evolution. Fast winds from this Wolf-Rayet star create the bubble-shaped nebula as they sweep up slower moving material from an earlier phase of evolution.
This image was captured with a ASI 2600MC Pro OSC camera and a TS-Optics 90mm CF APO f.6 Refractor (543mm focal length). I used a optolong L-eXtreme filter to capture the narrowband data.
This was my first time shooting 1000s exposures! I think it turned out pretty great, although I only have about 4.1hrs on the target.
The Soul Nebula is a large emission nebula located in the constellation Cassiopeia. This star-forming complex lies within the Perseus spiral arm of our Milky Way Galaxy.
The Soul Nebula is estimated to lie approximately 6,000 light-years from Earth.
Image captured over 6 nights; 2021-11-04, 06, 07, 09, 10, & 11
20.5 hours total integration
Ha subs 24 * 1,200 sec = 8 hours
OIII subs 20 * 1,200 sec = 6 hours 40 min
SII subs 17 * 1,200 sec = 5 hours 40 min
Imaging Equipment:
SharpStar 94EDPH with reducer at 414mm focal length,
Rainbow Astro RST-135,
ZWOASI1600MM Pro camera
SHO 3.0nm filters
Unfortunately the seeing and the conditions were bad and got worse and worse that i had to break off early.
Many haze clouds were around.
Also the collimation of the RC-Telescope is still not very good.
/// Setup
- Camera: Moravian G2-8300 + OAG
- Telescope: TS 10" RC 254/2000
- TS 2.5" Corrector
- Mount: Paramount MX+ on concrete pier
- Guiding Camera: Starlite Xpress Lodestar X2
/// Software
- Capturing Software: TheSkyX, Kstars Ekos
- Processing Software: PixInsight 1.8
/// Image Integration
- 3x900" H-alpha / bin 1x1 / -30°C
- 2x900" OIII / bin 1x1 / -30°C
(1.25h)
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: 66x300s bin1 gain 0
• Astronomik RGB: 38x300s bin2 gain 125
(total integration 8.6h)
• 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
An open cluster discovered by Caroline Herschel in 1787. William Herschel included his sister's discovery in his catalog. This reasonably large nebula is located in Cepheus. It is extremely difficult to observe visually.
Located 7200 light years away, the Wizard nebula, surrounds developing open star cluster NGC 7380. Visually, the interplay of stars, gas, and dust has created a shape that appears to some like a fictional medieval sorcerer. (I personally don't see that)
Image capture details: (6h 20m)
Ha-9x1,200sec (3h)
OIII-5x1,200sec((1h 40m)
SII-5x1,200sec(1h 40m)
Imaging Equipment:
SharpStar 140PH Triplet
Celestron CGEM II mount (hypertuned),
ZWOASI1600MM Pro camera
On this night the skies were beautifully clear and I was able to capture the data to create this image of Centaurus A (aka NGC5128 or 'The Hamburger Galaxy').
This is one of the closest radio galaxies to earth and is the fifth-brightest in the sky thanks to the supermassive black hole at the centre. This black hole has an estimated mass of around 55 million solar masses and ejects cosmic rays from it's core which can be captured in images taken at different wavelengths.
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Image Information
Telescope: Planewave 17" CDK | f6.8
Camera: FLI Proline 16803 CCD
Mount: Planewave Ascension 200HR
Exposure Details: L 12 x 300 sec (bin 1x1), R 6 x 200 sec (bin 2x2), G 6 x 150 sec (bin 2x2), B 6 x 300 sec (bin 2x2),
Observatory: Siding Spring, NSW, Australia
Date Taken: 15 April 2020
Post-Processing: AstroPixelProcessor, Lightroom Classic CC
6 out of 9 space cadets... prefer our deep space hot air balloon rides.. they come bit heavy on the saturated side... the air up there is a little bit lighter... the veiw is out of this world...but the b/w effects are taking over now... getting ready for the festival next weekend...we should be arriving at 015..9r a bit later... so see you then.. btw what kinda faces are in the clouds.... up up and away in my beautiful balloon....HSS...
This rarely image part of the sky is a considered a dark nebula. It is part of a larger dark nebula region called Lupus 1 or The Dark Wolfe Nebula.
CDK24
Moravian Camera
El Sauce Observatory, Chile
L: 32x15m
R: 21x15m
G: 19x15m
B: 21x15m
Total Integration = 23.25h
PI (RGB): BXT, RGB, SXT, NXT, HT, CT, Rescreen
L: BXT, SXT, NXT, HT, CT, Rescreen
PS: ColorEfex, StarShrink, Selective Color, Shadow Highlights, Curves, Saturation
Data from Martin Pugh.
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
15.September 2014
This 'deepscape' shows the California Nebula (NGC1499) setting behind the upper part of the Carmenna chairlift in Arosa, Switzerland. The foreground was lit by snowcats grooming the ski slopes.
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EXIF
Canon EOS 6D, astro-modified
Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8 L @ 200mm
iOptron SkyTracker Pro
Sky:
Stack of 56x 60s @ ISO1600, tracked
Foreground:
Stack of 7 x 60s @ ISO1600, untracked
An Impossible Return: A New Beginning
My Interplanetary Memories
Interplanetary Travel
I left many things behind when I left planet Earth. My friends, the streets I like to walk, the old florist uncle selling daffodils in his basket, the city where I have lived memories in every street, my favorite mountain bike, my best friend and the most beautiful girl in the world. My love. I had to leave all this behind. It was as if I had never lived. All my memories turned into dreams over time. As soon as I transitioned from the earth's atmosphere to the dark space, I began to purify myself from many of my emotions. I was turning into an emotionless person pretty quickly. That's how I was supposed to be. Otherwise, I could go back to earth to relive all the emotions I longed for. My space journey to find a planet suitable for life could have ended before it could reach its goal. So I had to get rid of all my emotions. First of all, I started to move away from my sense of longing. That way, I would be able to get away from my passion for love, albeit little by little. The thing that I had the most difficulty in leaving planet Earth was the feeling of love. I would never be able to experience true love again. When I was in the world, I had a girlfriend. She was the most beautiful being in the world. I miss her the most. Her hair, her smile, the smell of her skin. I miss her the most. I will never see her again. Every spring, there was an old uncle in the city where I live, selling daffodils in his wooden basket. Every time I left school, I would buy my girlfriend and myself a bunch of daffodils. While she was walking next to me with the most fragrant flower in the world against her nose, while I was smelling my own flower, I would watch the most beautiful girl in the world. I wouldn't turn my eyes away for once. Watching my beloved was the best moment for me. We used to do this every time after school.
I experienced the feeling of love very intensely. That's why I was sure that the first feeling I had to get rid of was love. But it was not easy for me to get rid of the feeling of love. Memories flooded my mind. In particular, during these last days of my deep space travel, memories of my life on earth had brought some feelings back to life. This was pushing me to return to planet earth. But I was so far from planet earth, my home, that it was a near impossible request for me.
I don't know if I will be able to return to planet earth, my home, from the interplanetary deep space voyage that I took off. Returning to Earth meant a new beginning for me. I would have to start everything from scratch. Maybe I was too old for that. I do not know. I've been thinking too much lately. Maybe I should stop thinking and focus on my research. I had so much time in space, but my time for planet earth was running short. This was quite the contradiction. And in the face of this situation, I was the only person who would give me the right mind.
Camera: Canon EOS Kiss X7i
Photograph by Yusuf Alioglu
Location: Outer space (space)
Two galaxies in a cosmic collision will eventually form a larger single galaxy. There is significant star forming ongoing likely as a result of the collision. Two tails of stars are left streaming from the galaxies that appears as little antennae.
LRGB: 12x600s 8hrs Total
Pixinsight:
L - CC/Reg/Drizzle/DC/MMT/HT/HDR/Curves RGB - CC/Reg/PM/PCC/ArcSin/HT/LRGB
Photoshop:
Crop/Nik Dfine 2/Smart Sharpen/Curves
Data From Telescope.Live
CHI-1-CCD
Planewave 24in
FLI PL9000
The horse head nebula in Orion. This was a tough one to process. Alnitak kept taking over the photo. Next time out I will take shorter exposures on the blue and green filter.
Taken with a ZWO ASI1600mm-cool, R=12 @ 240 sec , G=25 @ 120 sec, B= 45 @ 60 sec, HA=15 @ 240 sec. Clouds moved in before Luminance were taken. Default HDR gain setting. Edit with Pixisight. Taken Nov. 2018
When Atlas was punished to bear the heavens on his shoulders, his seven daughters with Pleione - Asterope, Electra, Merope, Maia, Celaeno, Taygeta, and Alcyone – started to be pursued by the hunter Orion, who had fell in love with them and their mother. In pity of their suffering, Zeus first turned them into doves and then into stars, to protect them from the Orion’s advances who, it is said, still pursues them across the sky.
Known from, at least, the Bronze Age, the Pleiades star cluster an hallmark and leitmotiv for mythologies across several civilizations and they were/are also known as Soraya (old Persia) or Subaru (Japan).
The Pleiades is an open cluster with about 1,000 stars at about 440 light years but only the brightest are visible at naked eye, even in light polluted skies; but in a dark sky and viewed through binoculars it is a truly amazing sight. They will be gravitationally bound for another 250 million and by then it will disperse in Orion’s constellation.
Shot at Santa Susana, Portugal on 01.Oct.2023 and 18.Jan.2023.
Technical details:
LUM: 178 x 180s (8h54)
RGB: 105 x 180s (5h15)
SW EQ6-R Pro | TS Optics Triplet APO 800/115 | TS Optics TSFLAT2 0.79x | QHYCCD 268M | Optolong LRGB | RBFocus Gaius-S | RBFocus Myrrdin 2.3
Acquisition: N.I.N.A. | Processing: Pixinsight
NDN 935, NGC7000 H-Alpha
distance: 2000 - 3000 ly
NDN 935, NGC7000 HSO RGB
distance: 2000 - 3000 ly
Equipment:
10" /f4 TS ONTC Newton
QHY268m
Astronomik H-Alpha MaxFR
Skywatcher EQ8
September 2021
Processing: PixInsight/affinity photo
NGC 6820 is a small reflection nebula near the open cluster NGC 6823 in Vulpecula. The reflection nebula and cluster are embedded in a large faint emission nebula called SH2-86. The whole area of nebulosity is often referred to as NGC 6820. Open star cluster NGC 6823 is about 50 light-years across and lies about 6,000 light-years away. The center of the cluster formed about two million years ago and is dominated in brightness by a host of bright young blue stars.
Image captured over 8 nights; 2022-09-21, 24, 25, 26, 27 & 30, 2022-10-01, & 03
20 hours 50 minutes total integration
Ha subs: 28 * 1,200 sec = 9 hours 20 min
OIII subs: 12 * 1,200 sec = 4 hours
SII subs: 18 * 1,200 sec = 6 hours
Red subs: 15 * 120 sec = 30 min
Green subs: 15 * 120 sec = 30 min
Blue subs: 15 * 120 sec = 30 min
Imaging Equipment:
SharpStar 140PH Triplet 910mm focal length
Mesu 200 MKII mount,
ZWOASI2600MM Pro camera
SHO 3.0nm filters
RGB fliters
In the constellation of Canes Venatici but quite close to Ursa Major’s star Alkaid lies the Whirlpool Galaxy, a beautiful interacting grand-design spiral galaxy. It is located at about 31 million light years from us and can be seen during Spring even with binoculars if the sky is dark enough.
Very prominently, this galaxy is interacting with a smaller one - NGC 5195 - the yellowish one on the right. As a result, large tidal tails are formed - those are the faint yellow structures around both galaxies.
Looking closer to M51, dark lanes in the spiral arms can be seen; what are these? They are compressed gas and dust clouds - the raw material for stars. And these new stars being formed are what makes the blue patches seen nearby.
One of amateurs astrophotographers preferred targets, the Whirlpool galaxy is, for sure, an amazing view. I hope you enjoy.
Shot at Santa Susana, Portugal on the 29th and 30th of April, 2022.
IG: @the.cosmic.arena
Technical details:
LUM: 172 x 180s (8h60), BIN1
RGB: 3 x 40 x 180s (6h00), BIN2
Telescope: TS Optics Triplet APO 800/115
Camera: QHYCCD 268M
Mount: Skywatcher AZ EQ5-GT
Filters: Optolong LRGB
Reducer: TSOptics TSFLAT 3’ 0.79x
Acquisition: N.I.N.A.
Processing: Pixinsight, Photoshop
The Whirlpool Galaxy in Canes Venatici: astrobackyard.com/m51-whirlpool-galaxy/
This was an exciting project for me!
I've never had enough reach to do M51 justice before. This image was created by collecting LRGB exposures (5-minutes each) over several cold nights in March and April, 2020.
36 x 300-seconds Lum
9 x 300-seconds Red
12 x 300-seconds Green
15 x 300-seconds Blue
The images were stacked in DeepSkyStacker and processed entirely in Adobe Photoshop 2020.
I've recorded a 30-minute image-processing tutorial of the techniques used for this image that will be live in my image processing guide by the end of this week. If you've already downloaded it, remember to update to the new version (for free) this weekend to find it!
Clear skies!
© P Williamson 2015
13 November 2015
Taken near Al Khanza desert (Abu Dhabi)
L: 33min (180 sec sub exp)
R: 24 min (180 sec sub exp)
G: Synth
B: 9 min (180 sec sub exp)
Camera: Atik 490ex Mono
Scope: Celestron C8, Hyperstar Lens (F/2)
Mount: Sky Watcher AZ-EQ6 GT
Filters: Baader
Equipment:
10" f/4 ONTC Newtonian Teleskope
ASI294mmPro
Astronomik Deep-Sky RGB
Astronomik L-2
Skywatcher EQ-8 Pro
exposure time: 16hour
Processing: PixInsight/affinity
photo
285x120 Luminanz
74x120s red
74x120s green
75x120s blue
Con solo 1h e 10min di integrazione totale e temperatura del sensore 22°
-#85 in Explore 11/11/2016 (verificato 12/11/16 ore20:30)
Il 12/09/2015 acquisivo questo FOV con lo scopo di riuscire ad evidenziare anche le Nubi Molecolari che circondano il famosissimo ammasso aperto delle Pleiadi (M45). In questi casi occorrono cieli molto bui, una congrua integrazione e temperatura ambiente abbastanza bassa per chi utilizza le DSLR. Purtroppo velature e nubi mi avevano permesso di acquisire solo 14 frames da 300s: troppo poca l'integrazione di 1h e 10 min per pretendere qualcosa. Inoltre occorre ricordare che lo strumento fotografico era il teleobiettivo Zenit Jupiter-11A 135mm f4 (diametro obiettivo di 33,75 mm). flic.kr/p/MekcC7
Speravo in altre sessioni fotografiche per aumentare almeno l'integrazione totale, ma non sono stato fortunato.
Dopo un anno di inutile speranze ero comunque molto curioso di vedere cosa avrei potuto estrapolare da quei pochi frames. I frames combinati dal programma DeepSkyStacker (DSS) hanno creato il file.tif finale combinato, che mostrava appena un pò di nebulosità attorno a M45.
Il mio obiettivo erano le debolissime Nubi Molecolari quindi mi aspettava una elaborazione molto ardua!
E' stato necessario agire molto sulla regolazione livelli di PS e il forte "stretch" ha ovviamente evidenziato i limiti della poca integrazione. Non è stato facile controllare i diametri stellari e il rumore nei mezzitoni e nelle ombre . Questi effetti collaterali mi hanno costretto a lavorare molto con le selezioni e algoritmi riduci-rumore. Sapevo già che non potevo pretendere grande definizione dei dettagli.
Malgrado tutto l'obiettivo è stato raggiunto e mi ritengo molto soddisfatto del risultato finale, dove le debolissime Nubi Molecolari, presenti nella nostra Via Lattea, sono visibili.
Curiosità> Fa un certo effetto ripensare che fino a 15 anni fa con la fotografia analogica un risultato come questo era impensabile e irragiungibile con modesti strumenti.
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With only 1h and 10 min of total integration time and sensor temperature 22°C
-#85 on Explore 11/11/2016 (checked on 11.12.2016 8.30 pm)
On 09/12/2015 I acquired this FOV for the purpose too to be able to reveal the molecular clouds that surround the famous Pleiades open cluster (M45). In these cases it takes a long dark skies, a fair share integration and low enough ambient temperature for those who use DSLR. Unfortunately, clouds had allowed me to acquire only 14 frames of 300s: too little integration of 1h and 10 min to demand something. It is noted that the photographic instrument was the telephoto Zenit Jupiter-11A 135mm f4 (objective diameter of 33.75 mm). flic.kr/p/MekcC7
I was hoping for more photo sessions to increase at least the total integration, but I was not lucky.
After a year of futile hope I was however very curious to see what I could extrapolate from those few frames. The frames combined by DeepSkyStacker (DSS) program have created the final file.tif combined, which showed only a little nebulosity around M45.
My objective was very faint Molecular Clouds therefore waited for me a very arduous processing!
It was important to act on the adjustment levels of PS and the strong stretch has obviously revealed the limitations of little integration. It was not easy to control the stellar diameters and noise in the midtones and shadows. These adverse effects have forced me to work a lot with the selections and reduce noise algorithms. I already knew that I could not expect great detail definition.
Despite all, the purpose has been achieved and I am very pleased with the final result, where the faint Molecular Clouds, present in our Milky Way, are visible.
Curiosity> Makes a certain effect rethink that until 15 years ago with analog photography a result like this was unthinkable and unattainable with modest instruments.
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Lens: Zenit Jupiter-11A 135mm f/4 flic.kr/p/MekcC7
Camera: Canon EOS 550D (Rebel T2i) mod. Baader BCF
Mount: Sky Watcher HEQ5 Synscan
Seeing 3 (scala Antoniadi inversa)
14x300s 1600iso / 21 dark / 21 flat / 21 bias
date 12/09/2015
temperature 16°C (media)
Temperature sensor: 22°C (media)
Integration 1h 10min
Location: monti Nebrodi, (Sicily-Italy) 1550m slm
Elaborazione DSS + PSCS3.
I hope you are not fed up with Rho Ophiuchi shots yet. As spring is Rho time, I cannot guarantee that there will not be more coming...
I captured this image in the Toggenburg Valley of eastern Switzerland from the same area as my "Rural Idyll" post. Those who have seen that image may recognize the teeth as two of the Churfirsten peaks. These rocky twins are called Schibenstoll and Zuestoll and are up to on meter of the same hight (2234 and 2235 meter).
EXIF
Canon EOS Ra
Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8 L IS USM @ 100mm, f/2.8
iOptron SkyTracker
Sky:
Stack of 12 x 90s @ ISO1600, tracked
Foreground:
Stack of 5 x 90s @ ISO3200
Cosmic Dust Ritual
My Interplanetary Memories
Interplanetary Travel
I was watching the sunset under a red cosmic dust cloud when I took this photo. I was sitting in silence enjoying this unique view in the sky. It was a moment when I felt very, very lucky. I had not yet given a name to this nebula I had just discovered. Instead of naming this nebula, I decided to savor the moment. A nebula or nebula is a nebula structure in space made up of cosmic dust, hydrogen, helium, and other ionized gases spread over vast areas. They were the remains of a dying star. Even billions of years old stars can have an end. When I think about it, a shudder takes over my body. While the concept of the end sometimes causes peace and excitement in me, the concept of the end sometimes causes fear in me. A concept that can put you in volatile moods is the ending. Maybe I should stop thinking about the end. But I still can't stop myself from thinking about my end. There is a result that I have experienced with nebulas and which surprised me quite a bit. I always felt a tremendous sense of peace in the face of all the cosmic dust landscapes I encountered. I was able to sleep better at night. And when I woke up, I felt that my whole body was completely relaxed. The dreams I had when I slept under the cosmic dust were also different. At night, I had dreams that made me happy and did not tire my mind. I discovered that cosmic dust causes positive results in the human body and soul. However, I have never measured it scientifically. It was just an observational discovery. Even thinking about those moments gives me peace right now. Again, I can't wait to encounter a cosmic dust landscape, the nebula.
Camera: Canon EOS Kiss X7i
Photograph by Yusuf Alioglu
Location: Outer space (space)