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Cygnus constellation (Swan), 5 panels mosaic in 6k by Vladimir Machek

OBJECT: Cygnus constellation (Swan) taken by 105 mm lens, 5 panels mosaic, overlap 50%. Unfortunately dew heater did not work very well .

 

CALIBRATION: RA 20h 14m, DEC 33°32’ (center of image), FOV 38°x 21°, Field radius 21,57°, Pixel scale 22,7 acrsec/px, Orientation - Up is 48,3° E of N, Image size 6000 x 3302 px.

 

GEAR: Nikon Z7 Kolari Full Spectrum + Nikkor Z 70-200/2,8 @ 105, Astronomic UV/IR/L2 Clip in filter, Rollei Astroklar light pollution filter, Dew heater strip, Sensor pixel scale 8,45 arcsec/px, tracking mount iOptron CEM60EC - 3 star alignment, no auto guiding.

 

ACQUISITION: September 2, 2022, Struz, CZ, Subexposure 90s, f 4, ISO 1600, Interval 15 s, 5 panels, 20 frames for each panel, overlap 50%, RAW-L, Lights 100x, Bias 22x, Flats 22x, DarkFlats 22x. Total exposure time 150 min. Night, no wind, 5° C, Backyard - Light pollution - Bortle 5.

 

STACKING AND POST PROCESSING: AstroPixelProcessor (stacking, background neutralisation, light pollution removal, calibrate background and stars colours) , Adobe Photoshop CC 2022 (stretching, black and white point settings, star reduction, enhance DSO, noise reduction, contrast setting and sharpening). Origin image size 17700px x 10300 px downscale to 6000px x 3302px.

 
2021 10 28 11h 53' 42 sec CET Sun H alfa Cromosphere NOAA 12887 by Carlo Casoli

Optics : 80/480 Apo + ZWO EAF + Televue Barlow 1,25" 2x

Mount : Ioptron CEM70G & Ioptron TriPier;

Filter : IR CUT Baader Planetarium 2”;

Filter : H alfa Daystar Quark Cromosphere;

Camera : ZWO ASI 174 MM;

Software : FireCapture, AutoStakkert3, Photoshop

Equivalent Focal Length : 4032 mm

 

Sun Active region : NOAA 12887

 

Casalecchio di Reno - Italia

44° 29’ 29” N

11° 14’ 58” E
2021 10 01 14h 30' 53 sec CET Sun H alfa Cromosphere & Prominences by Carlo Casoli

Optic: 80/480 Apo + ZWO EAF + Televue Barlow 1,25" 2x

Mount : Ioptron CEM70G & Ioptron TriPier;

Filter : IR CUT Baader Planetarium 2”;

Filter : H alfa Daystar Quark Cromosphere;

Camera : ZWO ASI 174 MM;

Equivalent focal length = 4000 mm.

Software : FireCapture, AutoStakkert3, Photoshop

 

Casalecchio di Reno - Italia

44° 29’ 29” N

11° 14’ 58” E
2021 09 29 11h 32' 00 sec CET Sun H alfa Cromosfere NOAA 12880 & Prominences by Carlo Casoli

Optic: 80/480 Apo + ZWO EAF + Televue Barlow 2x

Mount : Ioptron CEM70G & Ioptron TriPier;

Filter : IR CUT Baader Planetarium 2”;

Filter : H alfa Daystar Quark Cromosphere;

Camera : ZWO ASI 174 MM;

Equivalent focal length = 4000 mm.

Software : FireCapture, AutoStakkert3, Photoshop

 

Solar Active Region NOAA 12880

 

Casalecchio di Reno - Italia

44° 29’ 29” N

11° 14’ 58” E
2022 02 08 18h 45' 41 sec CET Moon by Carlo Casoli

Optics : TEC140 Apo + TeleVue Barlow 2" 2x

Camera : ZWO ASI 174 MM;

Equivalent Focal lenght : 1960 mm.

Mount : Ioptron CEM70G & Ioptron TriPier;

Software : FireCapture, AutoStakkert3, Adobe Photoshop

 

Casalecchio di Reno - Italia

44° 29’ 29” N

11° 14’ 58” E
2021 09 25 10h 40' 08 sec CET Sun H alfa cromosphere NOAA 12871 by Carlo Casoli

Optics : 80/480 Apo + ZWO EAF + Televue Barlow 1,25" 2x

Mount : Ioptron CEM70G & Ioptron TriPier;

Filter : IR CUT Baader Planetarium 2”;

Filter : H alfa Daystar Quark Cromosphere;

Camera : ZWO ASI 174 MM;

Equivalent focal lenght : 4000 mm.

Software : FireCapture, AutoStakkert3, Adobe Photoshop

 

Solar active region NOAA 12871

 

Casalecchio di Reno - Italia

44° 29’ 29” N

11° 14’ 58” E
2021 06 25 08h 10' 09Z sec CET Sun H alfa prominences by Carlo Casoli

Optics : 80/480 Apo + ZWO EAF

Mount : Ioptron CEM70G & Ioptron TriPier;

Filter : IR CUT Baader Planetarium 2”;

Filter : H alfa Daystar Quark Cromosphere;

Camera : ZWO ASI 174 MM;

Equivalent focal lenght : 2000 mm.

Software : FireCapture, AutoStakkert3, Adobe Photoshop

 

Casalecchio di Reno - Italia

44° 29’ 29” N

11° 14’ 58” E
2021 06 22 - 22 h 21’ 09’’ - Luna - Takahashi FSQ 106 by Carlo Casoli

Optics : Takahashi FSQ106 + ZWO EAF + Televue Barlow 2X;

Mount : Ioptron CEM70G & Ioptron TriPier;

Camera : ZWO ASI 174 MM;

Software : FireCapture, AutoStakkert.

Equivalent focal length = 960 mm

 

Moon: Tycho and Copernicus craters

 

Casalecchio di Reno - Italia

44° 29’ 29” N

11° 14’ 58” E
2021 09 02 11h 19' 06 sec CET Sun H alfa cromosphere NOAA 12860 by Carlo Casoli

Optics : 80/480 Apo + ZWO EAF

Mount : Ioptron CEM70G & Ioptron TriPier;

Filter : IR CUT Baader Planetarium 2”;

Filter : H alfa Daystar Quark Cromosphere;

Camera : ZWO ASI 174 MM;

Equivalent focal lenght : 2000 mm.

Software : FireCapture, AutoStakkert3, Adobe Photoshop

 

Solar active region NOAA 12860

 

Casalecchio di Reno - Italia

44° 29’ 29” N

11° 14’ 58” E
2921 09 10 11h 15' 11 sec CET Sun H alfa prominences by Carlo Casoli

Optic: 80/480 Apo + ZWO EAF + Televue Barlow 2x

Mount : Ioptron CEM70G & Ioptron TriPier;

Filter : H alfa Daystar Quark Cromosphere;

Filter : IR CUT Baader Planetarium 2”;

Camera : ZWO ASI 174 MM;

Equivalent focal length = 4000 mm.

Software : FireCapture, AutoStakkert3, Photoshop

 

Casalecchio di Reno - Italia

44° 29’ 29” N

11° 14’ 58” E
Good Clouds by skypointer

As a landscape astrophotographer, I have a very ambivalent relationship with clouds. When I am out shooting, I basically want clear skies. Clouds are considered a nuisance.

 

On the other hand, it is undeniable that clouds can add a lot of mood to a scene, if they are in the right position.

 

That's a big if though. It seems that most clouds have a tendency to block the Milky Way, while leaving the uninteresting parts of the sky clear. I call them the bad clouds.

 

While shooting with @benjaminbarakat at this tranquil lake in the Swiss Alps, the lenticular clouds were however mostly hugging the the horizon, blocking the worst of the light pollution and nicely framing the Milky Way. Even the small cloud in front of the galactic core carefully positioned itself so as not to block any important part. Those were definitely good clouds.

 

EXIF

Canon EOS Ra

Tamron 15-30mm f/2.8 @ 15mm

iOptron SkyTracker Pro

Sky:

Stack of 5 x 90s @ ISO1600

Foreground:

Stack of 5 x 60s @ ISO6400

Reflection:

Single exposure from the foreground stack
Bow on top by Teresa Hofer/ Badlands Observatory

Milky Way panorama taken at Badlands National Park.

3 rows of vertical images taken at f/3.5 for 120 seconds except for one foregound image which exposed for 60 sec. ISO 1600. iOptron Skyguider Pro used for tracking sky.

Stitched using MS ICE
2021 09 14 12h 45' 35 sec CET Sun H alfa prominences by Carlo Casoli

Optic: 80/480 Apo + ZWO EAF + Televue Barlow 2x

Mount : Ioptron CEM70G & Ioptron TriPier;

Filter : H alfa Daystar Quark Cromosphere;

Filter : IR CUT Baader Planetarium 2”;

Camera : ZWO ASI 174 MM;

Equivalent focal length = 4000 mm.

Software : FireCapture, AutoStakkert3, Photoshop

 

Casalecchio di Reno - Italia

44° 29’ 29” N

11° 14’ 58” E
2021 09 07 10h 32'00" CET - Sun H alfa cromosphere - NOAA 12866 , NOAA 12868 by Carlo Casoli

Optics : 80/480 Apo + ZWO EAF + Televue Barlow 2x

Mount : Ioptron CEM70G & Ioptron TriPier;

Filter : H alfa Daystar Quark Cromosphere;

Filter : IR CUT Baader Planetarium 2”;

Camera : ZWO ASI 174 MM;

Equivalent focal length = 4000 mm.

Software : FireCapture, AutoStakkert3, Photoshop.

 

Sun active region : NOAA 12866 (left) and NOAA 12868 (right)

 

Casalecchio di Reno - Italia

44° 29’ 29” N

11° 14’ 58” E
5-26-21 Lunar Eclipse and Rho Ophiuchi by Marsha Kirschbaum

© 2021 Marsha Kirschbaum
2021 08 15 10h 21' 20 sec Sole H alfa cromosfera by Carlo Casoli

Optics : 80/480 Apo + ZWO EAF

Mount : Ioptron CEM70G & Ioptron TriPier;

Filter : H alfa Daystar Quark Cromosphere;

Filter : IR CUT Baader Planetarium 2”;

Camera : ZWO ASI 174 MM;

Software : FireCapture, AutoStakkert3, Photoshop.

 

Sun Cromosphere active region : from left to right : NOAA 12855, NOAA 12857, NOAA 12853

 

Casalecchio di Reno - Italia

44° 29’ 29” N

11° 14’ 58” E
2017 10 17 19h 06' 30 sec CET Moon 12 days - Tycho crater by Carlo Casoli

Optics : Takahashi FSQ106 + ZWO EAF + Televue Barlow 1,25" 3x

Mount : Ioptron CEM70G & Ioptron TriPier;

Camera : ZWO ASI 174 MM;

Focal lenght : 1740 mm.

Software : FireCapture, AutoStakkert3, Adobe Photoshop

Negative colors

Casalecchio di Reno - Italia

44° 29’ 29” N

11° 14’ 58” E
Triangulum Galaxy (M33) by ABPhotosUK

Triangulum Galaxy M33

 

The Triangulum Galaxy is the third largest of the local group of galaxies including ourselves, the Milky Way and the Andromeda galaxy and lies 2.73 million light years from Earth. This was taken over two nights in early January.

 

Technical stuff:

 

Bortle 4 skies

Canon EF 600mm f4 + 7D II on iOptron CEM70

Primaluce 60mm Guidescope + ASI290MC

Optolong L-Pro filter

4 hours of 10 min subs

Stacked in DSS

Processed with Photoshop & Topaz Denoise
2021 08 19 11h 26' 30 sec CET Sun H alfa cromosphere by Carlo Casoli

Optics : 80/480 Apo + ZWO EAF + Televue Barlow 31,8 mm 2x

Mount : Ioptron CEM70G & Ioptron TriPier;

Filter : H alfa Daystar Quark Cromosphere;

Filter : IR CUT Baader Planetarium 2”;

Camera : ZWO ASI 174 MM;

Equivalent focal lenght : 4000 mm.

Software : FireCapture, AutoStakkert3, Adobe Photoshop

 

Casalecchio di Reno - Italia

44° 29’ 29” N

11° 14’ 58” E
2021 07 11 - Sun chromosphere and prominences - H-alfa wawe lenght by Carlo Casoli

Optics : 80/480 Apo + ZWO EAF;

Mount : Ioptron CEM70G & Ioptron TriPier;

Filter : H alfa Daystar Quark Cromosphere;

Filter : IR CUT Baader Planetarium 2”

Camera : ZWO ASI 174 MM;

Software : FireCapture, AutoStakkert, Photoshop.

 

Casalecchio di Reno - Italia

44° 29’ 29” N

11° 14’ 58” E
2022 01 11 18h 40' 49 sec CET Moon by Carlo Casoli

Optics : TEC 140 APO (980 mm F 7.0), TeleVue 2" Mirror Star Diagonal

Mount : Ioptron CEM70G & Ioptron TriPier;

Camera : ZWO ASI 174 MM;

Focal lenght : 980 mm.

Software : FireCapture, AutoStakkert3, Adobe Photoshop

 

Moon 10 days, 2 photos mosaic

 

Casalecchio di Reno - Italia

44° 29’ 29” N

11° 14’ 58” E
The Leo Triplet, M65, M66, NGC3628 by Vladimir Machek

DESCRIPTION: The Leo Triplet, M65, M66, NGC3628, constellation Leo. RA (center) 11h 20 min, DEC 13° 15’, FOV approx 1,9°x 1,3°.

  

GEAR: Nikon Z7 Kolari Full Spectrum + Nikkor 500/5,6 PF, Astronomic UV/IR/L2 Clip in filter, Astroklar light pollution filter, Dew heater strip, tracking mount iOptron CEM60EC

  

ACQUISITION: march 22, 2022, Struz, CZ, Subexposure 180s, f 5,6, ISO 1600, Interval 15 s, RAW-L, Lights 21x, Darks 20x, Bias 20x, Flats 20x, DarkFlats 15x. Total exposure time 63 min. Night, breeze, 3° C, no Moon, Backyard - Light pollution - Bortle 5.

  

STACKING AND POST PROCESSING: AstroPixelProcessor (stacking, background neutralisation, light pollution removal, calibrate background and stars colours), Adobe Photoshop CC 2022 (stretching, black and white point settings, star reduction, enhance DSO, deep space noise reduction, contrast setting and sharpening). Cropped 4,7x, image size 3840 x 2560 px.

 
M82 Galaxy by Luca Dinoi

Galassia Sigaro M82

 

Strumentazione e dati tecnici:

 

Telescopio TS RC 12” truss

Montatura Ioptron Cem120

Guida fuori asse Moravian con camera Moravian G0300

Focheggiatore e rotatore elettronico Moonlite 3,6”

Camera di ripresa Moravian G8300 con ruota interna

Filtri Astronomik CLS Ccd, R, G, B, Ha

 

49 X 300s Cls Ccd -20*

21 X 240s X RGB -20*

21 X 600s Ha 6nm -20*

Dark, flats e bias

 

Software acquisizione: SGP e Phd2

Software elaborazione: Pixinsight e Photoshop
2021 08 12 11h 15’ 42 sec Sun H alfa Cromosphere NOAA 12853 by Carlo Casoli

Optics : 80/480 Apo + ZWO EAF;

Mount : Ioptron CEM70G & Ioptron TriPier;

Filter : H alfa Daystar Quark Cromosphere;

Filter : IR CUT Baader Planetarium 2”;

Camera : ZWO ASI 174 MM;

Software : FireCapture, AutoStakkert, Photoshop.

 

Casalecchio di Reno - Italia

44° 29’ 29” N

11° 14’ 58” E
2021 09 24 10h 51' 37 sec CET Sun H alfa cromosphere NOAA 12872 by Carlo Casoli

Optic: 80/480 Apo + ZWO EAF

Mount : Ioptron CEM70G & Ioptron TriPier;

Filter : H alfa Daystar Quark Cromosphere;

Filter : IR CUT Baader Planetarium 2”;

Camera : ZWO ASI 174 MM;

Equivalent focal length = 2000 mm.

Software : FireCapture, AutoStakkert3, Photoshop

 

Solar Active Region NOAA 12872

 

Casalecchio di Reno - Italia

44° 29’ 29” N

11° 14’ 58” E
2021 09 08 16h 12' 43 sec CET Sun H alfa cromosphere NOAA 12864 by Carlo Casoli

Optics : 80/480 Apo + ZWO EAF

Mount : Ioptron CEM70G & Ioptron TriPier;

Filter : IR CUT Baader Planetarium 2”;

Filter : H alfa Daystar Quark Cromosphere;

Camera : ZWO ASI 174 MM;

Equivalent focal lenght : 2000 mm.

Software : FireCapture, AutoStakkert3, Adobe Photoshop

 

Solar active region NOAA 12864

 

Casalecchio di Reno - Italia

44° 29’ 29” N

11° 14’ 58” E
2022 01 10 18h 16' 58 sec CET Moon by Carlo Casoli

Optics : TEC 140 APO (980 mm F 7.0) + TeleVue 2" Mirror Star Diagonal + TeleVue Powermate 2" 2x

Mount : Ioptron CEM70G & Ioptron TriPier;

Camera : ZWO ASI 174 MM;

Equivalent Focal lenght : 1960 mm.

Software : FireCapture, AutoStakkert3, Adobe Photoshop

 

Casalecchio di Reno - Italia

44° 29’ 29” N

11° 14’ 58” E
2021 11 24 09h 55' 43 sec CET Sun H alfa Chromosphere & Prominences by Carlo Casoli

Optics : TEC 140 APO (980 mm F 7.0)

Filter : Baader Planetarium D-ERF 160 mm

Filter H alfa : Daystar Quark Cromosphere

Mount : Ioptron CEM70G & Ioptron TriPier;

Camera : ZWO ASI 174 MM;

Focal lenght : 4116 mm.

Software : FireCapture, AutoStakkert3, Adobe Photoshop

 

Casalecchio di Reno - Italia

44° 29’ 29” N

11° 14’ 58” E
2022 04 24 08h 48' 55 sec CET Sun H alpha Chromosphere NOAA 12993, 12994 by Carlo Casoli

Optics : TEC 140 APO (980 mm F 7.0)

Filter : Baader Planetarium D-ERF 160 mm

Beloptik Telecentric 5x

Filter H alfa : Coronado PST

Filter H alfa : SolarSpectrum S.O. 1.5 0.5A

Mount : Ioptron CEM70G & Ioptron TriPier;

Camera : ZWO ASI 174 MM;

Equivalent Focal lenght : 4900 mm.

Software : FireCapture, AutoStakkert3, Adobe Photoshop

 

Sun Active region : NOAA 12993, 12994

 

Casalecchio di Reno - Italia

44° 29’ 29” N

11° 14’ 58” E
2021 08 29 11h 23' 55 sec Sun H alfa Cromosphere NOAA 12860 & Prominences by Carlo Casoli

Optics : 80/480 Apo + ZWO EAF

Mount : Ioptron CEM70G & Ioptron TriPier;

Filter : H alfa Daystar Quark Cromosphere;

Filter : IR CUT Baader Planetarium 2”;

Camera : ZWO ASI 174 MM;

Equivalent focal length : 2000 mm

Software : FireCapture, AutoStakkert3, Photoshop

 

Sun attive region NOAA 12860

 

Casalecchio di Reno - Italia

44° 29’ 29” N

11° 14’ 58” E
2021 10 15 19h 25' 56 sec CET Juppiter by Carlo Casoli

Optics : Takahashi FSQ106 + ZWO EAF + Televue Barlow 1,25" 3x + Televue Barlow 1,25" 2x

Mount : Ioptron CEM70G & Ioptron TriPier;

Camera : ZWO ASI 174 MM;

Focal lenght : 3480 mm.

Software : FireCapture, AutoStakkert3, Adobe Photoshop

 

Casalecchio di Reno - Italia

44° 29’ 29” N

11° 14’ 58” E
The Orion Nebula - M42 by Radical Retinoscopy

The Orion Nebula (M42) was imaged with a Canon 80D and a Canon 200 mm f/2.8L II lens. (5x2.5 sec, 9x15 sec, f/3.5, ISO 3200)
2022 03 26 11h 03' 33 sec CET Sun H alpha Chromosphere by Carlo Casoli

Optics : TEC 140 APO (980 mm F 7.0)

Filter : Baader Planetarium D-ERF 160 mm

Filter H alfa : Daystar Quark Cromosphere

Mount : Ioptron CEM70G & Ioptron TriPier;

Camera : ZWO ASI 174 MM;

Focal lenght : 4116 mm.

Software : FireCapture, AutoStakkert3, Adobe Photoshop

 

Sun Active region : NOAA 12975 (center), NOAA 12976 (left)

 

Casalecchio di Reno - Italia

44° 29’ 29” N

11° 14’ 58” E

 

Final color version
2021 08 21 11h 01' 36 sec CET Sun H alfa cromosphere NOAA 12859 by Carlo Casoli

Optics : 80/480 Apo + ZWO EAF

Mount : Ioptron CEM70G & Ioptron TriPier;

Filter : H alfa Daystar Quark Cromosphere;

Filter : IR CUT Baader Planetarium 2”;

Camera : ZWO ASI 174 MM;

Equivalent focal lenght : 2000 mm.

Software : FireCapture, AutoStakkert3, Adobe Photoshop

 

Casalecchio di Reno - Italia

44° 29’ 29” N

11° 14’ 58” E
2021 08 14 20h 58' 46 sec CET Moon 7 days by Carlo Casoli

Optics : Takahashi FSQ106 + ZWO EAF + Televue Barlow 1,25" 3x + Televue Barlow 1,25" 2x

Mount : Ioptron CEM70G & Ioptron TriPier;

Camera : ZWO ASI 174 MM;

Focal lenght : 2650 mm.

Software : FireCapture, AutoStakkert3, Adobe Photoshop

 

Casalecchio di Reno - Italia

44° 29’ 29” N

11° 14’ 58” E
2021 08 14 21h 00' 38 sec Moon 7 days by Carlo Casoli

Optics : Takahashi FSQ106 + ZWO EAF + Televue Barlow 1,25" 2x

Mount : Ioptron CEM70G & Ioptron TriPier;

Camera : ZWO ASI 174 MM;

Focal lenght : 960 mm.

Software : FireCapture, AutoStakkert3, Adobe Photoshop

 

Casalecchio di Reno - Italia

44° 29’ 29” N

11° 14’ 58” E
2022 10 05 11h 29' 45 sec CET Sun H alpha Chromosphere NOAA 13112, 13116 by Carlo Casoli

Optics : TEC 140 APO (980 mm F 7.0)

Filter : Baader Planetarium D-ERF 160 mm

Beloptik Telecentric 5x

Filter H alfa : Coronado PST

Filter H alfa : Solar Spectrum S.O. 1.5 0.5A

Camera : ZWO ASI 174 MM;

Equivalent Focal lenght : 4900 mm.

Mount : Ioptron CEM70G & Ioptron TriPier;

 

Software : FireCapture, AutoStakkert3, ImPPG, Adobe Photoshop

 

Casalecchio di Reno - Italia

44° 29’ 29” N

11° 14’ 58” E
2022 02 09 18h 53' 37 sec CET Moon by Carlo Casoli

Optics : TEC 140 APO (980 mm F 7.0) + TeleVue 2" Mirror Star Diagonal + Televue Powermate 1,25” 5X

Mount : Ioptron CEM70G & Ioptron TriPier;

Camera : ZWO ASI 174 MM;

Equivalent Focal lenght : 4900 mm.

Software : FireCapture, AutoStakkert3, Adobe Photoshop

 

Casalecchio di Reno - Italia

44° 29’ 29” N

11° 14’ 58” E
2023 05 26 10h 15' 43 sec CET Sun H alpha chromosphere NOAA 3310 color by Carlo Casoli

Optics : TEC 140 APO (980 mm F 7.0)

Filter : Baader Planetarium D-ERF 160 mm

Beloptik Telecentric 5x

Filter H alfa : Coronado PST

Filter H alfa : Solar Spectrum S.O. 1.5 0.5A

Camera : ZWO ASI 174 MM;

Equivalent Focal lenght : 4900 mm.

Mount : Ioptron CEM70G & Ioptron TriPier;

 

Software : FireCapture, AutoStakkert3, ImPPG, Adobe Photoshop

 

Casalecchio di Reno - Italia

44° 29’ 29” N

11° 14’ 58” E
2021 08 14 - 20h 58' 05" CET - Moon 6 days by Carlo Casoli

Optics : Takahashi FSQ106 + ZWO EAF + Televue Barlow 1,25" 3x + Televue Barlow 1,25" 2x;

Mount : Ioptron CEM70G & Ioptron TriPier;

Camera : ZWO ASI 174 MM;

Equivalent Focal Length : 2650 mm.

Software : FireCapture, AutoStakkert, Photoshop

 

Moon - 6 days

 

Casalecchio di Reno - Italia

44° 29’ 29” N

11° 14’ 58” E
Pacman Nebula (NGC 281) by ABPhotosUK

This bright emission nebula in the constellation Cassiopeia is 9,459 light years away and is named because of it's similarity to the famous video game character.

 

Also on Astrobin: astrob.in/4sorxj/D/

 

Technical details:

 

Imaging telescope: Takahashi FSQ-85EDX Baby-Q

Imaging camera: ZWO ASI533MC-Pro

Mounts: iOptron CEM70

Guiding telescope: Primaluce 60mm Guidescope

Guiding cameras: ZWO Optical ASI290MC

Focal reducers: Takahashi Flattener 1.01x for FSQ-85EDX

Software: StarXterminator · Aries Productions Astropixel Processor · openphdguiding.org PHD2 v2.6.10 · Incanus Ltd. Astro Photography Tool · Adobe Photoshop v22.5

Filters: Optolong L-eXtreme 1.25"

Accessory: ZWO EAF 5V Electronic Auto Focuser

Dates:Sept. 19, 2021 , Sept. 20, 2021

Frames:Optolong L-eXtreme 1.25": 124x300" (10h 20') (gain: 100.00) -10C bin 1x1

Integration: 10h 20'

Darks: 30

Flats: 50

Flat darks: 50

Bias: 50
2021 10 14 18h 48' 28 sec CET Moon 9 days by Carlo Casoli

Optics : Takahashi FSQ106 + ZWO EAF

Mount : Ioptron CEM70G & Ioptron TriPier;

Camera : ZWO ASI 174 MM;

Focal lenght : 580 mm.

Software : FireCapture, AutoStakkert3, Adobe Photoshop

 

Casalecchio di Reno - Italia

44° 29’ 29” N

11° 14’ 58” E
2021 11 24 12h 36' 44 sec CET Sun H apha Prominences by Carlo Casoli

Optics : TEC 140 APO (980 mm F 7.0)

Filter : Baader Planetarium D-ERF 160 mm

Filter H alfa : Daystar Quark Cromosphere

Mount : Ioptron CEM70G & Ioptron TriPier;

Camera : ZWO ASI 174 MM;

Focal lenght : 4116 mm.

Software : FireCapture, AutoStakkert3, Adobe Photoshop

 

Casalecchio di Reno - Italia

44° 29’ 29” N

11° 14’ 58” E
Cool Memories by skypointer

Scorpius and bright Jupiter are rising behind the Tschuggen Obsrvatory above Arosa, Switzerland.

 

Summer has definately arrived here in Switzerland with temperatures reaching 100°F. Time for cooling down - at least visually - with an image from one of those crispy cold winter nights in February.

 

EXIF

Canon EOS 6D astro modified

Canon 24-70mm f/2.8L @ 70mm

iOptron SkyTracker Pro

Sky:

Stack of 9 x 30s @ISO1600, tracked

Foreground:

Stack of 7 x 30s @ISO1600
M31 Reprocessed. by IonCats

Far from perfect but much better processing using previously acquired data.
2021 09 14 12h 47' 38 sec CET Sun H alfa Prominences by Carlo Casoli

Optic: 80/480 Apo + ZWO EAF + Televue Barlow 2x

Mount : Ioptron CEM70G & Ioptron TriPier;

Filter : H alfa Daystar Quark Cromosphere;

Filter : IR CUT Baader Planetarium 2”;

Camera : ZWO ASI 174 MM;

Equivalent focal length = 4000 mm.

Software : FireCapture, AutoStakkert3, Photoshop

 

Casalecchio di Reno - Italia

44° 29’ 29” N

11° 14’ 58” E
2021 10 09 10h 35' 19 sec CET Sun H alfa Cromosphere & Prominences by Carlo Casoli

Optics : 80/480 Apo + ZWO EAF

Mount : Ioptron CEM70G & Ioptron TriPier;

Filter : H alfa Daystar Quark Cromosphere;

Filter : IR CUT Baader Planetarium 2”;

Camera : ZWO ASI 174 MM;

Equivalent focal lenght : 2000 mm.

Software : FireCapture, AutoStakkert3, Adobe Photoshop

 

Casalecchio di Reno - Italia

44° 29’ 29” N

11° 14’ 58” E
2022 01 11 19h 07' 15 sec CET Moon by Carlo Casoli

Optics : TEC 140 APO (980 mm F 7.0) + TeleVue 2" Mirror Star Diagonal + Televue Powermate 2" 4x

Mount : Ioptron CEM70G & Ioptron TriPier;

Camera : ZWO ASI 174 MM;

Equivalent Focal lenght : 3920 mm.

Software : FireCapture, AutoStakkert3, Adobe Photoshop

 

Casalecchio di Reno - Italia

44° 29’ 29” N

11° 14’ 58” E
2021 09 10 12h 32' 37 sec CET Sun Cromosphere NOAA 12866, 12868 by Carlo Casoli

Optics : 80/480 Apo + ZWO EAF + Televue Barlow 31,8 mm 2x

Mount : Ioptron CEM70G & Ioptron TriPier;

Filter : H alfa Daystar Quark Cromosphere;

Filter : IR CUT Baader Planetarium 2”;

Camera : ZWO ASI 174 MM;

Equivalent focal lenght : 4000 mm.

Software : FireCapture, AutoStakkert3, ImPPG, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Premiere

 

Solar active region NOAA 12866 e 12868

 

Casalecchio di Reno - Italia

44° 29’ 29” N

11° 14’ 58” E
2022 01 15 17h 42' 59 sec CET Moon by Carlo Casoli

Optics : TEC140 Apo

Camera : ZWO ASI 174 MM;

Equivalent Focal lenght : 980 mm.

Mount : Ioptron CEM70G & Ioptron TriPier;

Software : FireCapture, AutoStakkert3, Adobe Photoshop

 

Casalecchio di Reno - Italia

44° 29’ 29” N

11° 14’ 58” E

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