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Askar 130mm f7.7 Quad refractor w/.8 reducer @700mm f/5.5. Zwo Asi 1600 Zwo EFW, Zwo filters. Zwo EFM. Zwo 120 guide cam. Ioptron 45pro mount. AsI Air. 4 frame mosaic total 36 hrs integration. RGB stars. Pixinsight RC Astro Photoshop.
AT65EDQ
ZWO ASI183MM non cooled
iOptron iEQ45 w 8604 HC
55 @ 120 seconds gain 50
ZWO Lum filter
guided with QHY5Lii M
Software: ASCOM POTH, SharpCap Pro 3.1, Photoshop CC 2017, Google remote desktop, CdC, APT - Astro Photography Tool, PixInsight 1.8 Ripley PixInsight, ProDigital Software Astronomy Tools Actions Set
Accessories:Arduino Focuser DIY FocuserPro2 arduino focus motor ( Robert Brown)
Data source: Backyard
Hi Folks,
We had two clear (but very warm) nights starting on June 22, and I was about to catch some more photons from my new Whispering Skies Observatory!
This is SH2-54 - an H2 complex in the constellation of Serpens the snake.
This image resulted from 8.9 hours of SHO Narrowband exposure. Given that there are only about 4.5 hours of darkness this time of year, I was fortunate to get this much integration!
It was unseasonably warm, and I had to run my camera cooler at a lower aim temperature.
However, I encountered a problem where the expanding metal caused the camera to loosen from the camera rotator. Fortunately, I was able to deal with most of those issues.
The full report on this imaging project, including a detailed processing walk-through, can be seen here:
cosgrovescosmos.com/projects/sh2-54
Thanks for looking,
Clear Skies,
Pat
ASI294MC Pro
Sky Watcher EvoStar 72ED
iOptron CEM26
ZWO Dual Band Filter
ZWO 120mm mono guide scope
ZWO ASIAIR Plus
97 / 3 minute subs
10 Dark frames
120 gain / -10c
I've seen a number of images lately of the famous comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko* and thought I'd try my own. Here's the result from last night, clear enough after a modest snowfall during the day though with temps flirting with 0ºF overnight.
I'm a bit baffled by the tail that seems to be offset from the nucleus, which I don't recall seeing very often except in comets that are much closer to the Sun and sporting both ion and dust tails, and some oddball hybrid comet/asteroid objects.
The image is a composite of 100 frames, 90 seconds each; Explore Scientific ED102 102mm f/7 refractor, ZWO ASI294MC camera, UV/IR cutoff filter, iOptron CEM25P mount, Processed in Astro Pixel Processor and Lightroom.
*67P is most famous because it was visited by ESA's fabulous Rosetta spacecraft in 2014 and its Philae lander.
My first attempt at the Heart and Soul nebulae. WO Z61, Flat 61, Nikon D810, iOptron Skyguider Pro unguided, 20 x 100s lights, 15 x 100s darks, ISO 3600. Edited in SSS then PS and final touch in LR.
Located about 6,000 light-years from Earth, the Heart and Soul nebulae form a vast star-forming complex that makes up part of the Perseus spiral arm of our Milky Way galaxy. The nebula to the right is the Heart, designated IC 1805 and named after its resemblance to a human heart. To the left is the Soul nebula, also known as the Embryo nebula, IC 1848 or W5. The Perseus arm lies further from the center of the Milky Way than the arm that contains our sun. The Heart and Soul nebulae stretch out nearly 580 light-years across, covering a small portion of the diameter of the Milky Way, which is roughly 100,000 light-years across.
The two nebulae are both massive star-making factories, marked by giant bubbles that were blown into surrounding dust by radiation and winds from the stars.
Stack of 20x60sec exposures
IOptron Sky Tracker Pro
Canon 70D with vintage Nikon 50mm lens at f4 ISO 800
Processed in Photoshop
Composited with a stack of 10x15 sec exposures for just the M42 nebula
2015-SEP-27 lunar eclipse and super moon capture with Nikon D810A attached to an Astro-Physics 140 EDF StarFire refractor and an AP barlow.
15x 120sec exposures
Stacked in DeepSkyStacker
Edited in Pixinsight and Lightroom
Shot with Nikon D600 and ioptron skytracker
C90 1250mm f/14 Mak/Cas telescope at prime focus.
Centred then cropped at 4640 x 4640 pixels
2nd try at photographing the moon with my new telescope. There are clouds in the photo, but the focus is much better since I found the magnification button.
103_6972
GFX50S + SIGMA135f1.8Art
30x30sec (Ambient -2C) ISO3200
on iOptron SmartEQ Pro (Total:15min)
RStacker, CCDStack, StellaImage7, Photoshop CC2018
Locations: Kamogawa Sports Park, Kibichuocho, Okayama, Japan
Dec. 2017
A classical target of the summer season, which I never fancied to capture before. These two nebulas are among the brightest of the night sky.
Technical data:
OTA: TecnoSky SuperAPO 80 - Reduced at F/4.8
Mount: iOptron CEM60
Camera: ZWO ASI 1600 MM-C, cooled at -20C
Guide Camera: ASI290MM
Guide Scope: ArteSky 60mm F/4
Filters: Optolong Ha, RGB
Software: Sequence Generator Pro, PHD2, Deep Sky Stacker, PS
108 frames in total, Gain 300 - Offset 50
Ha 60x60s (1 Hour)
RGB 16x30s (8 minutes each color)
Total Integration Time: 1 hour, 24 minutes
No Bias
18 Darks
No Flats
Constelación en que se encuentra: #Cassiopeia
Distancia: 9800 años luz
Sharpless 2-101 (Sh2-101) es una nebulosa que resultó como consecuencia de la explosión de una estrella como super nova, en la constelación de Cassiopeia.
Se piensa que un pulsar en el centro emite ondas de rayos X.
Datos de la imagen:
Exposure: 11hr 9min (223 x 3min)
Telescope: #Celestron #EdgeHD #C925 #Hyperstar
Camera: ZWO #ASI2600MC Pro
Focal ratio: f2.3
Capturing software: NINA
Filter: IDAS #NBZ
Mount: #iOptron #CEM60
Guiding: #ASI462MC with #PHD2 and Stellarvue F60M3
Dithering: Yes
Calibration: 30 darks, 30 flat darks, 50 flats
Processing: #PixInsight
Date: 14-sep-2024, 1-oct-2024
Location: #Bogotá, #Colombia
Sol Región Activa 13004
Buen seeing y algo de viento (poco pero muy tocapelotas)
Telescopio: Skywatcher Refractor AP 120/900 f7.5 EvoStar ED
Cámara: ZWO ASI178MM
Montura: iOptron AZ Mount Pro
Filtros: - Baader Neutral Density Filter 1¼" (ND 0.6, T=25%)
- Baader Solar Continuum Filter 1¼" (double stacked) (540nm)
Accesorios: - Baader 2" Cool-Ceramic Safety Herschel Prism
- TeleVue Lente de Barlow 2,5x Powermate 1,25"
Software: FireCapture, AutoStakkert, Registax y Photoshop
Fecha: 2022-05-05 (5 de mayo de 2022)
Hora: 14:46 T.U. (Tiempo universal)
Lugar: 42.615 N -6.417 W (Bembibre Spain)
Vídeo: 1 minuto
Resolución: 1936x1284
Gain: 67 (13%)
Exposure: 0.032ms
Frames: 2945
Frames apilados: 6%
FPS: 49
Sensor temperature= 40.5°C
Captured under dark skies at Brooks Memorial State Park near Goldendale, WA.
Telescope: William Optics ZenithStar 110mm @f/7
Camera: Canon XSi (450D), Astro Modified
Mount: iOptron iEQ45 Pro
Integration: 45 mins (9 x 5 mins)
Messier 22 (M22 or NGC 6656) was photographed in July 2015. The final image is composed of 14, 30-second images captured at ISO 3200. A Canon 6D camera was mounted on a Celestron 6″ telescope at prime focus. The imaging system was mounted on an iOptron ZEQ25 mount.
M22 is nothing less than spectacular. It is ranked in the six finest globulars in the entire Milky Way (from our observation point). Most rank M13 as being better in the Northern Hemisphere, I do not agree. What I like about this globular cluster is that the stars are easy to resolve since most are about 11th magnitude. The total number of stars in this system are believed to number about 500,000.
After an encouraging first light with my D7000+Sigma 105 on an ioptron skytracker a month ago, I decided to return to this target for more.
This is the result of stacking and integrating 50 x 120s exposures, at 1250 ISO.
The lens aperture was set to f/3.3
Tonight’s moon, July 24, 2015 from Weatherly, Pennsylvania. Taken with a Canon 6D and Celestron C6-A SCT mounted on an iOptron ZEQ25 mount.
PHASE: Waxing Gibbous, 8.2 days old.
Settings: ISO 640, 1/400 second, single exposure. Edited in Corel PaintShop Pro X5.
350 poses de 30s à 3200Iso
D.O.F
ioptron sky guider pro
Sony A7S astrodon
tecnosky 71/350 F/4.9
filtre STC duo narrow band
Siril,photoshop
MEADE SN10, iOptron CEM60, 4x Teleview Powermate,
ZWO-ASI174MM
4050mm - sky was hazy, and the scope was flailing around like a windsock in the brisk breeze, also over the neighbours roof (and they had their boiler on) so, that doesn't help either, hehe !!
Found in the constellation of Cygnus.
M: iOptron EQ45-Pro
T: WO GTF81 Refractor
C: ZWO ASI1600MC-Cooled
G: OAG and PHD2
GC: ZWO ASI120MM mini
RAW16; FITs
Temp: -15 DegC
Gain 260; Exp 200s
Frames:
21 Lights
10 Darks
25 Flats
25 Flat Darks.
98% Crop
Capture: Sharpcap
Processed: APP; LR; PS
Sky: No moon, light breeze, no cloud.
Comet C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy) has just reached a height of about fifteen degrees above my southern horizon. From my observing site, the southern horizon is my most heavily light polluted area of the sky. I can barely discern a tail at this point; the next few weeks should prove to be interesting! The image was made of a stack of 38 twenty second exposures (Canon T2i, 100 mm f/2 lens @ f/3.2, ISO 800). Tracking was done with an iOptron Sky Tracker with stacking done in Nebulosity.
Another first attempt. (loving this hobby!)
47 / 90 second exposures @ 640 ISO
5 Darks / 25 Bias
Skywatcher EvoStar 72ED
iOptron CEM26
Canon 7DMKII (unmodified)
No filters or guiding
2h 20min integration with Optolong 3nm filters, Sharpstar 61EDPH on iOptron GEM28 and ASI1600MM Pro. Recorded with ASI AIR Plus.
A complex, dynamic region of star formation in the constellation Auriga with three named objects: IC 417, IC 410, and IC 405, also known as the Flaming Star Nebula in the light of hydrogen, from suburban Bloomington, Indiana.
229 total exposures, 6 min. each (total 23 hours) in several overlapping tiles. Explore Scientific ED102 102mm f/7 refractor, 0.8x reducer/flattener, ZWO ASI2600MM monochrome CMOS camera, 7nm H-alpha filter, iOptron CEM25P mount, ASIAir controller, auto-guided. Processed in Astro Pixel Processor and Lightroom.
#Astrophotography #DeepSky
Hi Folks,
I just published a new imaging project on my website!
The Cat's Eye Nebula (NGC 6543) and NGC 6552.
This image resulted from 14.6 hours of LRGB exposure on my Sharpstar SCA260 V2 Platform.
The Cat's Eye is a famous Planetary Nebula - a star that, in its death throes, blew its outer layers off into space! The bright inner core has a structure that can be seen in a modest telescope and is the root of its common name. This was one of the first planetary nebulae ever discovered.
It's located in our galaxy, about 3,000 light-years away in the constellation of Draco.
NGC 6552, on the other hand, is located 390 million light-years away! A small barred-spiral galaxy that is a Seyfert Galaxy with a powerful black hole at its core.
So in one frame, the near and the far!
Processing this image was challenging! I must have redone it about 8 times! While I am still not satisfied with the final result, I am ready to move to my next project.
The full story behind the capture and processing of this challenging target can be seen here:
cosgrovescosmos.com/projects/ngc6543-cats-eye-2025
Thanks for looking!
Clear Skies,
Pat
Hardware: ZWO-ASI174MM, TeleVue 4x Powermate, EOS-90D, Meade SN10, iOptron CEM60
Software: Firecapture, Autostakkert! & Photoshop 2020
I've been getting a lot of questions on my current astrophoto setup, so I thought I would share a picture and a brief description. The image shown is from last winter and includes: Canon 6D, Canon EF 400mm f/5.6L USM Lens and an iOptron ZEQ25GT equatorial mount. USB cable run from the mount and camera to my house. The bird seed container just keeps the power and cable connection off the ground. On the software side, I use Backyard EOS v3 for camera control (including focus - which is awesome) and Starry Night Pro v6 for controlling the iOptron mount (using ASCOM drivers). It's quite nice especially sitting next to my coal stove in the winter controlling everything. For stacking and image processing I use DSS, ImagesPlus, Corel PaintShop Pro X5 and Lightroom 5.6. Hope this helps!
Nikon d5500
35mm
ISO 4000
f/2.2
Sky: 21 x 30 seconds
Foreground: 6 x 13 seconds
iOptron SkyTracker (sky only)
Stitched in MS ICE
This is a 240MP panorama of the Milky Way setting over Lake Clifton, approximately 100km south of Perth in Western Australia.
As you can see, there was quite a bit of cloud cover on this particular night, I remember leaving home and thinking that I had forgotten to make a last minute check of the weather satellite and of course the sky was full of cloud when I arrived! I waited around hoping for a break in the cloud and luckily they drifted away in time to get a couple of panoramas in (I posted the second pano late last year).
Lake Clifton is known as one of the few places left in the world where you can see thrombolites, or living fossils as they are
also called. The water level was too high to image them here though.
Nikon D5100
Nikkor 55-300 @ 300mm f/5;6
iOptron SkyTracker
67 x 90 second exposures, ISO 1600
Shot at the Lennox and Addington Dark Sky Viewing Area, Erinsville, Ontario.
452 poses de 30s à 1600iso
sony A7II
William optics white cat
ioptron sky guider pro
pixinsight,photoshop.
Today I bring you the California Nebula (NGC-1499) taken with a modified Nikon D5600. Using a narrowband filter for colour cameras it will capture the Ha, O3, Hb spectrums.I apologize for not posting for awhile but our family just finished a move to our new house in British Columbia so hopefully after the dust settles I can get back to imagining. 📷🌌✨
Camera: Nikon D5600a
Filter: Optolong LeNhance 2”
Telescope: Z61 (360mm FL)
Aperture: f/5.9
Mount: iOptron SkyGuiderPro
Frames/Exposure: 97X90 seconds
Gain: ISO 800
OAT: 2°C
Guiding: ASI290MM
Bias: 50 frames
Darks: 50 frames
Post Processing: Pixinsight, Adobe PS
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 12978
12 minutes animation
Casalecchio di Reno - Italia
44° 29’ 29” N
11° 14’ 58” E
My first attempt at astrophotography tonight, so excited!
Just got my new iOptron Skyguider tonight.
Big learning curve exposing the image and still learning.
Very pleased with my results after polar aligning mount. My neighborhood is severely light polluted with a Bortle scale between 6 and 7. Total of six stacked images @ 60 sec each.
Camera Olympus EM-1 micro fourthirds
Lens Olympus 40-150 2.8 Pro @ 150mm
Tele Converter Olympus MC-20
Image editors, DxO PhotoLab & Adobe PhotoShop CS3
Cygnus Wall & Pelican Nebula.
With clear (albeit patchy) skies last night, was able to get the extra data to complete this 2 pane mosaic in Ha & Oiii.
The Cygnus Wall (bottom left) an Pelican Nebula (right). This is all one Nebula, but a dark belt of dust sits between us and it, causing the dark areas down the middle.
This image shows Hydrogen and Oxygen gas.
Ha = 3hours per panel (600s subs)
Oiii = 2.5 hours per panel (600s subs)
WO GT81 triplet
SXVR H694 mono with Baader Narrowband Filters
Ioptron CEM60 Standard
"Milky Way Morning", a composite image looking toward the center of the Milky Way in the Sagittarius and Scorpius region. Photos taken on May 14, 2015 (0400 HRS local time) using a Canon 6D, 100mm f/2.8 lens, 10-second exposure at ISO 3200 using an iOptron Skytracker mount.
Les Dentelles du Cygne (Sh2-103) forment un rémanent de supernova dont l'explosion remonterait à une dizaine de milliers d'années. Elles se situent dans la constellation du Cygne. Elle est aussi appelé boucle du Cygne, terme issu de la traduction littérale de son nom anglais (Cygnus Loop). Elle contient : la Grande dentelle (NGC 6995), la Petite Dentelle (NGC 6960) et le Triangle de Pickering (NGC 6979)
The Cygnus Loop is a large supernova remnant (SNR) in the constellation Cygnus. It is known as the Veil Nebula, also called the Cirrus Nebula or the Filamentary Nebula. Several components have separate names, including the Western Veil or Witch's Broom, the Eastern Veil, and Pickering's Triangle.
(Source: wikipedia)
Nikon D5300 + Zenithstar 73
iOptron CEM26 + iPolar
SVBony CLSfilter
ZWO ASI224MC + WO Uniguide 120mm
2, 9 et 17 juillet 2022
100 x 3 min -- ISO 800
Siril, Gimp & Starnet++ v2.0 (tire un peu trop sur le vert :(
AstroM1
(r2a.3x.2)
I added another half hour of imagery to what I already had, so this image consists of 65 minutes of data. After shooting it this latest time, I realized that I hadn't been balancing my tracker correctly when shooting south, so when I image it again this fall, I hope to be more efficient with getting non-star-trailed 60-second subs.
Acquisition details: Fujifilm X-T10, Samyang 135mm f/2.0 ED UMC @ f2.0, ISO 1600, 65 x 60 sec, tracking with iOptron SkyTracker Pro, stacking with DeepSkyStacker, editing with Astro Pixel Processor and GIMP, taken Oct. 6 2019 and Feb. 27, 2020 under Bortle 3/4 skies.
Successful first test: the new iOptron Mount is excellent. I like the Go-To function - it really makes life easier.
This is M3 - a globular cluster in Canes Venatici. Again difficult to shoot with a small scope like mine (-> almost a 100% crop). Also not as spectacular as some of the other Messier objects (galaxies and nebula). At least I found it today... last time, no chance :-/ Shot with my EOS 7D, almost 50 lightframes (ISO400, 60s and ISO 800, 45s) plus darks and flats.
Canon T3i Modificada
Canon 70 200 L USM IS
iOptron Skytracker
Intervalometro
Exp: 121x60s
Iso: 1600
F: 5
Df: 200mm
1/Diciembre/2018
DSS + Pixinsight 1.8
Guillermo Cervantes Mosqueda
Observatorio Astronómico Altaír
Centro Ecoturistico Pinares
Thought I would share last evenings crescent moon photo with you. Taken with a Canon 6D and Celestron C6-A SCT mounted on an iOptron ZEQ25 mount.
Settings: ISO 1000, 1/320 second, single exposure. Edited in Corel PaintShop Pro X5.
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
Equivalent Focal Length : 2016 mm
Casalecchio di Reno - Italia
44° 29’ 29” N
11° 14’ 58” E