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Blue Moon - 31st July 2015.
A "True Colour" image of the moon to the extent that the hues are as close as I can get to the actual colours, however the staturation has been increased to bring out the subtle colours not normally seen in most photographs.
Skywatcher Quattro 10" f4 Newtonian telescope ("full moon" dust cap in place).
Skywatcher AZ Eq6 GT Mount.
Baader MPCC Mark 3 Coma Corrector.
UHC-S 'nebula' filter.
Nikon D5300 (unmodified).
ISO200, 14bit NEF, Long Exp. NR off.
487 sub exposures @ 1/50th .
Subs taken over 45min period covering Full Moon @ 10:42 UT (8.42pm local time).
Processed using Registax and Photoshop.
Additional processing Pixinsight (deconvolution)
Links:
500px.com/mikeoday
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_America_Nebula
Retraitement de cette image :
www.flickr.com/photos/basses-lumieres/23517070388/in/albu...
avec topaz denoise AI et topaz sharpen AI puis Luminar4.
Matériel: sony a7s, newton t406, filtre Baader uhcs 1h30mn de pose.
IC 2944/2948 (catalogued twice)
Heart of the Running Chicken nebula
Open cluster and associated emission nebula in the southern constellation of Centaurus. Spanning about 100ly at the distance of approx. 6000 light years from earth. Dark molecular clouds (Bok globules) can be seen towards the center of the nebula.
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The image is a SHO (hubble palette) combination of about 11hrs of integrated data
Ha - 24 x 900s
Oiii - 17 x 600s
Sii - 16 x 600s
All subs at gain 111, -10°C, bin 2x2
Gear
HEQ5 Pro, 6in reflector, ASI183MM Pro Cooled (imaging), ASI120MM mini (guiding), Baader Mpcc mkiii coma corrector, ASIAir Pro, Optolong Ha 7nm, Optolong Oiii 6.5nm, Optolong Sii 6.5nm, ZWO EAF, ZWO filter drawer.
Location: Perth, Western Australia
January, 2021
Is a planetary nebula in the constellation Aquarius.
130×30″ unguided from suburbia.
23th Aug 2025
GSO 8" f/4 Imaging Newtonian
Canon EOS 60D (modified)
Sky-Watcher AZ-EQ6 PRO
IDAS LPS-P2 50 mm
Baader 2" MPCC Mark III Newton Coma Corrector
Adobe Lightroom.
This image is 2-panel mosaic of NGC 3372 (Eta Carinae nebula), one of the brightest and largest DSOs in the night sky.
The image is the result of a 2-panel mosaic in SHO. Aiming at a 9-panel mosaic to cover the entire nebula...hoping my computer's graphics card can handle it 😅. A total of 14hr integration time so far.
Gear used
HEQ5 Pro, 6in reflector, ASI183MM Pro Cooled(imaging), ASI120MM mini (guiding),Baader Mpcc mkiii coma corrector, ASIAir Pro, Optolong Ha 7nm,Optolong Oiii 6.5nm, Optolong Sii 6.5nm, ZWO EAF, ZWO filter drawer
109 x 420s subs at gain 111, -10°C, bin 2x2
The star at the center (η Car) was once the second brightest star in the night sky after it suddenly exploded in the 19th century...an event known as The Great Eruption.
Insta
Astrobin
The Silver Coin Galaxy ( NGC 253 ) in the Sculptor constellation.
Caroline Herschel in 1783 was the first to record this bright ‘nebula’ in an area of the southern sky that Nicolas de Lacaille had called the “Apparatus Sculptoris” or “the sculptor’s studio”.
Whilst relatively close to us compared to the billions of far more distant galaxies in the Universe, the great size of the “Sculptor Galaxy” and the huge distances involved are still hard to comprehend. To put this into some perspective, the light that is just now reaching one edge of the great disc left the opposite edge when the Earth was in the grip of last great Ice Age 70,000 years ago and the light we now see has been travelling towards us for over 11 million years.
Links:
500px.com/MikeODay
photo.net/photos/MikeODay
Details:
NGC 253 - "Silver Coin" or "Sculptor" galaxy
RA 00 48 23, DEC -25 11 52
Skywatcher Quattro 10" f4 Newtonian Telescope.
Skywatcher AZ Eq6 GT Mount
Orion Short Tube 80mm guide scope & auto guider - PHD2. Baader MPCC Mark 3 Coma Corrector & no filter
Nikon D5300 (unmodified)
Field of view (deg) ~ 1.35 x 0.90
20 x 180 sec ISO 800
long exp noise reduction on (ie. in camera dark frame subtraction)
Pixinsight & Photoshop
4th November 2016
Re-processed to improve colour balance of stars 17 March 2017
Messier 55 is a globular cluster in the constellation Sagittarius. It’s about 17,000 light-years from Earth and is thought to be around 12 billion years old.
80×30″ unguided from suburbia.
24th Aug 2025
GSO 8" f/4 Imaging Newtonian
Sky-Watcher AZ-EQ6 PRO
IDAS LPS-P2 50 mm
Baader 2" MPCC Mark III Newton Coma Corrector
Adobe Lightroom
Aries Productions Astro Pixel Processor (APP)
The Dumbbell Nebula is a planetary nebula in the constellation Vulpecula, at a distance of about 1360 light-years. This is at a declination of +23 which is about at my limit for imaging from backyard.
129×30″ unguided from suburbia.
20th Aug 2025
GSO 8" f/4 Imaging Newtonian
Canon EOS 60D (modified)
Sky-Watcher AZ-EQ6 PRO
IDAS LPS-P2 50 mm
Baader 2" MPCC Mark III Newton Coma Corrector
Adobe Lightroom
Aries Productions Astro Pixel Processor (APP)
150/750 PDS, canon 1100d modificada, filtro IR/UV svbony, corrector de coma baader mpcc mk3, autoguiado con buscador 9x50+spc900 y PhD guiding, 110x300" (9h 20m), apilado con Deep Sky stacker (drizzle 2x), procesado con pixinsight 1.8 y lightroom 5, capturada los días 10, 11, 16 y 17 de octubre de 2020 cerca de Belmonte(Cuenca)
This gravitationally bound spiral group of galaxies, NGC 7582, NGC 7590, NGC 7599, and NGC 7552, makes up the Grus Quartet which is located in the constellation Grus. The centre galaxy NGC 7582 contains a supermassive black hole with a mass approximately 10 million times that of our Sun. The distance to this galaxy group is estimated to be between 60 and 70 million light-years. This is just over an hour of data captured from my backyard. 127×30″ unguided from suburbia.
24th Aug 2025
GSO 8" f/4 Imaging Newtonian
Sky-Watcher AZ-EQ6 PRO
IDAS LPS-P2 50 mm
Baader 2" MPCC Mark III Newton Coma Corrector
Adobe Lightroom
Aries Productions Astro Pixel Processor (APP)
130×30″ unguided from suburbia.
19th Aug 2025
GSO 8" f/4 Imaging Newtonian
Sky-Watcher AZ-EQ6 PRO
IDAS LPS-P2 50 mm
Baader 2" MPCC Mark III Newton Coma Corrector
Adobe Lightroom
Aries Productions Astro Pixel Processor (APP)
The Great Orion Nebula ..Messier 42, Messier 43, NGC 1976 in the Orion Constellation
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Details:
The Great Orion Nebula ( Messier 42, NGC 1976 )
RA 5 36 15, DEC -5 26 31 ( 2016.9 )
Skywatcher Quattro 10" f4 Newtonian telescope
Skywatcher AZ Eq6 GT Mount
Orion Short Tube 80mm guide scope & auto guider - PHD2. Baader MPCC Mark 3 Coma Corrector & no filter
Nikon D5300 (unmodified)
Field of view (deg) < ~ 1.35 x 0.90
long exp noise reduction on
45 x 120 sec ISO 400
15 x 60 sec ISO 100
varioius short exposures 3 to 15 sec to extend dynamic range for bright stars
Pixinsight & Photoshop
28th November 2016
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.
IC 1295 on the left is a turquoise coloured planetary nebule and is approximately 4,700 light-years from Earth. NGC 6712 on the right is a globular cluster and is 26,400 light-years from Earth and 12 billion years old.
100×30″ unguided from suburbia.
20th Aug 2025
GSO 8" f/4 Imaging Newtonian
Canon EOS 60D (modified)
Sky-Watcher AZ-EQ6 PRO
IDAS LPS-P2 50 mm
Baader 2" MPCC Mark III Newton Coma Corrector
Adobe Lightroom
Luc Coiffier DeepSkyStacker (DSS)
Steffen Hirtle GraXpert
NGC 6744 is an intermediate spiral galaxy in the constellation Pavo at a distance of 28 million light-years. One of the largest spiral galaxies in the local universe and its considered very similar to our own Milky Way galaxy.
120×30″ unguided from suburbia.
23th Aug 2025
GSO 8" f/4 Imaging Newtonian
Canon EOS 60D (modified)
Sky-Watcher AZ-EQ6 PRO
IDAS LPS-P2 50 mm
Baader 2" MPCC Mark III Newton Coma Corrector
Adobe Lightroom.
This nebula is located in the Vulpecula constellation.
This shot, taken yesterday, is a stack of 101 subs of 180 seconds each with a SV220 SVbony filter (Halpha+O3).
The telescop : 6 inches Newtonian Meade reflector+Baader planetarium MPCC Mark III Coma Corrector
Camera : ZWO ASI 585 MC Pro (gain 252, offset 8, temperature -10°C)
Mount : LXD75 Onstep modified
Capture with NINA
Processing on Siril
See you soon for a new shot !
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.
NGC 2359 (also known as Thor's Helmet) is an emission nebula in the constellation Canis Major. The nebula is approximately 3,670 parsecs (11.96 thousand light years) away and 30 light-years in size. The central star is the Wolf-Rayet star WR7, an extremely hot star thought to be in a brief pre-supernova stage of evolution. It is similar in nature to the Bubble Nebula, but interactions with a nearby large molecular cloud are thought to have contributed to the more complex shape and curved bow-shock structure of Thor's Helmet. (Wikipedia)
More Astrophotography at : telescopius.com/profile/k-bahr
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The Rosette Nebula is an emission nebula located near one end of a giant molecular cloud in the Monoceros region.The cluster and nebula lie at a distance of 5,000 light-years from our plant and measure roughly 130 light years in diameter. The radiation from the young stars excites the atoms in the nebula, causing them to emit light.
A survey of the nebula with the Chandra X-ray Observatory has revealed the presence of numerous new-born stars inside optical Rosette Nebula and studded within a dense molecular cloud. Altogether, approximately 2500 young stars lie in this star-forming complex, including the massive O-type stars HD 46223 and HD 46150, which are primarily responsible for blowing the ionized bubble. Most of the ongoing star-formation activity is occurring in the dense molecular cloud to the south east of the bubble.A diffuse X-ray glow is also seen between the stars in the bubble, which has been attributed to a super-hot plasma with temperatures ranging from 1 to 10 million K. This is significantly hotter than the 10,000 K plasmas seen in HII regions, and is likely attributed to the shock-heated winds from the massive O-type stars.
SHO color palette with pixelmath.
The S2 and OIII are enhanced by using pixelmath x*((x^~x)+1) to revail the their structures.
The picture is the result of stacking frames from 2022 Jan-Feb (FL 750mm; f5; 6nm Astronomik filters) and 2023 Feb-March (FL 600mm f3; 3nm Antlia filters).
Integration:
Ha total: 10h55min30s
O3 total: 11h44min;
S2 total: 9h;8m; 32sec
EQ6 belt mod
150/750 Newt. & Bader MPCC, Astronomik 6nm SHO
200/800 Newt. & Starizona Nexus 0.75, Antlia 3nm SHO
Asi 1600MM Pro
Asi 178MM guiding
Nina, Astap, SiriL, PS,
All of the frames were taken from Budapest (Bortle 7)
52 x 10 mins 12 x 5 mins in each channel RGB 48 x 10 mins Ha in total 19 Hrs 40 mins all taken with the moon high in the sky so not the best conditions to be imaging will be adding some OIII to the Ha to make bi colour image in the future
Optics: Orion Optics CT8 F4.5 fitted with a Baader Mark-III MPCC Coma Corrector.
Camera: Xpress Trius SX-694 Mono Cooled to -15C
Image Scale: 1.07 Arcsec
Guiding: OAG, Lodestar X2
Filters: Baader Lum,Red,Green,Blue,Ha
Mount: Skywatcher AZ EQ6-GT EQ & Alt-Az Mount connected to the Sky X and Eqmod via HitecAstro EQDIR adapter
Image Acquisition: Sequence Generator Pro
Stacking and Calibrating: Pixinsight
Processing: Pixinsight 1.8, Photoshop CC
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.
Taken over 2 nights: 10-11/08/2022. The old CCD still does a great job of Ha imaging.
250mm f4.8 Newtonian, MPCC
Atik 460EX @-10°C
10x300s Ha for each of the 4 panes
Processed and stitched in APP - which does a brilliant job
Finals in Photoshop
Messier 78: Este conjunto se encuentra 1.600 años luz, en la constelación de Orión, es una nebulosa de reflexión con una magnitud de 8,3
Esta imagen es la mas profunda que he realizado y con diferéncia, es la despedida de mi preciada Canon cómo cámara principal, el fin de un capítulo en la afición, la culminación de una era que ha durado 6 años.
Son 46h de integración!😯
125x600s + 300x300s
Con Canon Eos 600D modificada y newton Ts Photon 154/600 f3,9
Corrector de coma Baader Mpcc i filtro Baader Bcf.
Sobre montura Skywatcher neq6 pro2 guiada fuera de eje con Zwo Asi 290mc.
Realizada en remoto des del Dark Energy Observatory, Àger, Lleida, durante Enero y Febrero de 2022
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Messier 78: Aquest conjunt es troba a 1.600 anys llum, a la constelació d'Orió, es una nebulosa de reflexió de magnitud 8,3
Aquesta imatge es la mes profunda que he realitzat mai i amb diferència, també es la despedida de la meva apreciada Canon com a càmara principal, la fi d'un capítol en la afició, la culminació d'una era que ha durat 6 anys.
Son 46h d'integració!😯
125x600s + 300x300s
Amb Canon Eos 600D modificada y newton Ts Photon 154/600 f3,9
Corrector de coma Baader Mpcc i filtre Baader Bcf.
Sobre montura Skywatcher neq6 pro2 guiada fora d'eix amb Zwo Asi 290mc.
Realitzada en remot des del Dark Energy Observatory, Àger, Lleida, durant el Gener i Febrer de 2022
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La galaxie d'Andromède est la galaxie spirale la plus proche de la Voie lactée, et l’une des rares galaxies observables à l'œil nu depuis la Terre dans l’hémisphère nord. C’est également un des objets les plus étendus de la voûte céleste, avec un diamètre apparent de six fois celui de la Lune.
Elle est accompagnée des galaxies satellites M32 et M110
Mosaïque de 3 panneaux
163*300s : 13h35' pose totale
Newton SkyWatcher 200/1000
Monture EQ6-r pro
Canon 1000D défiltré partiel
Correcteur de coma Baader MPCC Mk III
Autoguidage OAG + ZWO ASI 290mm mini
ASIAIR Pro
PixInsight + Photoshop CC
The Helix Nebula is a large planetary nebula located in Aquarius. It’s faint and difficult to capture detail, requiring dedication to gather enough time on the target. I shot the Helix a year prior, at the same star party, and was intent on bettering the result this year.
I spent 2 nights fighting against nature, and although the sky was clear the wind never really died down. I gathered over 7 hours of data but deleted 50% due to elongated stars. This is the result I’m left with, a rather dim and slightly noisy Helix but still an improvement on my 1st attempt.
Image details:
44x 300 sec = 220min (3hrs40min)
Various ISO 400 / 800
Darks: x17 ISO800
Darks: x20 ISO400
Flats & Bias
Orion 8” Astrograph
Canon 60Da
Baader MPCC
Celestron CGem DX Mount
AutoGuiding: PHP
PixInsight & Photoshop.
Images acquired 23/24 August 2014
Magalies Mountain Sanctuary Park
LHaRGB composition.
26.08.17 Mars mount, Kemerovo region
28x10 min ISO800 - L channel Canon 350Da Mono, full calibration.
14.10.2017 Borovoe, 40km from Novosibirsk.
25x10 min ISO800 - RGB Canon 350Da, full calibration
6x15 min ISO800 - Ha (12nm)
Canon 350Da Mono, full calibration.
Total 10h 20 min.
SW 130PDS Newton f/5, Baader MPCC, CG5 SynScan, Self-made OAG + QHY5, Astronomik EOS 12nm.
MaximDL, Fitstacker, PixInsight, Photoshop. 80% resize.
Target:M51, Whirlpool Galaxy, Canes Venatici, 31 million light years away.
Location:March 2022 over 4 nights, St Helens & Aberdaron, UK.
Acquisition:59x Red 120s, 61x Green 120s, 60x Blue 120s, 58x 240s Ha, Bin 2x2, 30x Darks, DarkFlats, Flats per filter per session. Total integration 9.9 hours.
Equipment:Skywatcher 200P Newtonian, EQ6RPro, HEQ5Pro, Altair H183MMPro, ZWO EFWmini & RGB, Baader MPCC MkIII x1 Coma corrector & 6nm Ha.
Guiding:Skywatcher 9x50 Finder with 2x barlow (FL 360mm) and Altair GPCAMAR0130M.
Software:Nina, PHD2, EQMOD.
Processing:Affinity Photo, Siril, StarXTerminator, Topaz DeNoise AI.
First colour image after waiting for 8 months for my QHY camera back from China.
2023-04-26
250mm f4.8 Newtonian, MPCC
QHY168C @-10°C
UK/IR cut
20x180s subs
Captured in NINA
Processed in APP, Photoshop
150/750 PDS, canon 1100d modificada, filtro IR/UV svbony, corrector de coma baader mpcc mk3, autoguiado con buscador 9x50+spc 900 y PhD guiding, 74x300" (6h 10m), apilada con Deep Sky stacker con drizzle 2x, procesada con pixinsight 1.8 y lightroom 5, capturada los días 10, 11, 16 y 17 de octubre de 2020 cerca de Belmonte(Cuenca)
Bubble Nebula or NGC 7635
Skywatcher 200p, NEQ6 mount, Altair Triband filter, Baader MPCC M3 coma corrector, ASI294MC Pro at -20C.
NINA Observatory Software.
24 x 300 second (2 hours) at Gain 350, Offset 30, dithering every 3rd frame, 40 dark frames, 40 flat fields, 40 dark flat frames.
Processed in APP (using Ha-OIII formula), Topaz de-noise and Photoshop. .
9th/10th April 2021.
The Silver Coin Galaxy ( NGC 253 ) in the Sculptor constellation.
Caroline Herschel in 1783 was the first to record this bright ‘nebula’ in an area of the southern sky that Nicolas de Lacaille had called the “Apparatus Sculptoris” or “the sculptor’s studio”.
Whilst relatively close to us compared to the billions of far more distant galaxies in the Universe, the great size of the “Sculptor Galaxy” and the huge distances involved are still hard to comprehend. To put this into some perspective, the light that is just now reaching one edge of the great disc left the opposite edge when the Earth was in the grip of last great Ice Age 70,000 years ago and the light we now see has been travelling towards us for over 11 million years.
Links:
Details:
NGC 253 - "Silver Coin" or "Sculptor" galaxy
RA 00 48 23, DEC -25 11 52
Skywatcher Quattro 10" f4 Newtonian Telescope.
Skywatcher AZ Eq6 GT Mount
Orion Short Tube 80mm guide scope & auto guider - PHD2. Baader MPCC Mark 3 Coma Corrector & no filter
Nikon D5300 (unmodified)
Field of view (deg) ~ 1.35 x 0.90
20 x 180 sec ISO 800
long exp noise reduction on (ie. in camera dark frame subtraction)
Pixinsight & Photoshop
4th November 2016
Alnitak and the Horsehead nebula - by Mike O'Day ( 500px.com/mikeoday )..Orion's Belt - centred on "Alnitak", is a 1.7 magnitude triple star 740 light years from Earth and appears at one end of the belt. ..The Flame nebula ( cat: NGC 2024 or Sharpless 2-277 ) ( lower centre left of the image) glows yellow-pink due to the ionising radiation that comes from Alnitak. Seen from Earth, the Flame nebula is behind Alnitak and around 80 light years further away from Earth. ..The Horsehead nebula ( cat: Barnard 33 ) ( centre right of the image ) is a dark dust and gas cloud that is only visible from Earth due to the backlight illumination and silhouetting caused by the bright pink glow from the ionised hydrogen gas in the emission nebula IC 434. The bright blue reflection nebula below and to the left of the Horsehead is NGC 2023. ..Details:..Skywatcher Quattro 10" f4 Newtonian. .Skywatcher AZ Eq6 GT Mount .Orion 80mm f5 guide scope and auto guider - PHD2. .Baader MPCC Mark 3 Coma Corrector, no filter.Nikon D5300 (unmodified)..14bit NEF, Long Exp. NR on. 18 Dec 2015.165 x 30 sec ISO 800.13 x 60 sec ISO 800 .Baader UHC-S , 12bit NEF, Long Exp. NR on. 5 Oct 2014.19 x 2min ISO400 ..Pixinsight and photoshop..Links:.https://500px.com/mikeoday.http://photo.net/photos/MikeODay.
NGC 2336 is classified as a ringed-barred spiral galaxy located approximately 101 million light years away in the constellation Camelopardalis. The galaxy to the right of NGC 2336 is IC 467.
Details:
33 x 480s, ISO 800
30 darks, 100 flats, 350 bias
Gear: Canon 450D, Orion 8" f/3.9 Newt, Hutech LPS D1, Baader MPCC
Processed in Pixinsight