2024-02-07 0840 UTC

Winter Star Party, Scout Key, Florida

Camera: ZWO ASI 2600MC

Guide Camera: ZWO ASI 290MM

Telescope: Vixen ED80 f/6.5

Mount: Losmandy G11

Integration: 80 minutes

Capture: NINA

Postprocessing: Pixinsight

The core of Carina with the 8" and QHY268M I am blown away the detail in the shot at 100% . I was taken back by the fact even at 200% there is still no noise and not one bit applied. I don't need to say much more other than enjoy the shots and editing.

QHY268M -10c 100 Odd shots 5 min each filter over 5 nights .. 30 shots each RGB 1 min exposure.

QHYCFW3 and 7 Antlia filters LRGBSHaO

MeLE Mini PC

Pegasus Astro Pocket Mini power box

Starpoint Australis SP3 Focuser Rotated 90 degrees

Skywatcher 200 F4 PREMIUM PHOTO QUATTRO REFLECTOR OTA

Skywatcher F4 Aplanatic Coma Corrector

Skywatcher NEQ 6 Pro Hypertuned

SVbony 50MM Guide scope

QHY5L-II-M Guide camera

Guided PHD2, Nina

Pixinsight, Ps, Lr

33 x 180s red

35 x 180s green

31 x 180s blue

192 x 180s Luminanz

254 x 180 H-Alpha

total 27 hours

Equipment:

Takahashi Epsilon 130D dual rig

QHY268m (IMX571)

QHYCFW3M-SR

TS2600MP (Touptek/RisingCam IMX571)

ZWO EFW

Astronomik Filter

Sywatcher EQ8

Altair 294c

60x60s, 45x120s

Stacked in AstroPixelProcessor

Processed in PixInsight

Finished in Photoshop

The Globular Cluster of Hercules or Messier 13 or even NGC 6205 is a globular cluster visible in the constellation of Hercules.

It is the brightest globular cluster in the northern hemisphere and is also visible to the naked eye

The estimated distance from the solar system is just over 25,000 a.l.

Acquisition details:

Giosi Amante & Alessandro Pensato acquisition

2xRC8"

2x QHYCCD 183M

2x StarPi (Stellarmate)

LRGB Baader

LRGB Optolong

N_EQ6

CEM70

Processing Giosi Amante exclusively with Pixinsight

L bin1 137x60s

L bin1 119x300s

R bin2 32x60s

G bin2 32x60s

B bin2 32x60s

R bin2 16x300s

G bin2 16x300s

B bin2 16x300s

Aquisizione totale 17 ore e 48'

The Orion Nebula, also known as M42, is a diffuse nebula located about 1,344 light-years away from Earth in the constellation Orion. It is a well-known stellar nursery, where new stars and planetary systems are forming from collapsing clouds of gas and dust. Spanning about 24 light-years in diameter, it is one of the closest and largest regions of massive star formation visible to us.

At the heart of M42 lies the Trapezium Cluster, a young open cluster of stars. This cluster consists of four main stars arranged in a trapezoid shape within a 1.5 light-year diameter. Two of these stars can be resolved into binaries, bringing the total to six visible stars in the cluster. These stars, along with many others in the nebula, are in the early stages of their evolution. The Trapezium Cluster is part of the larger Orion Nebula cluster, which includes about 2,800 stars spread over 20 light-years.

Near the top of the frame is Sh2-279, the Running Man reflection nebula.

All the surrounding dust and lanes of dark-nebulae are part of the Orion Molecular Cloud complex.

This was a moderately complicated image to make, being an HDR:

300 lights at 1s - for the stars, especially the trapezium cluster in the core

100 frames at 180s for the detail in the dust

20 frames at an intermediate 30s for a smooth blend

TI: 6.25hr

Processed in PixInsight: WBPP, BlurXterminator, ABE, SPCC, NoiseXterminator, HDRComposition, Seti Astro's Statistical Stretch; finished in Affinity (tonemapping, HSL, clarity).

Prints, cards and more: shiny.photo/photo/M42-and-De-Mairan-s-Nebula-905695a23bff...

My first wide field Galaxy photo, 6 months after getting my first Telescope (a small inexpensive GSO 6" Newtonian Reflector) .

Ancient light from a Galaxy far, far away (situated 11.42 million light years from Earth).

The Sculptor Galaxy, also known as the Silver Coin or Silver Dollar Galaxy (NGC 253), is an intermediate spiral galaxy in the constellation Sculptor. It is a Starburst galaxy, which means that it is undergoing a period of intense star formation (well it was 11.42 million years ago, as the light took that long to reach us).

Recent research suggests the presence in the centre of this Galaxy of a Supermassive Black Hole, with a mass estimated to be 5 million times that of our Sun.

Photographed at the West Rand Astronomy Club's Annual Star Party at Mountain Sanctuary Park (North-West Province, South Africa). A special thank you to Neil Viljoen from "The Telescope Shop" for his assistance.

Astrometry info:

Center RA, Dec: 11.885, -25.297

Center RA, hms: 00h 47m 32.295s

Center Dec, dms: -25° 17' 48.899"

Size: 74.4 x 56.8 arcmin

Radius: 0.780 deg

Pixel scale: 4.36 arcsec/pixel

Orientation: Up is 18.2 degrees E of N

View the Annotated Astrometry Sky Chart.

View in the World Wide Telescope.

Gear:

GSO 6" f/4 Imaging Newtonian Reflector Telescope (Astrograph).

Celestron Advanced VX Equatorial Mount.

Orion 50mm Guide Scope.

Orion StarShoot AutoGuider (Guiding in PHD2).

Image Acquisition via Sequence Generator Pro.

Canon 60Da DSLR (sensitive to IR light at 656.28 nm).

Astronomik CLS Light Pollution Filter.

Processed in PixInsight & Photoshop.

Lights/Subs:

30 x Stacked 5 min. RAW exposures at ISO 1600.

Calibration Frames:

30 x Darks (Dark frames)

30 x Flats (Flat-field frames)

40 x Bias (Offset frames)

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Date: 25:30-27:10JST May.7, 2019

Location: Amagi Highland, Shizuoka Pref., Japan

Cloud Coverage: 5 ~ 30%

Wind: 0.5 ~ 5 kt

Temperature: 3.1C ~ 4.1C

Humidity: 39 ~ 44%

Air pressure: 896hPa

Lens: SIGMA 135mm F1.8 DG HSM | Art (f/2.5)

Mount: SWAT-310 (single axis autoguiding)

Autoguider: QHY5L-II, LM75JC, PHD2

Camera: Canon EOS 6D (SEO-SP4)

ISO speed: 3200

Exposure: 27x150sec.+15x45sec.+13x20sec.

Processing: PixInsight

updated on Jan. 1, 2020

This is the Lion Nebula located in the constellation Cepheus, also cataloged as Sh2-132 in the Sharpless Catalog. It is a relatively faint emission nebula located approximately 10,000 lightyears away.

Tech Specs: William Optics REDCAT 51 Telescope, ZWO ASI071MC camera running at 0F and Optolong L-eXtreme 2” Filter, 4 Hours using 5-minute subs, Sky-Watcher EQ6R-Pro mount, ZWO EAF (ProAstroGear Black-CAT) and ASIAir Pro, guided using a ZWO 30mm f/4 mini guide scope and ZWO 120 mini, processed in PixInsight. Image Date: August 30, 2025. Location: The Dark Side Observatory (W59), Weatherly, PA, USA (Bortle Class 4).

Equipment:

Scope: Lacerta 72/432 F6 0.85x reduktorral (367mm F5.1)

Mount: Skywatcher EQ-5 Pro Synscan Goto

Guide scope: Orion 50mm mini

Guide camera: ZWO ASI120mm Mini

Main camera: ZWO ASI183MM-Pro cooled monochrome camera

Accessories:

ZWO ASIAIR Pro

ZWO EFW 8x1.25"

Lacerta Dew-heater 20cm

Lacerta Dew-heater 30cm

Programs:

PixInsight

Adobe Photoshop CC 2020

Details:

Camera temp: -15°C

Gain: 111

Astronomik 6nm Ha:

18x300s

10x60s

A random bit of nebulosity - mostly Ha but I managed to extract some OIII signal as well to make the more blue-coloured areas.

Processed in PixInsight using DBExtract, NX, BX, SX, CLAHE, a modified HaHOO palette and DSE, amongst other things.

Annotated version done with PixInsight.

There are small galaxies everywhere hidden in the image(light blue labels)

Original without labels: flic.kr/p/LQfjPg

From Wikipedia: The Triangulum Galaxy is a spiral galaxy approximately 3 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Triangulum. It is cataloged as Messier 33 or NGC 598. The Triangulum Galaxy is the third-largest member of the Local Group of galaxies, which includes the Milky Way, the Andromeda Galaxy and about 44 other smaller galaxies. It is one of the most distant permanent objects that can be viewed with the naked eye.

Observation data (J2000 epoch)

Constellation: Triangulum

Right ascension: 01h 33m 50.02s

Declination: +30° 39′ 36.7″

Distance (comoving): 970 kpc (3.2 Mly)

Apparent magnitude (V): 5.72

Tech Specs: Meade 12” LX-90 SCT Telescope, Antares Focal Reducer, ZWO ASI2600MC camera running at 0F, 91 x 60 seconds, Celestron CGX-L pier mounted, ZWO EAF and ASIAir Pro, processed in DSS and PixInsight. Image Date: July 29, 2025. Location: The Dark Side Observatory (W59), Weatherly, PA, USA (Bortle Class 4).

The Gecko Nebula, officially cataloged as LBN 437, is a reflection nebula located within the constellation Lacerta (appropriately meaning "the Lizard") that resembles a gecko crawling across the sky. The nebula is illuminated by nearby young stars, reflecting light in delicate, bluish shades.

It is situated near the much larger Sh2-126 emission nebula, which is visually marked by striking red hydrogen-alpha filaments that overlap and create a striking contrast with LBN 437.

This nebula is a popular target for astrophotographers due to its complex structure, which includes both dark molecular clouds (beige-brown here) and reflection regions that are illuminated by interstellar light, offering unique textures and colors.

A total integration of 202 * 180s = 10.1 hours with the Neodymium filter and an OSC camera to capture both the reflection and extra Ha simultaneously; processing in PixInsight included extracting a synthetic Ha layer, boosting the contrast and re-blending together in a HaRGB palette.

Prints, cards and more are available via the website: shiny.photo/photo/LBN-437--The-Gecko--Lacerta-447f51b975e...

NGC 3293, 60 minutes of integration in SHO with Takahashi FSQ-106ED 106/382 f 3/6 telescope, QHY 600M Pro camera, are 12 shots, 4x300 seconds for each filter, processing with Pixinsight and Photoshop. All data and shots were captured with Telescope Live. NGC 3293 is a bright open cluster in the southern constellation of Carina. it is easily visible just northwest of the large Carina Nebula. This cluster is made up of about ninety stars with a very similar magnitude and particularly compact; the brightest are of eighth and ninth magnitude, while several tens are of tenth and eleventh magnitude. Its distance is estimated at 2327 parsecs (7590 light-years) from the Sun, within the Sagittarius Arm and therefore not far from the large complex of clouds forming the Eta Carinae Nebula; in fact, part of the clouds of this complex lap the cluster, which illuminates and excites them, thus becoming emission nebulae. In addition, the cluster itself would be physically linked to the other objects visible in the area, all related to the large association OB Carina OB1.

A further clue of its belonging to the nebulous complex is its age, estimated at just 10 million years; NGC 3293 contains a large number of blue supergiants, plus a red supergiant. According to some studies, it would seem that star formation in the region of the Carina Nebula began in its northwestern sector, therefore this cluster could be the result of the first formation phenomena that affected the nebulous region; following the formation of this and the nearby cluster IC 2581, the episodes of star formation would have moved progressively southeastwards, until they reached their current position, southeast of the Carina Nebula. According to another study dated 2003, star formation would still be active in the region surrounding the cluster, as evidenced by the presence of some pre-main sequence stars discovered here.

60 minutes with Celestron Origin. Pixinsight and Photoshop used for processing.

충북 보은군 몽에목성지 은하수

That night, the sky was supposed to be completely clear, but unfortunately thin clouds were constantly blocking the view, until a small 30min window after 3 AM during which I had a partially clear view of the milky way. Fortunately, that was enough data to have the clouds disappear after stacking.

The place is a catholic shrine for pilgrimage in the mountains, designed in a very unique fashion, a bit reminding of teepee tents.

I used a Nikon Z 14-24mm F2.8 lens for the foreground, while the sky was taken with a Sigma 40mm F1.4 lens (with an EF->Z adapter).

Sky : 32*60" @ F2.8 iso500

Foreground : 60" @ 24mm F2.8 iso1600

Tracker : MSM

Post processing : Sequator, PixInsight, Photoshop

No imaging here for a while so I pulled this one out from the Hubble Archive. Processed in Pixinsight & CS5. There are 2 images used from Hubble, a colour data set with a mono version applied on top as a luminance layer.

hla.stsci.edu/

Based on observations made with the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, and obtained from the Hubble Legacy Archive, which is a collaboration between the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI/NASA), the Space Telescope European Coordinating Facility (ST-ECF/ESA) and the Canadian Astronomy Data Centre (CADC/NRC/CSA).

Canon 6d astrodon mod, ef 500mm f4, Heq 5 pro, lps-p2

50 x 5 min subs

40 darks

40 bias

40 flats

Pixinsight, Adobe Photoshop Elements 13

I took 60 - 120 sec light frames and 20 -120 sec dark frames for this one. Also 40 flat frames. All frames were calibrated and integrated in PixInsight. Processing was also done in PixInsight.

Hi Folks,

I just published my latest imaging project!

This is IC 5070, better known as the Pelican Nebula!

This is the result of 18.75 hours of naroband integration - my longest yet! It's a challenge to get this much time on target on Update NY with our weather!

Now that my observatory is operational, I have been capturing data on nights that were marginal enough that I might not have set up my gear in the driveway for them. But this is not a problem for the observatory!

I actually collected 21+ hours but had to remove two hours of data due to thin clouds passing through at some point.

In this image, the "pelican" is lying on its back with its beak up in the air. If you rotate the image 90 degrees counterclockwise, you may see its form better, but I opted to use the landscape format for aesthetic reasons.

I am very pleased with the final image. There is some incredible dust detail that can be seen when view full screen.

The whole story of this project and a detailed processing walkthrough can be seen here:

cosgrovescosmos.com/projects/ic5070-pelican-2025

I have data sets collected for three more targets, so stay tuned as I process and complete those!

Thanks for looking!

Clear Skies,

Pat

May 28, '25

D750 IR mod., 70mm, f4.0, ISO3200

Sky; 60sec, Foreground; 60sec,, 20sec., 7sec.

Dark, Flat, Bias PixInsight, Photoshop

This is the galaxy designated NGC 7331 located in the constellation Pegasus. Inside the galaxy close to the central core is the supernova 2025rbs that I imaged on July 23, 2025. My magnitude estimate based on 90 minutes of collected data is V12.7.

Tech Specs: Meade 12” LX-90 SCT Telescope, Antares Focal Reducer, ZWO ASI2600MC camera running at 0F, 60 x 60 seconds, Celestron CGX-L pier mounted, ZWO EAF and ASIAir Pro, processed in Tycho Tracker and PixInsight. Image Date: July 23, 2025. Location: The Dark Side Observatory (W59), Weatherly, PA, USA (Bortle Class 4).

Two views of Comet C/2017 T2 PANSTARRS from Grand Mesa Observatory 6/19/2020.

Comet C/2017 T2 PANSTARRS Captured using data from Grand Mesa Observatory's System 1 the Takahashi FSQ 130 (available on our subscriptions) using the QHY367 Pro C full frame One Shot Color CMOS camera. Captured on the 19th June 2020 for a total acquisition time of 1.5 hours.

This field also contains 6 galaxies from the NGC catalogue; NGC 4088 intermediate spiral galaxy estimated 51 million light years distant, NGC 4187 elliptical galaxy estimated 340 million light years distant, NGC 4157 near edge on barred spiral galaxy estimated 55 million light years distant, NGC 4100 spiral galaxy estimated 67 million light years distant, NGC 4085 barred spiral galaxy estimated 60 million light years distant, NGC 4026 lenticular galaxy estimated 50 million light years distant, and 303 distant galaxies from the PGC catalogue.

View in High Resolution:

www.astrobin.com/iu7mdm/

Technical Details Captured and processed by: Tom Masterson and Terry Hancock

Location: GrandMesaObservatory.com Purdy Mesa, Colorado

Date of Capture June 19th 2020 RGB 90 min 30 x 180 sec

Camera: QHY367 Pro C Gain 2850, Offset 76 with Dark, Bias and Flat Frames

Optics: Walter Holloway's Takahashi FSQ 130 APO Refractor @ F5

EQ Mount: Paramount ME Image

Acquisition software Maxim DL6

Pre Processing in Pixinsight and Deep Sky Stacker Post Processing in Photoshop CC

Comet C/2017 T2 PANSTARRS Captured using data from Grand Mesa Observatory's system 2 the new William Optics FLT 156mm F7.8 APO Refractor (available on our subscriptions) using the QHY367 Pro C full frame One Shot Color CMOS camera. Captured on the 19th June 2020 for a total acquisition time of 1.5 hours. grandmesaobservatory.com/equipment

This field also contains 2 galaxies from the NGC catalogue; NGC 4088 intermediate spiral galaxy estimated 51 million light years distant, NGC 4085 barred spiral galaxy estimated 60 million light years distant, and 92 distant galaxies from the PGC catalogue.

View in High Resolution

www.astrobin.com/strx0b/

Technical Details Captured and processed by: Tom Masterson and Terry Hancock

Location: GrandMesaObservatory.com Purdy Mesa, Colorado

Date of Capture June 19th 2020 RGB 90 min 30 x 180 sec

Camera: QHY367 Pro C Gain 2850, Offset 76 with Dark, Bias and Flat Frames

Optics: William Optics FLT 156mm F7.8 APO Refractor

EQ Mount: Paramount ME

Image Acquisition software Maxim DL6 Pre Processing in Pixinsight and Deep Sky Stacker Post Processing in Photoshop CC

Fully processed in PixInsight

Constelación en que se encuentra: Osa Mayor

Distancia: 27 millones de años luz

De SkySafari:

Messier 101 (#M101) es una galaxia descubierta en 1781, ubicada en la constelación de la Osa Mayor. Con observaciones del telescopio espacial Hubble se ha podido determinar a través de estrellas cefeidas que está a unos 27 millones de años luz. Su diámetro se estima en 170.000 años luz, casi el doble del tamaño de la vía láctea. Es una de las galaxias espirales más grandes conocidas.

M101 ha producido tres super novas en el último siglo. Tiene muchas regiones de formación estelar. Su forma espiral se debe a la interacción con las galaxias satélite.

Datos de la imagen:

Exposure: 21hr 12min LRGB (79 x 3min Luminance, 43 x 3 min Red, 45 x 3 min Green, 44 x 3 min Blue, 32 x 3 min Ha)

Telescope: #Celestron #EdgeHD #C925

Camera: #PlayerOne #Poseidon-M

Focal ratio: f10

Focal length: 2350 mm

Capturing software: NINA

Filter: #Optolong L, Optolong R, Optolong G, Optolong B

Mount: #iOptron #CEM60

Guiding: PlayerOne #Xena with PlayerOne #OAG Max and #PHD2

Dithering: Yes

Calibration: 30 darks, 30 flat darks, 50 flats

Processing: #PixInsight

Date: 19-Ene-2025, 22-Ene-2025, 23-Ene-2025, 30-Ene-2025, 24-Mar-2025

Location: #Bogotá, #Colombia

The Wizard Nebula bi-colour

18 x 600 s Ha

13 x 900 s OIII

Atik 414 EX CCD

80 mm ED scope

NeQ6 mount

Processed in Pixinsight and Photoshop

"Prime elaborazioni con Pixinsight"

Nebulosa a Emissione

Costellazione Cigno

1960 A.L.

telescopius.com/pictures/view/231529/deep_sky/ngc-6996/am...

Acquisizione: 11 scatti da 300sec. + (25 Dark - 35 Flat - 25 Bias) - Dithering

Integrazione complessiva: 55min

Guadagno: 100

Temp. Camera: 0°C

Temp. Ambiente: 20°C

Bortle: 8

- Camera: ZWO ASI2600MC Air

- Tubo: Newton Tecnosky 600mm F4

- Correttore di coma Artesky 0.95x

- Filtro Banda Larga SVBony SV240

- Montatura: Skywatcher EQ AL55i Pro

- ASIAIR: Gestione/Acquisizione

- PIXINSIGHT & GRAXPERT: Allineamento, Somma, correzione gradienti e riduzione rumore

- PHOTOSHOP: Sviluppo finale

The Rosette Nebula! Spring is here and that means Orion and the Rosette Nebula are setting before midnight and Galaxy season is in full swing. However I really wanted to capture this gem with my new Celestron RASA 8 and ASI071MC-Pro. Despite being 25-20° above the horizon and setting above the city lights of Vancouver I was able to capture plenty of data. The RASA LPS filter does a great job blocking out the light pollution. 📷🌌✨

www.instagram.com/suborbitalben

Camera: ASi071MC-Pro

Telescope: Celestron RASA 8

Aperture: f2.0

Focal Length: 400mm (cropped)

Mount: Celestron CGX

Filters: Astrodon RASA LPS

Frames: 47x30sec

Gain: 90 Offset: 50

Camera Temp: -10°C

Bias: 50 frames

Darks: 50 frames

Post Processing: Pixinsight, LR

This is a close up of the center of the Rosette nebula with a slant of trying to get all the Bok Globules that are across the bottom of shot and appear very prominently in the Rosette.

Once again the Hubble pallet in good use but not trying to get a strong Blue or green in the shot. Once again Narrow band and RGB stars

QHY183M -10c 100 Odd shots 5 min each filter over five nights .. 30 shots each RGB 1 min exposure.

QHYCFW3 and 7 Antlia filters LRGBSHaO

MeLE Mini PC

Pegasus Astro Pocket Mini power box

Starpoint Australis SP3 Focuser

Skywatcher 200 F4 PREMIUM PHOTO QUATTRO REFLECTOR OTA

Skywatcher F4 Aplanatic Coma Corrector

Skywatcher NEQ 6 Pro Hypertuned

SVbony 50MM Guide scope

QHY5L-II-M Guide camera

Guided PHD2, Nina

Pixinsight, Ps

Played around in the backyard last night collecting data on a few targets. Had a string of bad weather recently so I had to take advantage of the clear skies!

14x300s

50mm Astrodon 6nm Ha

STL-11000M

Nikkor 300mm

CGEM-DX

PixInsight

I have imaged the Dark Shark Nebula before as a 2-Panel mosaic due to the field of view from a smaller sensor size, so with a Full Frame such as the ASI2400MC Pro I manage to capture the whole shark in one frame as well as the surrounding dark nebulosity

Image Details: 175x150S at Gain 26

Darks: 101 Frames

Flats: 101 Frames

Bias: 201 Frames

Acquisition Dates: Sept. 14, 2020 , Sept. 15, 2020 , Sept. 18, 2020 , Sept. 21, 2020 , Sept. 22, 2020

Total Capture time: 7.3 hours

Equipment Details:

Imaging Camera: ZWO ASI2400MC Pro 24mpx Full Frame OSC

Imaging Scope: SharpStar 15028HNT Hyperboloid Astrograph

Guide Camera: StarlightXpress Lodestar X2

Guide Scope: 365Astronomy 280mm Guide Scope

Mount: Sky-Watcher EQ8 Pro

Focuser: Primalucelab Sesto Senso V2

Filter: Optolong L-Pro

Power and USB Control: Pegasus Astro USB Ultimate Hub Pro

Acquisition Software: Main Sequence Software. Sequence Generator Pro 3.2

Calibration and Stacking: Astro Pixel Processor

Processing Software: PixInsight 1.8.6 and EZ Processing Suite for Star Reduction

This started as a simple project in the shot below you can see the area of the photo to the right of the main Carina Nebula. This part is not very often a target as the main nebula is the more famous part so it captures the lime light. it was easy for me to take the photo as I was able to rotate the main part out of the picture.

Its not till the first mornings edit that I saw there is more to this part of the sky than we realize. The more I looked at the shot and after putting it in a vertical format it stood out a mile. You can make out "Trumps" Hair, nose, mouth, chin in profile. What I find even more interesting we can even see it was predicted that his right ear would be bloodied. I did not want to spend too much time on this in case it raise tariffs that I did not know about, dare I say "Trump" Nebula. What really shows it up is the Starless version. I am constantly Amazed by what comes out of looking out into space who would have thought this.

This was put together in the Hubble pallet but using the Foraxx pallet version which removes the excess green and you get a more pleasant looking set of colours. I like this time of year as the nights are getting longer and you get more shot in a night.

QHY268M -10c 120 Odd shots 5 min each filter over 4 nights .. 30 shots each RGB 1 min exposure.

QHYCFW3 and 7 Antlia filters LRGBSHaO

MeLE Mini PC

Pegasus Astro Pocket Mini power box

Starpoint Australis SP3 Focuser Rotated 90 degrees

Skywatcher 200 F4 PREMIUM PHOTO QUATTRO REFLECTOR OTA

Skywatcher F4 Aplanatic Coma Corrector

Skywatcher NEQ 6 Pro Hypertuned

SVbony 50MM Guide scope

QHY5L-II-M Guide camera

Guided PHD2, Nina

Pixinsight, Ps, Lr

Single shot Canon 1000d. ISO 100 1/60 sec

6" reflector.

Processed in PinInsight.

Albireo (or Beta Cygni) is the 5th brightest star in the constellation Cygnus. Albireo appears to the naked eye to be a single star, but even through a modest telescope you will see a beautiful double star. The brighter yellow star is also a close binary system. The two stars are striking in their color contrast. This was the first double star I ever looked at as a young amateur astronomer in the 1970’s.

Burnham states “Albireo is one of the most beautiful double stars in the sky, considered by many observers to be the finest in the heavens for the small telescope. The brighter star is a golden yellow or ‘topaz’, magnitude 3.09, the ‘sapphire’ companion is magnitude 5.11. The separation is 34.3 seconds, an easy object for the low power telescope”. Burnham’s Celestial Handbook, Robert Burnham Jr., Volume 2.

Tech Specs: Meade 12” LX-90 SCT Telescope, Antares Focal Reducer, ZWO ASI2600MC camera running at 0F, 60 x 10 seconds, Celestron CGX-L pier mounted, ZWO EAF and ASIAir Pro, processed in DSS and PixInsight. Image Date: July 22, 2025. Location: The Dark Side Observatory (W59), Weatherly, PA, USA (Bortle Class 4).

Taken with iTelescope T32 (Planewave CDK 431mm, LI Proline 16803 CCD), Siding Spring, Australia.

LRHaGB - Red: 4 * 5 minutes, Ha: 5 * 5 minutes (bin 2), Green: 3 * 5 minutes, Blue: 4 * 5 minutes, Luminance: 5 * 5 minutes

Processing with PixInsight, Photoshop and LightRoom. Red / Ha merging using technique from Harry's Astro Shed.

HA: 60 x 180 (bin1x1)

Luminance: 100 x 180 (bin1x1)

Red: 20 X 180 (bin2x2)

Green: 20x180 (bin2x2)

Blue: 20X180 (bin2x2

HaLRGB

Total: 11 Hours

DSS+Pixinsight

Link Full Resolution:

astrob.in/409768/D/

English Below

Um pouco de Mitologia:

Segundo a Wikipédia: Na mitologia Nórdica Fenrir é um lobo monstruoso.Na mitologia Fenrir é pai dos lobos SKOLL e HATI e é um dos filhos de LOKI.É pressagiado a matar o Deus ODIN durante RAGNAROK e ser morto pelo filho de ODIN VIDAR.

Localizado na costelação de Escorpião, a semelhança com o monstro da mitologia aparece pronto para o ataque, como uma imensa sombra escura saltando no espaço.

Sempre que via imagens de grande campo dessa região imaginava ser possivel um close nesta linda região. Já estava em meus planos a pelo menos 2 anos está captura. Com um céu maravilhoso, em 3 noites pude juntar dados suficientes para compor uma bela imagem desse objeto.

O campo é totalmente envolto em uma nebulosa de emissão, com uma densa nuvem de poeira formando Fenrir. As estrelas no campo são de diversos tipos e idades diferentes, como as cores atestam.

O mais engraçado de toda essa história, é que esse apelido não oficial, surgiu na Astronomia amadora. Depois que um astronomo amador da Australia Paul Haese fotografou esse objeto, Rolf Wahl Olsen da Nova Zelândia notou a semelhança com o monstro da mitologia e popularizou o objeto como FENRIR NEBULA.

SL 17 (Sandqvist and Lindroos 17) é a designação oficial desse objeto.

A Little Bit of Mythology:

According to Wikipedia: In Nordic mythology Fenrir is a monstrous wolf. In mythology Fenrir is the father of the wolves SKOLL and HATI and is one of the sons of LOKI. He is presaged to kill the ODIN God during RAGNAROK and be killed by the son of ODIN VIDAR.

Located in the constellation of Scorpio, the resemblance to the monster of mythology appears ready for attack, like an immense dark shadow leaping into space.

Whenever I saw images of the great field of this region I imagined a close-up of this beautiful region to be possible. I was already in my plans for at least 2 years is catch. With a wonderful sky, in 3 nights I was able to gather enough data to compose a beautiful image of this object.

The field is totally encased in an emitting nebula, with a dense cloud of dust forming Fenrir. The stars in the field are of different types and ages, as the colors attest.

The funniest of all this story, is that this unofficial nickname, arose in amateur astronomy. After an Australian amateur astronomer Paul Haese photographed this object, Rolf Wahl Olsen of New Zealand noticed the resemblance to the monster of mythology and popularized the object as FENRIR NEBULA.

SL 17 (Sandqvist and Lindroos 17) is the official name of this object.

The Dark Wolf is one I have always wanted to do and do it some justice.

love the Simple Black image of the Wolf howling in the Night at the stars, Its been a Fight between clouds and rain. Its after last night pack everything under wraps again for a week and a half you guessed it Rain and clouds. What is happening targets are moving on as the earth moves on it orbit last night I could not shoot all night in the morning its in the trees next door so I have end well before sun up

Like the Leaping frog I have done this HaSS not the traditional way it normally shot LRGB and an overlay of Ha but none of the small finer details as here.. I went for HaSS as I could do it in three nights all I had to get enough shots for detail.

QHY268M -10c 120 Ha 180 S120 shots 5 min each filter over 3 nights .. 30 shots each RGB 1 min exposure.

QHYCFW3 and 7 Antlia filters LRGBSHaO

MeLE Mini PC

Pegasus Astro Pocket Mini power box

Starpoint Australis SP3 Focuser Rotated 22 degrees from last

Skywatcher 200 F4 PREMIUM PHOTO QUATTRO REFLECTOR OTA

Skywatcher F4 Aplanatic Coma Corrector

Skywatcher NEQ 6 Pro Hypertuned

SVbony 50MM Guide scope

QHY5L-II-M Guide camera

Guided PHD2, Nina

Pixinsight, Ps, Lr

Place :Bordeaux france

RC14" + camera STX 16003+AP1600AE

SHO=28h30mn

The skyX+Pixinsight

December 2016

Two imaging nights on the run! Cut short tonight but still had chance to add 100 mins of OIII.

Exposure times;

Ha - 90 mins

OIII - 100 mins

SII - 90 mins

Here is a wide field view of the Veil Nebula Complex found in the constellation Cygnus. This is the remnants of a supernova that is about 1,470 light years from Earth and nearly 50 light years across. The Veil Nebula Complex has about two dozen components that have their own designations including the Eastern Veil, Western Veil, The Funnel, Pickering’s Triangle and more. Processing was done to remove the stars to focus more on the nebula details.

Tech Specs: Williams Optics Redcat, Sky-Watcher EQ6R-Pro mount, ZWO ASI071 camera, 77 x 300 seconds at 0C with darks and flats, guided using a ZWO 30mm f/4 mini guide scope and ZWO 120 Mini. Captured using ZWO AAP and processed using DSS and PixInsight. Autofocus using the ProAstroGear Black-CAT and ZWO EAF. Image date: August 22, 2025. Location: The Dark Side Observatory, Weatherly, PA, USA (Bortle Class 4).

7hrs RGB 130mm Petzval Refractor @ F/5.4 700mm FL. ZWO ASI1600 Filter Wheel Focus Motor AsI Air ASI120 Guide camera Ioptron iEQ45pro mount

I never get bored of imaging the closest galaxy to our own, at 2.5 moon widths wide, it is an easy target to spot with the naked eye, really good field of view with the ASI6200 on the SHarpStar 15028HNT

RA: 00h42m44.33s

Dec: 41°16'07.50"

Constellation: Andromeda

Designation: M31

Image Details: 201x90S at Gain 0

Darks: 101 Frames

Flats: 101 Frames

Bias: 101 Frames

Acquisition Dates: Nov. 15, 2020 , Nov. 18, 2020 , Nov. 19, 2020 , Dec. 12, 2020

Total Capture time: 5.0 Hours

Equipment Details:

Imaging Camera: ZWO ASI6200MC Pro 62mpx Full Frame OSC

Imaging Scope: SharpStar 15028HNT Hyperboloid Astrograph

Guide Camera: StarlightXpress Lodestar X2

Guide Scope: 365Astronomy 280mm Guide Scope

Mount: Sky-Watcher EQ8 Pro

Focuser: Primalucelab Sesto Senso V2

Filter: Optolong L-Pro 2"

Power and USB Control: Pegasus Astro USB Ultimate Hub Pro

Acquisition Software: Main Sequence Software. Sequence Generator Pro 3.2

Calibration and Stacking: Astro Pixel Processor

Processing Software: PixInsight 1.8.8 and EZ Processing Suite for Star Reduction

Triplet 115/800

ZWO ASI 183MMPRO

LRGB

#opotolong

L: 60x180

RGB: 10x180 each channel

DSS+PIXINSIGHT+PS6

From wiki:

NGC 7822 is a young star forming complex in the constellation of Cepheus. The complex encompasses the emission region designated Sharpless 171, and the young cluster of stars named Berkeley 59

Image details:

SHO (Hubble Palette)

231, 5-min, 100-gain, SII subs

115, 5-min, 100-gain, Ha subs

165, 5-min, 100-gain, OIII subs

42.75 hours of data total.

Data calibrated with:

Darks, Flats and Bias frames

Data collected on clear nights Dec 2024, Jan, Feb 2025.

ASI2600mm Pro Camera

Esprit 100ED with reducer

446mm focal length, F4.4

Sensor cooled to -10C

Sky-Watcher EQ6-R Pro mount

Dithered every 3 frames, 2X

drizzled in PIX

All data captured in my backyard in Yukon, Oklahoma

Bortle-7 sky.

Processed with Pixinsight and Photoshop.

Nexstar 8Se

CGEM

QHY Img132e

Barlow 3x

Autostakkert 2

Registax

Fitswork

Pixinsight

Ps Cs6

México DF.

17 May 2017

The Sadr Region features a rich complex of dust clouds and glowing nebulosity set against the plane of the Milky Way. It harbours a number of notable deep sky objects. Within this capture you can see IC 1318 The Butterfly Nebula, NGC 6888 The Crescent Nebula, open cluster NGC 6910 to name a few.

The young open cluster NGC 6910 occupies 10 arc minutes of the apparent sky and has a visual magnitude of 7.4. It lies half a degree east-northeast of Sadr and may be physically related to the Gamma Cygni Nebula. The cluster contains a number of OB stars, as well as supergiant stars, including the red supergiant RW Cygni. It is the core cluster of the Cygnus OB9 stellar association. It was discovered by William Herschel in October 1786.

Collinder 419, also within the image, is a young open cluster that surrounds the massive O-class star HD 193322. The cluster has a visual magnitude of 7.60. The nearby open cluster Collinder 421 is fainter, with an apparent magnitude of 10.10.

IC 1311 is another open cluster that can be seen in the region. With an apparent magnitude of 13.10, it is considerably fainter than the others and embedded in nebulosity.

Total of 22 hours capture over May, June and July. Originally an HOO project, but decided to add Sulphur ii and RGB Stars.

Sky Quality 19.67 Magnitude Class 5 Bortle.

Astromiks 50mm SHO 6nm Filters and RGB Filters

30 x Darks, Flats and Bias

ZWO ASI6200MM Pro

ZWO 7x2" EFW

ZWO EAF

Williams Optics GT81 IV

WO 6A III Field Flattener 0.8

HEQ5 Pro Rowan

ASIAIR Pro

Astro Pixel Processor

Pixinsight

Photoshop 2022

Equipment: EdgeHD 11, ASI6200MM, ZWO 5EFW with LRGB, OAG Guided with ASI174MM Mini

Stretched & Processed in PixInsight

Target Details:

Constellation: Leo

RA: 11h 19m 36.15s

Dec: 13° 17' 2.90"

Distance from Earth: 35 Million Light Years

Galaxies: M65 (Top Right), M66 (Bottom Right) and NGC3628 (Bottom Left) also known as The Hamburger Galaxy or Sarah's Galaxy

Image Details:

Luminance: 101x150 Second Exposures

Red: 101x150 Second Exposures

Green: 101x150 Second Exposures

Blue: 101x150 Second Exposures

Total Exposure Time: 16.83 Hours

Equipment Used:

Imaging Scope: Sky-Watcher Quattro 8" F4 Imaging Newtonian

Imaging Camera: Qhyccd 183M 20mpx ColdMOS Camera at -20C

Guide Scope: Sky-Watcher Finder Scope

Guide Camera: Qhyccd QHY5L-II

Mount: Sky-Watcher EQ8-Pro GEM Goto Mount

Filterwheel: Starlight Xpress Ltd 7x36mm EFW

Filters: Baader Planetarium 36mm LRGB Filters

Software:

Image Acquisition: Main Sequence Software SGPro 3

Guiding: PHD2

Image Processing: PixInsight

Selection of globular star clusters. The Messier 22,55 and 79. All taken from Chile and using the 60 cm Planewave CDK24 the ThelescopeLive is running. Processing in Pixinsight and PS/L