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Equipment:
RC10" Truss GSO
Mount Mesu 200
Atik CCD 16200 mono
Shots:
30 x 900" in Ha to bin2
10 x900" in O3 and S2 to bin2
This mosaic is composed by 4 tiles.
Equipment:
RC10 GSO + CCDT67 + QHY9
Mesu200
Data:
15x900" in Ha for 4 tiles to bin1
10x900" in OIII and SII for 4 tiles to bin2
astro.carballada.com/elephant-trunk-nebula-ic1396-close-u...
After several months of working, finally the new set up is up and running.
I changed ASI1600 -> QHY268 on RC10 and AS183 -> QHY294 on TS107 and all that involved!! A lot, a lot of effort as you really know
This is the first good image after all that changes, calibrations and preparations.
It's a classic, super-photographed target, really good to compare with previous results, like this from 2017:
4 years it's a lot of time to learn more PIX techniques, upgrade the telescope, filters and cameras and of course, change the palette that I am using.
I prefer this framing and thanks to all that experience, hardware changes and more than 67 hours of integration, it's more detailed and more deep.
It's amazing how this kind of small details appear
I hope you like it, more images on the pipeline!!
astro.carballada.com/the-spider-nebula-sh2-234-ic417-in-h...
Located in the constellation of Auriga IC417, or the Spider is an emission nebula approximately 100 light years across.
It is located about 10,000 light years from Earth.
It is a hotbed of new star formation.
This image was obtained using the previous GSO RC10 and the new CFF10, same camera and filters.
I am still on process to finish the collimation of this new equipement, the results are so good so far.
Equipment
Imaging Telescopes Or Lenses
CFF Telescopes RC250mm F/8 · RC10 (Altair Astro RC250-TT 10" RC Truss Tube) · Teleskop Service TS Photoline 107mm f/6.5 Super-Apo
Imaging Cameras
ZWO ASI183MM-Cool · QHYCCD QHY268PH M
Mounts
Skywatcher EQ6R Pro · Mesu 200 Mk2
Filters
Astrodon HA 36mm - 5nm · Astrodon O-III 36mm - 5nm · Astrodon R Gen.2 E-series 36mm · Astrodon G Gen.2 E-series 36mm · Astrodon B Gen.2 E-series 36mm
Accessories
Pegasus Astro Falcon Rotator · Pegasus Astro Ultimate Powerbox v2 · Astrolink 4.0 mini · ZWO EFW · QHYCCD QHYCFW3M-US · MoonLite NiteCrawler WR30 · TALON6 R.O.R · MoonLite CSL 2.5" Focuser with High Res Stepper Motor · Telescope-Service RC 0.8x Corrector Reducer for Ritchey Chretien · Telescope-Service TS 2" Flattener
Software
Pleiades Astrophoto PixInsight · Seqence Generator Pro
Guiding Telescopes Or Lenses
QHYCCD QHYOAG-M · Teleskop Service TSOAG9 Off-Axis Guider
Guiding Cameras
ZWO ASI174MM Mini · ZWO ASI290MM Mini
Acquisition details
Dates:
Nov. 30, 2021 · Dec. 1, 2021 · Dec. 5, 2021 · Dec. 6, 2021 · Jan. 31, 2022
Frames:
Astrodon B Gen.2 E-series 36mm: 160x120" (5h 20') (gain: 0.00) -5°C bin 1x1
Astrodon G Gen.2 E-series 36mm: 160x120" (5h 20') (gain: 0.00) bin 1x1
Astrodon HA 36mm - 5nm: 144x600" (24h) (gain: 56.00) -5°C bin 1x1
Astrodon O-III 36mm - 5nm: 120x600" (20h) (gain: 1600.00) -15°C bin 1x1
Astrodon R Gen.2 E-series 36mm: 160x120" (5h 20') (gain: 0.00) -5°C bin 1x1
Integration:
60h
Avg. Moon age:
16.82 days
Avg. Moon phase:
8.26%
RA center: 05h28m03s.340
DEC center: +34°24′41″.25
Pixel scale: 0.942 arcsec/pixel
Orientation: 179.370 degrees
Field radius: 0.492 degrees
Resolution: 3126x2088
Locations: AAS Montsec, Àger, Lleida, Spain
Data source: Own remote observatory
Remote source: Non-commercial independent facility
Thanks to the good seeing last night, it was possible to prepare this mosaic.
It was made using the Classic Cassegrain 8" from my remote observatory and a IMX174 camera.
It could be one of the latest images with the QHY5III174 at native f12 2400mm because I will change it soon to fire at f19 3800 again.
Also at the same time I will use a new ASI183M at f12 to obtain better spectrophotography.
Details about this installation using a dual camera setup for planetary imaging on a remote location at
astro.carballada.com/new-dual-camera-set-up-on-cc8/
Anyway, it's another opportunity to try moon processing.
Technical card
Imaging telescopes or lenses: GSO 8" f12 Classical Cassegrain
Imaging cameras: QHYCCD QHY5III174
Mounts: Mesu 200 Mk2
Software: Pleiades Astrophoto PixInsight · FireCapture · Emil Kraaikamp Autostackert! 3 · Registax
Filters: Astronomik Proplanet 642 - 842 nm
Accessory: ZWO EFW · TALON6 R.O.R · MoonLite CSL 2.5" Focuser with High Res Stepper Motor
Date: April 18, 2021
Time: 20:00
Frames: 10000
FPS: 50.00000
Focal length: 2400
Resolution: 2258x1804
Data source: Own remote observatory
Remote source: Non-commercial independent facility
Always I planned to adquiere as much data as possible of the center of this object.
Now after 80 hours of integration time I am really happy with the results.
A lot of details on LBN673 and a powerful Dobashi 3919 just on the center.
All these details belong to the main object Sh2-199 called Soul Nebula, mainly is a large emission nebula in the constellation Cassiopeia approximately 7,500 light years distance.
My main project is to add more teselas to this mosaic, I will continue next year...
Technical card
Imaging telescopes or lenses: Teleskop Service TS Photoline 107mm f/6.5 Super-Apo · Altair Astro RC250-TT 10" RC Truss Tube
Imaging cameras: ZWO ASI183MM-Cool · ZWO ASI1600MM-Cool
Mounts: Skywatcher EQ6R Pro · Mesu 200 Mk2
Guiding telescopes or lenses: Celestron OAG Deluxe · Teleskop Service TSOAG9 Off-Axis Guider
Guiding cameras: ZWO ASI174 Mini · ZWO ASI290 Mini
Focal reducers: Riccardi Reducer/Flattener 0.75x · Telescope-Service TS 2" Flattener
Software: Pleiades Astrophoto PixInsight · Seqence Generator Pro
Filters: Astrodon O-III 36mm - 5nm · Astrodon S-II 36mm - 5nm · Astrodon R Gen.2 E-series 36mm · Astrodon G Gen.2 E-series 36mm · Astrodon B Gen.2 E-series 36mm · Astrodon HA 36mm - 5nm · Astrodon L Gen.2 E-series 36mm
Accessory: Pegasus Astro Ultimate Powerbox v2 · Pegasus Astro Falcon Rotator · ZWO EFW · Astrolink 4.0 mini · MoonLite NiteCrawler WR30 · TALON6 R.O.R · MoonLite CSL 2.5" Focuser with High Res Stepper Motor
Dates:Nov. 19, 2020 , Nov. 21, 2020 , Nov. 22, 2020 , Dec. 9, 2020 , Dec. 10, 2020 , Dec. 11, 2020
Frames:
Astrodon B Gen.2 E-series 36mm: 150x30" (gain: 75.00) -20C bin 1x1
Astrodon G Gen.2 E-series 36mm: 150x30" (gain: 75.00) -20C bin 1x1
Astrodon HA 36mm - 5nm: 282x600" (gain: 200.00) -20C bin 1x1
Astrodon O-III 36mm - 5nm: 94x600" (gain: 111.00) -15C bin 1x1
Astrodon R Gen.2 E-series 36mm: 150x30" (gain: 75.00) -20C bin 1x1
Astrodon S-II 36mm - 5nm: 94x600" (gain: 111.00) -15C bin 1x1
Integration: 82.1 hours
Avg. Moon age: 15.59 days
Avg. Moon phase: 31.65%
Astrometry.net job: 4194313
RA center: 0h 3' 14"
DEC center: +67° 16' 4"
Pixel scale: 0.789 arcsec/pixel
Orientation: 0.709 degrees
Field radius: 0.408 degrees
Resolution: 2328x1760
Locations: AAS Montsec, Àger, Lleida, Spain
Data source: Own remote observatory
Remote source: Non-commercial independent facility
Finally I take enough data to process this object like I want.
Like my last previous works I try to obtain the maximum detail with a very long integration, more than 73 hours this time.
It was processed using the natural palette, assigning Sii to an ultrared tone.
Technical card
Imaging telescopes or lenses: Teleskop Service TS Photoline 107mm f/6.5 Super-Apo · Altair Astro RC250-TT 10" RC Truss Tube
Imaging cameras: ZWO ASI183MM-Cool · ZWO ASI1600MM-Cool
Mounts: Skywatcher EQ6R Pro · Mesu 200 Mk2
Guiding telescopes or lenses: Celestron OAG Deluxe · Teleskop Service TSOAG9 Off-Axis Guider
Guiding cameras: ZWO ASI290 Mini · ZWO ASI174 Mini
Focal reducers: Riccardi Reducer/Flattener 0.75x · Telescope-Service TS 2" Flattener
Software: Pleiades Astrophoto PixInsight · Seqence Generator Pro
Filters: Astrodon O-III 36mm - 5nm · Astrodon S-II 36mm - 5nm · Astrodon R Gen.2 E-series 36mm · Astrodon G Gen.2 E-series 36mm · Astrodon B Gen.2 E-series 36mm · Astrodon HA 36mm - 5nm · Astrodon L Gen.2 E-series 36mm
Accessory: Pegasus Astro Ultimate Powerbox v2 · Pegasus Astro Falcon Rotator · ZWO EFW · Astrolink 4.0 mini · MoonLite NiteCrawler WR30 · TALON6 R.O.R · MoonLite CSL 2.5" Focuser with High Res Stepper Motor
Dates:Nov. 18, 2020 , Nov. 21, 2020 , Nov. 22, 2020 , Nov. 23, 2020 , Nov. 24, 2020 , Dec. 12, 2020
Frames:
Astrodon B Gen.2 E-series 36mm: 110x30" (gain: 75.00) -20C bin 1x1
Astrodon G Gen.2 E-series 36mm: 110x30" (gain: 75.00) -20C bin 1x1
Astrodon HA 36mm - 5nm: 211x600" (gain: 200.00) -20C bin 1x1
Astrodon O-III 36mm - 5nm: 106x600" (gain: 111.00) -15C bin 1x1
Astrodon R Gen.2 E-series 36mm: 110x30" (gain: 75.00) -20C bin 1x1
Astrodon S-II 36mm - 5nm: 105x600" (gain: 111.00) -15C bin 1x1
Integration: 73.1 hours
Avg. Moon age: 10.53 days
Avg. Moon phase: 41.91%
Astrometry.net job: 4144033
RA center: 0h 3' 14"
DEC center: +67° 16' 4"
Pixel scale: 0.789 arcsec/pixel
Orientation: 0.709 degrees
Field radius: 0.408 degrees
Resolution: 2328x1760
Locations: AAS Montsec, Àger, Lleida, Spain
Data source: Own remote observatory
Remote source: Non-commercial independent facility
Using an ASI183MM-C at GSO 8" f/12 Classical Cassegrain Reflector.
2500mm f/12 with a Mesu 200 mk2 mount.
It's a mosaic of three teselas. 60GB video data processed.
The heart of the Heart nebula revisited using the "natural palette" with special attention to the dark nebulas there.
It a complete rework of a previous image made on SHOrgb.
A total of 57 hours of integration and a lot of intermediate version on the process.
Still I think that I could obtain more details, but this will be next year (maybe :P ).
Technical card
Imaging telescopes or lenses:Teleskop Service TS Photoline 107mm f/6.5 Super-Apo , Altair Astro RC250-TT 10" RC Truss Tube
Imaging cameras:ZWO ASI183MM-Cool , ZWO ASI1600MM-Cool
Mounts:Skywatcher EQ6R Pro , Mesu 200 Mk2
Guiding telescopes or lenses:Celestron OAG Deluxe , Teleskop Service TSOAG9 Off-Axis Guider
Guiding cameras:ZWO ASI290 Mini , ZWO ASI174 Mini
Focal reducers:Riccardi Reducer/Flattener 0.75x , Telescope-Service TS 2" Flattener
Software:Pleiades Astrophoto PixInsight , Seqence Generator Pro
Filters:Astrodon O-III 36mm - 5nm , Astrodon S-II 36mm - 5nm , Astrodon R Gen.2 E-series 36mm , Astrodon G Gen.2 E-series 36mm , Astrodon B Gen.2 E-series 36mm , Astrodon HA 36mm - 5nm , Optolong SII 6.5nm 36mm , Optolong OIII 6.5nm 36mm
Accessory:ZWO EFW , MoonLite NiteCrawler WR30 , MoonLite CSL 2.5" Focuser with High Res Stepper Motor
Dates:Nov. 29, 2019
Frames:
Astrodon B Gen.2 E-series 36mm: 90x30" (gain: 75.00) -20C bin 1x1
Astrodon G Gen.2 E-series 36mm: 90x30" (gain: 75.00) -20C bin 1x1
Astrodon HA 36mm - 5nm: 166x600" (gain: 200.00) -20C bin 1x1
Optolong OIII 6.5nm 36mm: 80x600" (gain: 183.00) -15C bin 1x1
Astrodon R Gen.2 E-series 36mm: 90x30" (gain: -75.00) -15C bin 1x1
Optolong SII 6.5nm 36mm: 80x600" (gain: 183.00) -15C bin 1x1
Integration: 56.6 hours
Avg. Moon age: 2.95 days
Avg. Moon phase: 9.53%
Astrometry.net job: 3907933
RA center: 2h 34' 16"
DEC center: +61° 21' 18"
Pixel scale: 1.007 arcsec/pixel
Orientation: 359.646 degrees
Field radius: 0.408 degrees
Resolution: 1760x2328
Locations: AAS Montsec, Àger, Lleida, Spain
Data source: Own remote observatory
Remote source: Non-commercial independent facility
Another M82 :D
More that 20 hours of integration time. Specially dificult to display the fine details but it was easy to use only one telescope to capture all data.
Messier 82 is a starburst galaxy approximately 12 million light-years away in the constellation Ursa Major. A member of the M81 Group, it is about five times more luminous than the Milky Way and has a center one hundred times more luminous.
(desc credits: wikipedia)
Technical card
Imaging telescopes or lenses: Altair Astro RC250-TT 10" RC Truss Tube
Imaging cameras: ZWO ASI1600MM-Cool
Mounts: Mesu 200 Mk2
Guiding telescopes or lenses: Celestron OAG Deluxe
Guiding cameras: ZWO ASI174 Mini
Focal reducers: Riccardi Reducer/Flattener 0.75x
Software: Pleiades Astrophoto PixInsight · Seqence Generator Pro
Filters: Astrodon R Gen.2 E-series 36mm · Astrodon G Gen.2 E-series 36mm · Astrodon B Gen.2 E-series 36mm · Astrodon L Gen.2 E-series 36mm
Accessory: ZWO EFW · MoonLite NiteCrawler WR30
Dates:Dec. 17, 2020 , Jan. 18, 2021 , Feb. 11, 2021 , Feb. 25, 2021 , March 10, 2021
Frames:
Astrodon B Gen.2 E-series 36mm: 100x120" (3h 20') (gain: 75.00) -20C bin 1x1
Astrodon G Gen.2 E-series 36mm: 100x120" (3h 20') (gain: 75.00) -20C bin 1x1
Astrodon HA 36mm - 5nm: 25x600" (4h 10') (gain: 200.00) -20C bin 1x1
Astrodon L Gen.2 E-series 36mm: 240x120" (8h) (gain: 75.00) -20C bin 1x1
Astrodon R Gen.2 E-series 36mm: 100x120" (3h 20') (gain: 75.00) -20C bin 1x1
Integration: 22h 10'
Avg. Moon age: 15.41 days
Avg. Moon phase: 28.56%
Astrometry.net job: 4600468
RA center: 9h 55' 56"
DEC center: +69° 40' 41"
Pixel scale: 1.007 arcsec/pixel
Orientation: -178.751 degrees
Field radius: 0.337 degrees
Find images in the same area
Resolution: 1818x1583
Locations: AAS Montsec, Àger, Lleida, Spain
Data source: Own remote observatory
Remote source: Non-commercial independent facility
www.starkeeper.it/IRIS_RC10.htm
These clouds of interstellar dust and gas have blossomed 1,300 light-years away in the fertile star fields of the constellation Cepheus. Sometimes called the Iris Nebula, NGC 7023 is not the only nebula in the sky to evoke the imagery of flowers, though. Still, this deep telescopic view shows off the Iris Nebula's range of colors and symmetries in impressive detail. Within the Iris, dusty nebular material surrounds a hot, young star. The dominant color of the brighter reflection nebula is blue, characteristic of dust grains reflecting starlight. Central filaments of the dusty clouds glow with a faint reddish photoluminesence as some dust grains effectively convert the star's invisible ultraviolet radiation to visible red light. Infrared observations indicate that this nebula may contain complex carbon molecules known as PAHs. The pretty blue petals of the Iris Nebula span about six light-years. [Text from APOD]
Optics: GSO RC 10" F8 2000mm - Astrograph Ritchie-Chrétien
Mount: AP Mach1 GTO on Gemini Q-Lock tripod
Camera: QSI 640 WSG
Filters: Astrodon LRGB I Series Gen II
Guiding Systems: SXV-AO-LF Active Optics - SX Lodestar
Dates/Times: A few nights in July and June of 2016-2017-2018-2020
Location: Pragelato - Turin - Italy
Exposure Details: L:R:G:B => 960:260:260:260 = > (64x15):(26x10):(26x10):(26x10) [num x minutes] Color bin2
Cooling Details: -25°C
Acquisition: Maxim DL/CCD, Voyager
Processing: CCDStack2+, PS 2018 CC
Mean FWHM: 1.57 / 3.28"
SQM-L: 20.18 / 20.33
Another nice object from the amazing Sharpless catalog.
Close to 80 hours of integration time and really surprised by the blue bubble that appears in the middle (not the bright blue triangle, the big blue subtle bubble on top of that) .
As usual on my latest pictures, I used this "natural" palette that I really like so much.
The process was long and hard and the acquisition also due to the weather in my observatory's region.
This object was never something prioritari on my desk but I am really happy with the results, even with the hard work to process all this data.
Technical card
Imaging telescopes or lenses: Teleskop Service TS Photoline 107mm f/6.5 Super-Apo · Altair Astro RC250-TT 10" RC Truss Tube
Imaging cameras: ZWO ASI183MM-Cool · ZWO ASI1600MM-Cool
Mounts: Skywatcher EQ6R Pro · Mesu 200 Mk2
Guiding telescopes or lenses: Celestron OAG Deluxe · Teleskop Service TSOAG9 Off-Axis Guider
Guiding cameras: ZWO ASI290 Mini · ZWO ASI174 Mini
Focal reducers: Riccardi Reducer/Flattener 0.75x · Telescope-Service TS 2" Flattener
Software: Pleiades Astrophoto PixInsight · Seqence Generator Pro
Filters: Astrodon O-III 36mm - 5nm · Astrodon S-II 36mm - 5nm · Astrodon R Gen.2 E-series 36mm · Astrodon G Gen.2 E-series 36mm · Astrodon B Gen.2 E-series 36mm · Astrodon HA 36mm - 5nm · Astrodon L Gen.2 E-series 36mm
Accessory: ZWO EFW · Pegasus Astro Falcon Rotator · Pegasus Astro Ultimate Powerbox v2 · Astrolink 4.0 mini · MoonLite NiteCrawler WR30 · TALON6 R.O.R · MoonLite CSL 2.5" Focuser with High Res Stepper Motor
Dates:Dec. 17, 2020 , Jan. 6, 2021 , Jan. 18, 2021 , Jan. 27, 2021 , Feb. 10, 2021 , Feb. 11, 2021
Frames:
Astrodon B Gen.2 E-series 36mm: 140x30" (gain: 75.00) -20C bin 1x1
Astrodon G Gen.2 E-series 36mm: 140x30" (gain: 75.00) -20C bin 1x1
Astrodon HA 36mm - 5nm: 240x600" (gain: 200.00) -20C bin 1x1
Astrodon O-III 36mm - 5nm: 107x600" (gain: 111.00) -15C bin 1x1
Astrodon R Gen.2 E-series 36mm: 140x30" (gain: 75.00) -20C bin 1x1
Astrodon S-II 36mm - 5nm: 107x600" (gain: 111.00) -15C bin 1x1
Integration: 79.2 hours
Avg. Moon age: 16.91 days
Avg. Moon phase: 31.21%
Astrometry.net job: 4352477
RA center: 6h 8' 57"
DEC center: +15° 45' 27"
Pixel scale: 1.007 arcsec/pixel
Orientation: 0.172 degrees
Field radius: 0.408 degrees
Probably the last picture with this setup, the last one with the ASI1600M / ASI183M.
I am upgrading my set up to QHY268M / QHY294M and also from the Riccardi reducer to TS-Optics RC 0.8x. (more info here)
It's a long process, to many changes.
But here is my Sunflower version.
It's an integration time of a little more than 24 hours.
From that version in 2017 astrob.in/292513/D/ to the current one, a lot of things happen.
It's a difficult object to me despite that I saw a good evolution over the years.
Always was like a defocus image, on this last picture I do all my best to correct that.
This is my last try with that focal
Now I changed my cameras but I am not sure if this change could produce better results. Maybe will check next year.
The distance to this Glaxy M63, based upon the luminosity-distance measurement is 29,300,000 light-years. Meaning that the light of the stars on this galaxy needs more than 29 million years to arrive to my camera.....
It's interesting how many other galaxies appear on the field.
Only with the PGC Catalog you could see another 7 but including the SDSS catalog up to mag. 19..... another 216 galaxies are annotated (it's full of galaxies, not stars!!)
The Eagle Nebula is located in the constellation Serpens, 6,500-7000 light years away, and stretches approximately 70 by 55 light years. It is formed around a star cluster that is around 2 million years young. The nebula itself is a 5.5 million year old cloud of dust and molecular hydrogen gas, and is thought to contain several star forming regions.
Phillippe Loys de Cheseaux discovered the Eagle Nebula in the mid 18th century. But his original description was only the cluster of stars. Charles Messier independently rediscovered it in 1764 as part of his catalogue, giving it the catchy name of M16.
Located in the top left hand side of the image, there is an incredible looking structure known as the Stellar Spire. It is roughly 9.5 light years long. Cosmic sea horse?
Enjoy this amazing view while you can as both the Spire and the Pillars in the Eagle Nebula are already likely to be gone. 8500 years ago, a supernova explosion created massive shock waves moving through the nebula. This process would have taken thousands of years to sweep through the region, in the end, destroying the delicate structures that we can see today.
If you access to a fairly modest low powered telescope, or even with a pair of binoculars, you will be able to view this nebula from a dark location. You should be able to see around twenty stars, surrounded by gas and dust.
Instruments Used:
Telescope: RC10 (RCOS)
Camera:STL-11000 (SBIG)
Mount:AP900 (Astro-Physics)
Filters: Ha 7nm, SII 8.0 nm, OIII 8.5 nm (Baader Planetarium)
Image Details:
Resolution:0.804 arcsec/pix
Focal length: 2309.84 mm (9.1)
Pixel size:9.00 um
Image processing with CCDStack and Photoshop.
Terry
Equipment:
RC10" Truss GSO
Mount Mesu 200
Atik CCD 16200 mono
Shots:
30 x 900" in Ha to bin2
10 x900" in O3 and S2 to bin2
Cepheus Pilars (NGC7822) in Hα-SII/OIII/OIII+rgb.
It's a mosaic of 2x1 panels providing a original drizzle resolution of 12K and reduced to 3k for showing purposes.
Was challenging acquire and process all that amount of data, more than 160 hours of integration time in two panels of 80 hours each one.
It was captured in 18 sessions, between September 10th and October 15th with my dual setup.
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.
The complex is believed to be some 800-1000 pc distant (3,000 light years), with the younger components aged no more than a few million years.
(credits Wikipedia)
Technical card
Imaging telescopes or lenses: Teleskop Service TS Photoline 107mm f/6.5 Super-Apo · Altair Astro RC250-TT 10" RC Truss Tube
Imaging cameras: ZWO ASI183MM-Cool · ZWO ASI1600MM-Cool
Mounts: Skywatcher EQ6R Pro · Mesu 200 Mk2
Guiding telescopes or lenses: Celestron OAG Deluxe · Teleskop Service TSOAG9 Off-Axis Guider
Guiding cameras: ZWO ASI290 Mini · ZWO ASI174 Mini
Focal reducers: Riccardi Reducer/Flattener 0.75x · Telescope-Service TS 2" Flattener
Software: Pleiades Astrophoto PixInsight · Seqence Generator Pro
Filters: Astrodon O-III 36mm - 5nm · Astrodon S-II 36mm - 5nm · Astrodon R Gen.2 E-series 36mm · Astrodon G Gen.2 E-series 36mm · Astrodon B Gen.2 E-series 36mm · Astrodon HA 36mm - 5nm · Astrodon L Gen.2 E-series 36mm
Accessory: Astrolink 4.0 mini · Pegasus Astro Ultimate Powerbox v2 · Pegasus Astro Falcon Rotator · ZWO EFW · MoonLite NiteCrawler WR30 · TALON6 R.O.R · MoonLite CSL 2.5" Focuser with High Res Stepper Motor
Dates:Sept. 11, 2020 , Sept. 14, 2020 , Oct. 11, 2020 , Oct. 12, 2020 , Oct. 14, 2020 , Oct. 15, 2020
Frames:
Astrodon B Gen.2 E-series 36mm: 200x30" (gain: 75.00) -20C bin 1x1
Astrodon G Gen.2 E-series 36mm: 200x30" (gain: 75.00) -20C bin 1x1
Astrodon HA 36mm - 5nm: 460x600" (gain: 200.00) -20C bin 1x1
Astrodon O-III 36mm - 5nm: 260x600" (gain: 178.00) -15C bin 1x1
Astrodon O-III 36mm - 5nm: 260x600" (gain: 200.00) -20C bin 1x1
Astrodon R Gen.2 E-series 36mm: 200x30" (gain: 75.00) -20C bin 1x1
Integration: 168.3 hours
Avg. Moon age: 25.42 days
Avg. Moon phase: 20.12%
Astrometry.net job: 3961397
RA center: 0h 3' 14"
DEC center: +67° 16' 4"
Pixel scale: 0.579 arcsec/pixel
Orientation: 0.709 degrees
Field radius: 0.546 degrees
Resolution: 3171x2274
Locations: AAS Montsec, Àger, Lleida, Spain
Data source: Own remote observatory
Remote source: Non-commercial independent facility
Telescope RC10" Truss GSO
Mesu 200 mount
CCD Atik 16200
Shots:
32x900" In Ha to bin2
18x900" in OIII to bin2
NGC 4631 (also known as the Whale Galaxy or Caldwell 32) is a barred spiral galaxy located at 30 millions light year away in the constellation Canes Venatici.
More than 17 hours of integration on a new try to show all possible details with my equipment.
It's the last target before the COVID situation and before to stop all remote activities on the observatory, because just in case...
Technical card
Imaging telescopes or lenses:Teleskop Service TS Photoline 107mm f/6.5 Super-Apo , Altair Astro RC250-TT 10" RC Truss Tube
Imaging cameras:ZWO ASI183MM-Cool , ZWO ASI1600MM-Cool
Mounts:Skywatcher EQ6R Pro , Mesu 200 Mk2
Guiding telescopes or lenses:Celestron OAG Deluxe , Teleskop Service TSOAG9 Off-Axis Guider
Guiding cameras:ZWO ASI290 Mini , ZWO ASI174 Mini
Focal reducers:Riccardi Reducer/Flattener 0.75x , Telescope-Service TS 2" Flattener
Software:Pleiades Astrophoto PixInsight , Seqence Generator Pro
Filters:Astrodon R Gen.2 E-series 36mm , Astrodon G Gen.2 E-series 36mm , Astrodon B Gen.2 E-series 36mm , Astrodon L Gen.2 E-series 36mm
Accessories:MoonLite NiteCrawler WR30 , ZWO EFW , MoonLite CSL 2.5" Focuser with High Res Stepper Motor
Dates:Feb. 23, 2020 , Feb. 24, 2020 , Feb. 25, 2020 , Feb. 26, 2020
Frames:
Astrodon B Gen.2 E-series 36mm: 85x120" (gain: 183.00) -15C bin 1x1
Astrodon G Gen.2 E-series 36mm: 85x120" (gain: 183.00) -15C bin 1x1
Astrodon L Gen.2 E-series 36mm: 186x180" (gain: 75.00) -20C bin 1x1
Astrodon R Gen.2 E-series 36mm: 85x120" (gain: 183.00) -15C bin 1x1
Integration: 17.8 hours
Avg. Moon age: 8.61 days
Avg. Moon phase: 2.77%
Astrometry.net job: 3501139
RA center: 12h 42' 7"
DEC center: +32° 33' 16"
Pixel scale: 1.007 arcsec/pixel
Orientation: -179.913 degrees
Field radius: 0.336 degrees
Resolution: 1728x1667
Locations: AAS Montsec, Àger, Lleida, Spain
Data source: Own remote observatory
Remote source: Non-commercial independent facility
Really beautiful object catalogued as 881 on the Lynds' Catalogue of Dark Nebulae.
It's one of the jewels that you could find on gamma Cygni nebula, on SADR region of Cygnus, one of my favorites regions of the sky.
"A dark nebula or absorption nebula is a type of interstellar cloud that is so dense that it obscures the visible wavelengths of light from objects behind it, such as background stars and emission or reflection nebulae. The extinction of the light is caused by interstellar dust grains located in the coldest, densest parts of larger molecular clouds." (wiki)
It was necessary to integrate more than 70 hours to show all faint and nice details on the estructure.
Here was captured using the more natural palette, please also check my HSO palette on this link:
Technical card
Imaging telescopes or lenses:Teleskop Service TS Photoline 107mm f/6.5 Super-Apo , Altair Astro RC250-TT 10" RC Truss Tube
Imaging cameras:ZWO ASI183MM-Cool , ZWO ASI1600MM-Cool
Mounts:Skywatcher EQ6R Pro , Mesu 200 Mk2
Guiding telescopes or lenses:Celestron OAG Deluxe , Teleskop Service TSOAG9 Off-Axis Guider
Guiding cameras:ZWO ASI174 Mini , ZWO ASI290 Mini
Focal reducers:Riccardi Reducer/Flattener 0.75x , Telescope-Service TS 2" Flattener
Software:Pleiades Astrophoto PixInsight , Seqence Generator Pro
Filters:Astrodon O-III 36mm - 5nm , Astrodon S-II 36mm - 5nm , Astrodon R Gen.2 E-series 36mm , Astrodon G Gen.2 E-series 36mm , Astrodon B Gen.2 E-series 36mm , Astrodon HA 36mm - 5nm , Astrodon L Gen.2 E-series 36mm
Accessory:ZWO EFW , MoonLite NiteCrawler WR30 , TALON6 R.O.R , MoonLite CSL 2.5" Focuser with High Res Stepper Motor
Dates:July 21, 2020 , July 22, 2020 , July 25, 2020 , July 26, 2020 , July 28, 2020 , July 29, 2020
Frames:
Astrodon B Gen.2 E-series 36mm: 90x30" (gain: 75.00) -15C bin 1x1
Astrodon G Gen.2 E-series 36mm: 90x30" (gain: 75.00) -15C bin 1x1
Astrodon HA 36mm - 5nm: 205x600" (gain: 200.00) -15C bin 1x1
Astrodon O-III 36mm - 5nm: 110x600" (gain: 183.00) -15C bin 1x1
Astrodon R Gen.2 E-series 36mm: 90x30" (gain: 75.00) -15C bin 1x1
Astrodon S-II 36mm - 5nm: 111x600" (gain: 183.00) -15C bin 1x1
Integration: 73.2 hours
Avg. Moon age: 5.35 days
Avg. Moon phase: 33.86%
Astrometry.net job: 3811358
RA center: 20h 18' 42"
DEC center: +39° 43' 1"
Pixel scale: 1.007 arcsec/pixel
Orientation: 90.555 degrees
Field radius: 0.405 degrees
Resolution: 2328x1726
Locations: AAS Montsec, Àger, Lleida, Spain
Data source: Own remote observatory
Remote source: Non-commercial independent facility
Long integration capture using narrow band filters and HSO palette plus rgb stars.
My longest integration up to now (51 hours), capturing frames during the last three months.
"The Crab Nebula is a supernova remnant in the constellation of Taurus.
The nebula lies in the Perseus Arm of the Milky Way galaxy, at a distance of about 2.0 kiloparsecs (6,500 ly) from Earth. It has a diameter of 3.4 parsecs (11 ly) and is expanding at a rate of about 1,500 kilometres per second or 0.5% of the speed of light."
(desc. credits: Wikipedia)
Technical card
Imaging telescopes or lenses:Altair Astro RC250-TT 10" RC Truss Tube, Teleskop Service TS Photoline 107mm f/6.5 Super-Apo
Imaging cameras:ZWO ASI183MM-Cool, ZWO ASI1600MM-Cool
Mounts:Skywatcher EQ6R Pro, Mesu 200 Mk2
Guiding telescopes or lenses:Teleskop Service TSOAG9 Off-Axis Guider, Celestron OAG Deluxe
Guiding cameras:ZWO ASI174 Mini, ZWO ASI290 Mini
Focal reducers:Riccardi Reducer/Flattener 0.75x, Telescope-Service TS 2" Flattener
Software:Main Sequence Software Seqence Generator Pro, Pleiades Astrophoto PixInsight
Filters:Optolong OIII 6.5nm 36mm, Optolong SII 6.5nm 36mm, Astrodon HA 36mm - 5nm, Astrodon B Gen.2 E-series 36mm, Astrodon G Gen.2 E-series 36mm, Astrodon R Gen.2 E-series 36mm, Astrodon S-II 36mm - 5nm, Astrodon O-III 36mm - 5nm
Accessories:ZWO EFW, MoonLite NiteCrawler WR30, MoonLite CSL 2.5" Focuser with High Res Stepper Motor
Resolution: 1979x1476
Dates:Oct. 27, 2019, Nov. 24, 2019, Nov. 30, 2019, Dec. 2, 2019, Dec. 22, 2019
Frames:
Astrodon B Gen.2 E-series 36mm: 60x30" (gain: 75.00) -20C bin 1x1
Astrodon G Gen.2 E-series 36mm: 60x30" (gain: 75.00) -20C bin 1x1
Astrodon HA 36mm - 5nm: 175x600" (gain: 200.00) -20C bin 1x1
Optolong OIII 6.5nm 36mm: 63x600" (gain: 183.00) -15C bin 1x1
Astrodon R Gen.2 E-series 36mm: 60x30" (gain: 75.00) -20C bin 1x1
Optolong SII 6.5nm 36mm: 63x600" (gain: 183.00) -15C bin 1x1
Integration: 51.7 hours
Avg. Moon age: 18.27 days
Avg. Moon phase: 14.46%
Astrometry.net job: 3149190
RA center: 83.630 degrees
DEC center: 22.014 degrees
Pixel scale: 1.007 arcsec/pixel
Orientation: 90.441 degrees
Field radius: 0.345 degrees
Locations: AAS Montsec, Àger, Lleida, Spain
Data source: Own remote observatory
Remote source: Non-commercial independent facility
Image consists of 11 x 10 minutes sub exposures that were live stacked using SharpCap software. Taken with the ASI294MC Pro camera and Optolong L-Pro filter
M86 lies in the heart of the Virgo Cluster of galaxies.
The Virgo Cluster is a cluster of galaxies whose center is 53.8 ± 0.3 Million light years away in the constellation Virgo. Comprising approximately 1300 (and possibly up to 2000) member galaxies, the cluster forms the heart of the larger Virgo Supercluster, of which the Local Group (containing our Milky Way galaxy) is a member.
On my picture you could see M86 as the largest galaxy but you could observe more than a hundred galaxies more, on the annotated version you could find all the information (please, see comments).
Technical card
Imaging telescope or lens:Teleskop Service TS Photoline 107mm f/6.5 Super-Apo
Imaging camera:ZWO ASI183MM-Cool
Mount:Skywatcher AZ EQ-6 GT
Guiding telescope or lens:Teleskop Service TSOAG9 Off-Axis Guider
Guiding camera:ZWO ASI290 Mini
Focal reducer:Telescope-Service TS 2" Flattener
Software:Pleiades Astrophoto PixInsight , Seqence Generator Pro
Filters:Optolong Green 36mm , Optolong Blue 36mm , Optolong Red 36mm , Optolong Lum 36mm
Accessories:ZWO EFW , TALON6 R.O.R , MoonLite CSL 2.5" Focuser with High Res Stepper Motor
Dates:Jan. 29, 2020 , Feb. 2, 2020 , Feb. 19, 2020 , Feb. 20, 2020
Frames:
Optolong Blue 36mm: 70x120" (gain: 183.00) -15C bin 1x1
Optolong Green 36mm: 70x120" (gain: 183.00) -15C bin 1x1
Astrodon L Gen.2 E-series 36mm: 307x120" (gain: 183.00) -15C bin 1x1
Optolong Red 36mm: 70x120" (gain: 183.00) -15C bin 1x1
Integration: 17.2 hours
Avg. Moon age: 16.07 days
Avg. Moon phase: 24.47%
Astrometry.net job: 3343099
RA center: 12h 26' 44"
DEC center: +12° 49' 30"
Pixel scale: 2.090 arcsec/pixel
Orientation: 83.513 degrees
Field radius: 0.639 degrees
Resolution: 2716x1836
Locations: AAS Montsec, Àger, Lleida, Spain
Data source: Own remote observatory
Remote source: Non-commercial independent facility
astro.carballada.com/the-bat-nebula-ngc6995/
NGC 6995, also known as the Bat Nebula, is a captivating emission nebula located in the constellation Cygnus. This celestial wonder is named after its distinctive shape, which resembles the outstretched wings of a bat in flight. The Bat Nebula spans across a vast area in space, measuring approximately 100 light-years in diameter.
What makes NGC 6995 truly mesmerizing is its intricate and delicate structures. Composed of glowing gas, including hydrogen and ionized oxygen, the nebula emits vibrant hues of red, pink, and blue, creating a stunning visual display. The gas is excited by the intense radiation from nearby young, massive stars, causing it to glow and create this ethereal spectacle.
In addition to the glowing gas, the Bat Nebula is also surrounded by dark clouds of interstellar dust, which add to its mysterious and eerie appearance. These dust clouds absorb and scatter the light from the glowing gas, creating dark regions that contrast with the colorful gas clouds, further enhancing the unique shape of the nebula.
This image is a result of integrating more that 27 hours of adquisition time using narrow band and RGB filters on a CFF250 Ritchey Chretien telescope.
Equipment
Imaging Telescopes Or Lenses
CFF Telescopes Ritchey-Chretien 250mm f/8
Imaging Cameras
QHYCCD QHY268 M ×
Mounts
Mesu-Optics 200 MK II
Filters
Astrodon Gen2 E-Series Tru-Balance Blue 36 mm · Astrodon Gen2 E-Series Tru-Balance Green 36 mm · Astrodon Gen2 E-Series Tru-Balance Red 36 mm · Astrodon H-alpha 5nm 36 mm · Astrodon OIII 5nm 36 mm
Accessories
MoonLite NiteCrawler 3.0" · Pegasus Astro Ultimate Powerbox 2 · QHYCCD QHYCFW3-M-US × · QHYCCD QHYOAG-M × · Talon 6 · TS-Optics 0.8x RC Reducer (TSRCRed) ×
Software
Pleiades Astrophoto PixInsight · Starkeeper Voyager Custom Array
Guiding Cameras
ZWO ASI174MM Mini
Acquisition details
Dates:
Sept. 17, 2022 · Oct. 30, 2022 · Nov. 1, 2022 · Nov. 19, 2022 · Nov. 25, 2022
Frames:
Astrodon Gen2 E-Series Tru-Balance Blue 36 mm: 60×120″(2h)
Astrodon Gen2 E-Series Tru-Balance Green 36 mm: 60×120″(2h)
Astrodon Gen2 E-Series Tru-Balance Red 36 mm: 60×120″(2h)
Astrodon H-alpha 5nm 36 mm: 65×600″(10h 50′)
Astrodon OIII 5nm 36 mm: 65×600″(10h 50′)
Integration:
27h 40′
Avg. Moon age:
12.30 days
Avg. Moon phase:
32.50%
RA center: 20h56m52s.22
DEC center: +31°11′51″.5
Pixel scale: 1.462 arcsec/pixel
Orientation: 92.260 degrees
Field radius: 0.489 degrees
WCS transformation: linear
Resolution: 1995x1340
File size: 3.9 MB
Locations: AAS Montsec, Àger, Lleida, Spain
Data source: Own remote observatory
Remote source: Non-commercial independent facility
This is the core part of the Heart Nebula (IC 1805, Sharpless 2-190).
The clearest part of the picture is called Melotte-15. It's an open cluster of stars, contains a few bright stars nearly 50 times the mass of our Sun, and many more dim stars that are only a fraction of our Sun's mass. The complete nebula is driven by the radiation emanating from this small group of stars.
I've always been overwhelmed by these dust pillars with their energetic light and winds eroding form the open star cluster Melotte 15.
The Heart Nebula is located about 7,500 light years away.
Thiss picture has a total integration time of 57 hours acquired with narrow band and rgb filters (SHOrgb).
The Hubble narrow band palette was used with the nebula and the stars are captured in natural rgb broadband.
This dark nebula belongs to the head of the Lion Nebula or Sh2-132.
Amazing fight on this complex area where a large number of dark nebulas, emission gases and eruptive stars give to us this nice show.
I need to explore more in detail this region on my next captures!!!
On this picture I integrate more than 75 hours in narrow band and rgb data to resolve all possible details and structures.
Processed on natural colors using a palette ha+Sii / Oiii / Oiii and RGB stars.
Technical card
Imaging telescopes or lenses:Teleskop Service TS Photoline 107mm f/6.5 Super-Apo , Altair Astro RC250-TT 10" RC Truss Tube
Imaging cameras:ZWO ASI183MM-Cool , ZWO ASI1600MM-Cool
Mounts:Skywatcher EQ6R Pro , Mesu 200 Mk2
Guiding telescopes or lenses:Celestron OAG Deluxe , Teleskop Service TSOAG9 Off-Axis Guider
Guiding cameras:ZWO ASI174 Mini , ZWO ASI290 Mini
Focal reducers:Riccardi Reducer/Flattener 0.75x , Telescope-Service TS 2" Flattener
Software:Pleiades Astrophoto PixInsight , Seqence Generator Pro
Filters:Astrodon O-III 36mm - 5nm , Astrodon S-II 36mm - 5nm , Astrodon R Gen.2 E-series 36mm , Astrodon G Gen.2 E-series 36mm , Astrodon B Gen.2 E-series 36mm , Astrodon HA 36mm - 5nm , Astrodon L Gen.2 E-series 36mm
Accessory:ZWO EFW , MoonLite NiteCrawler WR30 , TALON6 R.O.R , MoonLite CSL 2.5" Focuser with High Res Stepper Motor
Dates:Aug. 17, 2020 , Aug. 18, 2020 , Aug. 21, 2020 , Aug. 22, 2020 , Aug. 23, 2020
Frames:
Astrodon B Gen.2 E-series 36mm: 100x30" (gain: 75.00) -20C bin 1x1
Astrodon G Gen.2 E-series 36mm: 100x30" (gain: 75.00) -15C bin 1x1
Astrodon HA 36mm - 5nm: 230x600" (gain: 200.00) -20C bin 1x1
Astrodon O-III 36mm - 5nm: 115x600" (gain: 183.00) -15C bin 1x1
Astrodon R Gen.2 E-series 36mm: 100x30" (gain: 75.00) -20C bin 1x1
Astrodon S-II 36mm - 5nm: 106x600" (gain: 183.00) -15C bin 1x1
Integration: 77.7 hours
Avg. Moon age: 13.62 days
Avg. Moon phase: 10.56%
Astrometry.net job: 3830779
RA center: 22h 19' 34"
DEC center: +56° 7' 1"
Pixel scale: 1.007 arcsec/pixel
Orientation: -89.180 degrees
Field radius: 0.408 degrees
Resolution: 2328x1760
Locations: AAS Montsec, Àger, Lleida, Spain
Data source: Own remote observatory
Remote source: Non-commercial independent facility
Following the previous works, long integration time to reveal as many details as possible.
In fact, it's difficult to find the Pacman here... is more about the Sauron eye :D
Again more than 80 hours of integration time using the Hα-SII/OIII/OIII+rgb palette and some complex work on fine structures and details.
Technical card
Imaging telescopes or lenses: Teleskop Service TS Photoline 107mm f/6.5 Super-Apo · Altair Astro RC250-TT 10" RC Truss Tube
Imaging cameras: ZWO ASI183MM-Cool · ZWO ASI1600MM-Cool
Mounts: Skywatcher EQ6R Pro · Mesu 200 Mk2
Guiding telescopes or lenses: Celestron OAG Deluxe · Teleskop Service TSOAG9 Off-Axis Guider
Guiding cameras: ZWO ASI290 Mini · ZWO ASI174 Mini
Focal reducers: Riccardi Reducer/Flattener 0.75x · Telescope-Service TS 2" Flattener
Software: Pleiades Astrophoto PixInsight · Seqence Generator Pro
Filters: Astrodon O-III 36mm - 5nm · Astrodon S-II 36mm - 5nm · Astrodon R Gen.2 E-series 36mm · Astrodon G Gen.2 E-series 36mm · Astrodon B Gen.2 E-series 36mm · Astrodon HA 36mm - 5nm · Astrodon L Gen.2 E-series 36mm
Accessory: Pegasus Astro Falcon Rotator · ZWO EFW · Astrolink 4.0 mini · Pegasus Astro Ultimate Powerbox v2 · MoonLite NiteCrawler WR30 · TALON6 R.O.R · MoonLite CSL 2.5" Focuser with High Res Stepper Motor
Dates:Oct. 15, 2020 , Oct. 17, 2020 , Oct. 18, 2020 , Oct. 19, 2020 , Oct. 23, 2020 , Oct. 24, 2020
Frames:
Astrodon B Gen.2 E-series 36mm: 100x30" (gain: 75.00) -20C bin 1x1
Astrodon G Gen.2 E-series 36mm: 100x30" (gain: 75.00) -15C bin 1x1
Astrodon HA 36mm - 5nm: 235x600" (gain: 200.00) -20C bin 1x1
Astrodon O-III 36mm - 5nm: 120x600" (gain: 111.00) -15C bin 1x1
Astrodon R Gen.2 E-series 36mm: 100x30" (gain: 75.00) -20C bin 1x1
Astrodon S-II 36mm - 5nm: 120x600" (gain: 111.00) -15C bin 1x1
Integration: 81.7 hours
Avg. Moon age: 8.24 days
Avg. Moon phase: 21.20%
Astrometry.net job: 3986958
RA center: 0h 3' 14"
DEC center: +67° 16' 4"
Pixel scale: 0.797 arcsec/pixel
Orientation: 0.709 degrees
Field radius: 0.399 degrees
Resolution: 2304x1684
Locations: AAS Montsec, Àger, Lleida, Spain
Data source: Own remote observatory
Remote source: Non-commercial independent facility
August 13, 2021 - Jupiter with the GRS and the transit of moon Io.
This photo was not shot with an SCT but an RC10. These are actually less suitable for planetary photography due to the relatively large secondary mirror obstruction. But I hope I have proven that it is possible after all 😄
Normally I don't do much planet photography, so this edit took me days. I had a new ASI 462MC and ZWO ADC that I had no experience with. So, especially during editing, I started again countless times looking for the best settings and workflow. In the end it worked out!
I am very happy with this shot 😎
astro.carballada.com/libration-and-near-side-of-the-moon/
As is mention on the wikipedia:
Since the Moon’s orbit is both somewhat elliptical and inclined to its equatorial plane, libration allows up to 59% of the Moon’s surface to be viewed from Earth (though only half at any moment from any point).
The central crater at the picture is Pitiscus​​​​​​​, it's about 82 km of diameter.
Anyway, it’s an another exercise performing more tests on the new remote planetary config.
This picture was taken using a QHYCCD QHY5III174 with a Baader Q Barlow on a camera DIY switch.
It was taken at 3800mm f/19 with a GSO 8″ f/12 Classical Cassegrain Reflector using an Astronomik ProPlanet 642 BP IR-pass filter.
With this config I am covering a field of 10.2 x 6.37 arcmin at 0.319 arcsec/pixel.
It was a video of 10k frames at 80fps using only the best 1% of them.
This DIY switch allows me to change between two cameras, currently this QHYCCD and other ASI183MM-C for bigger field of view.
The Puppis-A supernova remnant is the small bluish blob near the centre. It's an expanding shell about 100 light years in diameter and around 7,000 light years away, with the light first reaching Earth about 3,700 years ago, the star exploded around 7,000 years ago..
We see it through the Vela Supernova remnant which is four times closer and resulted from a Supernova in the neighbouring constellation of Vela, about 5,000 years earlier.
Bi-colour Ha-OIII 13 hours each
RGB: 35 minutes
31 hours total
GSO RC10 @ f6
Moravian G3-11000
Baader RGB and 7nm NB
Synta EQ6
This is a new revision of a mosaic composed by 24 tiles and more than 130 exposure hours.
Equipment:
RC10 Truss GSO
Atik16200 CCD
Mesu 200 Mount
M94 is a spiral galaxy located 16 million light-years away in the constellation Canes Venatici.
It was discovered in 1781 by Pierre Méchain.
The galaxy has an apparent magnitude of 9 and can be spotted through a small telescope.
It has a 19th hours of integration time using my dual rig set up at the remote observatory.
Technical card
Imaging telescopes or lenses:Teleskop Service TS Photoline 107mm f/6.5 Super-Apo , Altair Astro RC250-TT 10" RC Truss Tube
Imaging cameras:ZWO ASI183MM-Cool , ZWO ASI1600MM-Cool
Mounts:Skywatcher EQ6R Pro , Mesu 200 Mk2
Guiding telescopes or lenses:Celestron OAG Deluxe , Teleskop Service TSOAG9 Off-Axis Guider
Guiding cameras:ZWO ASI174 Mini , ZWO ASI290 Mini
Focal reducers:Riccardi Reducer/Flattener 0.75x , Telescope-Service TS 2" Flattener
Software:Pleiades Astrophoto PixInsight , Seqence Generator Pro
Filters:Astrodon R Gen.2 E-series 36mm , Astrodon G Gen.2 E-series 36mm , Astrodon B Gen.2 E-series 36mm , Astrodon L Gen.2 E-series 36mm
Accessories:ZWO EFW , MoonLite NiteCrawler WR30 , MoonLite CSL 2.5" Focuser with High Res Stepper Motor
Dates:Feb. 22, 2020 , Feb. 23, 2020
Frames:
Astrodon B Gen.2 E-series 36mm: 95x120" (gain: 183.00) -15C bin 1x1
Astrodon G Gen.2 E-series 36mm: 95x120" (gain: 183.00) -15C bin 1x1
Astrodon L Gen.2 E-series 36mm: 200x180" (gain: 75.00) -20C bin 1x1
Astrodon R Gen.2 E-series 36mm: 95x120" (gain: 183.00) -15C bin 1x1
Integration: 19.5 hours
Avg. Moon age: 28.95 days
Avg. Moon phase: 0.61%
Astrometry.net job: 3413138
RA center: 12h 50' 52"
DEC center: +41° 7' 11"
Pixel scale: 1.007 arcsec/pixel
Orientation: -89.528 degrees
Field radius: 0.409 degrees
Resolution: 2328x1760
Locations: AAS Montsec, Àger, Lleida, Spain
Data source: Own remote observatory
Remote source: Non-commercial independent facility
NGC 2174, or the Monkey Head nebula, is an emission nebula in Orion located around 6,400 light years from Earth.
I am resist to turn the image 90º to see clearly the head... I really prefer how these clouds creates a better tridimensional effect and how the complete nebula increase his beauty if you are not identifying the "monkey head".
Close to 70 hours of image integration using my dual setup at the remote observatory located in Ager, Spain.
Technical card
Imaging telescopes or lenses:Teleskop Service TS Photoline 107mm f/6.5 Super-Apo, Altair Astro RC250-TT 10" RC Truss Tube
Imaging cameras:ZWO ASI1600MM-Cool, ZWO ASI183MM-Cool
Mounts:Skywatcher EQ6R Pro, Mesu 200 Mk2
Guiding telescopes or lenses:Celestron OAG Deluxe, Teleskop Service TSOAG9 Off-Axis Guider
Guiding cameras:ZWO ASI174 Mini, ZWO ASI290 Mini
Focal reducers:Riccardi Reducer/Flattener 0.75x, Telescope-Service TS 2" Flattener
Software:Pleiades Astrophoto PixInsight , Seqence Generator Pro
Filters:Astrodon O-III 36mm - 5nm, Astrodon S-II 36mm - 5nm, Astrodon R Gen.2 E-series 36mm, Astrodon G Gen.2 E-series 36mm, Astrodon B Gen.2 E-series 36mm, Astrodon HA 36mm - 5nm, Astrodon L Gen.2 E-series 36mm
Accessories:ZWO EFW, MoonLite NiteCrawler WR30, MoonLite CSL 2.5" Focuser with High Res Stepper Motor
Resolution: 2328x1760
Dates:Jan. 28, 2020, Jan. 31, 2020, Feb. 2, 2020, Feb. 14, 2020, Feb. 19, 2020
Frames:
Astrodon B Gen.2 E-series 36mm: 60x30" (gain: 75.00) bin 1x1
Astrodon G Gen.2 E-series 36mm: 62x30" (gain: 75.00) -20C bin 1x1
Astrodon HA 36mm - 5nm: 205x600" (gain: 200.00) -20C bin 1x1
Astrodon O-III 36mm - 5nm: 98x600" (gain: 183.00) -15C bin 1x1
Astrodon R Gen.2 E-series 36mm: 60x30" (gain: 75.00) -20C bin 1x1
Astrodon S-II 36mm - 5nm: 96x600" (gain: 183.00) -15C bin 1x1
Integration: 68.0 hours
Avg. Moon age: 12.67 days
Avg. Moon phase: 36.64%
Astrometry.net job: 3282026
RA center: 6h 9' 9"
DEC center: +20° 31' 48"
Pixel scale: 1.007 arcsec/pixel
Orientation: 270.510 degrees
Field radius: 0.408
Locations: AAS Montsec, Àger, Lleida, Spain
Data source: Own remote observatory
Remote source: Non-commercial independent facility
NGC 3628, also known as the Hamburger Galaxy or Sarah's Galaxy, is an unbarred spiral galaxy about 35 million light-years away in the constellation Leo. It was discovered by William Herschel in 1784. It has an approximately 300,000 light-years long tidal tail.
Close to 20 hours of integration in LRGB with additional Ha in red channel.
Technical card
Imaging telescope or lens:Altair Astro RC250-TT 10" RC Truss Tube
Imaging camera:ZWO ASI1600MM-Cool
Mount:Mesu 200 Mk2
Guiding telescope or lens:Celestron OAG Deluxe
Guiding camera:QHYCCD QHY5III174
Focal reducer:Riccardi Reducer/Flattener 0.75x
Software:Pleiades Astrophoto PixInsight , Seqence Generator Pro
Filters:Astrodon R Gen.2 E-series 36mm, Astrodon G Gen.2 E-series 36mm, Astrodon B Gen.2 E-series 36mm, Astrodon HA 36mm - 5nm, Astrodon L Gen.2 E-series 36mm
Accessories:TALON6 R.O.R, ZWO EFW, MoonLite NiteCrawler WR30
Resolution: 1748x1632
Dates:Feb. 2, 2020, Feb. 12, 2020, Feb. 19, 2020, Feb. 21, 2020, Feb. 25, 2020
Frames:
Astrodon B Gen.2 E-series 36mm: 45x180" (gain: 75.00) -20C bin 1x1
Astrodon G Gen.2 E-series 36mm: 45x180" (gain: 75.00) -20C bin 1x1
Astrodon HA 36mm - 5nm: 12x600" (gain: 200.00) -20C bin 1x1
Astrodon L Gen.2 E-series 36mm: 220x180" (gain: 75.00) -20C bin 1x1
Astrodon R Gen.2 E-series 36mm: 45x180" (gain: 75.00) -20C bin 1x1
Integration: 19.8 hours
Avg. Moon age: 16.22 days
Avg. Moon phase: 32.64%
Astrometry.net job: 3323467
RA center: 11h 20' 16"
DEC center: +13° 35' 20"
Pixel scale: 1.007 arcsec/pixel
Orientation: 359.311 degrees
Field radius: 0.335
Locations: AAS Montsec, Àger, Lleida, Spain
Data source: Own remote observatory
Remote source: Non-commercial independent facility
A 60% centre-crop of the Carina Nebula.
Taken from the Tin Shed Observatory.
Telescope: GSO RC10
Camera: Moravian G3-11000
Exposure 4.5 hours total
R:1.5 G:1.5 B1.5 hours
Technical card
Imaging telescope or lens: Altair Astro RC250-TT 10" RC Truss Tube
Imaging camera: QHYCCD QHY5III174
Focal reducer: Baader Planetarium Hyperion Barlow x2.25
Software: Registax, Pleiades Astrophoto PixInsight
Filter: Optolong UV/IR cut
Accessory: MoonLite CSL 2.5" Focuser with High Res Stepper Motor
Resolution: 1920x1200
Date: Dec. 6, 2017
Time: 04:56
Frames: 1000
FPS: 80.00000
Focal length: 4500
Locations: Berga Resort, Berga, Barcelona, Spain
Total exposure of 240 minutes consisting of 150 minutes using the luminance filter and 30 minutes each for the red, green and blue.
Description
First image captured with the new dual rig configuration.
More than 56 hours of integration time. (Usually I am integrating 25 hours.. now dual rig :D is working ).
NGC 7635, also known as the Bubble Nebula, Sharpless 162, or Caldwell 11, is an H II region emission nebula in the constellation Cassiopeia. It lies close to the direction of the open cluster Messier 52. The "bubble" is created by the stellar wind from a massive hot, 8.7 magnitude young central star, SAO 20575.
The nebula is near a giant molecular cloud which contains the expansion of the bubble nebula while itself being excited by the hot central star, causing it to glow. (Desc creditcs: Wikipedia)
Technical card
Imaging telescopes or lenses:Altair Astro RC250-TT 10" RC Truss Tube, Teleskop Service TS Photoline 107mm f/6.5 Super-Apo
Imaging cameras:ZWO ASI183MM-Cool, ZWO ASI1600MM-Cool
Mounts:Mesu 200 Mk2, Skywatcher EQ6R Pro
Guiding telescopes or lenses:Teleskop Service TSOAG9 Off-Axis Guider, Celestron OAG Deluxe
Guiding cameras:ZWO ASI174 Mini, ZWO ASI290 Mini
Focal reducers:Riccardi Reducer/Flattener 0.75x, Telescope-Service TS 2" Flattener
Software:Main Sequence Software Seqence Generator Pro, Pleiades Astrophoto PixInsight
Filters:Optolong OIII 6.5nm 36mm, Optolong SII 6.5nm 36mm, Astrodon HA 36mm - 5nm, Astrodon B Gen.2 E-series 36mm, Astrodon G Gen.2 E-series 36mm, Astrodon R Gen.2 E-series 36mm, Astrodon S-II 36mm - 5nm, Astrodon O-III 36mm - 5nm
Accessories:ZWO EFW, MoonLite NiteCrawler WR30, MoonLite CSL 2.5" Focuser with High Res Stepper Motor
Resolution: 2090x1760
Dates:Oct. 1, 2019, Oct. 11, 2019, Oct. 16, 2019, Oct. 18, 2019, Oct. 23, 2019, Oct. 28, 2019
Frames:
Astrodon B Gen.2 E-series 36mm: 70x30" (gain: 75.00) -20C bin 1x1
Astrodon G Gen.2 E-series 36mm: 70x30" (gain: 75.00) -20C bin 1x1
Astrodon HA 36mm - 5nm: 162x600" (gain: 200.00) -20C bin 1x1
Optolong OIII 6.5nm 36mm: 83x600" (gain: 111.00) -15C bin 1x1
Astrodon R Gen.2 E-series 36mm: 70x30" (gain: 75.00) -20C bin 1x1
Astrodon S-II 36mm - 5nm: 82x600" (gain: 111.00) -15C bin 1x1
Integration: 56.2 hours
Avg. Moon age: 12.78 days
Avg. Moon phase: 51.26%
Astrometry.net job: 3037365
RA center: 350.189 degrees
DEC center: 61.178 degrees
Pixel scale: 1.007 arcsec/pixel
Orientation: 270.802 degrees
Field radius: 0.382 degrees
Locations: AAS Montsec, Àger, Lleida, Spain
Data source: Own remote observatory
Remote source: Non-commercial independent facility
Dim Planetary Nebula at Cancer, really dim.
With a surface magnitude of 27 arc-sec-1, it was discovered in 1955 by George Abell.
It is estimated to be about 2,000 light years away.
This picture is the result of my longest integration time up to today, it's more than 90 hours of frame capture during the past 3 years.
The work desk was complicated due the different scopes and cameras used and the low signal captured.
Technical card
Imaging telescopes or lenses: Altair Astro RC250-TT 10" RC Truss Tube · Teleskop Service TS Photoline 107mm f/6.5 Super-Apo
Imaging cameras: ZWO ASI183MM-Cool · ZWO ASI1600MM-Cool
Mounts: Skywatcher EQ6R Pro · Mesu 200 Mk2
Guiding telescopes or lenses: Celestron OAG Deluxe · Teleskop Service TSOAG9 Off-Axis Guider
Guiding cameras: ZWO ASI290 Mini · ZWO ASI174 Mini
Focal reducers: Riccardi Reducer/Flattener 0.75x · Telescope-Service TS 2" Flattener
Software: Pleiades Astrophoto PixInsight · Seqence Generator Pro
Filters: Astrodon O-III 36mm - 5nm · Astrodon R Gen.2 E-series 36mm · Astrodon G Gen.2 E-series 36mm · Astrodon B Gen.2 E-series 36mm · Astrodon HA 36mm - 5nm · Astrodon L Gen.2 E-series 36mm
Accessory: ZWO EFW · Pegasus Astro Falcon Rotator · Pegasus Astro Ultimate Powerbox v2 · Astrolink 4.0 mini · MoonLite NiteCrawler WR30 · TALON6 R.O.R · MoonLite CSL 2.5" Focuser with High Res Stepper Motor
Dates:March 8, 2019 , March 9, 2019 , March 10, 2021 , March 11, 2021 , March 16, 2021 , April 6, 2021
Frames:
Astrodon B Gen.2 E-series 36mm: 90x60" (1h 30') (gain: 75.00) -20C bin 1x1
Astrodon G Gen.2 E-series 36mm: 90x60" (1h 30') (gain: 75.00) -20C bin 1x1
Astrodon HA 36mm - 5nm: 292x600" (48h 40') (gain: 200.00) -20C bin 1x1
Astrodon O-III 36mm - 5nm: 169x600" (28h 10') (gain: 111.00) -15C bin 1x1
Astrodon O-III 36mm - 5nm: 54x600" (9h) (gain: 200.00) -20C bin 1x1
Astrodon R Gen.2 E-series 36mm: 90x60" (1h 30') (gain: 75.00) -20C bin 1x1
Integration: 90h 20'
Avg. Moon age: 14.28 days
Avg. Moon phase: 10.04%
Astrometry.net job: 4556202
RA center: 8h 54' 12"
DEC center: +8° 53' 56"
Pixel scale: 1.007 arcsec/pixel
Orientation: 0.339 degrees
Field radius: 0.408 degrees
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Resolution: 2328x1760
Locations: AAS Montsec, Àger, Lleida, Spain
Data source: Own remote observatory
Remote source: Non-commercial independent facility
Mosaic composed by 4 tiles
Telescope: RC10" Truss GSO
Camera: CCD ATIK 16200 Mono
Mount: Mesu200
Shots:
30x900" in Ha (x4tiles)
10x900" in OIII and SII (x4tiles)
My travel on the LDN catalogue of dark nebulae is still in progress.
Now I visited the nice west area of the Cepheus Pilars (NGC7822), integrating more than 80 hours of data to create this picture.
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.
The complex is believed to be some 3,000 light years, with the younger components aged no more than a few million years. (credits Wikipedia)
Technical card
Imaging telescopes or lenses:Teleskop Service TS Photoline 107mm f/6.5 Super-Apo , Altair Astro RC250-TT 10" RC Truss Tube
Imaging cameras:ZWO ASI183MM-Cool , ZWO ASI1600MM-Cool
Mounts:Skywatcher EQ6R Pro , Mesu 200 Mk2
Guiding telescopes or lenses:Celestron OAG Deluxe , Teleskop Service TSOAG9 Off-Axis Guider
Guiding cameras:ZWO ASI290 Mini , ZWO ASI174 Mini
Focal reducers:Riccardi Reducer/Flattener 0.75x , Telescope-Service TS 2" Flattener
Software:Pleiades Astrophoto PixInsight , Seqence Generator Pro
Filters:Astrodon O-III 36mm - 5nm , Astrodon S-II 36mm - 5nm , Astrodon R Gen.2 E-series 36mm , Astrodon G Gen.2 E-series 36mm , Astrodon B Gen.2 E-series 36mm , Astrodon HA 36mm - 5nm , Astrodon L Gen.2 E-series 36mm
Accessory:ZWO EFW , MoonLite NiteCrawler WR30 , TALON6 R.O.R , MoonLite CSL 2.5" Focuser with High Res Stepper Motor
Dates:Sept. 11, 2020 , Sept. 12, 2020 , Sept. 13, 2020 , Sept. 14, 2020
Frames:
Astrodon B Gen.2 E-series 36mm: 100x30" (gain: 75.00) -20C bin 1x1
Astrodon G Gen.2 E-series 36mm: 100x30" (gain: 75.00) -20C bin 1x1
Astrodon HA 36mm - 5nm: 231x600" (gain: 200.00) -20C bin 1x1
Astrodon O-III 36mm - 5nm: 130x600" (gain: 183.00) -15C bin 1x1
Astrodon R Gen.2 E-series 36mm: 100x30" (gain: 75.00) -20C bin 1x1
Astrodon S-II 36mm - 5nm: 121x600" (gain: 183.00) -15C bin 1x1
Integration: 82.8 hours
Avg. Moon age: 24.69 days
Avg. Moon phase: 24.99%
Basic astrometry details
Astrometry.net job: 3890533
Resolution: 2328x1760
Locations: AAS Montsec, Àger, Lleida, Spain
Data source: Own remote observatory
Remote source: Non-commercial independent facility
Crescent Nebula revisited three years later with better equipment, better skies and some more skills on my side.
The Crescent Nebula (also known as NGC 6888, Caldwell 27, Sharpless 105) is an emission nebula in the constellation Cygnus, about 5000 light-years away from Earth. It was discovered by William Herschel in 1792. It is formed by the fast stellar wind from the Wolf-Rayet star WR 136 (HD 192163) colliding with and energizing the slower moving wind ejected by the star when it became a red giant around 250,000 to 400,000 years ago. The result of the collision is a shell and two shock waves, one moving outward and one moving inward. The inward moving shock wave heats the stellar wind to X-ray-emitting temperatures. (Wikipedia)
That's the first image after this long period, in part due the COVID in part because the long integration time that I wanted and how short are these summer nights.
It was eleven nights with two rigs resulting on 75 hours of integration time. My longest integration time so far.
Technical card
Imaging telescopes or lenses:Teleskop Service TS Photoline 107mm f/6.5 Super-Apo , Altair Astro RC250-TT 10" RC Truss Tube
Imaging cameras:ZWO ASI183MM-Cool , ZWO ASI1600MM-Cool
Mounts:Skywatcher EQ6R Pro , Mesu 200 Mk2
Guiding telescopes or lenses:Celestron OAG Deluxe , Teleskop Service TSOAG9 Off-Axis Guider
Guiding cameras:ZWO ASI174 Mini , ZWO ASI290 Mini
Focal reducers:Riccardi Reducer/Flattener 0.75x , Telescope-Service TS 2" Flattener
Software:Pleiades Astrophoto PixInsight , Seqence Generator Pro
Filters:Astrodon O-III 36mm - 5nm , Astrodon S-II 36mm - 5nm , Astrodon R Gen.2 E-series 36mm , Astrodon G Gen.2 E-series 36mm , Astrodon B Gen.2 E-series 36mm , Astrodon HA 36mm - 5nm , Astrodon L Gen.2 E-series 36mm
Accessory:ZWO EFW , MoonLite NiteCrawler WR30 , TALON6 R.O.R , MoonLite CSL 2.5" Focuser with High Res Stepper Motor
Dates:June 21, 2020 , June 22, 2020 , June 23, 2020 , June 29, 2020 , July 18, 2020
Frames:
Astrodon B Gen.2 E-series 36mm: 50x120" (gain: 75.00) -20C bin 1x1
Astrodon G Gen.2 E-series 36mm: 50x120" (gain: 75.00) -20C bin 1x1
Astrodon HA 36mm - 5nm: 209x600" (gain: 200.00) -20C bin 1x1
Astrodon O-III 36mm - 5nm: 105x600" (gain: 183.00) -15C bin 1x1
Astrodon R Gen.2 E-series 36mm: 50x120" (gain: 75.00) -20C bin 1x1
Astrodon S-II 36mm - 5nm: 106x600" (gain: 183.00) -15C bin 1x1
Integration: 75.0 hours
Avg. Moon age: 7.92 days
Avg. Moon phase: 15.25%
Astrometry.net job: 3721258
RA center: 20h 12' 6"
DEC center: +38° 21' 0"
Pixel scale: 1.007 arcsec/pixel
Orientation: -89.431 degrees
Field radius: 0.408 degrees
Resolution: 2328x1760
Locations: AAS Montsec, Àger, Lleida, Spain
Data source: Own remote observatory
Remote source: Non-commercial independent facility
Only this Ic63 nebula, without the Gamma Cassiopiae star that always appears on captures.
It’s not on the frame but still it's possible feel the strong presence of this big star (at the up-right side of the picture) as a blue light going to the nebula.
Complex nebula to capture (only mag. 10), also with this dominant variable star close who makes so difficult obtain all details and nuances.
Gamma Cassiopeiae is a star at the center of the distinctive "W" asterism in the northern circumpolar constellation of Cassiopeia. Although it is a fairly bright star with an apparent visual magnitude that varies from 1.6 to 3.0.
Gamma Cassiopeiae is a Be star, a variable star, and a binary star system. Based upon parallax measurements made by the Hipparcos satellite, it is located at a distance of roughly 550 light-years from Earth. (star description credits: Wikipedia)
Technical card
Imaging telescopes or lenses:Altair Astro RC250-TT 10" RC Truss Tube, Teleskop Service TS Photoline 107mm f/6.5 Super-Apo
Imaging cameras:ZWO ASI183MM-Cool, ZWO ASI1600MM-Cool
Mounts:Skywatcher EQ6R Pro, Mesu 200 Mk2
Guiding telescopes or lenses:Teleskop Service TSOAG9 Off-Axis Guider, Celestron OAG Deluxe
Guiding cameras:ZWO ASI174 Mini, ZWO ASI290 Mini
Focal reducers:Riccardi Reducer/Flattener 0.75x, Telescope-Service TS 2" Flattener
Software:Main Sequence Software Seqence Generator Pro, Pleiades Astrophoto PixInsight
Filters:Optolong OIII 6.5nm 36mm, Optolong SII 6.5nm 36mm, Astrodon HA 36mm - 5nm, Astrodon B Gen.2 E-series 36mm, Astrodon G Gen.2 E-series 36mm, Astrodon R Gen.2 E-series 36mm, Astrodon S-II 36mm - 5nm, Astrodon O-III 36mm - 5nm
Accessories:ZWO EFW, MoonLite NiteCrawler WR30, MoonLite CSL 2.5" Focuser with High Res Stepper Motor
Resolution: 1932x1680
Dates:Sept. 29, 2019, Sept. 30, 2019, Oct. 1, 2019, Oct. 3, 2019
Frames:
Astrodon B Gen.2 E-series 36mm: 80x30" (gain: 75.00) -20C bin 1x1
Astrodon G Gen.2 E-series 36mm: 80x30" (gain: 75.00) -20C bin 1x1
Astrodon HA 36mm - 5nm: 138x600" (gain: 200.00) -20C bin 1x1
Optolong OIII 6.5nm 36mm: 71x600" (gain: 111.00) -20C bin 1x1
Astrodon R Gen.2 E-series 36mm: 80x30" (gain: 75.00) -20C bin 1x1
Optolong SII 6.5nm 36mm: 69x600" (gain: 111.00) -20C bin 1x1
Integration: 48.3 hours
Avg. Moon age: 2.80 days
Avg. Moon phase: 10.93%
Astrometry.net job: 3055178
RA center: 14.942 degrees
DEC center: 60.911 degrees
Pixel scale: 1.007 arcsec/pixel
Orientation: 90.066 degrees
Field radius: 0.358 degrees
Locations: AAS Montsec, Àger, Lleida, Spain
Data source: Own remote observatory
Remote source: Non-commercial independent facility
Always a difficult object to me, so small, so dim... and always come back and I try to take something... if you've ever struggled with it, you know what I mean :D a perfect example of planetary nebula.
The Owl Nebula is a planetary nebula located approximately 2,030 light years away in the constellation Ursa Major. The nebula is approximately 8,000 years old.
In that case is a little bit more that 50 hours of integration, using only a small area of the sensor because the small size of this object, heavily cropped after a drizzle process and still at 0.34 arcsec/pixel.
Technical card
Imaging telescopes or lenses:Teleskop Service TS Photoline 107mm f/6.5 Super-Apo, Altair Astro RC250-TT 10" RC Truss Tube
Imaging cameras:ZWO ASI1600MM-Cool, ZWO ASI183MM-Cool
Mounts:Skywatcher EQ6R Pro, Mesu 200 Mk2
Guiding telescopes or lenses:Celestron OAG Deluxe, Teleskop Service TSOAG9 Off-Axis Guider
Guiding cameras:ZWO ASI174 Mini, ZWO ASI290 Mini
Focal reducers:Riccardi Reducer/Flattener 0.75x, Telescope-Service TS 2" Flattener
Software:Pleiades Astrophoto PixInsight , Seqence Generator Pro
Filters:Astrodon O-III 36mm - 5nm, Astrodon S-II 36mm - 5nm, Astrodon R Gen.2 E-series 36mm, Astrodon G Gen.2 E-series 36mm, Astrodon B Gen.2 E-series 36mm, Astrodon HA 36mm - 5nm, Astrodon L Gen.2 E-series 36mm
Accessories:ZWO EFW, MoonLite NiteCrawler WR30, MoonLite CSL 2.5" Focuser with High Res Stepper Motor
Resolution: 2604x2322
Dates:Jan. 14, 2020, Feb. 21, 2020, Feb. 23, 2020, Feb. 25, 2020, Feb. 26, 2020
Frames:
Astrodon B Gen.2 E-series 36mm: 90x30" (gain: 75.00) -20C bin 1x1
Astrodon G Gen.2 E-series 36mm: 90x30" (gain: 75.00) -20C bin 1x1
Optolong Ha 7nm 36mm: 165x600" (gain: 200.00) -20C bin 1x1
Astrodon O-III 36mm - 5nm: 163x600" (gain: 183.00) -15C bin 1x1
Astrodon R Gen.2 E-series 36mm: 90x30" (gain: 75.00) -20C bin 1x1
Integration: 56.9 hours
Avg. Moon age: 16.01 days
Avg. Moon phase: 19.43%
Astrometry.net job: 3292004
RA center: 11h 14' 48"
DEC center: +55° 1' 8"
Pixel scale: 0.337 arcsec/pixel
Orientation: 269.282 degrees
Field radius: 0.163
Locations: AAS Montsec, Àger, Lleida, Spain
Data source: Own remote observatory
Remote source: Non-commercial independent facility