View allAll Photos Tagged skyglow

Equipment

Imaging Telescopes Or Lenses

Meade Starfinder 8 f/6 Newtonian OTA

Imaging Cameras

ZWO ASI1600MM

Mounts

Losmandy GM8 / GM8G

Filters

Baader Neodymium Moon & Skyglow 2" · Meade Blue 2" · Meade Green 2" · Meade Red 2"

Accessories

Baader 2" MPCC Mark III Newton Coma Corrector (2458400A) · OnStep Telescope Mount Goto Controller · Rigel Systems Stepper motor

Software

Adobe Photoshop · Aries Productions Astro Pixel Processor (APP) · Open PHD Guiding Project PHD2 · Stefan Berg Nighttime Imaging 'N' Astronomy (N.I.N.A. / NINA)

Guiding Telescopes Or Lenses

SVBony SV106 60mm Guide Scope

Guiding Cameras

ZWO ASI120MM

  

Acquisition details

Dates:

Nov. 18, 2022

Frames:

Baader Neodymium Moon & Skyglow 2": 110×120″(3h 40′) -10°C bin 2×2

Meade Blue 2": 30×120″(1h) bin 2×2

Meade Green 2": 30×120″(1h) bin 2×2

Meade Red 2": 30×120″(1h) bin 2×2

Integration:

6h 40′

Darks:

100

Bias:

100

Avg. Moon age:

23.93 days

Avg. Moon phase:

31.54%

Basic astrometry details

Astrometry.net job: 6638032

 

RA center: 08h52m38s.9

 

DEC center: +33°25′22″

 

Pixel scale: 0.640 arcsec/pixel

 

Orientation: 274.500 degrees

 

Field radius: 0.512 degrees

 

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Resolution: 3456x4612

 

File size: 15.6 MB

 

Data source: Backyard

 

Looking almost due south from Northeastern Pennsylvania see if you can spot the steaming teapot of the constellation Sagittarius over the next several weeks. This image was taken on June 29th, 2014 at 1:00 AM local time.

Earth-threatening minor planet 2002 EX12 (comet 169P/NEAT) has been identified as the parent body of the alpha Capricornid shower. Many meteor shower guides list this minor shower as starting around July 15, while others put the start date as early as July 3.

Equipment

 

Imaging Telescopes Or Lenses

Meade Starfinder 8 f/6 Newtonian OTA

Imaging Cameras

ZWO ASI1600MM

Mounts

Losmandy GM8 / GM8G

Filters

Baader Neodymium Moon & Skyglow 2" · Meade Blue 2" · Meade Green 2" · Meade Red 2"

Accessories

Baader 2" MPCC Mark III Newton Coma Corrector (2458400A) · OnStep Telescope Mount Goto Controller · Rigel Systems Stepper motor

Software

Adobe Photoshop · Aries Productions Astro Pixel Processor (APP) · Open PHD Guiding Project PHD2 · Stefan Berg Nighttime Imaging 'N' Astronomy (N.I.N.A. / NINA)

 

Acquisition details

 

Dates:

April 27, 2023

Frames:

Baader Neodymium Moon & Skyglow 2": 125×120″(4h 10′)

Meade Blue 2": 20×120″(40′)

Meade Green 2": 20×120″(40′)

Meade Red 2": 20×120″(40′)

Integration:

6h 10′

Avg. Moon age:

7.03 days

Avg. Moon phase:

46.30%

 

Basic astrometry details

 

Astrometry.net job: 7622093

 

RA center: 20h31m34s.8

 

DEC center: +60°41′06″

 

Pixel scale: 0.640 arcsec/pixel

 

Orientation: 189.044 degrees

 

Field radius: 0.515 degrees

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Resolution: 4623x3483

 

File size: 14.3 MB

 

Data source: Backyard

This rather faint dwarf galaxy is a distant satellite of M31, rather surprising since they are so widely separated in the sky.

 

Equipment

 

Imaging Telescopes Or Lenses

Apertura 6" f/5 Imaging Newtonian

Imaging Cameras

QHYCCD QHY163C

Mounts

Vixen Super Polaris

Filters

Baader Neodymium Moon & Skyglow 2"

Accessories

OnStep Telescope Mount Goto Controller · Sharpstar 2" 0.95× coma corrector (CRC2095)

Software

Adobe Photoshop · Aries Productions Astro Pixel Processor (APP) · Open PHD Guiding Project PHD2 · Stefan Berg Nighttime Imaging 'N' Astronomy (N.I.N.A. / NINA)

 

Acquisition details

 

Frames:

Baader Neodymium Moon & Skyglow 2": 150×120″(5h)

Integration:

5h

 

Basic astrometry details

 

Astrometry.net job: 8063611

 

RA center: 00h33m15s.4

 

DEC center: +48°29′16″

 

Pixel scale: 1.083 arcsec/pixel

 

Orientation: 349.746 degrees

 

Field radius: 0.838 degrees

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Resolution: 4461x3337

 

File size: 15.5 MB

 

Data source: Backyard

June 9, 2022 - South Central Nebraska US

 

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One my favorite things to do... Watch a ominous lighting intense storm come over the horizon. With continuous cloud to cloud lightning & a few cloud to ground strikes. This was one of those perfect photogenic Nebraska storms.

 

Severe warned right after sunset. Found an open spot to shoot just some incredible June storm photography for 2022!

 

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Dale Kaminski @ NebraskaSC Photography

All Rights Reserved

 

This image may not be copied, reproduced, published or distributed in any medium without the expressed written permission of the copyright holder.

 

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Light time: 174 min.

Telescope: Orion EON 130 mm ED

Field flattener: Orion 3"

Guide scope: William Optics UniGuide 50 mm

Camera: ZWO ASI071Pro

Filter: Orion SkyGlow

Guide camera: ZWO ASI290MM Mini

Mount: iOptron CEM60

ASIAIR PRO

Software: PixInsight; Adobe Lightroom

Location: inner city backyard

I assembled a 200mm fl camera lens/dlsr autguided setup and wanted to see what it could do on lengthy subs. Answer is it can go pretty much as long as you want Here I ran 4 minute subs and didn't have a bad one in the lot.

 

Looking at the results I was also rather surpised by the number of stars. I always think of this northern region of sky as being comparitively sparse especially in comparison to pretty much anything along the plane of the Milky Way.

 

Equipment

 

Imaging Telescopes Or Lenses

Takumar 200mm prime lens

Imaging Cameras

Canon T1i Full Spectrum

Mounts

Celestron CG-4 MotorDrive

Filters

Orion SkyGlow Imaging Filter

Accessories

OnStep GoTo Controller

Software

PHD2 Guiding · Astro Pixel Processor · Adobe Photoshop CS4 Photoshop CS4

Guiding Telescopes Or Lenses

MEADE 50mm Finder Guidescope

Guiding Cameras

ZWO ASI120MM

 

Acquisition details

 

Dates:

April 5, 2022

Frames:

82x240" (5h 28')

Integration:

5h 28'

Darks:

100

Bias:

100

Avg. Moon age:

4.01 days

Avg. Moon phase:

17.13%

 

Basic astrometry details

 

Astrometry.net job: 5650397

 

RA center: 14h50m44s.4

 

DEC center: +58°32′34″

 

Pixel scale: 3.226 arcsec/pixel

 

Orientation: 38.470 degrees

 

Field radius: 3.864 degrees

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Resolution: 7168x4798

 

Data source: Backyard

The Rosette Nebula and friends NGC 2264. Took a drive down near the Canada/US border on a country road by a road side pull out where I found bortle 4 sky’s. Not a single car for hours. Imaged with a Light Pollution Suppression filter and my SkyGuiderPro setup. 📷🌌✨

Camera: ASi071MC-Pro

Lens: Rokinon 135mm f2 @ f4

Mount: iOptron SkyGuiderPro

Filters: Baader Moon & Moon SkyGlow filter

Frames: 56x90sec

Gain: 94

Camera Temp: -20°C

Bias: 50 frames

Darks: 50 frames

Post Processing: Pixinsight, LR

- www.kevin-palmer.com - - www.kevin-palmer.com - I went outside of town on this evening to test out a new lens. The light pollution of Sheridan was lighting up the snowy hills.

The Redfish Lakes were so called because of the amount of salmon in the water. Overfishing has made that a thing of the past for now.

Bryony and I decided that this location was one of our favorites for the year, despite the constant traffic in and out of the popular touristy area, the reflections off the lake were incredible and the interesting lighting created by the headlights made for a very cool foreground. This is a lesson in how to make a pretty tall mountain range look very very small, the sky up here is HUGE and the prominence of the Milky Way tends to put large things in a small perspective. That night we had a good Aurora event and the airglow/skyglow colors were fantastic due to the increased solar activity. All in all this is a wonderful location to take pictures from and a night I won't ever forget.

 

EXIF: Sony a7riii, Sony 24mm f/1.4 GM lens

Sky - 3 photos at ISO1600, 2 minutes at f/2.0 (tracked using a sky adventurer tracking mount)

Foreground - 3 photos at ISO1600, 5 minutes at f/1.4

Foreground reflection - 3 photos at ISO6400, 20 seconds at f1.4.

Equipment

Imaging Telescopes Or Lenses

Meade Starfinder 8 f/6 Newtonian OTA

Imaging Cameras

ZWO ASI1600MM

Mounts

Losmandy GM8 / GM8G

Filters

Baader Neodymium Moon & Skyglow 2" · Meade Blue 2" · Meade Green 2" · Meade Red 2"

Accessories

Baader 2" MPCC Mark III Newton Coma Corrector (2458400A)

Software

Adobe Photoshop · Aries Productions Astro Pixel Processor (APP) · Open PHD Guiding Project PHD2 · Stefan Berg Nighttime Imaging 'N' Astronomy (N.I.N.A. / NINA)

  

Acquisition details

Dates:

Oct. 1, 2022

Frames:

Baader Neodymium Moon & Skyglow 2": 67×120″(2h 14′) -10°C bin 2×2

Meade Blue 2": 15×120″(30′) bin 2×2

Meade Green 2": 15×120″(30′) bin 2×2

Meade Red 2": 15×120″(30′) bin 2×2

Integration:

3h 44′

Darks:

100

Bias:

100

Avg. Moon age:

5.77 days

Avg. Moon phase:

33.22%

Basic astrometry details

Astrometry.net job: 6485523

 

RA center: 05h52m12s.0

 

DEC center: +32°34′33″

 

Pixel scale: 0.639 arcsec/pixel

 

Orientation: 191.328 degrees

 

Field radius: 0.519 degrees

 

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Resolution: 4687x3487

 

File size: 17.9 MB

 

Data source: Backyard

 

The SkyGlow panoramic image was captured on June 18th 2020 From the West Coast of the Garden Peninsula in upper

Peninsula of Michigan.

Air-Glow is a phenomenon similar to Aurora but the energetic electrons come from the ionosphere instead of being funneled down to magnetic poles from the sun.

  

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June 9, 2022 - South Central Nebraska US

 

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One my favorite things to do... Watch a ominous lighting intense storm come over the horizon. With continuous cloud to cloud lightning & a few cloud to ground strikes. This was one of those perfect photogenic Nebraska storms.

 

Severe warned right after sunset. Found an open spot to shoot just some incredible June storm photography for 2022!

 

*** Please NOTE and RESPECT the Copyright ***

 

Copyright 2022

Dale Kaminski @ NebraskaSC Photography

All Rights Reserved

 

This image may not be copied, reproduced, published or distributed in any medium without the expressed written permission of the copyright holder.

 

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Low in my southern sky in the constellation Aquarius, the Helix Nebula is a tough target which I actually didn't think I could image from home. Another collapsed star like the Dumbbell and other planetary nebula, this one resembles a giant eye with the outer hydrogen gas cloud surrounding a bluish center. It's actually relatively close to earth for a deep sky target, only 650 light years away. With the skyglow from New York behind the nebula, and a moderate amount of summer haze in the sky, I suspect this is an image that can be improved dramatically by adding several additional hours of exposure time. With our current weather patterns that will take me well into the 20's!

 

Tech stuff: Borg 71FL with 1.08X Borg flattener/ZWO ASI 1600MC camera/IDAS LPS-V4 filter/iOptron CubePro 8200 mount, guided. 48 minutes of 8 second exposures captured over two nights with SharpCap 3.2; Processed with PixInsight and finished with GIMP and ACDSee. From my yard 10 miles north of New York City.

basic 3d paint tool and gimp

abstract

L:35x100s

RGB:15x100s

ASI1600mm-Cool, CGX, Orion 8" Astrograph, SkyGlow filter.

Imaging telescope or lens:Takumar 55mm

 

Imaging camera:Canon T1i Full Spectrum

 

Mount:IOptron Skytracker pro

 

Software:Astro Pixel Processor, Adobe Photoshop CS4 Photoshop CS4

 

Filter:Orion SkyGlow Imaging Filter

 

Resolution: 3413x5064

 

Dates:March 16, 2020

 

Frames: 250x60"

 

Integration: 4.2 hours

 

Avg. Moon age: 22.23 days

 

Avg. Moon phase: 49.12%

 

Astrometry.net job: 3325309

 

Data source: Backyard

The recent buzz of a possible great meteor shower Friday night / Saturday morning kept us all in anticipation of clear skies. It did not look good, but eastern Maine, specifically coastal Hancock County enjoyed clear skies all night long. The question was then whether the shower would pan out.

 

Early on I spotted what appeared to be a brilliant meteor exiting the constellation Camelopardalis. The night looked promising. The time since that 10 o'clock hour produced nary a trace of any members of the Camelopardalids. The night had a lack of meteors in general.

 

The night still had gems to behold and one phenomena in general was putting on a decent show. Airglow is the excitement of oxygen atoms roughly 60 miles high in the extreme upper atmosphere. The glow can be seen by astronauts in Earth's orbit and by stargazers with keen vision under dark skies.

 

Below is an example of airglow and the Milky Way early Saturday morning as revealed by long exposure photography.

 

I noted it visually. It appeared as large pale white patches of light against a darker sky. The camera sees green light, but the eyes cannot detect color in such low light conditions as the eyes rods do not detect color.

So dark skies are not always dark, indeed the whole front yard of my home seemed "bright". My Sky Quality Meter read 21.6 Mags/Sq-Arc-sec, that's pretty dark. The Milky Way was well structured and the dark nebulae in Ophiuchus were not a challenge at all.

 

These "bright nights" commonly occur during high solar activity, so visual and photographic observations in the coming Solar Minima will enjoy darker skies.

 

A few years away, but it's not too early to start planning.

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Debris from Halley's Comet falls towards earth during the Orionid meteor shower.

First-ever Camelopardalid meteor shower - Iridium Flare on the lower left

 

Unlike the annual showers such as the Perseids and Leonids that have been occurring for hundreds or thousands of years, we saw the Camelopardalid shower for the first time the night of May 23 and early morning of May 24. Although not an intense meteor shower, the sky cleared for us and we absolutely enjoyed seeing the milky way so clearly despite the heavy light pollution. You will also see some green skyglow just above the horizon, the most common cause of skyglow is artificial light that emits light pollution, which accumulates into a vast glow that can be seen from miles away and from high in the sky.

June 9, 2022 - South Central Nebraska US

 

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One my favorite things to do... Watch a ominous lighting intense storm come over the horizon. With continuous cloud to cloud lightning & a few cloud to ground strikes. This was one of those perfect photogenic Nebraska storms.

 

Severe warned right after sunset. Found an open spot to shoot just some incredible June storm photography for 2022!

 

*** Please NOTE and RESPECT the Copyright ***

 

Copyright 2022

Dale Kaminski @ NebraskaSC Photography

All Rights Reserved

 

This image may not be copied, reproduced, published or distributed in any medium without the expressed written permission of the copyright holder.

 

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Four meteors was the best I could do with the cloudy skies I encountered for the Perseids this year. By the time I woke up at 4 a.m. to grab the camera, it was overcast and starting to drizzle. And so it is.

 

This was a location in Inyo National Forest called Westgard Pass, not far from the Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest.

 

There's some pinkish glow from the aurora at left, and a little greenish skyglow on the right, which is kind of neat. Andromeda Galaxy appears at the top just left of center.

 

This is a blend of stacked, low-level-lit foreground exposures and a single sky background exposure. The three fainter meteors are composited, after being rotated into the correct position with respect to the Perseids radiant.

June 9, 2022 - South Central Nebraska US

 

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One my favorite things to do... Watch a ominous lighting intense storm come over the horizon. With continuous cloud to cloud lightning & a few cloud to ground strikes. This was one of those perfect photogenic Nebraska storms.

 

Severe warned right after sunset. Found an open spot to shoot just some incredible June storm photography for 2022!

 

*** Please NOTE and RESPECT the Copyright ***

 

Copyright 2022

Dale Kaminski @ NebraskaSC Photography

All Rights Reserved

 

This image may not be copied, reproduced, published or distributed in any medium without the expressed written permission of the copyright holder.

 

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Equipment

Imaging Telescopes Or Lenses

Star Instruments Rich Field 6"

Imaging Cameras

Canon EOS 550D / Rebel T2i / Kiss X4 (modified)

Mounts

Celestron Omni CG-4

Filters

Baader Neodymium Moon & Skyglow 2"

Accessories

OnStep Telescope Mount Goto Controller · Sharpstar 2" 0.95× coma corrector (CRC2095)

Software

Adobe Photoshop · Aries Productions Astro Pixel Processor (APP) · Astroberry Project Astroberry Server · Open PHD Guiding Project PHD2

  

Acquisition details

Dates:

Sept. 18, 2022

Frames:

Baader Neodymium Moon & Skyglow 2": 188×120″(6h 16′)

Integration:

6h 16′

Darks:

100

Bias:

100

Avg. Moon age:

22.68 days

Avg. Moon phase:

44.40%

Basic astrometry details

Astrometry.net job: 6669156

 

RA center: 02h33m00s.7

 

DEC center: +57°41′49″

 

Pixel scale: 1.709 arcsec/pixel

 

Orientation: 195.369 degrees

 

Field radius: 1.303 degrees

 

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Resolution: 3115x4522

 

File size: 16.6 MB

 

Data source: Backyard

M31-32-110

Col du Bavella (1200m), Corsica

 

Son tornato ieri, un po acciaccato, e con la tonsillite, ma la fatica di trasportarsi un po di attrezzatura ne è valsa la pena!

... in barba al popolo corso che è stato poco ospitale quest'anno, sarà perchè era agosto, sarà per il camper, sarà che li ho beccati quasi tutti stronzi, bo! Di sicuro, devo ringraziare gli amici camperisti di Genova e Milano che mi hanno tenuto compagnia durante quella notte :) Io ero armato solo di fiocina e avevo seriamente paura di Cinghiali, Maiali, Mucche e qualsivoglia essere dalle intenzioni belliche!

 

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I returned yesterday, a little bruised, and tonsillitis, but the effort to carry a bit of astro equipment it was worth it!

... despite the people of Corsica, which was very hospitable this year, maybe because it was August, it has been because the camping-car, will state that I met almost all assholes, dunno! Of course, I have to thank the Camping-New Friends from Genoa and Milan that have followed me during that night :) I was armed only with a spear and I had seriously fear of Boars, Pigs, Cows and whatever be the intentions of war!

 

Peace! <3 :)

 

Telescopi o obiettivi di acquisizione: Apo 70/420

Camere di acquisizione: Canon EOS 450D / Digital Rebel XSi

Montature: Sky-Watcher EQ6 Pro

Telescopi o obiettivi di guida: 80/600

Camere di guida: LVI Smartguider 2

Riduttori di focale: TecnoSky 0.8x flattener/reducer

Software: Luc Coiffier's Deep Sky Stacker, Adobe Lightroom 3

Filtri: Orion Skyglow 2" Filter

Date: 18 agosto 2012

Pose: Orion Skyglow 2" Filter: 19x480" ISO800

Integrazione: 2.5 ore

31x120s

TPO 10" RC, .63 reducer, ASI533MC-Pro, CGX, Orion Skyglow filter

Finally got a few minutes to look over the images from the amazing night on Friday. These were taken at the famous Dutch Barn outside Sixpenny Handley Dorset.

Imaging telescopes or lenses:Meade Starfinder 8

 

Imaging cameras:QHYCCD 163m

 

Mounts:Losmandy GM-8

 

Guiding telescopes or lenses:MEADE 50mm Finder Guidescope

 

Guiding cameras:ZWO ASI120MM

 

Software:Open Guiding PHD2 Guiding , Astro Pixel Processor , Adobe Photoshop CS4 Photoshop CS4

 

Filters:Orion SkyGlow Imaging Filter

 

Accessory:Baader MPCC coma corrector

 

Dates:Aug. 12, 2020

 

Frames: 300x60" bin 0x0

 

Integration: 5.0 hours

 

Avg. Moon age: 22.87 days

 

Avg. Moon phase: 42.33%

Basic astrometry details

 

Astrometry.net job: 3794534

 

RA center: 0h 42' 43"

 

DEC center: +41° 16' 51"

 

Pixel scale: 0.636 arcsec/pixel

 

Orientation: 27.118 degrees

 

Field radius: 0.555 degrees

 

Resolution: 5051x3731

 

Data source: Backyard

44x240s

ASI533MC, TPO 10" RC, AP .66 reducer, CGX, SkyGlow filter

Equipment

Imaging Telescopes Or Lenses

Apertura 6" f/5 Imaging Newtonian

Imaging Cameras

Canon EOS 500D / Rebel T1i / Kiss X3 (modified)

Mounts

Meade LX70

Filters

Baader Neodymium Moon & Skyglow 2"

Accessories

Baader 2" MPCC Mark III Newton Coma Corrector (2458400A)

Software

Adobe Photoshop · Astroberry Project Astroberry Server · Open PHD Guiding Project PHD2

Acquisition details

Dates:

Oct. 11, 2022

Frames:

137×120″(4h 34′)

Integration:

4h 34′

Avg. Moon age:

16.41 days

Avg. Moon phase:

96.97%

Basic astrometry details

Astrometry.net job: 6412265

 

RA center: 04h07m51s.8

 

DEC center: +62°20′09″

 

Pixel scale: 1.145 arcsec/pixel

 

Orientation: 256.524 degrees

 

Field radius: 0.913 degrees

 

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Resolution: 4757x3223

 

File size: 14.2 MB

 

Data source: Backyard

 

June 9, 2022 - South Central Nebraska US

 

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A Sultry Evening...

 

One my favorite things to do... Watch a ominous lighting intense storm come over the horizon. With continuous cloud to cloud lightning & a few cloud to ground strikes. This was one of those perfect photogenic Nebraska storms.

 

Severe warned right after sunset. Found an open spot to shoot just some incredible June storm photography for 2022!

 

*** Please NOTE and RESPECT the Copyright ***

 

Copyright 2022

Dale Kaminski @ NebraskaSC Photography

All Rights Reserved

 

This image may not be copied, reproduced, published or distributed in any medium without the expressed written permission of the copyright holder.

 

#ForeverChasing

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These clusters are often my "first light" for new or newly modded setups being bright and easy to find. It is interesting how they do look different through every setup.

 

Imaging telescopes or lenses:Orion 114mm F/4 newtonian

 

Imaging cameras:Canon T1i Full Spectrum

 

Mounts:Celestron CG-4 MotorDrive

 

Guiding telescopes or lenses:MEADE 50mm Finder Guidescope

 

Guiding cameras:ZWO ASI120MM

 

Software:Astro Pixel Processor , Adobe Photoshop CS4 Photoshop CS4

 

Filters:Orion SkyGlow Imaging Filter

 

Accessory:GSO 2" Coma Corrector

 

Dates:Sept. 3, 2020

 

Frames: 302x60"

 

Integration: 5.0 hours

 

Avg. Moon age: 15.95 days

 

Avg. Moon phase: 98.43%

Basic astrometry details

 

Astrometry.net job: 3822127

 

Resolution: 4836x3463

 

Data source: Backyard

First go with the Star Instruments Rich Field 6". Not too bad, a little abberation in the corners and the coma corrector spacing probably needs fine tuning, but a very respectable outcome for an F/3.8 scope that has been in someone's closet for the last 35 years.

 

On a side note: First time the gear got caught in a downpour. I have a DIY modded rain auto shutoff that killed the power and fortunately nothing was damaged! Ten + years in the rainy northwest and this was the first time. A spring thundercloud came out of nowhere..

 

Equipment

 

Imaging Telescopes Or Lenses

Star Instruments Rich Field 6"

Imaging Cameras

Canon EOS 450D / Rebel XSi / Kiss X2

Mounts

Celestron CG-4 MotorDrive

Filters

Orion SkyGlow Imaging Filter

Accessories

Raspberry PI 4B Astroberry · GSO 2" Coma Corrector · OnStep GoTo Controller

Software

Astro Pixel Processor · Adobe Photoshop CS4 Photoshop CS4

Guiding Telescopes Or Lenses

MEADE 50mm Finder Guidescope

Guiding Cameras

ZWO ASI120MM

 

Acquisition details

 

Dates:

May 8, 2022

Frames:

93x120" (3h 6')

Integration:

3h 6'

Avg. Moon age:

6.92 days

Avg. Moon phase:

45.07%

 

Basic astrometry details

 

Astrometry.net job: 5755227

 

RA center: 19h37m08s.2

 

DEC center: +46°20′20″

 

Pixel scale: 1.627 arcsec/pixel

 

Orientation: 319.681 degrees

 

Field radius: 1.066 degrees

 

Resolution: 2710x3861

 

Data source: Backyard

Up early cooking for Cinco de Mayo (King Ranch Casserole for the office) and processing last evenings pictures, great way to start the work week! Below is a quick star trails image from 263 individual shots from last evening. So far, 748 25-second shots with no meteors, I'll be setting up again tonight.

taken at the Gore Range Overlook, 12,000 feet above sea level, with www.flickr.com/photos/brb_photography/

Imaging telescopes or lenses: Meade Starfinder 8

 

Imaging cameras: QHYCCD 163m

 

Mounts: Losmandy GM-8

 

Guiding telescopes or lenses: MEADE 50mm Finder Guidescope

 

Guiding cameras: ZWO ASI120MM

 

Software: NINA Nighttime Imaging ‘N’ Astronomy · Open Guiding PHD2 Guiding · Astro Pixel Processor · Adobe Photoshop CS4 Photoshop CS4

 

Filters: Blue · Green · Red · Orion SkyGlow Imaging Filter

 

Accessory: Rigel Systems Focuser · Baader MPCC coma corrector

 

Dates:Nov. 7, 2020

 

Frames:

Blue: 60x60"

Green: 60x60"

Red: 60x60"

Orion SkyGlow Imaging Filter: 115x60" 0C

 

Integration: 4.9 hours

 

Darks: ~100

 

Bias: ~100

 

Avg. Moon age: 21.09 days

 

Avg. Moon phase: 61.12%

 

Bortle Dark-Sky Scale: 4.00

... when nature shows her beatiful colors :-)

10 frames each- 1/50th second and 2 seconds HDR combined

 

Imaging telescope or lens:Meade Starfinder 8

 

Imaging camera:Canon 450D modified baader) Canon baader modified dslr

 

Mount:Losmandy GM-8

 

Filter:Orion SkyGlow Imaging Filter

 

Resolution: 3414x3134

 

Date: Sept. 5, 2018

 

Frames: 20

 

Data source: Backyard

Telescope OTA: Celestron 8" Newtonian reflector, C8N

Mount: Celestron CGEM DX

Camera: Lum: Canon 350d mono, Color: Canon 450d

Exposure: Lum: 31x8min iso200, Color: 67x4min ISO 800

Filter: Astronomik CLS, Orion Skyglow imaging

Captured with BackyardEOS

Registered and stacked with DeepSkyStacker

Photographed from Round Rock TX (Orange zone)

30x300s

ASI071MC-Cool, WO SpaceCat 51, CGX, Skyglow filter

Immagine realizzata in collaborazione con Giuliano Monti (www.tecnosky.it) coautore che ha gentilmente concesso tutta la strumentazione, lol, io ho messo solo la camera eos e due birre ♥

 

Telescopi o obiettivi di acquisizione: GSO RC12

Montature: SkyWatcher AZ EQ6 GT

Camere di guida: Starlight Xpress Lodestar

Software: DeepSkyStacker, Adobe Lightroom 3, Noel Carboni's Astro Tools for PhotoShop

Filtri: Orion SkyGlow 2" Imaging Filter

Accessori: Tecnosky Guida fuori asse-OAG

Date: 30 luglio 2013

Luoghi: Fubine (AL)

Pose:

Orion SkyGlow 2" Imaging Filter: 7x480" ISO1600 1C bin 1x1

Orion SkyGlow 2" Imaging Filter: 4x600" ISO1600 1C bin 1x1

Orion SkyGlow 2" Imaging Filter: 1x780" ISO1600 1C bin 1x1

Integrazione: 1.8 ore

Dark: ~21

Flat: ~24

Scala del Cielo Scuro Bortle: 3.00

Temperatura: 17.00

 

[edit: reprocessed]

 

Ho usato solo lo spianatore con il 102 a 700mm, sono molto contento del campo ai bordi :) ma si sono generati due strani flare che erano già comparsi con la foto delle Pleiadi di settembre, chiaramente non ho la benchè minima idea di cosa la generi, forse il filtro skyglow, nelle due foto ho usato due spianatori differenti..

Vabbèè

 

Telescopi o obiettivi di acquisizione: 102ED

Camere di acquisizione: Canon EOS 450D / Digital Rebel XSi / Kiss X2

Montature: Sky-Watcher EQ6 Pro

Telescopi o obiettivi di guida: 80/600

Camere di guida: LVI Smartguider 2

Riduttori di focale: Tecnosky Spianatore 2"

Software: DeepSkyStacker, Adobe Lightroom 3

Filtri: Orion Skyglow 2" Filter

Luoghi: Cossombrato (AT)

Pose: 15x600"

Integrazione: 2.5 ore

Giorno lunare medio: 6.18 giorni

Fase lunare media: 37.30%

Centro AR: 05:40:32.709

Centro DEC: -02:20:15.945

Campionamento: 4.98 arcsec/pixel

Orientazione: 125.66 gradi

Larghezza del campo: 1.77 gradi

Altezza del campo: 1.18 gradi

My first "color with a filter wheel and mono camera" image. Its a different process and I still have some bugs, but am happy that the basics are now in place.

 

Maybe its just because I'm old enough to remember when a motor on the RA drive was pretty high tech, but it was a thrill to have the coordination between filter wheel, focuser, and camera actually work...all while the autoguider hummed away.

 

Note PGC 2293562 seven o'clock of the cluster. I'm taking it as a personal triumph that I not only got a 17.3 magnitude galaxy, but that the spiral arms are actually visible...

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Imaging telescopes or lenses:Meade Starfinder 8

 

Imaging cameras:QHYCCD 163m

 

Mounts:Losmandy GM-8

 

Guiding telescopes or lenses:MEADE 50mm Finder Guidescope

 

Guiding cameras:ZWO ASI120MM

 

Software:Open Guiding PHD2 Guiding , Astro Pixel Processor , Adobe Photoshop CS4 Photoshop CS4

 

Filters:UV/IR Cut Filter UV/IR-Cut 1.25"

 

Accessory:Baader MPCC coma corrector

 

Dates:Aug. 24, 2020 , Aug. 25, 2020

 

Frames:

Blue: 60x60" (gain: 120.00) 0C

Green: 60x60"

Red: 60x60"

Orion SkyGlow Imaging Filter: 300x60" (gain: 120.00) 0C

UV/IR Cut Filter UV/IR-Cut 1.25": 120x60"

 

Integration: 10.0 hours

 

Darks: ~200

 

Bias: ~200

 

Avg. Moon age: 6.57 days

 

Avg. Moon phase: 41.50%

 

Bortle Dark-Sky Scale: 4.00

Basic astrometry details

 

Astrometry.net job: 3801873

 

Resolution: 3328x4625

 

Data source: Backyard

Equipment

Imaging Telescopes Or Lenses

Celestron EdgeHD 8" · Meade Starfinder 8 f/6 Newtonian OTA

Imaging Cameras

QHYCCD QHY163M · ZWO ASI1600MM

Mounts

Losmandy GM8 / GM8G · Vixen GPDX

Filters

Astronomik H-alpha CCD 12nm 2" · Baader Neodymium Moon & Skyglow 2" · SVBony OIII 7nm 2"

Accessories

Baader 2" MPCC Mark III Newton Coma Corrector (2458400A) · Celestron 0.7X Reducer EdgeHD800 (94242) · OnStep Telescope Mount Goto Controller · Rigel Systems Stepper motor

Software

Adobe Photoshop · Aries Productions Astro Pixel Processor (APP) · Open PHD Guiding Project PHD2 · Stefan Berg Nighttime Imaging 'N' Astronomy (N.I.N.A. / NINA)

  

Acquisition details

Dates:

Sept. 24, 2022 · Oct. 3, 2022

Frames:

Astronomik H-alpha CCD 12nm 2": 55×120″(1h 50′) bin 2×2

Baader Neodymium Moon & Skyglow 2": 41×120″(1h 22′) -10°C bin 2×2

SVBony OIII 7nm 2": 137×120″(4h 34′) bin 2×2

Integration:

7h 46′

Darks:

100

Bias:

100

Avg. Moon age:

18.03 days

Avg. Moon phase:

28.95%

Basic astrometry details

Astrometry.net job: 6991030

 

RA center: 05h34m30s.0

 

DEC center: +22°01′30″

 

Pixel scale: 0.641 arcsec/pixel

 

Orientation: 191.471 degrees

 

Field radius: 0.521 degrees

 

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Resolution: 4676x3533

 

File size: 16.5 MB

 

Data source: Backyard

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grazie ad Ale ed a Edo, per l'ospitalita', l'assistenza e la compagnia!! :) un bel regalo di compleanno ragassi!

 

Telescopi o obiettivi di acquisizione: APO Triplet 130/910 mm

Camere di acquisizione: Canon / CentralDS EOS Astro 50D

Montature: Sky-Watcher EQ6 Pro

Telescopi o obiettivi di guida: 80/600

Camere di guida: lacerta mgen2

Riduttori di focale: Flattener 2"

Software: DeepSkyStacker, Adobe Lightroom 3, Noel Carboni's Astro Tools for PhotoShop

Filtri: Orion SkyGlow 2" Imaging Filter

Risoluzione: 1600x1066

Date: 07 giugno 2013, 08 giugno 2013

Luoghi: Refrancore

Pose:

Orion SkyGlow 2" Imaging Filter: 10x240" ISO1600 bin 1x1

Orion SkyGlow 2" Imaging Filter: 18x360" ISO1600 bin 1x1

Integrazione: 2.5 ore

Dark: ~12

Flat: ~20

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