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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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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!
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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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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!
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Dale Kaminski @ NebraskaSC Photography
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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
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
Last week an absolutely stellar aurora show erupted over the lower 48 states bringing the Northern Lights as far South as Oklahoma! During this, a rare STEVE made an appearance over the night skies and danced with our very own Milky Way Galaxy. STEVE is short for Strong Thermal Emission Velocity Enhancement and isn't an aurora but a "skyglow" created by heated and shining particles in the ionosphere. Out of the now dozens of times I have seen aurora, this is my first time capturing a STEVE and seeing it with my eyes. I was fortunate enough to capture the whole arc in a huge panorama with the Milky Way!
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.
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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
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)
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
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
The Milky Way and Summer triangle are seen from the dark skies of Penn Roosevelt State Park in Central Pennsylvania. A small area of green skyglow can be seen to the left of the photo.
A panorama of the Kp5 level aurora seen October 24-25, 2019 from home in a panorama across the north. The aurora always appeared as a diffuse glow and arc without much structure or motion this night, though the patchy clouds didn’t help! But it shows how a bright aurora can shine through the clouds. And this illustrates the difference between the aurora borealis and “aurora commercialis!” — the urban sky glows.
The light pollution from Calgary and Strathmore to the west light the sky yellow at left. Orion and the winter stars are rising at right. Polaris is left of centre at top. Deneb and Vega are in the northwest at left.
This is a 6-segment panorama with the 15mm Venus Optics lens at f/2 and Sony a7III at ISO 1600 for 20 seconds each. Stitched with Adobe Camera Raw.
This tiny companion galaxy to our Milky Way, as others have said, is more like a faint loose open cluster (most apparent slightly 11'oclock of center. The galaxy probably fills most of this FOV). As one article put it :
"The Draco galaxy is far too faint and spread out to see even through a telescope. "
In fact both my usual plantarium programs didn't even have it, so I had to rig a wifi connection to SkySafari and plate solve that I was in the right place. I probably needed a LOT more exposure, but the clouds are back.
Color is actually from awhile back from one of those nights the clouds rolled in and cut the imaging session short.
Equipment
Imaging Telescopes Or Lenses
Meade Starfinder 8
Imaging Cameras
ZWO ASI1600 cooled mono
Mounts
Losmandy GM-8
Filters
Orion SkyGlow Imaging Filter · Blue · Green · Red
Accessories
Baader MPCC coma corrector · OnStep GoTo Controller · Rigel Systems Focuser
Software
PHD2 Guiding · Nighttime Imaging ‘N’ Astronomy · Astro Pixel Processor · Adobe Photoshop CS4 Photoshop CS4
Guiding Telescopes Or Lenses
Svbony 60mm guidescope
Guiding Cameras
ZWO ASI120MM
Acquisition details
Dates:
April 19, 2022
Frames:
Blue: 30x120" (1h) bin 2x2
Green: 30x120" (1h) bin 2x2
Orion SkyGlow Imaging Filter: 123x120" (4h 6') -10°C bin 2x2
Red: 30x120" (1h) bin 2x2
Integration:
7h 6'
Darks:
100
Bias:
100
Avg. Moon age:
17.76 days
Avg. Moon phase:
90.16%
Basic astrometry details
Astrometry.net job: 5692336
RA center: 17h20m15s.6
DEC center: +58°02′27″
Pixel scale: 0.641 arcsec/pixel
Orientation: 186.523 degrees
Field radius: 0.519 degrees
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Resolution: 4655x3506
Data source: Backyard
June 9, 2022 - South Central Nebraska US
Prints Available...Click Here
All Images are also available for...
stock photography & non exclusive licensing...
Storm Chasing Video from night on Flickr Click Here
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
#NebraskaSC
Constellation: Lyra (Lyr) · Contains: M 56 · NGC 6779
Equipment
Imaging Telescopes Or Lenses
Meade Starfinder 8
Imaging Cameras
ZWO ASI1600 cooled mono
Mounts
Losmandy GM-8
Filters
Orion SkyGlow Imaging Filter · Blue · Green · Red
Accessories
Baader MPCC coma corrector · OnStep GoTo Controller · Rigel Systems Focuser
Software
PHD2 Guiding · Nighttime Imaging ‘N’ Astronomy · Astro Pixel Processor · Adobe Photoshop CS4 Photoshop CS4
Guiding Telescopes Or Lenses
Svbony 60mm guidescope
Guiding Cameras
ZWO ASI120MM
Acquisition details
Dates:
May 20, 2022
Frames:
Blue: 30x120" (1h)
Green: 30x120" (1h)
Orion SkyGlow Imaging Filter: 69x120" (2h 18') f/5 -10°C bin 2x2
Red: 30x120" (1h) bin 2x2
Integration:
5h 18'
Darks:
100
Flats:
50
Bias:
100
Avg. Moon age:
19.70 days
Avg. Moon phase:
74.89%
Bortle Dark-Sky Scale:
4.00
Basic astrometry details
Astrometry.net job: 5795417
RA center: 19h16m24s.10
DEC center: +30°10′48″
Pixel scale: 0.640 arcsec/pixel
Orientation: 280.142 degrees
Field radius: 0.518 degrees
Resolution: 3438x4710
Data source: Backyard
The Rosette Nebula (NGC 2237) with the beautiful open cluster NGC 2244 at its center. This is a stellar nursery about 5500 light years away in the constellation Monoceros. This image was shot from my driveway in Austin, Texas, under a Bortle 6-7 light dome. RedCat 51 f/4.9 250 mm telescope, Baader UV/Skyglow filter, and ZWO ASI533 MC Pro camera. Capture controlled by a ZSO ASIAIR on a Sky-Watcher ZA EQ5 Pro mount with a ZWO mini guide scope and camera
26 3 minute sub exposures for a total of 78 minutes total exposure at unity gain and -10C. Clouds, thin and thick, spoiled most of the 3 hours of exposures taken. Images stacked and processed in PixInsight, and Topaz DeNoise, with final crop and exposure in Photoshop.
Imaging telescopes or lenses:Astro Tech AT66ED
Imaging cameras:QHYCCD 163C
Mounts:Celestron CG-4 MotorDrive
Guiding telescopes or lenses:MEADE 50mm Finder Guidescope
Guiding cameras:ZWO ASI120MM
Focal reducers:Astro Tech 0.8x Reducer/Flattener
Software:Open Guiding PHD2 Guiding , Astro Pixel Processor , Adobe Photoshop CS4 Photoshop CS4
Filters:Orion SkyGlow Imaging Filter
Dates:Sept. 8, 2020
Frames:Orion SkyGlow Imaging Filter: 250x60" 0C
Integration: 4.2 hours
Avg. Moon age: 20.43 days
Avg. Moon phase: 67.88%
Resolution: 3771x5015
Data source: Backyard
Walt Disney World
The Magic Kingdom
New Fantasyland
I found the New Fantasyland difficult to photograph, especially at night. It seems that the “big” icons/landmarks (Beast’s Castle, King Triton’s Castle, the statue of Gaston) have extremely harsh blue lighting that camera sensors (at least my camera’s sensor) have a difficult time taming. Not helping while I was down there was the amount of moisture in the sky which, reflecting lights from the ground, produced some really funky sky colors (skyglow). In a couple of instances, like this shot, that worked to my advantage. In most cases however, it just caused problems in post. So I’m now anxious to get back down there for another crack at photographing the New Fantasyland because I feel the deck was stacked against me back in December.
On the beach at Mustang Island looking out into the Gulf of Mexico. Sky-glow illuminated from behind camera viewpoint, source the distant lights of Corpus Christi. The lights on the horizon are offshore oil platforms and oil tankers. Nikon D810 with a Nikon AF-S Nikkor 14-24 lens.
We've had some fantastic weather...during the day. Right at sunset the clouds roll in, so this is the first image in awhile. One of my favorite star clusters that I come back to each year.
Equipment
Imaging Telescopes Or Lenses
Astro-Tech AT66ED · Meade Starfinder 8 f/6 Newtonian OTA
Imaging Cameras
QHYCCD QHY163C · ZWO ASI1600MM
Mounts
Losmandy GM8 / GM8G · Meade LX70
Filters
Baader Neodymium Moon & Skyglow 2"
Accessories
Astro-Tech .8x Reducer/Field Flattener · 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
Frames:
Baader Neodymium Moon & Skyglow 2": 110×120″(3h 40′)
Baader Neodymium Moon & Skyglow 2": 130×60″(2h 10′)
Integration:
5h 50′
Resolution: 3332x4568
File size: 16.9 MB
Data source: Backyard
28x30sec at ISO 12800
180mm f/4
Nikon D750
Clear sky, no moon, new camera, and news of a comet in Taurus -- who cares if it's a little cold out there....
Posted to Slider's Sunday, even though the post-processing is relatively mild by that group's standards. In particular, let me emphasize that Lovejoy and the Pleiades really did share this little section of the sky. But posted to SS because it used a new (to me) color processing strategy.
Averaged the multiple (28) images in DeepSkyStacker, and imported the result into the Gimp, along with -- and this was the innovation -- an extra copy of the last exposure as a new layer. I roughly white-balanced out the skyglow in the new layer, smoothed it, bumped up the contrast (which has the effect of increasing saturation), and made this the "color" layer to emphasize the actual green and blue colors of the comet and stars.
The Triangulum Galaxy is a spiral galaxy approximately 3 million light years (ly) from Earth in the constellation Triangulum. It is catalogued as Messier 33 or NGC 598, and s the third-largest member of the Local Group of galaxies, which includes the Milky Way, the Andromeda Galaxy and about 44 other smaller galaxies.
With a diameter of about 50,000 light years, the Triangulum galaxy is the third largest member of the Local Group of galaxies. It may be a gravitationally bound companion of the Andromeda Galaxy Triangulum may be home to 40 billion stars, compared to 400 billion for the Milky Way, and 1 trillion (1000 billion) stars for Andromeda. from wiki
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autori: xamad e Valentina Saltarelli (stoica amazzone alla sua prima impresa astrofotografica al gelo ♥)
Telescopio: APO Triplet 130/910 mm
Camere di acquisizione: Canon / CentralDS EOS Astro 50D
Montature: Sky-Watcher EQ6 Pro
Telescopio guida: 80/600
Camere di guida: lacerta mgen2
Riduttori di focale: Flattener 2"
Software: DeepSkyStacker, Adobe Lightroom 3, Silicon Fields StarTools 1.3, Noel Carboni's Astro Tools for PhotoShop
Filtri: Orion SkyGlow 2" Imaging Filter
Date: 25 novembre 2013
Pose:
Orion SkyGlow 2" Imaging Filter: 10x480" ISO1000 -16C bin 1x1
Orion SkyGlow 2" Imaging Filter: 5x180" ISO2500 -16C bin 1x1
Orion SkyGlow 2" Imaging Filter: 10x360" ISO2500 -16C bin 1x1
Integrazione: 2.6 ore
Dark: ~20
Flat: ~20
Fase lunare media: 57.79%
Scala del Cielo Scuro Bortle: 3.00
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!
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SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA -- San Franciso and the Golden Gate Bridge, seen from the Marin Headlands. Even though a relatively "green" city in a state that pays attention to night lighting, San Francisco is largely not different than an large urban area and puts out a lot of light into the night, creating a night light environment of its own.