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A quick gather of photons before the full moon got too high.

Imaging telescope or lens:Astro Tech AT66ED

 

Imaging camera:Canon T1i Full Spectrum

 

Mount:Celestron CG-4 MotorDrive

 

Guiding telescope or lens:MEADE 50mm Finder Guidescope

 

Guiding camera:ZWO ASI120MM

 

Focal reducer:Astro Tech 0.8x Reducer/Flattener

 

Software:DeepSky Stacker (DSS) DSS 3.3.2, Auriga Imaging RegiStar, Open Guiding PHD2 Guiding, Adobe Photoshop CS4 Photoshop CS4 , Stark Labs Nebulosity Nebulosity 2.1.2

 

Filter:Orion SkyGlow Imaging Filter

 

Resolution: 7386x5424

 

Dates:March 3, 2019

 

Frames: 120x70"

 

Integration: 2.3 hours

 

Avg. Moon age: 26.71 days

 

Avg. Moon phase: 8.75%

 

Astrometry.net job: 2583662

 

RA center: 86.147 degrees

 

DEC center: -1.294 degrees

 

Pixel scale: 2.963 arcsec/pixel

 

Orientation: 80.865 degrees

 

Field radius: 3.771 degrees

 

Data source: Backyard

Imaging telescope or lens:Astro Tech AT66ED

 

Imaging camera:Canon 500D Canon T1i

 

Mount:Celestron CG-4 MotorDrive

 

Guiding telescope or lens:MEADE 50mm Finder Guidescope

 

Guiding camera:ZWO ASI120MM

 

Focal reducer:Astro Tech 0.8x Reducer/Flattener

 

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

 

Filter:Orion SkyGlow Imaging Filter

 

Resolution: 3055x2737

 

Dates:Sept. 2, 2019

 

Frames: 26x60"

 

Integration: 0.4 hours

 

Avg. Moon age: 3.55 days

 

Avg. Moon phase: 13.61%

 

Astrometry.net job: 2926433

 

Data source: Backyard

This is from a summer Milky Way shoot along the historic Apache Trail, Arizona. Taken on a side road, I was not in any danger!

 

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Imaging telescopes or lenses:Astro Tech AT66ED

 

Imaging cameras:Canon 500D Canon T1i

 

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

 

Filters:Orion SkyGlow Imaging Filter

 

Dates:June 26, 2020

 

Frames: 127x60"

 

Integration: 2.1 hours

 

Avg. Moon age: 5.41 days

 

Avg. Moon phase: 29.58%

Basic astrometry details

 

Astrometry.net job: 3641843

 

Resolution: 3717x5374

 

Data source: Backyard

Over 40 petroglyph sites have been recorded in this area, but most of these sites are small with only a few dozen petroglyphs. The Painted Rock Site is the largest known site with close to 1000 images. The Native American Hohokam people once lived and farmed in this area from ~ 350 -1400 C.E.

Even under half moonlight, and eventually complete darkness... this place is incredible. I'm glad it's being preserved. If you visit, please be respectful.

 

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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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Imaging telescope or lens:Takumar 55mm

 

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

 

Mount:IOptron Skytracker pro

 

Software:Astro Pixel Processor, Adobe Photoshop CS4 Photoshop CS4

 

Filter:Orion SkyGlow Imaging Filter

 

Resolution: 4280x3067

 

Dates:March 18, 2020, March 19, 2020

 

Frames:

144x56" ISO800

80x60"

 

Integration: 3.6 hours

 

Darks: ~75

 

Bias: ~75

 

Avg. Moon age: 24.64 days

 

Avg. Moon phase: 24.85%

 

Bortle Dark-Sky Scale: 4.00

 

Astrometry.net job: 3336132

 

Data source: Backyard

24 exposures, Mosaic of 12w x 2h x 15 seconds @ f2.0. Samyang 24mm f1.4 lens. Blue Mesa Reservoir Colorado. Stitched in Lightroom CC.

L:34x100s

RGB:17x100s each

Meade 12" SCT at F10, ASI 1600mm-Cool, CGX, SkyGlow filter

NGC 1342 in Perseus

 

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

 

Filters:Orion SkyGlow Imaging Filter

 

Dates:Sept. 27, 2020

 

Frames: 181x120"

 

Integration: 6.0 hours

 

Avg. Moon age: 10.74 days

 

Avg. Moon phase: 82.75%

Basic astrometry details

 

Astrometry.net job: 3910146

 

Resolution: 3670x4873

 

Data source: Backyard

Description

 

Subs were from a "moon" night , but was the last night out since then (smoke and bad weather) so thought I'd go ahead and process it. Its not bad, but I do wish I could have gotten a bit more of the dust in the background.

Imaging telescope or lens:Astro Tech AT66ED

 

Imaging camera:Canon T1i Full Spectrum

 

Mount:Celestron CG-4 MotorDrive

 

Focal reducer:Astro Tech 0.8x Reducer/Flattener

 

Software:DeepSky Stacker (DSS) DSS 3.3.2, Adobe Photoshop CS4 Photoshop CS4 , Stark Labs Nebulosity Nebulosity 2.1.2

 

Filter:Orion SkyGlow Imaging Filter

 

Resolution: 6667x9609

 

Dates:Nov. 7, 2018

 

Frames:Orion SkyGlow Imaging Filter: 221x60" ISO1600

 

Integration: 3.7 hours

 

Darks: ~50

 

Bias: ~50

 

Avg. Moon age: 29.36 days

 

Avg. Moon phase: 0.03%

 

Bortle Dark-Sky Scale: 4.00

 

Astrometry.net job: 2361868

 

Data source: Backyard

Realizing that I was pretty extremely over sampled, this round I tried binning 2x2..which still left me at about 1.2 arc seconds a pixel, far better than my seeing.

 

The result: Despite having only a few frames to work with (clouded over) the outcome is far better- cleaner per sub, more forgiving of small guiding errors, and I didn't loose any detail.

 

I'm looking forward to a full night with this new approach!

 

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 · Astro Pixel Processor · Adobe Photoshop CS4 Photoshop CS4

 

Filters: Orion SkyGlow Imaging Filter

 

Accessory: Rigel Systems Focuser · Baader MPCC coma corrector

 

Dates:Feb. 9, 2021

 

Frames:

Orion SkyGlow Imaging Filter: 50x5" bin 2x2

Orion SkyGlow Imaging Filter: 40x60" (gain: 120.00) -10C bin 2x2

 

Integration: 0.7 hours

 

Darks: ~100

 

Bias: ~100

 

Avg. Moon age: 27.20 days

 

Avg. Moon phase: 6.02%

 

Bortle Dark-Sky Scale: 4.00

 

Temperature: 28.00

Basic astrometry details

 

Astrometry.net job: 4215519

 

Resolution: 2521x1913

 

Data source: Backyard

I have always found NGC 2304 a real challenge from my suburban backyard. With no stars brighter than 12th magnitude and comprising an area of only 3 arcminutes it is easily overwhelmed by suburban skyglow.

 

The morning of January 21st, after the moon had set, the sky was as transparent as it gets above my deck. NGC 2304 appeared with some effort in the eyepiece at a magnification of 84x as an amorphous uniform ghostly glow. At 182x a half-dozen faint stars flickered in and out of existence.

 

Finding the location of NGC 2304 is easier than seeing it in a semi-light-polluted sky. It rests approximately halfway between Althena (Gamma Geminorium) and Mekbuda (Zeta Geminorium) in the constellation of the Twins. I had on previous occasions looked for this tiny cluster from my backyard and had, until this morning, always failed to locate it using the 155mm refractor. Sometimes persistence pays off.

 

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The Moon and Venus in this mornings sky 03/28/22. Mars and Saturn were also present but I got up a little late and the dawn sky had already brightened enough that they were lost in skyglow.

questa volta quasi ci siamo :D c'e' ancora un po di rumore ma ne ho approfittato per fare un po di esperienza con il layer masking. In questa versione ho trashato gli scatti con l'idas e riciclato altri scatti fatti nel 2011.

 

Telescopi o obiettivi di acquisizione: 102ED f/7

Camere di acquisizione: Canon / CentralDS EOS Astro 50D, Canon EOS 50D

Montature: Sky-Watcher EQ6 Pro, Sky-Watcher HEQ5

Telescopi o obiettivi di guida: 80/600

Camere di guida: LVI Smartguider 2, LVI Smartguider 1

Riduttori di focale: Flattener 2", 0.8X flattener/reducer

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

Filtri: Orion SkyGlow 2" Imaging Filter

Risoluzione: 853x1280

Date: 23 settembre 2011, 01 ottobre 2011, 05 dicembre 2012

Luoghi: Pian Munè, Fubine (AL), Saint Barthelemy (AO)

Pose:

Orion SkyGlow 2" Imaging Filter: 14x400" ISO1600 -17C bin 1x1

Orion SkyGlow 2" Imaging Filter: 13x150" ISO800 bin 1x1

Orion SkyGlow 2" Imaging Filter: 25x180" ISO800 bin 1x1

Integrazione: 3.3 ore

Dark: ~20

Flat: ~20

Giorno lunare medio: 16.39 giorni

Fase lunare media: 36.57%

Scala del Cielo Scuro Bortle: 2.00

Temperatura: -2.00

Centro AR: 05:35:23.384

Centro DEC: -05:18:10.302

Campionamento: 5.60 arcsec/pixel

Orientazione: -175.49 gradi

Larghezza del campo: 1.33 gradi

Altezza del campo: 1.99 gradi

A couple years since my last attempt and I am reminded how small this is and difficult to get any detail, but a somewhat better attempt than last time.

 

LHO, color mapped HOO

 

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

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:

Aug. 8, 2022 · Aug. 9, 2022

Frames:

Astronomik H-alpha CCD 12nm 2": 140×120″(4h 40′) bin 2×2

Baader Neodymium Moon & Skyglow 2": 141×120″(4h 42′) bin 2×2

Baader Neodymium Moon & Skyglow 2": 163×120″(5h 26′) -10°C bin 2×2

SVBony OIII 7nm 2": 69×120″(2h 18′) bin 2×2

Integration:

17h 6′

Darks:

100

Bias:

100

Avg. Moon age:

11.24 days

Avg. Moon phase:

86.30%

Basic astrometry details

Astrometry.net job: 6881484

 

RA center: 01h42m47s.8

 

DEC center: +51°34′40″

 

Pixel scale: 0.641 arcsec/pixel

 

Orientation: 94.769 degrees

 

Field radius: 0.396 degrees

 

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Resolution: 2636x3584

 

File size: 8.6 MB

 

Data source: Backyard

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. 4, 2020 , Sept. 5, 2020

 

Frames:

200x60"

229x60" 0C

 

Integration: 7.2 hours

 

Darks: ~200

 

Bias: ~100

 

Avg. Moon age: 17.30 days

 

Avg. Moon phase: 92.69%

 

Bortle Dark-Sky Scale: 4.00

Basic astrometry details

 

Astrometry.net job: 3826529

 

RA center: 1h 42' 58"

 

DEC center: +61° 10' 12"

 

Pixel scale: 2.407 arcsec/pixel

 

Orientation: 36.417 degrees

 

Field radius: 1.986 degrees

 

Resolution: 4723x3602

 

Data source: Backyard

This photo of the Pleiades open star cluster was captured over a few nights last fall. Although this is considered a relatively easy target to capture, I wasn’t sure how this image would come out. To my surprise, and thanks to a bortle class 4 sky, I was able to capture the star cluster as well as the interstellar dust (grayish brown) around it.

In Japan, the Pleiades star cluster is known as Subaru and was chosen as the brand name of Subaru automobiles. If you look closely at the Subaru logo you can see 6 of the 7 bright stars within the reflection nebula (blue).

 

Clear skies and thanks for viewing!

 

About the Photo:

The Pleiades star cluster, also known as the Seven Sisters (Messier 45) can be found in the constellation of Taurus. The Pleiades is made up of more than 800 stars and is located about 410 light-years from Earth. Several of the bright stars that make up the cluster appear surrounded by intricate blue filaments of light. This nebulosity is the result of starlight scattering (reflecting) off minute grains of interstellar dust in the vicinity. This known as a reflection nebula, which is typically blue in color.

 

A light pollution filter was used to collect the data for this image. Light pollution filters selectively reduce the transmission of wavelengths of light produced by artificial lights including mercury vapor lamps, both high and low pressure sodium vapor lights and skyglow.

 

Equipment and Settings:

Camera: ZWO ASI294MC Pro

Gain: Unity

Telescope: WO Redcat 51 f/4.9

Guide Scope: ZWO 30mm f/4 Mini

Guide Camera: ZWO ASI290MM Mini

Tracker: iOptron Skyguider Pro

Filter: Optolong L-Pro

 

Exposures: 114 X 240sec

Total Integration Time: 7.6 hours

 

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30x300s

ASI071MC-Cool, Skywatcher ED120, 0.8 reducer, Skyglow filter, CGX

L:15x200s

RGB: 10x200s each

CGX, ASI178mm-Cool, Orion 8" Astrograph, SkyGlow filter

In June I was shoothing several Milky Way exposures from Devils Garden Campground in Arches NP.

 

Each exposure was 25s @ ISO 6400 to keep the stars round. Now, just for the fun of it, I stacked them in order to get some startrails.

 

The result quite surprised me...

 

You can find the corresponding Milky Way still here: flic.kr/p/uKCNo1

30x120s

ED80, 0.8 reducer, ASI533MC-Pro, AVX, Orion Skyglow filter

wiki

 

:) questa luna nuova ci siam tolti un po di soddisfazioni, ma nonostante cio' siam riusciti a prendere 3 fantozziate serate a vuoto su 5 :\ sob!

 

Telescopi o obiettivi di acquisizione: Orion 8" Ritchey-Chretien

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

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

Filtri: Orion SkyGlow 2" Imaging Filter

Risoluzione: 1280x853

Date: 10 febbraio 2013

Pose: Orion SkyGlow 2" Imaging Filter: 8x850" ISO1600 -21C bin 1x1

Integrazione: 1.9 ore

Dark: ~21

Flat: ~21

Giorno lunare medio: 29.20 giorni

Fase lunare media: 0.12%

Scala del Cielo Scuro Bortle: 3.00

Temperatura: -7.00

Milky Way passes over downtown Los Angeles Freeway 2014. Photo by Nathaniel Smith. Composite Star Shot Harun Mehmedinovic www.SkyglowProject.com

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:) in tre notti di fila ho dormito 3 ore a notte, sono sfatto ma contento di aver provato il nuovo tubetto un po' di piu'

grazie al meteo, semiclemente, a Giuliano per l'ospitalità e agli amici che si sono susseguiti nelle tre nottate

 

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, photoshop, Adobe Lightroom 3, Noel Carboni's Astro Tools for PhotoShop

Risoluzione: 1600x1066

Date: 13 maggio 2013, 14 maggio 2013

Pose:

Orion SkyGlow 2" Imaging Filter: 21x300" ISO1600 -6C bin 1x1

Orion SkyGlow 2" Imaging Filter: 16x400" ISO1600 -6C bin 1x1

Integrazione: 3.5 ore

Dark: ~42

Flat: ~22

Temperatura: 10.00

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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Imaging telescope or lens:Astro Tech AT66ED

 

Imaging camera:Canon T1i Full Spectrum

 

Mount:Celestron CG-4 MotorDrive

 

Guiding telescope or lens:MEADE 50mm Finder Guidescope

 

Guiding camera:ZWO ASI120MM

 

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

 

Resolution: 4853x3491

 

Dates:March 18, 2020, March 19, 2020

 

Frames:Orion SkyGlow Imaging Filter: 568x60" ISO1600

 

Integration: 9.5 hours

 

Darks: ~100

 

Bias: ~100

 

Avg. Moon age: 24.64 days

 

Avg. Moon phase: 24.85%

 

Bortle Dark-Sky Scale: 4.00

 

Data source: Backyard

Taken during heavy moonlight (bad skyglow etc.)

 

27x300s @ ISO800 light

10x300s @ ISO800 dark

60x1/4s @ ISO800 flat

120x1/8000s @ ISO800 bias

Tonight's moon from Weatherly, PA, 2.3 days old. Earth glow photo taken with 400mm lens, inset photo using a 12" Meade telescope.

  

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:

Jan. 28, 2023

Frames:

Baader Neodymium Moon & Skyglow 2": 32×30″(16′) bin 2×2

Meade Blue 2": 5×30″(2′ 30″) bin 3×3

Meade Green 2": 5×30″(2′ 30″) bin 3×3

Meade Red 2": 5×30″(2′ 30″) bin 3×3

Integration:

23′ 30″

Avg. Moon age:

7.23 days

Avg. Moon phase:

48.39%

Basic astrometry details

Astrometry.net job: 7080139

 

Resolution: 3081x4586

 

File size: 10.8 MB

 

Data source: Backyard

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Taken from atop Mt. Lemmon in late June, which is over 9000 ft. I went for a more fine art/minimalistic approach to this one which was more labor intensive than I realized. I wanted to try and capture how HOT is was on the desert floor, and how COLD it was atop the mountain (the color fade). There was roughly a 40 degree difference, which was much welcomed!

  

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A healthy cut of Center Flow hoppers reflect the glow of the sky shortly after sunset. Ahead, a clear block awaits the train as it approaches North Bend, NE.

35x100s

ASI071MC-Cool, Orion 250mm Newt, CGX, Skyglow filter.

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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!

 

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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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Imaging telescopes or lenses:Meade Starfinder 8

 

Imaging cameras:Canon T1i Full Spectrum

 

Mounts:Losmandy GM-8

 

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:Baader MPCC coma corrector

 

Dates:July 18, 2020

 

Frames: 121x30" bin 0x0

 

Integration: 1.0 hours

 

Avg. Moon age: 27.26 days

 

Avg. Moon phase: 5.72%

Basic astrometry details

 

Astrometry.net job: 3700142

 

RA center: 1h 19' 45"

 

DEC center: +58° 16' 51"

 

Pixel scale: 0.795 arcsec/pixel

 

Orientation: 198.961 degrees

 

Field radius: 0.658 degrees

 

Resolution: 4796x3537

 

Data source: Backyard

The last slither of the sun peeks out from behind one of the hills in the Peak District as it sets on 28/06/2018. The long lingering orange glow lasts for ages in mid summer here in the UK.

Riveduta e corretta, questa volta ho usato due filtri, 13 scatti con un broadband skyglow della orion e 5 scatti con un H-Alpha 35nm baader

 

"The Orion Nebula (also known as Messier 42, M42, or NGC 1976) is a diffuse nebula situated south[b] of Orion's Belt. It is one of the brightest nebulae, and is visible to the naked eye in the night sky. M42 is located at a distance of 1,344 ± 20 light years and is the closest region of massive star formation to Earth. The M42 nebula is estimated to be 24 light years across. Older texts frequently referred to the Orion Nebula as the Great Nebula in Orion or the Great Orion Nebula." fonte wiki

 

Ho utilizzato un rifrattore ED Apo da 102mm con riduttore spianatore a f/5.5, 1 ora e 39 di posa totali, stack di 17 scatti a tempi variabili (max 7 minuti) con Filtro Broadband Skyglow Orion, 5 scatti con Filtro H-Alpha 35nm Baader, 16 darkframe. Su HEQ5 synscan e autoguida LVI 2 - Canon eos 50D modificata baader. - 800 iso

 

Pian Munè 1500metri s.l.m. - Saluzzo (CN)

A waxing gibbous moon competes for nocturnal illumination along with stars, distant skyglow and the blinding LED signals on BNSF's Needles Subdivison between Daggett and Barstow, California. It's a busy night on the western end of the Transcon, as a westbound approaches in the distance while another waits to proceed.

 

It's nearly impossible to convey the overwhelming sense of vastness one experiences in the desert at night- even surrounded by the railroad, nearby highways and the distant light pollution of the sprawl leaking out of the cracks in the Los Angeles Basin's mountainous defenses, one feels intensely aware of the insignificance of one's own existence, and the unsettlingly peaceful feeling that brings.

The "Little Pinwheel" galaxy in Ursa Major.

 

I've been trying an experiment using narrowband for green and red (Oiii and Ha), but from now on I will abandon narrowband on the SCT. I can't seem to get enough signal overall even with longer integrations and narrowband targets seem to fit the low FL scopes better.

 

Equipment

Imaging Telescopes Or Lenses

Celestron EdgeHD 8"

Imaging Cameras

QHYCCD QHY163M

Mounts

Vixen GPDX

Filters

Astronomik H-alpha CCD 12nm 2" · Baader Neodymium Moon & Skyglow 2" · Meade Blue 2"

Accessories

Celestron 0.7X Reducer EdgeHD800 (94242) · OnStep Telescope Mount Goto Controller

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:

Nov. 17, 2022

Frames:

Astronomik H-alpha CCD 12nm 2": 30×120″(1h) bin 2×2

Baader Neodymium Moon & Skyglow 2": 90×120″(3h) -10°C bin 2×2

Meade Blue 2": 30×120″(1h) bin 2×2

Integration:

5h

Darks:

100

Bias:

100

Avg. Moon age:

23.00 days

Avg. Moon phase:

40.99%

Basic astrometry details

Astrometry.net job: 6764198

 

RA center: 10h18m12s.7

 

DEC center: +41°25′37″

 

Pixel scale: 0.511 arcsec/pixel

 

Orientation: 59.692 degrees

 

Field radius: 0.406 degrees

 

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Resolution: 4632x3372

 

File size: 9.3 MB

 

Data source: Backyard

...another attempt at the 1st shot of the Milky Way - this time I manually removed the skyglow - before processing everything else !!!

40x100s

ASI071MC-Cool, Orion 250mm Newt, CGX, Skyglow filter.

The California Nebula in Perseus is an emission nebula five times the size of the full moon, about 1000 light years away. This shot is named for my sister on her birthday! I've wanted to capture it for a while, but waited until late in the season when it's low in the sky for a good view.

 

This is my first image with data from multiple nights stacked, Drizzle stacked 2 hours of 3 min exposures with 33' of exposure from the evening of March 19 at Bad Wolf Ranch, and 87 minutes form the evening of 2021-03-26 from Willow House in Terlingua.

 

RedCat 250/51mm telescope, Baader SkyGlow filter, and ZWO ASI 533MC camera cooled to -10. Processed in Pixinsight with GHS and RC Astro *Xterminator plugins. Final exposure and crop in PS.

34x300s

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

ennesima elaborazione da frustrato :) alla disperata ricerca della flux (la cui visibilità varia a seconda del tasso alcolico del medesimo), il tempo non collabora purtroppo. Mi piace ed affascina il dettaglio sulle galassie ed il bilanciamento colori ma è uno scatto tutto da rifare con un cielo degno, sob!

 

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Yet another frustrated and cropped stack :) in a desperate search of flux (whose visibility varies depending on the alcohol content in the body), unfortunately the weather does not cooperate. I like the detail on the galaxies and the color balance but i need to start all over again with a sky worthy, sob!

 

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, photoshop, Adobe Lightroom 3, Noel Carboni's Astro Tools for PhotoShop

Filtri: Orion SkyGlow 2" Imaging Filter

Risoluzione: 1280x853

Date: 04 maggio 2013, 06 maggio 2013

Pose:

Orion SkyGlow 2" Imaging Filter: 15x300" ISO1600 -6C bin 1x1

Orion SkyGlow 2" Imaging Filter: 7x400" ISO1600 -6C bin 1x1

Orion SkyGlow 2" Imaging Filter: 12x480" ISO1600 -6C bin 1x1

Integrazione: 3.6 ore

Dark: ~16

Flat: ~20

Scala del Cielo Scuro Bortle: 3.00

Temperatura: 10.00

Composite of Perseid Meteor Shower from Pedernales River at Pedernales Falls State Park

Another experiment to see how low I could go, this time with a 114mm newt. Once again I caught PGC 3807486 (18.55 mag galaxy), but it took longer subs and the result was even fainter than with the 6", so I may be reaching the limits of my aperture/skies.

 

In all fairness, it was also a somewhat better night with better transparency. Still, not a bad performance by the little newt that started life as an Orion Starblast, a scope that you can check out from some public libraries.

 

Equipment

 

Imaging Telescopes Or Lenses

Orion 114mm F/4 newtonian

Imaging Cameras

Canon 450D modified baader) Canon baader modified dslr

Mounts

Celestron CG-4 MotorDrive

Filters

Orion SkyGlow Imaging Filter

Accessories

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

Software

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

Guiding Telescopes Or Lenses

MEADE 50mm Finder Guidescope

Guiding Cameras

ZWO ASI1600 cooled mono

 

Acquisition details

 

Dates:

Feb. 25, 2022

Frames:

130x120" (4h 20')

Integration:

4h 20'

Avg. Moon age:

23.83 days

Avg. Moon phase:

32.44%

 

Basic astrometry details

 

Astrometry.net job: 5534043

 

RA center: 13h25m12s.10

 

DEC center: +55°04′44″

 

Pixel scale: 2.129 arcsec/pixel

 

Orientation: 168.136 degrees

 

Field radius: 1.500 degrees

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Resolution: 4245x2774

 

Data source: Backyard

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