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SkyWatcher 70mm SK707AZ2 + Filter Thousand Oaks + super 25mm + barlow 2X.
Edited with MS Picture Manager and Photofiltre.
It's possible to see the 3712, 3713, 3716, 3719. 3720. 3721 and 3722 spots.
16 x 300s integration tiime
ZWO ASI 533 MC Pro
ZWO ASIAIR
Canon 400mm f5.6
Optolong UV/IR cut filter
Skywatcher HEQ5 Pro mount
120mm guide scope
SkyWatcher 70mm SK707AZ2 + Filter Thousand Oaks + super 25mm + barlow 2X.
Edited with MS Picture Manager and Photofiltre.
It's possible to see the huge 3590, 3591, 3592 and 3594 spots
NGC 1566, also known as the Spanish Dancer Galaxy is an intermediate spiral galaxy in the constellation Dorado. It was discovered by James Dunlop in 1826 and is a 10th magnitude Galaxy in brightness. Because of its distance it is difficult to determine the Galaxies distance from earth, but it is beleived to be approximately 40 million light years.
This is a reprocess of some old data from our old 6 inch Skywatcher Newtonian reflector a few year back.
Equipment Details:
•6 Inch Skywatcher F5.0 (150/750mm) Newtonian Reflector
•Skywatcher HEQ5 Mount
•SBIG ST2000xm CCD Camera
•SBIG cfw8a Filter Wheel
•Custom Scientific Lum, Red, Green and Blue Filters
•Orion Mini 50mm Guide Scope
•Meade DSIii CCD Guide Camera
•Polemaster for polar alignment
Exposure Details:
•Lum 20X180 seconds - Bin 1x1
•Red 10X180 seconds - Bin 1x1
•Green 10X180 seconds - Bin 1x1
•Blue 10X180 seconds - Bin 1x1
Total Integration Time: 2.5 hours
Designation: Messier 31, M31, NGC 224.
Constellation: Andromeda.
Visual magnitude: +3.3.
Apparent size: 178′ x 70′
Diameter: 220,000 light years.
Distance: 2,500,000,000 light years.
Altitude during exposure: 12.5° rising to 14.25° above N. horizon.
Also in image: galaxies M110 (NGC 205), M32 (NGC 221) and NGC 286.
Skywatcher Esprit ED120 telescope.
ZWO ASI071 camera
46 minute exposure.
Equipment:
Scope: Lacerta 72/432 F6 0.85x reduktorral (367mm F5.1)
Mount: Skywatcher EQ-5 Pro Synscan Goto
Guide scope: Lacerta 72/432 F6
Guide camera: ZWO ASI120mm Mini
Main camera: ZWO ASI183MM-Pro cooled monochrome camera
Accessories:
ZWO ASIAIR Pro
ZWO EFW 8x1.25"
ZWO OAG
ZWO 1.25 Helical focuser
Lacerta Dew-heater 30cm
Programs:
PixInsight
Adobe Photoshop CC 2020
Details:
Camera temp: -15°C
Gain: 53, 111
Astronomik 6nm Ha:
28x300s
15x30s
10x60s
Astronomik Deep-Sky G:
5x300s
10x30s
10x60s
Astronomik Deep-Sky B:
6x300s
10x30s
10x60s
Dark: 60x
Flat: 20x
Dark_flats: 20x
Centaurus A (also known as NGC 5128 or Caldwell 77) is a galaxy in the constellation of Centaurus. It was discovered in 1826 by Scottish astronomer James Dunlop from his home in Parramatta, in New South Wales, Australia. Shot with Canon 5Dsr and SW Quattro 250 F/4. 10 x 55 sec frames stacked in Sequator.
SkyWatcher 70mm SK707AZ2 + Filter Thousand Oaks + super 25mm + barlow 2X.
Edited with MS Picture Manager and Photofiltre.
It's possible to see the 3661, 3662, 3663, 3664, 3666 and 3667 spots.
Messier 97 Owl (25% Crop)
Skywatcher 100ED
Canon 700d
ISO800 10x120s (20 mins)
Celestron CGEM DX
Processed in PixInsight
Camera: Zwo Asi183mm Pro
Lens: Samyang 135 F2 @ F2.8
Filters: Astronomik Deep-Sky RGB, Astronomik L-3 UV-IR Block, Astronomik 6nm SHO
Mount: Skywatcher EQ-5 Belt-modded
Guiding: Orion 50mm Mini guidescope, Zwo Asi120mm mini kamera, N.I.N.A
Astronomik 6nm Ha: 251x180s Gain111 -15°C
Astronomik 6nm Oiii: 258x180s Gain111 -15°C
Astronomik 6nm Sii: 256x180s Gain111 -15°C
Bodes Galaxy is a grand design spiral galaxy about 12 million light years away. The Cigar Galaxy is thought to have at some point interacted with Bodes Galaxy, taking lots of dust and causing it to be become a starburst galaxy where stars are being born 10 times faster than the milky way. (Wikipedia)
60 300s Lights with 62 flats and 67 bias. Dithered.
Telescope: - Skywatcher 130PDS Newtonian.
Camera: - Nikon D3100.
ISO: 400. Automated white balance
Filters: - Baader Mark-III MPCC Coma Corrector. IDAS D2 Light Pollution Suppression Filter
Flats taken with a Huion L4S Light Box.
Wireless Remote: PIXEL TW-283 DC2 2.4G.
Mount: - Skywatcher EQ6R.
Guiding: Skywatcher EvoGuide 50ED & ZWO ASI120MM-Mini.
Polar Aligned with SharpCap Pro.
Control Software: - Stellarium Scope, Stellarium, Poth Hub, EQMOD, All Sky Plate Solver, PHD Guiding 2 and PHD Dither Timer.
Processing Software: Stacked in Deep Sky Stacker and edited in Star Tools.
Moon: - New
Light Pollution and Location: - Bortle 8 in Davyhulme, Manchester.
Seeing: - Good
Notes: - I have got to the point where I can just set up and get going. This has taken me a long time to get to. I did take pictures for 2 nights but in the end only kept the second nights work. I may at some point come up with a successful re-process with both days data. In the end I felt 5 hours is enough for this setup although I have read somewhere that this object benefits from as much data as possible.
I think the flats on the first night and prior shots I’ve taken had too much exposure. I still think I am overexposing these as I am getting rings in my pictures. I’ll go even lower on the next object.
Re-edit
120s subs merged with 30s light subs and the core looks way better now.
ASIAIR PRO
ASI ZWO 533mc Pro
Canon 400mm f5.6
Skywatcher HEQ5 Pro mount
Pixinsight + Photoshop
Taken in Bortle 9 inner city sky so this amazing for me what we can photograph with the technology we have today.
This is first look at a coloured nebula this side of Town As these two are so close this is a two shot Panorama in this case sitting vertically. This shot went straight together in PTGui even though it was only stars as the join. This is a part of the Carina Nebula the Hand cluster is to the left and carina to Right.
This is two nights per panel or 105 shots each as the nights get longer.
QHY183C -10c 105 shot 10 min over two nights each.
Prima Luce Essato Focus, Focus on the hour ,
Optolong LeNhance filter,
Skywatcher Black DiamondED80 OTA Rotated 76 degrees
Skywatcher NEQ 6 Pro
Guided PHD2, SGP
Pixinsight, Ps.
Technical Information:
Telescope: AIRY APO 130T PrimaLuceLab
Mount: NEQ6 Pro - SkyWatcher
Camera: QHYCCD QHY9
Filter: Optolong H-a 7nm, OIII 6.5nm
Frames: H-a: 40x900s -- OIII: 40x900s
Total Integration: 20 Hours
Software: SGP – PHD2 – DSS – PixInsight – CS6
Location: AstroAtlas Observatory - Noventa di Piave (Venice) 4 meter above sea level – ITALY
Environment Temperature: About 5°C
Relative Humidity: 75%
Date: 16.11.20 - 17.11.20 - 21.11.20 - 24.11.20
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!!! :)
Here is my latest Bi-Color version of NGC2264 - The Cone Nebula taken from the AstroAtlas Observatory situated in Noventa di Piave (ITALY);
I have never done it before and I am very happy of this result.
Unfortunately the seeing was not so good, and this is the reason why the stars are not so much point-like.
I hope you like it and clear skies!
AstroBin: astrob.in/7pbv2n/0/
NOTE: The image was acquired from a polluted sky with 75% of humidity - Bortle 5.
#astrophotography #astronomy #astroatlas
one of my favourite deep sky targets, it contains several NGC-objects with a very bright star cluster in the middle (NGC2244), causing the gases to shine brightly.
though it being end of winter and thus only getting about 3h after sunset to shot images in the south, it was two nights in a row to gather 4 hours of data, heavy wind gusts ruined about 1.5 hours worth of data. i also recognized starlink being a problem the last couple of sessions i have, luckily due to stacking its trails usually disappear in post processing.
camera: ToupTek ATR533C
mount: Skywatcher HEQ5Pro
scope: TS Optics 115/800 with 0.8x reducer
80x180sec @gain 100 and 1x1 binning, cooled to -10°C
stacking and editing in APP, SIRIL and Photoshop
shot in two nights at a waning moon (approx 20%) under a bortle 5+ sky from my backyard
Exif:
Mount: Skywatcher EQ-5 Pro GoTO
Scope: Lacerta 72/432 w/ 0,85 reducer
Camera: Pentax K-1 (unmodified)
Guider: Orion 50mm and Zwo 120mm mini with ASIAIR
Exposures: 76x180s, ISO800
Calibrated with dark, and bias.
Autrement dit, la Voie Lactée depuis le désert d'Atacama
Or the Milky Way from the Atacama Desert, Chile
Nikon D7500 on Skywatcher Staradventurer - single shot
Last night's moon, known by some as The Worm Moon, was blazing in the sky here last night, once some earlier low cloud and mist had passed.
So was very hard to ignore and with its light swamping any desire to do some deep sky stuff!
So this is an image captured from last night imaged with my Skywatcher Esprit 120ED refractor @f5.4 and ZWO 2600MC camera.
The moon was in Virgo and was 15.5 days old. The great rayed crater Tycho is presenting nicely!
Many thanks for looking!
Equipment:
Scope: Lacerta 72/432 F6 0.85x reduktorral (367mm F5.1)
Mount: Skywatcher EQ-5 Pro Synscan Goto
Guiding: OAG
Guide camera: ZWO ASI120mm Mini
Main camera: ZWO ASI183MM-Pro cooled monochrome camera
Accessories:
ZWO ASIAIR Pro
ZWO EFW 8x1.25"
ZWO EAF
ZWO OAG
ZWO 1.25 Helical focuser
Lacerta Dew-heater 30cm
Programs:
PixInsight
Adobe Photoshop CC 2020
Details:
Camera temp: -15°C
Gain: 53, 111
Astronomik 6nm Ha: 121x300s
Astronomik L-3 UV-IR Block: 146x180s
Astronomik Deep-Sky R: 20x180s
Astronomik Deep-Sky G: 20x180s
Astronomik Deep-Sky B: 19x180s
Bortle Scale: 4
Location: Isaszeg, Hungary
Acquisition date(s):
2021.03.02., 2021.03.08., 2021.03.13., 2021.03.19., 2021.03.20., 2021.03.23.
The great Andromeda Galaxy M31 in messier catalog
This is a 4 panel mosaic capture during two cold nights.
Starless version : flic.kr/p/2mDSYEG
-Equipment-
Scope: TS-Optics 94/414 EPDH (414mm focal)
Camera: ZWO ASI533MC Pro at -5°C
Guiding: ZWO OAG
Guiding camera: ZWO ASI 120MM
Mount: Skywatcher NEQ5
Filter: Astronomik L
-Acquisition-
Light :Panel-1 60x300s
Panel-2 60x300s
Panel-3 52x300s
Panel-4 60x300s
Dark-100x300s Flat-50 Bias-100
Date : Take on 2 night 05 September2021
and 10 October 2021
Location : France-Alsace Bortle 4/5
-Software-
Carte du Ciel, N.I.N.A, Phd2 , PoleMaster and PixInsight
Ez Processing Suite from darkarcon
darkarcon website : darkarchon.internet-box.ch:8443/
-Pre Processing each panels in PixInsight-
Image Calibration
Cosmetic Correction
Debayer
Subframe Selector
Star Alignement
Local Normalization
Drizzle x2
Dynamic crop
-Build the 4 panel mozaic
It's my first 4 panel mosaic so I follow this tutorial from Amy Astro www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0f8Tl_kC0A
-Processing
DBE master Light
Split L,R,G,B layer from Master light
__L__
Ez_Deconvolution
Ez_Denoise
Ez_Soft Streatch
Ez_HDR
UnsharpedMask with mask
__RGB__
Linear Fit
BackgroundNeutralization
PhotometricColorCalibration
Ez_Soft Streatch
Starnet++
CuvesTransformation with mask
A lot of curves...
Bring back stars with PixelMath
__LRGB__
LRGBCombination
Final CurvesTransformation
Ez_Star Reduction
DarkStructureEnhance script
Save as jpg
Clear Skies !
This is part of my targets for astro fest. We where asked to sort out some targets we would like to take. my first of the night is below 47 Tucanae above is the second. 29/10/2022
www.flickr.com/photos/33814724@N03/51623278972/in/datepos...
QHY183C -10c 100 shot 10 min
MeLE Mini PC
Prima Luce Essato Focus
Optolong LeNhance filter,
Skywatcher Black DiamondED80 OTA
Skywatcher NEQ 6 Pro
SVbony 50MM Guide scope
QHY QHY5L-II-M Guide camera
Guided PHD2, Nina
Pixinsight, Ps.
With all these clear nights in Montana I am finishing target's every 4 nights or so. Much better than my percent in Seattle!
Crescent nebula NGC 6888
Meade 6000 series 115 APO
Asi 1600mm
Skywatcher Eq6R-Pro
Proxima Centauri.
Our elusive nearest stellar neighbour.
It is the nearest star to our Solar System - but is a very dim and ordinary star and difficult to identify.
It orbits Alpha Centauri, more than two degrees away, which is outside the field of view of my image and much brighter.
Distance 4.2 Light years.
Magnitude: +11.
Field of View: 47.8 x 31.7 arcmin.
Exposure: 300 seconds.
Skywatcher Esprit 120 refractor.
ZWO ASI071 camera.
2020-08-25.
A full description is provided on my website: cosmicfocus.wordpress.com/2020/08/27/our-closest-star/com...
SkyWatcher 70mm SK707AZ2 + Filter Thousand Oaks + super 25mm + barlow 2X.
Edited with MS Picture Manager and Photofiltre.
It's possible to see the 3772, 3774, 3777, 3780, 3781, 3782 and 3784 spots.
OTA: Newtonian Celestron 130 mm/f5 modified
Mount: Skywatcher Heq 5
Imaging Camera: Canon 700D astro modified
Telescope Guide: Gso 50mm
Camera Guide: QHY5L II Mono
Baader Mk III Coma Corrector
Polemaster Eletronic Polar Scope
Total Exposure: 3:00 hours (subs 300 sec)
Deep Sky Stacker: Calibration and stacking
Adobe Photoshop Cs2 : Data Processing,
Pulg-in: Hasta la vista, green, astroflat pro
PHD Guiding 2: Guide
Darks, Dark Flats, Flats and Bias apply
Serra Negra ( Bortle 4) /São Paulo/Brasil . 05/2022
Over the last three night I chose this target not knowing how it would come out. The processing in Pix and Ps I get this, as we are about to get clouded in I have gone with the 100shots. Camera rotated to get this view.
QHY183C -10c 100 shots 10 min each over 3 nights, Rotated 103 degrees.
Prima Luce Essato Focus , Focus every hour.
Skywatcher Black DiamondED80 OTA
Skywatcher NEQ 6 Pro Hypertuned
Guided PHD2, SGP
Pixinsight, Ps Lr.
The (relatively) small batch of North East Proms today with Earth for scale, best 30% of 2100 frames in AS2, bin2x2 - very fast moving low clouds and gusty (45mph+) squalls today, hid in the gazebo with the scope and held on for dear life until I got a break. Image rotated 90 deg CW. Skywatcher 120ED Esprit, Daystar QC, Grasshopper 3 (IMX174). Genika software worked for once too without falling over.
Also different configuration for scope, replaced the Diagonal with an 80mm extension tube (UV/IR filter attached to this), then the Quark, then the camera. Seems to work just as well and lets me have more back focus. For a sense of further scale, see here www.flickr.com/photos/76699751@N07/28517451253/in/photost...
Skywatcher Quattro 200P
ASI294MM Pro, LRGB composite
Bin2, Gain120, 120sec,
L-20 frames, R/G/B/Dark-15 frames respectively, Bias/Flat-40 frames
PixInsight, Photoshop
SkyWatcher 70mm SK707AZ2 + Filter Thousand Oaks + super 10mm.
Edited with MS Picture Manager and Photofiltre.
It's possible to see the 2765 spot, the most proeminent to emerge on solar disk since January.
SkyWatcher 70mm SK707AZ2 + Filter Thousand Oaks + super 25mm + barlow 2X.
Edited with MS Picture Manager and Photofiltre.
It's possible to see the 4149, 4150, 4153, 4154, 4155, 4157 and 4160 and the 4079 spots.
Aberkenfig, South Wales
Lat +51.542 Long -3.593
Skywatcher 254mm Newtonian Reflector, Nikon D780 at prime focus with Skywatcher Coma Corrector, EQ6 Syntrek Mount.
Imaging session commenced 02:23 UT
11 x 15s at ISO 3200
17 x 20s at ISO 3200
6 x 25s at ISO 3200
8 x 30s at ISO 3200
15 dark frames & 15 flats.
Processed with Deep Sky Stacker and levels adjusted with Lightroom & G.I.M.P.
Full frame image cropped on final processing
This nebula is located at around 7500 lights years from the Earth and extend over 165 lights years.
On the upper right part you can see the Fish Head Nebula (IC 1795).
On the left it is a part of the Heart Nebula (IC 1805) and you can see Melotte 15 in the middle of the Heart Nebula, a little star cluster with a lot of dust
Starless version: flic.kr/p/2mA2B1y
One exposure 300s : flic.kr/p/2mwYXX5
-Equipment-
Scope: TS-Optics 94/414 EPDH (414mm focal)
Camera: ZWO ASI533MC Pro at -15°C
Guiding: ZWO OAG
Guiding camera: ZWO ASI 120MM
Mount: Skywatcher NEQ5
Filter: Optrolong L-eXtreme
-Acquisition-
Light :218x300s ( 18h ) at Gain:101 Offset:49
Dark-100x300s Flat-50 Bias-100
Date : Take on 5 night 29, 30 september 2021
and 7, 8, 9 october 2021
Location : France-Alsace Bortle 4/5
-Software-
Carte du Ciel, N.I.N.A, Phd2 , PoleMaster and PixInsight
I use the ForaxX palette for HOO combination
ForaxX website : thecoldestnights.com
And the Ez Processing Suite from darkarcon
darkarcon website : darkarchon.internet-box.ch:8443/
-Pre Processing in PixInsight-
Image Calibration
Cosmetic Correction
Debayer
Subframe Selector
Star Alignement
Local Normalization
Drizzle x2
Dynamic crop
-Processing
Split the master_LRGB into L, R, G, B layer
DynamicBackgroundExtractor each layer
___RGB layer___
Split RGB channels for build Ha and Oiii
Ha=R Oiii= B*0.3+G*0.7
EZ_Soft Stretch
HOO combination with Foraxx formula
R=Ha
G=((Oiii*Ha)^~(Oiii*Ha))*Ha + ~((Oiii*Ha)^~(Oiii*Ha))*Oiii
B=Oiii
Starnet++ for remove stars and build a mask nebula
Color Saturation
Curves Tansformation (K,saturation,hue)
Saturate stars for push up stars color
SCNR with star Mask for remove green in stars (OSC camera)
Bring back the stars with PixelMath
___L layer___
Ez_Deconvolution
Ez_Denoise
Ez_Soft Stretch
Ez_HDR
Local Histogram Equalization with nebula mask
UnsharpedMask with nebula mask
___LRGB___
Final Curve Transformation
DarkStructureEnhance script
EZ_Star Reduction
Save as BMP 32bit file
Clear skies !
SkyWatcher 70mm SK707AZ2 + Filter Thousand Oaks + super 25mm + barlow 2X.
Edited with MS Picture Manager and Photofiltre.
It's possible to see the 3690, 3691, 3695, 3697, 3698 and 3699 spots.
The Helix Nebula, NGC 7293, is a planetary nebula located in the constellation Aquarius some 655 light years away.
This is a new version captured with the new camera, and is processed in a Bi color combination of Ha, Oiii, Oiii (HOO)
Equipment Details:
•8 Inch Skywatcher Quattro Carbon Fibre F4.0 Newtonian Reflector
•Skywatcher NEQ6 Mount
•SBIG STT 8300m CCD Camera cooled to -20'c
•SBIG FW8G-STT Filter Wheel
•Baader Ha and Oiii Filters
•SKywatcher BD 102mm Guide Scope
•Meade DSIii CCD Guide Camera
•Polemaster for polar alignment
Exposure Details:
•Ha 24X300 seconds - Bin 1x1
•Oiii 20X300 seconds - Bin 1x1
Total Integration Time: 3 hours and 45 minutes.
knew that the was a lot of red wisps around the Seagull nebula. this is my 105mm Nikon prime lens first try at Astro photography with the very same camera as the shot next to this, there is just so many stars out there you almost loose the faint red wisps. This was not auto focus but Bahtinov mask.
I had to call it quits as I am now clouded in but the idea of the wisps show very well. the very small white nebula that is in view just below the seagull is Thors Helmet the target that I wanted to do next but as its only 30 shots a night till the tree gets in the way I will leave for next year. the next week or so is clouded in so no point even starting to get more.
ZWOASI071MC -7c 39 shots 600 secs, over 2 night camera rotated 104 degrees.
ZWOEAF disconnected ,
Optolong LeNhance filter In filter draw,
Nikon 105MM F2.8 Lens,
Skywatcher NEQ 6 Pro Hypertuned
Guided PHD2, SGP
Pixinsight, Ps & Lr.
So what you read next is not going to make sense, for the last four day in the morning I get the data. I have edited as per I know the shot as a colour sensor looks. After looking at it on the fouth days edit I did not like it so I thought time to try some thing new. Glass of red wine and Pink Floyd "Wish you where here" playing on the computer "Shine on you crazy Diamond", edit how I see the data not some thing else.
I hope there is a few out there understand the madness and like the edit.... for those of you like me never found the chicken once starless the chicken stood out. Bottom left corner on the rim of the light patch looking into the middle of the shot. 100% looking at The lioness profile on the other side of the nebula. This is 27 hours worth of data.
QHY268M -10c 110 Odd shots 5 min each filter over 4 nights .. 30 shots each RGB 1 min exposure.
QHYCFW3 and 7 Antlia filters LRGBSHaO
MeLE Mini PC
Pegasus Astro Pocket Mini power box
Starpoint Australis SP3 Focuser Rotated 90 degrees
Skywatcher 200 F4 PREMIUM PHOTO QUATTRO REFLECTOR OTA
Skywatcher F4 Aplanatic Coma Corrector
Skywatcher NEQ 6 Pro Hypertuned
SVbony 50MM Guide scope
QHY5L-II-M Guide camera
Guided PHD2, Nina
Pixinsight, Ps, Lr
SkyWatcher 70mm SK707AZ2 + Filter Thousand Oaks + super 25mm + barlow 2X.
Edited with MS Picture Manager and Photofiltre.
It's possible to see the 3521, 3528, 3529, 3530, 3531 and 3533 spots.
Tracked, stacked, composite astroscape, made with Fujifilm X-T2, Fujifilm F1.4 at F2, and Skywatcher Star Adventurer.
21*4min tracked, iso320
SkyWatcher 70mm SK707AZ2 + Filter Thousand Oaks + super 25mm + barlow 2X.
Edited with MS Picture Manager and Photofiltre.
It's possible to see the huge 3590, 3591, 3592 and 3594, 3595 and 3596 spots
Took advantage of an early start today from 08.50 UTC until 9.30 UTC conditions were great, total blue sky and hardly any wind until 10.00 UTC. What a difference too using the SW120 today with the Quark Ha eyepiece.
So this is a final goodbye to AR2403 disappearing around the western limb.
Discovered a great plug in for my CS5 programme today ideal for deconvoluting.
Equipment used:
Skywatcher 120ED Esprit, Daystar Quark Chromosphere, 0.5x reducer, Orion SSPIAG 3mp camera.
Best 1200 frames out of 2000, aligned in PIPP, best 85% of 1200 stacked in AS2!. Processed in CS5