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A barred spiral galaxy often called the Vacuum galaxy.
Found in the constellation of Ursa Major some 60 million light years away, it's estimated to contain around 1 trillion stars.
Several other galaxies are also visible.
Boring Techie bit:
Telescope: Skywatcher Quattro 8"
Mount: EQ6r pro
Camera: ZWO 533mc pro
Filter: Optolong UV/IR.
Guided and controlled by the ZWO asiair+ using Altair 60mm guide scope & ZWO 585mc.
88 light frames 180 seconds each.
Stacked with darks, flats, dark flats & bias using WBPP in PixInsight.
Processed using Graxpert, StarNet2, PixInsight & Affinity Photo.
Skywatcher ed 80, f/7.5
Atik 314L+ mono
Filter : Baader Ha 7nm
Total exposure 140min
Constellation: Cepheus
This image captured during the night of the 3-4 April is of The Sunflower Galaxy, no.63 in the catalogue of Charles Messier - M63.
Discovered by Pierre Méchain in 1779 the galaxy is located roughly 27 million light-years from Earth in the constellation of Canes Venatici. Its apparent magnitude is 9.3.
The Sunflower Galaxy is what is known as a flocculent spiral. This means it has no well-defined spiral arms like a grand-design galaxy but rather appears to have many discontinuous arms.
The Sunflower has only two arms but many appear to be winding around its central yellowish core giving it the flocculent classification.
Two other galaxies are visible in the image - towards upper right and bottom left of the image.
A prominent dust lane is visible at the front of the galaxy.
Imaged with a Skywatcher 120ED Esprit Triplet Apo Refractor and a ZWO2600MC Pro camera.
100x120s Guided Subs
Darks, Dark Flats and Flats. Processed with Astro Pixel Processor and Photoshop 2021.
As ever many thanks for looking!
Skywatcher Explorer with IMG132e camera
Processed in Registax. 1300 frame video.
Conditions very wobbly !
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: 06:30 hours (subs 600 sec)
Deep Sky Stacker: Calibration and stacking
Adobe Photoshop Cs2 : Data Processing
Guide: PHD Guiding 2
Darks, Dark Flats, Flats and Bias apply
Serra Negra ( Bortle 4) /São Paulo/Brasil . 05/2024
Skywatcher 150/750 Newton
EQ5 pro goto
Canon eos 100D (mod)
Baader mpcc coma corrector
49x180s / iso1600
2019.12.30 Tiszasziget
After leaving the city to get out in the dark I was chased back by clouds, 20 shots came from first night in the country and 108 shot from home in the clear all night long. this is 10 min shots, quite a spectacular colour full nebula area. once again this is 99% edited in PixInsight.
ZWO ASI071MC Pro @ -10c
Manual focus ,
Optolong LeNhance filter,
Skywatcher Black DiamondED80 OTA
Skywatcher EQM35Goto
Guided PHD2, SGP
DSS, Pixinsight, Ps.
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: 2:30 hours (subs 300 sec)
Deep Sky Stacker: Calibration and stacking of frames
Adobe Photoshop Cs2 : Data Processing, Plug-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 . may/2021
Aberkenfig, South Wales
Lat 51.542 N Long 3.593 W
Skywatcher 254mm Newtonian Reflector, Nikon D780 at prime focus with Skywatcher coma corrector. EQ6 Syntrek Mount.
A fairly pleasing result considering the short exposure times and my light polluted location. Also a better outcome using the coma corrector compared to last year's attempt on 22nd April 2022.
Imaging session commenced 23:2 UT with pretty good seeing conditions & transparency.
9 x 30s at ISO 3200
23 x 30s at ISO 2500
9 x 30s at ISO 1000
Also 18 dark frames & 18 flats.
Processed with Deep Sky Stacker and levels adjusted with Lightroom & G.I.M.P.
Final image cropped.
A waxing crescent moon captured after the early spring sunset.
Aberkenfig, South Wales
Lat 51.542 N Long 3.593 W
25 single shot images 1/250s @ ISO 200 obtained with a 254mm Skywatcher Newtonian & Nikon D780 at prime focus.
Images converted to TIFF format then stacked with AutoStakkert! 3.1.4.
Wavelets processed with Registax 6.
Final levels & curves processed with G.I.M.P. & Adobe Lightroom
Best viewed in intermediate expanded mode.
EXIF Note: Error in date & time. I did not enter the correct day or time when I reconfigured some of the settings. I always keep a manual note of my observations to cross reference the digital dates. I only had the camera for a few days around this time. Have a look at my Orion Nebula dated 2022-03-06, that was the first time I tried it out on the night sky with my 254mm Newtonian.
Made some changes to the rig to help accommodate new gear!
- TS107 Super APO Triplet Refractor (f/6.5 - 700mm)
- TSRED379 0.79x Reducer-Flattener
- Skywatcher EQ6-R Pro Mount
- Pegasus Pocket PowerBox Micro (not visible but on other side of mount)
- SVBONY 50mm Guide Scope
- ZWO EAF (FINALLY have reliable autofocus)
Ended up selling the AstroTech AT65EDQ Refractor after 3 years of solid use. Now all that's left is for my QHY268M Camera to come in!
Technikai adatok:
Canon EOS 1100D fullspectrum
Astronomik UV/IR block filter
Skywatcher 72ED
x0,85 reductor
AZ-GTi
42*180s / ISO 1600
2022 07 02
Korábbi, nagy távcsöves képeim:
M8 - Laguna-köd:
www.flickr.com/photos/hodorgabor/42224503040/in/album-721...
M20 - Trifid-köd:
www.flickr.com/photos/hodorgabor/28767173915/in/album-721...
Eleven short videos individually processed to create 11 separate images, then all stitched together to create one large image.
Equipment:
Canon 1100D
Skywatcher Quattro 8"
Skywatcher HEQ5 pro mount
Skywatcher f4 aplanatic coma corrector.
Software used:
BackyardEOS for capture.
PiPP & Registax 6 for processing.
Quick reprocess of some images from 2019 using some of the more recent tools.
Skywatcher Esprit 100ED
Canon 700d
10x120s
Processed in PixInsight
GraXpert
BlurXterminator
NoiseXterminator
StarXterminator
Resolution ............... 1.599 arcsec/px
Rotation ................. -90.784 deg (flipped)
Reference system ......... ICRS
Observation start time ... 2019-09-07 21:23:20 UTC
Observation end time ..... 2019-09-07 22:12:44 UTC
Focal distance ........... 554.81 mm
Pixel size ............... 4.30 um
Field of view ............ 2d 17' 21.0" x 1d 30' 21.0"
Image center ............. RA: 20 56 22.254 Dec: +31 44 51.69 ex: +0.010488 px ey: +0.232756 px
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Todays afocal sun shot, captured with digital camera and Skywatcher Goto 5" telescope fitted with homemade Baader Solarfilm filter
Nikon d610 stock
TS72 APO + TS72flat
settings: 432mm, f6, iso1600, 6.5hrs
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Tracking: Skywatcher Star Adventurer unguided
software:
Stacking: Deepskystacker 4.2.2 (drizzle2)
Processing: Adobe Photoshop, Photokemi Startools action set, GradientXterminator, Nik software, HLVG
Panel 3 of Orion Mosaic
25) 3-minute, ISO-1600, F/4, 135mm focal length lights.
25) Darks
25) Flats
25) Bias
Guided, dithered after every frame, stacked with DSS, edited in PixInsight and Photoshop.
Camera: Nikon D750a
Lens: Rokinon 135mm F2
Mount: SkyWatcher EQ6-R Pro
Location: Fort Davis State Park, Texas.
I never imagined I would EVER get any of the Leo Triplet with my setup and this is a first attempt. Very noisy due to stretching the image to show the faint fuzzy mag. 16.5 blob that is comet 67p/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. Only ended up with 10 mins of usable 60 sec data at ISO 1600 due to racing clouds (actually clear when I set up originally at 20.30 BST. Should have hung around for more data but the wind was getting too intense so packed away.
Equipment: Skywatcher 120ED Esprit (840mm) at F7
Focal reducer 0.8
Celestron AVX (unguided - hence slight trailing)
Canon 700D (unmodded)
NGC 3628 (the one I cut off!), M66, M65 - the Leo Triplet. Other faint galaxies are IC 2745 and IC 2763.
67P is hanging around this region for my DSLR's FOV for at least another 3 days. Had I more time I'd probably have tried for at least 60-70 x 60 second images for a decent blob and tail.
——— STRUMENTAZIONE ———
Telescopio: Skywatcher 200/800 Wide Photo
Camera: Zwo Asi 294 mm pro monocromatica
Montatura: Skywatcher AZ-EQ6
Autoguida: 60mm UltraGuide Artesky con zwo asi 224mc
Correttore di coma: aplanatico Skywatcher f4
Focheggiatore motorizzato Zwo Eaf
Ruota portafiltri Zwo Efw
Filtri: Antlia pro Ha O3
Software d'acquisizione Sgpro
————— FOTO ————
temp 0 con dark, flat e darkflat
HA 50 x 300s
O3 60 x 300s
————— ELABORAZIONE ———
Pixinsight
Photoshop
Todays afocal capture of the Sun - wispy cloud, but pleased we got a viewing today ;0)
Digital camera, Skywatcher Goto telescope fitted with Baader Homemade Solarfilm filter
Thank you for all the views, favourites and comments! Very much appreciated!
My favorite deep sky object! Eagerly waiting for another clear night, to add more photos to this on-going project ^_^
Sky-Watcher Star Adventurer + Sky-Watcher Evostar 72ED + field flattener + Nikon D610 (ISO200 & 65x120s). Pre- and post-processed in SIRIL. Stacked all 65 images. Initial post-processing in RawTherapee and GIMP, then sent through starfixer and final tweaking in Siril
SkyWatcher 70mm SK707AZ2 + Filter Thousand Oaks + super 25mm + barlow 2X.
Edited with MS Picture Manager and Photofiltre.
It's possible to see the 3571, 3576, 3529, 3579, 3581 and 3582 spots.
I had four night clear so I thought would try a 4 shot panorama of this cloud SGP showed me a nice square mosaic but in reality the end result was more like + sign than a square.
4 night 82 shot each night to make a panel out of each night, 4 panels added to PTGui to get the final panorama of the area. this is the end result the main center part only.
I would have been better taking the area with my Nikon 300mm lens as a single shot than try and make a mosaic again. I will try to do that as the SMC is sitting in the right place.
82 shot 7 1/2min each in as much clear night as I could get.
ZWO ASI071MC Pro @ -10c
Prima Luce Essato Focus ,
Optolong LeNhance filter,
Skywatcher Black Diamond ED80 OTA
Skywatcher EQM35Goto
Guided PHD2, SGP
DSS, Pixinsight, Ps.
SkyWatcher 70mm SK707AZ2 + Filter Thousand Oaks + super 25mm + barlow 2X.
Edited with MS Picture Manager and Photofiltre.
It's possible to see the 3780, 3781, 3784, 3785, 3788, 3789 and 3790 spots.
Aberkenfig, South Wales
Lat 51.542 N Long 3.593 W
Skywatcher 254mm Newtonian Reflector, Nikon D780 at prime focus with Skywatcher coma corrector. EQ6 Syntrek Mount.
Imaging session commenced 01:20 UT
35 x 25s at ISO 2000
Also 18 dark frames & 18 flats.
Processed with Deep Sky Stacker and levels adjusted with Lightroom & G.I.M.P.
Final image slightly cropped.
Aberkenfig, South Wales
Lat 51.542 N Long 3.593 W
Skywatcher 254mm Newtonian Reflector, Nikon D780 at prime focus with Skywatcher coma corrector. EQ6 Syntrek Mount.
An improvement using a Nikon & coma corrector compared to a previous attempt on 16th April 2020 using an Olympus E410.
Imaging session commenced 00:27 UT with the transparency of the sky just above average.
38 x 25s at ISO 3200
Also 18 dark frames & 18 flats.
Processed with Deep Sky Stacker and levels adjusted with Lightroom & G.I.M.P.
NGC7331 & Stephan's Quintet in the constellation of Pegasus. NGC7331 is the large solo galaxy on the right of frame and Stephan's Quintet is the group of small galaxies left of centre.
7x10 minute exposures.
Hardware. QHY8 CCD camera. Skywatcher 25cm Quattro CF. EQ6 mount with autoguider.
Software used. APT, Ezcap, FitsWorks, DeepSkyStacker. and Photoshop.
The pinwheel is a face on spiral galaxy found in the constellation of Ursa major, the great bear. Which is a circumpolar constellation, meaning that it never sets below the horizon in the Northern hemisphere.
21 million light years away and some 170,000 light years in diameter, the galaxy is estimated to contain upwards of one trillion stars. It was first observed by Pierre Méchain on the 21st of March 1781.
M101 is just about visible through a pair of 10x50 binoculars under a dark sky with the right conditions. Though a telescope of 6" and above would be preferable.
Boring techie bit:
Skywatcher Quattro 8" Newtonian Reflector steel tube with the f4 aplanatic coma corrector, Skywatcher EQ6 R pro mount, Altair Starwave 50mm guide scope, ZWO asi120mm guide camera mini, ZWO asi533mc pro cooled to -10c, Optolong L'enhance 2" filter, ZWO asiair plus.
Stacked with DeepSkyStacker and processed in StarTools & Affinity Photo.
Skywatcher Skymax Maksutov 150/1500 f10 an Lumix GH5, ISO320, 1/100s
Mit 4 fach Digitalzoom der Kamera.
Ohne Nachführung, nur auf Fotostativ.
Aberkenfig, South Wales
Lat 51.542 N Long 3.593 W
Skywatcher 254mm Newtonian Reflector, Barlow Lens Not Used, ZWO ASI 385MC. Captured using Firecapture.
Processed with Registax 6, Adobe Lightroom & G.I.M.P.
A two pane mosaic stitched using Microsoft Image Composite Editor.
Sunrise over the Mare Imbrium revealing many interesting features. A lava filled impact basin with evidence of many subsequent impacts, rilles, fault lines and wrinkles.
Best viewed using the expansion arrows.
Tránsito de Mercurio con Bawlow Powermate 2'5x
Telescopio: Skywatcher Refractor AP 120/900 f7.5 EvoStar ED
Cámara: ZWO ASI178MM
Montura: iOptron CEM40
Filtros: - Baader Neutral Density Filter 1¼" (ND 0.9, T=12.5%)
- Baader Solar Continuum Filter 1¼" (540nm)
Accesorios: - Baader 2" Cool-Ceramic Safety Herschel Prism
- TeleVue Lente de Barlow 2,5x Powermate 1,25"
Software: SharpCap, AutoStakkert, Registax y Photoshop
Fecha: 2019-11-11
Hora: 13:13 T.U. (Tiempo universal)
Lugar: 42.615 N -6.417 W (Bembibre Spain)
Vídeo: 30 segundos
Resolución: 1920 x 1080
Gain: 110
Exposure: 0,000154 s
Frames: 857
Frames apilados: 23%
FPS: 28.44
The Dumbbell Nebula (also known as the Apple Core Nebula, Messier 27, and NGC 6853) is a planetary nebula (nebulosity surrounding a white dwarf) in the constellation Vulpecula, at a distance of about 1360 light-years . 15 x 55 sec subs stacked in Sequator, no cal frames . Canon 60d with Svbony UHC CLIP FILTER on a SKYWATCHER QUATTRO 250 f/4 scope and tracked with a SW NEQ6 PRO .
Messier 13 or M13, also designated NGC 6205 and sometimes called the Great Globular Cluster in Hercules or the Hercules Globular Cluster, is a globular cluster of several hundred thousand stars in the constellation of Hercules.
Equipment
Skywatcher NEQ6 Pro
William Optics Z73
Altair Astro Hypercam 183m V2
Luminosity Filter
40 x 30sec = 20 minutes
6X480 secondi a 640 iso vista la qualità del cielo, con Eos 5D Mk 2 su telescopio acromatico Skywatcher 120/1000,autoguida con PHD Guiding su Soligor 200 mm. e Orion Starshoot, processing Pixinsigth 1.8.8-6 elaborazione Photoshop CC15 e Topaz Labs plugin.