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The Helix Nebula, NGC 7293, is a planetary nebula located in the constellation Aquarius some 655 light years away.
This image was taken in bi-color using 19 x 3 minute hydrogen A and 19 x 3minute Oxygen III exposures on an SBIG st2000xm CCD camera cooled to 0'c. It was mounted on a Skywatcher Quattro 8 inch carbon fibre reflector telescope. The payload was carried an a Skywatcher NEQ6 mount, and guided with a Meade DSIii attached to a Skywatcher 102/500 guide scope.
The images were stacked and calibrated by my helper to produce the final image.
Taken with a Skywatcher 120ED Esprit APO and PGR Grasshopper 3 fitted with a 610nm long pass filter. Moon at 86% 14 August 2016.
Best 40% of 2100 frames stacked in AS2, CS5 processing.
The Apollo 15 landing site at the eastern edge of the mare is annotated in red if you zoom in.
Sh2-114, the Flying Dragon Nebula, is a very faint wispy collection of hydrogen alpha in the Cygnus region of the sky. Not to much is known about this nebula as it has not been studied in detail and not a common target for astrophotography.
who knows how long the "Dragon" will be flying for as we have no known measurements of distance to this nebula. The illusiveness and little information on the target is what really got me to image it. I like the unknowns within this target.
It was very faint and took 21 hours of Ha data to bring out the structure to some detail, worth every minute for me! I really enjoyed processing this image and watching the Dragon slowly start to appear before my eyes!
A 90s luminescence exposure of M42 Orion Nebula, this was the first image grabbed whilst testing my new focuser and sequencing software set up. The focuser did a fairly good job at autofocusing, however it is clearly a soft focus.
Skywatcher 120-ED with 0.85 reducer.
Atik 314L+
Luminescence filter
90s exposure.
Lunar eclipse , Sony α6600 , Pentax 75 SDHF , Sky-Watcher AZ-GTi
待っている時には雲が広がり、どうなる事になるのやらと思っていましたが、月食が始まる直前になり急速に天気が回復しました。
それで今回は月食の最初から終わりまでを撮影出来ましたので１枚に纏めました。
Thursday evening's moon - just 0.4% off fully illuminated (actual full moon occurring during the morning of the 7th here) .
Known as "The Flower Moon" in North America it represents the last "supermoon" of 2020.
Imaged with a Skywatcher Esprit 120mm refractor and a Nikon D5300.
The Eagle Nebula Messier 16 ansd Star Cluster NGC 6611 in the constellation Serpens - by Mike O'Day ( 500px.com/mikeoday )..Whilst the star cluster ( NGC 6611 ) is visible with binoculars or a small telescope, the Eagle Nebula ( Messier 16, IC 4703 ) is best seen with a larger telescope or better yet in long exposure photographs. M16 is around 7,000 light years distant from Earth in the Sagittarius-Carina spiral arm of our Milkyway galaxy and may be part of a larger structure that extends to and includes the Omega Nebula ( M17 ) in Sagittarius. ..Details:..Eagle Nebula - Messier 16 and Star Cluster - NGC 6611.Skywatcher Quattro 10" f4 Newtonian telescope. .Skywatcher AZ Eq6 GT Mount.Orion 80mm f5 guide scope and auto guider - PHD2. .Baader MPCC Mark 3 Coma Corrector, UHC-S 'nebula' filter..Nikon D5300 (unmodified)..Field of view (deg) ~ 1.35 x 0.90..ISO800, 14bit NEF, Long Exp. NR on..35 x 180sec (1/3 before & 2/3 after zenith) 17 July 2015.PixInsight re-processed 21 Aug 2016..Links:..https://500px.com/MikeODay.http://photo.net/photos/MikeODay
A stack of 10 x 10-second exposures taken at the prime focus of my SkyWatcher ED80 refractor.
Uranus is the blue-green 'star' at mid-left. The two planets were separated by about 1.9 degrees.
Tránsito de Mercurio
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)
Accesorio: Baader 2" Cool-Ceramic Safety Herschel Prism
Software: SharpCap, AutoStakkert, Registax y Photoshop
Fecha: 2019-11-11
Hora: 12:39 T.U. (Tiempo universal)
Lugar: 42.615 N -6.417 W (Bembibre Spain)
Vídeo: 30 segundos
Resolución: 2320 x 1560
Gain: 72
Exposure: 0,000032
Frames: 963
Frames apilados: 26%
FPS: 31.92
This was a trial for Focus I noted each time I cleaned the focus track of the focus got better. I cleaned just before I started. HFR was 1.4 -1.6 all night long. Looks like its a worth while routine.
Taken with ZWO CMOS camera 56 Files 10 min files Shot With
ZWO ASI071MC Pro @ -10c
ZWO AEF,
Optolong LeNhance filter,
Skywatcher Black DiamondED80 OTA
Skywatcher EQM35Goto
Guided PHD2, SGP
Stacked DSS. Processed PixinSight , Lr
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.
Skywatcher ed 80, f/7.5
Atik 314L+ mono
Filter : Baader Ha 7nm
Total exposure 140min
Constellation: Cepheus
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
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
SkyWatcher Esprit 80/400, HEQ5, ASI2600MM-Pro, Astronomik SHO 6nm, 5 heures/filtre (sub 300").
APT, NINA - Pixinsight
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.
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.
Woohoo! This image has been Explored!
Thank you for all the views, comments and favourites too!
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.
Equipment:
Takahashi Epsilon 130ED
ASI294mmPro
ZWO EFW 8x
Astronomik Deep-Sky RGB und SHO MaxFR
Skywatcher EQ8
exposure time: 6,4hour
Processing: PixInsight/affinity photo
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.
Stack of 40 photos of 90'' exposition. Dark, flat and bias correction. Process with pixinsight.
Telescope Williams optics ZIII 73
Skywatcher Star Adventurer GTi
Camara Sony Alpha 6400
Filter L-eNhance Optolong
Equipment:
Scope: Lacerta 72/432 F6 0.85x reduktorral (367mm F5.1)
Mount: Skywatcher EQ-5 Pro Synscan Goto
Guide scope: Orion 50mm mini
Guide camera: ZWO ASI120mm Mini
Main camera: ZWO ASI183MM-Pro cooled monochrome camera
Accessories:
ZWO ASIAIR Pro
ZWO EFW 8x1.25"
Lacerta Dew-heater 20cm
Lacerta Dew-heater 30cm
Programs:
PixInsight
Adobe Photoshop CC 2020
Details:
Camera temp: -15°C
Gain: 200 for Ha 111 for RGB
Astronomik 6nm Ha: 15x300s
Astronomik Deep-Sky R: 10x180s
Astronomik Deep-Sky G: 10x180s
Astronomik Deep-Sky B: 10x180s
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
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.
Horsehead and Flame Nebula in Orion.
TS72 APO + TS72flat on a Nikon d610
432mm /f6/ iso800
6hrs 24min. Data acquired over 2 nights.
Tracked with the SA
TS 50mm f3.6 guidescope connected on a zwo asi120mc-s
Stacked in DSS and processed in Photoshop
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.
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.
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
Panel 2 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.