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A really beautiful conjunction, enhanced by a strong earthshine.
Tracking with Skywatcher Staradventurer GTI
Skywatcher 72ED
AZ-GTi
ZWO asi178mc
Canon Eos PR
Canon RF 24-105mm F4, @105mm
2022 10 25
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Samyang 135 F2
Zwo Asi183mm Pro
Skywatcher EQ5 Belt-modded
R: 48x120s Gain 53 -15°C
G: 48x120s Gain 53 -15°C
B: 48x120s Gain 53 -15°C
L: 760x120s Gain 53 -15°C
Ha: 128x300s Gain 111 -15°C
The core of the Milky Way rises above Clavell Tower overlooking Kimmeridge Bay in Dorset. 2 merged exposures. One 7 minute exposure for the sky using the SkyWatcher Star Adventurer tracking mount, and an eleven minute exposure for the foreground.
Taken with a Skywatcher 200PDS refelctor telescope. A ZWO ASI224MC camera was used to take 5000 frames of video which was then processed with PIPP, Autostakkert and Photoshop.
NGC-1365 is also known as the Great Barred Spiral Galaxy, and is a double-barred spiral galaxy. It is approximately 56 million light-years away from earth and is in the constellation Fornax.
This is a quick 1hr 48 min test of 3 min luminance exposures.
Taken 27/11/19 with the SBIG ST2000xm and Skywatcher Quattro 8inch carbon fibre Newtonian reflector telescope.
a classic target of the autumn/winter night sky. i already got this a couple of times, but i had to wait one hour for the actual target i wanted to shoot, so i gave my new cooled CMOS camera a try on it - so it is "only" one hour of integration time.
camera: ToupTek ATR533C
mount: Skywatcher HEQ5Pro
scope: Skywatcher Esprit ED80
30x120sec @gain 100 and 1x1 binning, cooled to -10°C
stacking and editing in APP
shot at 47% waxing moon under a bortle 5+ sky
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
Adobe Photoshop Cs2 : Data Processing
PHD Guiding 2: Guide
Darks, Dark Flats, Flats and Bias apply
Serra Negra ( Bortle 4) /São Paulo/Brasil . July/2019
Captured: March 4, 2019.
Location: AO Nostromo, Gornji Milanovac, Serbia
Telescope: SkyWatcher MN190/1000
Mount: SkyWatcher AZ-EQ6 GT
Camera: DSLR Canon 450D (full spectrum)
Frames: 34×420″
Exposure: 4h
Software: PHD2; BackyardEOS; PixInsight; Photoshop
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: 5:30 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
The Triangulum Galaxy is a spiral galaxy 2.73 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Triangulum. It is catalogued as Messier 33 or NGC 598. The Triangulum Galaxy is the third-largest member of the Local Group of galaxies, behind the Milky Way and the Andromeda Galaxy
This was a challenge to image as I struggled with constant fog and seeing problems and a 70% or more moon on every night of imaging. I never captured Ha in last years version so I wanted to highlight the numerous Ha regions within the galaxy.
Very difficult to process out the effects of the ³moon and keep the image clean, but I'm happy with the result. I cant be too picky at this time of the year when clear skies are a rarity!
Acquisition details:
Dates:Dec. 1, 2020 , Dec. 2, 2020 , Dec. 4, 2020 , Dec. 5, 2020
Frames:
Optolong B 36mm: 88x60" (gain: 139.00) -20C bin 1x1
Optolong G 36mm: 90x60" (gain: 139.00) -20C bin 1x1
Antlia Ha 3.5nm 36mm: 72x600" (gain: 139.00) -20C bin 1x1
Optolong L 36mm: 163x60" (gain: 139.00) -20C bin 1x1
Optolong R 36mm: 90x60" (gain: 139.00) -20C bin 1x1
Integration: 19.2 hours
Equipment used:
Imaging telescope: SkyWatcher Esprit 80ED Super APO Triplet
Imaging camera: ZWO ASI1600MM-P (Pro Cooled Mono)
Mount: SkyWatcher EQ6-R Pro
more information can be found here,
Jupiter
Telescope: Bresser Messier 127 MAK
Camera: ZWO ASI 224 MC
Tracking Mount : Skywatcher AZ Gti WiFi
This is a wider field view of the lovely Perseus Double Cluster complex imaged during the night of the 9th October.
The image shows the two open clusters, NGC869 (top) and NGC884 (below) sitting within a rich star field. This rendition illustrates a nice perspective I feel.
The myriad of stars that compose the flat disk of our Milky Way galaxy pass right through Cassiopeia and Perseus – and in doing so they also pass in front and behind the Double Cluster resulting in this lovely view.
The two clusters making up the complex lie at a distance of around 7500 lightyears from us.
Imaged with a Skywatcher 72ED refractor fitted with a flattener and a ZWO 2600MC camera.
29x180s guided exposures
30xDarks (temp. matched)
Gain 100 camera cooled to -10°C
Flats & Dark Flats
Thanks for looking!
25.11.20
In the constellation of Cepheus, 2400ly away within the wider IC1396 complex of ionized gas and dust region this dense globule is illuminated by the nearby bright star.
16 x 300s subs,
bias, flats, darks x15,
Skywatcher 10" F4 Newtonian,
NEQ6 pro guided,
Modded Canon 1100D,
Astronomik Ha clip filter,
Processed with DSS and Affinity photo.
Taken with a Skywatcher ED80 Refractor and Canon 500D. Baader Astrosolar Filter cap fitted. 12 jpg stack as caught in a very small cloud gap.
Taken with a Skywatcher ED80 Refractor with a Baader Astrosolar filter and a Canon 600D at prime focus
Nikon d610 with TS72
iso1600
2hrs.17min
Tracking: Skywatcher Star Adventurer
Software used:
Stacking: DeepskyStacker
Processing: Adobe Photoshop,Adobe camera raw, Photokemi Startools action set, GradientXterminator, Nik software, HLVG
Clouds cleared enough last night giving me a quick chance to image the moon.
Used my little Skywatcher 72ED and my ZWO 2600MC.
- Canon 1100D
- Skywatcher 200PDS
- Baader Neodymium + Solar Film Filter
APT Assist for capture, Stacked with registax 6, False Color CS6 duotone
The strongly shining, waxing gibbous moon was too hard to ignore last night. I had again intended to do some deep sky work but a combination of strong moonlight and annoying clouds made this very difficult!
So I decided I had to image our beautiful natural satellite which was now over 97% illuminated.
Towards the left of the image the blue colour of the bright crater Aristarchus is very noticeable.
I have slightly boosted the natural colour of the lunar surface to highlight the different mineral composition present in the lunar regolith. Trying to keep the colour variations and transitions as subtle as possible.
Regions which are a muddy brown are more rich in iron compounds in comparison to those areas which have a more blue cast being richer in titanium compounds.
The prominent lunar highland crater Tycho's huge ray system is well displayed.
Many thanks for looking!
Imaged with a Skywatcher Esprit 120ED scope and a ZWO 2600MC camera.
Captured using SharpCap PRO. Sharpened in Registax with final processing being done in Photoshop 2021.
Canon 600d (astromod)
Skywatcher Equinox ED80 APO
Skywatcher HEQ5 Pro tracking mount (unguided)
Short 2 min sub exposures adding to 30 min in total
Stacked in DeepSky Stacker
Processed in Photoshop CS6
Situated about 2,400 light years away (that's aprox. fourteen thousand trillion miles....!!!!) the Elephant Trunk Nebula is an interstellar gas and dust cloud residing within our galaxy in the constellation Cepheus.
The name is due to a small part of the nebula resembling the nose of the Elephant, it can be seen just to the right and above the center of my image. This area of gas has been ionised by the large blue star toward the centre, the radiation this star emits is absorbed by the atoms and molecules in the cloud which then become excited and consequently emit radiation themselves to reduce their energy states, making them glow in IR and visible light.
This again is an image that I need to do much longer exposures on to really pull out any real detail in the nebula, however you can make out the structure of the trunk and i thought i would put it up non the less as i still think its pretty.
Keep looking up!
Aberkenfig, South Wales
Lat +51.542 Long -3.593
Skywatcher 254mm Newtonian Reflector, Olympus E410 at prime focus. EQ6 Syntrek Mount.
Imaging session commenced 02:16 UT
Out of 35 frames captured, 33 were used in the processing.
9 x 60s @ ISO 800
24 x 50s @ ISO 800
Also 10 dark frames.
Processed with Deep Sky Stacker.
Final levels slightly adjusted with G.I.M.P.
Some coma towards the edges. I should invest in a coma corrector but I may just wait until I can upgrade the camera.
Here is a quick capture of the planet Jupiter and an overexposed image of Jupiter on the top showing the four Galilean moons.
Tech Specs: Sky Watcher Esprit 120ED, Celestron CGEM-DX pier mounted, ZWO ASI290MC, and ZWO EAF, Televue 1.5x Barlow. Captured in SharpCap Pro, processed in Autostakkert and Registax, top image single 3-second exposure, bottom image is best 20% of 9000 frames. Image date: October 13, 2021. Location: The Dark Side Observatory, Weatherly, PA, USA (Bortle Class 4).
Back to deep sky last night and what better target!
My focus had slipped slightly but I’m still happy with the results, first time I’ve got the Running man too.
Skywatcher 72ed
Celestron SE mount on homemade wedge.
Canon 600d (un-modified)
170x 33 second exposures- ISO 400
40x Darks 40x Flats 40x Bias frames
Processed in DSS, GIMP and Lightroom.
Captured late last year (2021) from my back garden.
Messier 33 (M33) is located 2.73 million light years away in the Triangulum constellation. It’s a small hop away from the famous M31, Andromeda Galaxy making it relatively easy to find in the night sky.
You’ll need quite dark skies to see it visually, but astrophotography can reveal all it’s faint details and colours.
I used my ZWO 533 camera to capture this with my 8” newtonian telescope from Skywatcher. I use a Ha filter to bring out the nebulae within the galaxy too.
——— 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 LRGB
Software d'acquisizione Sgpro
————— FOTO ————
temp 0 con dark, flat e darkflat
L 50 x 180s
R 50 x 180s
G 50 x 180s
B 50 x 180s
————— ELABORAZIONE ———
Pixinsight
Photoshop
istarted liking dark nebulae as i learned that it is possible to shoot them from my backyard. this image is kinda "work-in-progress" as i will continue to gain more exposure time as soon as the moon is at least 25% waning :) lets see if i have the patience to go as high as 15 or 20 hours :D
camera: ToupTek ATR533C
mount: Skywatcher HEQ5Pro
scope: Skywatcher Esprit ED80
115x180sec @gain 100 and 1x1 binning, cooled to -10°C
stacking and editing in APP, SIRIL and affinity 2
shot under a bortle 5+ sky in april close to full moon
——— 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 LRGB
Software d'acquisizione Sgpro
————— FOTO ————
temp 0 con dark, flat e darkflat
Ha 72 x 300s
L 50 x 180s
R 50 x 180s
G 50 x 180s
B 50 x 180s
————— ELABORAZIONE ———
Pixinsight
Photoshop
First lunar light with my Skywatcher 200p 200 / 1000 newtonian telescope.
These beautiful colours are from the variants of iron and titanium. The reddish areas are from iron, the blue areas are titanium.
I was so eager to finally shoot some higher res lunar images. I’ve always only had camera lenses and had to crop enormous amounts. Of course, due to seeing it became pure luck as high res video wasn’t an option in order to stack properly.
For this image, I tried out my ZWO 290MM (which I use for guiding) as a luminance set of data. I captured and made a 6 panel mosaic using this camera with the 8” newt.
For each panel I captured 1000 frames full resolution, then stacked the best 10% of these.
For the colour, I used my ZWO 533MC Pro. I captured 2000 frames at 2256px ROI.
I stacked all these in Autostackkert 2, used wavelets in Registax, aligned and pano created in Photoshop.
These images were shot before total darkness, so I have a few issues with the luminance layers having slightly different black levels. However, I think this came out good overall :)
Lum data was captured at sunset and colour post sunset.
Hardware Details:
Skywatcher EQ6R Pro
Skywatcher 8” 200/1000 newt
SharpStar 0.95x coma corrector
Astronomik 2" UV IR L2
ZWO 533MC Pro (with UV IR)
ZWO 290MM (no filter)
Todays afocal capture of the Sun, digital camera, Skywatcher Goto telescope fitted with homemade Baader Solarfilm filter
What started out as a question became a small marathon. I was getting shadow /reflections of the filters in the shot. So it became full clean down mirrors and filters. once put together I did a NB night and a RGB night to see if all had gone, happy to say its all clear.
What better way to really see so I did 5 nights of NB in total about 130 shots per filter. This is a Hubble SHaO pallet. One thing that showed up in those 5 night 2 am in the morning mount would disconnect. It would restart straight away once I got the port recognized. Turns out the fitting for the EQMOD cable for the mount was not firm even if the screws where. Two small slithers of a wall plug on the screws the whole thing is a tight as a drum and ran all night.
Now who cant see the chicken running Bottom left cant miss it. Still cant get over the detail in the shot.
QHY268M -10c 130 Odd shots 5 min each filter over 5 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
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
Imaging telescope or lens:GSO 8" f/5 Newton
Imaging camera:ZWO ASI 183 MM PRO
Mount:SkyWatcher NEQ6 Pro Goto
Guiding telescope or lens:GSO 8" f/5 Newton
Guiding camera:Astrolumina Alccd5L-IIc
Focal reducer:Pal Gyulai GPU Aplanatic Koma Korrector 4-element
Software:DeepSky Stacker Deep Sky Stacker 3.3.4, FitsWork 4, Adobe PhotoShop CS5, PHD2 Guiding
Filters:Baader Ha 1.25" 7nm, Baader Planetarium O3 1.25" 8.5nm, Baader Planetarium SII 1.25" 8nm
Accessory:TSOptics TS Off Axis Guider - 9mm
Dates:June 21, 2018, June 27, 2018, Sept. 14, 2019, Sept. 15, 2019
Frames:
Baader Ha 1.25" 7nm: 40x600" (gain: 200.00) -20C bin 1x1
Baader Planetarium O3 1.25" 8.5nm: 23x420" (gain: 200.00) -20C bin 1x1
Baader Planetarium SII 1.25" 8nm: 18x420" (gain: 200.00) -20C bin 1x1
Integration: 11.5 hours
Darks: ~37
Flats: ~27
Flat darks: ~100
Avg. Moon age: 13.39 days
Avg. Moon phase: 89.80%
RA center: 341.794 degrees
DEC center: 58.052 degrees
Pixel scale: 0.493 arcsec/pixel
Orientation: 66.112 degrees
Field radius: 0.447 degrees
Locations: Nürnberg, Nürnberg, Bayern, Germany
Data source: Backyard
Object description (wikipedia.org):
NGC 7380 (also known as the Wizard Nebula) is an open cluster discovered by Caroline Herschel in 1787. William Herschel included his sister's discovery in his catalog, and labelled it H VIII.77. It is also known as 142 in the 1959 Sharpless catalog (Sh2-142). This reasonably large nebula is located in Cepheus. It is extremely difficult to observe visually, usually requiring very dark skies and an O-III filter.
Located 7200 light years away, the Wizard nebula, surrounds developing open star cluster NGC 7380. Visually, the interplay of stars, gas, and dust has created a shape that appears to some like a fictional medieval sorcerer. The active star forming region spans about 100 light years, making it appear larger than the angular extent of the Moon. The Wizard Nebula can be located with a small telescope toward the constellation of the King of Aethiopia (Cepheus). Although the nebula may last only a few million years, some of the stars being formed may outlive our Sun.
Aberkenfig, South Wales
Lat +51.542 Long -3.593
Skywatcher 254mm Newtonian Reflector, Olympus E410 at prime focus. EQ6 Syntrek Mount.
Imaging session commenced 01:02 UT
20 frames were used in the processing.
20 x 40s @ ISO 800
Also 10 dark frames.
Processed with Deep Sky Stacker.
Final levels slightly adjusted with G.I.M.P.
Every year at this time I look forward to seeing the return of the famous Orion constellation to our evening sky.
Object Details:
Messier 42, NGC 1976, LBN 974.
Constellation: Orion.
Visual magnitude: +4.0
Apparent diameter: 85 x 60.0 arc-min. (about 2 Lunar Diameters).
Actual diameter: 35 light years.
Distance: 1,400 light years.
Also visible:
The smaller bright nebula, M43;
2nd magnitude quadruple star Iota Orionis; and
wide double star Struve 747.
Image:
Exposure: 6 x 60 sec, ISO 1600.
Date: 2017-11-22.
Location: Leumeah, NSW.
Sky: suburban sky, some cloud.
Moon: 4 day crescent, low in West.
Processing: Canon DPP > Deep Sky Stacker > GIMP.
Cropping: no.
Gear:
Imaging telescope: Skywatcher Esprit 120ED Super APO triplet refractor.
Focal length: 840 mm, focal ratio: f/7.
Imaging camera: Canon EOS 60D.
Guiding: off (due to RA corrections failing).
Telescope mount: SkyWatcher EQ6-R.
Polar aligning: QHYCCD PoleMaster.
Field flattener: yes; filter: no.
Aberkenfig, South Wales
Lat 51.542 N Long 3.593 W
Skywatcher 254mm Newtonian, Tal 2x Barlow,
ZWO ASI 385MC.
4000 frames captured using Firecapture.
Approx. 1700 frames processed with Registax 6. Final levels slightly adjusted using G.I.M.P.
Lunar south is uppermost. Quite good seeing.
A very favourable libration revealing the very elusive lunar crater Hausen.
06_01_2021
M42 Orion Nebula
20 180s lights
10 60s lights for core
stacked in DSS
Skywatcher ED80
Heq5 Pro
Orion 50mm guidescope
Canon 100d (modded)
All shots taken near Washpen Falls in very dry but very cold conditions (-10°C).
Nikon D810A
Nikon 600mm F4
Skywatcher NEQ6
Messier 81 and Messier 82 galaxies are part of the M81 Group, a group of 34 galaxies in Ursa Major and Camelopardalis constellations. Due to the distance of approximately 12M light years from Earth, this group together with the Local Group (containing the Milky Way) are relative neighbors in the Virgo Supercluster. M81 was discovered initially be Johann Bode (a German astronomer famous for determining the orbit of Uranus) at the end of 1774, hence the alternate name this object is sometimes referred as: Bode's Galaxy. In 1779 Pierre Méchain together with Charles Messier re-discovered the object and included it in the Messier Catalogue. M81 is a grand spiral galaxy with a very active nucleus, "hosting" a super-massive black hole with a mass of around 70 million times the mass of our Sun.
M82, sometimes called the Cigar galaxy due to it's edge on view from Earth, is the brightest galaxy in the night sky in infrared light, being a lot brighter in infrared than in the visible part of the spectrum. It is a starburst class galaxy that got caught in a gravitational struggle with M81 for past billion years. M82 is famous for its heavy star forming activity and the outburst of ionized hydrogen that can be seen in this photo as jets almost perpendicular to the galaxy disk. Around 100 newly formed globular star clusters have been discovered in this galaxy by Hubble Space Telescope. Many of the newly formed stars are so massive that they have a relatively short life and at the end of it, they explode as supernovas and drive gas and matter out of the galaxy at speeds of millions of kilometers per hour.
This image was taken over 3 consecutive nights with a total of 21.9 hours of total integration time, with 10 hours dedicated to hydrogen alpha.
more details here
Messier 81 also known as Bode's Galaxy is a grand design spiral galaxy about 12 million light-years away in the constellation Ursa Major. It has a diameter of 96,000 light-years. Because of its relative proximity to the Milky Way galaxy, large size, and active galactic nucleus which harbours a supermassive black hole, Messier 81 has been studied extensively by professional astronomers.
Skywatcher 8" f4 Quattro Reflector
Skywatcher EQ6-R Mount
ASI ZWO533 & 120 Cameras
Pixinsight & Adobe Photoshop