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Todays afocal capture of the Sun, digital camera, Skywatcher Goto telescope fitted with homemade Baader Solarfilm filter
La comète 46P/Wirtanen à travers un Skywatcher Quattro (F=800mm, D=200mm)et un réducteur de focale (focale résultante sur un 24x36: environ 1000mm F/3.5) Suivi à l'aide d'une Skywatcher EQ6-R Pro. Nikon D5300 avec filtre clip in LPS-V4-N5. Télécommande Twin1 ISR2
64x 59s, 1600 ISO.
Assemblage dans IRIS , cosmétique dans Photoshop CS4.
The 46P/Wirtanen comet through a skywatcher Quattro (F=800mm, D=200mm) with a coma reducer (resulting in a focal lenght in 24x36 of roughly 1000mm F/3.5) Tracking with a Skywatcher EQ6-R Pro. Nikon D5300 with clip in filter LPS-V4-N5. Remote Twin1 ISR2
64x 59s, 1600 ISO.
Compiling in IRIS , cosmetics in Photoshop CS4.
09/25/2016
Bialystok, Poland
One of my first photos of the Moon, back in the day when telescope was still collimated :-)
Canon700D
SkyWatcher N-150/750 EQ3-2
Barlow x2
10 frames; 2-panel mosaic
ISO400 1/197 f/10 1500mm
(registax6,photoshop,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.
Aberkenfig, South Wales
Lat +51.542 Long -3.593
Skywatcher 254mm Newtonian, EQ6 Syntrek Mount & Modified Philips SPC 900NC Webcam.
Captured using Sharpcap
25 frames @ 25s
10 Dark frames
Processed using Deep Sky Stacker.
Levels slightly adjusted with G.I.M.P.
Sharpcap Settings:
[Philips SPC 900NC PC Camera (LX Mode)]
Resolution=640x480
Colour Space / Compression=YUY2
Exposure (s)=25.2476670702873
Brightness=90
Contrast=40
Saturation=72
Gamma=3
ColorEnable=255
BacklightCompensation=0
Gain=30
Aberkenfig, South Wales
Lat +51.542 Long -3.593
Skywatcher 254mm Newtonian Reflector, Olympus E410 at prime focus. EQ6 Syntrek Mount.
7 @ 20s ISO 800
8 @ 15s ISO 800
7 @ 10s ISO 800
Also 10 dark frames.
Processed with Deep Sky Stacker and final levels adjusted with G.I.M.P. The diffraction spikes were not added in post processing.
The image displays coma towards the edges. This is is one drawback of a parabolic f/4.8 Newtonian.
Frames were captured commencing 04:07 UT on 15th October 2020
A shot I did with the coloured camera But never as detailed as this shot is . All the winds in space the help for the Wisps in the shot. This was a trial to see does more time equal more detail. This is some 42 hours shot time over 7 nights. Looking at this shot you would have to say like me yes it does equal more detail.
This is part of the Carina complex a very big area of the sky.
QHY268M -10c 100 Odd shots 5 min each filter over 7 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
acromatico Skywatcher 120/1000 a fuoco diretto con Eos 40D singolo scatto di 1/500 di secondo iso 100, elaborazione in mineral moon con Pixinsight 1.8.8-7, elaborazione finale Photoshop CC15 e Topaz Labs, buona visione
The Omega or Swan nebula in Sagittarius, using broadband RGB data and narrowband SHO data.
This object only rises to 19 degrees altitude above my horizon from 54N, so it's a challenge to image well. This attempt uses narrowband filters to try and reduce the impact of the poor seeing conditions at such low elevation.
System 1 (narrowband)
Camera: QHY23M
Scope: Celestron C14 Hyperstar
Focal length: 675mm f/1.9
Exposures (all bin 2x2):
S-ii (6 x 180s)
H-Alpha (8 x 180s)
O-iii (7 x 180s)
System 2 (broadband HaRGB)
Camera: QHY163M
Scope: Skywatcher MN190
Focal length: 1000mm f/5.2
Exposures:
Red (5 x 120s)
Green (10 x 120s)
Blue (5 x 120s)
H-Alpha (4 x 300s)
Separate images were produced from each system and then merged to provide a more natural colour balance, with narrowband data enhancing detail in the nebula. Although this is not strictly a true-colour image it is close.
Taken from UK.
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
The Cygnus Wall in the North American Nebula
After an eternal wait for decent weather i finally get chance to try the Star Adventurer GTi
For those who are interested ;
3.5 hours at 60sec exposure using zwo 585 colour camera,Skywatcher 72ed and zwo dual band filter to cut through the bortle7 sky.
software used deep sky stacker .siril and photoshop
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Telescopio: Skywatcher evostar ed80
Camera: Zwo Asi 294 mm
Montatura: Skywatcher AZ-EQ6
Autoguida: 60mm UltraGuide Artesky con zwo asi 224mc
Correttore 0.85x ed80 skywatcher
Filtri: Optolong 3nm Ha O3 S2
Software d'acquisizione Sgpro
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temp -10 con dark, flat e darkflat
HA 300s x 69scatti
O3 300s x 79scatti
S2 300 x 57scatti
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Pixinsight
Photoshop
Obtained with my Skywatcher 254mm Newtonian, Tal 2x Barlow and a recently purchased ZWO ASI 385MC.
4000 frames captured on each image using Firecapture. Then approx. 1600 to 1700 frames stacked with AutoStakkert! 3.1.4. Wavelets processed with Registax and final adjustments with G.I.M.P.
I have now uploaded a separate and better quality capture & process of the Hortensius Domes as two pane mosaic. It includes the lunar domes situated to the north of Milichius
Lunar south is uppermost.
The Heart Nebula
The Heart Nebula (IC 1805), lies some 7500 light years away from Earth and is located in the Perseus Arm of the Galaxy in the constellation Cassiopeia. It was discovered by William Herschel on 3 November 1787. It is an emission nebula showing glowing ionized hydrogen gas and darker dust lanes.
The brightest part of the nebula (a knot at its western edge) is separately classified as NGC 896, because it was the first part of the nebula to be discovered. The nebula's intense red output and its morphology are driven by the radiation emanating from a small group of stars near the nebula's center. This open cluster of stars, known as Collinder 26 or Melotte 15, contains a few bright stars nearly 50 times the mass of our Sun, and many more dim stars that are only a fraction of our Sun's mass.
ZWO ASI2600MC Pro camera, William Optics GT81 scope with WO Flat 6AIII flattener, ZWO ASIAir Pro guided, Skywatcher HEQ5 Pro mount, L-eNhance filter.
70 lights of 180sec at gain 100 and 0degC, 40 darks, 40 flats and 80 bias
Bortle 4 skies
Stacked in DSS and processed in 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: 1:50 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
Aberkenfig, South Wales
Lat +51.542 Long -3.593
Skywatcher 254mm Newtonian Reflector, Nikon D780 at prime focus. EQ6 Syntrek Mount.
Imaging session commenced 22:13 UT
9 light frames of 30s at ISO 2000
3 light frames of 20s at ISO 800
Also 10 dark frames.
A light to moderate breeze and increasing cloud interrupted this imaging session. Only 12 suitable frames captured with low exposure times but at a higher ISO level.
Despite this, I decided to process this meagre haul using Deep Sky Stacker. Finally, some basic adjustments on levels & colour with G.I.M.P. gave a surprising result. I must obtain a coma corrector now and also have a look at some alternative processing software.
The shadows of both craters lengthen as the sun slowly sets over the lunar eastern limb.
Aberkenfig, South Wales
Lat 51.542 N Long 3.593 W
Skywatcher 254mm Newtonian, Tal 2x Barlow,
ZWO ASI 385MC.
4000 frames captured on each image using Firecapture.
Approx. 1200 frames processed with Registax 6 on each capture.
Slight adjustment to levels, collage & annotations using G.I.M.P.
Lunar south is uppermost.
Reasonable to fairly good seeing, with some fluctuations, during the course of captures.
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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 S2
Software d'acquisizione Sgpro
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temp 0 con dark, flat e darkflat
HA 60 x 300s
O3 60 x 300s
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Pixinsight
Photoshop
Gear used:
■ Mount: skywatcher neq-6 goto with Rowan modification belt
■ Telescope: skywatcher 200/1000 F/5
■ Autoguiding: Asi 120mm
■ Total exposure: 5H || 60 X 300 seconds
■ Camera: modified canon eos 700d astrodon
■ Filter(s): astronomik CLS ccd eos clip
■ Other optic(s): baader coma corrector
■ Software : Siril / photoshopCC
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
One shot from this morning lunar eclipse. This was the last phase before the moon was hidden behind a solid cloudcover.
Shot thru Skywatcher 750/150 reflector telescope.
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Telescopio: Skywatcher 200/800 Wide Photo
Camera: Zwo Asi 294 mm pro Zwo Asi 294 mc pro
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 Optolong l-pro
Software d'acquisizione Sgpro
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temp 0 con dark, flat e darkflat
HA 50 x 300s
rgb 60 x 300s
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Pixinsight
Photoshop
An intermediate barred spiral galaxy first discovered by William Herschel on the 6th of April 1785.
At 41 million light years from us this stunning galaxy and it's neighbours, NGC 4747 bottom right of centre and NGC 4712 to the left and just above 4725, can all be found in the constellation Coma Berenices. There are a few fainter galaxies dotted about as well.
NGC 4725 is 100,000 light years across, a similar size to our own Milky Way.
All data gathered at www.astronomycentre.org.uk/
Boring techie bit:
Skywatcher Quattro 8" Newtonian Reflector steel tube with the f4 aplanatic coma corrector, Skywatcher EQ6 R pro mount, Altair Starwave 60mm guide scope, ZWO asi120mm guide camera mini, ZWO asi533mc pro cooled to -20c gain 101, Optolong UV/IR 2" filter, ZWO filter drawer, ZWO asiair plus.
180s exposures.
34 light frames.
Darks, Flats, Dark Flats & Bias
Stacked and processed in PixInsight & Affinity Photo.
First attempt with the ASI 1600 MM in Narrowband H-Alpha. Very impressed with the results from the polluted skies of Milan. Can't wait to use this setup under a dark sky!
"Only" 37,5 minutes of exposure. Its not the best time to shoot for Orion yet.
Stacked with ASTAP and processed with Photoshop and Starnet++
Bortle 5
Skywatcher Star Adventurer 2i Pro
Nikon D500 + Nikkor-Micro 105mm
150" ISO 400 f/3,2 105mm
15x150" Lights
10 Darks
15 Bias
10 Flats
Orion Nebula
Telescope: TSAPO100Q 580mm f5,8
Camera: Moravian G2-8300 (black/white)
mount: Skywatcher NEQ-6 Pro
guider: Lodestar 2 as Off-axis guider
exposures:
luminance: 2x10 mins + 8x2 mins + 2x4 mins + 10x10 mins + 2x15 mins + 2x30 mins
red: 10x10 mins + 4x2 mins + 1x15 mins
green: 1x10 mins + 2x2 mins + 1x15 mins
blue: 6x10 mins + 2x2 mins + 2x15 mins
Postprocessed in Pixinsight and Adobe Lightroom 5
Teleskop: TSAPO100Q 580mm f5,8
Kamera: Moravian G2-8300 (Schwarz/Weiß)
Montierung: Skywatcher NEQ-6 Pro
Autoguider: Lodestar 2 als Off-axis guider
Belichtungszeiten:
Luminanz: 2x10 min + 8x2 min + 2x4 min + 10x10 min + 2x15 min + 2x30 min
Rot: 10x10 min + 4x2 min + 1x15 min
Grün: 1x10 min + 2x2 min + 1x15 min
Blau: 6x10 min + 2x2 min + 2x15 min
Bearbeitet mit Pixinsight und Adobe Lightroom 5
My biggest project so far, finally hit the 20 hours mark on a single image! let me know what you think. Im really happy with the nebulosity detail that came through.
Flaming Star Nebula, IC 405 is an emission and reflection nebula in the constellation Auriga, surrounding the bluish star AE Aurigae. It shines at magnitude +6.0. It surrounds the irregular variable star AE Aurigae and is located near the emission nebula IC 410, the open clusters M38 and M36, and the K-class star Iota Aurigae. The nebula measures approximately 37.0' x 19.0', and lies about 1,500 light-years away from Earth. It is believed that the proper motion of the central star can be traced back to the Orion's Belt area. The nebula is about 5 light-years across.
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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 3nm Ha O3 S2
Software d'acquisizione Sgpro
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temp 0 con dark, flat e darkflat
HA 87 x 300s
O3 85 x 300s
S2 74 x 300s
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Pixinsight
Photoshop
SkyWatcher 70mm SK707AZ2 + Filter Thousand Oaks + barlow 2X + super 25mm.
Edited with MS Picture Manager and Photofiltre.
Skywatcher 190MN, NEQ6 mount, Altair Tri-band filter, ASI294MC Pro at -20C.
31 x 5 minute exposures (2 hours and 35 minutes),
Gain 120, Offset 30, 50 dark frames, 50 flat fields and 50 dark flat frames.
Processed in APP, Pixinsight and Photoshop.
Imaged between 20:40 and 23:40, on 10th of February 2022.
Lots of faint passing clouds and a bright moon caused difficulties.
Arguably the apostrophe in Lower's should be at the end (Lowers') as it was father and son who found it. Or so I have read.
A faint target which needs more integration time. I'll be back!
Copyright and personal information:
My name: Cornelis van Zuilen
My website: www.CVZastro.com
Heiloo, The Netherlands
Equipment used:
Telescope: Askar 103APO
Main camera: ZWO ASI2600MC AIR
Filters: Optolong L-Pro
Mount: Skywatcher EQ6-R Pro
Exposures:
10hr 51min
217x 180sec
Calibration frames
20 Darks
20 Flats
20 Dark flats
Processed in Pixinsight
Conditions seemed to be quite good tonight for hi-res lunar images!
Camera was a Player One Apollo M-mini - this was a 2 panel image, 10k frames per panel
Skywatcher 180 pro mak telescope
The Demon Star as of 13 March 2016. Brighter than it was 2 nights ago following a secondary eclipse event in the last few days.
Median stacked image:
25 x 25 secs @ ISO 800 (10 mins)
Dark, flat & bias calibration
Skywatcher 120ED Esprit, Celestron AVX (unguided)
Canon 700D
FOV 1.52 deg x 1.02 deg
Panel 4 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.
This is a target that is shot out of city lights and pollution, But what the heck just go for it I have never shied away from a challenge. This a reflection nebula the light comes from the bright blue stars in the nebula.
This is version 3 one and two this morning I just did not like so sat down this afternoon to try and make it look more real not a cartoon. Armed with a Full glass of red wine I thought what did I not like how can I simply make it better this is one hour later taking the steps thinking and slowly.
This is one I have always wanted to do but knew its not quite what you should do in the city better out in the black of country. Enjoy the Blue Horse
ZWOASI 071 MC -10 56 shots per nights for 3 nights .
600 sec each shot.
Sharpstar 61EDPH II
SESTO SENSO Focuser
Skywatcher NEQ 6 Pro Hypertuned
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 the tiny 2842 and 2845 spots this time.
Another Saturn
I worked out how to attach my 2x barlow to my dslr. This is shot with a Canon 7D + 1.4x TC + 2x Barlow + 10 inch skywatcher dob
Images captured with 5x live view in APT
Processed with Pipp, Autostakkert and Registax
Best 20% of ~4000 images
Aberkenfig, South Wales
Lat +51.542 Long -3.593
Skywatcher 254mm Newtonian Reflector, Tal 3x Barlow Lens, ZWO ASI 120MC Astronomical Imaging Camera.
Out of 9500 frames about 2300 processed with AutoStakkert! & Registax 6.
Colour contrast on albedo features and final levels adjusted with G.I.M.P.
Image size scaled up by 150%
The seeing conditions were reasonably good.
The target was about 42.4° above the horizon at the time of capture.