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Skywatcher Evostar Pro 80 ED (w/.85x reducer/corrector & QHYCCD Polemaster), Skywatcher EQM-35, Nikon D3300.

 

120 lights x 90 s @ ISO 800, ~45 dark, ~45 flat, ~100 bias, stacked in DSS and post-processed in Photoshop.

Aberkenfig, South Wales

Lat +51.542 Long -3.593

 

Skywatcher 254mm Newtonian Reflector, Olympus E410 at prime focus. EQ6 Syntrek Mount.

 

A 3 pane mosaic of this well know pair of star clusters.

Also known as Caldwell 14.

 

Each pane consists of 10 light frames of 40s @ ISO 800

Processed with Deep Sky Stacker & Image Composite Editor

 

Not ideal viewing conditions as increasing cloud limited the amount of frames obtained. It seems that the focussing had slipped a little on the 3rd set of captures as well.

Exifs

■ Mount: skywatcher neq-6 goto with Rowan modification belt

■ Telescope: skywatcher 200/1000 F/5

■ Autoguiding: Asi 120mm

■ Total exposure: 1H35Min || 19 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

Skywatcher MC102/1300

Star adventurer

TeleVue 3x barlow

Canon EOS RP

The Lagoon Nebula (catalogued as Messier 8 or M8) is a giant interstellar cloud in the constellation Sagittarius.

The Lagoon Nebula, so called because of the dark gap (the lagoon) dividing the nebula in two, is estimated to be between 4,000–6,000 light-years away from the Earth. The Lagoon nebula is big, its size is approximately 110 by 50 light years; in other words, if the nebula started at Earth it would reach to the star Alkaid, which is the last star in the handle of the big Dipper. There is a lot to see in the Lagoon; the nebula contains several dark patches, known as Bok globules (dark nebulae or clouds of dark cosmic dust from which stars may form); there is an open star cluster (NGC6530) to the left of the ‘lagoon’; the Lagoon Nebula also contains at its centre a structure known as the Hourglass Nebula, which is just visible in this image in the bright centre just to the right of the ‘lagoon’.

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Both galaxies are 12 million light-years away in the constellation Ursa Major.

 

210x2min ISO400 lights (7hr exposure). Bortle 7, Kaunas, Lithuania

Setup:

Canon EOS R

Baader MPCC and IDAS D2 LPS filter

Skywatcher Explorer 150 PDS

Skywatcher HEQ5 Pro

Guided with ZWO ASI120MM + ZWO 30 mm F/4 Mini Guide Scope

PHD2, Deep Sky Stacker, PixInsight

Skywatcher 120mm Achro Refractor

Quark Chromosphere

PG Blackfly

Skywatcher 130PDS

ZWO ASI183mmPro

Astrodon LRGB Filter

Celestron AVX

 

total exposure time: 6,5 std

105x120s Luminanz

30x120s red

25x120s green

35x120s blue

Orion Nebula

Skywatcher Quattro 10" f4 Newtonian.

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, JPEG Fine, Long Exp. NR on.

HDR processed in PixInsight

- 20x120sec,

- 20x30sec,

- 20x 8sec,

- 12x4sec.

Individual groups aligned and integrated.

Then four integrated images aligned and HDR combined.

17 January 2015 - reprocessed 25 Apr 2015

Skywatcher 190MN, NEQ6 mount, Altair Tri-|Band filter, ASI294MC Pro at -20C. 22 x 5 minute exposures (1 hour 50 minutes ) at Gain 120, Offset 30, 50 dark frames, 50 flat fields and 50 dark flat frames.

 

Processed in Pixinsight Topaz denoise and Photoshop.

 

Collected between 22:35 and 0:25 on the 20th and 21st of March, 2022.

 

Bright 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

Filtro: Antlia Filtri HA OIII serie pro

Software d'acquisizione Sgpro

————— FOTO ————

temp 0 con dark, flat e darkflat

Ha 42 x 300s

OIII 46 x 300s

————— ELABORAZIONE ———

Pixinsight

Photoshop

 

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Skywatcher Explorer 300PDS

DMK21AU618 Camera

Taken on Friday 27th of March 2020.

 

Equipment was:

Skywatcher HEQ5 pro mount.

Skywatcher 8" Quattro S.

f4 Aplanatic coma corrector.

Altair 50mm guide scope and GPcam AR0130C guide camera.

Canon 1100D stock with Astronomik CLS filter

 

Best 70% of 40 exposures of 5 minutes at ISO 800. Stacked with calibration frames.

Software used was DSS & StarTools.

SkyWatcher 80ED + WO 0.8x TypeII + SEOCooledX2

on SkyWatcher HEQ5 PRO

Frames: 4x900sec (Total:60min)

Guiding: RFT80S + Meade DSI Pro

DeepSkyStacker, Photoshop CS4

Locations: Koresato, Akaiwa, Okayama, Japan

Aug. 2009

Skywatcher 180mm F15 Maksutov

Player One Neptune-M camera (IMX178)

Baader visual filter, red filter was used

Skywatcher 72ED

AZ-EQ6 GT

ZWO Asi 178MC-s

2024 04 19

SkyWatcher 70mm SK707AZ2 + Filter Thousand Oaks + super 25mm + barlow 2X.

 

Edited with MS Picture Manager and Photofiltre.

 

It's possible to see the 3708, 3709, 3711, 3712, 3713 and 3716.

120mm Skywatcher Evostar achromatic refractor

Lunt Herschel White Light Wedge

PG Blackfly

This another narrowband image of the beautiful Rosette Nebula in Monoceros. This time with a synthetic green component created from a blend of the Ha data and double ionized Oxygen data (OIII).

 

The Ha was mapped to red, synthetic green to green and OIII mapped as the blue component.

 

Imaging details are as before with a focal reduced Skywatcher ED80 refractor and a ZWO1600MM cooled camera fitted wih Baader narrowband filters.

 

20x600s Ha

15x600s OIII

 

Many thanks for looking!

Skywatcher 72/420 ED Apo

ASI224MC színes camera

TeleVue 2.5x powermate

Aberkenfig, South Wales

Lat +51.542 Long -3.593

 

Skywatcher 254mm Newtonian Reflector, Olympus E410 at prime focus. EQ6 Syntrek Mount.

 

24 suitable light frames of 40s at 800 ISO. Also 10 dark frames.

 

Processed with Deep Sky Stacker and final levels adjusted with G.I.M.P.

 

An open star cluster located in the constellation of Perseus.

 

The image has been slightly cropped but still displays coma towards the edges. This is is one drawback of a parabolic f/4.8 Newtonian.

  

Taken with a Skywatcher ED80 Refractor and Canon 500D at prime focus ( 600mm ) Baader Astrosolar Film Filter fitted to scope

Taken with a Skywatcher ED80 Refractor and a Canon 600D

Skywatcher 130/900

QHY 5L-II mono

Barlow Televue 3x

  

Did a little imaging early this evening.

Skywatcher Sprit 100ED + ASI1600MM + Baader LRGB

20x600"L + 7x300"RGB

Cuenca, Spain

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: 11:00 hours (subs 300 and 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 . 05/2019 + 05/2024

Nikon d90(mod)

TS72 APO + TS72flat

settings: 432mm, f6, iso800, 360min

 

guiding:

ZWO asi120mcs

TS 50mm guidescope

Tracking: Skywatcher Star Adventurer

software:

guiding: phd2

Stacking: Deepskystacker 4.2.2

Processing: Adobe Photoshop , Photokemi Startools action set, GradientXterminator, Nik software, HLVG

skywatcher ED80 APO refractor, canon 600D, CLS clip filter.

First processes of what's

proving to be a frustrating processing learning curve. Horrible gradient in the background. ! hour 36 minutes total exposure. 180, 120 and 60 second frames with darks.

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: 2:00 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

Skywatcher 190MN telescope, Ioptron CEM70 NUC mount, Altair Tri-|Band filter, ASI294MC Pro at -20C. 9 x 5 minute exposures (45 minutes) at Gain 120, Offset 30, 50 dark frames, 50 flat fields and 50 dark flat frames.

 

Processed in Pixinsight Topaz denoise and Photoshop.

 

Collected between 11:00 and 11:50 on the 8th of April, 2022.

 

First light with the new mount. Clouds terminated the session.

 

Newton SkyWatcher 200/1000

Monture EQ6-r pro

Canon 1000D défiltré partiel

Correcteur de coma Baader MPCC Mk III

Autoguidage OAG + ZWO ASI 290mm mini

ASIAIR Pro

 

51*300" => 4h15'

48*300" => 4h00

 

Total 8h15'

 

Traitement PixInsight + Photoshop CC

Taken with a Skywatcher ED100 Refractor and Canon 500D, colour saturation applied

skywatcher ed80

heq5pro canon 350d

dodging joggers and yappy dogs.

Skywatcher HEQ5 Pro Rowan Belt Modded

William Optics ZenithStar 73

1 hour 45 minutes of light frames, calibrated with lights, darks and bias.

Skywatcher Heliostar 76 / FLIR Chameleon

Skywatcher 200p , HEQ5 PRO, placed in my backyard.

SW ST80 + QHY5-II mono guide cam ( PHD 2 guiding sotware)

6x150'' ligts, 10x150'' darks, 10x flats, 10x bias

I used Backyard EOS v3 camera software with Canon EOS 6D (Baader MPCC Mark III coma corrector, without filters, ).

Stacked in deep sky stacker. Edited in Photoshop .

This is my first photo after I did flocking of my OTA :)

Skywatcher Equinox 80 PRO APO Telescope & Canon 7D DSLR

Baader Hyperion 24mm-8mm Clickstop Zoom eyepiece (@ 8mm)

Eyepiece Projection. Single RAW file.

Working focal length 2938mm @ f/40

 

As expected the field curvature is quite noticable, not the best method I feel for lunar imaging but not a bad attempt.

 

Standard Photographic tripod and ballhead. No tracking for this one.

1/25 second @ ISO800

Explore #8 (8th Feb 2011)

My first attempt capturing the Orion nebula

Skywatcher 72ED

Star Adventurer unguided

sony nex 5n

iso 800

110 minutes total exposure time

220 light frames (30 sec) DSS (70% best images)

40 dark

5 bias

12 flats

Having acquired a second hand Skywatcher 200P Newtonian and an EQ5 Pro, I thought I should try it out with a simple shot like this. Having discovered that Skywatcher T rings are larger than my Meade T ring (I really had assumed they were all the same) I await a new one. In the meantime I just held the camera up to the eyepiece aperture to take this.

Lunette Skywatcher Esprit 80/400, ZWO ASI183MM-Pro et filtres SHO Astrodon 5nm, AZEQ6

14h25 d'intégration en Ha : 65 x 300", O : 48 x 300", S : 60 x 300" gain 178 / offset 25

Sirilic, Pixinsight, PS

Skywatcher 72ED

Canon 7D MKII (unmodified)

Skywatcher Star Adventure

SVBony CLS clip in filter

130 / 30 second exposures

1600 ISO

Pretty pleased with this cheap filter.

SkyWatcher 70mm SK707AZ2 + Filter Thousand Oaks + barlow 2X + super 25mm.

 

Edited with MS Picture Manager and Photofiltre.

Imaging telescope or lens:Skywatcher Esprit 80 ED Triplet Super Apo

Imaging camera:ZWO ASI 183 MM PRO

Mount:SkyWatcher NEQ6 Pro Goto

Guiding telescope or lens:Skywatcher Esprit 80 ED Triplet Super Apo

Guiding camera:Astrolumina Alccd5L-IIc

Focal reducer:Skywatcher Field flattener for Esprit 80mm

Software:Main Sequence Software Seqence Generator Pro, Adobe PhotoShop CS5, FitsWork 4, DeepSky Stacker Deep Sky Stacker 3.3.4, PHD2 Guiding

Filters:Baader Ha 1.25" 7nm, Baader Planetarium SII 1.25" 8nm, Baader Planetarium O3 1.25" 8.5nm

Accessory:TSOptics TS Off Axis Guider - 9mm

Dates:Sept. 25, 2018, Sept. 26, 2018, Sept. 27, 2018

Frames:

Baader Ha 1.25" 7nm: 37x600" (gain: 200.00) -20C

Baader Planetarium O3 1.25" 8.5nm: 37x600" (gain: 200.00) -20C bin 1x1

Baader Planetarium SII 1.25" 8nm: 32x600" (gain: 200.00) -20C bin 1x1

Integration: 17.7 hours

Darks: 18

Flats: 27

  

SkyWatcher 70mm SK707AZ2 + Filter Thousand Oaks + barlow 2X + super 25mm.

 

Edited with MS Picture Manager and Photofiltre.

Skywatcher 130/900

QHY 5L-II mono

Barlow Televue 3x

UT 22:34

 

Telescope: Skywatcher 102/1300 MC

Eyepiece: 10mm Barium + 2x Barlow

Mount 1: Skywatcher Star Adventurer

Mount 2: EQ-3 GOTO (only last 3 captures)

Camera: Samsung Galaxy A5, avg. 1 minute captures

Softvare: PIPP, Registax

Budapest, Hungary

 

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Total Lunar Eclipse sequence arranged like the hours of a clock. January 2019.

Sol Región Activa 12835

 

Telescopio: Skywatcher Refractor AP 120/900 f7.5 EvoStar ED

Cámara: ZWO ASI178MM

Montura: iOptron AZ Mount Pro

Filtros: - Baader Neutral Density Filter 1¼" (ND 1.8, T=1.5%)

- Baader Solar Continuum Filter 1¼" (540nm)

Accesorios: - Baader 2" Cool-Ceramic Safety Herschel Prism

Software: FireCapture, Pipp, AutoStakkert, Registax y Photoshop

Fecha: 2021-07-05 (05 de julio de 2021)

Hora: 15:10 T.U. (Tiempo universal)

Lugar: 42.615 N -6.417 W (Bembibre Spain)

Vídeo: 2 videos de 1 minutos cada uno

Resolución: 1472x1116

Gain: 149 (29%)

Exposure: 0.032ms

Frames: 3378 + 3378

Frames apilados: 30%

FPS: 56

Sensor temperature= 40.7 °C

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