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SkyWatcher 70mm SK707AZ2 + Filter Thousand Oaks + super 25mm + barlow 2X.
Edited with MS Picture Manager and Photofiltre.
It's possible the 2990, 2991, 2993 and 2994 spots (the last two appear to turn very active in the coming days) this time.
The Eastern Veil nebula is a cloud of heated and ionized gas and dust in the constellation of Cygnus, located at around 1470 light-years from Earth. It is part of the Cygnus Loop which is a 7000 years old, faint supernova remnant, covering roughly 3° on the sky (almost 6 full moons). The red hues in this image are from ionized hydrogen gas clouds, emitting light in the H-alpha wavelength, while the cyan hues are from oxygen ions.
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EXIF
Camera & Filters:
ZWO ASI 1600MM Pro
ZWO EFW / Baader Ultra Narrowband
3,5nm H-alpha
4,5nm Oiii
Telescope:
William Optics Megrez 88 f/5.6
Mount:
Skywatcher AZ-GTI
Camera, Mount & Focus control:
ZWO ASIair
20x 300s H-alpha
20x 300s Oiii
HOO image processing with PixInsight and Photoshop
Here is the final version of these two galaxies, any feedback are welcome!
Equipment:
Scope: Lacerta 72/432 F6 0.85x reduktorral (367mm F5.1)
Mount: Skywatcher EQ-5 Pro Synscan Goto
Guiding: OAG
Guide camera: ZWO ASI120mm Mini
Main camera: ZWO ASI183MM-Pro cooled monochrome camera
Accessories:
ZWO ASIAIR Pro
ZWO EFW 8x1.25"
ZWO EAF
ZWO OAG
ZWO 1.25 Helical focuser
Lacerta Dew-heater 30cm
Programs:
PixInsight
Adobe Photoshop CC 2020
Details:
Camera temp: -15°C
Gain: 53, 111
Astronomik 6nm Ha: 155x300s
Astronomik L-3 UV-IR Block: 132x180s
Astronomik Deep-Sky R: 20x180s
Astronomik Deep-Sky G: 20x180s
Astronomik Deep-Sky B: 20x180s
Bortle Scale: 4
Location: Isaszeg, Hungary
Acquisition date(s):
2021.02.28., 2021.03.02., 2021.03.06., 2021.03.07., 2021.03.08.,
Skywatcher Evostar Pro 80 ED (w/.85x reducer/corrector & QHYCCD Polemaster), Skywatcher EQM-35, Nikon D3300.
165 lights x 90 s @ ISO 800, ~45 dark, ~45 flat, ~100 bias, stacked in DSS and post-processed in Photoshop.
Skywatcher Evostar Pro 80 ED (w/.85x reducer/corrector & QHYCCD Polemaster), Skywatcher EQM-35, Nikon D3300.
125 lights x 90 s @ ISO 800, ~45 dark, ~45 flat, ~100 bias, stacked in DSS and post-processed in Photoshop.
M8 Lagoon Nebula shot with Canon 5Dsr on a Sky watcher Quattro 250 F4 . 36 x 55 second shots stacked. 33 minutes of data.
Bodes Galaxy (M81) and the Cigar Galaxy (M82) are known to form a beautiful pair of galaxies. M81 is strongly interacting with M82 and a third galaxy, named NGC 3077. This galactic trio was the target of this image.
M81 is a spiral galaxy about 12 million light-years away, in the constellation Ursa Major. It is the main galaxy of the 'M81 Group', which includes 60 Galaxies.
M82 is a starburst galaxy and a member of the M81 Group. It is it is about five times more luminous than the whole Milky Way and has a center one hundred times more luminous than our galaxy's center. The starburst activity is thought to have been triggered by interaction with neighboring galaxy M81.
NGC3077 is thr small galaxy on the left and a member of the M81 Group as well. Despite looking much like an elliptical galaxy, it is a spiral galaxy. It shows wispy edges and scattered dust clouds that are probably a result of gravitational interaction with its larger neighbors.
EXIF
Camera: ZWO ASI 1600MM Pro
Telescope: William Optics Megrez 88, f/5.6 (500mm)
Mount: Skywatcher AZ-GTI
Filters: Baader LRGB & H-alpha
3h30min total exposure time
Processing: PixInsight & Photoshop
The Tarantula Nebula (also known as 30 Doradus) is an H II region in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) Taken Dec 21 and just a re edit as I have clouds here ATM.16 x 60 secs. Canon 60D with optolong L Enhance filter on a Skywatcher Quattro 250P F4 Scope.
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 300 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 . 06/2019 + 06/2023
Equipment:
Scope: Lacerta 72/432 F6 0.85x reduktorral (367mm F5.1)
Mount: Skywatcher EQ-5 Pro Synscan Goto
Guiding: OAG
Guide camera: ZWO ASI120mm Mini
Main camera: ZWO ASI183MM-Pro cooled monochrome camera
Accessories:
ZWO ASIAIR Pro
ZWO EFW 8x1.25"
ZWO EAF
ZWO OAG
ZWO 1.25 Helical focuser
Lacerta Dew-heater 30cm
Programs:
PixInsight
Adobe Photoshop CC 2020
Details:
Camera temp: -15°C
Gain: 53
Astronomik L-3 UV-IR Block: 200x180s
Astronomik Deep-Sky R: 25x180s
Astronomik Deep-Sky G: 25x180s
Astronomik Deep-Sky B: 25x180s
Bortle Scale: 4
Location: Isaszeg, Hungary
Acquisition date(s):
2021.05.09., 2021.05.10., 2021.05.11., 2021.05.12., 2021.05.20., 2021.05.21.
ASI 294 MC PRO.
72 ED Skywatcher con reductor/aplanador 0.85.
Star Adventurer 2i.
Guiado Asi 120mm Mini.
Ganancia 123/ Offset 30 -10ºc
L-Extreme 41x300s
Bortle 8.
PixInsight,
Yes, another M33! Inevitable at this time of year. 96% Moon!!
This was my first clear night in weeks but of course it coincided with a pretty much full Moon. Back in the year I bought an Altair Astro Tri-Band OSC filter which I had not had occasion to use so thought I'd give it a go. I couldn't find many examples taken with this filter so it was an unknown quantity. Quite pleased with the result.
A bit noisy and there were severe 'light pollution' gradients which required processing persistence to eradicate. APP's light pollution removal tool was excellent but not 100% so the remainder was removed manually in Affinity Photo. I thought processing would be quite involved but APP has a setting for this filter type which made it very straight forward.
Nice to know that I can now make use of those clear but Moon filled nights!!
x13, 300 second exposures along with calibration frames.
SkyWatcher 25cm f4 Quattro. Belt modded EQ6. QHY8L OSC camera.
Capture software. APT, PHD2, Cartes De Ciel.
Processing sofware. AstroPixelProccesor, Affinity Photo. Topaz Denoise.
imaged using Panasonic micro 4/3 rds GF 6. Attached directly on to Skywatcher star travel 80 achromatic refracting telescope .
this combination results in a effective focal length of 800mm. .
Cloud cover spoilt moon rise but brief clear spell later in the evening enabled imaging with moon high in sky.
SkyWatcher 70mm SK707AZ2 + Filter Thousand Oaks + super 25mm + barlow 2X.
Edited with MS Picture Manager and Photofiltre.
It's possible the 2974, 2975, 2976, 2977, 2978 and 2980 spots this time.
SkyWatcher 70mm SK707AZ2 + Filter Thousand Oaks + super 25mm + barlow 2X.
Edited with MS Picture Manager and Photofiltre.
Nowadays the Sun is quite active as seen with 3184, 3186, 3188, the huge 3190, 3191 and 3192 spots.
NGC 3576 nebula in the Sagittarius arm of our galaxy . A popular name for the nebula is "The Statue of Liberty" because of the distinctive shape in the middle of the nebula.
This is the same data used in the previous image, but processed in the Hubble palette with the stars removed.
Equipment Details:
•8 Inch Skywatcher Quattro Carbon Fibre F4.0 Newtonian Reflector
•Skywatcher NEQ6 Mount
•SBIG ST2000xm CCD Camera cooled to -20'c
•SBIG CFW8 Filter Wheel
•Astranomik Ha and Oiii Filters
•SKywatcher BD 102mm Guide Scope
•Meade DSIii CCD Guide Camera
•Polemaster for polar alignment
Exposure Details:
•Ha 22X180 seconds - Bin 1x1
•Oiii 25X180 seconds - Bin 1x1
•Sii 22X180 seconds - Bin 1x1
Total Integration Time: 3 hours and 27 minutes
I have always known there was a Christmas tree in space but it never seemed to come up in time to post for Christmas.
You cant mistake the White/ Greenish Christmas tree with the big bright star at it top in the image. It is surrounded in a lot of red but I have tried not to over do the red.
Along with the Christmas tree there is the Cone nebula and the Fox Fur nebula in this shot.
So this is a real Merry Christmas from Space to everybody
QHY 183C -10c 38 shots each night 10 min each over Three nights.
MeLE Mini PC
Pegasus Astro Pocket Mini power box
Prima Luce Essato Focus
Optolong LeNhance filter,
Skywatcher Black DiamondED80 OTA
Skywatcher NEQ 6 Pro
SVbony 50MM Guide scope
QHY QHY5L-II-M Guide camera
Guided PHD2, Nina
Pixinsight, Ps .
Shot with Skywatcher Evostar 80ED, Nikon D3300, Skywatcher EQM-35 (QHY CCD Polemaster).
350 lights @ 90 seconds & ISO 800. 45 Darks, 100 Bias and 100 Flats. Stacked in Deep Sky Stacker and post-processed in Adobe Photoshop.
NGC 3324 is an open cluster in the southern constellation Carina (the same constellation as our previous image of ETA Carina Nebula)
It is sometimes called the "Gabriela Mistral Nebula" due to its resemblance to the Chilean poet. It is approximately 7560 light years from Earth and is 6.754 million years old.
Once again, this was not our intended target for the night. Trying to resolve the guiding issues of the previous image of ETA Carina Nebula, I decided to remove the counter weight extention bar on the NEQ6 mount and add an extrea 5Kg weight. I slewed to the Resette nebula, calibated the guiding, and then did a 5 minute exposure. Although the result was better than the previous attempt at the Rosette, the stars were still eggy. I found that the tracking was getting gradually worse as I approached the meridian, but then improved the further I tracked away after the meridian flip. Perhaps balancing could be the issue, but I did find some backlash in the DEC, which I have now tuned out. I am now waiting for another clear night to test again and hopefully capture the Rosette Nebula in narroband.a
Equipment Details:
•8 Inch Skywatcher Quattro Carbon Fibre F4.0 Newtonian Reflector
•Skywatcher NEQ6 Mount
•SBIG STT 8300m CCD Camera cooled to -20'c
•SBIG FW8G-STT Filter Wheel
•Baader Ha, Oiii and Sii Filters
•SKywatcher BD 102mm Guide Scope
•Meade DSIii CCD Guide Camera
•Polemaster for polar alignment
Exposure Details:
•Ha 15X180 seconds - Bin 1x1
•Oiii 15X180 seconds - Bin 1x1
•Sii 15X180 seconds - Bin 1x1
Total Integration Time: 2 hours and 15 minutes
A widefield look at the Constellation Orion. I've been meaning to do this for awhile and I'm pretty happy with the results!
Equipment:
Skywatcher EQ6-R Mount
Noct-NIKKOR 58mm f/1.2 Ai-S
Sony a7RIII (unmodified)
Altair 60mm Guide scope
GPCAM2 Mono Camera
Acquisition:
Taos, NM: my backyard - Bortle 3
10 x 300" for 50 min and 20 sec of exposure time.
4 dark frames
15 flats frames
15 bias frames
Software:
SharpCap
DeepSkyStacker
Photoshop
My mount was polar aligned with SharpCap (what an amazing system for aligning). I then mounted my a7RIII and adapted Noct-NIKKOR 58mm f/1.2 Ai-S lens at f/2/8 to the top rail of my scope. I used SharpCap to achieve "excellent" polar alignment. I shot ISO 400, f/2.8 and 300" exposures. I stacked lights/darks/flats/bias frames in deepskystacker. I then processed the TIFF file in photoshop stretching the file, minimal cropping and I used Astronomy Tools Action Set to help bring back star color and to enhance the brighter star colors. Topaz Labs Sharpen and Denoise used as well.
Close up of the Center of the Very large Nebula. Still not Drunk enough to see a chicken any where in this nebula but I can see a Lioness in profile. A lot of learning editing between these two photos some two years worth and it getting a little easier.
QHY 183C -10c 45 shots 10 min each over three nights.
MeLE Mini PC
Pegasus Astro Pocket Mini power box
Prima Luce Essato Focus
Optolong LeNhance filter,
Skywatcher Black DiamondED80 OTA
Skywatcher NEQ 6 Pro Hypertuned
SVbony 50MM Guide scope
QHY5L-II-M Guide camera
Guided PHD2, Nina
Pixinsight, Ps .
NGC 3324 is an open cluster in the southern constellation Carina
It is sometimes called the "Gabriela Mistral Nebula" due to its resemblance to the Chilean poet. It is approximately 7560 light years from Earth and is believed to be .754 million years old.
Equipment Details:
•8 Inch Skywatcher Quattro Carbon Fibre F4.0 Newtonian Reflector
•Skywatcher NEQ6 Mount
•SBIG STT 8300m CCD Camera cooled to -20'c
•SBIG FW8G-STT Filter Wheel
•Baader Ha, Oiii and Sii Filters
•SKywatcher BD 102mm Guide Scope
•Meade DSIii CCD Guide Camera
•Polemaster for polar alignment
Exposure Details:
•Ha 15X180 seconds - Bin 1x1
•Oiii 15X180 seconds - Bin 1x1
•Sii 15X180 seconds - Bin 1x1
Total Integration Time: 2 hours and 15 minutes
actually, a failed night session as my mount stopped working (batteries not loaded) whilst the fifth shot and i did not recognize it due to sitting in my car and falling asleep pretty soon. as i woke up, it was already dawn :( but after a couple of weeks now, i gave it a try :)
Camera: Canon 50Da
Lens: Samyang 14mm f/2.8 @ f/4.5
Mount: Skywatcher HEQ5Pro
sky:
4x240sec @ ISO1000
5 darks + 10 flats
foreground:
single shot at ISO2000 and f/4.5 (well, this was my calibration image to check the PoV)
shot under a bortle 4+ sky at 8% waning moon in may 2021
The Omega Nebula, also known as the Swan Nebula is an area of Hii in the constellation Sagittarius. It was discovered in 1745 by Philippe Loys de Chéseaux and Charles Messier catalogued it in 1764 as M17. It is about 6000 light years from Earth.
Capturing this image in narrowband brings out a lot more detail than that which is visable in broadband imaging.
Equipment Details:
• 8 Inch Skywatcher Quattro Carbon Fibre F4.0 Newtonian Reflector
• Skywatcher NEQ6 Mount
• SBIG ST2000xm CCD Camera cooled to -20'c
• SBIG CFW8 Filter Wheel
• Astranomik Ha, Sii and Oiii Filters
• SKywatcher BD 102mm Guide Scope
• Meade DSIii CCD Guide Camera
• Polemaster for polar alignment
• Processed using PixInsight
Exposure Details:
• Ha 23 X 180 seconds - Bin 1x1
• Oiii 25 X 180 seconds - Bin 1x1
• Sii 25 X 180 seconds - Bin 1x1
• Cooled at 0'c
Total Integration Time: 3 hours and 45 minutes
Nice steady seeing conditions on the evening of the 31/05 allowed me to image the 9 day, almost 70% illuminated, gibbous moon.
This is a lunar mosaic of individual section images taken with my ASI 224MC camera ( each 1304x976 pixels). These images were then assembled into the final image shown here using Microsoft ICE ( Image Composite Editor).
Imaged with a Skywatcher Esprit 120ED and a ZWO 224MC fitted with an IR cut filter.
Colours have been slightly boosted ( like to be as subtle as possible - hate gaudy over saturation!) to indicate different composition of lunar regolith.
Thanks for looking!
Skywatcher Star Adventurer mit Guiding ASI Air,
auf Holz-Baustativ mit selbergebauter Polhöhenwiege.
Gesamtbelichtungszeit 65 Min.
Bortle 4 unter Stadtbeleuchtung
Stack aus 26 Bildern in Affinity
Darks, Bias, Flats je 15,
Danach in PS bearbeitet.
Skywatcher Star Adventurer with Guiding ASI Air,
on wooden tripod with self-made polar altitude cradle.
Total exposure time 65 min.
Bortle 4 under city lighting
Stack of 26 images in Affinity
Darks, Bias, Flats 15 each,
Afterwards processed in PS.
Composit aus 2 Bildern.
Lumix GH5 an Skywatcher Maksutov 127/1500 auf UMi17.
8 Bilder aus 200 untere Hälfte
7 Bilder aus 200 obere Hälfte
1/100s, ISO 200, F10, 1500/3000 mm äpuiv.
Composite of 2 images.
Lumix GH5 to Skywatcher Maksutov 127/1500 on UMi17.
8 images from 200 lower half
7 images from 200 upper half
1/100s, ISO 200, F10, 1500/3000 mm aperture.
Taken on the night of 11th April. The planetary nebula M97 aka The Owl and the galaxy M108. M97 is a planetary nebula at a distance of about 2000ly and the galaxy M108 is around 46 million ly! A lovely pairing. There are myriad other galaxies in the frame if studied carefully.
Skywatcher 25cm Quattro CF. Skywatcher EQ6 mount auto guided with PHD. QHY8L camera.
Software used at scope - APT, Carte du Ciel, PHD.
Image processing - Astro Pixel Processor and Photoshop.
10 x 8 minute exposures plus all calibration frames
I've finally given up on Deep Sky Stacker - I know it's free but it just doesn't give the same quality of result that APP does.
Equipment:
Scope: Lacerta 72/432 F6 0.85x reduktorral (367mm F5.1)
Mount: Skywatcher EQ-5 Pro Synscan Goto
Guiding: OAG
Guide camera: ZWO ASI120mm Mini
Main camera: ZWO ASI183MM-Pro cooled monochrome camera
Accessories:
ZWO ASIAIR Pro
ZWO EFW 8x1.25"
ZWO EAF
ZWO OAG
ZWO 1.25 Helical focuser
Lacerta Dew-heater 30cm
Programs:
PixInsight
Adobe Photoshop CC 2020
Details:
Camera temp: -15°C
Gain: 53, 111
Astronomik 6nm Ha: 155x300s
Astronomik L-3 UV-IR Block: 132x180s
Astronomik Deep-Sky R: 20x180s
Astronomik Deep-Sky G: 20x180s
Astronomik Deep-Sky B: 20x180s
Bortle Scale: 4
Location: Isaszeg, Hungary
Acquisition date(s):
2021.02.28., 2021.03.02., 2021.03.06., 2021.03.07., 2021.03.08.
Skywatcher Equinox ED80
HEQ5 pro
Canon 400d
My first attempt at The Andromeda galaxy and its satellite galaxies - taken a few years back with a 400d with no astro mod (no removal of IR filter) attached to a telescope and tracking system, still came out very nicely. Taken from the Peak District, UK
I have a later attempt in my photostream - i think different aspects of the galaxy are picked up by the modded cam that can not be seen in this image. Interesting to compare - however this was a longer exposure than the modded cam shot was, so i feel with longer the modded cam would out perform this one.
Hard to believe this is an island universe containing hundreds of billions of stars, ancient and vast, lying 2.5 million light years away.
Panorama haute résolution avec 400 images empilées.
Canon r7 / Newton Skywatcher 200/1000 / Barlow Televue Powermate 2x
Equipment:
Scope: Lacerta 72/432 F6 0.85x reduktorral (367mm F5.1)
Mount: Skywatcher EQ-5 Pro Synscan Goto
Guiding: OAG
Guide camera: ZWO ASI120mm Mini
Main camera: ZWO ASI183MM-Pro cooled monochrome camera
Accessories:
ZWO ASIAIR Pro
ZWO EFW 8x1.25"
ZWO EAF
ZWO OAG
ZWO 1.25 Helical focuser
Lacerta Dew-heater 30cm
Programs:
PixInsight
Adobe Photoshop CC 2020
Details:
Camera temp: -15°C
Gain: 111
Astronomik 6nm Ha: 29x300s
Astronomik 6nm Oiii: 14x300s
Dark: 60x
Flat: 20x
Dark_flats: 20x
SkyWatcher 70mm SK707AZ2 + Filter Thousand Oaks + super 25mm + barlow 2X.
Edited with MS Picture Manager and Photofiltre.
It's possible only the tiny 2822 spot.
SkyWatcher 70mm SK707AZ2 + Filter Thousand Oaks + super 25mm + barlow 2X.
Edited with MS Picture Manager and Photofiltre.
It's possible to see the 3153, 3156, 3157, 3160, 3161 and 3162 spots this time.
The needle galaxy is an edge-on spiral galaxy in the constellation of Coma Berenices. The galaxy lies at a distance of around 40 million light years.
The galaxy's core bulges either side of the comparatively thin galactic disc which shows prominent dark dust lanes.
A fainter galaxy NGC 4652 is to the left of the Needle and lies at 75 million light years distance. A faint irregular galaxy IC 3571 lies just to the Needle's right.
This image is a combination of data obtained on 15/16 April 2021 & 28/29 April 2022.
Imaged with a Skywatcher Esprit 120ED & a ZWO 2600MC camera.
Total of 282 x 120s subs.
Thanks for looking.
SkyWatcher 70mm SK707AZ2 + Filter Thousand Oaks + super 25mm + barlow 2X.
Edited with MS Picture Manager and Photofiltre.
It's possible to see the 3034, 3035, 3038 and 3040 spots this time.
I think I'm done with it, with this small scope. The Moon is out again, so I decided to add some Ha too it.
Any comments are welcome!
Equipment:
Scope: Lacerta 72/432 F6 0.85x reduktorral (367mm F5.1)
Mount: Skywatcher EQ-5 Pro Synscan Goto
Guiding: OAG
Guide camera: ZWO ASI120mm Mini
Main camera: ZWO ASI183MM-Pro cooled monochrome camera
Accessories:
ZWO ASIAIR Pro
ZWO EFW 8x1.25"
ZWO EAF
ZWO OAG
ZWO 1.25 Helical focuser
Lacerta Dew-heater 30cm
Programs:
PixInsight
Adobe Photoshop CC 2020
Details:
Camera temp: -15°C
Gain: 53, 111
Astronomik L-3 UV-IR Block: 199x180s
Astronomik 6nm Ha: 67x300s
Astronomik Deep-Sky R: 20x180s
Astronomik Deep-Sky G: 20x180s
Astronomik Deep-Sky B: 19x180s
Bortle Scale: 4
Location: Isaszeg, Hungary
Acquisition date(s):
2021.03.10., 2021.03.11., 2021.03.15., 2021.03.16., 2021.03.17., 2021.03.24., 2021.03.26.
Shotdate: 13-8-2016
Camera: Nikon D4s
Optics: NIKKOR 24-120mm f4.0 @ 35mm f4.0
Mount: SkyWatcher NEQ6 Pro
Exposure: 60 seconds
ISO-speed: 3200
Lights: 250
Darks: 25
Flats: 18
Bias: 105
Stacking in DeepSkyStacker
Post-processing of the background in PixInsight
Adding the meteors in PhotoShop, for a grand total of 29 Percoids and one other.
This is an image of the Messier 78 complex M78 in Orion. It is a difficult object from my location due to the strong light pollution here unfortunately but I decided to try.
This is also known as the "Casper The Friendly Ghost Nebula" although I'm not entirely sure where this comes from!
Certainly the two Nebula, M78 at right and NGC 2071 left, look like two ghostly eyes peering out from the darkness but I wouldn't say they looked friendly, more sinister I would say lol!!
However, M78 was discovered in 1780 by Pierre Méchain who passed on its location to Charles Messier who catalogued it as M78.
M78 is a reflection nebula, showing the typical sky blue colour and the brightest in this complex. We only see these structures because of the associated stars illuminating the clouds of dust by reflecting their light. The whole complex is surrounded by dark, thick dust and gas adding a sense of mystery. The dust has a slight reddish hue.
The complex consists of M78, the brightest at left. Above it are NGC 2067 (l) and NGC 2064(r). The bright nebula to the left of M78 forming the other eye is NGC 2071.
Image with a Skywatcher Esprit 120ED scope and a ZWO 2600MC camera.
A total of 3hr exposure calibrated with temp. matched darks, flats and dark flats.
Thanks for looking!
Several clear nights here have allowed myself and others some imaging time under the stars.....A real revelation given our mostly hopeless weather here in Northern Ireland.
This image taken during the night of 2-3 April is of Markarian's Chain - a stretch of Galaxies which form part of the Virgo Cluster. Named for Benjamin Markarian who discovered their common motion in the 1960's.
M84 & M86 are the two large elliptical galaxies on the left - both galaxies discovered by Charles Messier in 1781. The other galaxies seen in the chain were discovered by William Herschel and are primarily identified by their NGC (New Galactic Catalogue) No.
Imaged with a guided Skywatcher Esprit 120ED Triplet Apo and a ZWO2600MC camera.
100 x 120s Subs
With Flats, Darks and Dark Flats.
Processed with Astro Pixel Processor and Photoshop 2021.
Thanks for looking!
Will post an annotated version later.
M20 the Trifid nebula on the right and M21 open cluster on the left. M20 is both an emission and reflection nebula hence the two contrasting colours.
This is very low in the sky for me at the moment and I was only just able to get the telescope down lown enough!
25cm Skywatcher Quattro. QHY8L camera at -21°c. EQ6 with PHD & QHY5II autoguiding. 6x5 minutes and flats.
APT for plate solving,framing and camera control. DSS and Photoshop to process the image. Gradient XT saved me on this one!
I wanted to go longer but cloud piled in from the west. Of course by the time I'd done the flats and put everything away it was crystal clear again!!
Part of the Large Magellanic Cloud but off to the side first time I have seen so much dust in the background.. Looks like an area that has a lot to offer.
QHY183C -10c 90 shot 10 min
MeLE Mini PC
Prima Luce Essato Focus
Optolong LeNhance filter,
Skywatcher Black DiamondED80 OTA
Skywatcher NEQ 6 Pro
SVbony 50MM Guide scope
QHY QHY5L-II-M Guide camera
Guided PHD2, Nina
Pixinsight, Ps.
NGC 6188 is an emission nebula located about 4,000 light years away in the constellation Ara. The bright open cluster NGC 6193, visible to the naked eye, is responsible for a region of reflection nebulosity within NGC 6188.
Equipment Details:
• 8 Inch Skywatcher Quattro Carbon Fibre F4.0 Newtonian Reflector
• Skywatcher NEQ6 Mount
• SBIG STT 8300m CCD Camera cooled to -20'c
• SBIG FW8G-STT Filter Wheel
• Baader Ha, Oiii and Sii Filters
• SKywatcher BD 102mm Guide Scope
• Meade DSIii CCD Guide Camera
• Polemaster for polar alignment
Exposure Details:
•Ha 8 X300 seconds - Bin 1x1
•Oiii 6 X300 seconds - Bin 1x1
•Sii 9 X300 seconds - Bin 1x1
Total Integration Time: 1 hours and 55 minutes
Equipment:
Scope: Lacerta 72/432 F6 0.85x reduktorral (367mm F5.1)
Mount: Skywatcher EQ-5 Pro Synscan Goto
Guiding: OAG
Guide camera: ZWO ASI120mm Mini
Main camera: ZWO ASI183MM-Pro cooled monochrome camera
Accessories:
ZWO ASIAIR Pro
ZWO EFW 8x1.25"
ZWO EAF
ZWO OAG
ZWO 1.25 Helical focuser
Lacerta Dew-heater 30cm
Programs:
PixInsight
Adobe Photoshop CC 2020
Details:
Camera temp: -15°C
Gain: 111
Astronomik 6nm Ha: 23x300s
Astronomik 6nm Oiii: 12x300s
Astronomik 6nm Sii: 18x300s
Bortle Scale: 4
Location: Isaszeg, Hungary