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The full edit of my first Jupiter of the season complete with the 4 Galilean moons from left to right, Europa, Callisto, Ganymede and Io.
This is a composite of two images, one exposed for Jupiter and one for the moons.
Skywatcher 200p.
Phi
lips 840k webcam flashed to SPC900.
Skywatcher stock 2x barlow.
Captured in Sharpcap.
Video aligned in Castrator.
Stacked in Autostakkert 2.
Processed in Registax 6.
Captured with Canon Digital IXUS 980 IS, technique afocal (holding camera against eyepiece), Skywatcher Goto Maksutov-Cassegrain telescope
The North America Nebula (NGC 7000 or Caldwell 20) is named as such because the whole nebula somewhat resembles the shape of the continent on which I live. The nebula happens to appear incredibly large in the night sky, so I can only capture a small chunk of it in a single composition. This is the chunk that I chose, and here it is as seen in Narrowband imaging (as Hubble and JWST often do). This time, it's only Oxygen-III and Hydrogen-Alpha data being displayed for these results from one night a week or so ago.
Camera: ZWO ASI 1600 MM with EFW and filters
Scope: Skywatcher 150PDS
Skywatcher Explorer 250 pds, x2 Barlow QHY132E. 500 frames in registax 380 used. Finished in Photoshop. Seeing was variable but only for a short while when it clouded over.
Skywatcher 150P
DMK21AU618
Baader LRGB beginner filter set
Baader IR-UV block fiter
Captured: Firecapture
L: 75 subs @ 20 seconds, 10 darks
R: 46 subs @ 30 seconds, 10 darks
G: 40 subs @ 26 seconds, 10 darks
B: 25 subs @ 21 seconds, 10 darks
Stacking: DeepSkyStacker
Postprocessing: Adobe Photoshop CS2
Taken using a Skywatcher ED80 Refractor and a Can 600D at Prime Focus. A Baader Astrosolar Filter was fitted to the telescope. Shot taken in very light hazy cloud. Best 15 of 40 shots stacked in Registax 6. Some minor cloud induced artifacts present on eastern limb ( to the left as image reversed )
Sky-Watcher Star Adventurer mount
Sky-Watcher Evostar 72ED (72/420mm) OTA
Lacerta Herschel wedge
TeleVue Barlow 2.5x
UV/IR filter
ZWO ASI533MC Pro @ 10 degrees Celsius (0.1ms)
FireCapture 2.7 for recording
PIPP for pre-processing
AutoStakkert! 3 for stacking
GIMP for aligning frames
ImPPG for sharpening
RawTherapee for post-processing
ffmpeg for assembling video
Skywatcher Esprit 100 triplet and Canon 6D. 53x240sec iso1600 48Dark frames, 20 Flat frames and 65 Bias frames.
Skywatcher N150/750
ZWO ASI 294 MC PRO
IDAS LPS D2
Skywatcher EQ3 PRO
ZWO ASI 120 MC + 60/240 scope
ZWO EAF
Captured with N.I.N.A.
Guided by PHD²
Plate solved by ASTAP
Stacked withd DSS
Processed in Pixinsight, Astropanel, Photoshop
Under Bortle 7 skies
Skywatcher ed 80 f/ 7.5
Atik 314L+ mono
QYH 5L-II mono
Ha filter Baader
Total exposure 40min
Location Grammatiko, Attika, Greece
72mm Altair Semi Apo telescope, skywatcher AZGTi mount in Alt/Az mode and a ZWO 178MC camera. Images where livestacked in Sharpcacp and processed in Startools and windows photo editor. 15 minutes total exposure time, darks also used.
Skywatcher 190MN telescope, Ioptron CEM70 NUC mount, Altair Astro Triband filter, ASI2600MC Pro at -20C.
100 x 5 minute exposures (8 hours 20 minutes) at Gain 100, Offset 50, 50 dark frames, 25 flat fields and 25 dark flat frames.
Processed in Pixinsight, Topaz denoise, and Photoshop.
Collected on the night of 22nd/23rd of October 2023.
M51 Whirlpool Galaxy
Skywatcher 150PDS
ZWO ASI 2600MC Camera (Cooled to -10c 90 x 180 Sec Subs)
Optolong L Pro Filter
ASIAIR Pro
ASIAIR EAF
ZWO 120mm Guide Scope
HEQ6-R Pro Mount
Processed in Pixinsight
Skywatcher 150PDS
Skywatcher EQ3-2
Nikon D90
ISO: 800
Exposure: 1/100 s
80 frames
AS!3 top 80% of frames stacked
Registax 6 wavelets
GIMP 2.10
Taken with a SkyWatcher 200PDS 8inch reflector telescope, using a ZWO ASI 224 camera.
Processed the best 25% of approx 6000 frames of video. Skies were clear but conditions were quite poor as Saturn is low in the sky just above houses from our garden. You can just see the Cassini division though.
Skywatcher 150P, X0.95 coma corrector.
Baader astro modified Canon T3/1100D with Astronomik CLS Clip filter and intervalometer.
Orion 50mm mini guide scope.
QHY5L-II planetary/guide camera
NEQ6 Pro mount Eqmod and Carte du Ciel run the mount via laptop and PHD runs the autoguiding
Skywatcher 150/750
ASI224 MC
Barlow x3
IR Cut Filter
02-08-2017
astrophotography-telescope.com/copernicus-shot-with-asi22...
QSI690
SkyWatcher Esprit 80ED
iEQ45 Pro
Guider system:
Starlight Xpress LodeStar autoguider camera
William Optics 50mm guidescope
Taken on the morning of the 12th of July 2020 at the Astronomy Centre Todmorden, UK.
Skywatcher 8" Quattro on a HEQ5 pro mount.
Using an Imaging Source DMK 21AU04.AS Monochrome camera with a x2 barlow.
Taken with a Skywatcher 6" F8 Refractor and a Canon 600D at prime focus ( 1200mm ) Baader Astrosolar cap filter fitted to scope, used my 120mm one today as seeing very turbulent at full aperture
SATURN at the opposition last night
Bad seeing
Taken with Skywatcher 150/750 and ASI224MC + Barlow x3 + IR cut filter
27-06-2018
Tunis, Tunisia
Skywatcher 250pds with Coma corrector
Canon 1100D prime focus CLS Click filter
SW80 Guide scope using Synguider
91 lights 40 seconds ISO3200, Darks and Bias x12
DSS and PS4
I also added a synthetic Luminance layer that I created post capture. The technique does seem to make a real difference.
The picture was taken in summer in the center of Moscow.I used an adapter m42-alpha (with chip. Thats why in exif you can see focus length 50 mm) and Maksutov telescope with a focal length of 1300 mm.
My latest try at urban imaging;
f/4.6 mirror (Optic Wave Labs)
www.flickr.com/photos/daveh56/6803704327/in/photostream/
Moonlight focuser with Rigel motor
2mm aluminum tube bonded to residual steel Skywatcher tube
ST10 with 3nm NB filters
Plan is to shorten the tube another 2.5 inches or so,remove the Parracor corrector and switch to (try) a OAG unit...and maybe lose the 10 pound counterweight...
see notes
Skywatcher Evostar 72ed + ir cut
Skywatcher eq6
zwo asi 585mc pro -10c + autofocuser motor
76x180sec rgb
darks+bias+flats
Κύθηρα..
D7100, MTO-1000 @ 700mm focal, 9x 10s ISO 1600, drift on DEC and vibrations on RA, a lot of light pollution, postprocess in DSS and LR4.
Imaging telescopes or lenses: Skywatcher ED 80/600
Mounts: Celestron Advanced VX Goto
Guiding cameras: Canon 600 astro-modificated
Focal reducers: TS 2" PHOTOLINE 0.8x reducer / flattener
Software: Photoshop, DeepSkyStacker, Fitswork
Filters: Hutech IDAS LPS-D1 EOS
Resolution: 1906x2835
Dates: Dec. 5, 2015, Dec. 6, 2015
Frames:
Hutech IDAS LPS-D1 EOS: 10x45" ISO1600
Hutech IDAS LPS-D1 EOS: 97x45" ISO800
Hutech IDAS LPS-D1 EOS: 112x57" ISO800
Integration: 3.1 hours
Flats: ~15
Avg. Moon age: 24.07 days
Avg. Moon phase: 30.19%
Bortle Dark-Sky Scale: 7.00
Temperature: 7.00
Trying my hand at astrophotography.
A vast amount of technical information to assimilate. Thankfully, there's lots of great people on YouTube sharing their knowledge and experience which is very helpful for an absolute beginner like me.
My rig consists of
1) Sky-watcher Star Adventurer 2i
2) Pentax K3
3) Pentax-DA* 200mm F2.8
4) Vanguard Auctus 323CT tripod
6) Feelworld FW759 7" HDMI monitor
7) USB powered dew heater and power pack.
8) Ipad mini 4
9) A lot of cables(!)
I'm running Sky-watcher SA console on the Ipad to control the mount and camera. Also using Stellarium to help locate objects.
So far with cloudy nights, equipment issues and my vast lack of knowledge its been kind of a frustrating experience. but I will persevere. I've got lots of time - the sky's not going anywhere :)
Skywatcher Black Diamond 200/1000 f/5
1 ) Finder scope: 8x50
2) Guide Scope: Travelscope 70/400 + Antares 27mm
3) Guide Scope: Laser Pen :D
(Rings scope Orion to "105mm" & screws m6 by Adriano Lolli)
Mount: N-EQ5 with 2x 5.2kg + 1.8kg
Dew Cap: Celestron for C8
Barlow: TS 2.5x Apo
Eyepiece: N-ED 5mm
Comet C/2014 Q2 Lovejoy on march 7. Skywatcher Esprit 100ED super APO triplet + Canon EOS 5D mk2. 18X30 sec F5.5 ISO1600. Processed with Deepsky Stacker + Photoshop CS.
Skywatcher Equinox 80, NEQ6 mount, Lunt Herschel wedge, ZWO ASI120mm. Stacked in Autostakkert and wavelets adjusted in Registax, colour added in Photoshop
Taken using a Skywatcher ED80 Refractor with a Baader Solar Filter fitted to the scope, a Canon 600D at prime focus. Best 20 of 50 images stacked in Registax 6 after centering and cropping using PIPP. Seeing poor, focus difficult to achieve due to continual turbulence in the atmosphere.