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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: 400x180s
Bortle Scale: 4
Location: Isaszeg, Hungary
Acquisition date(s):
2021.04.08., 2021.04.16., 2021.05.04., 2021.05.05., 2021.05.07., 2021.05.08., 2021.05.09., 2021.05.10., 2021.05.11., 2021.05.12.
Skywatcher Esprit 80/400, ASI2600MM-Pro, Astronomik SHO 6nm et HEQ5.
H : 81 x 300" = 6h45
O : 84 x 300" = 7h00
S : 94 x 300" = 7h50
@ Gain 100/Offset 50
21h35' au total.
NINA + Pixinsight, merci à lukomatico !
After prolonged period of awful weather, which saw us miss out on fine weather in other parts, it was our turn at last to get some decent skies here so time to get the telescope assembled!
Both these galaxies are found in the Plough or Big Dipper constellation. This constellation is at its highest in northern skies in the spring, (though the plough is ciircumpolar) so this galactic pair is becoming well-placed for imaging here.
M81, also catalogued as NGC 3031, is a grand design spiral galaxy with well-defined and prominent spiral arms that extend clearly around the system. It lies around 12 million light-years from us.
M82 (to the right) is also known as the Cigar Galaxy is also at around 12 million light-years distance. This is a starburst galaxy (due to their fast rate of star production). Glowing red filaments of hydrogen gas can be seen emanating form the centre of the system.
Just partially creeping into the top of the frame is NGC 3077, sometimes known as the Garland Galaxy. This is a small, disrupted galaxy and is part of the M81 group. It is a Seyfert Galaxy having an active nucleus.
Just above M81 is a bluish-coloured irregular feature. This is Holmberg IX, a dwarf irregular galaxy that is a satellite galaxy of M81.
There are several other fainter galaxies within the field.
Imaged on the 28.02.22 with my Esprit 120ED and a ZWO 2600MC camera. The telescope was fitted with a Skywatcher 0.77x focal reducer.
100x180s Exposures (5hrs exposure) Gain 100 and camera cooled to -10°C.
Temp. matched darks, Flats and Dark Flats.
Completed with AstroPixel Processor. Photoshop 2022.
Thanks for looking!
Death star.
When an average G-type star like our Sun grows old, it uses up all its hydrogen, begins burning helium and swells up into a red giant. As it uses up its helium it ejects its outer layers, which expand outwards forming what we call a planetary nebula.
The life span of the nebula is relatively short - about 10,000 years.
Left behind is the star’s core, which becomes a white dwarf star, no longer undergoing nuclear fusion. It just radiates its heat away over billions more years until it cools into a black dwarf.
It is believed that the Universe is not yet old enough for black dwarfs to exist.
Exposure: 30 x 30 sec = 15 min.
SkyWatcher ED120 telescope + ZWO ASI071 camera.
Date: 2019-08-24
I was lucky with some really good seeing last night. Great detail when observing Mars with a half meter Dobsonian inspired me to 'fire up the Quattro' and have another go at imaging it. Quite pleased with this.
Skywatcher Quattro CF 25cm f4. 5mm eyepiece projection. Imaging Source DFK 21AU camera. 1/35th second exposures at max gain. PiPP, Registax and Affinity Photo to process. 2000 frames reduced to 1600.
The prominent dark monkey wrench shaped feature in the centre is Sinus Sabaeus with Sinus Meridiani at the tip. The subtle paler patch left of centre is Pyrrhae Regio and the large blank area upper right is Moab & Aeria. The row of dots stretching from left to right just below centre is, I believe, Decaulionis Regio.
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 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: 25x300s
Astronomik 6nm Oxygen: 16x300s
Dark: 60x
Bias: 100x
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.
Sky: Class 8 Bortle.
Lights: Total 5H30
33x600s Optolong L-Extreme
DOF: 20x
Prétraitement: Siril
Traitement: PixInsight / EZ Processing Suite / PS / DxO PhotoLab
Canon 700D Défiltré
Skywatcher 80ED Equinox (80x500)
Télévue TV85 Field Flatteneur 0.8x
Skywatcher Neq6 Pro
Guide Scope: Zwo 30mm F/4
Guide Cam: Zwo Asi120MM
Guide Soft: Phd2 on Rpi
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 .
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.
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
Imaged during the early hours of the 20th March 2022.
It was very early in the season to image this object (I was actually imaging another object) but when I saw the familiar cross of Cygnus rising in the NE I thought I would turn the scope to the Pelican to finish the session and just to see how it would turn out.
Consequently this is a bit of a test image and represents only 1.6hrs of total exposure with my Ha filter. I tried to get some OIII data as well and I may post an early HOO image later.
The Pelican Nebula, catalogued as IC 5070 & IC 5067 is an emission nebula in the constellation of Cygnus. The various gaseous patterns within the nebula give the overall appearance of a Pelican hence the name.
The nebula lies at a distance of 1,800 light-years.
24 x 250s Ha Total 1.6Hrs
Skywatcher Esprit 120ED with Skywatcher Focal reducer and ZWO 1600MM cooled camera.
Baader Ha filter
Thanks for looking!
Andromède.
Images :
Canon EOS 700D défiltré
Canon 300mm F4L + Multiplicateur Kenko 1.4
Monture Skywatcher Star Adventurer
Trépied Vanguard Alta Pro 264 AT
44*90s à F5.6 et 1600ISOS + 50 darks + 40 offsets + 40 flats.
Traitement :
Siril
Photoshop / Astronomy Tools Action Set
Lightroom
The brightest part of the Heart 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.
Equipment:
Scope: Lacerta 72/432 F6 0.85x reduktorral (367mm F5.1)
Mount: Skywatcher EQ-5 Pro Synscan Goto
Guide scope: Orion 50mm mini
Guide camera: ZWO ASI120mm Mini
Main camera: ZWO ASI183MM-Pro cooled monochrome camera
Accessories:
ZWO ASIAIR Pro
Lacerta Dew-heater 20cm
Lacerta Dew-heater 30cm
Programs:
PixInsight
Adobe Photoshop CC 2020
Details:
Camera temp: -15°C
Gain: 200
Astronomik 6nm Ha: 96x300s
Astronomik 6nm O3: 36x300s
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: 05:10 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
distance ca. 1350 Lj
RGB Equipment:
Skywatcher ED80/600
Skywatcher Reducer x0,85
EOS 1000Da
Celestron VX
Guiding:
i-Nova PLA-Mx on 9x50 Finderscope
PHD
17x300s ISO800
08.12.2015
H-Alpha Equipment:
Skywatcher Esprit ED80
TS-Optics 0.79 Reducer
ASI183mm
1,25" Baader H-Alpha Filter
Celestron AVX
guiding with 50mm finderscope and ASI120
PHD2
64x240s H-Alpha
20.01.2020
Processing: PixInsight\Affinity Photo
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: 240x300s
Bortle Scale: 4
Location: Isaszeg, Hungary
This is an image of the waxing, gibbous moon on Valentine's Day.
Managed to image the moon in a clear patch yesterday evening between unremitting cloud cover.
Imaged with my little Skywatcher ED72 refractor and a Canon 760D camera. A total of 75 stacked exposures.
Weather outlook is awful here so that could be it for a while.
Telescope , Skywatcher 90 mm f10 achromatic refractor.
Panasonic GF6 micro 4/3rds coupled to scope with T adaptor. This combination results in a working focal length of 1800mm.
EQ 3 Equatorial mount .
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: 56x300s
Astronomik 6nm Oiii: 42x300s
Bortle Scale: 4
Location: Isaszeg, Hungary
——— STRUMENTAZIONE ———
Telescopio: Skywatcher 200/800 Wide Photo
Camera: 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
Filtro Optolong L-Ultimate
Software d'acquisizione Sgpro
————— FOTO ————
temp 0 con dark, flat e darkflat
RGB 600 x 30s
NB 133x 300s
————— ELABORAZIONE ———
Pixinsight
Photoshop
I was suggested my target I had chosen was good one but at astro fest no one is going to hang around to see a 10min shot. So I went for the area next the Star bank in the Large Magellanic cloud ( blueish area to the left.) .
The other advantage in live stacking the colour chip in this camera shows up when stacked. I tested out the sequence before I went live at astrofest. Its looking like this year is only indoors Saturday is Rain and total cloud cover. Oh well I got to learn a little more about Nina and the shot gets seen even though its not live. Part of doing the sequence the photos get saved in the stack from my trial night and the night at astrofest would only add to the stack but a better looking photo from all the combined shots.
ZWOASI071MC Pro -10c 260 over two nights shot 2 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.
it was a fantastic week, 7 days in a row with clear skies and close to full moon - a very rare experience at my place :) starting with my previous image (dark shark) i moved on to another target on my bucket list, the beautiful crab claw nebula.
camera: ToupTek ATR533C
mount: Skywatcher HEQ5Pro
scope: Skywatcher Esprit ED80
RGB: 90x60sec @gain 100 and 1x1 binning, cooled to -10°C
Ha: 160x180sec @gain 100 and 1x1 binning, cooled to -10°C
stacking and editing in APP, SIRIL and Affinity 2
shot in two nights close to new moon under a bortle 5+ sky
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: 121x300s
Astronomik L-3 UV-IR Block: 146x180s
Astronomik Deep-Sky R: 20x180s
Astronomik Deep-Sky G: 20x180s
Astronomik Deep-Sky B: 19x180s
Bortle Scale: 4
Location: Isaszeg, Hungary
Acquisition date(s):
2021.03.02., 2021.03.08., 2021.03.13., 2021.03.19., 2021.03.20., 2021.03.23.
Found in the constellation of Orion (near the feet of Gemini!) NGC 2174 is an HII emission rich nebula.
Lying at a distance of 6,400 light years the nebula is a stellar nursery where hot, new stars are being formed.
I was able to gather some OIII data in addition to the Ha data I had acquired on the 23 & 26.02.19.
The Ha data was mapped to the red channel and the OIII data was mapped to the blue channel.
A synthetic green channel was created using a blend of the blue and red data.
A blend of the Ha and OIII data was used as luminance.
Imaged with a focal reduced Skywatcher ED80 refractor and a ZWO 1600MM Pro camera cooled to -15C. I used Baader narrowband filters.
35x600s Ha
23x600s OIII
Calibrated with temp. matched darks using DSS and processed using Photoshop.
You have seen part of this before but as I am waiting for a target to rise In the milky way that I found when I did the milky way panorama. I do not have a name for the nebula but know where it is on the milky way its one I have never see in any photo so it going to be a new look at some thing I have never seen close.
So what became just the" body" top left I went clockwise taking the whole of the Running Chicken Nebula as an extra 3 shot to get the whole of the Nebula. I still can NOT see it even though I am enjoying this years Shiraz I still cant see no chicken. none the less enjoy the fruits or a lot of night to get the total in all its detail. Last was a single shot ED80 and APSC ZWO as a single shot.
QHY 183C -10c 55 shots 10 min over 9 night some in moonlight. .
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 .
Equipment:
Scope: Lacerta 72/432 F6
Focal length: 432mm
Corrector: Flattener for Lacerta 72/432 Apo
Mount: Skywatcher EQ-5 Pro Synscan Goto Belt-modded
Guidescope: Orion 50mm mini 162mm F3.2
Guide camera: ZWO ASI120mm Mini
Main camera: ZWO ASI183MM-Pro cooled monochrome camera
Accessories:
ZWO EFW 8x1.25"
ZWO EAF
Lacerta Dew-heater 20cm
Lacerta Dew-heater 30cm
TP-Link TL-WR902AC
PegasusAstro Pocket Powerbox Advance
Programs:
PixInsight
PHD2
Nighttime Imaging 'N' Astronomy N.I.N.A.
Details:
Camera temp: -15°C
Gain: 53
Astronomik L-3 UV-IR Block: 19x180s
Astronomik Deep-Sky R: 15x120s
Astronomik Deep-Sky G: 15x120s
Astronomik Deep-Sky B: 15x120s
Bortle Scale: 4
Location: Isaszeg, Hungary
November 2022 Total Lunar Eclipse 4:34AM - 5:56 AM EST
I got early on a Tuesday Morning to watch the eclipse out on my neighborhood street. While it was cold and windy, it was still an amazing sight as the moon descended down to moonset.
Pentax K-3
Skywatcher ED72 on Skywatcher Virtuoso Mount
Individual frames composited in Photoshop
It is need more integration time. My goal is 10 hours with Ha and 10 hours with Oiii too.
The Ha is done.
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: 120x300s
Astronomik 6nm Oiii: 50x300s
Bortle Scale: 4
Location: Isaszeg, Hungary
SUN AR3321, AR3323
Skywatcher ED 80 f/7.5
QHY5 L-II mono
Baader solar Continuum filter
Baader astrosolar filter ND5
Barlow 5x
This is a two panel shot of the area the middle being the Horse Head. The right side took three night the left side took two night. the difference was the tree next to the mount got pruned so the shots went to 4 am.
This was my first trial of using the rotation marks and getting the cameras square to the shot all 5 night had the very same error 3.3 degrees within the 5 degree limit I had set. I watched each night to see if I had to change rotation. The two shots fitted together perfectly making this method very workable.
This was the fav nebula of mine since I was a kid seeing the close up of the Horse on the red background. My only regret my father did not get to see this shot.
QHY183C -10c 82 shots Each Panel 10 min each over 5 nights and camera rotated.
Prima Luce Essato Focus ,
Optolong L-eNhance filter,
Skywatcher Black DiamondED80 OTA
Skywatcher NEQ 6 Pro Hypertuned
Guided PHD2, SGP
Pixinsight, Ps Lr.
Tomorrow is Saint Valentine's Day and i just got my Heart Nebula data processed and edited. First time using a dual-band pass filter and was excited to see what my OSC astro camera could capture, turned out pretty good altough the integration time was only 4hrs 30min.
Canon 400mm f5.6
Optolong L-eNhance Filter
Skywatcher HEQ5 PRO
ZWO Mini 30mm Guide scope
ZWO ASI120MM Mini mono
ZWO ASI 533 MC PRO
ZWO ASIAIR Plus
43 x 300s
5 x 600s
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 .
This is the end result of starting End Of April Finished to 12/7/2022. what started out as a look at the area I have been taking photos of for years. To get this completed this is the third iteration getting the over lap correct so it finished first was 12% , and second was 23% but in the end I could see the panels walking away from each other as I shot, so settled for 45%. So the true start was early in April getting this part to get correct so it finished. Added to this I went from an easy Rotation Error of 5 degrees to a very small 1.5 degree. Even last night at 11:53pm at flip the camera had to be rotated 1.8 degrees after flip to finish out the night.
I thought the best way to tell you Milky Way core is 53 shots per night X 22 panels = 1166 shot or x 10min exposure time.. = 11660 minutes of exposure to get the whole thing or divide by 60min gives you hours. = 194 hours. not to get you confused...at all.
The result of two sequences and 22 panels (11 panels long)each panel a night shooting, The Tiff is 22653 x 8024 1.01 GB, Jpeg is 176Mb the shot here is under 25mb. The end was I thought my first sequence finished where I wanted to but I was way out by 6 more panels to get below the Eagle Nebula.
I thought Bonsai taught me patience but this has been a very long set of shots trying to get clear nights to get each panel between clouds and rain.
The march across the milky way as I took it stated with far right to left as the Milky Way rose in the sky:-
Fighting Dragons, Prawn , Cats Paw, Lobster, Dark horse ( bottom half only), Snake, Lagoon and Trifid, Horse Shoe, Swan and Eagle.
Enjoy the milky way like I have never seen before.
ZWOASI071MC -10 53 shots each of the 22 nights
10min rotated to error of 1.5 degrees.
Optolong LeNhance filter,
Nikon 105 mm f2.8 G Lens
Skywatcher NEQ 6 Pro Hypertuned
Guided PHD2, SGP
Pixinsight, PTGui, Ps, Lr.
It will be going a big project, which will contains 4 panel mosaic of this are. I think I will do 13 hours / panel.
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: 120x180s
Bortle Scale: 4
Location: Isaszeg, Hungary
Acquisition date(s):
2021.04.08., 2021.04.16., 2021.05.04., 2021.05.05.
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: 05:00 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 . 06/2023
The Heart Nebula, IC 1805, Sharpless 2-190, 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.
Equipment:
Scope: Lacerta 72/432 F6 0.85x reduktorral (367mm F5.1)
Mount: Skywatcher EQ-5 Pro Synscan Goto
Guide scope: Orion 50mm mini
Guide camera: ZWO ASI120mm Mini
Main camera: ZWO ASI183MM-Pro cooled monochrome camera
Accessories:
ZWO ASIAIR Pro
Lacerta Dew-heater 20cm
Lacerta Dew-heater 30cm
Programs:
PixInsight
Adobe Photoshop CC 2020
Details:
Camera temp: -15°C
Gain: 200
Astronomik 6nm Ha: 96x300s
Astronomik 6nm O3: 36x300s
Equipment:
Scope: Lacerta 72/432 F6 0.85x reduktorral (367mm F5.1)
Mount: Skywatcher EQ-5 Pro Synscan Goto
Guide scope: Lacerta 72/432 Apo
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, 200
Astronomik L-3 UV/IR Block: 36x180s
Astronomik 6nm Ha: 28x300s
Astronomik Deep-Sky G: 6x300s
Astronomik Deep-Sky B: 6x300s
Dark: 60x
Flat: 60x
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: 200
Astronomik 6nm Ha: 45x300s
Astronomik 6nm O3: 32x300s
Bortle Scale: 4
Location: Isaszeg, Hungary
My first go at imaging the comet 'locally'.
Equipment: SkyWatcher ED80 refractor, Canon EOS 5D at prime focus, HEQ5 mount.
Stack of 11 x 90-second exposures @ f/7.5 and ISO-3200.
Trifid Nebula / M20 from Paris area (Boulogne-Billancourt)
Skywatcher Evostar80ED + Barlow x2 + Nikon D7500
2h29 total integration time (30s/800ISO individual exposures stacked in DSS)
NGC 7635, also known as the Bubble Nebula, Sharpless 162, or Caldwell 11, is an H II region emission nebula in the constellation Cassiopeia. It lies close to the direction of the open cluster Messier 52. The "bubble" is created by the stellar wind from a massive hot, 8.7 magnitude young central star, SAO 20575. The nebula is near a giant molecular cloud which contains the expansion of the bubble nebula while itself being excited by the hot central star, causing it to glow. (Celestron EdgeHD800, ZWO ASI2600MM, ASIAIR, EAF, EFW, Skywatcher HEQ5, Antlia SHO 3nm, Pixinsight, Photoshop).
After my last accidental panorama I thought I should at lest attempt a proper panorama.
This is a two shot vertical panorama of the whole area around the Dragon's as well. I did this as I was able to shoot two whole night in a row one night each panel some 61 shots each 10 min. this was mostly edited in PIxInsight stitched with PTGui that I have used for years to do all the milky way bows put the two photos together straight up. as you can see have been able to over come the filter colour in this shot.
The story goes these Dragons are fighting over the egg below NGC6164
Taken with ZWO CMOS camera 121 Files 10 min files Shot With
ZWO ASI071MC Pro @ -10c
Manual Focus
Optolong LeNhance filter,
Skywatcher Black DiamondED80 OTA
Skywatcher EQM35Goto
Guided PHD2, SGP
DSS, Pixinsight, PTGui Ps, Lr.
This is a bit of an odd ball as it does not follow anthing like I have done before. I found this Dark looking structure on Stellarium but it was not named so could not select it by writing the name. I was able to use the cool feature in Nina Select it in Stellarium and it brings it into Nina as a target. The star is HIP 54413 at least I knew that part from Stellarium This is two nights worth of shots and about 6 goes at trying to edit this which is so different to how I have done all the others.
I think this is pushing the limits of the ED 80 with all this very light dusty part of the sky. The mount performed flawlessly so really happy with the two upgrades.
ZWOASI071MC Pro -10c 90 shot 10 min
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 PTGui.
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[EDIT : retraitement complet en palette Hubble (RGB + Hubble HOO)]
Sur cette photo, j'ai capturé la grande nébuleuse d'Orion SH 2-281 et une petite partie de la nébuleuse de l'homme qui cours SH 2-279 en dessous sur la photo.
Ces nébuleuses sont distantes de 1350 années lulières et ont un diamètre de 24 années lumières. Ce sont des nébuleuses en émission (les gaz chauffés par les étoiles voisines emettent de la lumière) et en réflexion (les gaz et poussières reflettent la lumière des étoiles).
Matériel : Canon 1200 D défiltré partiel + filtre Optolong L-Enhance + Skywatcher Newton 150/750 avec chanfrein et correcteur de coma + Monture Skywatcher AZ-EQ5 + Autoguidage avec lunette Kepler 50/162, caméra Asi Zwo 120mm, et PHD2 Guiding sur Raspberry Pi3.
EXIFS : 56 poses de 180s (avec filtre L-Enhance) + 39 poses de 30s (sans filtre), iso 800
Softs : Siril (traitment HOO+RGB) + Gimp
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[EDIT: Complete reprocessing in Hubble palette (RGB + Hubble HOO)]
In this photo, I captured the Great Orion Nebula SH 2-281, along with a small portion of the Running Man Nebula SH 2-279, visible at the bottom of the image.
These nebulae are located about 1,350 light-years from Earth and span approximately 24 light-years in diameter.
They are both emission nebulae (where gas heated by nearby stars emits its own light) and reflection nebulae (where dust and gas reflect the light of surrounding stars).
Equipment used: Camera: Canon 1200D (partially modified for astrophotography), Filter: Optolong L-Enhance, Telescope: Skywatcher Newtonian 150/750 with beveled edge and coma corrector, Mount: Skywatcher AZ-EQ5, Autoguiding: Kepler 50/162 guide scope + ZWO ASI 120MM camera + PHD2 Guiding on Raspberry Pi 3
EXIF data: 56 exposures of 180 seconds (with L-Enhance filter) + 39 exposures of 30 seconds (without filter), ISO 800
Software: Siril for HOO + RGB processing, GIMP for final editing