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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.
SkyWatcher 70mm SK707AZ2 + Filter Thousand Oaks + super 25mm + barlow 2X.
Edited with MS Picture Manager and Photofiltre.
It's possible to see the 3310, 3311, 3312 and 3313 spots.
The Horsehead Nebula is a small dark nebula in the constellation Orion. The nebula is located just to the south of Alnitak, one of the bottom stars in Orion's Belt, and is part of the much larger Orion Molecular Cloud Complex.
This was our longest total exposure, comprising of approximately 15 hours of Ha. R, G and B frames. Captured with the Sbig ST2000xm attached to the Skywatcher ED80.
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
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.
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
——— 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
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
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Image exposure: 1 x 360 sec
Settings: f/3.5, ISO 400
Image Size: 100° x 70°(est)
Image date: 2024-08-31
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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: 111
Astronomik 6nm Ha: 56x300s
Astronomik 6nm Oiii: 42x300s
Bortle Scale: 4
Location: Isaszeg, Hungary
SkyWatcher 70mm SK707AZ2 + Filter Thousand Oaks + super 25mm + barlow 2X.
Edited with MS Picture Manager and Photofiltre.
It's possible only the tiny 2797 spot.
This is a second go at this target but rains are killing any more nights worth of shots.
In the very center of the nebula there looks to be a dog sitting on it hind legs begging these are called the "Pillars of Creation" sadly this is a close as I can go.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pillars_of_Creation
QHY183C -10c 87shot 5 min
Prima Luce Essato Focus
Optolong LeNhance filter,
Skywatcher Black DiamondED80 OTA
Skywatcher NEQ 6 Pro
Guided PHD2, SGP
Pixinsight, 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: 53
Astronomik L-3 UV-IR Block: 25x300s, 160x180s
Astronomik Deep-Sky R: 20x180s
Astronomik Deep-Sky G: 20x180s
Astronomik Deep-Sky B: 19x180s
This is the second part of a future mosaic that I'll process when I'll have the patience to process it :)
That was the last object from the Cygnus for this year, and I was impressed by the result. At first I planned make only one night but I pushed it to 3 nights, just to see.
And you know what, even if there is full signal in this region, increasing the total exposure time simply killed the noise, a pleasure to process. :)
Clear Skies :)
Lights : 85 x 600 sec (14h10)
Darks : 60 ~ Offset : 100 ~ Flats : 60
Setup :
Camera : ZWO ASI 2600 MC
Main Scope : Skywatcher Esprit 100 ED
Mount : Skywatcher EQ6-R
Guide Camera : ZWO ASI 120MM Mini
Guide Scope : ZWO Mini Guide Scope
Filters : Antlia ALP-T
Others : ZWO ASIAIR PRO, ZWO EAF
5 x hours and 15 mins of data , 189 x 100 sec exposures with Sky watcher Quattro 250P QHY 183 mc pro.
NGC 1566, sometimes known as the Spanish Dancer, is an intermediate spiral galaxy in the constellation Dorado, positioned about 3.5° to the south of the star Gamma Doradus. It was discovered on May 28, 1826 by Scottish astronomer James Dunlop. At 10th magnitude, it requires a telescope to view. The distance to this galaxy remains elusive, with measurements ranging from 6 Mpc up to 21 Mpc.
This galaxy forms a member of the NGC 1566 subgroup of the Dorado Group, of which it is dominant and brightest member (although Kilbornetal and colleagues (2005) listed it as second brightest member of the NGC 1566 group after NGC 1553). The X-ray emission from the group is dominated by the hot gas halo of this galaxy, which extends out to 29 kpc before merging with the background radiation. The galaxy appears to be interacting with smaller members of its subgroup. Radio emissions suggest the disk is asymmetrical and the neutral hydrogen gas shows a mild warp.
NGC 1566 is an active galaxy with many features of a Seyfert type 1, although the exact type remains uncertain. It is one of the closest and brightest Seyfert galaxies. The mass of the supermassive black hole at the center is estimated at (1.3±0.6)×107 M☉. The proximity of the galaxy, along with strong spiral arms and an active nucleus, have made it the subject of much scientific study in the astronomy community.
27 x 250sec captures of NGC 300. A spiral galaxy that is found in the Sculptor constellation .Located roughly 6.5 million light years from us it is one of our closest neighbours. Skywatcher Quattro 250P and QHY 183 c Pro cooled astro camera.
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).
William Optics GT81
William Optics Flat 6AIII
ZWO ASI2600MC Pro
ZWO ASI Air Pro
Skywatcher HEQ 5 Pro
Optolong L-eXtreme filter
97 x 180s lights, 40 darks, 50 flats and 50 flat darks at gain 101 and -10C.
Stacked and processed in PixInsight with final touches in PS and LR.
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.
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.
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
Getting to know Nina better.
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.
The comet C/2020 F3 Neowise captured in all its glory during the night from 11th to 12th July 2020.
I was lucky enough to be in Brittany at this time and to enjoy clear skies with very low level of light pollution.
I took several shots with my Nikon D7500 camera and Sigma 100-400 lens at 100mm focal length and stacked them with Deepskystacker.
The final result is the stacked shots overlaid on one individual shot for the ground. This is why the foreground is slightly blurred.
Hope you enjoy it as much as I did enjoy capturing this beauty!
Tracked with Skywatcher Staradventurer.
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
The Milky Way rises near Mount Tamalpais in Marin County, California. Mount Tamalpais is often considered symbolic of Marin County. Much of Mount Tamalpais is protected within public lands such as Mount Tamalpais State Park, the Marin Municipal Water District watershed, and National Park Service land, such as Muir Woods. Pride of Madeira is an evergreen sub-shrub native to the island of Madeira Portugal, near Morocco. The beautiful yet tough plants are able to tolerate drought, rocky soil, & coastal conditions. The flowers are very ornamental, blooming on huge 2' long spikes. The flowers are blue with red stamens, which gives it a fuzzy blue-violet look. Pride of Madeira’s flowers produce large amounts of nectar for bees including honey bees, & butterflies. Astromodified Nikon Z7, 4x180s exposures, Skywatcher Star Adventurer Mini, PixInsight, Photoshop.
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: 111x180s
Bortle Scale: 4
Location: Isaszeg, Hungary
Acquisition date(s):
2021.04.06., 2021.04.07., 2021.04.08.
Skywatcher 190MN telescope, Ioptron CEM70 NUC mount, Altair Tri-Band filter, ASI2600MC Pro at -20C. 21 x 5 minute exposures (1 hour 45 minutes) at Gain 100, Offset 50, 50 dark frames, 50 flat fields and 50 dark flat frames.
Processed in Pixinsight, Topaz denoise, and Photoshop.
Collected between 20-43 and 23-08 on the 22nd of October 2022.
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.
The Christmas Tree Cluster is a young open cluster located in the constellation Monoceros. Included are the Cone Nebula and the Fox Fur Nebula. It is located in the Orion Arm of the Milky Way.
Unfortunately, I still have not been able to get out due to shoulder issues but hopefully after the next operation in November and some recovery time, I should be back into it.
This is a reprocess of some older data, using HA, and RGB filters.
Equipment Details:
•Skywatcher Black Diamond 80ED Refractor
•Skywatcher HEQ5 Mount
•SBIG ST2000xm CCD Camera cooled to -20'c
•SBIG CFw8 Filter Wheel
•Custom Scientific Red, Green, Blue Filters
•Astronomic 12NM Ha Filter
•Orion ST80 Guide Scope
•Orion Starshoot Autoguider Guide Camera
Exposure Details:
•Ha 15X300 seconds - Bin 1x1
•Red 10X300 seconds - Bin 1x1
•Green 10X300 seconds - Bin 1x1
•Blue 10X300 seconds - Bin 1x1
Total Integration Time: 4.35 hours
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.
The Rosette Nebula is an H II region located near one end of a giant molecular cloud in the Monoceros region of the Milky Way Galaxy. The open cluster NGC 2244 is closely associated with the nebulosity, the stars of the cluster having been formed from the nebula's matter.13 x 120 sec exp @ ISO 800 with a Canon 60D on a Skywatcher Quattro 250P F4 Telescope.
An image of Friday night's (24th) waxing gibbous moon. The moon was almost 12 days old and almost 92% illuminated.
The full moon on the 27th November is also known as the Beaver Moon in Native North American culture. It is also known as the Freezing or Frost Moon as a nod to the weather conditions which become prevalent at this time of year.
Imaged with a Skywatcher Esprit 120ED and a ZWO 2600MC. Some nice subtle colours evident which are as a result of the lunar geology. Comparatively Titanium rich areas giving a bluish colour, whilst those areas richer in Iron account for the more brown regions. The radiating ray systems of Copernicus and Tycho craters are well seen.
Thanks for looking!
Messier 78: Este conjunto se encuentra 1.600 años luz, en la constelación de Orión, es una nebulosa de reflexión con una magnitud de 8,3
Esta imagen es la mas profunda que he realizado y con diferéncia, es la despedida de mi preciada Canon cómo cámara principal, el fin de un capítulo en la afición, la culminación de una era que ha durado 6 años.
Son 46h de integración!😯
125x600s + 300x300s
Con Canon Eos 600D modificada y newton Ts Photon 154/600 f3,9
Corrector de coma Baader Mpcc i filtro Baader Bcf.
Sobre montura Skywatcher neq6 pro2 guiada fuera de eje con Zwo Asi 290mc.
Realizada en remoto des del Dark Energy Observatory, Àger, Lleida, durante Enero y Febrero de 2022
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Messier 78: Aquest conjunt es troba a 1.600 anys llum, a la constelació d'Orió, es una nebulosa de reflexió de magnitud 8,3
Aquesta imatge es la mes profunda que he realitzat mai i amb diferència, també es la despedida de la meva apreciada Canon com a càmara principal, la fi d'un capítol en la afició, la culminació d'una era que ha durat 6 anys.
Son 46h d'integració!😯
125x600s + 300x300s
Amb Canon Eos 600D modificada y newton Ts Photon 154/600 f3,9
Corrector de coma Baader Mpcc i filtre Baader Bcf.
Sobre montura Skywatcher neq6 pro2 guiada fora d'eix amb Zwo Asi 290mc.
Realitzada en remot des del Dark Energy Observatory, Àger, Lleida, durant el Gener i Febrer de 2022
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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.
This version was created with the same data captured back in February 2021 but processed by mapping Ha to Red, Oiii to Green and Sii to Blue (HOO) instead of the Hubble pallet (SHO). Hopefully we can get some clear nights soon, so I can start using our new ZWO ASI 1600mm camera.
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
•Oiii 15X180 seconds - Bin 1x1
Total Integration Time: 2 hours and 15 minutes
The picture was taken during 4 nights in August. By shooting the tulip Nebula earlier that month, I saw the white 'arc' on my subs / stacking result.
This gave me some hope to shoot this "weird" object (tbh it was the first time I saw it) without knowing directly what it was. :p
There were a lot of details in the O3 layer, so I was able to make pop (faintly but you know, Bortle 8) the Blue bubble surrounding the star and the blue nebulosity in this region.
As the Hydrogen was also a bit weak, I didn't apply many curves transformations on the image, to keep it clean and "natural"
Clear Skies :)
Lights : 96 x 600 sec (16h)
Darks : 60 ~ Offset : 100 ~ Flats : 60
Setup :
Camera : ZWO ASI 2600 MC
Main Scope : Skywatcher Esprit 100 ED
Mount : Skywatcher EQ6-R
Guide Camera : ZWO ASI 120MM Mini
Guide Scope : ZWO Mini Guide Scope
Filters : Antlia ALP-T
Others : ZWO ASIAIR PRO, ZWO EAF
Skywatcher Evostar Pro 80 ED (w/.85x reducer/corrector & QHYCCD Polemaster), Skywatcher EQM-35, Nikon D3300.
35 lights x 90 s @ ISO 800, ~45 dark, ~45 flat, ~100 bias, stacked in DSS and post-processed in Photoshop.
Nikon d610
Samyang 14mm @f4
Foreground: 5 x 180sec iso 400
Sky: 13 x 90sec iso 800
Tracked with Skywatcher Star Adventurer
Stacked, blended and edited in Photoshop
This is night two (and that's it for well over a week) this came about by recollimating the mirrors on the mount. In short you have to line up the mirrors by following steps and "eyes" to see just where things are each adjustment is not on one screw but three bottom or main mirror and the secondary or top mirror. It better than the first shot but still could be better.
I have to remove the clips that hold the mirror and put silicone under the mirror to hold it in place gives cleaner stars. This also was stacked with the right flats the first had none as it was more a night to get focus which the Esatto did easily. In the end I let Nina look after the mount to get an idea how the stars as I never got a chance to recollimate the telescope after I put it on the mount.
So how do you like your Dragon Egg flipped
QHY 183C -10c 104 shots 5 min each over one night.
MeLE Mini PC
Pegasus Astro Pocket Mini power box
Prima Luce Essato Focus
Optolong LeNhance filter,
Skywatcher 200 F4 PREMIUM PHOTO QUATTRO REFLECTOR OTA
Skywatcher NEQ 6 Pro Hypertuned
SVbony 50MM Guide scope
QHY5L-II-M Guide camera
Guided PHD2, Nina
Pixinsight, Ps .
This deepscape image shows the Orion Nebula and the Running Man Nebula setting behind the Hoernli mountain station in Arosa, Switzerland.
Such images tend to raise a lot of skepticism, but this is a real alignment:
Sky and foreground were captured from the same tripod position and during a single night, with the same equipment and at the same focal length. I only shut down the tracking of my mount when Orion Nebula was in the position you see in the image, captured the foreground an recombined sky and foreground in post processing. Check the behind the scenes photo of me capturing this deepscape:
The small field of view due to the long focal length (1000mm full frame equivalent) makes precise planning to find the exact shooting position a must. A small error of a few meters is enough to make the nebula miss the foreground features.
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EXIF
Camera:
ZWO ASI 1600MM Pro, with Baader H, O & RGB filters
Telescope:
William Optics Megrez 88 f/5.6 (500mm)
Mount:
Equatorially mounted Skywatcher AZ-GTI
Control and Guiding:
ZWO ASIair
Foreground:
Untracked single exposures of 60s through RGB filters
Sky:
H-alpha: 21 x 120s + 15 x 60s + 5 x 30s
Oiii: 3 x 120s + 12 x 60s + 20 x 30s
RGB: 9 × 60s + 10 x 10s
Total integration time: ~120min
The “Sculptor Galaxy” NGC 253, also known as the “Silver Coin Galaxy”, is a bright local spiral galaxy, smaller than the Milky Way and only 12,000,000 light years distant.
The apparent width of the galaxy is about one lunar diameter.
Its circular disc is about 12° from the edge-on position and it has a concentrated central nucleus and mottle-textured dust lanes & dark patches.
It is located only 2° from the South Galactic Pole.
Object Details:
Designation: NGC 253, Caldwell 65
Constellation: Sculptor
Visual magnitude: +7.0
Apparent size: 26.8′ x 4.6′
Diameter: 94,000 light years.
Distance: 12 million light years.
The Gear:
Skywatcher Esprit 120 telescope.
ZWO ASI071 camera.
There was a little bit of high cloud about but I thought I would use my ZWO ASI585 camera to take a mosaic of the moon this time rather than my D500. Scope was my Skywatcher 180 pro mak
I took 10x 1000 frame videos full resolution, processed them in AS!3, did wavelets in Registax then tidied up the background and adjusted contrast etc in Lightroom.
I'm quite pleased with the result.
Mars occultation by Moon in 05, September 2020.
I have made this image from my backyard in Brazil with the following setup:
Equipment
Telescope: Reflector Newtonian 130mm F5 SkyWatcher
Camera: ZWO ASI178MC-Cool
Mount: Homemade GEM Mark VI
Lens: positive projection with orthoscopic eyepiece 9mm
Data
1500 frames stacked
So, I did purchase a tracker ^-^
My first tracked astrophotography with the SkyWatcher Star Adventurer and my first one processed mostly with PixInsight.
Not a very challenging subject to start with, but still quite an improvement compared to my previous M31 photo where I had to use a 2.5s exposure time compared to 30s here. Now, I just need the clouds to go away :)
39min = 78 x 30s exposures with 20 of each dark, bias and flat frames.
Shot with Canon 5DmkIV with 70-200mm L lens @ 200mm, f/5.6, ISO6400.
Stacked in AffinityPhoto, post-processed in PixInsight with some final cosmetic in Photoshop.
The Eagle Nebula (catalogued as Messier 16 or M16, and as NGC 6611, and also known as the Star Queen Nebula and The Spire) Canon 5DSr on a Sky Watcher Quattro 250 F4 Telescope. 1st night with Optolong L Enhance filter. 5 subs @ 300 sec's each stacked in Sequator software.
This is a Colour Photo of Gum 15 in contrast to My first effort with filters and borrowed B/W camera, Below. This has always reminded me of an apple and a hand (three finger like an Avatar) stealing the apple.
www.flickr.com/photos/33814724@N03/51841716708/in/datepos...
This Taken from my backyard in the city of Perth an improvement in understanding as some new tools editing has take a big leap for the better. Results like this was alway my main aim when I started.
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 Hypertuned
SVbony 50MM Guide scope
QHY QHY5L-II-M Guide camera
Guided PHD2, Nina
Pixinsight, Ps .
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