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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.
Slow cooked chicken made with love in SHO with RGB stars. I have captured a completely new set of data on this target and a lot more of it this time, about 24h all up and complete reprocess with a new colour palette.
April 6, 2022
Frames:
Antlia Pro 3nm Ha: 94x300" (7h 50') (gain: 139.00) f/5.9 -10°C bin 1x1
Antlia Pro 3nm Sii: 94x300" (7h 50') (gain: 139.00) f/5.9 -10°C bin 1x1
Antlia Pro Blue: 45x15" (11' 15") (gain: 76.00) f/5.9 -10°C bin 1x1
Antlia Pro Green: 45x15" (11' 15") (gain: 76.00) f/5.9 -10°C bin 1x1
Antlia Pro Oiii 3nm: 94x300" (7h 50') (gain: 139.00) f/5.9 -10°C bin 1x1
Antlia Pro Red: 45x15" (11' 15") (gain: 76.00) f/5.9 -10°C bin 1x1
Integration:
24h 3' 45"
William Optics Zenithstar 73
Imaging Cameras
ZWO ASI 1600MM-Pro
Mounts
Skywatcher EQ-6r Pro
Filters
Antlia Pro 3nm Sii · Antlia Pro 3nm Ha · Antlia Pro Oiii 3nm · Antlia Pro Green · Antlia Pro Red · Antlia Pro Blue
Accessories
ZWO EAF Focuser · Pegasus Falcon Rotator · Pegasus Mini Powerbox · Intel NUC 8 I5BEK · William optics flat/reducer 73
Software
Topaz denoise AI · Pixinsight 1.8.8.5 · NINA,PhD2 · Adobe Photoshop CC 2019 · Astro Pixel Processor
Guiding Telescopes Or Lenses
William Optics UniGuide 50/200MM
Guiding Cameras
ZWO ASI 120MM Mini Guide Camera
This is the view I was after when the USB plug broke on the camera March last year. This proved to be a marathon getting images as the mount threw up a curveball and at this stage still not sure if I have found the answer to the problem.
This will be my last photo for a very long time as I do a huge panorama of the Milky way of some 40 odd shots. Enjoy it.
QHY 183C -10c 21 shots each night 10 min each over Five night..
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 .
Old data processing of M106 galaxy ( 24/04/2020 ) .
Processed with the help of sp.la.sh.id, find him on Instagram: www.instagram.com/sp.la.sh.id/
Gear used:
■ Mount: skywatcher neq-6 goto with Rowan modification belt
■ Telescope: skywatcher 200/1000 F/5
■ Autoguiding: Asi 120mm
■ Total exposure: 2H25m || 29 X 300 seconds
■ Camera: modified canon eos 700d astrodon
■ Filter(s): no filter
■ Other optic(s): baader coma corrector
■ Software : Siril / PixInsight / photoshopCC
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.
Skywatcher Esprit 80/400, ASI2600MM-Pro, Astronomik SO 6nm et HEQ5.
H : 81 x 300" = 6h45 @ Gain 100/Offset 50
O : 84 x 300" = 7h00 @ Gain 100/Offset 50
13h45 au total.
NINA + Pixinsight
A target I did a year ago with my DSLR and ED80 this is almost the other way around ZWO camera and 300mm Prime Nikon lens. the original shot give a good idea just how far in a year thing have improved. The Camera and lens rotated within the lens holder so the wings went from side to side across the whole picture. The next project is a wide field of the same area with 100mm lens.
ZWOASI071MC -6c 104 shots 600 secs, over 3 night camera rotated.
ZWOEAF disconnected ,
Optolong LeNhance filter In filter draw,
Nikon 300MM F4 D Lens,
Skywatcher NEQ 6 Pro Hypertuned
Guided PHD2, SGP
Pixinsight, Ps & Lr.
The Tarantula Nebula (also known as 30 Doradus) is an H II region in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) Here are16 x 60 sec shots stacked in Sequator. Canon 60D with optolong L Enhance filter on a Skywatcher Quattro 250P F4 Scope.
I was trying out some new equipment when I thought I would try Carina as it was over head. At one point I had to go inside the smoke was so strong and the Guiding got very bad. Only the Second shot I have done that was almost totally edited in PixInsight never see the amount of nebulocity around the main nebula. the mount stopped as the house next door got in the way enjoy the Southern hemisphere at 900mm. DSLR @ 600mm same scope.
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Taken with ZWO CMOS camera 49 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, Ps, Lr.
2.4 hours of 3 min stacked exposures. 120mm Skywatcher , Canon Rebel 6ti mod, My first great astrophoto. 1,500 light-years away. The left star is the left star in Orion's Belt.
The name of this one how could I resist. Has been a cloud fight to get the shots over 4 night in very strong winds. this sits just below the Horse head nebula and just off the red ring that goes around Orion. Barnards loop the goes around half of the Orion area, Barnards loop I will wait for moon less night to try and get this target with my 50mm F1.8 lens ZWOASI071.
QHY183C -10c 82 shots 10 min each over 4 nights and camera rotated.
Prima Luce Essato Focus ,
Optolong LeNhance filter,
Skywatcher Black DiamondED80 OTA
Skywatcher NEQ 6 Pro Hypertuned
Guided PHD2, SGP
Pixinsight, Ps Lr.
SkyWatcher 70mm SK707AZ2 + Filter Thousand Oaks + super 25mm + barlow 2X.
Edited with MS Picture Manager and Photofiltre.
It's possible to see the colossal complex 4294-4296, 4295, 4298, 4299, 4300 and 4301 spots.
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.
Helix Nebula ( NGC 7293, The Eye of God ) in Aquarius - by Mike O'Day ( 500px.com/MikeODay )..The visible remains of a star that died around 10,000 years ago, the Helix Nebula ( NGC 7293 ) is one of the closest and largest of the so-called planetary nebulae that are observable from Earth. Situated in the same arm of the Milkyway galaxy as ourselves, the Helix Nebula is around 650 light years away, is growing at a rate of over 100,000 kms / sec and is currently around 2.5 light years across...Links:..https://500px.com/MikeODay.http://photo.net/photos/MikeODay..Details:..RA 22h 30m 33.9s, Dec -20deg 44' 57.1"'. .Skywatcher Quattro 10" f4 Newtonian. .Skywatcher AZ Eq6 GT Mount.Orion auto guider - PHD2. .Baader MPCC Mark 3 Coma Corrector..Nikon D5300 (unmodified)..Field of view (deg) ~ 1.35 x 0.90..long exp. noise reduction on.17 x 120 sec ISO800..Pixinsight & Photoshop.12 August 2016.
Luna 19 May 2013.
I was determined to try my first real session of astrophotography using my new telescope last night, but a failure to correctly polar align, as well as incoming clouds put an end to that idea.
I did however manage to observe saturn which was amazing, and of course Luna.
This was taken prime using a Canon 1000D (baader modified) through my Skywatcher 200P-DS. I need to get a 2" barlow :)
P.S It makes a lovely iPad mini homescreen image :)
The Perseus double cluster complex imaged during a brief period of clear weather on night of 9th October. Consisting of two open star clusters NGC869 (top) and NGC884 (below) the complex lies at a distance of around 7500 lightyears from us.
Both clusters contain hot white and blue-white comparatively young stars as well as some supergiant red ones. These red/orange stars are more numerous within NGC884.
The clusters are physically close in space and are believed to contain at least 300 hot-white and blue-white super massive, super-luminous, giant stars in each cluster.
Conditions were not great with clouds coming and going with variable transparency on Saturday night. Eventually fog and mist moved in calling a halt to my imaging session and I had to trash a number of exposures.
Imaged with my little Skywatcher 72ED refractor with flattener and a ZWO ASI2600MC camera.
29 x 180 second guided exposures
30x Darks
No flats
Gain 100 @-10°C
Thanks for looking!
Designation: NGC 2070, Caldwell 103
Constellation: Dorado.
Location: Large Magellanic Cloud.
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Visual magnitude: +5.0
Apparent size: 40 x 25 arc-minutes.
Diameter: 1833 light years.
Distance: 160,000 light years.
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Total exposure: 106 min.
SkyWatcher Esprit 120 mm apochromatic 3-element refractor.
Camera: ZWO ASI 071 MC Pro.
Date: 2020-02-19
Melotte 15 (in IC 1805)
Skywatcher Esprit 150 refractor
QSI 6120wsg CCD camera
Starlight Xpress AO unit
Paramount MX mount
Narrowband image:
H-alpha: 94 x 10m
SII: 98 x 10m
OIII: 82 x 10m
Taken at IC Astronomy, Oria, Spain
Processed with PixInsight and Photoshop.
M106 captured over the course of 3 months from my back garden.
Captured in LRGBHa totalling an exposure time of around 39 hours.
- ZWO 533MM
- Antlia LRGB V-Pro & 3nm Ha 36mm filters
- EQ6R Pro
- Skywatcher 200P (modified)
- NINA, APP, PS
This image shows the AZ-GTI carrying a heavy load with a William Optics Megrez 88 telescope, a ZWO ASI 1600MM Pro astro camera, a filter wheel and an autoguider.
The images I take with my Skywatcher AZ-GTI mount raise many questions about how I can use this ALT/AZ mount for astrophotography.
I recently wrote an article about the topic that should answer most of these questions. You find it under:
milkywayphotographers.com/article/2021/03/11/sky-watcher-...
I hope it makes an interesting read.
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: 50x180s
Astronomik Deep-Sky R: 20x180s
Astronomik Deep-Sky G: 20x180s
Astronomik Deep-Sky B: 20x180s
This is 12 shots(6x2) as the milky way rises in our Southern Skies as per the plan by Nina, This Is Not Seen North Of The Equator. This is halfway to where I want to get there is another panorama of 12 shots to go to get to the panorama I took last year. Each Panel is a night worth of shots then added to PtGui to get the panorama. There positively no edits on the stars this is the number that the camera can see.
ZWOASI071MC -10 43 shots per night
600 sec rotated 80 degrees.
Nikon 105 mm f2.8 G Lens
Optolong LeNhance filter,
MeLE Mini PC
Pegasus Astro Pocket Mini power box
Skywatcher NEQ 6 Pro Hypertuned
Guided PHD2, Nina
Pixinsight, Ps Lr.
7 x 600second Ha
10 x 600second OIII
10 x 600second darks
Skywatcher 130pds, HEQ5
QHY Img2pro
6nm Ha Astronomik Clip filter
12nm OIII Astronomik Clip filter
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: 3:30 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 Evostar Pro 80 ED (w/.85x reducer/corrector & QHYCCD Polemaster), Skywatcher EQM-35, Nikon D3300.
65 lights x 90 s @ ISO 800, ~45 dark, ~45 flat, ~100 bias, stacked in DSS and post-processed in Photoshop.
First look at the New Prima Luce Lab Esatto Focuser, not a cheap option but a far better option the the Skywatcher and ZWO.
104 shot 10 min each over two night
ZWO ASI071MC Pro @ -10c
Prima Luce Essato Focus ,
Optolong LeNhance filter,
Skywatcher Black DiamondED80 OTA
Skywatcher EQM35Goto
Guided PHD2, SGP
DSS, Pixinsight, Ps.
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Designation: Caldwell 92, NGC 3372.
Constellation: Carina.
Visual magnitude: +1.0.
Apparent size: 120′ x 120′.
Diameter: 349 light years.
Distance 10,000 light years.
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Date: 2020-02-14
Exposure: 68×106.6 sec = 120 min.
Camera: ZWO ASI 071 MC Pro
Telescope: Skywatcher Esprit 120
Mount: Skywatcher EQ6R
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After a long hiatus from imaging due to ill-health and bereavement - oh and also hopeless weather, I managed this view of the afternoon moon in a very bright, sunny sky - amazing for here and indeed short-lived!
Imaged with a stock Nikon D5300 and a Skywatcher Esprit 120mm refractor. Thanks for looking!
Images :
Canon EOS 700D défiltré
Canon 70/200mm F4L à 80mm
Monture Skywatcher Star Adventurer
Trépied Vanguard Alta Pro 264 AT
240*90s à F4 et 1600ISOS + 150 darks + 80 offsets + 80 flats.
30*20s à F4 et 800ISOS + 10 darks + 10 offsets et 10 fats pour le coeur d'Orion.
Traitement :
Siril
Lightroom
Photoshop / Astronomy Tools Action Set.
After cloud cover all day a brief unexpected clearance last night allowed me to image the waxing moon.
The moon is approx. 85% illuminated and the brightest area of the moon, the crater Aristarchus, is nicely contrasted within the gloom of the lunar terminator. (LHS)
The subtle colour variations within the moon's surface are also nicely revealed.
My small short focal length refractor, a Skywatcher ED72, was already mounted and I attached it to a Nikon D5300 DSLR to capture this image.
NGC 3372 Carina Nebula to show all the extra details close to the core.Keyhole Nebula ,Eta Carinae ,Homunculus Nebula ,Defiant Finger ,Trumpler 14 , 15 and 16 .Mystic Mountain. 15 x 55 second exposures with flat and darks stacked in DSS improved in Pixinsight and PS. Canon 5DSr on a Sky Watcher Quattro 250 F4 mounted to a Sky Watcher NEQ6 pro .
The heart of the Heart nebula revisited using the "natural palette" with special attention to the dark nebulas there.
It a complete rework of a previous image made on SHOrgb.
A total of 57 hours of integration and a lot of intermediate version on the process.
Still I think that I could obtain more details, but this will be next year (maybe :P ).
Technical card
Imaging telescopes or lenses:Teleskop Service TS Photoline 107mm f/6.5 Super-Apo , Altair Astro RC250-TT 10" RC Truss Tube
Imaging cameras:ZWO ASI183MM-Cool , ZWO ASI1600MM-Cool
Mounts:Skywatcher EQ6R Pro , Mesu 200 Mk2
Guiding telescopes or lenses:Celestron OAG Deluxe , Teleskop Service TSOAG9 Off-Axis Guider
Guiding cameras:ZWO ASI290 Mini , ZWO ASI174 Mini
Focal reducers:Riccardi Reducer/Flattener 0.75x , Telescope-Service TS 2" Flattener
Software:Pleiades Astrophoto PixInsight , Seqence Generator Pro
Filters:Astrodon O-III 36mm - 5nm , Astrodon S-II 36mm - 5nm , Astrodon R Gen.2 E-series 36mm , Astrodon G Gen.2 E-series 36mm , Astrodon B Gen.2 E-series 36mm , Astrodon HA 36mm - 5nm , Optolong SII 6.5nm 36mm , Optolong OIII 6.5nm 36mm
Accessory:ZWO EFW , MoonLite NiteCrawler WR30 , MoonLite CSL 2.5" Focuser with High Res Stepper Motor
Dates:Nov. 29, 2019
Frames:
Astrodon B Gen.2 E-series 36mm: 90x30" (gain: 75.00) -20C bin 1x1
Astrodon G Gen.2 E-series 36mm: 90x30" (gain: 75.00) -20C bin 1x1
Astrodon HA 36mm - 5nm: 166x600" (gain: 200.00) -20C bin 1x1
Optolong OIII 6.5nm 36mm: 80x600" (gain: 183.00) -15C bin 1x1
Astrodon R Gen.2 E-series 36mm: 90x30" (gain: -75.00) -15C bin 1x1
Optolong SII 6.5nm 36mm: 80x600" (gain: 183.00) -15C bin 1x1
Integration: 56.6 hours
Avg. Moon age: 2.95 days
Avg. Moon phase: 9.53%
Astrometry.net job: 3907933
RA center: 2h 34' 16"
DEC center: +61° 21' 18"
Pixel scale: 1.007 arcsec/pixel
Orientation: 359.646 degrees
Field radius: 0.408 degrees
Resolution: 1760x2328
Locations: AAS Montsec, Àger, Lleida, Spain
Data source: Own remote observatory
Remote source: Non-commercial independent facility
Mosaik aus 2 Bildern (Stacks aus MP4 Videofiles),
Lumix GH5 an Skywatcher Skymax Maksutov 127/1500,
auf Fotostativ, das ist alles.
Mosaic of 2 images (stacks of MP4 video files),
Lumix GH5 on Skywatcher Skymax Maksutov 127/1500,
on photo tripod, that's all.
1500mm (3000 mm äquiv.), f 10.
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: 4:00 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 . 02/2022
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.
Part of an HII (ionized Hydrogen) region in Cassiopeia the Pacman Nebula is a bright emission nebula.
Named for its resemblance to the video game character the nebula lies at a distance of around 9500 light years from earth.
This image captured in narrowband Ha light was acquired over 2 nights - 17 & 18th September in strong moonlight. After a prolonged period (seemingly never-ending!) of poor skies was glad to be out imaging again!
Hopefully will have some OIII and SII to add later.
My first narrowband effort with my new Skywatcher Esprit 120ED scope.
40x300s Guided Ha subs. using ZWO 1600MM cooled to -15 and Gain 200.
Darks
SkyWatcher 70mm SK707AZ2 + Filter Thousand Oaks + super 25mm + barlow 2X.
Edited with MS Picture Manager and Photofiltre.
It's possible to see the 4287, 4288, 4290, 4291 and 4292 spots.
Canon EOS 60D.
Focal length: Canon 200mm f2.8 @ F4
Tracking Mount: Skywatcher Star Adventure
Guiding: None
Exposure: 50 x 30sec @ ISO-3200 (RAW)
Stacked in DSS processed in PS Astronomy Tools & LR.
Software: DSS & LR
Second completed image of 2021 and the first complete one from my local astronomy club's dark site, an hour and a half outside of Houston. We finally had the first clear new moon weekend of the year, and myself and many others in the club decided we had to take advantage of it. It was a beautiful night with no clouds and the dew kept at bay. Had to image something unique for galaxy season and I settled on Markarian's Chain in Virgo. I framed to to get as many individual galaxies as I could in one shot.
- Location: Houston Astronomical Society's Dark Site (Bortle 4)
- Total Integration Time: 6.65 Hours
Equipment:
- Scope: TS107 w/ 0.79x Reducer
- Imaging Camera: QHY 268M
- Filters: Chroma LRGB 36mm
- Mount: Skywatcher EQ6-R Pro
- Guidescope: SVBony 50mm Guidescope
- Guide camera: QHY5L-ii mono
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Software:
- N.I.N.A for image acquisition, platesolving, and framing
- PHD2 for guiding
- PixInsight for processing
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Acquisition:
- L: 61 x 180"
- R: 25 x 180"
- G: 24 x 180"
- B: 24 x 180"
- All images at Gain 56, Offset 25 (Readout mode 1) and 0C sensor temperature
- 20 flats per filter
- Master Dark from library
- Master Bias from Library
- Nights: 4/10/21
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Processing:
- BatchPreProcessing to generate calibrated files
- SubFrameSelector to weight files
- ImageIntegration, DrizzleIntegration of masters
Luminance Processing:
- DynamicCrop
- DynamicBackgroundExtraction (x2 - subtraction and division)
- Deconvolution
- TGV Denoise
- MMT Blotch fix for TGV (MMT NR on wavelet layers 5/6/7 with inverted Luminance Mask)
- MMT Denoise on wavelet layers 1/2/3/4/8 (with MMT Mask)
- MaskedStretch for initial stretch with no clipping
- HistogramTransformation for slight further stretch
RGB Processing (to each master):
- DynamicCrop
- DynamicBackgroundExtraction
- StarAlignment of G and B to R
- ChannelCombination to combine to color image
- PhotometricColorCalibration
- MaskedStretch to bring to non-linear
- CurvesTransformation to bump saturation and contrast slightly
- HistogramTransformation to stretch a bit more to match RGB peak level to Luminance
Combine Luminance and RGB:
- StarAlign RGB to Luminance
- LRGBCombination with chrominance noise reduction enabled and saturation slider reduced to 0.2
Further Processing:
- PreviewAggregator script to combine 4 background previews
- BackgroundNeutralization to neutralize BG of image
- RangeSelection to make mask and CurvesTransformation to increase galaxy saturation
- MMT Chrominance Noise Reduction on galaxies using same RangeMask
- Starnet/Binarize/Convolution to create StarMask from Luminance
- RangeMask + LocalHistogramEqualization to slightly enhance galaxy details
- StarMask + MorphologicalTransformation for slight star reduction
- Combine RangeMask and StarMask via PixelMath and apply and invert
- HistogramTransformation to darken background
- Invert mask to normal and CurvesTransformation for final saturation boost
- FastRotation to Flip 180
- DynamicCrop to crop edge artifacts
- IntegerResample to downsample
- Save and Export
Instrument de prise de vue: Sigma 120/300 Sport à 300mm F2.8
Caméra d'imagerie: ZWO ASI294MC Pro à -15°C
Monture: Skywatcher AZ-EQ6 Pro Goto USB
Instrument de guidage: sans
Caméra de guidage: sans
Logiciels: Stellarium - ScharpCap - Siril - FitsWork - Darktable - FastStone Images Viewer
Filtres: Anti-pollution lumineuse TS CLS NEBULA (M48) + IR-Cut / IR-Block ZWO (M48)
Accessoire: Chercheur Obj 28mm + ASI 120 mini
Dates: 31 Aout 2022- 05h04
Images unitaires: (360x30") + Darks/Flats - Gain 200
Intégration: 3 h.00'
Échantillonnage: 4.78 arcsec/pixel
Seeing: 1.01"Arc
Phase de la Lune (moyenne): 12%
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: 67x300s
Astronomik L-3 UV-IR Block: 80x180s
Astronomik Deep-Sky R: 20x180s
Astronomik Deep-Sky G: 20x180s
Astronomik Deep-Sky B: 11x180s
Bortle Scale: 4
Location: Isaszeg, Hungary
Acquisition date(s):
2021.03.27., 2021.03.29., 2021.04.04.
2-panel mosaic of the "Flaming Star Nebula" at left and the "Tadpole Nebula" at right in Lrgb.
This is a pretty cool area in the constellation of Auriga. You have just about everything going on here; emission nebulae, reflection nebulae, dust clouds, star formation, open cluster, young and old stars. This nice astrophotography target passes almost straight overhead near the zenith during the winter months.
Information per panel:
101) 8-minute, 100-gain Lum
45) 8-minute Darks
31) 2-minute, 100-gain Red
31) 2-minute, 100-gain Green
31) 2-minute, 100-gain Blue
45) 2-minute Darks
Guided and dithered.
Stacked in Pixinsight.
Processed in Pixinsight and Photoshop
ASI2600mm pro
EQ6r - Pro mount
Esprit 100ed refractor
550mm focal length, F5.5
Packsaddle WMA, Oklahoma
Bortle-2 sky.
Images were captured throughout the month of January 2022.
A deep look at Omega Centauri ( NGC 5139 ) - by Mike O'Day ( 500px.com/MikeODay )
This image is an attempt to look deeply into the mighty Omega Centauri star cluster and, by using HDR techniques, record as many of its faint members as possible whilst capturing and bringing out the colours of the stars, including in the core.
Image details:
Resolution ........ 0.586 arcsec/px
Rotation .......... 0.00 deg ( up is North )
Focal ............. 1375.99 mm
Pixel size ........ 3.91 um
Field of view ..... 58' 20.9" x 38' 55.1"
Image center ...... RA: 13 26 45.065 Dec: -47 28 27.26
Telescope: Orion Optics CT12 Newtonian ( mirror 300mm, fl 1200mm, f4 ).
Corrector: ASA 2" Coma Corrector Quattro 1.175x.
Effective Focal Length / Aperture : 1470mm f4.7
Mount: Skywatcher Eq8
Guiding: TSOAG9 Off-Axis-Guider, Starlight Xpress Lodestar X2, PHD2
Camera:
Nikon D5300 (unmodified) (sensor 23.5 x 15.6mm, 6016x4016 3.9um pixels)
Location:
Blue Mountains, Australia
Moderate light pollution ( pale green zone on darksitefinder.com map )
Capture ( May 2018 ):
8 sets of sub-images with exposure duration for each set doubling ( 2s to 240s ) all at ISO 250.
Processing:
Calibration: master bias, master flat and master dark
Integration in 8 sets
HDR combination
Pixinsight May 2018
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