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Skywatcher Esprit 80/400, ASI2600MM-Pro, Astronomik Ha-OIII en 6 nm pour 6h et 5h.
HEQ5 kit Rowan
Capture : NINA
Traitement : Pixinsight (Plugins NoiseXterminator et StarXterminator), GraXpert
is a barred spiral galaxy located 22.5 million light years away
distance 22.5 Mly
exposure time: 13,7 hours
Processing: PixInsight/affinity photo
Equipment:
10" /f4 TS ONTC Newton
ASI1600mmc v2
ZWO EFW 8x
Skywatcher EQ8
Guiding TS9 OAG Lodestar
247x120s Luminanz
55x120s red
50x120s green
59x120s blue
February/March 2021
Three consecutive nights of shots in the city light area some with moon light some with no moon. 118 shots 10 min ISO 200 Guided PHD2 Dev3. Shot DSLR Nikon D810 using a Skywatcher ED80.
This was a case of set and let it auto start in SGP each night in the end close to 20 hours of shot time in total. First time all of this has gone without a hitch all in auto mode starting and stopping by itself.
Most of this editing was stretching very little colour edit as much as possible as shot. I wanted all the colour that is around the nebula as well as the nebula. Only very small crop to remove stacking artifacts.
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.
Officially named NGC 281, IC 11 or Sh2-184, the nebula is popularly named the Pacman Nebula for its resemblance to Pac-Man, the character in the popular 1980s maze video game. A dark dust lane forms the Pac-Man’s mouth.
The Pacman Nebula is a bright emission nebula and part of an H II region in the northern constellation of Cassiopeia. It is part of the Milky Way's Perseus Spiral Arm, lies approximately 9,200 light years from Earth and stretches 48 light years across.
The nebula is a star-forming region that contains young stars, large dark dust lanes and Bok globules. Bok globules are small, dense dark nebulae packed with material from which new stars are formed.
EXIF
ZWO ASI 1600MM
Baader Ha Oiii RGB filters
William Optics Megrez 88 f/5.6
Skywatcher AZ-GTI controlled with ASIAir
Total integration time: 4h20min
This is the result Of shooting three nights in a Row with out a moon or clouds. In total 68 shots or 11 1/2 hours shot time I had the trees one side and the house the other so limited my number of shot to 30odd a night. The shots guided with PHD2 Dev3 which proved very good at guiding. For the first time editing done in Pix Insight, Photoshop and Finished out in Light room. This is the Skywatcher ED 80 scope at work with the D810 the extra detail that came out with each night photos added made this worth while.
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.
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 .
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 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
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.
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!
NGC 6188 is an emission nebula located about 4,000 light years away from Earth in the constellation Ara. The open cluster of NGC 6193, which is visible to the naked eye, is responsible for a region of reflection nebulosity within NGC 6188.
Not a lot of data was collected in this image, but we are very happy with the final result from this processing combination of Ha=red, Oiii=green and Oiii=blue
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 and Oiii
• 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
Total Integration Time: 1 hours and 10 minutes
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.
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.
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
Taken w/ William Optics Redcat 51, QHYCCD Polemaster, Skywatcher EQM-35, Nikon D7500.
65 x 90s lights @ ISO 800, ~45 dark, ~80 flat, ~100 bias, stacked in DSS and post-processed in Photoshop
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.
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
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 :)
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.
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.
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.
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.
This is an image of the Sunflower Galaxy in Canes Venatici.
Discovered by Pierre Méchain in 1779 it lies at approaching 30 million light-years from earth and is some 100,000 light-years across. It was catalogued by Charles Messier as M63. The galaxy is also catalogued NGC 5055.
The galaxy has been given its moniker because of its resemblance to the dense, seedy head and overlapping petals of a Sunflower!
M63 is what is known as a flocculent spiral galaxy. These galaxies are characterised by their patchy, feathery, flaky or lumpy disjointed arms giving a mottled appearance. The Sunflower has only 2 spiral arms but the flocculate appearance makes it hard to define them.
Surprisingly, flocculate galaxies actually make up 30% of spiral galaxies with only 10% being grand design spirals - the more common perception of what a galaxy should look like!
A prominent dust lane is visible in the galaxy at front left.
Imaged with a Skywatcher Esprit 120ED and a ZWO 2600MC camera.
A total of 7.0hr exposure over 3 nights April 2021, March 2022 and March 2024.
Calibrated with Temp. matched darks, Flats and Dark Flats.
Thanks for looking!
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
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!
SkyWatcher 70mm SK707AZ2 + Filter Thousand Oaks + super 25mm + barlow 2X.
Edited with MS Picture Manager and Photofiltre.
It's possible to see the colossal 3664 -- that gave the strongest solar storm since 2003 -- 3666, 3667, 3670, 3671 and 3672 spots.
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: 146x180s
Bortle Scale: 4
Location: Isaszeg, Hungary
Acquisition date(s):
2021.03.08., 2021.03.19.
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.
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
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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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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
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.
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.
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
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!
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%
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 .
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