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The weather finally allowed me to take a closer look at the moon last night. It's been months since the moon was this clear and bright so it was a perfect opportunity for some improvised testing of my first telescope (D = 150 mm / F = 1200 mm).
Seeing the moon like this up close with your own eyes is such a great experience, with so many details revealing themselves. Mountains along the edge revealing their shape against the blackness of space. Dozens of tiny craters grouped together in small clusters. Mountain ranges protruding from a seemingly flat landscape.
Please note that this and all the other pictures were taken by holding up a small compact camera to the eyepiece, so it's way more blurry/shaky than it really was. I should get a proper camera mount...
SKYWATCHER 80 ED, 0,63 reducer
CANON 350D modified ISO 400 - 20 x 300 sec
PHD- usb autoguide commander II - starguider
usb dslr shuter control - starguider
Guide: skywatcher 70/500 - PHILIPS 900SPC
SkyWatcher Quattro 200P F/4
Canon T4i
Skywatcher HEQ5
Baader Multi Purpose Coma Corrector
Guiding telescope: SVBONY SV106 50mm Guide Scope
Guiding camera: ZWO ASI120MM Mini
Software:N.I.N.A, Adobe Phosotshop CS5.1 20.0, Deep Sky Stacker
Data gathered 07-17-2020
4x15"
50 Darks
50 Flats
50 Bias
Bortle class 4
First attempt at a composite moon image using segments taken from frames of video captired from my 8" newtonian Telescope.
Composed using DoubleTake for Mac OS X
Skywatcher 254/1200 @1136mm
Tecnosky 0.95x Coma Corrector
Omegon veTEC571c Color
ZWO OAG + ASI290mm Mini
Primalucelab Sestosenso2
Ioptron CEM70
65*420s G100 T-15° No Filter
76*600s G100 T-15° Optolong L-Ultimate
Bortle 4 Sky
Sky-Watcher Evostar 72ED + Baader LRGB filter set + Barlow 3x + ZWO ASI120MM-S. Pre-processed using PIPP, stacked using cvAstroAlign, sharpened in RegiStax, assembled using PIPP, ImageMagick and GIMP. Post-processing in RawTherapee
Skywatcher Explorer 150P, EQ3 Mount, Sony a6100
250 light frame (30s, ISO 3200), 20 dark, bias and flat frame.
Stacked with DeepSkyStacker, processed in Photoshop.
Being a novice aiming for a reflection nebula with an unmodded DSLR and small telescope on an unguided mini-tracking mount. (PS. Borrowed my wife's camera to capture the setup)
Skywatcher ed 80 f/7.5
QHY 5L-II mono
Baader solar continuum
Baader astrosolar ND 5
Baader uv/ir cut
Autostakkert, Registax, Photoshop cs5
Sky-Watcher Evostar 72ED + Baader LRGB filter set + Barlow 3x + ZWO ASI120MM-S. Pre-processed using PIPP, stacked using cvAstroAlign, sharpened in RegiStax, assembled using PIPP, ImageMagick and GIMP. Post-processing in RawTherapee
Leo Triplet 05 April 2025
Skywatcher Esprit 100ED
Canon 700D
ISO800 35x90s (52.5mins)
Flats, Darks, Bias
CGEM DX
PHD Guided
PixInsight processed
Resolution ............... 0.797 arcsec/px
Rotation ................. -88.661 deg
Observation start time ... 2025-04-05 21:20:05 UTC
Observation end time ..... 2025-04-05 22:43:09 UTC
Focal distance ........... 543.46 mm
Field of view ............ 2d 15' 29.7" x 1d 29' 44.7"
Image center ............. RA: 11 20 07.839 Dec: +13 15 30.64
Skywatcher 150/750
HEQ 5 Pro Go To
ASI 183 MC PRO
36 subs * 180s DOF 50/0/10
Gain 100 Offset 14
Temp -5°C
Pre and post processing with Pixinsight
Imaging telescopes or lenses: Skywatcher ED 80/600
Mounts: Celestron Advanced VX Goto
Guiding cameras: Canon 600 astro-modificated
Focal reducers: TS 2" PHOTOLINE 0.8x reducer / flattener
Software: DeepSkyStacker, Photoshop, Fitswork
Filters: Hutech IDAS LPS-D1 EOS
Resolution: 1518x2268
Dates: Oct. 11, 2015
Frames: Hutech IDAS LPS-D1 EOS: 159x48" ISO1600
Integration: 2.1 hours
Flats: ~17
Avg. Moon age: 27.75 days
Avg. Moon phase: 3.56%
Bortle Dark-Sky Scale: 7.00
Temperature: 10.00
Skywatcher Esprit120
NEQ6
Antares 1.6x 2" Barlow
2.5x Powermate
Camera: DBK AU618.AS
Preprocessed and stacked in PIPP and Autostakkert2, Wavelets in Registax6.
1.6x Drizzle
Skywatcher Evostar 80ED 0.85x
Optolong L-Pro Filter
ZWO ASI294MC Pro
Skywatcher Heq5 Pro Synscan Mod Rowan
Guide 60/240 + barlow x2, UV/IR Cut
ZWO ASI224MC
27*400" Gain 180 T-15°
Wow, Venus and Jupiter continue to dazzle skywatchers, such as myself. Pics taken from around San Jose, CA. (Thursday evening, July 2, 2015)
Astronomy news:
Venus and Jupiter continue their dance in the sky at dusk. Venus and Jupiter had their close conjunction just last Tuesday (June 30, 2015), but the show isn’t over. They were still quite close together; two unequal 'stars,' now about a thumb’s width apart at arm’s length, lined up horizontally. With a little imagination, they look like the two bright eyes of some ethereal sky beast, or a great kitty in the dusk with flashlight eyes. Ok, more of astronomy... Jupiter appears less than a tenth as bright as Venus. In the coming days, the planets would then start to separate further while remaining horizontal. They’ll also sink lower each evening. But another conjunction was to occur. The moon, Venus and Jupiter will again put a dazzling show but was to be lower near the horizon. By the time the crescent moon passes them on July 18 and 19, you’ll have to look for them while the sky is still a bit bright in order to catch them before they set.
Imaging:
Canon 1D3 on Skywatcher Equinox 80mm
Lights 23 x 240s f/6.25 ISO 200
Darks 14 x
Flats 64 x
Bias 64 x
Guiding:
Piggy Back. Orion Starshoot Autoguider (OSAG) on Skywatcher 80mm f/5 refractor.
Guide Frames x 2s
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One image got messed up hence the gap. I could not understand why DSS would make image of comet grey when i did dual preccess (both comet and stars fozen), but i ended up just going with comet stack, and not caring about star trails. This is the first time I have ever imaged a comet, so this quite new to me.
This is my new SkyWatcher Esprit 80 f5 400mm focal length. Looks optically superb, and very well made. Focuser from the back. Focuser can take both 2" and 1.5" eyepieces. A 3" focuser would have been nice so I could use the monster Explore Scientific 100 degree 30mm eyepiece...(and it is a MONSTER).
Appennini Lunari.
I Montes Apenninus sono una catena montuosa che si trova sulla Luna e che prende il nome dall'omonima catena montuosa italiana.
Si estende per circa 600 km, la vetta più alta è il Monte Huygens, che con i suoi 5500 m di altezza è anche la montagna più alta della Luna.
Luogo: Palmanova (UD) - ITALY
Data: 01/04/2020 h 21.47
Telescopio:Newton SW 200/1000 f5 - Barlow 2x f:2000mm
Montatura: n-eq6 pro
Camera: Zwo Asi 120mm-s
Filtro: IR 740nm Astronomik
Seeing:4/5 - media umidità - Temp. 3-5°C - Wind 0km/h
Ripresi 2000 frame con Firecapture, elaborati con Registax6 500frame. Poi PS CS6.
© Michael Ronutti