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SkyWatcher 70mm SK707AZ2 + Filter Thousand Oaks + barlow 2X + super 25mm.
Edited with MS Picture Manager and Photofiltre.
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: 110x180s
Astronomik Deep-Sky R: 20x180s
Astronomik Deep-Sky G: 20x180s
Astronomik Deep-Sky B: 20x180s
Bortle Scale: 4
Location: Isaszeg, Hungary
Acquisition date(s):
2021.02.12., 2021.04.04., 2021.04.07., 2021.04.09.
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: 3:00 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 . 05/2022
C/2021 A1 Leonard . Canon 5DSr on Skywatcher Quattro 250P , 4 X 30 sec exposures stacked . Have had nothing but clouds for weeks here, finally got a break in the weather and got my astro setup out again after a good 6 month break. Took a while to remember everything involved . had a 2 hour window of oppurtunity just after sunset to get the christmas comet through a tiny gap in the trees in my backyard .Not what I was hoping to get , but only having a tiny window of opurtunity and relearning all the parts and software to drive the telescope , here is my attempt of Comet Leonard .
Alnitak and the Horsehead nebula - by Mike O'Day ( 500px.com/mikeoday )..Orion's Belt - centred on "Alnitak", is a 1.7 magnitude triple star 740 light years from Earth and appears at one end of the belt. ..The Flame nebula ( cat: NGC 2024 or Sharpless 2-277 ) ( lower centre left of the image) glows yellow-pink due to the ionising radiation that comes from Alnitak. Seen from Earth, the Flame nebula is behind Alnitak and around 80 light years further away from Earth. ..The Horsehead nebula ( cat: Barnard 33 ) ( centre right of the image ) is a dark dust and gas cloud that is only visible from Earth due to the backlight illumination and silhouetting caused by the bright pink glow from the ionised hydrogen gas in the emission nebula IC 434. The bright blue reflection nebula below and to the left of the Horsehead is NGC 2023. ..Details:..Skywatcher Quattro 10" f4 Newtonian. .Skywatcher AZ Eq6 GT Mount .Orion 80mm f5 guide scope and auto guider - PHD2. .Baader MPCC Mark 3 Coma Corrector, no filter.Nikon D5300 (unmodified)..14bit NEF, Long Exp. NR on. 18 Dec 2015.165 x 30 sec ISO 800.13 x 60 sec ISO 800 .Baader UHC-S , 12bit NEF, Long Exp. NR on. 5 Oct 2014.19 x 2min ISO400 ..Pixinsight and photoshop..Links:.https://500px.com/mikeoday.http://photo.net/photos/MikeODay.
---Photo details----
Stacks R: 34x2 min
Stacks G: 34x2 min
Stacks B: 34x2 min
Darks : 100
Exposure Time : 3hr24min
Stack program : PixInsight
---Photo scope---
Camera : QSI 660 wsg-8
CCD Temperature : -10C
Binning : 2x2
Filter(s) used:
Astrodon RGB
Tube : Astro-Physics 130 EDF F/6
Field flattener / Reducer : Astro-Physics flattener
Effective focal length : 780 mm
Effective aperture : ~ F/6
---Guide scope---
Camera : Lodestar X2
Off Axis Guiding: yes
Guide exposure : 1 sec
---Mount and other stuff---
Mount : Skywatcher AZ-EQ-6 GT
The Eagle Nebula (Messier 16 or M16) is nebulosity surrounding a young open cluster of stars in the constellation Serpens. The dark center of the nebula was made famous as the "Pillars of Creation" when imaged by the Hubble Space Telescope. It is approximately 5700 light years from Earth.
This image was processed using the Ha, Oiii, Oiii (HOO) combination and stars removed in Pixinsight.
Equipment Details:
•8 Inch Skywatcher Quattro Carbon Fibre F4.0 Newtonian Reflector
•Skywatcher NEQ6 Mount
•SBIG ST2000xm CCD Camera
•SBIG CFW8a Filter Wheel
•Astronomik Ha (12Nm) and Oiii (12Nm) Filters
•SKywatcher BD 102mm Guide Scope
•Meade DSIii CCD Guide Camera
•Polemaster for polar alignment
Exposure Details:
•Ha 25X180 seconds - Bin 1x1
•Oiii 29X180 seconds - Bin 1x1
Total Integration Time: 2 hours 42 minutes
SkyWatcher 70mm SK707AZ2 + Filter Thousand Oaks + super 25mm + barlow 2X.
Edited with MS Picture Manager and Photofiltre.
It's possible to see the 3712, 3713, 3716, 3719. 3720. 3721 and 3722 spots.
This is Part of the Large Magellanic cloud complex and just below the Man on the Vespa .
While the Shot looks like the Coloured camera shot but it is far from it. This is the filters in the Hubble pallet but using the Foraxx version which removes all the green and brings out the red. The finer details in the wisps is certainly far more visible that the coloured shot. This pure Narrowband Background and RGB (Coloured camera) stars added.
QHY183M -10c 100 Odd shots 5 min each filter over five nights .. 30 shots each RGB 1 min exposure.
QHYCFW3 and 7 Antlia filters LRGBSHaO
MeLE Mini PC
Pegasus Astro Pocket Mini power box
Starpoint Australis SP3 Focuser
Skywatcher 200 F4 PREMIUM PHOTO QUATTRO REFLECTOR OTA
Skywatcher F4 Aplanatic Coma Corrector
Skywatcher NEQ 6 Pro Hypertuned
SVbony 50MM Guide scope
QHY5L-II-M Guide camera
Guided PHD2, Nina
Pixinsight, Ps
Aberkenfig, South Wales
Lat +51.542 Long -3.593
Skywatcher 254mm Newtonian Reflector, Tal 3x Barlow Lens, ZWO ASI 120MC Astronomical Imaging Camera.
Out of 9500 frames about 2200 processed with Registax 6
Colour contrast on albedo features and final levels adjusted with G.I.M.P.
Image size scaled up by 150%
Seeing conditions were fairly good with the target about 39.8° above the horizon at the time of capture.
M45, The Pleiades, or Seven Sisters, it’s an open star cluster in Taurus.
I photographed this on the 23rd December 2021 and managed to capture 49 minutes. Due to the field of view of my setup, I had to capture this as a mosaic across 4 separate panels.
This came out much better considering how minimal amount of exposure time I had between those 4 panels.
This was also a good test for Astro Pixel Processor’s new mosaic algorithm and speed increase, which I can say worked fantastic over the previous version!
Details below
- 49 x 60s
- Master Dark, Flat & Dark Flat applied
- ZWO 533 (gain 100, Offset 20, -15C)
- ZWO OAG with ZWO 290MM
- Skywatcher 200p newtonian (F4.75 / 950mm) with low profile focuser
- ZWO EAF
- ZWO 2” filter drawer
- Skywatcher EQ6R Pro
- Sharpstar 0.95x coma corrector
- Astronomik 2" L2 UV IR
Capturing - NINA
Guiding - PHD2
Stacking and Pre Processing - APP
Post Processing - Photoshop 2022
89 x frames totalling 8300 seconds or 2.5 hours, Sky watcher Quattro 250 P and QHY 183MC Pro camera. NGC 55, is a Magellanic type barred spiral galaxy located about 6.5 million light-years away in the constellation Sculptor. Along with its neighbor NGC 300, it is one of the closest galaxies to the Local Group, probably lying between the Milky Way and the Sculptor Group. It has an estimated mass of × 10¹⁰ M☉. Wikipedia
Re-edit
120s subs merged with 30s light subs and the core looks way better now.
ASIAIR PRO
ASI ZWO 533mc Pro
Canon 400mm f5.6
Skywatcher HEQ5 Pro mount
Pixinsight + Photoshop
Taken in Bortle 9 inner city sky so this amazing for me what we can photograph with the technology we have today.
Broad : 45x240s
ASI533MC-Pro, Skywatcher ED120, 0.8 reducer, Skyglow filter, CGX.
Narrow : 14x300s
ASI071MC-Cool, Optolong L-Extreme, WO SpaceCat, CGX.
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: 3:00 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 . 05/2022
First Look at the NEQ6 pro, this is 44 shot on the only night in lock down to be able to shoot now its back into rain and clouds.
44 Shots 10min each till the tree got in the way and clouds came over in the early hours of the morning.. when you see the number of stars in this one shot really puts thing into perspective.
ZWO ASI071MC Pro @ -10c
Prima Luce Essato Focus ,
Optolong LeNhance filter,
Skywatcher Black DiamondED80 OTA
Skywatcher NEQ 6 Pro
Guided PHD2 Dev3, SGP
DSS, Pixinsight, Ps.
This is a second look at this Nebula with a whole new Camera QHY183C a replacement for the ZWOASI183MC that was faulty. I could focus automatically with this camera hence the detail in the eye is much better than the first one with the ZWO. This camera took a bit to get use to as I had to change wires and ports on the computer to get this to run and download photos.
35 shot 10 min each till the tree got in the way.
QHY 183C @ -10c
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
Guide scope: Lacerta 72/432 F6
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: 53, 111
Astronomik 6nm Ha:
28x300s
15x30s
10x60s
Astronomik Deep-Sky G:
5x300s
10x30s
10x60s
Astronomik Deep-Sky B:
6x300s
10x30s
10x60s
Dark: 60x
Flat: 20x
Dark_flats: 20x
I'm still trying to master the C11
I have issues with backfocus for now :(
---Photo details----
Stacks Hα: 32x2 min
Darks : 100
Exposure Time :1h 4min
Stack program : AstroArt 7
Stack mode : Sigma clip
Processed: AstroArt, Topaz Denoise, Lightroom
---Photo scope---
Camera : QSI 660 wsg-8
Binning : 2x2
CCD Temperature : -10C
Filter(s) used:
Astrodon 3nm Hα
Tube : Celestron C11 EDGE HD
Field flattener / Reducer : Celestron 0.7x
Effective focal length : 2000 mm
Effective aperture : ~ F/7
---Guide scope---
Camera : Lodestar X2
Off Axis Guiding: yes
Guide exposure : 2 sec
---Mount and other stuff---
Mount : Skywatcher AZ-EQ-6 GT
I grabbed this shot on the evening of 5/15, through some surprisingly thick high-level clouds just about a minute before it entered totality. The clouds resulted in a neat aura/halo effect in the photo.
I'm just thankful to have gotten anything since we were surrounded by storms at that moment. Distant lightning was lighting up the upper atmosphere as I snapped this shot from my front yard. I hope you enjoy!
Specs: 1x8" exposure, ISO800, Canon 6D, TSO130 APO, Skywatcher EQ6-R Mount
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: 270
Astronomik 6nm Ha: 10x300s
Optolong L-eXtreme: 115x300s ISO3200 (Pentax K-1)
Referred to as Bode's Nebula, it is however, a spiral galaxy located close to the Big Dipper or Plough asterism in Ursa Major. It has a close companion galaxy M82 the Cigar galaxy, so close together, they are often imaged as a pair.
Lying about 12 million light years from Earth and about 90,000 light years across. Binoculars will pick up M81 as a faint fuzzy patch of light under reasonable sky conditions.
First discovered by a German astronomer by the name of Johann Elert Bode in 1774, hence Bode's Nebula. At the time no one had any clue it was a whole other galaxy.
Johann Elert Bode is the person responsible for all the butt jokes we astronomers have to endure. He's the person that gave the planet Uranus it's name. After William Herschel discovered Uranus, he originally named it Georgium Sidus (George's star), has it was first thought by Herschel to be a star or comet.
Right, now for the usual boring techie bit for those still reading or interested:
Skywatcher quattro 8" S & f4 aplanatic coma corrector
Skywatcher EQ6-R pro mount guided with an Altair 50mm & GPcam setup
Canon 450D astro modded with Astronomik CLS CCD EOS APS-C clip filter. Neewer Intervalometer used to control the exposures.
Only got six useable 6 minute exposures before the clouds rolled over at the end of the night.
Stacked with calibration frames and all processing done with StarTools.
Elephant Trunk Nebula or IC1396.
Skywatcher 200p, NEQ6 mount, Optolong CLS-CCD filter, Baader MPCC M3 coma corrector, ASI294MC Pro at -20C. 32 x 2 minute exposures (1 hour 4 minutes) at Gain 121, dithering every 5 frames, Offset 30 , 20 dark frames, 40 flat fields, 40 dark flat frames.
Processed in APP, Topaz de-noise and Photoshop.
14th December 2020, rain ended the session.
Der Mond vom 12.03.16 als Singleframe mit Lightroom bearbeitet.
Aufgenommen mit einer Sony Alpha 65 unmodifiziert an einem Skywatcher Newton 150/1200 auf Bresser Exos-2 GoTo
Skywatcher ED80 x 0.85
Canon 1100d modificada + L Pro filter
Mont AVX
230 shot HDR composition 26/27 -9-2019
ISO 800
Dark/Bias/Flat
Pix 1.8 and 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
Aberkenfig, South Wales
Lat 51.542 N Long 3.593 W
At a certain angle of the sun's illumination a number of volcanic lunar domes are visible near the craters of Hortensius, Milichius & T. Mayer. This area is also referred to by the popular name "Domeland"
A two pane mosaic obtained with my Skywatcher 254mm Newtonian, Tal 2x Barlow and a recently purchased ZWO ASI385MC.
The pane with the Hortensius Domes is a much better quality compared to my previous capture uploaded with the Copernicus crater.
4000 frames captured on each pane using Firecapture. Then approx. 1400 to 1500 frames stacked with AutoStakkert! 3.1.4.
Wavelets processed with Registax and images stitched with Image Composite Editor.
Final adjustments, collage and annotations using G.I.M.P.
Lunar south is uppermost. Best viewed in fully expanded mode.
For a reference to scale, the diameter of the crater Hortensius is 15Km (9 miles).
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 L-3 UV-IR Block: 114x180s
Astronomik 6nm Ha: 26x300s
Astronomik Deep-Sky R: 20x180s
Astronomik Deep-Sky G: 20x180s
Astronomik Deep-Sky B: 19x180s
Bortle Scale: 4
Location: Isaszeg, Hungary
Acquisition date(s):
2021.03.16., 2021.03.19., 2021.03.22., 2021.03.25., 2021.03.31., 2021.04.02.
SkyWatcher 70mm SK707AZ2 + Filter Thousand Oaks + super 25mm + barlow 2X.
Edited with MS Picture Manager and Photofiltre.
It's possible to see the 3661, 3662, 3663, 3664, 3666 and 3667 spots.
Questa foto è un esperimento di ieri sera: la nebulosa di Orione M42 fotografata dai cieli inquinati di padova usando un piccolo telescopio da 15 cm e una posa unica di 30 secondi con la fotocamera ZWO ASI 676 MC..
Direi che si può essere contenti!
:)
Buona domenica
#asi #676 #m42 #orion #orione #nebula #skywatcher #newton #padova #deepsky
Transit of the international space station shot with Nikon D5200 on Skywatcher Evostar80ED + Barlow 2x. From Boulogne Billancourt, Paris area, France
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
Astronomik 6nm Sii: 25x300s
Bortle Scale: 4
Location: Isaszeg, Hungary
Camera: Zwo Asi183mm Pro
Scope: Lacerta 200/800 Carbon F4
Flattener: Gyulai Pál GPU
Filters: Astronomik Deep-Sky RGB, Astronomik L-3 UV-IR Block, Astronomik 6nm SHO
Mount: Skywatcher EQ-5 Belt-modded
Guiding: Orion 50mm Mini guidescope, Zwo Asi120mm mini kamera, N.I.N.A
Images:
Astronomik 6nm Ha: 58x180s Gain111 -15°C
Astronomik L-3 UV-IR Block: 372x120s Gain53 -15°C
Astronomik Deep-Sky R: 95x120s Gain53 -15°C
Astronomik Deep-Sky G: 72x120s Gain53 -15°C
Astronomik Deep-Sky B: 150x120s Gain53 -15°C
Programs used: PHD2, N.I.N.A, PixInsight
Hungary, Isaszeg, Bortle 4
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
Astronomik Deep-Sky R: 50x180s
Astronomik Deep-Sky G: 50x180s
Astronomik Deep-Sky B: 50x180s
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, 2021.05.15., 2021.05.16., 2021.05.20., 2021.05.21.
Skywatcher Evostar Pro 80 ED (w/.85x reducer/corrector & QHYCCD Polemaster), Skywatcher EQM-35, Nikon D3300.
135 lights x 90 s @ ISO 800, ~45 dark, ~45 flat, ~100 bias, stacked in DSS and post-processed in Photoshop.
NGC 4631 (also known as the Whale Galaxy or Caldwell 32) is a barred spiral galaxy located at 30 millions light year away in the constellation Canes Venatici.
More than 17 hours of integration on a new try to show all possible details with my equipment.
It's the last target before the COVID situation and before to stop all remote activities on the observatory, because just in case...
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 R Gen.2 E-series 36mm , Astrodon G Gen.2 E-series 36mm , Astrodon B Gen.2 E-series 36mm , Astrodon L Gen.2 E-series 36mm
Accessories:MoonLite NiteCrawler WR30 , ZWO EFW , MoonLite CSL 2.5" Focuser with High Res Stepper Motor
Dates:Feb. 23, 2020 , Feb. 24, 2020 , Feb. 25, 2020 , Feb. 26, 2020
Frames:
Astrodon B Gen.2 E-series 36mm: 85x120" (gain: 183.00) -15C bin 1x1
Astrodon G Gen.2 E-series 36mm: 85x120" (gain: 183.00) -15C bin 1x1
Astrodon L Gen.2 E-series 36mm: 186x180" (gain: 75.00) -20C bin 1x1
Astrodon R Gen.2 E-series 36mm: 85x120" (gain: 183.00) -15C bin 1x1
Integration: 17.8 hours
Avg. Moon age: 8.61 days
Avg. Moon phase: 2.77%
Astrometry.net job: 3501139
RA center: 12h 42' 7"
DEC center: +32° 33' 16"
Pixel scale: 1.007 arcsec/pixel
Orientation: -179.913 degrees
Field radius: 0.336 degrees
Resolution: 1728x1667
Locations: AAS Montsec, Àger, Lleida, Spain
Data source: Own remote observatory
Remote source: Non-commercial independent facility
The Orion Nebula is a diffuse nebula in the constellation of Orion and is one of the brightest nebulae. It is also visible to the naked eye in the night sky. (It is the middle "star" of the handle of the saucepan.) It is located approximately 1,344 light years from Earth and is the closest region of massive star formation.
This is just a short image run of RGB only as orion didn't rise over the roof of the house next door until late in the evening. It is also probably one of the most photographed nebulae in the night sky.
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 Red, Green, Blue Filters
•SKywatcher BD 102mm Guide Scope
•Meade DSIii CCD Guide Camera
•Polemaster for polar alignment
Exposure Details:
•Red 15X60 seconds - Bin 1x1
•Green 15X60 seconds - Bin 1x1
•Blue 15X60 seconds - Bin 1x1
Total Integration Time: 45 mins
Imaged on the evening of 14.07.19. A beautiful moon presented a target to good to resist.
The moon was just over 12 days old when this image was taken and is presenting at just over 96% illuminated. Also known as a gibbous phase.
This image represents the first taken (first light) with my new Skywatcher Esprit ED120. The camera used was a Nikon D5300.