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The famous Wizard Nebula, but my version. This is 46 hrs and 50 min. of stacked SHO images with 1.5 hrs of RGB stars. It's 7,200 light years away, in the constellation Cepheus, which is near the north star. Not visible to the naked eye, but can't escape my telescope ! SkyWatcher RQ6R-Pro mount, Esprit 120mm, QHY268M, Optolong 3mm SHO filters
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 .
As well as the Fishhook Galaxy (NGC4657) and NGC4627
Skywatcher 190MN, NEQ6 mount, Altair Tri-|Band filter, ASI294MC Pro at -20C. 13 x 5 minute exposures (1 hour 5 minutes ) at Gain 120, Offset 30, 50 dark frames, 50 flat fields and 50 dark flat frames.
Processed in Pixinsight Topaz denoise and Photoshop.
Collected between 22:53 and 0:12 on the 21st and 22nd of March, 2022.
Bright moon and passing thin clouds.
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.
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.
Practising with a new planetary camera ASI-178MC attached to Skywatcher 127 Mak telescope. Best photo I've managed of Saturn so far - but still room for improvement. (Autostakkert and Registax software used for processing)
SkyWatcher 70mm SK707AZ2 + Filter Thousand Oaks + super 25mm + barlow 2X.
Edited with MS Picture Manager and Photofiltre.
It's possible to see the huge 2786 spot, the largest to rise over the Sun for at least 3 years and the biggest of the recent new cycle (25).
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.
Messier 31, The Andromeda Galaxy
15 x 5 min ISO 800 lights + dark,flats & bias.
Skywatcher 130pds
Modded Canon 1000d
CLS clip filter
This is the beautiful last quarter waning moon imaged this morning (29/09) after a very chilly night here.
Imaged with my little Skywatcher 72ED refractor and a ZWO 2600MC camera.
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.
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
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
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.
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.
After a year of equipment problems mainly around the focused and software issues, my rig is set for its first test run. On the HEQ5-pro mount is a Skywatcher 120-ED, Primalucelab Eagle2 computer and ESSATO focuser coupled to an Atik 314L+ on the camera train. Hopefully if the nights ever go clear I can really start to use it all properly.
Taken with a Skywatcher ED80 Refractor with a Canon 600D at prime focus. Best 25 of 45 images stacked using Registax 6
Transit of the international space station shot with Nikon D5200 on Skywatcher Evostar80ED + Barlow 2x. From Boulogne Billancourt, Paris area, France
Stacked: best 10% of 1000 video frames.
Telescope: SkyWatcher Esprit 120
Camera: ZWO ASI 290
Date: 2021-06-17
stasera ho fotografato il bellissimo pianeta Giove in una serata particolarmente favorevole
si vede benissimo la grande macchia rossa, un uragano gigantesco, grande molto di più della Terra
strumento newton skywatcher 150/750mm con una focale equivalente di circa 4 metri
#jupiter #skywatcher #giove #pianeta #seeing #astronomy #cielo #sky
This is part the a bigger nebula that was created when a large star exploded in a supernova sometime between 10,000 and 20,000 years ago.
I used a QHY268C astro camera mounted on a Skywatcher Esprit 150mm telescope. I stacked 37 four minute exposures to get this image.
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.
Skywatcher Esprit 80/400, ASI2600MM-Pro, Astronomik CLS et RVB (6h et 3x2h)
NINA, Pixinsight, GraXpert
NGC 6164 is a bipolar emission nebula of about 4 light-years across that lies some 4,200 light-years away from earth, in the southern constellation of Norma. It is approaching us at approximately 53.9 kilometers per second.
This image was taken with our new (to us) camera, and was our first use. There are still some details that need to be ironed out, such as the spacing between the sensor and the coma corrector.
This image was captured using the Skywatcher 8" carbon fibre telescope, mounted on a Skywatcher NEQ6 mount and guided with a Skywatcher BD102 and Meade DSIii camera on top.
The camera used is an SBIG STT-8300m with self guiding filter wheel and Baader HA, Oiii and Sii 36mm unmounted filters.
This image consists of 20 x 5 minute exposures in both Hydrogen a (Ha) and Oxygen iii (Oiii) cooled to -20'c (total 3 hours and 20 mins). It was processed using Ha to red, Oiii to green and blue.
The moon was pretty much shining down the barrel, but we are very happy how this turned out for our first image with our new camera.
FOV Approx 0.7x0.4 Degrees
Canon 60D 15x30sec stacked on the comet @ISO 1600.
Celestron C11 at f6.3.
Tracked on a Skywatcher AZ-EQ6 mount with no guiding.
Polar aligned : Polar Scope.
Filter : None.
Acquisition : Intervalometer.
Imaged from suburbia.
Processed in APP and finished off in LR.
2023 October 17 at 12:15UT
At about 319,839,000 kilometers from Earth.
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.
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
Skywatcher 250pds on Pier mounted HEQ6pro mount
SW80 with Synguider
Camera was DSLR Canon 1100D Astro mod
x19exposures at 200 seconds Lights CLS Clip filter
ISO 800 Total 1hr 3min
RAW files gathered in Backyard EOS
Stacked in DSS
Processed in Pixinsight.
Will add H-Alpha at the next opportunity
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
Last nights moon. Mosaic of 32 different exposures.
Asiair Plus
Optolong UV / IR Cut Filter
Skymax 127
Skywatcher HEQ5 Pro
Zwo ASI 533 MC Pro
Was going to be a two panel panorama but only one night rest Rains.
86 shot 5 min each in as much clear night as I could get.
ZWO ASI071MC Pro @ -10c
Prima Luce Essato Focus ,
Optolong LeNhance filter,
Skywatcher Black DiamondED80 OTA
Skywatcher EQM35Goto
Guided PHD2, SGP
DSS, Pixinsight, Ps.
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
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 .
In cygnus constellation.
Acquisition length : 10h30
Camera : Canon 600D modded
Main Scope : Askar FRA400 + reducer
Mount : Skywatcher EQ6-R
Filter : Optolong L-Extreme
Softwares used : NINA, Siril, PixInsight
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
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
Gear used:
■ Mount: Ioptron Cem60-ec
■ Telescope: skywatcher 200/1000 F/5
■ Autoguiding: Asi 120mm
■ Total exposure: 5H30m || 66 X 300 seconds
■ Camera: modified canon eos 700d astrodon
■ Filter(s): Astronomik CLS CCD eos clip
■ Other optic(s): baader coma corrector
■ Software : Siril / photoshopCC
An inverted mono, false coloured wide view of a solar active region (AR12644) and solar limb prominences. Original data captured on April 2nd 2017.
Equipment Used :
Skywatcher 120mm Evostar (HEQ5)
Daystar Quark Chromosphere Ha Eyepiece
PG Blackfly Mono CMOS
Skywatcher 190MN, NEQ6 mount, Altair Tri-band filter, ASI294MC Pro at -20C. 21 x 5 minute exposures (1 hours 45 minutes) at Gain 120, Offset 30, 50 dark frames, 50 flat fields and 50 dark flat frames.
Processed in APP, Pixinsight Topaz denoise and Photoshop.
Collected between 22-18 and 0-13 on the 5th and 6th of March, 2022.
Really beautiful object catalogued as 881 on the Lynds' Catalogue of Dark Nebulae.
It's one of the jewels that you could find on gamma Cygni nebula, on SADR region of Cygnus, one of my favorites regions of the sky.
"A dark nebula or absorption nebula is a type of interstellar cloud that is so dense that it obscures the visible wavelengths of light from objects behind it, such as background stars and emission or reflection nebulae. The extinction of the light is caused by interstellar dust grains located in the coldest, densest parts of larger molecular clouds." (wiki)
It was necessary to integrate more than 70 hours to show all faint and nice details on the estructure.
Here was captured using the more natural palette, please also check my HSO palette on this link:
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 ASI174 Mini , ZWO ASI290 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 , Astrodon L Gen.2 E-series 36mm
Accessory:ZWO EFW , MoonLite NiteCrawler WR30 , TALON6 R.O.R , MoonLite CSL 2.5" Focuser with High Res Stepper Motor
Dates:July 21, 2020 , July 22, 2020 , July 25, 2020 , July 26, 2020 , July 28, 2020 , July 29, 2020
Frames:
Astrodon B Gen.2 E-series 36mm: 90x30" (gain: 75.00) -15C bin 1x1
Astrodon G Gen.2 E-series 36mm: 90x30" (gain: 75.00) -15C bin 1x1
Astrodon HA 36mm - 5nm: 205x600" (gain: 200.00) -15C bin 1x1
Astrodon O-III 36mm - 5nm: 110x600" (gain: 183.00) -15C bin 1x1
Astrodon R Gen.2 E-series 36mm: 90x30" (gain: 75.00) -15C bin 1x1
Astrodon S-II 36mm - 5nm: 111x600" (gain: 183.00) -15C bin 1x1
Integration: 73.2 hours
Avg. Moon age: 5.35 days
Avg. Moon phase: 33.86%
Astrometry.net job: 3811358
RA center: 20h 18' 42"
DEC center: +39° 43' 1"
Pixel scale: 1.007 arcsec/pixel
Orientation: 90.555 degrees
Field radius: 0.405 degrees
Resolution: 2328x1726
Locations: AAS Montsec, Àger, Lleida, Spain
Data source: Own remote observatory
Remote source: Non-commercial independent facility
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.
I find this fascinating not least because of the 2 for 1 in the field of view!
M35 is the sprawling open cluster 2,800 light years away in the constellation Gemini covering a 30' area with several hundred stars scattered wide. To the South West of that is NGC 2158 sitting on the outer spiral arm of our galaxy at 11,000 light years away. M35 is approx 100 million years old whilst NGC2158 is 10 billion years old.
This was quite a difficult task to process mostly because my DSLR was capturing over 16000+ stars (according to DSS) in one frame. Had to reduce that detection.
Equipment:
Skywatcher 120ED Esprit APO
Focal reducer 0.8x
Celestron AVX
Canon 700D (unmodded)
F5.6
46 Lights (30 secs @ ISO 1600) 24 mins 32s data
20 Darks
20 Flat
100 Bias
Stacked in DSS and processed in CS5
I'd like to have a go at this again as my alignment wasn't quite spot on this night.