A one owner from new car up until very recent.

Now at 36.5k, this Uno covered only a few hundred miles every year. A clean MoT history bar corroded subframes on both sides in 2013, to which it received the necessary welding.

This is two simultaneously taken views of the region around the Great Orion nebula, M42. On the left a luminance only view taken through my 80mm triplet APO refractor with a ZWO ASI174MM mono CMOS camera, to the upper left the Running Man nebula can be clearly seen.

On the right, through my 130mm triplet APO (the 80mm sits on top of it) usng an Atik460EX mono CCD and three narrowband filters, Hydrogen Alpha, Hydrogen Beta and Oxygen III to create a RGB image. The H Beta filter proved very useful for picking up the whispier parts of the nebulosity. M43 is the small bright nebula towards the top of this image. I was careful to keep individual subframe exposures short enough to stack without the bright part of the M42 nebula obscuring the Trapezium.

Peter

Comet 45/P from this evening between 19:55 h and 20:05 h UT. Despite the fog close to surface and only seven degrees above the horizon, the comet’s tail still can be seen in a length of more than two degrees.

Sony A7s (CentralDS modded), ISO3200, no filter, Borg Apo 3.9/480mm, 40 x 15 sec, landscape from one single subframe, FOV 4.2° x 3°, EQ8 mount.

Mosaic of 8 separate images, each from a stack of 20 subframes.

It is a large file, so check the bigger viewing options.

On a Rainy July Morning

FlickrFriday theme is: #Subframing

The great Andromeda Galaxy M31 in messier catalog

This is a 4 panel mosaic capture during two cold nights.

Starless version : flic.kr/p/2mDSYEG

-Equipment-

Scope: TS-Optics 94/414 EPDH (414mm focal)

Camera: ZWO ASI533MC Pro at -5°C

Guiding: ZWO OAG

Guiding camera: ZWO ASI 120MM

Mount: Skywatcher NEQ5

Filter: Astronomik L

-Acquisition-

Light :Panel-1 60x300s

Panel-2 60x300s

Panel-3 52x300s

Panel-4 60x300s

Dark-100x300s Flat-50 Bias-100

Date : Take on 2 night 05 September2021

and 10 October 2021

Location : France-Alsace Bortle 4/5

-Software-

Carte du Ciel, N.I.N.A, Phd2 , PoleMaster and PixInsight

Ez Processing Suite from darkarcon

darkarcon website : darkarchon.internet-box.ch:8443/

-Pre Processing each panels in PixInsight-

Image Calibration

Cosmetic Correction

Debayer

Subframe Selector

Star Alignement

Local Normalization

Drizzle x2

Dynamic crop

-Build the 4 panel mozaic

It's my first 4 panel mosaic so I follow this tutorial from Amy Astro www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0f8Tl_kC0A

-Processing

DBE master Light

Split L,R,G,B layer from Master light

__L__

Ez_Deconvolution

Ez_Denoise

Ez_Soft Streatch

Ez_HDR

UnsharpedMask with mask

__RGB__

Linear Fit

BackgroundNeutralization

PhotometricColorCalibration

Ez_Soft Streatch

Starnet++

CuvesTransformation with mask

A lot of curves...

Bring back stars with PixelMath

__LRGB__

LRGBCombination

Final CurvesTransformation

Ez_Star Reduction

DarkStructureEnhance script

Save as jpg

Clear Skies !

The Packard Station Sedan was a pseudo luxury station wagon model produced by the Packard Motor Car Company of Detroit, Michigan between 1948 and 1950, using the Packard Eight platform. By offering the Station Sedan Packard could market a vehicle with station wagon attributes, but without the investment cost associated with a complete station wagon development program.[2]

The Station Sedan used a combination of steel framing and body parts along with structural wood panels made from northern birch to create a "woody" station wagon-like car due to the growing popularity of them after World War II. Unlike other woody wagons of the day, which used wooden passenger compartments mounted to chassis of a particular car, the Station Sedan used a steel subframe and steel passenger doors onto which hard wood panels were mounted. The only wooden door on the vehicle was the rear gate assembly.[3] Unlike competitor station wagons from Buick, Chrysler and Mercury, the Packard's length was not long enough to accommodate optional third row seating.[3]

Neither a sedan, nor true station wagon, the Station Sedan enjoyed limited success, with a listed retail price of US$3,459 ($38,958 in 2021 dollars [4]) for its final year of 1950, and was discontinued when the 1951 Packard models were introduced.

Hi everybody.

This is an image of M78 in Orion made with the Officina Stellare UCRC 12" f5.2 telescope during the last (2012) ATT at Sattlegger (Austria).

The picture is an LLRGB consisting of 5:3:3:3, 30min subframes (7hours total) through an LRGB Astrodon type2 filters using a FLI ML11002 CCD camera.

Thanks!

I've heard of the Pacman Nebula for a long time and it's not too hard to see the shape that earned its name. I've always zoomed in trying to catch as much detail in the nebula as possible. But this time I zoomed out and notice that there was more to the Pacman identity than just the shape. Viewed from the right angle it appeaAptera that the nebula is rushing ahead to gobble up ⍺Cas. Video game at an astronomical level!

Seestar S50 - 828 ten-second subframes | Polar alignment | Mosaic mode.

Mull covered bridge in Sandusky County, Ohio.

The famous Spaghetti nebula, more properly known as Simeis 147, on the border of Auriga with Taurus is a supernova remnant of a star which exploded around 40,000 years ago. It is a large object, spanning more than 3 degrees, but also very dim. This image is a 6 panel mosaic with each panel being a stack of 300 second subframes integrating to 10 or more hours total exposure. The imaging camera was a QHY168C with an STC duo-narrowband filter. The scope was a WO Zenithstar 102. Sequence Generator Pro was used to plan the mosaic and manage the image capture. Guiding was via PHD2. The mount was a Skywatcher EQ6R Pro. All post-processing was carried out in PixInsight.

Observed from Prachinburi, Thailand.

Manufacturer: Adam Opel AG, Rüsselsheim - Germany / General Motors Company, Detroit - USA

Type: Kapitän Mk 5

Production time: September 1955 - Februari 1958

Production outlet: 92,555 (incl. 7,983 Kapitän L from May 1957)

Engine: 2473cc straight-6

Power: 75 bhp / 3.900 rpm

Torque: 173 Nm / 1.700 rpm

Drivetrain: rear wheels

Speed: 140 km/h

Curb weight: 1240 kg

Wheelbase: 108 inch

Chassis: with self-supporting steel pontoon body

Steering: worm & roller

Gearbox: three-speed manual / all synchronized from 1956 / steering column shift

Clutch: single dry plate disc

Carburettor: Opel downdraft with accelerator pump

Fuel tank: 45 liter

Electric system: Bosch 6 Volts

Ignition system: distributor and coil

Brakes front: hydraulic Duplex drums

Brakes rear: hydraulic drums

Suspension front: independent trapezoidal double wishbones, sway bar, coil springs + telescopic shock absorbers (inside standing)

Suspension rear: live axle reinforced by a subframe, cast housing with support tubes, two semi-elliptical leaf springs with 7 leaves (intermediate bearings), sway bar + telescopic shock absorbers

Rear axle: live

Differential: hypoid

Wheels: 4 1/2 J x 13

Tires: 6.40 x 13

Options: four-speed-overdrive transmission, whitewall tires

Special:

- This executive Opel (fifth generation Kapitäns) was in the base the old model with new bumpers, trim and parking lights.

- With increased compression, 82 bhp / 4.000 rpm, and the all synchronized gearbox with overdrive, it was a nice “travel car”.

I may return to this and add data later.

Dwarf 3

380 45-second subframes.

IC 443 also known as the Jellyfish Nebula is a galactic supernova remnant in the constellation Gemini, at 5000 Light years from Earth.

IC 443 may be the remains of a supernova that occurred 3,000 - 30,000 years ago.

-Equipment-

Scope: TS-Optics 94/414 EPDH (414mm focal)

Camera: ZWO ASI533MC Pro at -25°C gain 101 offset 49

Guiding: ZWO OAG

Guiding camera: ZWO ASI 120MM

Mount: Skywatcher AZ-EQ6

Filter: Optolong L-eXtreme

-Acquisition-

Light : 124x300s

Total integration time 10h

Dark: 34x300s Flat-50 Bias-100

Date : 4 March 2022

Location : France-Alsace Bortle 4/5

-Software-

Carte du Ciel, N.I.N.A, Phd2 , PoleMaster and PixInsight

Ez Processing Suite from darkarcon

darkarcon website : darkarchon.internet-box.ch:8443/

-Pre Processing each panels in PixInsight-

Image Calibration

Cosmetic Correction

Debayer

Subframe Selector

Star Alignement

Local Normalization

Image Integration

Drizzle x2

Dynamic crop

-Processing

DBE MasterLRGB

___RGB layer___HOO

Split RGB channels to build Ha and Oiii

Ha=R Oiii= B*0.3+G*0.7

EZ_Soft Stretch

HOO combination with Foraxx formula

R=Ha

G=((Oiii*Ha)^~(Oiii*Ha))*Ha + ~((Oiii*Ha)^~(Oiii*Ha))*Oiii

B=Oiii

Starnet++ for remove stars and build a mask nebula

Color Saturation

Curves Tansformation

Saturate stars for push up stars color

SCNR star mask

Bring back the stars with PixelMath

___L layer___

Ez_Deconvolution

Ez_Soft Stretch

Local Histogram Equalization with nebula mask

UnsharpedMask with nebula mask

___LRGB___

Ez_Denoise

Final Curve Transformation

Annotation

Save as JPG

Clear skies !

Members of NIghtSky45 (an astronomy club) went to Antalope, Oregon to take astro photos. The darker the sky, the better. But clouds covered the area both days we were there. About 3:00 am on the last night I woke to see that the clouds had partially lifted. I took this image during about a one hour opening.

I think I'm going to collect data on this image and add to it when we get more clear night skies.

Dwarf 3

72 45-second subframes.

Flickr Friday theme: Subframing

Thanks to everyone who took the time to view, comment, and fave my photo. It’s really appreciated. 😊

Hasselblad 500 on Kodak Gold 200

Manufacturer: Daimler-Benz AG, Stuttgart - Germany

Type: 300 SE Coupé Typ W 112.021

Production time: February 1962 - December 1967

Production outlet: 2,419

Engine: 2996cc straight-6 M 189 VI / 189.987 SOHC big block

Power: 185 bhp / 5.200 rpm

Torque: 278 Nm / 4.000 rpm

Drivetrain: rear wheels

Speed: 195 km/h

Curb weight: 1570 kg

Wheelbase: 108.3 inch

Chassis: X-frame chassis with auxiliary front subframe for receiving suspension with motor-gear unit and steel unibody (frame-floor unit with body welded)

Steering: DB servo recirculating ball with damper

Gearbox: four-speed automatic transmission / steering column shift

Clutch: not applicable

Fuel system: mechanical Bosch fuel injection:

Fuel tank: 65 liter

Electric system: 12 Volts

Ignition system: electronic

Brakes front: ATE T 50/26 brake assist hydrauliic 9.96 inch Dunlop discs

Brakes rear: ATE T 50/26 brake assist hydraulic 10.04 inch Dunlop discs with anti-dive

Suspension front: independent self-leveling air suspension, double trapezoidal wishbones, sway bar, rubber auxiliary springs + hydraulic telescopic shock absorbers

Suspension rear: swing axle with low pivot point and sliding struts, self-leveling air suspension, sway bar/torsionsstabllisator, rubber auxiliary springs + hydraulic telescopic shock absorbers

Rear axle: live

Differential: hypoid

Wheels: 5½JK x 13 B

Tires: 7.50 H 13 Nylon Sport

Options: four-speed manual gearbox, ZF five-speed manual gearbox

Special:

- The new “fin tail” body style was designed by Friedrich Geiger and at first shown at the 1959 Frankfurt Auto Show.

- The 300 SE Series was available as this 2-door Coupé, as 2-door Convertible W 112.23 (1962-1967: 708 units built), as 4-door Limousine W 112.014 (1961-1965: 5,202 units built) and as 4-door Limousine SE lang W 112.015 (1963-1965: 1,546 units built and often wrongly referred to as the 300 SEL, a designation not used until 1966 - Typ W 109), all assembled (hand-built) in Stuttgart Untertürkheim - Germany.

Manufacturer: Pontiac Division of General Motors, Detroit, Michigan - USA

Type: Firebird 326 Series 22400 / model 22437 Hardtop Sport Coupé

Production time: February 1967 - mid-year 1968

Production outlet: 67,032

Engine: 5342cc Pontiac L30 326 V-8 overhead valve

Power: 250 bhp / 4.600 rpm

Torque: 452 Nm / 2.800 rpm

Drivetrain: rear wheels

Speed: 185 km/h

Curb weight: 1500 kg

Wheelbase: 108 inch

Chassis: GM F-body platform with front subframe and semi-unibody (by Fisher)

Steering: Saginaw recirculating ball

Gearbox: three-speed manual / all synchromesh / floor shift

Clutch: 10 13/32 inch single dry plate disc

Carburettor: Rochester dual downdraft

Fuel tank: 70 liter

Electric system: 12 Volts 53 Ah

Ignition system: distributor and coil

Brakes front: 9.5 inch hydraulic self-adjusting drums

Brakes rear: 9.5 inch hydraulic self-adjusting drums

Suspension front: independent ball joint, unequal length trapezoidal wishbones, sway bar, coil springs + hydraulic telescopic dampers

Suspension rear: beam axle, radius arms, longitudinal semi-elliptic leaf springs + hydraulic telescopic dampers

Rear axle: live semi-floating type

Differential: hypoid 3.23:1

Wheels: 6 x 14 inch steel discs

Tires: E70 x 14

Options: four-speed manual gearbox (by Muncie), two-speed automatic transmission, three-speed automatic transmission, Ram Air package (functional hood scoops, higher flow heads with stronger valve springs and a different camshaft), Delco-Moraine power brakes, Delco-Moraine front disc brakes, heavy-duty coil springs, heavy-duty version shock absorbers, power windows, Saginaw power steering, adjustable steering column, speed control device, air conditioning, radio, different axle ratios

Special:

- "What Chevrolet can do, we can too," Pontiac thought, when Chevrolet released their Camaro, designed by Pontiac Motor Division General Manager John DeLorean.

- They (heavily) shared the same coach work (the F-body platform), but with detailed changes, such as grille (twin grilles of a bumper-integral design), chrome trim strips, three vertical air slots on the front edge of the rear body panels and vent windows in the front.

- Unfortunately the Camaro outsold the Firebird two to one in the beginning.

- The Camaro and the Firebird were at the forefront of America's muscle car generation.

- A Firebird was the 1967 Pace Car of the Daytona International Speedway.

- In the period that Pontiac released the Firebird, the demand for convertibles dropped, like the Mustangs and the Camaros. The average American would rather buy a draft-free coupe with air conditioning.

- This first generation Firebird Series 22400 (1967-1969), with its characteristic Coke bottle styling, was available as this 2-door Sport Coupé and as 22467 2-door Convertible (15,528 units built).

- The were assembled in Lordstown (Ohio), Norwood (Ohio: from 1969 on) and in Van Nuys (California).

This nebula is located at around 7500 lights years from the Earth and extend over 165 lights years.

On the upper right part you can see the Fish Head Nebula (IC 1795).

On the left it is a part of the Heart Nebula (IC 1805) and you can see Melotte 15 in the middle of the Heart Nebula, a little star cluster with a lot of dust

Starless version: flic.kr/p/2mA2B1y

One exposure 300s : flic.kr/p/2mwYXX5

-Equipment-

Scope: TS-Optics 94/414 EPDH (414mm focal)

Camera: ZWO ASI533MC Pro at -15°C

Guiding: ZWO OAG

Guiding camera: ZWO ASI 120MM

Mount: Skywatcher NEQ5

Filter: Optrolong L-eXtreme

-Acquisition-

Light :218x300s ( 18h ) at Gain:101 Offset:49

Dark-100x300s Flat-50 Bias-100

Date : Take on 5 night 29, 30 september 2021

and 7, 8, 9 october 2021

Location : France-Alsace Bortle 4/5

-Software-

Carte du Ciel, N.I.N.A, Phd2 , PoleMaster and PixInsight

I use the ForaxX palette for HOO combination

ForaxX website : thecoldestnights.com

And the Ez Processing Suite from darkarcon

darkarcon website : darkarchon.internet-box.ch:8443/

-Pre Processing in PixInsight-

Image Calibration

Cosmetic Correction

Debayer

Subframe Selector

Star Alignement

Local Normalization

Drizzle x2

Dynamic crop

-Processing

Split the master_LRGB into L, R, G, B layer

DynamicBackgroundExtractor each layer

___RGB layer___

Split RGB channels for build Ha and Oiii

Ha=R Oiii= B*0.3+G*0.7

EZ_Soft Stretch

HOO combination with Foraxx formula

R=Ha

G=((Oiii*Ha)^~(Oiii*Ha))*Ha + ~((Oiii*Ha)^~(Oiii*Ha))*Oiii

B=Oiii

Starnet++ for remove stars and build a mask nebula

Color Saturation

Curves Tansformation (K,saturation,hue)

Saturate stars for push up stars color

SCNR with star Mask for remove green in stars (OSC camera)

Bring back the stars with PixelMath

___L layer___

Ez_Deconvolution

Ez_Denoise

Ez_Soft Stretch

Ez_HDR

Local Histogram Equalization with nebula mask

UnsharpedMask with nebula mask

___LRGB___

Final Curve Transformation

DarkStructureEnhance script

EZ_Star Reduction

Save as BMP 32bit file

Clear skies !

Here it is guys! My entry into McLaren's design competition.

Performance

• Acceleration: 0-100 km/h in 2.0

• Top Speed: (electronically limited): 350km/h

• Braking: 97-0 in 2.5 seconds (in 30 meters).

• Fuel Consumption: 8.3L/100km/h

Design

Drivetrain:

• 5 liter counter-rotating flatplane twin crank V8

• Variable ratio twin screw supercharger

• 6-speed triple clutch gearbox with KERS and hybrid 500kW electric motor

Chassis:

• Carbon cockpit tub with titanium rollover frame

• Titanium trellis front subframe with inboard suspension

• Rear suspension mounted directly to engine and gearbox

• Forged magnesium wheels and airless tires with internal aluminium skeleton

Computer:

• 1.2 Billion bit solid state optical processor with braided carbon nanotube optical paths

• Honeycomb aluminium nitrogen cooling cell in center of bonnet

Specs credit goes to my good friend Kieran.

Let me know what you think!

Manufacturer: Volkswagen AG (VAG), Wolfsburg - Germany

Type: Typ 3 1500S Stufenheck / Notchback

Production time: 1963 - 1965

Production time: 1961 - 1973 (all Typ 3's)

Production outlet: 1,202,483 (all 1500/1600/Variant models)

Production outlet: 2,583,015 (all Typ 3's / all models)

Engine: 1493cc (HO4 OHV) four-cylinder boxer forced air-cooled

Power: 54 bhp / 4.200 rpm

Torque: 106 Nm / 2.600 rpm

Drivetrain: rear wheels

Speed: 135 km/h

Curb weight: 880 kg

Wheelbase: 94.5 inch

Chassis: central tubular frame with continuous deck, rear forked subframe and monocoque body

Steering: worm & roller with hydraulic damper

Gearbox: four-speed manual / all synchronized / floor shifter

Clutch: dry plate disc

Carburettor: twin Solex 32 PDSIT downdraft

Fuel tank: 40 liter

Electric system: 6 Volts 77 Ah

Ignition system: distributor and coil

Brakes front: hydraulic drums

Brakes rear: hydraulic drums

Suspension front: independent lengthwise crank trailing arms, anti-roll bar connected to upper trailing links, crossed transverse round torsion spring rods + hydraulic telescopic shock absorbers

Suspension rear: double jointed CV joint trailing arms, transverse torsion bars + hydraulic telescopic shock absorbers

Rear axle: live swing type

Differential: spiral bevel

Wheels: 4½J x 15 safety rim wheels

Tires: 6.00 x 15 Bias 6 Ply

Options: Fichtel & Sachs Saxomat semi-automatic four speed transmission (an electromagnetic clutch with a centrifugal clutch used for idle), fog lamps, Air Conditioning (USA)

Special:

- Typ 3 (Projekt EA 142: 1961-1973), introduced at the 1961 Frankfurt Motor Show, was the first "big Volkswagen" and the last Volkswagen with the air-cooled rear mounted boxer engine (411/412).

- It shared the Beetles gearbox, rear axle and the engine mounted in the back (into a subframe which contained the complete rear suspension) and almost half of the total production were Variants (43 %).

- Typ 3 Series was available as this 2-door Stufenheck , as 3-door Variant “Squareback” and as 3-door Variant Delivery Van.

- This first Typ 3 1500 Series was assembled in Wolfsburg - Germany.

- Cars built in Brasil (nicknamed “Zé do Caixão” (meaning "Coffin Joe") and Argentina could be delivered with 4 doors.

- Type 3 output continued in Clayton (Australia) until 1974 and in São Bernardo do Campo (Brazil) until 1982.

Museo Novacento, Florence, Italy

I took this photo with a Sony A7III camera, attached to an Orion 80mm ED doublet refractor, and mounted on a Celestron CGX-L.

I only took 8 subframes for stacking. More is usually better.

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Photographed from mid-town Toronto, Canada, at 21.05 EST (Moon altitude: 61° | Sun 42° below the horizon)

* Temperature -10° C.

The weather has been so bad in southern Ontario for the last almost two months that tonight was the first time since Nov. 22 that I have had the telescope out under a clear sky!

The Moon, in its waxing gibbous phase and 78% sunlit, was riding high over Toronto tonight, just four nights before the total eclipse of the Moon this coming Sunday night. It was quite cold, but there was no wind to blow the telescope around, so I was able to get very clear, high resolution base images from which to make this image.

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Nikon Z7 camera body on Explore Scientific 152 mm (6") apochromatic refracting telescope, mounted on Sky-Watcher AZ-EQ6 SynScan mount.

Best nine of twelve identical stacked frames - each frame:

● 1253 mm focal length

● ISO 100, 1/250 sec. exposure, f/8

Subframes stacked in Registax

Processed in Photoshop CS6

(cropping, brightness, contrast, colour desaturation)

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Manufacturer: Alvis Car and Engineering Company Ltd, Coventry - UK

Type: 12/50 SB Tourer

Production time: 1923 - 1929

Production outlet: 3,616 (all models)

Engine: 1496cc straight-4 overhead-valve I-head

Power: 51 bhp / 4.000 rpm

Torque: unknown

Drivetrain: rear wheels

Speed: 97 km/h

Curb weight: 1030 kg

Wheelbase: 112.5 inch

Chassis: ladder frame with a bolted subframe and separate body (most likely by Cross & Ellis, Coventry)

Steering: Maries steering

Gearbox: four-speed manual / non-synchromesh / floor shift

Clutch: cone type

Carburettor: Solex

Fuel tank: 51 liter

Electric system: Lucas 6 Volts

Ignition system: magneto

Brakes front: non

Brakes rear: cable controlled mechanical drums

Suspension front: live axle, longitudinal semi-elliptic leaf springs

Suspension rear: live axle, longitudinal semi-elliptic leaf springs

Rear axle: beam

Differential: hypoid 4.30:1

Wheels: 19 inch Artillery Type

Tires: 5.50 x 19

Options: cycle wings, front wheel brakes (standard from 1926)

Special:

- Some have suggested that De Freville proposed the name Alvis as a compound of the words "aluminium" and "vis" (meaning "strong" in Latin) although De Freville himself vigorously denied this theory. Perhaps the name was derived from the Norse mythological weaponsmith, Alvíss, but the true origin is unknown.

- The Alvis 12/50 was designed by Chief Draughtsman W.M. Dunn and its engine was a recontructed and improved engine (original designed in 1920 for the 10/30 model) by Geoffrey de Freville) by Chief Engineer and Works Manager Captain G.T. Smith-Clark.

- Engineering companies of the time, Alvis did not produce their own coachwork. They only assembled the rolling chassis. Customers choose their own coach builder, like Carbodies Limited in Coventry, Charlesworth Bodies Limited in Coventry, Cross & Ellis in Coventry, Hooper & Co. in Westminster London, Mulliners Limited in Birmingham, Tickford Limited in Newport Pagnell, Vanden Plas Belgium/UK, etc.

- The 12/50 Series was available as this Tourer, as Drophead Coupé, as 2 seat Sports Tourer, Raodster and as Sportsman’s Saloon.

- The Models FA, FB, FD and FE (1928-1931) had front wheel drive!!, with Roots Supercharger power 75bhp/5.000rpm, 155 units built in total, including prototypes and racers and 14 known survivors / 35 survivors from other sources!!).

M-1, aka NGC 1952.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crab_Nebula

This is a tiny target, so I used my intrepid C8 since it has a good reach. However, there's nothing like a long focal length telescope (f/10) and a narrowband filter (L-Ultimate) to humble you. I had a hard time polar aligning and framing using NINA because of the narrow FOV and dark filter. NINA complained that there were not enough stars to plate solve. I used long exposures and high gain, but with no success. I removed the filter, refocused, but plate solving would not work.

I switched to SharpCap and it performed better, but had its own idiosyncrasies. I selected dithering while guiding and left the default settings on. When the mount dithered, the target moved from one side of the frame to the other. Siril was unable to align the subframes in post-processing, so I dug out my old copy of Nebulosity 4.0 and did a manual two star alignment that seemed to work. Because of the stacking artifacts, I had to severely crop the image.

The image looks more like a gold nugget than a supernova remnant. Not the best output, but I learned a lot, like use a focal reducer next time.

February 1, 2026, Tallahassee, Florida, Bortle 7, full moon. Seeing was poor and there were thin layers of high altitude cirrus clouds passing by while imaging.

Old "Halley Era" Celestron C8 (1988 more or less) at native f/10, ASI533MC Pro, L-Ultimate narrowband filter, iOptron HAE29; total of 44 120-second light frames with calibration frames. Gain 100, Offset 10. Stacked and processed using Nebulosity 4, Siril, and Photoshop. Astronomy Tools had this remark about this scope and camera combination: "The ideal pixel size for Poor Seeing (4-5" FWHM) seeing is: 1.33 - 2.5" / pixel. This combination leads to slight over-sampling. Will require a good mount and careful guiding."

This is a combination of 26 subs, one set from April 2020, of 10 x 10 minutes duration and another set of 16 x 5 minutes duration from 2018. All at ISO400. Taken with my 480mm f/6 refractor on a modified Canon 80D.

Technical card for 2020 session is in my Backyard Astrophotography Album.

I’ve not cropped this, so some background galaxies can be seen in the corners.

M81 is a large spiral galaxy in Ursa Major that is reasonably local to us at 12 million light years. Its companion, M82 has been disrupted by an encounter with M81 in the past.

M82 is a starburst galaxy with intense star formation triggered by the gravitational influence of M81. The red fan-like filaments at right angles to the axis of the galaxy are formed by a "superwind". The intense star formation has resulted in multiple supernovae explosions occurring about once every 10 years - the explosions power the super wind. The filaments are expanding outwards at about 600 miles a second and glow brightly in hydrogen alpha (red). They are also a very strong source of radio emission, listed as 3C 231 in the 3rd Cambridge catalogue of radio sources.

NGC3077 lies top left. It’s classified as a peculiar galaxy and may have interacted with M81 in the past and become disrupted. Some radial dust bands are just visible in this image - couldn’t see this detail before so nice to pick up in this longer integration.

The faint galaxy Holmberg IX lies just above M81, seen here as a faint triangular smudge contained in a trapezoid set of stars. It seems to be a companion dwarf galaxy to M81, a bit like our Magellanic Clouds.

The small galaxies bottom left and right are PGC28563 and PGC28225 respectively.

Image scale: 1.59 arcsecond/pixel

Field-of-view: 1d 37' 34.0" x 1d 9' 3.6"

Image centred on:

RA: 9hr 55min 25.931s

DEC: +67d 10min 05.69s

I tried a few new things in PixInsight processing to try and get the best integrated image. I used a custom expression in SubFrame Selector and graded all the subs based on that expression (using Eccentricity, SNR and FWHM). The integration then used the weighted images (via a FITS keyword) so that the best made the most contribution and the worst, least.

Manufacturer: Società Anonima Fratelli Innocenti, Lambretta / Milan - Italy

Type: Mini Cooper 1300 MK 4 Minimatic

Production time: mid-year 1971 - mid-year 1975

Production outlet: unknown

Engine: 1275cc straight-4 BMC Austin A-series 1275

Power: 76 bhp / 5.800 rpm

Torque: 108 Nm / 3.200 rpm

Drivetrain: front wheels

Speed: 157 km/h

Curb weight: 649 kg

Wheelbase: 80 inch

Chassis: front and rear subframes with all-steel unibody

Steering: rack & pinion

Gearbox: semi-automatic (clutchless) manual four-speed transmission / II, III and IV synchronized / floor shifter

Clutch: not relevant / single dry plate spring spacer on manual gearbox

Carburettor: twin SU HS2

Fuel tank: 36 liter

Electric system: 12 Volts

Ignition system: distributor and coil

Brakes front: powered Lockheed hydraulic discs

Brakes rear: Lockheed hydraulic drums

Suspension front: independent double wishbones with composite suspension (hydrolastic) with rubber spring cushion, damping valve controlled by connecting liquid, torsion bars for the longitudinal and transverse stabilization + telescopic shock absorbers

Suspension rear: trailing arms with composite suspension (hydrolastic) with rubber spring cushion, damping valve controlled by connecting liquid, torsion bars for the longitudinal and transverse stabilization + telescopic shock absorbers

Rear axle: live

Differential: spiral bevel

Wheels: 3J-10 inch

Tires: 145 SR 10

Options: four-speed manual gearbox

Special:

- The Mini (ADO15) was designed by Sir Alec Issigonis (who also designed the Morris Minor over 10 years earlier) and is generally considered one of the most important milestones in automotive history.

- Based on the 2-door Mini John Cooper (racecar constructor of Formula 500, Formula 3 and Formula 1 cars and a friend of Sir Alec Issigonis) developed a sporty model: the Mini Cooper.

- In Italy in the years 60-70 it often was too expensive, due to high import duties, to purchase an imported car, so that most Italians opted for an Italian car. BMC England signed an agreement with Innocenti Milan (famous for the production of Lambretta) and from 1965 Innocenti was allowed to built the Mini 850 for the Italian market. Since 1971, the Mini Cooper was also built under license.

- It is equipped with a unique "Hydrolastic" shock absorption system, invented by famous British rubber engineer Alex Moulton, in which the various fluid-filled shock absorbers, by means of conduits, are in communication with each other.

- The Innocenti was faster and more luxurious (interior with more accessories and better finished) than the British Mini and nowadays very popular in the USA, Canada and Europe.

- Many details of internal and external were produced by Italian brands (IPRA for the radiators, Carello and Altissimo for the headlights), so especially for the Innocenti Mini Cooper 1300 spare parts are hard to find.

NGC 2264 is the designation number of the New General Catalogue that identifies two astronomical objects as a single object: the Cone Nebula, and the Christmas Tree Cluster.

All of the objects are located in the Monoceros constellation, near Orion and are located about 2300 light-years from Earth.

-Equipment-

Scope: TS-Optics 94/414 EPDH (414mm focal)

Camera: ZWO ASI533MC Pro at -15°C gain 101 offset 49

Guiding: ZWO OAG

Guiding camera: ZWO ASI 120MM

Mount: Skywatcher AZ-EQ6

Filter: Optolong L-eXtreme

-Acquisition-

Light : 60x300s

Total integration time 5h

Dark: 34x300s Flat-50 Bias-100

Date : 9 February 2022

Location : France-Alsace Bortle 4/5

-Software-

Carte du Ciel, N.I.N.A, Phd2 , PoleMaster and PixInsight

Ez Processing Suite from darkarcon

darkarcon website : darkarchon.internet-box.ch:8443/

-Pre Processing each panels in PixInsight-

Image Calibration

Cosmetic Correction

Debayer

Subframe Selector

Star Alignement

Local Normalization

Image Integration

Drizzle x2

Dynamic crop

-Processing

DBE master Light

Split L,R,G,B layer from Master light

__L__

Ez_Deconvolution

Ez_Soft Streatch

UnsharpedMask

LocalHistogramEqualization

__RGB__

Linear Fit

BackgroundNeutralization

PhotometricColorCalibration

Ez_Soft Streatch

Starnet++

CuvesTransformation with mask

SCNR star mask

Bring back stars with PixelMath

__LRGB__

LRGBCombination

Ez_Denoise

Final CurvesTransformation

DarkStructureEnhance Script

Save as jpg

Clear Skies !

Jaguar E Type Ser.III 2+2 Coupe (1971-75) Engine 5343cc V12 DOC Production 7297 (2+2s plus 7990 OTS Roadsters)

Registration Number EKH 177 J (Hull)

JAGUAR ALBUM

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The Jaguar E-Type, is a British front-engined sports car that was manufactured by Jaguar Cars Ltd from 1961 to 1974 over three generations (series) Its sleek appearance, advanced technologies, high performance, and competitive pricing established it as an icon. The E-Type employed what was, for the early 1960s, a novel design principle, with a front subframe carrying the engine, front suspension and front bodywork bolted directly to the body tub. No ladder frame chassis, as was common at the time, was needed and as such the first cars weighed only 1,315 kg (2,899 lb).

The Series III E type was introduced in 1971, with a new 5.3 litreV12 engine, the first volume produced Jaguar to feature a V12 engine fed by four Zenith carburettos. With a 272bhp output engine restoring the earlier E Type performance, uprated brakes and standard power steering. Optionally an automatic transmission, wire wheels and air conditioning were available.. The short wheelbase FHC body style was discontinued with the Series III now only produced as a Covertible or 2+2 Coupe offering an increased interior

The Series 3 is easily identifiable by the large cross-slatted front grille, flared wheel arches, wider tyres, four exhaust tips and a badge on the rear that proclaims it to be a V12. all types have the longer longer wheelbase. Ventilated disc brakes and wide rim wheels, new grille, power steering and Lucas-Opus transistorised ignition on all but the very early cars.

Diolch am 101,699,423 o olygiadau gwych, mae pob un ohonynt yn cael eu gwerthfawrogi'n fawr.

Thanks for 101,699,423 amazing views, every one is greatly appreciated.

Shot 09.04.2023 Weston Park, Salop, Easter Classic Car Show REF 168-213

Manufacturer: Carl FW Borgward GmbH / Hansa-Lloyd, Bremen-Sebaldsbrück - Germany

Type: H 1500 Isabella 2-door Sedan

Production time: August 1958 - September 1961

Production outlet: 81,684

Engine: 1493cc straight-4

Power: 60 bhp / 4.700 rpm

Torque: 115 Nm / 2.900 rpm

Drivetrain: rear wheels

Speed: 132 km/h

Curb weight: 1025 kg

Wheelbase: 102.4 inch

Chassis: subframe with engine and front and self supporting uni-body Pontoon type

Steering: worm & sector (by ZF)

Gearbox: four-speed manual / all synchronized / steering column shift

Clutch: hydraulic single dry plate disc

Carburettor: Solex 32 PJCB

Fuel tank: 46 liter

Electric system: Bosch 6 Volts 85 Ah

Ignition system: distributor and coil

Brakes front: 9.1 inch hydraulic Duplex drums

Brakes rear: 9.1 inch hydraulic drums

Suspension front: independent double unequal length trapezoidal wishbones, sway bar, coil springs + telescopic shock absorbers

Suspension rear: independent pushrods, coil springs + telescopic shock absorbers

Rear axle: live swing type

Differential: hypoid

Wheels: 13 inch steel discs

Tires: 5.90 - 13

Options: Hobbs Hansa-Matic four-speed automatic transmission

Special:

- The Hansa / Borward Series, designed by Carl Borgward, is often seen as the first all new model launched by the German auto industry after the WW II. It had the revolutionary pontoon, three-box design and was originally badged as Hansa 1500 (1949-1952: 23,141 units built).

- When Borgward went bankrupt in September 1961 (later proved unnecessary), BMW took over and it is said that this car saved BMW from being bankrupt.

- Production at the Bremen-Sebaldsbrück plant continued until 1962 and with a substantial stock of unsold Isabellas, a total of 202,862 Isabellas were sold.

- In 1963 all manufacturing equipment for the Borgward Isabella and P100 was sold to Fabrica Nacional de Automoviles S.A. in Monterrey (Mexico) where production was continued until 1970.

- 999 Units were assembled between 1960 and 1963 in Buenos Aires - Argentina and sold as Dinborg.

- The Isabella Series (1954-1962) was available as this 2-door Sedan, as 2-door Cabriolet, as 2-door Cabriolet 2+2, as 2-door Coupé 2+2 and as 2-door Komi (Station Wagon).

Dwarf 3

29 45-second subframes

Target: IC63 Ghost of Cassiopeia.

About 550 light-years away in the constellation of Cassiopeia lies IC 63, a fitting nebula for Halloween time.

Also known as the ghost of Cassiopeia, IC 63 is being shaped by radiation from a variable star, Gamma Cassiopeiae, which is slowly eroding away the ghostly cloud of dust and gas.

Gear:

Mount: ZWO AM5

Main Cam: ZWO ASI294MC Pro @ gain 121 and 14F

Guide Cam: ZWO ASI120MM Mini with ZWO 30mm f/4 scope

Lens: Sigma 150-600 @ 575

Filter: Antlia ALP-T 5nm Ha and Oiii

Acquisition:

Light frames: Best 60 of 84 5 minute subs totalling 5 Hr integration

Sessions: 01-Nov-23

Location: Houston Colorado County, Texas

Bortle: 5

Moon: 87%, 60degrees off target

Processing

• PI - Subframe selector, WBPP

• GraXpert background

• PI SPCC

• PI Russel Croman - BXT NXT STX

• PI Starless Edits

○ Bill Blanshan Mike Cranfield Narrowband Normalization Tool

○ GHS Stretch

○ Curves

• PI Stars Edits

○ Arcsinh Stretch

○ SCNR, Invert and SCNR

○ Curve Saturation

• PS ACR Black point, Highlights, Clarity, Dehaze

• PS Selective Colors

• PS Screen stars layer, copy stars layer/brighten it/mask in selective stars

• PS Watermark

Some updates on the remarkably reliable Laguna.

About 5000 km into the adventure, everything is still working like a charm! (knocks on wood)

By now I have given the engine the service it was due for.

Fresh performance plugs, premium oil and all filters replaced.

It was running fine but the plugs clearly had been skipped at least during it's last service. with the new plugs it notably runs a little happier and feels a little quicker too. The airco-dip has become less notable, as well.

Also the tires have been changed for a nice new set of Dunlop Sport Blueresponse, improving comfort and safety a lot over the dried out, 9 year old Michelins.

Visually one may note that some greyed plastics have received a number of treatments back to black.

And I came across an original set of Renault Laguna 1 Break roof bars. Nothing like the heavy duty rack I used to have on my Berlingo's, but none the less, a nice original find that suits the car well, I think!

Of course, a more rounded picture is forming by now.

Not all is well, but nothing beyond saving.

Pretty much all rubber bushings in the undercarriage are still original and some dry enough to start falling apart. Long beyond their expiration date for sure. It's a miracle the car is as comfortable and silent as it is with all of that going on, but it is slowly becoming more notable for sure. This will be the next project.

Then there is some rust. Parts of the chassis main beams and subframe are brown. But nothing is rotten just yet. So rather sooner than later, that will require treatment.

And the headlight units are worn beyond saving.

But you can still get these new... So no big search for those.

The rest of the bodywork will be much more challenging.

In due time... hopefully, more on that!

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46-FJ-PB

07-04-2000 - First Admission

28-03-2000 - First Dutch Registration

Original Dutch, Private Sidecode 6 License

Manufacturer: Carozzeria Pininfarina S.p.A., Cambiano - Italy / Lancia Automobiles S.p.A., Turin - Italy

Type: Flaminia Pininfarina Coupé 3B 2.8 Tipo 826 030 SN

Production time: October 1962 - October 1967

Production outlet: 1,085

Engine: 2775cc V-6 pushrod OHV, V-60deg

Power: 140 bhp / 5.400 rpm

Torque: 221 Nm / 3.000 rpm

Drivetrain: rear wheels

Speed: 181 km/h

Curb weight: 1520 kg

Wheelbase: 108.3 inch

Chassis: box-shaped frame with longitudinal bars and subframe for the front axle and engine and a semi-selfsupporting steel unibody

Steering: worm & roller

Gearbox: four-speed manual (lying behind the differential ) / all synchromesh / steering column shift

Clutch: hydraulic single dry plate disc (lying behind the differential)

Carburettor: Solex C35 P 3-12 3-barrel and electrical Bendix fuel pump

Fuel tank: 56 liter

Electric system: Marelli 12 Volts 45 Ah

Ignition system: distributor and coil

Brakes front: Dunlop 11.5 inch hydraulic discs

Brakes rear: Dunlop 12 inch hydraulic discs

Suspension front: independent double trapezoidal wishbones,sway bar, coil springs + hydraulic telescopic shock absorbers

Suspension rear: De Dion setup transaxle (double “hinge” axle), Panhard rod, sway bar, semi-elliptic leaf springs + hydraulic telescopic shock absorbers

Rear axle: live

Differential: hypoid

Wheels: 16 inch

Tires: 175 x 400 Michelin X / Pirelli Cinturato S

Options: Saxomat semi-automatic transmission with automatic clutch

Special:

- The body was designed and built by Pininfarina, based on the Battista Farina's “Florida II” show car of 1957.

- The name "Flaminia" is derived from an ancient Roman road.

- It was a quality built car with quality materials like aluminum (i.a. doors, fuel tank, B-pillar panels), brass nuts, walnut (i.a. dashboard, internal trim) and narrow gaps between parts.

The iron railing of the Pfluger Pedestrian Bridge frames beautiful downtown Austin, Texas.

Back in the 50', people would regularly hit the road embarking their little families out for a WE, also for holidays or just go picnic, for doing so they needed spacious cars. This relic, standing in the backyard of a repair-shop, awaiting better days, just reminded me of those hopeful times :-)

The Panhard Dyna Z is a lightweight motor car produced by Panhard of France from 1954 to 1959. It was first presented to the press at a Paris restaurant named "Les Ambassadeurs" on 17 June 1953 and went into production the following year. In 1959 it was replaced by the Panhard PL 17.

Panhard was one of the world's oldest auto manufacturers and since 1945 had become known for producing economical cars. Panhard, like Citroën, considered itself a leader, not a follower of automotive trends, and the Dyna Z featured an impressive array of unusual engineering choices.

In 1955 Citroën had taken a 25% holding in Panhard's automobile business and during the next two years the national dealership networks of the two businesses were integrated. This gave Citroen and Panhard dealers an expanded market coverage, incorporating now a small car, a medium-sized saloon and a large car range. It gave the Panhard Dyna Z, during its final years in production, a level of market access that its predecessor had never enjoyed. Sales benefited.

The Dyna X was replaced by the more streamlined Dyna Z in 1954. This was later developed into the similar PL 17, launched in 1959, in an attempt to conform to the styles of the time.

Like its predecessor the Dyna X and the Panhard Dynavia concept that influenced its design, the Dyna Z's body was originally aluminium with steel tube subframes front and rear joined by steel plate reinforcements in the sills. The decision to use aluminium sheeting for car bodies had been taken at a time when a sudden drop off in demand for fighter planes had left the producers with a glut of the metal, but in subsequent years the relative cost advantage of sheet steel had increased steadily. Other sources emphasize an underlying error with the original costings for the model which had taken no account of the off-cuts from the aluminium coils after the blanks for the body panels had been cut from them. Jean Panhard's explanation to a sympathetic interviewer concludes with the observation that "nobody wanted to buy offcuts except at a ridiculously low price, this difference was our profit margin." In Summer 1954 the cost penalty of persisting with aluminium bodywork had become financially unsustainable, and from September 1955 the Dynas Type "Z1" switched to steel bodywork, even though the door shells, trunk/boot and hood/bonnet were at this stage still made of aluminium. The switch to a sheet-steel body shell, attributed to "various setbacks" ("nombreuses déboires") with the aluminium body of the earlier Type Z1, imposed an instant weight penalty of 123 Kg. and had to be accompanied by a substantial redesign of the front suspension and a change to the shock absorbers, though cost savings were too late to avoid the need for Panhard to sign their ultimately suicidal refinancing "agreement" with Citroën in April 1955.

By 1958, only the bumpers, the fuel tank, the engine cooling shroud and most of the engine and transaxle cases were aluminium, but the weight was still quite low for a relatively comfortable six-seater saloon, when compared with narrower competitor models from Peugeot and Simca. Its unusual and very modern design gave it a unique combination of space, ride comfort, performance and fuel economy at a very competitive price. But reliability suffered and fuel prices were not high enough, even in France, for people to put energy efficiency first. The car also suffered from some engine and wind noise. The Tiger version had a racing inspired engine and a full cooling shroud.

History

Panhard was originally called Panhard et Levassor, and was established as a car manufacturing concern by René Panhard and Émile Levassor in 1887.

Early years

Panhard et Levassor sold their first automobile in 1890, based on a Daimler engine license. Levassor obtained his licence from Paris lawyer Edouard Sarazin, a friend and representative of Gottlieb Daimler's interests in France. Following Sarazin's death in 1887, Daimler commissioned Sarazin's widow Louise to carry on her late husband's agency. The Panhard et Levassor license was finalised by Louise, who married Levassor in 1890. Daimler and Levassor became fast friends, and shared improvements with one another.

These first vehicles set many modern standards, but each was a one-off design. They used a clutch pedal to operate a chain-driven gearbox. The vehicle also featured a front-mounted radiator. An 1895 Panhard et Levassor is credited with the first modern transmission. For the 1894 Paris–Rouen Rally, Alfred Vacheron equipped his 4 horsepower (3.0 kW; 4.1 PS) with a steering wheel, believed to be one of the earliest employments of the principle.

In 1891, the company built its first all-Levassor design, a "state of the art" model: the Système Panhard consisted of four wheels, a front-mounted engine with rear wheel drive, and a crude sliding-gear transmission. It would remain the standard until Cadillac introduced synchromesh in 1928. This was to become the standard layout for automobiles for most of the next century. The same year, Panhard et Levassor shared their Daimler engine license with bicycle maker Armand Peugeot, who formed his own car company. Source Wikipedia.

Chatsworth, Derbyshire

taken from my backyard on May 12 , 2020 just before midnight . 26 subframes 120 sec each stack in PI

Margate, February 2021.

Dwarf 3

141 45-second subframes