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Name:
Diego COlonnello
Object:
Eta Carina
Description:
Testing the ZWO ASI 1600mm Cool.... Carina Nebula HST. 8 inch f5 Newt 10 x 60 seg subs on each filter, Sii Ha, Oiii Faster and more sensitive......
Name:
Jeffrey E. Shokler
Object:
Hercules Cluster (M13)
Description:
The Great Globular Cluster in Hercules (M13) from Sunday night. It contains over 300,000 stars packed into a small volume of space ca. 150 light years across. The cluster lies 25,000 light years from us, and its stars are very old - about 12-13 billion years old. Canon 5D Mark II (astromodified; Baader UV/IR cut) Stellarvue 130EDT (f7) Celestron CGEM mount 1250 ISO 11x5 min subexposures (55min total integration) Guided (Lacerta MGEN II) PixInsight (calibrated, registered, stacked, post-processed) Photoshop (finish processing)
Name:
Mark Blundell (UK)
Object:
M63 Sunflower Galaxy
Description:
EQUIPMENT:- Telescope Meade 6000 115mm and AZ-EQ6 GT - ZWO ASI1600mm-Cool cmos camera - Orion Mini Auto Guide - ZWO L,R,G,B Filter - Chip Temp Cooled to -20 degC IMAGE DETAILS:- Gain 139 (Unit Gain) - Dithering - 30 Lum subs@180sec (1h 30min) - 12 Red subs@180sec (36min) - 12 Green subs@180sec (36min) - 12 Blue subs@180sec (36min) - Total imaging Time 3h 18min - 20 Darks - 12 Flats PROCESSING/GUIDING SOFTWARE:- APT "Astro Photograph Tools" - DSS - Photoshop CS2....
Name:
Cory Phillips
Object:
Milky Way Galactic Wide field. Eagal, Omega, Trifid, Lagoon, Sag Star Cloud, ETC.
Description:
Composite of 32x 2min exposures through a 40mm f2.8 pancake lens, Bresser Exos 2 Mount. Stacked/Processed in Photoshop and Lightroom CC
Name:
Nicolas Kizilian
Object:
Crescent nebula & soap bubble nebula Bicolor
Description:
A fresh new image from last 3 days. William Optics Zenithstar 66 / Moravian G2-8300 CCD / Azeq6 Mount. Acquisition : Ha : 13x15mn OIII : 23x15mn Total exposure : 9h Processed with Pixinisght & Photoshop CS6.
Name:
Diego Colonnello
Object:
M16
Description:
This is my first M16, testing a GSO RC8 and shot with narrowband filters, needs heaps more Data and more exposure time, the F8 telescope its too slow compared to my 8 inch newt at f5, thinking of moving on to an RC10 or stick to my newt and learn to get more and better data.... QHY9S, ZWO filters, EQ6 mount.
Name:
ArtĊĞras Medvedevas
Object:
NGC5033 with friends
Description:
Equipment/Acquisition Details: Imaging Scope: SkyWatcher Explorer 130PDS 650mm F5 newtonian reflector Imaging Camera: Starlight Xpress Trius-SX694 Mono CCD Filter Wheel: Starlight Xpress Mini Filter Wheel w/ Integrated OAG Filters: 1.25" mounted Baader LRGB filters, 1.25" mounted Astrodon 3nm Ha filter Guide Camera: Lodestar X2 Mount: SkyWatcher NEQ6 with wedge upgrade, hypertuned Accessories/Software: Baader MPCC Mk.III, QHY Polemaster, EQMOD, PHD2, Sequence Generator Pro, Pixinsight Integration Details: 105x300s L (1x1bin), 26x300s R (1x1bin), 24x300s G (1x1bin), 290x300s B (1x1bin), 20x900s Ha. TOTAL: 20 Hours 20 minutes.
Name:
Mark Holbrook
Object:
M106 Galaxy
Description:
Just another one of those bad Hyperstar galaxy images made on a C14 Edge using a QHY178M camera using 50 x 45sec for RGB. 100 x 90sec for Ha, and 125 x 45sec for Lum. I also used a ZWO EFI mini filter wheel which I heard is not allowed on Hyperstar. I have some other bad Hyperstar galaxy images on my astrobin page (all in fun) if anyone is interested. Thanks to you guys on TAIC for getting me started in AI about a year ago. You are much appreciated!
Name:
ArtĊĞras Medvedevas
Object:
M51 Whirlpool galaxy
Description:
http://arturas.space/images/m51/5921fd7fed053c09de9efa99 This was imaged from the middle of a city surounded by streetlights and I no longer have astrodark, so it was only nautical dark. SQM reading was ~18.9 at best. Equipment/Acquisition Details: Imaging Scope: SkyWatcher Explorer 250PDS 1200mm F4.7 newtonian reflector Imaging Camera: Starlight Xpress Trius-SX694 Mono CCD Filter Wheel: Starlight Xpress Mini Filter Wheel w/ Integrated OAG Filters: 1.25" mounted Baader LRGB filters Guide Camera: Lodestar X2 Mount: SkyWatcher NEQ6 with wedge upgrade, hypertuned, beltmod Accessories/Software: Baader MPCC Mk.III, QHY Polemaster, EQMOD, PHD2, Sequence Generator Pro, Pixinsight Integration Details: 18x120s L (1x1bin), 10x90s R (2x2bin), 10x90s G (2x2bin), 10x90s B (2x2bin). TOTAL: 1 Hour 21 minute.
Name:
Christopher Gomez
Object:
NGC4725
Description:
Galaxy season is coming to a close but I'm glad I was able to finish this one up, NGC4725 in LRGB+Ha shot with my QSI690 WSG-8 and RC8 Please paste the following link to see full resolution http://www.astrobin.com/full/295861/0/ Enjoy!
Name:
Cory Phillips
Object:
Galactic Landscape
Description:
That urge to pull over in the middle of a highway, to look up into the vast unknown, to stand on the shoulders of giants, while we catch glimpse beyond profundity, into a reunion with that of which where we came. Tokina 12mm f3.2 10x 25sec exposures. PS,LR.
Name:
Diego Colonnello
Object:
Statue Of Liberty Nebula
Description:
Hi guys, i want to share my last revision of this Narrowband work, i have added more data and processed differently, hope you like it... 8 inch F5 newt, QHY9S camera, ZWO NB filters......
Name:
Diego Colonnello
Object:
M8
Description:
i want to share this new revision of my M8 photo, i added more data and processed it better to show more definition on details, if you compare it with my other M8 photo, you will notice a lot of features coming out, also my stars look a bit better without artifacts, i hope you like it. I am still making lots of mistakes when processing, but slowly trying to clean my workflow..... in less than a year i have been able to learn the basics, and now i am trying to go deep in to details...
Name:
Miroslav Horvat
Object:
Abell 1656 - Coma cluster
Description:
Telescope : Skywatcher ED80/0.85 FF/FR Camera: QHY8 Mount: NEQ6pro Guiding : SW 9x50 finder guider with QHY5L-IIc Exposure: 8 x 1200 sec Software: Nebulosity 3, PHD, Pixinsight, PS CS6 Location: Petrova gora, 29.04.2017.
Name:
The Head Of The Pelican Nebula
Object:
IC5070
Description:
Tailing off Deneb, here is the head of the Pelican Nebula IC5070 captured in bicolor QSI690 WSG-9 RC8 http://www.astrobin.com/full/294805/0/
Name:
Diego Colonnello
Object:
ETA CARINA NEBULA
Description:
I promise no more photos from Eta Carina, but this one i love too much not to post.... 8 inch F5 newtonian, Narrowband photo 120s x 10 each filter...
Name:
ArtĊĞras Medvedevas
Object:
NGC4565
Description:
This galaxy was quite surprising- it is really bright, and I initially planned on doing 600s L subs, but after getting RGB data decided that I will do 300s same as for RGB. Managed to pull some great detail considering my scope (5" with ~40% central obstruction), so quite happy with that. Lots of smaller galaxies out there too, not all cataloged in main catalogs though. Equipment/Acquisition Details: Imaging Scope: SkyWatcher Explorer 130PDS 650mm F5 newtonian reflector Imaging Camera: Starlight Xpress Trius-SX694 Mono CCD Filter Wheel: Starlight Xpress Mini Filter Wheel w/ Integrated OAG Filters: 1.25" mounted Baader LRGB filters Guide Camera: Lodestar X2 Mount: SkyWatcher NEQ6 with wedge upgrade, hypertuned Accessories/Software: QHY Polemaster, EQMOD, PHD2, Sequence Generator Pro, Pixinsight Integration Details: 55x300s L, 15x300s R, 14x300s G, 12x300s B. TOTAL: 8 Hours.
Name:
Diego Colonnello
Object:
Another Eta Carina
Description:
I am Sorry for showing another Eta Carina, but this one is special, first of all it was shot with SGP fully auto... SGP was in charge of centering, focusing each filter and flipping the mount half way in to the integration time.... Also made possible by the New Moonlite focuser that lets me autofocus with SGP... This test also solves a BIG problem i had with my photos, MY NARROWBAND FILTERS WHERE UPSIDE DOWN... the AR side of the filters where pointing to the telescope, allowing a glare from the sensor window to show up on the subs as a weird gradient not possible to calibrate with flats or process out easily. now the subs are totally clean after the calibration... This image has Darks and Bias subtracted, no flats... Ha, Oiii and Sii 10 x 120 seconds each filter. I now have to keep working on my guiding, as you can see, star shapes are still weird..... So far, the difference when processing is HUGE.... hope you like it.
Name:
Leo Triplet (LRGB)
Object:
Leo Triplet
Description:
My first attempt to capture these 3 beautiful galaxies in Leo from very dark site near Coonabarabran (NSW, Australia). The maximum altitude of this object from this site was 39 deg so I could only image less than 2 hours each night, also I was uncertain whether 10 minutes frames would saturate the bigger stars but after a few test shots I've decided to proceed and i'm quite happy with the amount of star colors and details in the galaxies. Dates: April 23, 2017, April 27, 2017, April 28, 2017 Astrodon Luminance E-Series Gen 2: 11x600" -20C Astrodon Tru-Balance RGB E-Series Gen 2: 25x600" -20C bin 1x1 Integration: 6.0 hours Darks: ~12 Flats: ~15 Astrobin: http://astrob.in/294164/E/
Name:
Adam Landefeld
Object:
Sombrero Galaxy
Description:
Sombrero Galaxy, 6.3 hrs LRGB with a Planewave 17" and an FLI Proline 16803