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Name:
Bray Falls
Object:
m51
Description:
This is a 19hr integration of m51 taken from a red zone using an orion ed80tcf and sbig st8300m. Color was composed of 200x5m exposures and color was composed of 24x150s bin 2x2 for each color channel.
Name:
Jeff Weiss
Object:
M81, M82 and IFN
Description:
9.8 hr HaLRGB with emphasis on the surrounding IFN at good transparancy (SQM 21.6+). Composited with 12.2 hours of HaLRGB on the M81,M82 galaxies only for 22 hours total exposure on the galaxies.
Name:
Carina Nebula - 2 Panel Mosaic
Object:
Carina Nebula
Description:
2 Panel Mosaic - 61 x 2m Ha @ 1480mm / f6.3 / QHY9m using c9.25" Edge HD + 21 x 1m Combined as LRGB with RGB @ 620mm / f2 / QHY12 using C11" RASA. CGX Mount. Processing PI & Photoshop, Total Integration 143 minutes
Name:
Miroslav Horvat
Object:
Markarian chain
Description:
Markarian's Chain is a stretch of galaxies that forms part of the Virgo Cluster. It is called "chain" because, when viewed from Earth, the galaxies lie along a smoothly curved line.
Name:
M101 LRGB + Ha
Object:
M101
Description:
I had finished up this galaxy in May with 10hrs of luminance data but wanted to add more L data to clean things up. Here is my final version of M101 in LRGB + Ha data with a total of 17hrs of L data and 29.5hrs of total integration time. Captured with my QSI 690 WSG-8 and RC8
Name:
Dave Watkins
Object:
M82
Description:
Scope: Celestron Edge HD 8" with 0.7 reducer Camera: Atik 460EX mono Celestron OAG, QHY5L-II camera Mount: Orion Sirius EQ-G EQASCOM mount control PHD2 guiding Nebulosity imaging Processed in PixInsight, Noise reduction in Noise Ninja Ha (Orion 7nm) 12 x 20min R,G,B 8 x 5 min didn't get to capture any luminance because the sun was coming up!
Name:
Diego Colonnello
Object:
M8
Description:
I wanted to test my Telescope after replacing the secondary mirror for a bigger one, i calculated that my old secondary's 100% illumination was about 7 mm and my sensor is about 18 wide, so by replacing the secondary the 100 % illumination now covers all the sensor, this is the result.... M8 ha 10 x 300 oiii 10 x 300 sii 10 x 300 Some how i have less vignette or nasty gradients from the filters, this photo has no Flats on it. This is a real difference in comparison with the way it was behaving before, now it is a new telescope.....
Name:
Chris Massa
Object:
Thor's Helmet (NGC 2359)
Description:
18.7 hours of narrowband R: Ha + S2 G: OIII + 0.1*SII B: OIII Ha: 20 x 1200s OIII: 18 x 1200s SII: 18 x 1200s Scope: 10" TPO f/4 Newt Camera: Atik 383L+, EFW2 filter wheel, Baader 36mm NB filters Mount: Paramount MX+ Guiding: Lodestar X2, Orion Thin OAG, PHD2 Automation: SGP Processing: PixInsight Imaged from my home observatory in northern California from mid February to mid March.
Name:
Miroslav Horvat
Object:
Horsehead and Flame nebula
Description:
Optics: SW ED80/FF x0.85 Camera: Qhy8 color Mount and guidng: NEQ6 Pro, SW 9x50 finderguider Guding camera: Qhy5L-IIc Exposure: 11x900s Software: PHD2, Nebulosity, Pixinsight 1.8, PS CS6 Location: Petrova Gora, Croatia
Name:
Diego Colonnello
Object:
NGC 6188
Description:
NGC 6188 is an emission nebula located about 4,000 light years away in the constellation Ara. The bright open cluster NGC 6193, visible to the naked eye, is responsible for a region of reflection nebulosity within NGC 6188.[1][2] NGC 6188 is a star forming nebula, and is sculpted by the massive, young stars that have recently formed there â some are only a few million years old. This spark of formation was probably caused when the last batch of stars went supernova. Shot with a QHY9S ZWO narrowband Filters 20 x 240 seconds on each filter, Ha, Sii and Oiii Processed on Photoshop and lightroom. Newtonian telescope 8 inch F5.
Name:
Diego Colonnello
Object:
Final version of this try at the tarantula nebula
Description:
After trying to get details from a cropped photo using the existing data that i had this is maybe the best i can get it.... Red channel Sii 10x240s Green Channel Ha 10x240 Blue channel Oiii 10x240 8 inch Newt, carbon fiber tube. Qhy9s camera and ZWO filters
Name:
Diego Colonnello
Object:
A colored Tarantula Nebula
Description:
Narrowband work of some Tarantula Data that i had tried to process before, i am finding it hard with this Tarantula.... Red channel Sii 10x240s Green Channel Ha 10x240 Blue channel Oiii 10x240 8 inch Newt, carbon fiber tube. Qhy9s camera and ZWO filters
Name:
Mark Blundell (UK)
Object:
IC 410
Description:
Note: Only used a DSLR before, this is my first time imaging with a CCD "type" camera. Source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/100156432@N06/ First light with my new ZWO ASI 1600mm-Cool (CMOS) camera, complete with electronic ZWO filter wheel and filters. I managed to get 5 Oiii and 11 Ha 10min subs which was just enough to have a go at doing my first Bi-Colour which was a big learning curve. I used Annie's Actions "HA-Oiii Bi-Colour" tool to Bring the "Starless Ha" and "Starless Oiii" together and then add the Ha (with stars) as a luminance layer. EQUIPMENT:- Telescope Meade 6000 115mm and AZ-EQ6 GT, ZWO ASI1600mm-Cool cmos camera, Orion Mini Auto Guide, Astronomik 12nm Ha Filter, Astronomik Oiii Filter, Chip Temp Cooled to -20 degC, IMAGING DETAILS:- IC 410 (Auriga), Gain 139 (Unit Gain), Dithering, 11 Ha subs@600sec (1h 50min), 5 Oiii subs@600sec (50min), Total imaging Time 2h 40min, 20 Darks, No Flats, PROCESSING/GUIDING SOFTWARE:- APT "Astro Photograph Tools", DSS, PS CS2.
Name:
Mark Blundell (UK)
Object:
NGC2244
Description:
FYI enjoy you video's, cant watch them live as I'm in the UK but keep up the good work. Note: this is my latest image. Source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/100156432@N06/ Well February was a wash out but as I had such a good January I can't complain. So in the meantime I've had a go at a Hubble Palette (ish as there is no Sii) of my Rosette Nebula. EQUIPMENT:- Telescope Meade 6000 115mm and AZ-EQ6 GT ZWO ASI1600mm-Cool cmos camera Orion Mini Auto Guide Astronomik 12nm Ha Filter Astronomik Oiii Filter Chip Temp Cooled to -20 degC IMAGING DETAILS:- NGC 2237 Rosette Nebula (Monoceros) NGC 2238 & 2239 part of above NGC 2244 Open Cluster Gain 75 Ha Gain 139 Oiii (Unit Gain) Dithering 18 Ha subs@600sec (3h) 22 Oiii subs@300sec (1h 50min) Total imaging Time 4h 50min 20 Darks 12 Flats PROCESSING/GUIDING SOFTWARE:- APT "Astro Photograph Tools" DSS PS CS2
Name:
Jeffrey Geiss
Object:
M42
Description:
LRGB @ 6 hours
Name:
Rosette Nebula
Object:
Nebula
Description:
This is a Ha OII LRGB combo image, Total acquisition was about 20 hours over 5 days in early February. Takahashi FSQ 106 ED4, QSI 6120, 0.73 focal reducer.
Name:
Adam Landefeld
Object:
M81
Description:
This is the first serious image with my new SkyWatcher Esprit 120. We had a couple days recently with unusually good seeing for winter time, so I was able to get 12.5 hours total LRGB at a dark sky site.
Name:
Miroslav Horvat
Object:
Leo Triplet - M65, M66, NGC3628
Description:
This was my first try with this object. It was imaged with 8" newtonian reflector. It`s about 4 hours of exposure. Telescope : SW200p Mount: NEQ6pro Camera: QHY8 Guiding camera: QHY5L-II Gain: 3 Offset : 123 Exposure: 22x600 sec Location : Petrova gora, Croatia
Name:
(Yet Another) Orion Region
Object:
Orion, Running Man, Horsehead and Flame
Description:
I recently picked up a William Optics Star 71 and this is from my first night out with it. This was mostly 4 minute exposures with some 30 second exposures - only about 3 hours total integration time. I need to blend in some shorter exposures into the trapezium, but I thought this was a pretty good result for a first night out with a new scope on my modified Canon 6D.
Name:
Joe Perulero
Object:
Leo Triplet galaxies
Description:
5.5hrs of 5min OSC shots using an SBIG STF8300C CCD and Williams Optics 120mm F7.5 refractor on a NEQ6 mount.(No LPS filter) This shot show the Galaxies M65, M66 and NGC3628 in the field. Stacking was done in DDS and processing in Pixinsight and Photoshop CC