For May 2020, the entries displayed below.
Orion Nebula, Monthly Showcase - John Bijovski
Orion Nebula (M42, NGC 1976)
30/03/2020,00:50
Sydney,Australia
200mm Reflector Telescope
HEQ5 Pro Mount
Nikon DSLR
Processed with Registax6 and PhotoScapeX
Waning Gibbous Moon, Monthly Showcase - John Bijovski
Waning Gibbous Moon
05/05/2020,23:30
Sydney,Australia
200mm Reflector Telescope,
HEQ5 Pro mount
Nikon DSLR
Processed with Registax6 and PhotoScapeX
Lagoon and Trifid Nebulae, Monthly Showcase - John Sandoval
Lagoon and Trifid Nebulae
Equipment used:
• Takahashi FSQ106edx4 refractor 530mm f/5
• Nikon Z7 MIL camera
• Astronimik CLS (City Light Suppression) 2-inch filter
• Lacerta MGEN-II auto guider
• 60mm x 240mm focal length guide scope + 2x barlow on Sky-Watcher guidescope mount
• Losmandy GM811G mount
Location and date: Hornsby, NSW • 29 May 2020 12:00-03:00 am
Light Frames: 70 x 150 seconds at ISO 2000
Dark Frames: 60 x 150 seconds at ISO 2000
Bias Frames: 70 x 1/8000 second at ISO 2000
Stacked using DeepSkyStacker
Trifid and Lagoon Nebulae, Monthly Showcase - Ramon Goldfried
Trifid and Lagoon Nebulae
Location: Terrey Hills Observation site
Date: 30/05/2020
Gear: HEQ5Pro - Belt modded, SW ED80, Nikon D5300, x0.85 flattener/Reducer.
Images: 18 x 120s lights, 20 x Flats, 20 x Bias, 7 x Darks
Moon, Monthly Showcase - Ross Evans
Canon 6D MkII.
1/400 sec each frame.
ISO 400
100-400mm Canon zoom lens.
All processing done in camera.
Comet C/2020 F8 SWAN, Monthly Showcase - Rohan Hinton
Comet C/2020 F8 SWAN
Location: Maroubra, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Equipment:
SkyWatcher 190mm MakNewt
SkyWatcher EQ6-R Pro
ZWO ASI294MC Pro
ZWO 60mm Guidescope
ZWO ASI290MM Mini
Capture Details:
77 x 30 seconds @ 120 Gain & -10C
30 x dark frames
1 x super bias frame
Stacked & edited in Pixinsight for both comet & stars, then combined using Pixel Math algorithm.
Final cropping, light pollution/gradient & dust spot removal in Adobe Lightroom & Photoshop
Sunset with Venus, Monthly Showcase - Seaforth Anderson
Taken at around 35000ft from the flight deck
Umbra, Monthly Showcase - Seaforth Anderson
Taken at around 35000ft from the flight deck