For July 2020, the entries displayed below.
Lagoon and Trifid by Rohan Hinton
Lagoon and Trifid by Rohan Hinton
First light with my new William Optics RedCat 51, a 1.5hr unguided image. I love how this little scope performs, the stars are crisp, the colours pop and you really gain a feel for how vast spaces is. This wider view of the sky (compared to my regular deep space photos) contains the Lagoon & Trifid Nebulae, a globular cluster, 3 open clusters and countless stars.
Equipment:
William Optics RedCat 51
SkyWatcher EQ6-R Pro
ZWO ASI294MC Pro
IDAS D2 LPS Filter
Capture Details:
148 x 30s @ 120 Gain & -10C
No flat frames
1 master dark frame
1 master superbias frame
Stacked & composed in Pixinsight
Final colour & cropping tweaks Adobe Lightroom/Photoshop
Jupiter by Michael Little
Jupiter by Michael Little
I haven’t been to a meet yet but after buying my first proper telescope in June I’ve been working on my planetary skills and after splurging on a planetary camera I’ve managed one half-decent Saturn and one half-decent Jupiter (with Europa). The third image Just for interest shows my progress from mid June (phone camera) to early July. Credit goes to my brother Rob Little who joined me that evening and did some very solid assisting with the focus knob.
Saturn by Michael Little
Saturn by Michael Little
I haven’t been to a meet yet but after buying my first proper telescope in June I’ve been working on my planetary skills and after splurging on a planetary camera I’ve managed one half-decent Saturn and one half-decent Jupiter (with Europa). The third image Just for interest shows my progress from mid June (phone camera) to early July. Credit goes to my brother Rob Little who joined me that evening and did some very solid assisting with the focus knob.
Jupiter by Michael Little
Jupiter by Michael Little
I haven’t been to a meet yet but after buying my first proper telescope in June I’ve been working on my planetary skills and after splurging on a planetary camera I’ve managed one half-decent Saturn and one half-decent Jupiter (with Europa). The third image Just for interest shows my progress from mid June (phone camera) to early July. Credit goes to my brother Rob Little who joined me that evening and did some very solid assisting with the focus knob.
Waxing Crescent Moon by John Sandoval
Waxing Crescent Moon by John Sandoval
Location: Hornsby
Equipment: Celestron EdgeHD 9.25, Losmandy GM11G, Nikon Z7
Light Frames: 110
Exposure: 1/100 sec, ISO 64
Stacker: RegiStax 6
Camera set to 5 fps and captured 110 frames in approx 30 secs. Subs were converted to greyscale before stacking. Used RegiStax wavelets to sharpen image.
Trifid Nebula by John Sandoval
Trifid Nebula by John Sandoval
Location: Hornsby
Equipment: Celestron EdgeHD 9.25 with .7x Reducer
Astronimix UHC filter
Losmandy GM11G
Nikon Z7 DX mode
Orion 60mm guide scope
Lacerta MGEN II auto guider
Light Frames: 140 - 180 secs at ISO 2000
Dark Frames: 60 - 180 secs at ISO 2000
Bias Frames: 60 - 1/8000 secs at ISO 2000
Stacker: DeepSkyStacker
The Lagoon Nebula (Messier 8) by David Stevenson, Ha only
The Lagoon Nebula (Messier 8) by David Stevenson, Ha only
OTA: Skywatcher 120ED APO Triplet
Mount: Skywatcher AZEQ6 Pro
Camera: ZWO 1600 Pro with Filters and OAG
Ha, 21 x 60 sec
The Lagoon Nebula (Messier 8) by David Stevenson
The Lagoon Nebula (Messier 8) by David Stevenson
OTA: Skywatcher 120ED APO Triplet
Mount: Skywatcher AZEQ6 Pro
Camera: ZWO 1600 Pro with Filters and OAG
Green - 38x30sec
Red - 39x30sec
Blue - 37x60sec
Helix Nebula by Chris Vaughan
Helix Nebula captured with a GSO 8" F5 newt, ASI071 OSC camera using a STC Duo filter by Chris Vaughan.
58 hours of 6min subs. Processed in Pixinsight.