A quick image using essentially the default settings using standard planetary/solar processing.
I selected the best 50% of a 1000 images taken on the 26th Nov 2020 (in Leichardt)
The images are the first light on a Lunt 80mm solar scope using a ZWO ASI174 camera taken on the 2020-11-26 during the day in Leichhardt
It was taken at the Terrey Hills site on an observing night when they had a laser light show on the community oval.
Taken on a Canon 6D Mk2 ISO 400 exposure 10 seconds. The lens was a Canon 50mm. There has been very minimal changes to the actual photo in photoshop, it is pretty much how it looked on the night.
NGC2024 Keyhole Nebula
Starless narrowband image
Ha 20 x 240s
O3 8 x 240s
These were taken using the ASI1600mm Pro and Skywatcher ED120 ESPRIT OTA
M16 Eagle Nebula narrowband nebula (ie. with stars removed)
Ha 35 x 120s
O3 12 x 180s
S2 30 x 180s
Continuing on with images from last month was my primary target, the Lagoon Nebula
For the LRGB image:
Blue 16 at 50s, Green 8 at 180s, Red 12 at 50s, Lum 8 at 50s.
Lagoon Nebula Narrowband with RGB stars
Ha 8 at 180s, O3 8 at 180s, S2 17 at 180s
In recent months, I've upgraded hardware and have concentrated more on learning PixInsight etc and not actually finishing images.
The M45 Pleiades, M8 Lagoon Nebula and NGC2024 Flame / Barnard 33 Horsehead Nebulas were images from last month's observation night in Terrey Hills. It was my first night with a QHY600M-PH camera. It has a full-frame sensor with a similar pixel size to my ZWO ASI1600MM Pro which results in a larger field of view. This camera presents some extra challenges flattening the image from the SkyWatcher ED120 ESPRIT
My target for the night was the M8. I wanted to compare the image from the QHY600M and the ASI1600MM.
Around midnight, as M8 was getting a bit too low to continue imaging, I noticed Orion rising and in addition, someone pointed out that the Pleiades was also rising. I thought that I might as well try for it as my object was now too low in the sky and I had never imaged Pleiades.
Remembering the Pleiades was blue, I tried to collect some O3 images but with no luck seeing the nebula with that filter. So, running out of time to do any research, I took a chance on imaging using LRGB filters at 60s.
Later, listening to Fred Watson podcast, I learned there was an association between Pleiades and the Subaru car emblem.
Various unsubstantiated explanations exist around translations from Japanese but there seems no doubt about the association with the Subaru Logo and M45 Pleiades.
The Pleiades star cluster inspired the Subaru logo and alludes to the five companies that merged to create Fuji Heavy Industries in 1953 (now Subaru Corporation).
I captured my images after midnight at our October observation night in Terrey Hills
They consist of 20 x Blue, 10 x Green, 10 x Red and 10 x Lum all at 60 seconds each
The 3rd image taken on that night was narrowband only and included the Flame and Horsehead nebula
Ha 10 at 180s, O3 10 at 180s, S2 15 at 180s
Mars, Jupiter and Saturn by Richard Maschmeyer
6" untracked Dob and a smartphone adapter. Lindfield 2070.
M42 (The Great Orion Nebula) by Mehdi Sanayei
Location: West Lindfield, next to Lane cove park
Processed: by SharpCap
Taken by: ZWO224MC Camera and Saxon 80*400mm f5 reflector telescope
NGC 104 Globular Cluster by Mehdi Sanayei
Location: West Lindfield, next to Lane cove park
Processed: by SharpCap
Taken by: ZWO224MC Camera and Saxon 80*400mm f5 reflector telescope
Astrobackyard by Mehdi Sanayei
Photography only
A backyard to Lane Cove National park
Camera ZWO224MC with provided wide angle lens
21 October 2020, 04:47 AM
Taken with ASICAP application
Processed with Fitswork
Object M17 - Omega Nebula
Date 2020 09 11
Time 21:34
Images 51 x 10s lights, stacked
Location Lindfield NSW
OTA Skywatcher ED-80
Mount Skywatcher EQ5
Camera ZWO AS017 MC Pro
Tracking ASI-AIR Pro
Processing ASI-AIR Pro, Astro Pixel Processor, Photoshop
Object NGC253 - Sculptor Galaxy
Date 2020 10 05
Time 00:12
Images 150 x 60s lights, stacked
Location Lindfield NSW
OTA Skywatcher ED-80
Mount Skywatcher EQ5
Camera ZWO AS017 MC Pro
Tracking ASI-AIR Pro
Processing ASI-AIR Pro, Astro Pixel Processor, Photoshop
NGC1763 and surrounds. Part of the Large Magellanic Cloud.
Capture details: 14.5 hrs of 10min subs over 11-24 Sep.
Equipment: ASI071 OSC with Optolong l-extreme dual band filter. Using GSO 8"F5 newt with Baader Coma Corrector. Modified CGEM mount with guiding.
Capture software: SGPro, Sharpcap, PHD2, Sky Safari.
Processing software: pixinsight
Tarantula Nebula - 2020-10-10 - Inner West Sydney
31 x 420 sec subs
Live-stacked in SharpCap Pro
20 x Dark calibration frames
Celestron Edge HD800 with 0.7 x Reducer
ASI294MC-Pro Imaging Camera
Guide Camera ASI290MM & ZWO OAG
Optolong L-Extreme filter
Lagoon Nebula - 2020-10-01 - Inner West Sydney
20 x 180 sec subs
Live-stacked in SharpCap Pro
No calibration frames
Celestron Edge HD800 with 0.7 x Reducer
ASI294MM-Pro Imaging Camera
Guide Camera ASI290MM & 240mm guide scope
Optolong L-Extreme
Helix Nebula - 2020-10-02 - Inner West Sydney
15 x 300 sec subs
Live-stacked in SharpCap Pro
No calibration frames
Celestron Edge HD800 with 0.7 x Reducer
ASI294MM-Pro Imaging Camera
Guide Camera ASI290MM & 240mm guide scope
Optolong L-Extreme
Eagle Nebula - 2020-10-08 - Inner West Sydney
10 x 420 sec subs
Live-stacked in SharpCap Pro
20 x Dark calibration frames
Celestron Edge HD800 with 0.7 x Reducer
ASI294MC-Pro Imaging Camera
Guide Camera ASI290MM & ZWO OAG
Optolong L-Extreme filter
The Great Orion Nebula bu Mehdi Sanayei
M42, The Great Orion Nebula
Created: Monday, 21 September 2020, 3:54:07 AM
Location: West Lindfield, next to Lane cove park
Processed: by SharpCap
Taken by: ZWO224MC Camera and SkyWwatcher 1500/127 Maksutov
Lagoon Nebula and Trifid Nebula by Gary Jones
Target: M8/NGC-6523 - Lagoon Nebula + M20/NGC-6514 - Trifid Nebula
Location: NSAS Beginner's night, Terrey Hills, NSW, Australia
Time: Saturday 29 August, 2020 @ 20:45:30
Exposure: 6 x light frames @ 120 seconds, auto-stacked
OTA: SkyWatcher Esprit 80/400mm APO Triplet
Mount: Skywatcher EQ5
Camera: ZWO ASI-071-MC Colour CMOS
Computer: ZWO AISI-Air Pro + iPad for Polar Alignment and image capture
Images: 16-bit colour, 4,944 x 3,284 pixel, cropped and colour balanced using Photoshop
Sculptor Galaxy by Gary Jones
Target: NGC-253 - Sculptor Galaxy
Location: Lindfield, NSW, Australia
Time: Sunday 06 September, 2020 @ 00:48:12
Exposure: 45 x light frames @ 5 seconds, auto-stacked
OTA: SkyWatcher Esprit 80/400mm APO Triplet
Mount: Skywatcher EQ5
Camera: ZWO ASI-071-MC Colour CMOS
Computer: ZWO AISI-Air Pro + iPad for Polar Alignment and image capture
Images: 16-bit colour, 4,944 x 3,284 pixel, cropped and colour balanced using Photoshop
Helix Nebula by Gary Jones
Target: NGC-7293 = Helix Nebula
Location: Lindfield, NSW, Australia
Time: Sunday 13 September, 2020 @ 00:19:54
Exposure: 30 x light frames @ 120 seconds, auto-stacked
OTA: SkyWatcher Esprit 80/400mm APO Triplet
Mount: Skywatcher EQ5
Camera: ZWO ASI-071-MC Colour CMOS
Computer: ZWO AISI-Air Pro + iPad for Polar Alignment and image capture
Images: 16-bit colour, 4,944 x 3,284 pixel, cropped and colour balanced using Photoshop
Lagoon Nebula by Bill Kaloudis
Inner West Sydney
7:30pm - 70 x 60" live-stacked
Light Pollution Filter
Celestron EdgeHD 800
0.7x Celestron Reducer
ASI294MC-Pro Camera
Omega Nebula by Bill Kaloudis
2020-09-28, Inner West Sydney
15 x 120 sec subs
Live-stacked in SharpCap Pro
15 x Dark calibration frames
Celestron Edge HD800 with 0.7 x Reducer
ASI294MM-Pro Imaging Camera
Guide Camera ASI290MM & 240mm guide scope - Time to switch to an OAG
Generic UHC light pollution filter
Eastern Veil Nebula by Ramon Goldfried
Date: 18/08/2020
Location: Govetts Leap Lookout up at Blackheath.
SW ED80 with x0.85 reducer/flattener.
HEQ5PRO belt mod.
Nikon D5300 unmodified.
ZWO mini guide scope with ZWO ASI120MM and a x2 barlow.
21 x 120sec, ISO 200
30 x flats
30 x Bias
ISS Lunar Transit by John Sandoval
Location: Mt. Colah
Equipment:
Celestron EdgeHD 9.25
Losmandy GM11G
Nikon Z7 FX mode
Exposure: 5 frames per second at 1/1600 second ISO 1250
The duration of the transit was less than 1 second, and was to occur at 01:51:12.00 am. I started taking photos at 5 frames per second from 10 seconds before the anticipated event time up to 20 seconds after the event time, producing some 150 individual photos. I managed to capture the ISS transiting the moon in 3 photos. This is a composite of those 3 photos.
Lagoon Nebula and Trifid Nebula by Gary Jones
Location: NSAS, Terrey Hills, NSW, Australia
Date & Time: Saturday 29 August, 2020 @ about 8pm-ish
Equipment:
OTA: SkyWatcher Esprit 80/400mm APO Triplet
Mount: Skywatcher EQ5
Camera: ZWO ASI-071-MC Colour CMOS
Computer: ZWO AISI-Air Pro + iPad for Polar Alignment and image capture
Target:
M8, NGC 6523 (Lagoon Nebula)
M20, NGC6514 (Trifid Nebula)
RA: 271.127895 °
DEC: -24.3749 °
Image:
Mode: 16-bit colour
Exposure: 1 x light frame @ 5 seconds.
Size: 4,944 x 3,284 pixels
Processing: Cropped and colour balanced using Photoshop
NGC7293 (Helix Nebula) by David Stevenson
Photo taken from Back yard in Turramurra
Skywatcher EDO 120mm Apochromatic Esprit
Skywatcher AZEQ6 GT Mount
390 Light Frames – 240 mins or 6 hours capture time
90 x 60 sec Lum
87 x 30 sec Red
90 x 30 sec Blue
76 x 30 sec Green
47 x 30 sec Ha
Processed in PixInsight
Jupiter by Bill Kaloudis
- Jupiter with red spot transit & visible Moons
- Backyard, Inner West Sydney - Lucky Imaging
- Acquisition time - 2020-08-28 at 7:15pm.
- ASI290MM Monochrome camera with LRGB Filters
- Celestron EdgeHD 800
- Televue 2x Powermate
- Saxon AZ-EQ6 GT Mount in EQ configuration
- SharpCap Pro, Autostakkert!, Registax, Photoshop
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 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.
Equipment: SkyWatcher 190mm MakNewt, SkyWatcher EQ6-R Pro, ZWO ASI294MC Pro, ZWO 60mm Guidescope, ZWO ASI290MM Mini, IDAS D2 LPS Filter. Capture Details: 360 x 30s @ 120 Gain & -10C, 15 x flat frames, 50 x dark frames, 1 superbias frame, Stacked & composed in Pixinsight, Colour tweaks in Adobe Lightroom & Photoshop
The Moon, Celestron NexStar 6SE, 25mm eyepiece and Apple iPhone 6. f/2.2, 1/33 sec, ISO 40, auto, no flash, GSO ND96 13% Moon filer.
Messier 8 - straight LRBG M8 shot
Taken at around 35000ft from the flight deck
Taken at around 35000ft from the flight deck
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
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
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
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
Waning Gibbous Moon
05/05/2020,23:30
Sydney,Australia
200mm Reflector Telescope,
HEQ5 Pro mount
Nikon DSLR
Processed with Registax6 and PhotoScapeX
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
Orion Nebula (M42, NGC 1976)
Moon
Leo Triplet (M65, M66, and NGC 3628)
Cat's Paw Nebula (NGC 6334, Bear Claw Nebula, or Gum 64)
Eta Carina Nebula (NGC 3372)
Southern Pinwheel Galaxy (also known as Messier 83, M83, or NGC 5236). Photo by Greg McCall
Comet 46P/Wirtanen. Photo by Greg McCall
The Orion Nebula (also known as Messier 42, M42, or NGC 1976). Photo by Greg McCall
The Trifid Nebula (also catalogued as M20 or as NGC 6514). Photo by Greg McCall
Greg McCall's January 2020 Monthly Showcase-winning image of the Triffid Nebula
John Sandoval's November 2019 Monthly Showcase-winning image of Orion Nebula and Running Man
Saturn - moon occultation, Nick Angelini 12/08/19
Kym Haines - CG4/Hand of God - Sept 2019
Trifid Nebula - Kym Haines, August 2019
The moon - taken with a smartphone through a telescope, by Seaforth Anderson July 2019.
NGC 3372 Eta Carinae Nebula - Daniel Patos, July 2019
NGC 5139 (Centaurus A galaxy) by Igor Hodoba May 2019
Omega Centauri globular cluster - David Stevenson - April 2019
M1 Crab Nebula - Phil Angilley 2019
Moon First Half - John Sandoval 2019
Moon First Half near meridian, April 5:40pm AEST. Meade LX10 SCT 8" FL 2000mm f/10, Nikon Z7 ISO 400, 1/160 sec, 34 images resized to 5400x3600 pixels, stacked.
Mehdi Sanayei (Mike) - 30th March 2019
Taken with the wide-angle lens provided by the ZWO224MC camera, on the cold and windy Saturday observing night (30th March 2019) - Mehdi Sanayei (Mike).
NGC 1365 (Great Barred Spiral Galaxy) - Chris Vaughan, Feb 2019
M42 Great Orion Nebula - Kym Haines (Jan 2019)
Jupiter with its 7 moons Mehdi Sanayei 1/01/2019
Early this morning moon Mehdi Sanayei 1/01/2019
Comet 46P / Wirtanen by Phil Angilley 01/12/2018
Hunter Valley Star Trails – John Sandoval 4/10/2019
Uluru Star Trails Video – John Sandoval 7/05/2019
Saturn Reappearance – Lunar occultation of Saturn – Images by John Sandoval, video assembled by Jean-Luc Gaubicher 25/04/2019
Comet 46P Wirtanen – David Stevenson 6/12/2018