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