August 2021 Monthly Showcase - Saturn by David Grimes.
Imaged using a Skywatcher ED80 and a QHY 5III 462C web cam. Also a 2.5x barlow.
5 minute video taken with SharpCap, then processed with PIPP and Registax.
August 2021 Monthly Showcase - Jupiter by David Grimes.
Imaged using a Skywatcher ED80 and a QHY 5III 462C web cam. Also a 2.5x barlow.
5 minute video taken with SharpCap, then processed with PIPP and Registax.
July 2021 Monthly Showcase - Milky Way by Ross Evans.
30 sec on canon 90d 14mm lens.
July 2021 Monthly Showcase - M83 - Southern Pinwheel Galaxy By Martin Alcock
Location Beacon Hill Backyard 18th july , 58% moon
This is my first ever processed image, all done in Astro Pixel Processor
Equipment
Acquired with Asi air pro and ipad
Celestron edge hd 800 ota on a cgx mount
0.7x focal reducer with ota.
zwo 017mc pro osc main
zwo oag with 290mm guide, Baader moon & skyglow filter
56x 180sec lights -10c , gain 94, 30 darks, 60 flats, 60 dark flats
Processed in Astro pixel processor
July 2021 Monthly Showcase - Full Moon rising over the Tasman Sea by Jean-Luc Gaubicher.
Taken from our place with my Samsung Galaxy in HDR full automatic. No post processing.
June 2021 Monthly Showcase - Saturn by Richard Maschmeyer
Just thought I'd submit my first planetary shot through my new Dob. Taken on the 25th at Lindfield.
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Sky-watcher 12" f/5 Collapsible Dobsonian (manual tracking)
QHY5III462C Camera (2.9um pitch)
MaxVision 3X Focal Extender
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Focused on the Moon. Captured 180 seconds of RAW8 data with the UV\IR cut filter off. Then 180 seconds of data with the UV\IR cut filter on. Was getting about 135fps.
Frames processed in PIPP (VNG, HQ Linear)
Top 5% of frames stacked in AS!3 with 75% sharpening, no drizzle. Then each frame was treated with Topaz AI Denoise.
Frames blended in Photoshop (UV\IR off = luminance layer, on = colour layer) with a histogram stretch on both frames, followed by a slight S-shaped curves adjust.
File imported into Lightroom for additional changes to vibrancy, saturation, highlights, shadows and whites. +7 clarity and dehaze.
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June 2021 Monthly Showcase - M20 (Trifid Nebula) by Pat Harrington
This was taken in my front yard in Ryde in early June.
50x120 sec exposures
Nikon D5600 on an Orion 80mm ED scope with Astro tech 2 inch field flattner
ISO 400
Sky watcher HEQ5 Pro mount
ASIAIR for Polar alignment and guiding
Deep sky stacker
Photoshop and snapseed for processing
June 2021 Monthly Showcase - Eagle Nebula by John Sandoval
Location: Hornsby
Date taken: 26-27 June 2021
Equipment:
Celestron EdgeHD 9.25 + 0.7 focal reducer
Astronimix UHC filter
Nikon Z7 mirrorless camera
Lacerta MGEN II auto guider
Starlight Xpress OAG Adapter
Losmandy GM11G
Light Frames: 70 @ 360sec ISO 2000
Dark Frames: 70 @ 360sec ISO 2000
Bias Frames: 50 @ 1/8000sec ISO 2000
Flat Frames: 50 @ 1/400sec ISO 2000
Stacker: DeepSkyStacker
June 2021 Monthly Showcase - Trifid Nebula by John Bijovski
These pictures were taken in the Blue Mountains and at our NSAS Terrey Hills Observatory, during 2021, with the following equipment:
150 and 200mm Reflector Telescopes,
HEQ5 Mount,
Nikon DSLR,
ZWO Guide Camera.
Processed with Sequator and lightly Edited with PhotoScapeX.
June 2021 Monthly Showcase - 26/5/2021 Lunar Eclipse by John Bijovski
These pictures were taken in the Blue Mountains and at our NSAS Terrey Hills Observatory, during 2021, with the following equipment:
150 and 200mm Reflector Telescopes,
HEQ5 Mount,
Nikon DSLR,
ZWO Guide Camera.
Processed with Sequator and lightly Edited with PhotoScapeX.
June 2021 Monthly Showcase - CentaurusA Galaxy by John Bijovski
These pictures were taken in the Blue Mountains and at our NSAS Terrey Hills Observatory, during 2021, with the following equipment:
150 and 200mm Reflector Telescopes,
HEQ5 Mount,
Nikon DSLR,
ZWO Guide Camera.
Processed with Sequator and lightly Edited with PhotoScapeX.
June 2021 Monthly Showcase - NGC6357 Lobster Nebula (Narrowband with RGB stars) by Greg McCall
Imaging telescopes or lenses: Sky-Watcher 120ED APO 120mm Refractor
Imaging cameras: QHYCCD QHY600M-PH
Mounts: ASTRO-PHYSICS Mach2GTO German Equatorial Mount (MACH2GTO)
Software: Sequence Generator Pro
Filters: Chroma Blue 50mm · Chroma Green 50mm · Chroma Red 50mm · Chroma SII 5nm 50mm · Chroma Ha 5nm 50mm · Chroma Choma OIII 3nm 50mm
Dates:June 12, 2021
Frames:
Chroma Choma OIII 3nm 50mm: 9x240" (36') bin 2x2
Chroma Ha 5nm 50mm: 28x240" (1h 52') bin 1x1
Chroma SII 5nm 50mm: 17x240" (1h 8') bin 3x3
June 2021 Monthly Showcase - NGC6357 Lobster Nebula (LRGB) by Greg McCall
Taken at our last astro night at the Forest Trail Park, this is my second image from our new site.
Imaging telescopes or lenses: Sky-Watcher 120ED APO 120mm Refractor
Imaging cameras: QHYCCD QHY600M-PH
Mounts: ASTRO-PHYSICS Mach2GTO German Equatorial Mount (MACH2GTO)
Software: Sequence Generator Pro
Filters: Chroma Blue 50mm · Chroma Green 50mm · Chroma Red 50mm · Chroma Lum 50mm
Dates:June 12, 2021
Frames:
Chroma Blue 50mm: 6x240" (24') bin 2x2
Chroma Green 50mm: 16x240" (1h 4') bin 2x2
Chroma Lum 50mm: 9x240" (36') -5C bin 1x1
Chroma Red 50mm: 8x240" (32') bin 2x2
June 2021 Monthly Showcase - M17 - Omega Nebula aka The Swan Nebula by David Stevenson
Subs: 66 Frames
12 x Lum 40 Secs
18 x Green 50 Secs
18 x Red 50 Secs
12 x Blue 180 Secs
6 x Ha 120 Secs
Taken with a Skywatcher ED 120 APO Refractor on a Skywatcher AZEQ6 Mount
Processing with PixInsight and a little bit of trial using Topaz DeNoiseAI.
Plane Flyby Moon by Peter Nosworthy
On May 26th, I was livestreaming the Lunar eclipse on Youtube from my backyard observatory at Hazelbrook in the Blue Mountains. At 22:47, near the end of the partial phase, a plane flew through the field of view of one of my scopes.
The plane was a DHL Boeing 777 owned by Kalitta Air and was flying at 11,600 ft.
Equipment: 100mm f/10 Schmidt Cass. with 25mm Plossl eyepiece and iPhone 11 Pro mounted at the eyepiece.
The phone itself was not recording but was acting as a web cam feeding into my live streaming software which was recording the video feed. The image is therefore a cropped frame from the video livestream recording. That's why it has "LIVE VIEW" superimposed on it.
Lunar Eclipse by John Sandoval
Location: Terrey Hills
Equipment: Takahashi FSQ106edx4, Losmandy G11, Nikon Z7 DX mode
Exposures: 400 frames, 5 fps, 1/20 sec exposure at ISO 2000, stacked in RegiStax
The Moon by Jacinta Nicholson
Taken with iPhone and scope (with a shaky hand).
Reflection Nebula in Corona Australis by Greg McCall
NGC6726, NGC6727, NGC6729 & IC4812 Nebula
NGC6723 Globular Cluster
The image was taken on our first night at our new club observation site, about a 40-minute drive north from the centre of Sydney.
L 17 x 240s Bin 1x1
R 26 x 240s Bin 2x2
G 11 x 240s Bin 2x2
B 17 x 240s Bin 2x2
No guiding. Astro-Physics APPM model of 135 points (above 43 deg altitude)
SQM readings ranged from 20.03 to 20.15
Temperature from 6.4 to 5.4 degrees C
Imaging telescopes or lenses: Sky-Watcher 120ED APO 120mm Refractor
Imaging cameras: QHYCCD QHY600M-PH
Mounts: ASTRO-PHYSICS Mach2GTO German Equatorial Mount (MACH2GTO)
Software: Sequence Generator Pro
Dates:May 16, 2021
Frames: 71x240" (4h 44')
Lunar Eclipse by Gary Jones
Camera ZWO ASI-071-MC
OTA Skywatcher Esprit 80 400mm f5
Mount Skywatcher EQ5
Exposure 1 second
Date 26/05/2021
Time 21:06:21
Southern Lights from Australia by Stephen Thurston
Taken on a Qantas flight, 8hour flight to latitude 60degrees south
Nikon D850 ISO2000 manual focus.
The wing of the plane is in the photos.
Southern Lights from Australia by Stephen Thurston
Taken on a Qantas flight, 8hour flight to latitude 60degrees south
Nikon D850 ISO2000 manual focus.
The wing of the plane is in the photos.
Southern Lights from Australia by Stephen Thurston
Taken on a Qantas flight, 8hour flight to latitude 60degrees south
Nikon D850 ISO2000 manual focus.
The wing of the plane is in the photos.
Seagull nebula by Prasun Agrawal
This was taken from Terrey hills, over two weekends (April 3rd and 10th). Equipment used was zwo asi 183mc pro and meade 70mm f5 refractor, with l-extreme filter, on the skywatcher eq6r pro. Captured and guided with asi air pro.
The Moon by Peter Korber
Photo taken last night at Full Moon on the 27th April 2021, was taken about
8.30 pm , & saved at about 9:26 pm, with my Celestron NexStar+ 6 SE,& 25mm
PLÖSSL lens & 13% Lunar filter ND98-0.9.
Tarantula nebula by John Bijovski
Taken in the Blue Mountains and Blacktown,NSW
200mm X 1000mm Reflector Telescope,
HEQ5 Pro Mount,
Nikon DSLR,prime focus
Processed with Sequator and lightly edited with PhotoScapeX,
Pinwheel galaxy by John Bijovski
Taken in the Blue Mountains and Blacktown,NSW
200mm X 1000mm Reflector Telescope,
HEQ5 Pro Mount,
Nikon DSLR,prime focus
Processed with Sequator and lightly edited with PhotoScapeX,
Moonbeam at Port Stephens by Julie Evans
I took this photo of last nights pink moon from Soldiers Point, Port Stephens. It was only taken from my iphone 12, but I really like the moonbeam effect.
Carina nebula by John Bijovski
Taken in the Blue Mountains and Blacktown,NSW
200mm X 1000mm Reflector Telescope,
HEQ5 Pro Mount,
Nikon DSLR,prime focus
Processed with Sequator and lightly edited with PhotoScapeX,
March 2021 Monthly Showcase - Running Chicken Nebula by Pat Harrington
Taken in Perth Hills
Nikon d5600
Samyang 135mm f2 lense at F4
Iso 800
Star adventurer mount with ASIAIR for guiding and Polar alignment
45x 120 sec images
Stacked in Deep Sky stacker
Processed with photoshop and some finishing with snapseed mobile app.
March 2021 Monthly Showcase - Large Magellanic Cloud by Pat Harrington
Taken in Murrenbateman, NSW
Nikon d5600
Samyang 135mm f2 lense at F4
Iso 800
Star adventurer mount with ASIAIR for guiding and Polar alignment
35x 140 sec images
Stacked in Deep Sky stacker
Processed with photoshop and some finishing with snapseed mobile app.
March 2021 Monthly Showcase - The Moon by Mehdi Sanayei
Moon before sunrise
Sky-Watcher telescope
ZWO camera with its software
Date: March 9 2021
Time: 5:52 am
Location: Lanecove park
March 2021 Monthly Showcase - The Moon by Mehdi Sanayei
Moon before sunrise
Sky-Watcher telescope
ZWO camera with its software
Date: March 9 2021
Time: 5:52 am
Location: Lanecove park
March 2021 Monthly Showcase - Rosette Nebula by David Armen
Rosette Nebula:
This is what I got with 5 seconds x 15 stacked in Starry Sky stacker
Gen 3 white phosphor image intensifier
Camera: Smartphone
Skywatcher 200mm F4 Newtonian
Ioptron Alt Az pro mount
Backyard moonrise by Ross Evans, at One Mile in Port Stephens
Allnite Sky Serveyor (A.S.S.) by Ross Evans
A.S.S. Is my invention.
There is no data on the web as I designed and built it the main purpose so capturing images of meteors and other oddities from our home here in One Mile at Port Stephens.
I use,
Sony Cybershot RX100 Mrk ii camera (it uses the original chip from the Sony A-7)
The unit is waterproof.
Uses Ryobi 18volt 5amp hour battery.
Remote control Pan /tilt system.
In build cooling.
Outside dew heating system.
Will run for 10 hours straight.
Battery slots in underneath the unit, charges in one hour or just swap it for a fully charged unit.
A.S.S. Now has four legs but can sit on a dedicated post in the yard that slots in underneath.
Allnite Sky Serveyor (A.S.S.) by Ross Evans
A.S.S. Is my invention.
There is no data on the web as I designed and built it the main purpose so capturing images of meteors and other oddities from our home here in One Mile at Port Stephens.
I use,
Sony Cybershot RX100 Mrk ii camera (it uses the original chip from the Sony A-7)
The unit is waterproof.
Uses Ryobi 18volt 5amp hour battery.
Remote control Pan /tilt system.
In build cooling.
Outside dew heating system.
Will run for 10 hours straight.
Battery slots in underneath the unit, charges in one hour or just swap it for a fully charged unit.
A.S.S. Now has four legs but can sit on a dedicated post in the yard that slots in underneath.
Corkscrew meteor by Ross Evans
This is the corkscrew meteor still from a Timelapse I did located near the Southern Cross.This was taken on the Allnite Sky Serveyor camera or A.S.S.
Green and red meteor by Ross Evans
Seagull Nebula by Rohan Hinton
Captured under darker skies near the Blue Mountains on a spontaneous camping trip away from city lights. A short 2 hours total integration time, integrated in a HaRGB combination. Equipment: William Optics RedCat 51 SkyWatcher EQ6-R Pro ZWO ASI294MM Pro ZWO 30mm guide scope ZWO 290MM mini guide camera Antlia 3nm H-Alpha Pro ultra-narrowband filter Atik red, green & blue filters Capture Details: Ha: 19 x 240s @ 120 Gain & -10C Red: 14 x 120s @ 120 Gain & -10C Green: 14 x 120s @ 120 Gain & -10C Blue: 13 x 120s @ 120 Gain & -10C 10 flat frames per filter 100 dark frames Stacked & composed in Pixinsight
Orion Nebula HaRGB by Rohan Hinton
This image combines the data from two previous images with new Ha data to create a highly detailed image of Orion. The total exposure time on this image is 5 hours - 3 for colour (1 hour for each r, g, b channel), and 2 for Ha. Moon phase was 86% for Ha layer, 30% for RGB. Sky pollution @ Bortle 8/9. Equipment: William Optics RedCat 51 SkyWatcher EQ6-R Pro ZWO ASI294MM Pro ZWO 30mm guide scope ZWO 290MM mini guide camera Antlia 3nm H-Alpha Pro ultra-narrowband filter Atik red, green & blue filters Capture Details: Red: 80 x 45s @ 120 Gain & -10C Green: 80 x 45s @ 120 Gain & -10C Blue: 80 x 45s @ 120 Gain & -10C Ha: 60 x 120s @ 120 Gain & -10C 20 flat frames per filter 20 dark flats frames per filter 100 dark frames Stacked & composed in Pixinsight
Star Trails by Rohan Hinton
Solo camping & astrophotography night in the Blue Mountains. There's something magical about laying under a dark sky, watching the stars slowly rotate overhead. During the time my deep space imaging gear was taking photos of the Seagull Nebula. Capture Equipment: Nikon Z6 II Nikkor AF-S 14-24mm F/2.8G ED MeFoto GlobeTrotter Classic Capture Details: 255 x 10s - 3200 ISO Inbuilt intervalometer taking exposures every minute Stacked & composed in Photoshop.
Witch Head Nebula by Pat Harrington
Specs: Nikon D5600, Samyang 135MM F2 at F4 lense
22x 170 second exposures
ISO 800
Star Adventurer Pro Mount
ASIAIR for Polar Alignment and Guiding.
Taken in North Turramurra on 15 January
Horsehead Nebula and Flame Nebula by John Sandoval
Location: Cowan
Date taken: 09 Jan 2021
Equipment:
Takahashi FSQ106edx4
Astronomik UHC filter
Nikon Z7 mirrorless camera
Lacerta MGEN II auto guider
Starlight Xpress OAG Adapter
Losmandy GM11G
Light Frames: 50 @ 300sec ISO 1250
Dark Frames: 30 @ 300sec ISO 1250
Bias Frames: 70 @ 1/8000sec ISO 1250
Stacker: DeepSkyStacker
The Rosette Nebula in H-alpha, by Igor Hodoba
It was taken with Atik One 6 (using 6nm Astronomik filter) attached to Esprit 80 ED and mounted on Paramount MyT. The exposure is 31x 5 Min (155 minutes) in total. The subs were stacked and processed in PI and PS to add the final touches. One day when I get a chance I'll add RGB to it, I hope!
NGC1977 & M42 or Running Man Nebula & Orion Nebula by Greg McCall
- The image was taken over two Saturday nights (9th & 16th Jan 2021) at Terrey Hills (on the north side of Sydney)
This is my first image taken unguided.
I used an Astro-Physics Mach2 mount. Before imaging, I created a tracking model of the sky (using APPM) so I didn't have to guide.
Images were taken using a QHY600M camera, a SkyWatcher ESPRIT 120ED OTA and Chroma 50mm filters
It's an LRGB image with Ha enhancing the red and luminance.
HorseHead, Flame and Bloom Nebulas by David Stevenson
Acquisition on 17th January in Hawks Nest, Port Stephens
38 x 5min subs plus 110 x 30 sec subs for mask generation to manage the bloom from Alnitak.
Equipment is ZWO 1600 cooled mono camera for ZWO filters through Skywatcher 120 ED APO Refractor. Guiding was ZWO OAG.
Sharpless 308, a beautiful cosmic bubble neighbouring Sirius. Shaped by intense winds from the hot Wolf-Rayet star in the centre of the nebula.
Equipment: William Optic 80mm refractor, ASI071 colour camera with Optolong dual band l-extreme filter, modified CGEM mount, 50mm guidescope.
Capture details: 33hrs of 10min subs, captured with SGPro, guiding PHD2, processed in Pixinsight.
Horsehead and Flame Nebula by Bill Kaloudis
Image Details:
-Skywatcher Esprit 80.
-Optolong L-Extreme Filter, 1.25".
-ZWO ASI294MC Main Camera.
-ZWO 30mm Guide Scope with ZWO ASI290MM Guide Camera.
-ZWO Mini Filter Wheel.
-ZWO EAF.
-Saxon AZ-EQ6 GT Mount.
-NINA Acquisition Software +PHD2.
-14 x 600" Subs.
-Bortle 8 Skies.
-Darks, Flats and Bias Frames.
-Pixinsight, Photoshop.
Carina Nebula by Bill Kaloudis
Image Details:
-Skywatcher Esprit 80.
-Optolong L-Extreme Filter, 1.25".
-ZWO ASI294MC Main Camera.
-ZWO 30mm Guide Scope with ZWO ASI290MM Guide Camera.
-ZWO Mini Filter Wheel.
-ZWO EAF.
-Saxon AZ-EQ6 GT Mount.
-NINA Acquisition Software +PHD2.
-30 x 600" Subs.
-Bortle 8 Skies.
-Darks, Flats and Bias Frames.
-100% Pixinsight Processed.
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
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