Globular Cluster NGC 109 / 47 Tucanae

Globular Cluster NGC 109 47 Tucanae

120 Light Years across and 13050 Light Years distant

10 x 2 Minute frames stacked and processed in Nebulosity and Photoshop

150mm Skywatcher Matsukov and Modified Canon 550D

Tracking Skywatcher EQ6 Mount 

Autoguiding 50mm Guidescope and Meade DSI C

Software Carte Du Ciel, PHD2 and Astro Photography Tool

Stacking Post Processing Nebulosity and Photoshop

Messier 7 The Ptolemy Cluster

 

Modified Canon 30D and Vixen ED80

Tracking Skywatcher EQ6 Mount

AutoGuiding 50mm Guidescope and Meade DSI C II

21 x 2 Minute Frames

Preprocessing, Stacking and Stretching in Nebulosity  

Further enchancements PhotoShop with Astropanel

 

M24 - Sagittarius Star Cloud

2 Panel Mosaic Modified Canon30D Skywatcher ED80

Processed Nebulosity and Photoshop with Astro Panel

Cats Paw Nebula NGC6334 13th July 2020

Prawn Nebula IC4628 Reprocessesed in Startools

 IC4628 Bright Nebula in Sagittarius 6000 Light Years Distant (Centre),  

NGC 6242 Open Star Cluster (Bottom Right),  

NGC 6268 Open Star Cluster (Top Right), 

TR(Trumpler) 24  and the wider CR(Collinder) 316 Open Star Cluster(s) encompass  the foreground area of the Prawn Nebula and adjacent star field to left bottom of the image.

All around 3500 to 3700 Light Years Distant. 

30 x 120sec Images (60 Minutes Integration Time)

Hardware

Modified Canon 30D and Vixen ED80 Refractor

50mm (FL 140mm) Guidescope and Meade DSI C II Guide Camera

Skywatcher EQ6 German Eqautorial Mount

Software

Captured InAPT(AstroPhotographyTool)

Auto-Guiding PHD2

Telescope Control EQMOD with Planetarium CDC (Cart Du Ciel)

Image Preporcessing, Stacking in Nebulosity, Stretching and Noise Reduction in Startools

IC4628 Prawn Nebula, Open Star Clusters NGC 6242, 6268 and TR 14 taken evening 26th to morning 27th June 2020

IC4628 Bright Nebula in Sagittarius 6000 Light Years Distant (Centre),  

NGC 6242 Open Star Cluster (Bottom Right),  

NGC 6268 Open Star Cluster (Top Right), 

TR(Trumpler) 24  and the wider CR(Collinder) 316 Open Star Cluster(s) encompass  the foreground area of the Prawn Nebula and adjacent star field to left bottom of the image.

All around 3500 to 3700 Light Years Distant. 

30 x 120sec Images (60 Minutes Integration Time)

Hardware

Modified Canon 30D and Vixen ED80 Refractor

50mm (FL 140mm) Guidescope and Meade DSI C II Guide Camera

Skywatcher EQ6 German Eqautorial Mount

Software

Captured InAPT(AstroPhotographyTool)

Auto-Guiding PHD2

Telescope Control EQMOD with Planetarium CDC (Cart Du Ciel)

Image Preporcessing, Stacking, Stretching and Noise Reduction in Nebulosity

Further enhancment Photoshop CC with Astro Panel

Below is image processed in Startools after preprocessing and stacking in Nebulosity

Ngc's 3579 3603 3590 3572 Nebulosity and star field in Carina

 

28 x 120 Sec Exposures (56 Minutes Integration Time)

Hardware

Modified Canon 30D and Skywatcher ED80

Skywatcher German Equatorial Mount

Autoguiding 50mm Finder Scope and Meade DSI 2 C

Software

CDC(Carte Du Ciel), Eqmod, PHD2(Push Here Dummy) and APT (Astrophotography Tool)

Image Processing Software

Nebulosity(Stark Labs) and PhotoShop CC (Adobe)

Image before tweeks in Photoshop

Red Nebulosity and Star Field in Ara (NGC's 6188 6193 6200 6204 )

Modified Canon 350D and Vixen ED80

5 x 5 Minute Exposures/Frames

SkyWatcher EQ6 German Equatorial Mount

Capture in APT, Guiding PHD2, Planetarium CDC

Frames Stacked and Processed in Nebulosity and Photoshop

Some tweeks in AstroPanel

Stars removed in AstroPanel

Full(isH) Moon 6th June 2020

Taken with Canon 1100D and SWED80

Lunar 8 Days Old Waxing Gibbous 65% Full

Canon 30D, Vixen ED80 Refractor, Skywather EQ6 German Equatorial Mount,  61 x 1/800th Second Exposures at 200 ISO, Stacked and Enhanced in Nebulosity.

NGC 3293 (Gem Cluster) and Surrounds

Just adjacent of NGC3372 (Eta Caraine Nebula)(image center),lies this compact open star cluster, The Gem Cluster (NGC3293) and surrounding nebulosity, .  The bright tear shaped nebulosity towards the left and top of the image is NGC3324.  Both objects are 7600 Light Years distant and about 2400 Light Years in the foreground compared to the much larger aforementioned Eta Carinae Nebula.

Image acquired 26th May 2020 and consists of 21 x 5 minute frames integrated/stacked/processed in Deep Sky Stacker, Nebulosity and PhotoShop.  Taken with Modified Canon 450D, Vixen ED80 Refractor on EQ6 German Equatorial Mount.