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.

Running Chicken Nebula IC2948

Running Chicken Nebula (IC2948) Bright Emmision Nebula,390 Light Years Distant and 8.5 Light Years wide(diameter). This nebula's field of view enevelopes IC2944  the Lamba Centaur Open Star Cluster which is much further distant at 5900 Light Years.

The bright star, Lambda Centuari, sits behind the nebula at 420 Light Years.

21 x 5 minute frames, (1 hour and 45 Minutes Integration)

Imaged 26th May 2020 with Skywatcher ED80 Refractor and Modified(Filter Removed) Canon 550D, EQ6 German Equatorial Mount.

Capture Software Cart DuCiel, PHD2 and Astro Photography Tool.

Post Processed in Deep Sky Stacker, Nebulosity and Photoshop.

Lagoon and Trifid Nebulae

Lagoon Nebula (Emmission Nebula), lower right NGC 6523/ Messier 8 containing star cluster NGC6530.  

4300 light years distant and approx 114 light years wide(diameter).

Trifid Nebula, top left NGC 6514/Messier 20.

2700 light years distant and apporx 21 light years wide(diameter)

The Trifid consists of an Emission Nebula(Red Nebulosity), a Reflection Nebula(Blue Nebulosity), a Dark Nebula(dividing the Emission Nebula into three) and also an Open Star Cluster.

15 x 5 Minute Frames ( 1 Hour 15 and Minutes Integration)

Imaged 26th May 2020 with Skywatcher ED80 Refractor and Modified Canon 550D(Filter Removed) and, EQ6 German Equatorial Mount.

Capture Software Cart DuCiel, PHD2 and Astro Photography Tool.

Post Processed in Deep Sky Stacker, Nebulosity and Photoshop.

NGC's (3576, 3579,3603) then 3590 and 3572

NGC's(3576,3579,3603) The area of larger nebulosity left of middle.

NGC3590 Small Open Star Cluster middle just right of the dark patch.

NGC 3572 The smaller nebulosity to the right

Canon 450D(Modified), Vixen ED80 Refractor and Skywatcher EQ6 Mount

Stacked and processes Nebulosity and Photoshop

 

19 Frame (Usually do 6) Eta Carinae Nebula NGC 3372 15th and 16th May 2020

The more frames you take you don't necesarily inclrease the brightness but when combined the brighter parts of the image can be enhanced without enhancing the background noise in the image making it easier to produce a clearer and more vibrant appearance.  I have up to now mostly just taken 6 shots and combined them and carried out to reasonably heavy nois e reduction in post processing.  The nineteen frames (of 24 taken over 2 nights) required on very minimal noise reduction and the nebula required much less contrast and colour enhancement.

 

Taking 'Pot Shots' between the clouds! 4th May Waxing Gibbous Moon, Eta Carinae and Lagoon and Trifid Nebulae

All three images taken with Vixen ED80 and modified Canon 450D

Waxing Gibbous Moon 

20 frames stacked and enhanced in Nebulosity

Eta Carina NGC3372

30x2 minute frames stacked and enhanced in Nebulosity

 

Lagoon and Trifid Nebulae

4x2 minute frames stacked and enhanced in Nebulosity

Clouds prevented more imaging.