Tuesday, March 23, 2021

Eta Carinae and Tarantula Nebulae and The Sprinter Cluster Tuesday 17th March



Canon 450D and Vixen ED80 on SW EQ6 Mount
 each around 20 x 120 Sec  Stacked in Nebulosity and enhanced in Photoshop


  

M42 Orion Imaged Friday 19th March

Great Orion and  Running Man Nebulae Canon 450D and Vixen ED80 on SW EQ6 Mount
20 x 5 Sec(for Trapezium Stars) and 20 x 120 Sec  Stacked in Nebulosity and combined in Photoshop
 

Sunday, January 31, 2021

M16 The Eagle Nebula from 20th August 2020

Canon 30D Multiple 2 minute exposures stacked/combined and processed in Nebulosity and further enhancement with Astropanel in Photoshop.
 

Monday, November 16, 2020

Font Hill 14th November 2020

Milky Way High in Eastern Sky 
Early Morning

Timelapse Sunset to Sunrise


Evening Redshift in the clouds to the West
 


Carina and Crux 60 Second Exposure  Canon 1100D.


The Secret Society of Astronomers


Morning Twilight


Sunday, September 6, 2020

Moon 3rd September 2020

2 Panel Mosaic each 20 Frames, 40 Frames Total Stacked
Processed in Nebulosity and Photoshop
 Canon 550D and 150mm SkyWatcher Matsukov

Saturday, August 29, 2020

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

Wednesday, August 26, 2020

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
 

Wednesday, August 12, 2020

M24 - Sagittarius Star Cloud

2 Panel Mosaic Modified Canon30D Skywatcher ED80
Processed Nebulosity and Photoshop with Astro Panel

Saturday, July 11, 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

Sunday, June 28, 2020

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

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