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Re: 80 hours on the Christmas Tree and Cone Nebula

by Ann » Thu Mar 09, 2023 6:48 pm

Galactic-Hunter wrote: Thu Mar 09, 2023 4:40 pm Hey Ann, sorry for the late response. I think you are referring to LBN 902?
If not, you can find the annotated image here, which tells you the exact location and the name of the stars/objects around: https://www.astrobin.com/41pqbs/B/

Clear Skies,

Antoine

Ann wrote: Thu Feb 23, 2023 10:05 am
Galactic-Hunter wrote: Wed Feb 22, 2023 5:54 pm My longest integration yet, beating the 61 hours I did on the Seagull and Thor Nebulae.

I captured this target throughout November, December, and January. It is NGC 2264, also known as the Christmas Tree cluster and Cone Nebula.

I spent close to 82 hours capturing this object, using SHO filters for the gas and RGB filters for the stars.

The details are very crisp, the noise is basically non-existent, and the colors came out vibrant! This was a fun project, and I was very surprised to see this range of colors pop up so easily even after a simple channel combination.

More info here: https://www.galactic-hunter.com/post/ngc2264

Credit:
Antoine Grelin
https://www.galactic-hunter.com/


ImageNGC 2264 - Xmas Tree Narrowband
Great image, Antoine! :D

Tell me something, though. In the lower left part of your image, at about 7 o'clock, there is a rather small but bright blue area peeking out from under a thick dust arc. It looks to me as if this might be a site of ongoing star formation, but I'm not familiar with it. Can you tell me what it is? Better yet, can you tell me where it is, so I can check up its coordinates and use my software to see if I can detect anything there?

Ann
Thanks! I found the star responsible for lighting up LBN 902. The star is TYC 737-1170-1, it is spectral class O7V, and the distance to it is 11,000 light-years. That's quite a lot!

Ann

Re: 80 hours on the Christmas Tree and Cone Nebula

by Galactic-Hunter » Thu Mar 09, 2023 4:40 pm

Hey Ann, sorry for the late response. I think you are referring to LBN 902?
If not, you can find the annotated image here, which tells you the exact location and the name of the stars/objects around: https://www.astrobin.com/41pqbs/B/

Clear Skies,

Antoine

Ann wrote: Thu Feb 23, 2023 10:05 am
Galactic-Hunter wrote: Wed Feb 22, 2023 5:54 pm My longest integration yet, beating the 61 hours I did on the Seagull and Thor Nebulae.

I captured this target throughout November, December, and January. It is NGC 2264, also known as the Christmas Tree cluster and Cone Nebula.

I spent close to 82 hours capturing this object, using SHO filters for the gas and RGB filters for the stars.

The details are very crisp, the noise is basically non-existent, and the colors came out vibrant! This was a fun project, and I was very surprised to see this range of colors pop up so easily even after a simple channel combination.

More info here: https://www.galactic-hunter.com/post/ngc2264

Credit:
Antoine Grelin
https://www.galactic-hunter.com/


ImageNGC 2264 - Xmas Tree Narrowband
Great image, Antoine! :D

Tell me something, though. In the lower left part of your image, at about 7 o'clock, there is a rather small but bright blue area peeking out from under a thick dust arc. It looks to me as if this might be a site of ongoing star formation, but I'm not familiar with it. Can you tell me what it is? Better yet, can you tell me where it is, so I can check up its coordinates and use my software to see if I can detect anything there?

Ann

Jupiter, Venus Conjunction - March 1st

by Efrain Morales » Thu Mar 02, 2023 3:22 am

The Planets Jupiter and Venus Conjunction on March 1st. A very short session due to incoming clouds. ( ED80 APO, LX200ACF 305mm OTA, CGE mount, ASI183mm Pro, ASI290mm Cmos, PowerMate 2.5x barlows, Astronomik LRGB filter set.)
Attachments
Jup-Ven-030123-2240ut-EMr.jpg

Re: Submissions: 2023 February

by barretosmed » Thu Mar 02, 2023 1:04 am

MOON IN COLOR (MINERAL MOON)


MORE DETAILS
https://www.astrobin.com/full/w2xo5x/0/

The Moon is usually seen in subtle shades of gray or yellow
The different colors are recognized to correspond to real differences in the chemical composition of the lunar surface.
The blue tones reveal areas rich in ilmenite, which contains iron, titanium and oxygen, mainly titanium, while the orange and purple colors show regions relatively poor in titanium and iron. The white / gray tones refer to areas of greater exposure to sunlight.

EQUIPMENTS:
ZWO ASI 6200MC COLED
Esprit 150mm
Baader Moon Filter
Date: 03/01/2023
Time: 21:30
Location: Munhoz - MG - Brazil

PROCESSING AND CAPTURE:
Software: Adobe Photoshop, SharpCap, AutoStakkert AutoStackert and Registax 6.

Copyright: Fernando Oliveira de Menezes
Email: Barretosmed@hotmail.com
(Organizing author of the book Amateur Astrophotography in Brazil)
https://clubedeautores.com.br/livro/ast ... -no-brasil
Attachments
18_57_01_lapl5_ap80282.jpg

Re: Submissions: 2023 February

by photonsfromspace » Tue Feb 28, 2023 7:04 pm

M101 The Pinwheel Galaxy. Galaxy season is still in full swing here. This is my first time imaging M101. As well as my first time incorporating both Ha data into RGB and creating a synthetic Luminance image from the RGB (I don't have room for my Lum filter unless I swap it out with my Oiii or Sii...) Acquisition wise I still need to do some work on getting better collimation on my EdgeHD 8 but it's not terrible. The seeing was marginally ok during this session hence the slightly bloated stars, BlurX helped a lot.
M101 Pinwheel Galaxy-.jpg

Re: Submissions: 2023 February

by Alberto Vacca » Mon Feb 27, 2023 7:57 pm

High resolution Solar mosaic
Copyright: Alberto Vacca
https://www.flickr.com/photos/197853132 ... ed-public/ (higher resolution version) Description:
My first solar mosaic, captured last week on February 14. A lot of sunspots are visible: 3213, 3214, 3216, 3217, 3218, 3219, 3220, 3221, 3224, 3225, 3226, 3227, 3228. There were some difficulties in making the mosaic because I had to join 20 panels with slightly different seeing conditions and with different field rotation due to the use of an alt-az mount. Some of the panels were spotless so I had to align them manually using solar granulation, but I also had to be quick during capture because solar granulation changes its pattern about every 5 minutes. I rotated each frame by a different angle to compensate field rotation.

Equipment:
- Celestron Nexstar 127slt maksutov telescope on its alt-az mount
- Astrosolar filter
- Zwo ADC
- Zwo Asi 120mc-s color camera

Processing:
- PIPP (debayer and conversion to monochrome using G and B channels, with a better quality than R)
- Avistack (stacking)
- Registax (sharpening)
- Adobe Photoshop (to join panels, add color and finishing touches)

Re: Submissions: 2023 February

by Carballada » Mon Feb 27, 2023 4:30 pm

Image

CTB-1 Supernova remnant in Cassiopeia (Abell 85) by Jose Carballada, on Flickr

This picture is the result of an integration of 6 hours on RGB and another 54 hours in narrow band, using a focal length of 530mm and aperture f3.3
It was a long project in terms of acquisition period, five months of capturing frames from September 2022 to January 2023, only on nights with no moon.
The elaboration was a little bit more complex as usual due the high number of stars on the frame.
Image
RGB master

I really like how this Epsilon shows all fine details and structures on the nebulae, and how PK116+00.1 is properly defined.

CTB 1 is a supernova remnant located in the Milky Way galaxy.
It is thought to be the remnants of a massive star that underwent a supernova explosion, expelling its outer layers into the interstellar medium and leaving behind a compact object such as a neutron star or a black hole.Supernova remnants are important because they help us to understand the evolution of stars and the processes involved in supernovae.
They also release large amounts of matter and energy into the interstellar medium, which can have a significant impact on their surroundings.
CTB 1 was discovered in the late 1970s and has been the subject of numerous studies since then. These studies have helped to improve our understanding of the structure, dynamics, and evolution of supernova remnants, as well as the properties of the supernova explosions themselves.
It is believed that CTB 1 is relatively young, with an estimated age of only a few thousand years. This makes it an important object for studying the early stages of the evolution of supernova remnants, and for understanding the processes involved in their formation and evolution.

All technical details of the capture on the photo post.

Re: Submissions: 2023 February

by Rafeee » Mon Feb 27, 2023 3:38 pm

"Maintenance"
2023_02_09_pan_01_fulldome_2048px.jpg
Copyright: Rafael Schmall
https://www.astrobin.com/users/Rafeee/

The sights of the winter sky were all within arm's reach.

Huge Zodiacal light, winter Milky Way, winter constellations, slowly resting autumn constalletions. Of course, the comet is also there as a small spot, as well as some atmospheric light.

Recently, the situation is a bit worse, since our Sun is active, which makes it more exciting in the upper atmosphere... in such a place, you can practically see the atmospheric light with the naked eye.

Image Details:
Equipment: Canon EOS6D, Rokinon 24mm f/1.4, Manfrotto XPROB
Exif data: 80x10sec, ISO10000, f2, 24mm
Processing: Lightroom, Photoshop, PTGUI

Location: Hungary, Zselic Starry Sky Park, Zselic Park of Stars

Re: Submissions: 2023 February

by Julien Looten » Mon Feb 27, 2023 2:47 pm

Zodiacal light in France

Copyright: Looten Julien

Image

EN : Zodiacal light at the Château de Losse in the Dordogne.

The Château de Losse again? With a rare astronomical phenomenon, other than the airglow? Yes... Three weeks after capturing THE airglow at the Château de Losse, a photo that went around the world, I returned to Losse with the TF1 (French journal TV chain) team for a shoot. The objective, after having interviewed people in Montignac and met the owner of the castle, was to remake a picture of Losse, in the "same" conditions as the Airglow : https://www.flickr.com/photos/julienloo ... en-public/

Obviously airglow being very rare, it was almost certain that there would not have been any that evening... Even if one distinguishes a light green Airglow in particular on the left of the image, close to the constellation of Orion, it is indeed another astronomical phenomenon which I captured that evening... A zodiacal light. (yes, I am lucky when I come to Losse ahah)...

Have you ever heard of the zodiacal light? It's an amazing triangular glow emanating from the horizon. In this photograph, it emanates just behind the castle and extends towards the Milky Way. But where does it come from? 

The most widespread hypothesis claims that the zodiacal light is explained by the reflection of sunlight on space dust (which would come from Mars)... This light emanates from the sun, and follows the elliptical plane (on which the planets and the sun orbit). This elliptical plane constantly changes its inclination. This glow appeared 1 hour after sunset!

I didn't know it, but this phenomenon was foreseen by astronomers: "On Tuesday 14 February, the opportunity is ideal to observe the zodiacal light around 9pm" on the Numérama website.

Panorama of more than 180°, from south (left) and north (right). 60 images, 30 minutes of exposure. Canon 6d Astrodon - Sigma 28mm f1.4. 14/02/2023.

Thank you, good sky😊

Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/j.looten/
Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/Julien.Looten.Photographie

Re: Submissions: 2023 February

by Astrodude13 » Mon Feb 27, 2023 11:53 am

Deep Horsehead Nebula

Technical details are as follows:
Paramount ME
Celestron C14 Edge HD
Starizona Hyperstar 14 V4
Optolong L-Pro Luminance filter
ZWO ASI 6200MC Color Camera
262x120sec exposures
Processed in APP and Lightroom
Blur XTerminator
Aurora HDR

ImageHorsehead Nebula 8.7 Hours by Blake Estes, on Flickr

Re: Submissions: 2023 February

by vitozilla » Sun Feb 26, 2023 8:45 pm

A Dark Dragon IC 1318 in SHO
www.skiesburnelectric.com
Copyright: Kevin Rasso
https://i0.wp.com/www.skiesburnelectric ... gon-r1.jpg
A-Dark-Dragon-r1[1].jpg
Greetings all!

I present "A Dark Dragon". From my suburban backyard of the Gamma Cygni Region captured over the nights of October 20-22, 2022. This area in the constellation of Cygnus has a remarkable amount of structures throughout. For me, I see a dark dragon coiled on her pile of gold with a keen eye on her jewel, Sadr.

Stellarvue SVX140T with FFFR 700mm at f/5
FLI ML16200, Chroma Filters
Paramount MyT
SII: 6×600, Ha: 30×600, OIII: 6×600
Processed with PixInsight and PSCS6.

The purist may take objection to my color pallet, but as an artist wanting to convey the energy of the this area, I love the electric colors. I hope you do as well!

Clear skies,
Kevin

Re: Submissions: 2023 February

by the_astronomy_enthusiast » Sun Feb 26, 2023 4:12 pm

Image
The Eagle and Omega Nebula in the Hubble Palette by William Ostling, on Flickr

Full write-up and processing here: https://theastroenthusiast.com/the-eagl ... le-palate/

This is another image using Telescope Live data – this was imaged using a super fast and wide telescope from Australia The H-alpha data was extremely high quality, and overall editing this was really fun. I’ve been trying out some new techniques to increase contrast and depth in wide nebulosity fields. and I think it worked out really well in this image. Also, after several iterations of color edits, I’ve discovered a pretty nice way to create an SHO image without using colormasks or other destructive processes – it seems to be working pretty well!

The Eagle Nebula and the Swan Nebula span this broad starscape, a telescopic view toward the Sagittarius spiral arm and the center of our Milky Way galaxy. The Eagle, also known as M16, is at top and M17, the Swan, at bottom of the frame showing the cosmic clouds as brighter regions of active star-formation. They lie along the spiral arm suffused with reddish emission charactistic of atomic hydrogen gas, and dusty dark nebulae. M17, also called the Omega Nebula, is about 5500 light-years away, while M16 is some 6500 light-years distant. The center of both nebulae are locations of well-known close-up images of star formation from the Hubble Space Telescope. In this mosaic image that extends about 3 degrees across the sky, narrowband, high-resultion image data has been used to enhance the central regions of the Eagle and Swan. The extended wings of the Eagle Nebula spread almost 120 light-years. The Swan is over 30 light-years across.

Website: https://theastroenthusiast.com/
Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/the_astronomy_enthusiast/

Re: Submissions: 2023 February

by astrohokie » Sat Feb 25, 2023 10:35 pm

Flaming Star Nebula in HOO

https://www.flickr.com/photos/194543639@N07/
https://www.instagram.com/mark_hoffman_photography/

Copyright: Mark Hoffman

Image by mark h, on Flickr

IC 405

Equipment/Capture Details:
Williams Optics Z73
EQ35-Pro
ZWO ASI EAF
ZWO ASI 120MM
ZWO ASI 1600MM Pro
ZWO ASI 7 position EFW
Kendrick Dew Heater
Pegasus Pocket Powerbox Mini
36mm Astronomik 6nm Ha, O3 filters
Total Integration Time = 22.4 hours
Ha Integration Time = 77 * 480sec
O3 Integration Time = 182 * 240sec

IC 405 (also known as the Flaming Star Nebula, SH 2-229, or Caldwell 31) is an emission and reflection nebula in the constellation Auriga north of the celestial equator, surrounding the bluish, irregular variable star AE Aurigae. It shines at magnitude +6.0. Its celestial coordinates are RA 05h 16.2m dec +34° 28′. It is located near the emission nebula IC 410, the open clusters M38 and M36, and the K-class star Iota Aurigae.

The nebula measures approximately 37.0' x 19.0', and lies about 1,500 light-years away from Earth. It is believed that the proper motion of the central star can be traced back to the Orion's Belt area. The nebula is about 5 light-years across.

Re: Submissions: 2023 February

by DrChaos » Sat Feb 25, 2023 9:32 pm

Image

Heart Nebula in HOO palette

The first completed narrowband image from the fixed equipment in my home. Color mapping is HOO.

https://www.astrobin.com/z3q6rw/

Takahashi Epsilon 160 ED
CGE PRO DIY ONSTEP
Cámara ATIK 383 L+ Mono
Filtros ANTLIA 3nm
11.6 hrs Integration time
Darks, flats, bias, flats, bias flats
Procesada en PI y Darktable
Zapopan, Jalisco, Enero-Febrero del 2023

Copyright: Fernando Peña Campos
Instagram: @fdopc
astrobin: https://www.astrobin.com/users/DrChaos/

Re: Submissions: 2023 February

by rkas12 » Sat Feb 25, 2023 6:02 pm

https://www.flickr.com/photos/197387915 ... ool-apods/

Meet & Greet the "Cosmic storm in Chameleon" - my last processing. This is really A beautiful part of the night sky full of dust and deep sky objects. I can't imagine what's going on there.

Among many mind-blowing stuffs, there are dust, nebulae, galaxies and of cours stars.

Credit: @ae_astrophotography / @telescope.live. LRGB combination / FSQ 106EDX, integration time 10H. Processed in @pixinsight & @photoshop

Re: Submissions: 2023 February

by krphotogs » Sat Feb 25, 2023 4:55 pm

Rosette Nebula taken mid-February 40 miles west of downtown Chicago. AstroTech EDT115, Losmandy GM811G mount, ZWO ASI2600MC Pro camera, L-Extreme filter. 36 x 300 second exposures using an OrionST-80 and ZWO ASI174mm for guiding.
NGC 2273 02-10-2023 Small B.png

Re: Submissions: 2023 February

by astrosama » Sat Feb 25, 2023 7:01 am

Cosmic Love above the Pyramids


Crescent MOON_ JUPITER _ VENUS Conjunction above the Great pyramid of Giza

ImageCosmic Love above the Pyramids (Crescent MOON_ JUPITER _ VENUS) by osama Fathi, on Flickr

22nd Feb 2023


Gears:

Nikon Z6 Mod, Skywacher star adventurer tracker , Sigma 28-70 mm


Settings :


- 1/30 sec, ISO 200, f2.8 @70mm


Softwares: Adobe Photoshop 2022, Astrotools


Credit :
Osama Fathi
Social:
https://www.instagram.com/osama.fathi.nswatcher85/
https://www.facebook.com/NSWatcher/

Giza, Egypt

Re: Submissions: 2023 February

by akeru » Fri Feb 24, 2023 6:51 pm

Image
https://www.cielosboreales.com/astrofot ... scaled.jpg

LBN 437 Gecko Nebula

TELESCOPIO / TELESCOPE: Esprit ED100
MONTURA / MOUNT: SW AZEQ6 PRO
CÁMARA / CAMERA: ASI1600MM
ACCESORIOS / ACCESSORIES: Starlight Xpress Filterwheel + filtros Baader LRGB
AUTOGUIADO / AUTOGUIDE: QHY5+SW Evoguide50+PhdGuiding2 + NINA + Cartes du Ciel
EXP: 55×600″ L BIN1x1 + 20×300″(x3) RGB BIN 2×2
TRANSPARENCIA: 4/5 SEEING: 4/5
FECHA Y LUGAR / PLACE AND DATE: 26-29 de julio de 2022, Riopar (Albacete)
PROCESADO / PROCESSING: PixInsight 1.8.9-1

Re: Submissions: 2023 February

by martinkonrat » Fri Feb 24, 2023 5:49 pm

https://astrob.in/geg3ls/C/rawthumb/reg ... g?insecure

NGC 3324, Gabriela Mistral Nebula HaRGB with OSC.

NGC 3324 is an open cluster in the southern constellation Carina, located northwest of the Carina Nebula (NGC 3372) at a distance of 9,100 ly from Earth.
It is closely associated with the emission nebula IC 2599, also known as Gum 31.
The two are often confused as a single object, and together have been nicknamed the "Gabriela Mistral Nebula" due to its resemblance to the Chilean poet (source: Wikipedia)

🗓 February, 16th to 19th. 2023
📍 Giruá, RS, Brazil. Bortle 4.
🔭 FotonAstro Newtonian 200mm f4
📷 asi2600mc
🕹 ZWO AM5.
🕶 Built-in UV/IR and Antlia ALP-T
- 106 x 150s uv/ir
- 55 x 300s Antlia ALP-T
TOTAL: 9h integration
🧑‍💻 pixinsight, photoshop

Venus - Feb. 20th

by Efrain Morales » Fri Feb 24, 2023 5:28 pm

Venus now gaining altitude and increasing in size. (LX200ACF 305mm OTA, CGE mount, ASI290mm Cmos, PowerMate 2.5x barlows, EFW8, UV, RGB filters.)
Attachments
v2023-02-20-2314_UV-IR-RGB-EMr.jpg

Re: Submissions: 2023 February

by BGazing » Fri Feb 24, 2023 3:57 pm

H-alpha filaprom, shot with Lunt 80 MT (single stack) and ASI 1600MM at f/14
Location: Belgrade, Serbia

Image2023-02-23-0901_3-U-L-Lunt_Exposure=3.6ms_Gain=0_Gamma=72(off)_2046_lapl4_ap372 3 by Vlad, on Flickr

Re: Submissions: 2023 February

by rkas12 » Fri Feb 24, 2023 12:35 pm

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/527 ... 095c_b.jpg

This is a "Dive into the Pleiades Stars Cluster" ! Most of the time you will see a wide field picture of this beauty. This pictures features a zoom in the Pleiades where you can easily gaze at galactic cirrus and clouds surrounding the some of the most prominent stars.

I hope you will like.

Credit: @ae_astrophotography & @telescope.live

Lights gathered in Chile through a Planewave CDK 24" telescope.
Combination of LRGB filters.
Integration time 3H.
Feb 2023

Re: Submissions: 2023 February

by DrChaos » Fri Feb 24, 2023 5:53 am

Image

After three years from my last attempt at this nebula, I finally decided to go for it as a goodbye of the winter hunter. Few objects are so delightful to observe, capture and process.

Higher resolution in:
https://www.astrobin.com/uj8fm8/

Copyright: Fernando Peña Campos
Instagram: @fdopc
astrobin: https://www.astrobin.com/users/DrChaos/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/fernando.penacampos/
https://www.flickr.com/photos/drcaosastrophoto

Takahashi Epsilon 160 ED
CGE PRO DIY ONSTEP
QHY268C
27x300s + 20x60s, -15°, Gain 0, Offset 30, photographic mode
Darks, flats, bias flats
Processed in PI y Darktable
Mixtlan, Jalisco, February del 2023

Re: Submissions: 2023 February

by Herbert_Walter » Thu Feb 23, 2023 10:55 pm

NGC 2547 ... blue, bright, young and hot!

Few bright stars form the constellation Vela, which lies in direct line in front of the band of our Milky Way as seen from Earth. This explains that there are many, many stars and gas nebulae in this image. This scenery shows gas clouds from which young stars are formed. Young means about 20-30 million years old for the stars of NGC 2547 (for comparison, our Sun has an age of 4600 million years). Young stars are hot and bright and have a blue color.
More infos/anomation: https://www.skypixels.at/ngc2547_IAS_info.html
Image
Visible among the bright stars far in the background are many distant galaxies.

Re: Submissions: 2023 February

by DrChaos » Thu Feb 23, 2023 10:44 pm

Last weekend I went to a rural place with quite nice sky. I had two nights there, so I decided to go for this object as I pretty much enjoy fields full of galaxies and the plus side, it was above in the sky for more than six hours each night. To my surprise, dozens of miniature galaxies glimpse in the background.

Higher resolution in:
https://www.astrobin.com/pfw8y7/B/

Image

Copyright: Fernando Peña Campos
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/fernando.penacampos/
Instagram: @fdopc
astrobin: https://www.astrobin.com/users/DrChaos/


Takahashi Epsilon 160 ED
CGE PRO DIY ONSTEP
QHY268C
145x300s, -15°, Gain 0, Offset 30, photographic mode
Darks, flats, bias flats
Processed in PI y Darktable
Mixtlan, Jalisco, February del 2023

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