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Sol 2023-5-25 Giant resolution images of our Star! Zoomable and comparable at different layers of wavelength on the Sun. Click the link below to see the detail and resolution (around 12K). Captured by myself from Chattanooga TN and then coded onto my website for a true unique look at the different l...

Thank you, Ann! Sorry for the trouble.

Lagoon to Eagle by Dennis Sprinkle Copyright: Dennis Sprinkle https://www.astrobin.com/kugtmt/ https://cdn.astrobin.com/thumbs/2E-839pa-TbY_620x0__sPnTECk.jpg https://cdn.astrobin.com/thumbs/2E-839pa-TbY_2560x0_n1wMX-gx.jpg From Dennis' Astrobin Page: This is a 5 panel mosaic shot from my remote te...

My 7 year project of a 2.5 gigapixel image in Orion. 200 panels plate solved and mosaiced to reveal this incredible constellation. Selectable data set and zoomable, full resolution: https://www.spaceforeverybody.com/Orion And a small version for the forum. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/5186748...

johnnydeep wrote: ↑Wed Jan 12, 2022 1:45 pm Thanks for the explanation. So in essence, PixInsight for the bulk of the processing, plus Starnet for the star removal effect.

You are welcome, and Yes. Exactly.

So, Matt Harbison, how is this digital removal of stars done? Naively, I would think you would be left with "holes" where the stars were, but that's clearly not the case. Your before and after pics above show that a lot of the dimmer cloudy areas have also been removed or lessened in favo...

It doesn't do anything for me. But I'm fine with APOD exploring different imaging and visualization techniques. It does seem to be popular over on Facebook. But I most appreciate APODs when they teach, which this one does not. Rob As I wrote in my comment at top, we do see more of the red nebulosit...

Woohoo, that’s me!

I would like to submit my recent work in Cygnus from July-December 2021. It's a 12 panel mosaic complete with narrowband, broadband, and solved datasets.  The image is fully interactive on my website.  Please make the jump to see the data presented. The image is comprised of 160 hours of collection ...

The Cygnus Loop and the Star Gienah Image captured and processed by Matt Harbison https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51370321815_844f5d7a22_c.jpg CLICK HERE FOR FULL RESOLUTION: https://www.astrobin.com/full/x37llb/0/ I call it, "The Dragon's Wing". From Sky Safari- Epsilon Cygni is the t...

The Spaghetti Nebula and the Star Alnath https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51116732387_f02f8a46b8_c.jpg The Star Alnath (or Elnath), prominent in the bottom left, is the point of the right horn of the constellation Taurus and also a part of the Auriga Constellation. It is one of only two known sta...

5 years in the making. 200 panels. 2.5 gigapixel image of the Orion Constellation. Please click the image to see the full res (65,000x 39,000) as a deep zoom image. Full Resolution DZI - https://orion2020v5b.spaceforeverybody.com/ https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50379029636_b7d62e4c0f_z.jpg Thi...

5 years in the making. 200 panels. 2.5 gigapixel image of the Orion Constellation. Please click the image to see the full res (65,000x 39,000) as a deep zoom image. Full Resolution DZI - https://orion2020v5b.spaceforeverybody.com/ https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50379029636_b7d62e4c0f_z.jpg

NGC 1333, Captured by me.

Full res: https://www.astrobin.com/full/nv4p8b/0/



22.7 Hours integration time.

Mercury Transit- https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49057508407_cac75f7b40_z.jpg Complete Mercury Transit from Cloudland Canyon State Park in Northern Georgia, Eastern United States. Image explanation: 10 second video and single images were collected every minute during the 5 hour event. Images cap...

Cygnus Loop Mosaic- 120 Hours of time across four months. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48830366421_cf16d561b4.jpg Full Resolution and animated GIF of VISIBLE VS NARROWBAND: https://www.astrobin.com/full/yqajrh/D/ Full details: Lots of work between two states and four months, but a worthwhile ...

Ancient Supernova Remnant - The Cygnus Loop - 6 Panel Mosaic Imaged from Marathon, Texas and Chattanooga, TN in the months of July and August. Please view the full resolution here: https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48609981096_209f941d24_o.jpg Acquisition details here: http://www.astrobin.com/4219...

Orion 78 Panel Mosaic at 1.67 pixel scale, captured over the last three years. https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7922/47083901122_9c199f2581_c.jpg High Res: https://www.astrobin.com/full/391560/0/?real=&mod= Details: Equipment: 2x William Optics 132 w/ .8 Reducer operating at F5.6 Moonlite Rotating ...

Lunar Eclipse through the Cancer Star Field. Photo taken from Cloudland Canyon, Georgia, taken during totality. Single photo from a DSLR Camera on a German Equatorial Mount. https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4850/46832841191_cc8c7a4365.jpg Higher Res: https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4850/46832841191_cc8c7...

Thanks, Ann!

The California Nebula (NGC 1499) illuminated by the runaway star, Menkib. This three panel mosaic reveals the California Nebula, roughly 1000 light years from our Solar System. Featured in many photos of this month's comet, 46p as it passed through Perseus, this up close mosaic of the nebula reveals...

The Rho Ophiuchi Cloud Complex https://c2.staticflickr.com/2/1822/29178915478_6defaef5df.jpg Half Resolution and Solve: https://www.astrobin.com/full/353063/B/?nc=user About the target: A 9 Panel mosaic shot in Marathon Texas at the Marathon Motel & RV Park during the new moon in June over the c...

The Milky Way, Winter Circle, and Summer Triangle Images of the Milky Way taken from Marathon Texas in July & January to highlight the two visible halves of our Galaxy from the Northern Hemisphere. Composite image created from DSLR data collected in 2017 and 2018. 24 Images taken with a Canon 5D...

My best from this fall... Orionids Meteor Shower: https://www.astrobin.com/320109/?nc=user https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4559/24843086118_8310a87632_z.jpg Dual Telescope Imaging: https://www.astrobin.com/323978/?nc=user https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4578/38670466572_f7d91f386f_c.jpg Triangulum Galax...

The Triangulum Galaxy- Messier 33 Captured in late September at Fall Creek Falls, State Park, Tennessee. It was a beautiful night to capture Messier 33, The Triangulum Galaxy through the trees. I plan to image it throughout the fall. Equipment: Mount- AP 1100 GEM Telescope- William Optics 132 FLT w/...