Starship Asterisk*

Barnard 18, part of the Taurus Molecular Cloud. I captured this two weeks ago from my backyard just north of Philadelphia. I captured 1000 one-minute exposures at f/2 and then used the best 700 to create the image. Barnard 18 - S. Asimakopoulos.jpg Telescope: Celestron RASA 8 F/2 Zwo ASI2600MC Pro E...

Lower's Nebula Spilios Asimakopoulos.jpg Lower's Nebula (Sh2-261) in Orion. I captured this in February from my backyard just north of Philadelphia. I originally processed it in SHO, but this is a recent reprocess in HOO. Telescope: Stellarvue SVX 130 f/7 Zwo ASI2600MM Pro Exposure: 90 x 4min HO, 1...

The Cygnus Wall portion of the North America Nebula!
Telescope: Stellarvue SVX 130 f/7
Zwo ASI2600MM Pro
Exposure: 50-60 x 6min SHO, 15 x 1min RGB
Mount: iOptron Cem70
Guiding: ASI290mini, 60mm scope
Filter: Optolong SHORGB
Software: APT, DSS, Pixinsight
Sky: Bortle 4

The Boogeyman Nebula

Telescope: Skywatcher Esprit 100 f/5.5
Zwo ASI2600MM Pro
Exposure: 80 x 4min L, 15 x 2min RGB, 130 x 5min Ha
Mount: iOptron Cem70
Guiding: ASI290mini, 60mm scope
Filter: Optolong RGB
Software: APT, DSS, Pixinsight
Sky: Bortle 6

Messier 35 including the star clusters NGC2158 and IC 2156-7. The photo was taken from my backyard outside of Philadelphia.

Technical Details
Telescope: Celestron RASA 8 f/2
Mount: Zwo AM5
Camera: Zwo 2600MC Pro
Filter: None
Exposure: 100 x 2min

Flaming Star and Tadpole Nebula
Technical details
Telescopes: Celestron RASA8 f/2 and William Optics Redcat 51 f/4,9
Cameras: Zwo ASI 2600 MC and MM Pro
Filters: Optolong L Quad Enhance and 3nm Ha
Integration: 200 x 2min Broadband, 115 x 4min Ha

Telescope: Stellarvue SVX130T f/7
Camera: Zwo ASI 2600MM Pro
Exposure: 20 x 2min RGB 160x4min L
Mount: iOptron CEM70
Guiding: ASI120mini, 60mm scope
Filter: Optolong LRGB
Software: ASI Air, DSS, Pixinsight
Sky: Bortle 6

Sh2-263 S. Asimakopoulos.jpg The image captures SH2-263 and a portion of the Lambda Orionis ring. Since I shot this in broadband I've also captured the surrounding reflection nebula GN 05 19.0. This was taken from my backyard outside of Philadelphia last month. I've included the technical details b...

The Orion Nebula
Telescope: 8” RASA f/2
Camera: Zwo ASI2600MC Pr
Exposure: 290 x 1min, 30 x 5s
Mount: Zwo AM5
Guiding: Zwo ASI120mini, 30mm scope
Filter: Optolong L Quad Enhance
Software: ASI Air, DSS, Pixinsight

Annular Eclipse Oct 14 2023. Image taken from Kerrville Texas.
Details
Sigma 150-600mm lens @ 600mm
Canon Eos R6 Mkii
Thousand Oaks Solar Filter
Star Adventurer Pro mount
1/10s exposure at ISO 4000 to intentionally overexpose to create Ring of Fire effect

Comet Nishimura (c/2023 P1) captured on the morning of September 6th. This comet was discovered by an amateur astronomer, Hideo Nishimura on August 11th! The comet is now in the constellation Leo and located 86 million miles away and will make its closest approach to Earth on September 13th. It’s al...

Seahorse Nebula - Spilios Asimakopoulos.jpg The awesome Seahorse Nebula (Barnard 150) in the constellation Cepheus! The name accurately reflects the appearance of this dark nebula. The dark nebula is part of a larger molecular cloud located 1200 light years away. The dust of the nebula blocks the l...

The Iris Nebula
Telescope - Celestron RASA f/2
Camera - Zwo ASI 2600 MC Pro
Mount - Celestron CGX
Filter - none
Exposure 200x2min, Gain 100

Venus - Pleiades conjunction. The image was taken April 10th at 9pm from just outside Philadelphia. This is not a composite image; it was taken using 30 exposures of 30 seconds. Telescope - William Optics Redcat 51 f/4,9 Camera - Zwo ASI 2600 MC Pro Mount - Zwo AM5 Filter - none Exposure 30x30s, Gai...

Messier 81 and 82 two galaxies in the constellation Ursa Major. These galaxies are relatively close at 12 million light years away and the big one, M81 or Bode’s Galaxy, is 90,000 light years in diameter. It also has a massive black hole at its core with a mass 70 million that of the sun. M82 (also ...

Comet C/2022 E3 ZTF and U2 ATLAS imaged on Feb 6th between 9:45 and 11:30 EST. Comet E3 ZTF is a stack of 85 one-minute exposures. Comet U2 ATLAS is only 10 mins of exposure to minimize blurring. I used a RASA8 telescope at f/2 with a Zwo ASI2600MC camera to capture the image. I was guiding on the c...

Comet C/2022 E3 ZTF captured at 4am EST on Jan 24th from my backyard outside of Philadelphia.

Technical Details
Telescope: RASA 8 f/2
Camera: ASI 2600MC Pro
Exposures: 9 x 60 seconds through broadband filter

The Orion and Running Man Nebula

Telescope: Skywatcher Esprit 100 f/5.5
Zwo ASI2600MM Pro
Exposure: 100 x 4min Ha, 100 x 4min Oiii, 70 x 6min Sii, 30x10s for the core.
Mount: iOptron Cem70
Guiding: ASI290mini, 60mm scope
Filter: Optolong 3nm
Software: APT, DSS, Pixinsight
Sky: Bortle 6

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