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Autumn Milky Way

Autumn Milky Way by The Heavens Declare, on Flickr

The brilliant colors of leaves changing is just another sign that Milky Way core season has passed yet again, leaving us waiting for another Winter season of Orion.

Technical details:
-Canon Rebel t6
-25sec exposure at 3200
-Dark Sky site in Virginia, United States during November 2020
-Photoshop for levels/color adjustment

ISS with Crew Dragon Resilience transits Jupiter

ISS with Crew Dragon Resilience transits Jupiter by Tom Glenn, on Flickr

This composite image shows 39 consecutive frames that were captured during a transit of the International Space Station (with docked Crew Dragon "Resilience") across Jupiter. The event was captured from north of Lake Elsinore, CA, at GPS coordinates 33.732051N, -117.393964W, on November 19, 2020, 17:35:30 PST. The transit occurred when the ISS was at 27.6 degrees elevation, and at a range of 821km line of sight. This is not ideal, and Jupiter is also nearing solar conjunction. Nevertheless, this presented a unique opportunity to capture a planetary ISS transit. In addition to transiting Jupiter, the ISS passed close to Saturn and the Moon, which is shown in the video linked below.

I posted the following video on YouTube which documents the event, and shows the raw video footage, as well as maps and star charts used in planning:

https://youtu.be/scrG8jif4ZA

The transit was recorded with a C9.25 Edge HD telescope, and ASI183mm camera with a 610nm far-red longpass filter. The exposures were 0.7ms each, and the frame rate was 57fps. The transit ground path was plotted in Google Earth using software written by Ed Morana (http://pictures.ed-morana.com/ISSTransi ... index.html). The transit sequence is composed of 39 consecutive frames containing the spacecraft. The composite image is created by using a maximum intensity blending mode ("Lighten" in Photoshop). Three of the Galilean moons, Io, Ganymede, and Europa are visible in the image. Note that the image is oriented with Jupiter's North Pole at the top. The GRS (Great Red Spot) is not visible......the subtle darker spot visible on the surface of Jupiter is part of the NEB (North Equatorial Belt). After the transit occurred, I manually tracked the ISS as it passed high overhead, which presented a more favorable view for recording details. The same equipment was used, this time with a 0.3ms exposure. The Crew Dragon Resilience can be seen docked on the ISS (link to still image below......this sequence is also contained in the YouTube video):

https://flic.kr/p/2k9CfwX

I would like to submit the following image for review for APOD.

This is an image of the Crescent Nebula and the Soap Bubble Nebula, NGC6888 and PN G75.5+1.7.

The data was shot on the night of September 18th , form my home in the Northern part of The Netherlands, Bortle class 5 skies.

Optics: TS-Optics 115mm Triplet APO
Camera: Astro modified Canon 700D
Subs: 43 x 600 seconds ISO 3200

Thank you for your time,

Kind regards,

Thomas Röell

Instagram: @pilot_astro

Hey all,

Happy to present my recent images from November 2020. These are from our dual remote systems in Fort Davis, Texas consisting of:

Primary - Planewave 14" CDK/Paramount ME2/FLI PL16803 with Chroma filters
Secondary - Stellarvue 130/Paramount Mx+/ASI533MC (also on this setup is a SV70/SX 694 Trius; Askar ACL200/Canon 6d full spectrum).

First is the "Gumby" Nebula (which I always see instead of a running man), aka SH2-279 (14 hours LRGB): Next, Messier 74 (13 hours LRGB): And finally the Nautilus Galaxy, NGC 772 (10 hours LRGB):

NGC 281 - SHO
Here is my attempt of NGC 281 taken form my backyard It is a total integration of 32.2 hours

Equipment:

- William Optics GT81 w/ Flat 6AIII
- ZWO ASI 183MM Pro
- ZWO EFW, OAG, EAF
- ZWO 120MM Mini (Guide Camera)
- RPi4 w/ Stellarmate OS
- Astronomik HA, SII & OII 6nm filters

IG: desclafaniphotography

M33 Triangulum Galaxy - approx. 3 million light years away!

Triangulum may be home to 40 billion stars, compared to 400 billion for the Milky Way, and 1 trillion stars for Andromeda Galaxy.


Full info @ https://www.kinchastro.com/m33-2020.html

Ann wrote: ↑Thu Nov 12, 2020 6:35 am

Robin_Onderka wrote: ↑Wed Nov 11, 2020 9:05 pm Orion and the visitor

Copyright: Robin Onderka | www.instagram.com/robin_onderka

What is that green bulb next to the Orion’s belt? At this time, you can observe and photograph beautiful Comet C/2020 M3 Atlas, which is currently passing by Orion Constellation. Although not as majestic as Comet Neowise, it is definitely worth mentioning.

In the photo you can see the constellations that are typical of the winter sky in the northern hemisphere. They beautifully stretch over the mountains and cities of Slovakia, which are shrouded in mist. Thanks to the modified camera and long exposures, you can also see a lot of details of the emission (red) and reflection (blue) nebulae of these constellations. if you look closely, you will also see a Gegenschein and a soft airglow.

Photographed from: Beskid Mountains, Czech Republic
Gear: Canon 6D astromod + Sigma 35 mm f/1.4 + SW Star Adventurer
EXIF: 6 panel panorama | 4 x 60“ f/2.8 ISO 1600 per panel
SW: Astro Pixel Processor, Photoshop

Contact e-mail: robinonderka@gmail.com

Orion and the visitor by Robin Onderka, on Flickr

Robin, that's a wonderful photo! I love it! The blue-white gems of Orion's Belt are suddenly, mysteriously, joined by a brand new green emerald, which seems to be an extension of Orion's Belt and at the same time give it a kink!

I love the entire skyscape here as well, the composition and the colors. But my eye is inexorably drawn to this amazing version of Orion's Belt!

Ann

Thank you so much Ann for your comment. The fact that I received any feedback on this photo, and even such a positive one, makes me happy and is also a great motivation for me to continue in my work. I'm honestly a little sad that this photo didn't get any more attention on the internet, and I thought it got lost among other great photos that appear here, but who knows

I really appreciate your comment and thank you again!

Reinhold a, b and Lansberg crater

BEST DETAILS
astrobin.com/full/vgsta2/0/?nc=

Equipment
MEADE LX200 10 "UHTC
ZWO Optical ASI 462MC
Filter: Planetary Baader L 1.25 "
Accessory: TeleVue Powermate 2.0x
Mount: Ioptron Cem60
Polar alignment: Sharcap
Processing: Photoshop CS6 ,, AutoStakkert AutoStackert !, Registax 6.

10/28/2020
São Paulo-SP-Brazil

Copyright: Fernando Oliveira de Menezes
Email: Barretosmed@hotmail.com

M42 Copyright: Ian Barredo

M42 in a mix of narrowband and broadband
Equipment
William Optics Z103mm
ZWO ASI533MC
Filter: Optolong L Xtreme, IDAS LPS D1
Skywatcher AZEQ6
Processing: Astropixelprocessor
Regina, SK
Canada

Wonders of Orion constellation



This time I tried to cumulate everything I like about Orion constellation in one picture. I used 2 imaging sessions to combine them into one pano picture. The main characters in the scene are: Flame Nebula (NGC 2024), Horsehead Nebula (IC 434), Running Man Nebula (NGC 1977) and Orion Nebula (M42), however there are plenty of other smaller deep sky objects, as well as loads of stellar dust.

EXIF: 20x 5 mins (right side), 20x 30s + 10x 5 mins (left side), Gain 120, Temp: -10C
Equipment: RedCat 52, ZWO ASI 294 MC Pro, ZWO Guiding Kit, AsiAir

Hi,

My submission:
The Western Veil Nebula, NGC 6960



Imaging telescope: Explore Scientific 80mm ED APO triplet.
Mount: iOptron CEM60.
Imaging camera: ZWO ASI1600MM Pro-Cool.
Frames:
Chroma 3nm Ha: 30x300" (gain: 139.00) -10C bin 1x1
Chroma 3nm OIII: 30x300" (gain: 139.00) -10C bin 1x1
Date: Sept. 18, 2020.
Total Integration time: 5.0 hours.
Location: UAE desert, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

https://flic.kr/p/2kajrvg

Copyright: Wissam Ayoub.

Thank you,

My submission:

Heart Nebula, Soul Nebula, Double Cluster, and 2 Perseids meteors rising over a chapel on a hill in California.

Taken with a 135/2.8 lens and full frame camera, reference shot denoised and enhanced with a stack of 400 x 30s more stacked sky images.

This image is designed to give people a sense of just how large these nebulae are in the sky; each of the two red nebulae is over 4 full moons wide.

Social media:
http://instagram.com/dheeranet

Heart and Soul by Dheera Venkatraman, on Flickr

hello everybody, i hope that all you are healthy.
I want to share this picture then i preprocess again.
This was from a sesion of Telescope 3 from Chilescope.

The tecnical data you can find here: http://www.chilescope.com/equipment-and ... lescope-3/

The datas are:
6x300s in Ha
6x300s in OIII
6x600s in SII
With all data calibration.

I hope like you.

Thanks.

Javier Flores.

Javier Flores.

NGC 7814
Stats: https://www.celestialobjects.net/ngc7814.html
Larger: https://www.celestialobjects.net/assets/ngc7814_f.png

(c) Patrick Winkler

Sunspots AR2785,6 and Prominences on November 25th, 18:01ut. ( ED80 APO Moded Lunt LS50THa Solarscope, ASI290mm Cmos, Cemax 2x Barlows.)

In preparation for the upcoming solar eclipse in two weeks, I reprocessed images taken during the one of 2019. How fortunate to have two total eclipses in consecutive years, so close to my home!

The images were taken form Iglesia, San Juan, Argentina, on 2020-07-02. 11 shots of varying exposures were digitally combined to show from the chromosphere to the outer corona in an HDR composition.

Canon T3i, Orion ST80 f/5
ISO 800 ¼ s to ISO 100 1/500 s

Hi,

My submission:
Pickering’s Triangle Nebula NGC 6979
A cropped version of my Western Veil Nebula NGC 6960.



Imaging telescope: Explore Scientific 80mm ED APO triplet.
Mount: iOptron CEM60.
Imaging camera: ZWO ASI1600MM Pro-Cool.
Frames:
Chroma 3nm Ha: 30x300" (gain: 139.00) -10C bin 1x1
Chroma 3nm OIII: 30x300" (gain: 139.00) -10C bin 1x1
Date: Sept. 18, 2020.
Total Integration time: 5.0 hours.
Location: UAE desert, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

https://flic.kr/p/2kaXq3F

Copyright: Wissam Ayoub.

Thank you,

Hi,

My submission:
The Rosette Nebula NGC 2237



Imaging telescope: Explore Scientific 127mm ED TRIPLET APO.
Imaging camera: ZWO ASI1600MM Pro-Cool.
Mount: iOptron CEM60.
Frames:
Astronomik Ha 1,25" 12 nm: 20x240" (gain: 139.00) -17C bin 1x1
Astronomik OIII 1.25" 12nm: 20x240" (gain: 139.00) -17C bin 1x1
Astronomik SII 1.25" 12 nm: 20x240" (gain: 139.00) -17C bin 1x1
Total integration: 4.0 hours.
Imaging date: Nov. 1, 2019.
Re-processed on Nov 26 & 27, 2020.
Location: UAE desert, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

https://flic.kr/p/2kb8ffK

Copyright: Wissam Ayoub.

Thank you,

The Ring Nebula in the Constellation Lyra

M57, the ring nebula, is found in the constellation Lyra. M57 is a planetary nebula, which is an expanding shell of gas ejected from a star in the later stages of its evolution. The image captured the outer halo structure of M57 as well as the galaxy IC 1296 (see annotated image on the Facebook page). Image is a total of 9 hr 20 min exposure taken through a 12.5” RCOS f/9 astrograph at f/6 (Astro-Physics CCDT67 reducer) with a SBIG STF8300m CCD camera on a Paramount ME on the nights of 18, 19, 22 May 17, 19 June 2020 in Mayhill, NM (13 x 1200 s lights, 5 x 1200 s blue, 5 x 1200 s red, 5 x 1200 s green all at -15 degrees C). Processed in PixInsight 1.8.8-6 Ripley (x64).

M76 The Little Dumbbell Nebula
Copyright: Bogdan Borz

Hi,

This is the Little Dumbbell or Cork Nebula, in HOO with RGB stars.

Telescope : ONTC 10'' Newtonian f4
Camera: ZWO ASI 1600MM, 3nm Ha, O3 Astrodon filters and Zwo RGB filters @ -20°C
Mount : AZEQ6 pro
Total exposure : 8.9 h
Location : Backyard, Bortle 8, Toulouse, France
Date : November 20, 21 2020
Full resolution and technical details: https://www.astrobin.com/full/dojhtw/0/

M 42 and Ngc 1977
from remote observatory in Colorado; takahashi E180 + Asi 071 pro color

M 42 and Ngc 1977 by gc.iaffaldano, su Flickr

Copyright Dean Salman and Iaffaldano GC.

Melotte 15 - Swan Lake

Copyright: Bogdan Borz

Hello,

This is my latest backyard project, Melotte 15 in Cassiopeia.

Clear skies !

Bogdan Borz

Telescope : ONTC 10'' Newtonian f4
Camera: ZWO ASI 1600MM, 3nm Ha, O3, S2 Astrodon filters and Zwo RGB filters @ -20°C
Mount : AZEQ6 pro
Total exposure : 20.4 h
Location : Backyard, Bortle 8, Toulouse, France
Date : November 21, 22, 23, 25 2020
Full resolution and technical details: https://www.astrobin.com/full/w2wbpk/0/

Copyrights:Raul Villaverde Fraile
Roseta 2020 NB Redes by Raul Villaverde, en Flickr

The Sun on November 29th, 16:58ut. Earlier today (Nov. 29th at 1311UT), Earth-orbiting satellites detected the biggest solar flare (M4.4) in more than 3 years.

Full sky view of the Milky Way and airglow
www.mattdieterich.com
Copyright: Matt Dieterich
The dark night skies of Idaho provide a stunning view of the Milky Way! Here is a panorama I captured to show the full sky look at the summer Milky Way from Craters of the Moon National Monument with a Nikon Z6 and 14-24mm lens. The photos were all 30 second untracked images. Ample green airglow was in the sky that night along with Comet NEOWISE hiding behind the clouds on the horizon. Can you spot a few well known deep sky objects like the Andromeda Galaxy and North American Nebula?