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NGC 7479, Superman Galaxy. Truth, Justice and the American Way!!!!

I don't ever recall seeing this Galaxy in APOD. I cannot find it in APOD archive. I guess there's first time for everything!!!



High resolution image at: https://peternagy.smugmug.com/Telescope ... -bNqWP4J/A

Superman Galaxy, NGC 7479 . RGB + Luminance. 0.84"/pixel image scale.

Astrodon I series Red filter, 13 x 5 minutes, 1x1. 9/25/2019.
Astrodon I series Green filter, 13 x 5 minutes, 1x1. 9/24/2019.
Astrodon I series Blue filter, 13 x 5 minutes, 1x1. 9/24/2019.
Astrodon I series Lum filter, 39x 5 minutes, 1x1. 9/24/2019 and 9/25/2019.

Total 6.5 hours.

TEC 160FL APO F/7 with TEC Field Flattener, Astro-Physics A-P1100GTO GEM with absolute encoders. QSI660wsg. OAG and Ultrastar autoguider (1.19"/sec), Starlight Instruments PDMS motorized focuser.

Captured and automated with Voyager. Calibration and Post-processed with PixInsight. PHD2 settings: RA Aggressiveness: 70, RA Hysteresis: 10, Max RA/Dec Duration: 2000, Min Move: 0.67 (0.80"), Calibration Steps: 200msec, Lowpass2 Dec guiding algorithm, 4 seconds auto guiding exposure and dithering 5 pixels.

Dusty Perseus and Taurus,

please find my quite aggressive approach to dusty region between Taurus & Perseus. The picture was taken at the last day of August in southwestern Poland. It's a combination of 60x120s expositions taken with modded Nikon D610, Samyang 135 and aggresive processing for revealing the complexity of dust structures.
larger size available here: http://iro.net.pl/astrophoto/dusty-taur ... erseus.jpg


It's quite sentimental region of the sky for me as I used to live for about 16 years at Perseus Street walking to the school with colleagues from Orion Str. and Andromeda Str. [this is what happens if your city has Copernicus' district ] I hope you like the picture.


Kind regards

Corona Veil
http://www.astromarcin.pl
Copyright: Marcin Paciorek

Better res: http://www.astromarcin.pl/images/aaa201 ... 9_2200.jpg

Eye of Creator - four narrowband channels Helix

The image is a blend of 0.55 HA_SNO + 0.1 HA_HNO + 0.35 HA_HSO. I know, not really scientific, but pretty.

Integration (203 hours of useable data in total captured during 40-50 sessions over several months across two winters):
HA = 194 x 900s + 157 x 1200s
OIII = 124 x 900s
NII = 88 x 900s
SII = 167 x 900s + 22 x 1200s

Data was acquired with a 105mm CFF on Mach1 and QSI 690 from our backyard in a coastal town 20deg South of the Equator.

The thin bows registered only about 1 photon per hour of exposure with my set-up, that's why a relatively long exposure was needed to allow for showing the fainter extensions.

Full resolution: https://cdn.astrobin.com/thumbs/rWV9cwy ... PTXvtk.jpg
Copyright: Suavi Lipinski

http://halfa.webcindario.com/m17-HOsH25 ... TAESTA.jpg
Hola a todos os dejo esta nebulosa, M 17, espero que os guste;
estos son los datos:
M 17

TOMAS:

Ha: 14 Light de 900 segundos, 14 Darks, 26 Flats y 40 Bias
OIII: 8 Light de 900 segundos, 8 Darks, 26 Flats y 40 Bias
SII: 8 Light de 900 segundos, 8 Darks, 26 Flats y 40 Bias
que hacen un total de 7 horas y media.
PALETA:
HUBBLE
R= SII
G= H-alfa
B= OIII
L= H-alfa
TEMPERATURA: -10 GRADOS
TUBO: FSQ 106 ED
CCD: SBIG ST-8300M
MONTURA: CGEM
CCD guiar: QHY5 II
LUGAR: LAS INVIERNAS (GUADALAJARA) Y TOREREJON DE ARDOZ (MADRID)
Un saludo.
jose

Gum 85 in HA_RGB

In this image of a less familiar but interesting object, Ha was used for detail and RGB for colour.

Total integration is just over 52 hours, data was collected with a 105mm refractor from our backyard in a coastal town 20 deg South of the Equator.

Full resolution: https://cdn.astrobin.com/thumbs/3daWs6r ... TFEFrI.jpg
Copyright: Suavi Lipinski

Cygnus Loop Mosaic- 120 Hours of time across four months.



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 view into the heavens. I created a GIF to reveal the hydrogen and oxygen (black and white skeleton) present in the region; leftovers from an ancient supernova. 6 panel mosaic; 22hrs of integration per panel- 120hr project over four months. Shot both from my scope in a remote facility in Texas and in my driveway and local dark site in Tennessee. Time under clear skies is precious and I try to maximize it.

Images acquired in June, July, August, September and completed in October after finishing up the Oxygen channel. Framing mosaic wizard used to create a six panel mosaic. Acquired in Sequence
Generator Pro, calibrated in Pixinsight, and adjusted for levels in Photoshop; exported as a GIF in Photoshop.

Data captured on my dual system (currently split between two states)

- 2xWilliam Optics 132 w/ QHY 16200 CCD cameras; QHY MOAG w/5Lii
- AP Mach 1 GTO

Image integration:
40 x 180 L
40 x 180 R
40 x 180 G
40 x 180 B
40 x 600 Ha
40 x 600 O3

More details here: https://www.astrobin.com/yqajrh/D/?nc=user

Località: San Romualdo - Ravenna
Tecnosky Apo 130 su ASA DDM60PRO - Pose non guidate
CCD QSI 520wsi raffreddato -20
Filtri RGB Astrodon Gen2 I-series e Narrowband 5nm
HA-OIII-RGB: HA 25x10min, OIII 28x10min, R 29x5min, G 30x5min, B 26x5min.

Cristina Cellini

Hola a todos, entre nubes pude sacar algunas fotos del eclipse, y esta fue una de las que mas me gustaron, es una cámara con muchos años y sin modificar nada y aun así me da alegrías como esta, los datos son:
Cámara: canon 400d
Objetivo: sigma 70-300 apo dg
Trípode: el de la cámara
Tiempo de exposición: 0,6 segundos
Distancia focal: 190 mm
Un saludo
jose

EARTHSHINE

It occurs when all sunlight is reflected away from Earth, and the Earth-facing side of the moon is almost invisible.
Sometimes the dark face of the moon captures the reflected glow of the earth and returns that light. The dark face of the moon has a faint glow, a ghostly version of a full moon. The phenomenon is called earth glow or cinematic light. It tends to be brighter between April and June, although it occurs at other times of the year.

Best details:
https://www.astrobin.com/full/lmh0pl/0/?nc=user

Equipaments :
Apo 150mm triplet
Asi 1600mm
Filter baader L

Date: 09/30/2019
Sao Paulo - SP- Brazil

Processing:
Adoble photoshop
SharpCap
As3!Copyright: Your name

A Bridge Not Too Far
Copyright: György Soponyai

47-hour-old crescent Moon is about to set behind Eastern pillar of Megyeri bridge. This bridge is the northernmost and youngest one of Budapest. Fun fact: it was opened on 30th September 2009 so the photo was taken on its 11th birthday.


2019.09.30.
Dunakeszi, Hungary

Canon EOS 5D Mark II + Tamron EF 150-600 @256mm
0.25 sec, F 5.6, ISO 4000

"A magical ring of fire... our sun"
Total solar Eclipse
July 2, 2019
La Higuera town (La Serena )
IV Region, Chile

By: Luis Calle Rosasco (@luis_astrofoto)

Hi Guys !!...i'm gonna make you a direct question to all of you: ⁠
⁠
Is it worth taking a 4-hours flight to another country, driving 5 hours to the observation area in order to enjoy 2.5 minutes of total darkness and get some images about something that you will be probably living once in your life ??...In my opinion, It's worth every second !⁠
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For that ocassion, i considered It was a great idea to try to do something different: capturing a solar eclipse in H-Alpha with a solar scope, instead of the classic Mylar filter / Baader film attached to a DSLR camera lens, getting more info about solar activity during partial/total phase.⁠
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Here are the results...the stunning solar flames just a few seconds after finishing the total phase, were simply awesome, shocking, outstanding!⁠

Equipment:
- Coronado PST 40/400mm f10 H-alpha telescope
- ZWO ASI294MC camera
- Barlow 2x lens
- Skywatcher Star Adventurer
- Expo time: 2 secs (1 x 2 secs frame)
- Capturing/processing: Firecapture, Pixinsight, Adobe Lightroom



Original image:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1-PUiJ ... tcXkdqRQA6

MOON 6.8%

BEST DETAILS
https://www.astrobin.com/full/zma6ti/0/?nc=user

EQUIPMENTS:
APO 150MM
ASI 1600MM
BAADER L

SAO PAULO-SP
09/30/2019Copyright: Fernando Oliveira de Menezes
Email: Barretosmed@hotmail.com

NGC 1333 and IC 348 by Onejoshsmith, on Flickr

copyright: Josh Smith

5 Moons and Jupiter Jan 21, 2013

Nick Pavelchak
https://www.astrobin.com/30957/B/

Turmoil - M 8 Center



Detail: https://www.astrobin.com/qyjhg8/B/

Copyright: Zhuoqun Wu

Vela

SHORGB :
http://www.cielboreal.com/galerie/photo102.jpg
full size : http://www.cielboreal.com/galerie/photo102f.jpg

RHaGBo3 :
http://www.cielboreal.com/galerie/photo102b.jpg
full size : http://www.cielboreal.com/galerie/photo102fb.jpg

done with TEC160, Moravian G4-16000 on Paramount MX+ near Actacama Desert in Chile, El Sauce Observatory

http://www.cielaustral.com
Copyright: Team CielAustral with J.C CANONNE, N.OUTTERS, P. BERNHARD, D. CHAPLAIN & L. BOURGON

Ghost Nebula (SH2-136). KG Observatory, Julian CA.

Recently a few folks on Astrobin suggested I try the elusive Ghost Nebula (SH2-136). This is a challenging LRGB object with virtually no signal in Ha or OIII. Long integration in dark skies is very helpful.

My goal was to collect my normal 6 hours of L and 3 hours of each RGB channel (15 hours total) with FWHM on 15 minute subs <= 2".

During the 10-day dark window, the first 3 days were great and then it was cloudy for 5 days. After that, the night time air temperature dropped 20 degrees and the ground was still warm. That apparently was the perfect recipe for 3"+ FWHM seeing.

It steadied enough on 9/30 to collect another hour of L and to fill in some RGB.

Adam Block's excellent capture with his 32" at 9,157' was my reference...

http://www.caelumobservatory.com/gallery/sh2136.shtml

What you see here is 24" at 4,200' in 21.4 SQM skies. It was a long 10 days. I very much appreciated the requests and enjoyed the challenge.

Comments are very welcome!

"Spooky shapes seem to haunt this starry expanse, drifting through the night in the royal constellation Cepheus. Of course, the shapes are cosmic dust clouds faintly visible in dimly reflected starlight. Far from your own neighborhood on planet Earth, they lurk at the edge of the Cepheus Flare molecular cloud complex some 1,200 light-years away. Over 2 light-years across the ghostly nebula and relatively isolated Bok globule, also known as vdB 141 or Sh2-136, is near the center of the field. The core of the dark cloud on the right is collapsing and is likely a binary star system in the early stages of formation."

https://www.astrobin.com/0r4e25/?nc=user

Inside Aquila
Skymonsters: http://www.skymonsters.net
Copyright: Nicola Montecchiari

vanamonde81 wrote: ↑Thu Oct 03, 2019 10:33 am A Bridge Not Too Far
Copyright: György Soponyai

47-hour-old crescent Moon is about to set behind Eastern pillar of Megyeri bridge. This bridge is the northernmost and youngest one of Budapest. Fun fact: it was opened on 30th September 2009 so the photo was taken on its 11th birthday.


2019.09.30.
Dunakeszi, Hungary

Canon EOS 5D Mark II + Tamron EF 150-600 @256mm
0.25 sec, F 5.6, ISO 4000

I love this image. It reminds me slightly of the APOD of October 2, which shows molecular clouds floating "serenely" against the backdrop of the energetic Carina Nebula.

Ann

Golden Pleiades, M45
R and B channels were swapped.



**Equipment
Telescope: Astro-Tech at80edt 80mm refractor
Flattener: Astro-Tech x0.8 reducer/flattener
Camera: Nikon d5300 full-spectrum modded
Filter: IDAS LPS D1 48mm
Mount: Celestron Advanced VX

**Acquisition
Capturing software: AstroPhotography Tool
Guiding software: PHD2
Light: 5 min subs x 57
Dark: 0 subs
Flat: 15 subs
Total integration time: 4 hr 45 min
ISO: 200
Dithering: every 2 subs
Focal length: 384mm
F ratio: f/4.8

**Processing
Entirely done in Pixsinsight:

Dynamic crop
Automatic Background Extraction
Background Neutralization
Color Calibration
SCNR
Multiscale Median Transformation
Histogram Transformation
ACDNR
Curves Transformation
Color Saturation
Local Histogram Equalization
Morphological Transformation
Unsharp Mask
LRGB Combination with R and B swapped

https://i.imgur.com/GG7oV69.jpg

I forgot to attach a link to the original image.

The image was taken on the night of October 4th, 2019 in my backyard in Peterborough, Ontario, Canada.

Airplanes, satellites, Muon's, Worm's/ Gamma rays.... Normally we remove all the traces of cosmic radiation and human Engineering visible in the Sky. Radio-active particle traces and Gammy rays have to be removed also. It is kind of busy in the Sky these days as shown here in this stack of 223x300 second exposures made without fancy statistical cosmetic outlier removal.
Copyright: Public Domain

Flickr post: https://www.flickr.com/photos/kees-scherer/48847775697/