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by **Iaffaldano Giuseppe Carmine** » Wed Sep 01, 2021 8:08 am

Rho Ophiuchi and a Blu Horse :

Rho Ophiuchi and Blu Horse - Lrgb from T4 of Chilescope - 2 panels - total exposure L40min. - R1h - G1h - B1h by gc.iaffaldano, su Flickr

Copyright Iaffaldano G.C.

by **Astrodude13** » Wed Sep 01, 2021 12:32 am

Eagle Nebula SHO 4hr by Blake Estes, on Flickr

This Hubble SHO Palette image totals 3.1 hours of exposure, on 8/31, 2021.

The technical details are as follows:
Telescope: Planewave CDK 20 w/ f/0.66 Reducer
Mount: Planewave Ascension 200HR
Camera: FLI-PL6303
Filters: Astrodon 3nm Ha, SII, OIII
Exposure time: 3.1hrs
Ha: 7x600s
SII: 7x600s
OIII: 5x600s

Processing:
Pixinsight
Adobe Lightroom
Adobe Photoshop CC
Astro Pixel Processor
Drudis narrowband star color correction technique.

Location and framing info:
Site: Siding Spring, Australia

Center (RA, Dec): (274.719, -13.859)
Center (RA, hms): 18h 18m 52.625s
Center (Dec, dms): -13° 51' 32.244"
FOV: 23.8 x 29.8 arcmin
Radius: 0.318 deg
Pixel scale: 0.823 arcsec/pixel
Orientation: Up is 359 degrees E of N

by **pablo12311** » Tue Aug 31, 2021 5:05 pm

The heart nebula pierced by Perseid
Credit: Paweł Buczek
Location: Mechowa Góra, Poland
Taken: August 12-15, 2021
Camera: Nikon Z6; f/2,5; ISO 3200
Lens: Samyang 135mm
467x30sec, 133x40sec

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by **jose** » Tue Aug 31, 2021 6:33 am

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Hola a todos, os dejo mi NGC7023, lo que mas me ha costado ha sido procesarla,
pero después de un mes esto es lo que he conseguido, espero que os guste,
estos son los datos:
TOMAS:
R: 10 Light de 600 segundos, 10 Darks, 25 Flats y 40 Bias
G: 19 Light de 600 segundos, 19 Darks, 31 Flats y 40 Bias
B: 13 Light de 600 segundos, 13 Darks, 25 Flats y 40 Bias
L: 14 Light de 600 segundos, 14 Darks, 25 Flats y 40 Bias

que hacen un total de 14 horas

TEMPERATURA: -10 GRADOS

TUBO: FSQ 106 ED
CCD: SBIG ST-8300M
MONTURA: CGEM
CCD guiar: QHY5 II
LUGAR: LAS INVIERNAS (GUADALAJARA)
Un saludo a todos
jose

by **tango33** » Tue Aug 31, 2021 12:21 am

NGC 6188 region
This is the 'First light' image with a new RASA 14" F2.2 in Tivoli farm Namibia.
It is mounted on a Astelco NTM-500 direct drive mount
The camera is QHY600 Pro camera with 9600X6422 3.76um x 3.76um pixels

This image was composed from 6 filters data:
Ha,O3,S2,R,G,B
Ha - 5X7 minutes
S2,O3 - 5X5 minutes
R,G,B- 5X2 minutes (mainly for the star colors and the Red nebula)

All images were taken at BIN1

Even after some cropping the image is still a huge 9400X5720 Pixels therefore can't be presented here....
Total of only 1:30 HRS - but at F2.2 !!!

Imaged at Tivoli farm Namibia August 2021

Please see the full resolution (BIn 2 of only 4700X2860 Pixels...)
https://pbase.com/tango33/image/171921165

Thanks,

Kfir Simon

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by **a.carrozzi** » Mon Aug 30, 2021 7:43 pm

North America and Pelican nebulae in bicolor HaOIII. Nikkor 180mm f/2.8 closed at f/4 on SkyWatcher NEQ6 Pro. Atik 4000 LE. Baader Filters Ha 7nm and OIII 8.5nm. 15x600s Ha and 15x600s OIII

North America and Pelican Nebula by Alessandro Carrozzi, su Flickr

by **the_astronomy_enthusiast** » Mon Aug 30, 2021 4:46 pm

NGC 7049 by William Ostling, on Flickr

The NASA/ESA’s Hubble Space Telescope has captured this image of NGC 7049, a mysterious looking galaxy on the border between spiral and elliptical galaxies. NGC 7049 is found in the constellation of Indus, and is the brightest of a cluster of galaxies, a so-called Brightest Cluster Galaxy (BCG). Typical BCGs are some of the oldest and most massive galaxies. They provide excellent opportunities for astronomers to study the elusive globular clusters lurking within.

The globular clusters in NGC 7049 are seen as the sprinkling of small faint points of light in the galaxy’s halo. The halo – the ghostly region of diffuse light surrounding the galaxy – is composed of myriads of individual stars and provides a luminous background to the remarkable swirling ring of dust lanes surrounding NGC 7049’s core. Globular clusters are very dense and compact groupings of a few hundreds of thousands of stars bound together by gravity. They contain some of the first stars to be produced in a galaxy. NGC 7049 has far fewer such clusters than other similar giant galaxies in very big, rich groups. This indicates to astronomers how the surrounding environment influenced the formation of galaxy halos in the early Universe.

A full write-up (with processing steps) is available here: https://theastroenthusiast.com/ngc-7049-from-hubble/

Website: https://theastroenthusiast.com/
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by **endamaco** » Mon Aug 30, 2021 9:38 am

Hi,

please find attached a moon image taken in my home town (Padova - Italy) in one of the biggest squares in Europe (Prato della Valle) on 22 of December 2018 .

IMG_5818 by Marco, su Flickr

Marco

by **chanakan** » Mon Aug 30, 2021 8:45 am

The mutual events between Ganymede and Europa on 22 August 2021. It is a combination of Eclipse and Occultation.
These images were taken from Regional Observatory for the Public, Songkhla by using lucky imaging technique under a fair seeing.
I have captured 53 sets of RGB sequently, and it took around 2 hours in total.
Taken by: Thanakrit Santikunaporn, Teerayut Loylip, and Tharadon Chukaeo
Link for video: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/ ... sp=sharing

Click to play embedded YouTube video.

by **Astrodude13** » Mon Aug 30, 2021 5:27 am

The Fighting Dragons of Ara SHO by Blake Estes, on Flickr

The Fighting Dragons of Ara

This Hubble SHO Palette image totals 26 hours of exposure, from 8/17 - 8/29, 2021.

The technical details are as follows:
Telescope: Takahashi TOA-130
Mount: Paramount ME
Camera: FLI-PL16803
Filters: Astrodon 3nm Ha, SII, OIII
Exposure time: 26hrs
Ha: 16x900s
SII: 45x900s
OIII: 43x900s

Processing:
Pixinsight
Adobe Lightroom
Adobe Photoshop CC
Astro Pixel Processor
Drudis narrowband star color correction technique.

Location and framing info:
Site: Siding Spring, Australia

Center (RA, Dec):(249.878, -48.465)
Center (RA, hms):16h 39m 30.806s
Center (Dec, dms):-48° 27' 54.781"
FOV: 2.51 x 2.51 deg
Radius:1.773 deg
Pixel scale:6.02 arcsec/pixel
Orientation:Up is 181 degrees E of N

by **prashant_naik** » Sun Aug 29, 2021 11:18 pm

Event Horizon!

Copyright: Prashant Naik
Date: 12-Aug-2021
Location: Bryce Canyon National Park
Website: https://www.naikonpixels.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/naikonpixels/

Technical Details: 20 images stacked and blended together using starry landscape stacker. Color correction and final adjustments were made in Lightroom CC and photoshop CC.
EXIF: Nikon D810 at 14mm. Exposure time 20s at f2.8; ISO 8000.

Event Horizon! by Prashant Naik, on Flickr

by **cdavmd** » Sun Aug 29, 2021 9:34 pm

The Iris Nebula with very portable gear-
8.4 hours integration
RedCat 51, ASI533MC, AZGTI Mount, ASI AIRPRO
Processed in Pixinsight
Copyright: Carlos David

by **Bobinius** » Sun Aug 29, 2021 9:06 pm

Waterfalls of Cygnus : IC 5068 in SHO

Copyright: Bogdan Borz

Hi, I present you my last narrowband image, a Hubble palette composition. IC 5068 is an emission nebula located close to the Pelican and North America nebulae.

Data acquired between August 9 - 25 over 6 nights.
Ha 88 x 300s @ 139 Gain
SII 74 x 300s @ 139 Gain
OIII 84 x 300s @ 139 Gain
Total exposure: 20h50min
Telescope : William Optics 71mm GT; 6AIII 0.8 reducer
Camera : ASI1600 MM pro
Filters Ha, SII, OIII Astrodon 3nm
Mount AZEQ6 Pro
Sequence Generator Pro, Pixinsight, Photoshop
Location: backyard, Toulouse, France

Full resolution: https://www.astrobin.com/full/jysdlk/0/?mod=&real=

by **Aleix_Roig** » Sat Aug 28, 2021 2:18 pm

I would like to share with you my recent work on the Rho Ophiuchi cloud complex. It's been a hard work due to its low altitude on the south horizon (I live close to Barcelona, 40ºN). Faint details are shown on this broad band image. I only used the best "subs" from a serie of moonless nights. All data captured from my backyard observatory.

Full details on my webpage: https://astrocat.info/rho-ophiuchi-cloud-complex/

HD image on Astrobin: https://www.astrobin.com/full/g6mccz/0/

Rho Ophiuchi cloud complex

Thanks for watching. Best regards,

Aleix Roig

by **stefanz** » Sat Aug 28, 2021 11:27 am

SH2-112

SH2-112 is an emission nebula in constellation Cygnus.

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by **stefanz** » Sat Aug 28, 2021 11:27 am

NGC 4395, NGC 4399, NGC 4400 and NGC 4401 in H-alpha and continuum light

NGC 4395 is a low surface brightness galaxy constellation Canes Venatici. NGC 4399, NGC 4400 and NGC 4401 are bright HII regions inside the galaxy.

The image is calculated with and without H-alpha information. By toggling between the two variants the correlation between HII gas clouds and bluish regions (containing young stars and probably also OIII gas) can be visualized.

Click on the animation for detailed information and full resolution pictures.

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by **barretosmed** » Fri Aug 27, 2021 9:56 pm

MINERAL MOON

BEST DETAILS:
https://www.astrobin.com/full/jp8pwd/0/

The different colors are recognized as corresponding to actual differences in the chemical composition of the lunar surface. Shades of blue reveal areas rich in ilmenite, which contains iron, titanium and oxygen, mainly titanium, while orange and purple show relatively poor regions of titanium and iron.

** EQUIPMENTS: **
ZWO ASI 6200MC COLED
ESPIRIT 150MM

08/16/2021
Location: São Paulo - SP - Brazil

Processing and capture:
Software :, Photoshop CS6, SharpCap V3.0 Sharcap, AutoStakkert AutoStackert !, Registax 6.

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

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by **the_astronomy_enthusiast** » Fri Aug 27, 2021 2:12 pm

A Cosmic Question Mark - NGC 7762 and SH2-170 by William Ostling, on Flickr

This target is such a cool target to me – the question mark top is already incredibly interesting, and the little dot below is icing on the cake. NGC 7762 is the big curvy part of the question mark, and SH2-170 is the little dot at the bottom. This target is so big that I actually had to do a two panel mosaic! All the red in this image is caused by hydrogen gas being ionized by the large stars near it, causing the gas to glow red.

A full write up with all details is available here: https://theastroenthusiast.com/a-cosmic ... d-sh2-170/

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

by **barretosmed** » Thu Aug 26, 2021 7:11 pm

Open cluster NGC 6087 in the constellation of Norma (S Normae Cluster)

NGC 6087 has a visual magnitude of 5.4, located 3,500 light-years away in the constellation Norma.
The cluster is centered on the star S Normae, which is also the brightest star of NGC 6087.

Best details:
https://www.astrobin.com/full/2qj04g/0/

EQUIPMENTS:
ZWO ASI 6200MC PRO COLED
Espirit 150mm
91x 100sec
Date: 08/07/2021

Location: Jales-SP-Brazil
Copyright: Fernando Oliveira de Menezes
E-mail: Barretosmed@hotmail.com

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by **a.carrozzi** » Thu Aug 26, 2021 6:39 pm

The Veil Nebula complex in bicolor HaOIII. Nikkor 180mm f/2.8 closed at f/4 on SkyWatcher NEQ6 Pro. Atik 4000 LE. Baader Filters Ha 7nm and OIII 8.5nm. 15x600s Ha and 15x600s OIII

Veil nebula complex by Alessandro Carrozzi, su Flickr

by **Efrem Frigeni** » Thu Aug 26, 2021 4:53 pm

CR 399 BROCCHI'S CLUSTER (ASTERISM)
Brocchi's Cluster (also known as Collinder 399, Cr 399 or Al Sufi's Cluster) is a random grouping of stars located in the constellation Vulpecula near the border with Sagitta.

www.astroefrem.com
Copyright: Efrem Frigeni

by **Efrem Frigeni** » Thu Aug 26, 2021 4:47 pm

Andromeda Galaxy Hydrogen Alpha Enhancement
Web Site: www.astroefrem.com
Copyright: Efrem Frigeni

by **B_Delsaert** » Wed Aug 25, 2021 9:13 am

Hello,

Here is my latest image

Heckathorn-Fesen-Gull 1 (HFG1) and Abell 6

Hi-res here
https://delsaert.files.wordpress.com/20 ... lor_v2.jpg
Details here
https://delsaert.com/2021/08/19/heckath ... d-abell-6/

Thanks for watching!

Bart

by **mathewbrowne** » Tue Aug 24, 2021 8:36 pm

Tenby Silhouette by Mathew Browne, on Flickr

Moonrise behind the Prince Albert statue in Tenby. ⠀
I photographed from North Beach, half a mile away using a 600mm telephoto lens.

by **the_astronomy_enthusiast** » Tue Aug 24, 2021 4:33 pm

Messier 16 by William Ostling, on Flickr

This was a tough image to process – there were a bunch of tiny dark gaps and hot pixels scattered throughout the image. The image file sizes were also quite big, so processing took a long time. Nevertheless, I got a result that I am proud of! The data is just too good to process badly. I have to give so much credit to the HLSP team – they really did a phenomenal job creating this mosaic.

These towering tendrils of cosmic dust and gas sit at the heart of M16, or the Eagle Nebula. The aptly named Pillars of Creation, featured in this stunning Hubble image, are part of an active star-forming region within the nebula and hide newborn stars in their wispy columns.

Although this is not Hubble’s first image of this iconic feature of the Eagle Nebula, it is the most detailed. The blue colors in the image represent oxygen, red is sulfur, and green represents both nitrogen and hydrogen. The pillars are bathed in the scorching ultraviolet light from a cluster of young stars located just outside the frame. The winds from these stars are slowly eroding the towers of gas and dust.

A full write-up is available here: https://theastroenthusiast.com/hubbles- ... ation-m16/

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