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Re: Submissions: 2023 January

by ArtOfPix » Sat Feb 04, 2023 5:44 pm

"THE GREAT ORION NEBULA"
- Deepsky 750mm LSHO Stars: RGB
- Constellation Orionis

Image

Another refreshing elaboration of the great Orion Nebula - and it's far from over ^^
Let the creativity run free, regarding the coloring, I call it "Fresh Banana Look", it somehow reminds me of an ice cream dessert in summer *g*
Narrowband filters for hAlpha, SII and OIII were used, the star colors come from RGB recordings. The colors were selectively adjusted by me, so we're pretty much in the "pretty pictures" range here :-) But it's also fun every now and then :-)

The Orion Nebula (M42 or NGC 1976) is an emission nebula in the constellation of Orion. Due to the high apparent brightness of its center above the 4th magnitude, the nebula is clearly visible to the naked eye as part of Orion's Sword south of the three stars of Orion's Belt. Overall, it has an angular extension of about one degree.
The Orion Nebula is a subregion of the interstellar molecular cloud OMC-1 in the Orion molecular cloud complex. It consists mainly of hydrogen. Stars form in the nebula, whose ionizing radiation makes the nebula shine in the visible range. It is therefore also classified as an H-II area. At a distance of about 1350 light-years, it is one of the most active star-forming regions in the galactic neighborhood, which is why it is a preferred study object for studying star formation. It is expected to evolve into a Pleiades-like open star cluster.
The main ionization source of the Orion Nebula is the star θ¹ Orionis C1, which is also one of the most luminous stars known with more than 200,000 times the luminosity of the Sun. However, the immediately adjacent and similarly configured De Mairan's Nebula has a different ionizing source and is therefore not part of the Orion Nebula.

| Object : M42 The Great Orion Nebula
| Stack RGB : 288 Lights R+G+B / 100 Darks / 25 Flats / 500 Bias
| Stack LUM : 576 Lights Luminance / 100 Darks / 25 Flats / 500 Bias
| EBV Tools : Pixinsight / Adobe PS&LR / GraXpert / AstraImage
| Pixinsight: Blur X, Noise X, Star X Terminator, HDR Compilation
| Guiding : PHD2 & ZWO-ASI120 Mono / N.I.N.A.
| M&O : AZ-EQ6 GT Pro / Skywatcher 150/750 PDS
| Filter : Astronomy L/R/G/B
| Stuff : iKK GPU / OCTO+ 2"/ bezel ring / Lacerta MFOK
| Camera : Atik 16200 Mono & Filra / BW 750mm
| Exif RGB1 : BLZ each 64x 5s per frame / UnityGain / f/5
| Exif RGB2 : BLZ each 64x 60s per frame / UnityGain / f/5
| Exif RGB3 : BLZ 16x 180s per frame / UnityGain / f/5
| Exif LUM1 : BLZ 256x 2s per frame / UnityGain / f/5
| Exif LUM2 : BLZ 64x 5s per frame / UnityGain / f/5
| Exif LUM3 : BLZ 256x 60s per frame / UnityGain / f/5
| Total BLZ: 11 hours 11 minutes 52 seconds

Conditions for registration:
Clear nights, taken directly from the small town at Bortle 7 sky, clear light pollution from city lights.

#constellationorionis #greatorionnebula #runningmannebula #universe #artofpixastro #astrophotography

Re: Submissions: 2023 January

by Meiying Lee » Wed Feb 01, 2023 3:34 pm

C/2022 E3 ZTF and Meteor
Photo description:
At 2:58 am on January 31, 2023, on a high mountain at an altitude of 3,000 meters, a brightly colored meteor just crossed the comet ZTF. It's so beautiful!
Equipment Details: Canon R7 with Tamron SP 24-70mm F2.8 Lens
Post-processing Details:
Using Sequator156 to superimpose 40 consecutive photos without tracking.
Single photo: focal length 70mm, f/2.8, exposure 13.8s, ISO16000
Total exposure time: 13.8s*40
Location : Mount Hehuan, Nantou, Taiwan
Time: January 31, 2023 at 2:58 am
Photographer : Meiying Lee (李美英)
1602_40_1581_1620光害濾鏡aac6M.jpg

Re: Submissions: 2023 January

by rkas12 » Tue Jan 31, 2023 11:08 pm

Link to fulll size image : https://astrob.in/jus12q/0/

Hi there. Here it is ! The "naked" version of the dark nebula LDN 1622.

This is a starless version of the nebula which features faint details and beautiful dust and clouds all over. The monochrome rendering is naturally occurring due to the use of a H-α (hydrogen-alpha) narrowband filter at 656 nm (nanometers). I have always been very interested in "starless" renderings because they offer quite another appealing view.

Data credit : Aygen Erkaslan
Date : Jan 2023.
Location : own remote observatory, Spain
Scope : Takahashi TOA 130
Camera: ZWO ASI 6200 mm pro
Filter : H-a 3nm filter
Intégration time : 9H

Re: Submissions: 2023 January

by Tom Glenn » Tue Jan 31, 2023 8:27 pm

Mars Approaches the Moon, January 30, 2023
ImageMars approaches the Moon, JAN-30-2023 by Tom Glenn, on Flickr

This image shows Mars and the Moon, approximately 14 minutes before Mars disappeared behind the lunar night side. I captured this image last night, through intermittent rain and clouds, from San Diego, CA. The image is a stack of 500 frames, captured in rapid succession at 20:20 local time (PST). Aside from the stacking, there is no compositing, no repositioning of elements within the frame, and no selective alterations to the exposure (global gamma and curves were applied).

The large crater along the terminator is Copernicus (diameter 96km, depth 3.8km). With Mars receding after opposition and currently subtending only 10" apparent size, Copernicus appears approximately 5x the diameter of Mars in this image. The large crater near the top of the image is Plato, which has a similar diameter to Copernicus, but is much older and has very different characteristics.

Image details:
January 30, 2023, 20:20 PST, San Diego, CA
500 frames stacked
6" f/6 Newtonian telescope, focal length 916mm
Baader MPCC Mark III coma corrector
ASI678mc camera, 5ms exposure, 11% gain

Re: Submissions: 2023 January

by Rafeee » Tue Jan 31, 2023 5:53 pm

A lonely wanderer among the constellations
2023_01_31_131632_2048px_f.jpg
Copyright: Rafael Schmall
https://www.astrobin.com/users/Rafeee/

I made such a wide-angle shot of the sky, in which the comet is visible and the two iconic northern constellations are also on it. I photographed this comet in several focal points, but I liked this one the best.

Image Details:
Equipment: Canon EOS6D, Rokinon 24mm f/1.4, SkyWatcher Star-Adventurer
Exif data: 10x75sec, ISO3200, f4 + 5x75sec, ISO3200, f4 (with diffusion filter)
Processing: Lightroom, Photoshop

Location: Hungary, Zselic Starry Sky Park, Zselic Park of Stars

Re: Submissions: 2023 January

by avdhoeven » Tue Jan 31, 2023 12:32 pm

This image is an experiment I did using data from the GONG h-alpha network.

I wanted to show the development of some solar filaments that I also imaged myself in July last year and that showed a very nice development in the days they were visible.

I gathered data from the period from 4th of July until 16th of July with 2 day intervals from the GONG network and processed them in such way that I overlayed the images showing the filaments as they rotated with the sun during this period.

Clearly can be seen how the filament changed on the southern hemisphere and you can even see it as a prominence when it rotated away from Earth. On the northern hemisphere there was a large filament that ruptured during this period and lifted off, which can be seen as it suddenly dissappeared.

I like the result and it gives a nice idea of the activity of the sun in this period.

Credit: GONG data were acquired by instruments operated by NISP/NSO/AURA/NSF with contribution from NOAA. Processing: André van der Hoeven (www.astro-photo.nl)
filament_development 04-16 july 2022 v2 logo.jpg

Re: Submissions: 2023 January

by danwatt » Mon Jan 30, 2023 9:42 pm

The Boogeyman Nebula to M78 Mosaic
Been on this one for a few months, nearly 150 hours of total exposure time.

Copyright: Daniel Watt https://www.astrobin.com/users/danwatt/
m78_mosaic2_small.jpg
High Resolution: https://astrob.in/full/gbgp92/0/?real=

Technical Details:
8" f3.9 Newt with Starizona .75x reducer
QHY268M
Astronomik Deep Sky RGB Filters + L2 for Lum
Orion Atlas EQ-G

Processed in Pixinsight and Photoshop

RGB ~130x300"
L 227x300"
Ha 584 x 300"

Re: Submissions: 2023 January

by a.carrozzi » Mon Jan 30, 2023 6:32 pm

Comet C/2022 E3 ZTF from Capanne di Sillano,Tuscany, Italy on January 29th 2023

ImageC/2022 E3 ZTF - January 29th 2023 by Alessandro Carrozzi, su Flickr

Re: Submissions: 2023 January

by SpookyAstro » Mon Jan 30, 2023 5:43 pm

ImageComet C/2022 E3 ZTF from Grand Mesa Observatory on 1/22/2023 by Transient Astronomer, on Flickr

Image Credit and Copyright Grand Mesa Observatory www.grandmesaobservatory.com Tom Masterson/Terry Hancock/Kim Quick

Re: Submissions: 2023 January

by jlndfr » Mon Jan 30, 2023 3:16 pm

Hi !

Here is the comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) with a legend about the its anatomy
Taken in January 22 from France.

Author : Julien Dufour

Full version here : https://www.astrobin.com/full/daoorc/E/

Image
https://cdn.astrobin.com/thumbs/KLSGj0e ... TZ0INm.jpg

Re: Submissions: 2023 January

by Ma77 » Mon Jan 30, 2023 10:53 am

Andromeda https://flic.kr/p/2oegdWS

On the 10/08/2022 (10th Aug 2022) I took this picture of Andromeda in the Caingorms in Scotland which was at Bortle 2 skies. The moon phase was at 96% (Waxing Gibbous Phase).

I took this image using my setup, Canon 5D Mkiii (stock), Rokinon 135mm @ F2 and Star Adventurer 2i Star Tracker.

This was the second time I ever tried Astrophotography, and the first time using a star tracker and suitable lens.

Re: Submissions: 2023 January

by Wah! » Mon Jan 30, 2023 3:59 am

I've completed the 2023 first full cycle of the moon phases, in thermal wavelength (8-14um).
202301ThermalMoonCalendar.jpg
202301ThermalMoonCalendarC.jpg
202301ThermalMoonCalendarC2.jpg
Here are the animations:

White hot
https://www.youtube.com/embed/WQ21lNZH6dM

Rainbow palette
https://www.youtube.com/embed/gJsHwTlURN8

Re: Submissions: 2023 January

by astronut2007 » Sun Jan 29, 2023 10:01 pm

POLAR STRATOSPHERIC CLOUDS
Copyright: Alan C Tough

Rare Polar Stratospheric (Nacreous) Clouds have been spotted over the north of Scotland. I was lucky enough to see them, for about a 20-minute period, before the (Tropospheric) rain clouds moved in again. Venus lies to the bottom right of the clouds in the second image.

These photos were taken at about 5 p.m. (local time) from Elgin, Moray, Scotland.

Highest resolution images are here:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/7776810@N07/52656063587/
https://www.flickr.com/photos/7776810@N07/52657238039/

Re: Submissions: 2023 January

by KuriousGeorge » Sun Jan 29, 2023 7:00 pm

NGC2655 - A Multi-Spin Galaxy. KG Observatory, Julian, CA.

https://www.astrobin.com/ya0b2o/
Attachments
NGC2655_S1_Crop_Noise_CBS_HVLG_Sat_SS2810m3.jpg

Re: Submissions: 2023 January

by rkas12 » Sun Jan 29, 2023 6:13 pm

Link to original : https://www.astrobin.com/m44gwm/

Hello all,

With the weather conditions improving here in Europe, I finally had the chance to go through a new interesting target : LDN 1622 - commonly known as the mythical "Boogeyman". LDN 1622 is a dark nebula in Orion - complex structures of dust which can be only detected through long exposures. With regards to the framing that I chose, it gives the feeling that we have an intriguing silhouette running so fast that we stil see the trail of smoke behind him.

Acquisition details :
Data Credit : Aygen Erkaslan
Date : lights gathered between the second and third weeks of January 2023
Scope : Takahashi TOA 130
Camera : ZWO ASI 6200 mm pro
Filters : Chroma 3nm, LRGB-HA, respectively#60, #40, #40, #40, #50
Total integration time : 24H

I hope you will like it.

Clear Skies,
Aygen

Re: Submissions: 2023 January

by Harles99 » Sun Jan 29, 2023 5:06 pm

ImageIC342 - "Hidden Galaxy" by Harley Grady, on Flickr

IC342 - "Hidden Galaxy" - is an intermediate spiral galaxy in the constellation of Camelopardalis about 10.7 Million Light Years away. It would be one of the brighter galaxies in the night time sky, however since it's located on the central disk of the Milky Way galaxy, it is heavily obscured by dust from the Milky Way, hence the nickname "Hidden Galaxy"


TS Optics 90mm CF APO Refractor with .8x reducer (F4.8)
TS Optics 50mm Guide Scope
ZWO ASI 2600 MC PRO
ZWO ASI AIR
Skywatcher EQ6R PRO


This is a 81x300" Integration. Shot with one night at my Bortle 2 dark site in Comanche, TX and the other night at a bottle 4 site closer to the DFW area.

Re: Submissions: 2023 January

by ArtOfPix » Sun Jan 29, 2023 4:41 pm

"THE SMALL MAGELAN CLOUD"
- Deepsky Widefield Mosaic 530mm LRGBhA
- Constellation Tucana

Image

Have a nice Sunday afternoon, dear astro friends!
Today I show you the first results from the recordings of a rented telescope in Australia. A very sensible investment for me, because from my point of view you don't get to see this property in Central Europe! A magnificent ultrawidefield shot as a 2-part mosaic, with a multitude of small objects! There is so much to discover in this neighboring galaxy!

The Small Magellanic Cloud, short KMW or SMC (from English Small Magellanic Cloud), Latin Nubecula Minor, is an irregular galaxy of the Local Group. It is relatively close to the Milky Way, about 200,000 light-years away, and lies in the night sky at the Toucan/Water Serpent constellation boundary. With a diameter of about 7000 light-years, it is much smaller than the Milky Way. Like the Large Magellanic Cloud, it is an object in the southern sky and is therefore not visible from Central Europe. The people of the southern hemisphere have always been familiar with the Magellanic Clouds, for example they are mentioned in some Aboriginal myths. With the advent of global seafaring in the early 16th century, the Small Magellanic Cloud was also noticed by Europeans.
The Magellanic Bridge and the Magellanic Stream are joined to the Small Magellanic Cloud by two elongated H-I regions that connect the two Magellanic Clouds to each other and to the Milky Way. The structure of the Small Magellanic Cloud was significantly influenced by the gravitational influences of the Large Magellanic Cloud and the Milky Way, but it is unclear whether it is gravitationally bound to its neighboring galaxies or just passing by by chance. As one of the closest extragalactic objects, the Small Magellanic Cloud is an important research object for studying the universe beyond the Milky Way.

At the bottom left of the image and as Extra Crop, 47 Tucanae (also known as NGC 104) is the second brightest globular cluster in the sky after Omega Centauri and is already visible to the naked eye as a small nebula. It's a particularly large, ancient cluster, located about 15,000 light-years from Earth.

At the top right of the image and as an extra crop, the open star clusters NGC460 and NGC465, which are associated with an H-II region, and NGC 456, an emission nebula with an open star cluster.

Taken with a Takahashi FSQ ED, focal 530m, f/5 and a FLI Microline 16803 CCD, filter: Astrodon Gen2 series E.
Lights per panel: 16 lights at 120s each for luminance, 8 lights at 120s each for R, B and G and 8 lights each at 300s hAlpha and OIII.
Imaging with rented remote telescope system at iTelescope (T8 setup) in Siding Spring Observatory, Australia.

Conditions for registration:
Clear nights, Borlte 1 sky, moon up to max.40%, date 2023-01-15 to 2023-01-23

Re: Submissions: 2023 January

by farlightteam » Sun Jan 29, 2023 1:05 pm

Image

M31 HaLRGB

The Andromeda Galaxy or M31 is a giant spiral galaxy. Located in the constellation of the same name, it is about 2.5 million light-years from us and is the farthest celestial object from us that can be seen with eye naked. M31 belongs to the Local Group, which contains 30 small galaxies and three large spiral galaxies: Andromeda itself, the Milky Way and the Triangulum Galaxy (M33). Its mass is estimated to be 1.5 times Milky Way's and contains about a trillion suns. It is twice as bright as our Milky Way.
M31 is approaching the Milky Way at a speed of 140 km/s and it is believed that within 3/5 billion years it could collide with it, merging and forming a giant elliptical galaxy.
Two satellite galaxies of M31 also appear in this image: M32 (upper-right quadrant) and M110 (lower-left quadrant). Both are dwarf elliptical galaxies orbiting M31.
The field of view covered by this photograph is approximately 117 arc minutes x 88 arc minutes. The image resolution is 2.1 arcseconds per pixel.

Technical data:

Remote Observatory "FarLightTeam"
Team: José Esteban, Jesús M. Vargas, Bittor Zabalegui, Marc Valero
Telescope: Takahashi FSQ106 ED 530mm f/5
CCDs: QSI683 wsg8
Filters: Baader Planetarium - HaLRGB
Mount: 10Micron GM1000 HPS
Imaging Software: Voyager
Processing Software: PixInsight

Imaging Data:

Hosting "E-EYE Entre Encinas y Estrellas”
(Fregenal de la Sierra ) Badajoz, Spain.

L: 62 x 600”
Ha: 66 x 900"
RGB 25x300” (each)

Image resolution: 2,1 arc”/pixel

Large size:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/190787445 ... ed-public/

Re: Submissions: 2023 January

by stargazer1315 » Sun Jan 29, 2023 10:42 am

The visiting Comet C/2022 E3 ZTF from Egypt Valley of the Whales
https://www.instagram.com/_stargazer13_/
Copyright: Mohammed Abdallah





26th of Jan, 2023
Stacked, Tracked, Blended after stacking
Settings
Sigma 24-70 at 60mm
Nikon D3500
SWSA mini
F2.8 iso 800 32x60 sec
DSS, Adobe PS, Siril
Attachments
comet best.jpg

Re: Submissions: 2023 January

by Wah! » Sun Jan 29, 2023 6:35 am

After one whole month of data collection, the thermal change of the lunar cycle has been finally captured.

White hot animation:
202301ThermalMoonAnimationT.gif
Rainbow false color animation:
202301ThermalMoonAnimationC.gif

Re: Submissions: 2023 January

by stargazer1315 » Sat Jan 28, 2023 11:01 pm

Comet C2022 E3 ZTF From Fayoum Desert in Egypt
https://www.instagram.com/_stargazer13_/

Copyright: Mohammed Abdallah

Settings
Sigma 24-70 at 60mm
Nikon D3500
F2.8 iso 800 64x60sec
DSS, Adobe PS
Stacked, Tracked, Blend
Attachments
C2022 Comet final.jpg

Re: Submissions: 2023 January

by barretosmed » Sat Jan 28, 2023 8:37 pm

THE MINERAL MOON


MORE DETAILS
https://www.astrobin.com/full/zww604/C/

I was saving this image for a special moment, so I decided to post it here, for me it was my best moon image of last year.
The Moon is usually seen in subtle shades of gray or yellow
The different colors are recognized to correspond to real differences in the chemical composition of the lunar surface.
The blue tones reveal areas rich in ilmenite, which contains iron, titanium and oxygen, mainly titanium, while the orange and purple colors show regions relatively poor in titanium and iron. The white / gray tones refer to areas of greater exposure to sunlight.
Moon trips have already been guided through similar images.

EQUIPMENTS:
ZWO ASI 6200MC COLED
Esprit 150mm
Baader Moon Filter
Date: 01/27/2023
Time: 20:00
Location: Munhoz - MG - Brazil

PROCESSING AND CAPTURE:
Software: Adobe Photoshop, SharpCap, AutoStakkert AutoStackert and Registax 6.
The background was used the HDR technique with the full moon captured during the day 07/13/2022

Author: Fernando Oliveira de Menezes
Email: Barretosmed@hotmail.com
(Organizing author of the book Amateur Astrophotography in Brazil)
https://clubedeautores.com.br/livro/ast ... -no-brasil
Attachments
lua_18_59_06_lapl5_ap401011.jpg

Re: Submissions: 2023 January

by Wolfgang » Sat Jan 28, 2023 6:06 pm

Re: Submissions: 2023 January

by Wolfgang » Sat Jan 28, 2023 5:36 pm

Re: Submissions: 2023 January

by SparkyHT » Sat Jan 28, 2023 4:42 am

Simeis 57, The Propeller Nebula in SHO

Full res image: https://astrob.in/i8o2xg/0/

Telescope: Sky-Watcher Quattro 250P / 10-S
Imaging Camera: ZWO ASI294MM Pro
Mount: Astro-Physics Mach2 GTO
Filters: Chroma H-alpha 3nm Bandpass 31 mm · Chroma OIII 3nm Bandpass 31 mm · Chroma SII 3nm Bandpass 31 mm
Accessories: Tele Vue 2" Paracorr Type-2 (VIP-2010)

Software:
Adobe Photoshop · Pleiades Astrophoto PixInsight · Russell Croman Astrophotography BlurXTerminator · Russell Croman Astrophotography NoiseXTerminator · Russell Croman Astrophotography StarXTerminator · Starkeeper Voyager

Acquisition details
Dates:
June 24, 2022 · June 25, 2022 · June 26, 2022 · June 27, 2022 · June 28, 2022
Frames:
Chroma H-alpha 3nm Bandpass 31 mm: 34×300″(2h 50′) bin 2×2
Chroma OIII 3nm Bandpass 31 mm: 82×300″(6h 50′) bin 2×2
Chroma SII 3nm Bandpass 31 mm: 66×300″(5h 30′) bin 2×2
Integration:
15h 10′
Avg. Moon age:
27.18 days
Avg. Moon phase:
Propeller_Final_3_web.jpg
7.73%

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