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The Magnificent Sombrero Galaxy - M104 Celestron 9.25edgehd, Skywatcher EQ6rpro, 0.7x reducer, Celestron OAG, ASI174mm mini, ASI533mcpro, SVBony UVIR cut Mar 28, 2023, 80x180s Apr 2, 2023, 39x180s Apr 9, 2023, 80x180s Apr 13, 2023, 121x180s Apr 14, 2023, 50x180s Apr 15, 2023, 74x180s Total Integrati...

The Cygnus Wall - NGC7000 First time capturing this object. I am blown away by its beauty. I truly love how it came out under 84% moon. Imaging Telescope: Sky-Watcher Esprit 100ED Imaging Camera: ZWO ASI2600MC Pro Mount: ZWO AM5 Filter: Optolong L-Ultimate 2" Accessories: ZWO OAG-L, ZWO EAF, ZW...

Also known as Praesepe and Beehive cluster, M44 is one of the closest star clusters to our solar system. It is an open cluster in the Cancer Constellation. Initially thought of as a faint cloud, the cluster was only resolved when telescopes became available in 1609.. many thanks to Galileo. Charles ...

The Wizard (NGC 7380): SkyWatcher Esprit 100ed ZWO ASI2600MCPRO ZWO AM5 ZWO OAGL ZWO EAF ZWO EFW ZWO ASI290MM Mini Guide RGB 120×120" Optolong L-Ultimate 140×600" 30 Darks, 60 flats, 60 dark flats each Total Integration: 27hr20min Dec 17, 18, 19, 20, 22 2022 PixInsight Bortle 8 Higher reso...

m81_final_spikes.jpg Bode's (M81) and Holmberg IX galaxies: Holmberg IX is a dwarf and satellite galaxy of M81. SkyWatcher Esprit 100ed ZWO ASI2600MCPRO ZWO AM5 ZWO OAGL ZWO EAF ZWO ASI290MM Mini Guide Bortle2: Lights 34×300" Bortle8: Lights 250x120" 30 Darks, 60 flats, 60 dark flats each...

Bode's galaxy (m81), Cigar galaxy (m82) and many others: I was always intrigued by this part of sky. In addition to two beautiful large galaxies (m81 and 82), it has many other faint and small (as visible to us) galaxies. At first I wasn't sure if I would be able to capture them with my equipment. I...

The Whirlpool galaxy (M51) SkyWatcher Esprit 100ed ZWO ASI2600MCPRO ZWO AM5 ZWO OAGL ZWO EAF ZWO ASI290MM Mini Guide Lights 30×300" 30 Darks, 60 flats, 60 dark flats Total Integration: 2 1/2 hrs Jan 22, 2023 PixInsight, Photoshop Bortle 2, Death Valley, CA Full resolution: https://astrob.in/ful...

The Wizard Nebula (NGC 7380) SkyWatcher Esprit 100ed ZWO ASI2600MCPRO ZWO AM5 ZWO OAGL ZWO EAF ZWO EFW ZWO ASI290MM Mini Guide RGB 120×120" Optolong L-Ultimate 288×300 30 Darks, 30 flats, 30 dark flats each Total Integration: 28hr PixInsight Bortle 8 https://astrob.in/uzwqpn/0/ 20230211_033455....

Horsehead ic434 and Flame ngc2024 nebula SkyWatcher Esprit 100ed ZWO ASI2600MCPRO ZWO AM5 ZWO OAGL ZWO EAF ZWO EFW ZWO ASI290MM Mini Guide RGB 500×30" Optolong L-Ultimate 120×300 30 Darks, 60 flats, 60 dark flats each Total Integration: 14hr10min PixInsight Bortle 8 https://astrob.in/6bdo6o/0/ ...

The Pleiades (M45) aka The Seven Sisters. I was my first time ever underr Bortle 2 sky. Amazing experience! Through the dust of Pleiades star cluster, is a faint galaxy. UGC 2838 is 316 million lighyears away from the Earth. I was pleasantly surprised that I was able to capture it too. The imaging c...

UGC 2838 Through the dust of Pleiades star cluster, is a faint galaxy. UGC 2838 is 316 million lighyears away from the Earth. I was pleasantly surprised that I was able to capture it. The imaging conditions were very challenging. Wind gusts and dust were making it very hard to have good guiding. Sky...

Here is Comet E3 ZTF as seen on Jan 22, 2023 from dark sky of Death Valley, CA. That was the week when astronomers and astrophotographers started noticing the #antitail. Comet C/2022 Z3 ETF has stunning green head while tail is not.The secret to the green glow is in diatomic Carbon (C2) according to...

C/2022 E3 ZTF After previous two attempts on Jan 20 and Jan 26 which came out nice, I wanted to capture some images on Feb 1 for obvious reasons. Moon and clouds gave me a break on Jan 31 for one hour around 4am. I was waiting several miles away from my house under Bortle 4 with my rig. It was a wor...

I just finished processing #comet #E3ZTF. It has developed a rare #antitail which is pretty cool. 2 hours of 5min subs using skywatcher and 2600mcpro over AM5 mount from Death Valley CA.

California Nebula

Skywatcher Esprit 100ed
ZWO AM5
ZWO OAGL
ZWO ASI290mm mini guide
ZWO EAF
ZWO ASI2699mcpro
Optolong L-Ultimate 7h50mhours 10-min
30 dark, flat, and dark flat
DSS, PixInsight, Gimp
Bortle 7, San Jose, CA


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Thor's Helmet
Skywatcher Esprit 100ed
ZWO AM5
ZWO OAGL
ZWO ASI290mm mini guide
ZWO EAF
ZWO ASI2699mcpro
Optolong L-Ultimate 4 hours 10-min
30 dark, flat, and dark flat
DSS, PixInsight, Gimp
Bortle 7, San Jose, CA

https://www.astrobin.com/0ysnp1/

M78 reflection nebula in Orion using 16 hours of total integration time. Skywatcher Esprit 100ed ZWO AM5 ZWO OAGL ZWO ASI290mm mini guide ZWO EAF ZWO ASI2699mcpro L-enhance 10 hours 10-min No Filter 6 hours 5-minutes 40 dark, flat, and dark flat DSS, PixInsight, Gimp Bortle 7, San Jose, CA https://w...

The Orion Nebula (m42) https://www.astrobin.com/5a5ms6/ This is my first ever version of the Orion Nebula (m42). I started dping astrophotography in Jun this year using my 7 years old 6se. I quickly got excited about DSO photography and setup my equipment over the late summer/early fall. For this im...