Submissions: 2020 May

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Re: Submissions: 2020 May

Post by Alson Wong » Mon May 25, 2020 10:28 pm

Supernova in galaxy M61

The star to the right of the galaxy's nucleus, at the 3 o'clock position, is supernova 2020jfo.

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M61LHaRGBcPS_1098.jpg

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Re: Submissions: 2020 May

Post by barretosmed » Mon May 25, 2020 11:04 pm

Silence ... the chickens are sleeping !!!!


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https://www.astrobin.com/full/mnxanu/0/


Equipment:
Canon 6D
Rokinon 14mm f2.4
Sky 50 sec exposure f2.4 ISO1600
Foreground 50 sec exposure f2.4 ISO1600

Munhoz - MG - Brazil
05/21/2020


Copyright: Fernando Oliveira de Menezes
Email: Barretosmed@hotmail.com
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Re: Submissions: 2020 May

Post by SpookyAstro » Tue May 26, 2020 12:00 am

ImageComet C/2017 T2 PanSTARRS Passes By Galaxies M81 and M82 by Transient Astronomer, on Flickr

Image Credit and Copyright Terry Hancock, Tom Masterson Grand Mesa Observatory www.grandmesaobservatory.com

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Post by KuriousGeorge » Tue May 26, 2020 3:04 am

NGC 5426 and NGC 5427 (Arp 217). KG Observatory, Julian, CA.

ESO selected this galaxy pair as their final image captured on their Very Large Telescope (VLT) before decommissioning their VIMOS instrument in 2018...

https://scitechdaily.com/vimoss-final-i ... -ngc-5427/

I was curious to see what's possible if the telescope is fairly large, but not VERY Large. (-:

This galaxy pair is fairly small in my FOV, so I processed with 2X drizzle for maximum resolution. Current 21.5+ SQM skies with 1.8" average FWHM on 15 minute subs also helped a bit. (-;

120 Million Light Years distant.

https://www.astrobin.com/pt084e/
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Re: Submissions: 2020 May

Post by felix_wegerer » Tue May 26, 2020 4:45 pm

A Portrait of the Lady in the IC 1396, or the Elephant Trunk.
Imaged in Linz, Austria from a school observatory in May 2020. Processed as custom SHO.
203mm APO, Full Frame SBIG CCD, 13 hours of integration time.
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IC1396_SHO_small.jpg
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Hope you like it, clear skies!
More astrophotography on https://www.instagram.com/felix_wegerer/

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Re: Submissions: 2020 May

Post by behyar » Tue May 26, 2020 8:47 pm

ISS Transit of the Sun (1.31 seconds)

http://www.deepskyobjects.com/Sun/ISS_T ... 020-05.asp
Copyright: Behyar Bakhshandeh, Carlsbad, CA


http://www.deepskyobjects.com/

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Re: Submissions: 2020 May

Post by barretosmed » Tue May 26, 2020 9:12 pm

Atlas Crater


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https://www.astrobin.com/full/fdkvb4/0/ ... real=&mod=

EQUIPMENT:

MEADE LX200 10 "
ZWO ASI 290MC
POWERMATE 2.5X
FILTER L BAADER

05/09/2020 23:30
SAO PAULO-SP-BRAZIL

Copyright: Fernando Oliveira de Menezes
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Re: Submissions: 2020 May

Post by KuriousGeorge » Tue May 26, 2020 11:43 pm

M104 Tidal Streams. KG Observatory, Julian, CA

Several folks requested I update my prior FOV to possibly capture more tidal streams. 21.5+ SQM overhead skies, but closer to 21.2 SQM where I was pointing.

https://www.astrobin.com/ifvnh6/B/
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Re: Submissions: 2020 May

Post by astrofotoperu » Wed May 27, 2020 1:22 am

Hello,

I hope you guys are fine with this covid nightmare.

This is my latest shot of Carina nebula NGC 3372 from my rooftop in Lima, Perú.

Image

High resolution version here:
https://www.astrobin.com/full/d0oayr/B/

I used a Celestron EDGE 8 HD at 2032 mm f10, which allowed me to capture 4.2 hours of exposure time (126 / two minute shots). I used a Celestron CGEM mount, and a ZWO ASI 071 color camera.
Guiding a 2032 mm isn`t an easy task so I used a Celestron OAG coupled with a ZWO ASI 174 MC guiding camera. As I am shooting this target in the middle of a bortle 9 city, I used a light pollution filter (IDAS LPS-D1) to minimize light pollution problems.

I also got the Homunculus nebula, which requiered lower exposure times. I did 74 (five second shots / gain 0), and another set of 40 (thirty second shots / unity gain) for the outer layers of the homunculus nebula.

I finally merged all exposures in one single image.

Hope you like it!

Cheers from Lima, Perú

Guillermo Spiers
www.astrofotoperu.com

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Re: Submissions: 2020 May

Post by Ann » Wed May 27, 2020 10:09 am

M61, NGC 4292 and NGC 4301
http://www.emilivanov.com/CCD%20Images/M61_LRGB.htm
Copyright: Emil Ivanov


Emil Ivanov's image shows the striking brightness of M61 compared with the faintness of its satellite galaxies, NGC 4292 (upper right) and NGC 4301 (upper left).

NGC 4301 is an interesting galaxy that has rarely been photographed. There exists an SDSS photo of it that shows the galaxy to be a relatively low-mass dwarf with a rather faint yellow bulge and a somewhat rudimentary spiral structure. The galaxy hosts up to ten bright knots of star formation.

NGC 4292 contains no star formation at all, but it does display some ring or shell structures in this image by Alson Wong. Also check out the brilliance of the regions of star formation in NGC 4301 in Alson Wong's image.

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Re: Submissions: 2020 May

Post by John2y92 » Wed May 27, 2020 6:23 pm

SH2-27 an area that is not imaged very often probably because of the Rho Ophiuchi nearby.

This image was taken at my cottage and it is 230x60s using Canon 6D, Samyang 135mm @f2.4 and ISO800

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Re: Submissions: 2020 May

Post by KuriousGeorge » Thu May 28, 2020 12:45 am

With lots of luminance acquired during my Sombrero Galaxy (Deep) project looking for tidal streams...

https://www.astrobin.com/ifvnh6/B/

... I thought I'd spend another night acquiring RGB to produce this "Deep with color" version.

With 30 minute subs, the core is saturated. Given that, HDR processing to expose the core is minimized.

I primarily focused on stretching the surrounding space for a more "big picture" view of this wonderful galaxy.

https://www.astrobin.com/smi4rk/
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Re: Submissions: 2020 May

Post by astroaaron » Thu May 28, 2020 3:25 am

Daytime ISS Lunar Transit
Copyright: Aaron Collier
https://astrob.in/q798ls/0/
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Re: Submissions: 2020 May

Post by piotrdz » Thu May 28, 2020 1:51 pm

Dusk & dawn with C/2020 F8 (SWAN) comet

A composition made of 52 north latitude when there was no astronomical night. Sun was just 17 degrees below the northern horizon.This allowed to show two phenomena: the passage between day and night and the northern part of the sky with the SWAN comet. The composition was made up of 84 vertical shots. The total exposure time is 84 minutes. Canon 6D, Samyang 135mm f2.

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https://cdn.astrobin.com/thumbs/__9Qz0b ... XLOnwG.jpg

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Re: Submissions: 2020 May

Post by IO_12 » Thu May 28, 2020 2:22 pm

Supernova SN 2020jfo in a weakly-barred spiral galaxy NGC 4303 (M61)

Copyright: Velimir Popov, Emil Ivanov

The supernova SN 2020jfo was discovered by The Zwicky Transient Facility (ZTF; Bellm et al. 2019; Graham et al. 2019) in a weakly-barred spiral galaxy NGC 4303 (M61) on 6-th of May 2020. ZTF reported a rapidly rising young supernova in the nearby galaxy M61. Assuming the redshift of the host (M61, z=0.005224 from NED), and the distance of ~19 Mpc the SN was discovered around absolute ZTF r-band magnitude of Mr = -15.8. The follow up rapid spectroscopy reveals a blue continuum that suggests a core-collapse supernova origin and was classified as a young Type II supernova. Total amount of eight supernovae was discovered in NGC 4303 since the first one in 1926 followed by SN in 1961, 1964, 1999, 2006, 2008, 2014 and 2020.

http://www.irida-observatory.org/CCD/M6 ... -annot.jpg

Short video showing superimposed images of M61 with & without supernova
Click to play embedded YouTube video.
Тhank you for stopping by ...

http://www.irida-observatory.org
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Re: Submissions: 2020 May

Post by barretosmed » Thu May 28, 2020 3:03 pm

The Statue of Liberty Nebula


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https://www.astrobin.com/full/w11nie/E/

Equipment:
Apo ESPRIT 150mm
Qhy 16200a
40 x 300 "Halpha, SII and OIII
Mount Cem60-EC
April 4 to 11, 2020
Jales - SP - Brazil

Processing and capture:
Software: Pixinsight, Adobe Photoshop, APT, PHD, Polemaster, SharpCap

Copyright: Fernando Oliveira de Menezes
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Re: Submissions: 2020 May

Post by felopaul » Thu May 28, 2020 11:23 pm

NGC 4753

LRGB : full size : http://www.cielaustral.com/galerie/photo116f.jpg


done with CDK20, Moravian G4-16000 on Paramount ME2 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

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Post by Rob Bates Photography » Fri May 29, 2020 3:50 pm

ImageHDR Moon by Rob Bates, on Flickr

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Re: Submissions: 2020 May

Post by cappellettiariel » Fri May 29, 2020 4:56 pm

Hi Everyone, good morning, I would like to share with you this image of NGC 5128 - Centaurus A Galaxy (LRGB) from skies bortle 9

10.5 h of total integration, from Córdoba, Argentina

Main Equipment: ZWO ASI 1600 mm-pro + SW Explorer 250pds + SW Coma Corrector 0.9x + EQ6-R-Pro + ZWO EAF + ZWO 7x2" EFW
Guiding equipment: guidescope 60/240 mm, ZWO ASI 120mm mini

*Gain 100, -25 º C, R-CCD 2" Svbony + L-Pro 2" Optolong, 45x120"
*Gain 100, -25 º C, G-CCD 2" Svbony + L-Pro 2" Optolong, 45x120"
*Gain 100, -25 º C, B-CCD 2" Svbony + L-Pro 2" Optolong, 45x120"
*Gain 100, -25 º C, L 2" Optolong + L-Pro 2" Optolong, 180x120"

100 Darks
100 Flats / filter

Polar Align: SharpCap 3.2
Acquisition: SGP 3.1
Procesing: Pixinsight 1.8.8, PS

Image
NGC 5128 - Centaurus A Galaxy (LRGB) from skies bortle 9
by Ariel Cappelletti, en Flickr

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Re: Submissions: 2020 May

Post by barretosmed » Fri May 29, 2020 6:46 pm

JUPITER AND ITS POLAR PROJECTS


The image of Jupiter is a single image, since the polar projections are due to the junction of 7 images.


More details:
https://www.astrobin.com/full/lriytx/0/?nc=user


Equipment:
MEADE LX200 10 "UHTC
ZWO Optical ASI 290 MC
Filter: Baader Planetarium L 1.25 "
Accessory: TeleVue Powermate 2.5x


Software: PixInsight 1.8 PI 1.8, Photoshop CS6, SharpCap V3.0 Sharcap, AutoStakkert AutoStackert !, Registax 6, Winjupos (for projections only)
April 28, 2020
Sao Paulo-SP-Brazil

Copyright: Fernando Oliveira de Menezes
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Re: Submissions: 2020 May

Post by nick.astrophotography » Sat May 30, 2020 1:10 am

Orion as it sets behind the mountains.

ImageOrion-in-the-Mountains by Nicolas Tabbush, en Flickr


Tracked / Stacked / Blended.

EXIF: Nikon D810 + Nikon 180mm f/2.8 ED.
Sky: 180mm. f/3.5. ISO 800. 26x3 min. shots + 2x30 sec, 2x15", 2x8", 2x4", 2x2", 2x1" for M42 core. Tracked
Foreground: 180mm. f/5. ISO 100. 20 sec. Blue hour.
No repositioning or reframing was performed between the sky and the foreground shots. Only the tracking mount was turned off for the foreground.
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The giant galaxy NGC 5084 in Southern Virgo

Post by strongmanmike » Sat May 30, 2020 11:39 am

This beautiful lenticular galaxy in southern Virgo, is one of largest and most massive galaxies in the Virgo Super cluster of galaxies. We view it almost perfectly edge on, so while it appears only about one arc min in thickness, in this very deep image, NGC 5084 spans almost 17 arc min of the sky, which, at an estimated distance of 80 Million light years, means it is nearly 400,000 light years in diameter, which in anyone's book, is one seeeriously gigantic galaxy! :shock:
Large version here: https://pbase.com/strongmanmike2002/ima ... 9/original Copyright: Michael Sidonio

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Re: Submissions: 2020 May

Post by cappellettiariel » Sat May 30, 2020 2:22 pm

Hi Everyone, good morning, I would like to share with you this image of M83 - Southern Pinwheel Galaxy (LRGB) from skies bortle 9

11 h of total integration, from Córdoba, Argentina

Main Equipment: ZWO ASI 1600 mm-pro + SW Explorer 250pds + SW Coma Corrector 0.9x + EQ6-R-Pro + ZWO EAF + ZWO 7x2" EFW
Guiding equipment: guidescope 60/240 mm, ZWO ASI 120mm mini

*Gain 100, -25 º C, R-CCD 2" Svbony + L-Pro 2" Optolong, 45x120"
*Gain 100, -25 º C, G-CCD 2" Svbony + L-Pro 2" Optolong, 45x120"
*Gain 100, -25 º C, B-CCD 2" Svbony + L-Pro 2" Optolong, 45x120"
*Gain 100, -25 º C, L 2" Optolong + L-Pro 2" Optolong, 196x120"

100 Darks
100 Flats / filter

Polar Align: SharpCap 3.2
Acquisition: SGP 3.1
Procesing: Pixinsight 1.8.8, PS

Image
M83 - Southern Pinwheel Galaxy (LRGB) from Bortle 9
by Ariel Cappelletti, en Flickr

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Re: Submissions: 2020 May

Post by barretosmed » Sat May 30, 2020 4:27 pm

SATURN

BEST DETAILS
https://www.astrobin.com/full/bkmk8o/0/?nc=user

Equipment
MEADE LX200 10 "UHTC
ZWO Optical ASI 290 MC

Filter: Baader Planetarium L 1.25 "
Accessory: TeleVue Powermate 2.5x
Mount: Ioptron Cem60

Polar alignment: Sharcap V3.0
Capture: SharpCap V3.0
Processing: Photoshop CS6, , AutoStakkert AutoStackert !, Registax 6, Winjupos

May 28, 2020
Sao Paulo-SP-Brazil

Copyright: Fernando Oliveira de Menezes
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Re: Submissions: 2020 May

Post by barretosmed » Sun May 31, 2020 4:58 pm

SATURN

BEST DETAILS
https://www.astrobin.com/full/pxfwgi/C/?nc=user

Equipment
MEADE LX200 10 "UHTC
ZWO Optical ASI 290 MC

Filter: Baader Planetarium L 1.25 "
Accessory: TeleVue Powermate 2.5x
Mount: Ioptron Cem60
Polar alignment: Sharcap
Capture: SharpCap V3.0
Processing: Photoshop CS6, , AutoStakkert AutoStackert !, Registax 6, Winjoups

CMI: 79.90
CMII: 76.30
CMIII: 21.70
Seeing: 3
Transparency: 7
May 28, 2020
Sao Paulo-SP-BRAZIL

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