Starship Asterisk*

Equipment: TS RC10", ZWO ASI2600mm pro, Paramount MX+ Data: 180s frames, ZWO LHaRGB filters, 27 hours total Credit: Andrea Bergamini and Sameer Bharadwaj Location: Own remote observatory e-Eye, Spain, Bortle 3 Date: 15-19 August 2023 NGC6914_v1_small.jpg Astrobin link: https://www.astrobin.com/...

Blue Horse Head Nebula (IC4592) - 2 panel mosaic Equipment: William Optics GT71, ZWO ASI2600mm pro, Paramount MX+ Data: 180s frames, RGB, 4 hours per panel (8 hours total) Credit: Andrea Bergamini and Sameer Bharadwaj Location: Own remote observatory e-Eye, Spain, Bortle 3 Date: May 2023 Higher res...

Andromeda in Hydrogen alpha andromeda.jpg Credit: Andrea Bergamini and Sameer Bharadwaj This is a blend of only 90 minutes of RGB color data with over 15 hours of Hydrogen alpha data. Goal was to bring out as much as possible both the hydrogen alpha emission nebulas in the 'foreground' coming from o...

Mr Gecko
Credit: Andrea Bergamini and Sameer Bharadwaj
A challenging combination of Ha nebula and molecular dust. This one is captured in LHaRGB and processed in PixInsight. About 16 hours in total.

Higher resolution and equipment: https://www.astrobin.com/ie0w92/

Smoky comet through a sea of red smoky.jpg Credit: Andrea Bergamini and Sameer Bharadwaj Our 2022 rendition of the Cocoon nebula, wide field, HaRGB. Captured in August 2022, but reprocessed in October. Tried to keep the natural RGB color of the nebula while brining out the Ha signal in the backgroun...

Pleiades with 2 asteroids flying by While processing this data, I noticed 4 RGB 'streaks' cutting through it. This indicated slow moving objects that would cut across my RGB filters as they changed over the acquisition cycle. I then used the JPL small-body database query to find out what I captured...

Credit: Andrea Bergamini and Sameer Bharadwaj
"Helping hand" - a nebula close to Cassiopeia.

About ~14 hours in LRGB. Tech details and plate solve here: https://www.astrobin.com/a8pjuk/

Thanks
Andrea

Smoky clouds of Serpens
Credit: Andrea Bergamini and Sameer Bharadwaj

Higher res and tech details here: https://www.astrobin.com/y08c18/

Thanks
Andrea

Here is an image of Cepheus clouds (LDN 1228 and others): Cepheus_Combined_Final_flares_small.jpg Image credit: Andrea Bergamini and Sameer Bharadwaj Full resolution and tech details here: https://www.astrobin.com/a089d4/B/ Star spikes were added in post processing since I think they work well here....

Thanks Ann! I think you are referring to a planetary nebula (PK085+04.1) Here is an image for APOD consideration: https://www.astrobin.com/ym1hh7/ Title: A cygnus spectacle Image Credit: Andrea Bergamini and Sameer Bharadwaj Short description: This is a beautiful patch of sky just off Deneb in the c...

Here is an image for APOD consideration: https://www.astrobin.com/ym1hh7/ https://astrob.in/ym1hh7/0/rawthumb/regular/get.jpg?insecure Title: A cygnus spectacle Image Credit: Andrea Bergamini and Sameer Bharadwaj Short description: This is a beautiful patch of sky just off Deneb in the cygnus conste...