AAPOD2 Image Archives
NGC 7293 Helix Nebula 'Eye of God'
Image Description and Details : Added another 12 hours of data to this awesome target NGC 7293 or more commonly known as the Helix Nebula or Eye of God or Eye of Sauron is a planetary nebula formed by the expanding shell of glowing gas around a dying low-mass star. It is located in the constellation Aquarius and is about 650 light-years away with a diameter of about 2.5 light-years.
33 x 20min and 147 x 5min SHO and 28 x 3min RGB subs shot @-10C taken over 9 nights for an integration time of about 24.5 hours.
Equipment used:
Skywatcher 10" f4 Newtonian 250P
Skywatcher F4 Aplanatic Coma Corrector
Skywatcher NEQ6 Pro Hypertuned by Astronomy Academy Perth
ZWO ASI2600MM Pro Cooled Camera
Primaluce Sesto Senso2 Electronic Focuser
William Optics Uniguide 50/200mm guidescope
ZWO ASI290MM Mini Guide Camera
ZWO Electronic Filter Wheel
Antlia Pro 36mm unmounted filters
Rollon rolloff modified shed observatory
Bortle 5
Data acquisition software: NINA Astronomy Software
Processing software: PixInsight and Photoshop CC
Copyright: Capturing Ancient Photons
Name: Carlos Taylor
Elephants Trunk Nebula
Image Description and Details : The Elephant's Trunk nebula is a concentration of interstellar gas and dust located in the constellation Cepheus about 2,400 light years away from Earth. The Elephant's Trunk is composed of cool interstellar dust and gas, which blocks out light on its way to Earth and leaves behind a long, thin silhouette that gives the nebula its name, and makes it one of many nebulae that look like animals. Imaged here in what is known as the Hubble palette of colours on can clear make out the many gases which form this very interesting deep sky object….
Telescope: Orion Optics AG14
Camera: FLI Kepler Gsense 4040
Mount: 10 Micron Gm 2000
Observatory : Roboscopes
Sii = 70 x 120s
Ha = 48 x 120s
Oiii = 48 x 180s
Total integration = 6h20m
Software = PixInsight
Copyright: vikas chander
Mosaic NGC5078, NGC5101 and friends in Hydra
Image Description and Details:
ATRIA Team composed of 6 members : Olivier, Fabien , Frédéric . David , Julien , and myself ;-)
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Panel of 2 images with the CDK17
Image 1
Red 30subs@420s -15°C gain high
Green 32 subs@300s -15°C gain high
Blue 42subs@300s -15°C gain high
Light 464subs@180s -15°C, gain high
Exposition : 32h 28'
Image 2
Red 24 subs@420s -15°C gain high
Green 20 subs@300s -15°C gain high
Blue 20 subs@300s -15°C gain high
Light 454 subs@180s -15°C, gain high
Exposition : 28h 50'
Total exposition 61h14'
Copyright: Arnaud PEEL
Venturing into the Cave
Image Description and Details : This August, we have been fortunate to have had many clear nights up in Southwestern Ontario Canada. This mysterious looking target has been on my list for a while. Instead of capturing a widefield image, I chose to get close to reveal the faint detail surrounding this nebula. I processed the data in both SHO and HOO and then blended them together to create a unique and rich colour palette.
Copyright: David Jenkins
Sh2-129 & Ou4
Image Description and Details : Sh2-129, also known as the Bat Flight Nebula, is a region of HII-type nebula emission located about 1,300 light-years from Earth in the constellation Cepheus. We can see another nebula, the Squid Nebula (Ou4), located at a distance of about 2300. It is a very weak nebula and requires many hours of integration to be able to appreciate it.
75 x 600" Ha Gain 56 -5º
100 x 600" OIII Gain 56 -5º
50 x 120" Red Gain 56 -5º
50 x 120" Green Gain 56 -5º
50 x 120" Blue Gain 56 -5º
35 Hours
Qhy268m Camera
Esprit 100
Eq6r-Pro
From Ager, Lleida, Spain
Remote Observatory
Copyright: Toni Fabiani
The Witch's Broom Nebula
Image Description and Details : Description: This is my latest rendition of the Witch's Broom Nebula! The standard HOO palette with RGB stars is the look I went for this time around!
Equipment:
10" f/3.9 newt
asi533mm
Cem60
Astrodon Ha/Oiii/RGB 3nm filters
600s subs
Location: Cincinnati, OH
Copyright: Teagan Grable
NGC 7822
Image Description and Details : NGC 7822 is an emission nebula discovered by John Herschel in the constellation Cepheus at a distance of 800-1000 pc. The image was taken from the southwest of Germany on several nights in the period from 17.09.2021 to 26.02.2022. The total exposure time was 28 hours.
Optics: 8" f4 Newton
Mount: CGEM DX
Camera: ZWO ASI 1600 MM
Filters: ZWO Ha, ZWO OIII, ZWO SII
Guiding: ZWO ASI 290 MC with off-axis guider
Exposure: Ha: 127x300s, SII: 130x300s, OIII: 80x300s
Software: SharpCap, PHD Guiding, PixInsight
Copyright: Johannes Kohr
Tail of the Swan
Image Description and Details : Taken from my backyard in Nashville, TN over the course of 20 nights, spanning about 3 months. I hope you enjoy this image as much as I enjoyed creating it!
Image details:
Imaging Telescopes: TPO UltraWide 180 f/4.5
Imaging Camera: ZWO ASI2600MC Pro
Mount: Sky-Watcher EQ6-R Pro
Filters:
Baader Fringe Killer 2"
Optolong L-eXtreme 2"
Accessories:
ZWO ASIair Plus, ZWO EAF
Software: Adobe Photoshop, Aries Productions Astro Pixel Processor (APP), Pleiades Astrophoto PixInsight
Guiding Telescope: ZWO 30mm Mini Guider Scope
Guiding Camera: ZWO ASI290MM Mini
Dates:
July 21, 2022, July 22, 2022, July 23, 2022, Aug. 1, 2022, Aug. 2, 2022, Aug. 3, 2022, Aug. 5, 2022, Aug. 6, 2022, Aug. 7, 2022, Aug. 18, 2022, Aug. 19, 2022, Aug. 22, 2022, Aug. 23, 2022, Aug. 24, 2022, Aug. 25, 2022, Aug. 26, 2022, Aug. 27, 2022, Aug. 28, 2022, Aug. 30, 2022, Aug. 31, 2022
Frames:
Baader Fringe Killer 2": 300×5″(25′) (gain: 100.00) -5°C
Optolong L-eXtreme 2": 679×480″(90h 32′) (gain: 100.00) -5°C
Integration:
90h 57′
Darks: 60
Flats: 60
Flat darks: 100
Avg. Moon age: 14.87 days
Avg. Moon phase: 26.06%
Bortle Dark-Sky Scale: 8.00
Copyright: Jeffrey Horne
The sun
Image Description and Details : Today's sun (September 4th, 2022). A huge beautiful solar filament (about ~700,000 km long) in the area of active regions A3092 and A3093.
Equipemnet:
Lunt LS60 DS60 B1200
RST-135
Player One Neptun M IMX178
Date: Sep. 04. 2022
Location: Traisen / Germany
Copyright: Mehmet Ergün
A Nova in Andromeda Galaxy
Image Description and Details : On August 4, the team members of the Monte Baldo Observatory (Italy) identified a Nova star of magnitude +16.6 in one of the arms of M31, which was catalogued as M31N2022-08a. Furthermore, the same team immediately noticed the coincidence of the position of the Nova they discovered with the Nova M31N2005-10a discovered on 11 October 2005 and, after meticulous checks, the coincidence of the position was confirmed. It is therefore a recurring Nova, which are the most followed and studied because they are considered potential candidates to become very bright Supernovae.
Fortunately, my shots coincided with the period following the appearance of the Nova, so I was able to highlight its presence in my image by comparing it with a photo taken last year.
Sky-Watcher Evostar 80ED @480mm, F6.0
Qhy168c @-5 °C
Sky-Watcher Eq6r Pro
Optolong L_Pro 123x300"
Optolong L_eXtreme 62x600"
Kstars/ekos, APP, PixInsight, PS
Copyright: Massimo Di Fusco
Burning Heart & Flaming Soul
Image Description and Details : This panorama mosaic was skulking around in my head for about a year now.
Aside from a few hours "wasted" on trial and error'ing an intensity match issue with my RGB frames, the stitching went well using PI's PhotometricMosaic script.
Details:
Capture date: August 16th – 24th, 2022
Location: Augsburg, Germany
Bortle class: 5-6
Lights (Gain 100, -5°C, Bin 1×1):
H𝛼: 66 x 300s (5h 30m)
Oiii: 45 x 300s (3h 45m)
Sii: 44 x 300s (3h 40m)
R: 40 x 10s (6m 40s)
G: 39 x 10s (6m 30s)
B: 40 x 10s (6m 40s)
Total Integration: 13h 14m 50s
Darks: 60
Flats: 30 @ 5s, 30 @ 10s
Flat Darks: 60
Scope: Sky-Watcher Esprit 100ED
Reducer: APM Riccardi 0.75x
Camera: ZWO ASI2600MM Pro
Guide scope: Sky-Watcher Esprit 100ED
Guide camera: ZWO ASI290MM Mini with ZWO OAG-L
Filterwheel: ZWO EFW 7x36mm
Filter(s): Astronomik H𝛼 6nm, Astronomik Oiii 6nm, Astronomik Sii 6nm, Astronomik DeepSky RGB
Mount: Sky-Watcher EQ6-R Pro
Tripod: Sky-Watcher EQ6 Tripod
Control: ZWO ASIAIR Plus
Copyright: Dominik Weinbrenner
STAR-TRAILS - REFLECTIONS IN THE LAKE
Image Description and Details :Astrophotography made during the 13th Brazilian Astrophotography Meeting.
Formosa/GO - Brazil
07/28/2022-07/29/2022, 23h at 04h
Canon EOS T3 - unmodified
Rokinon 12mm F2.8 @ F2.8
150x120s, ISO 800
Fixed tripod
Copyright: Samuel Moitinho
LDN43 The Cosmic Bat
Image Description and Details : Telescope : Planewave CDK17, Camera : SBIG STXL 11002, Tracking : Paramount
Location : Chile
Image processing software : Pixinsight, Photoshop
Total 14 hours 45 minutes LRGB data
Copyright: Image captured : Martin Pugh
Image processing : Rocco Sung
Huge solar prominence
Image Description and Details : A huge was visible on the Sun! These consist of cooler Plasma that follows magnetic field lines. This image was taken yesterday (28.08.22, 4:10 pm UTC). I put the Earth into the image (to scale) for a size comparison.
Lichtenknecker 90/1350mm Refraktor
Coronado Solarmax 90 I
ZWO ASI290MM
10000 frames (4ms, Gain 0)
Stacked with Autostakkert!3 (best 550 Images)
Processed with Registax, Photoshop
Copyright: Robert Schumann
Dark nebula
Image Description and Details : IC5068 , LBN 308 , 311 ,327 , 328 , 319 , 332 , et LDN 916 et 914
Dark nebula
elle ce trouve sous NGC7000
Coordonnés : RA 20h 51m 26s - DEC 41d 23m 6s
Materiels :
Takahashi Epsilon 130D
Caméra ZWO ASI2600MC
Monture ioptron CEM60-EC
Acquisitions avec NINA
133 x 180s soit 6H39
Traitement Pixisinght et Photoshop
Copyright: Lamagat Frédéric
Sh2-132 - Lion Nebula
Image details:
Halpha: 61x600".Gain 200. Bin1
[OIII]: 58x600". Gain 200. Bin1
RGB for stars color: 50x60" per filter. Gain 139. Bin1
Total integration time: 22h50'.
Data captured along several nights of August 2022 from Belmonte, Cuenca (Spain).
Equipment:
Telescope: SW Esprit100ED. Camera: ZWO ASI1600MM
Mount: EQ6R-PRO
Guiding: EZG60 + QHY5-L-II
Capture SW: NINA + PHD2
Processed with Pixinsight 1.8.9
Copyright: Alejandro López