M31 - The Andromeda Galaxy
This started out as me just doing a test run on Andromeda since I wasn’t sure what else to shoot in broadband and thought I’d pick up some data to start a project on this galaxy as it’s one of my goals for this year. But, clouds rolled in while I was snoozing and the guiding got screwed up so the framing ended up being off but I figured since it’s going to be cloudy for awhile, I’d go ahead and process it and see what I had.
I don’t usually post the failures but here’s a failure! This is not very much exposure time at all, I’ll likely need 8-10 hours to get what I hope to achieve, if not more. Just trying to make the best of what I have and I have high hopes for getting a really nice image of this before the summers over.
- 40 x 120” (1h 20m Total Exposure Time)
- 25 Darks, 25 Dark Flats and 25 Flats
- Astro-Tech AT72ed
- Celestron AVX
- ZWO asi294mc pro
- ZWO 30mm guide scope
- ZWO asi224mc (guide camera)
- ZWO AsiAir Plus
- Astro-Tech ATR8 0.8x Focal Reducer/Corrector
- Optolong L-Pro filter
#astrophotography#astronomy#telescope#asi294mcpro#asi224mc#asiair#asiairplus#at72ed#celestronavx#avxmount#backyardastronomy#ig_astrophotography@celestronuniverse#highpointscientific#astrotech#pixinsight#zwoasi#topazdenoiseai#galaxy#galaxies#m31#andromeda#optolongfilters@optolongfilter#optolonglpro
Saturn
8th July - Early morning
(x4000 frames, best 15% stacked)
My second time imaging this other giant of our Solar System. Really starting to understand the need for A LOT of data to really resolve features and reduce noise. Obviously quality of data is imperative, but then I think volume! Then you have the ability to select a much smaller percentage of the very best frames to stack. Something like that anyways 🤣
Really happy with the banding I managed to capture, aswell as my clearest Cassini Division yet! (The name for the dark region between the brightest rings of Saturn). Focus has alot to improve but I will keep practising for when those darker nights are upon us 🙏🏽
Here's to lots more quality data!!!
#AstroShawn 🔭
Skywatcher 150PL 🔭
D=150mm F=1200mm (F/8)
HEQ5 PRO Mount
📸 ZWO 224MC
BST Starguider x2 Barlow
SvBony IR/UV Pass Filter
Captured via SharpCap 4.0
Processed in PIPP
Stacked in Autostakkert
Edit via Adobe Lr
#saturn#rings#cassini#planets#solarsystem#space#universe#rings#gas#giant#astrophotography#telescope#skywatcher150pl#skywatcher#zwo#asi224mc#details#planet#photons#gravity#cosmos#sky#nightphotography#nightsky#celestial#astro#spacelovers#youresa#yourastronomy#nasa
Re-voici une nouvelle fois M101 sauf que cette fois ci, nous avons les nébuleuses de la galaxie en plus ! Tout ça à été possible grâce à un filtre H-alpha qui a pu capter ces nébuleuses 😁
Exifs:
RVB: 6h
Ha: 4h (filtre Astronomik eos clip 12nm)
Skywatcher 200/1000
Canon eos 1000D DP (800iso)
Skywatcher 80/400 + Asi224mc
Neq6 Pro Goto modifiée Rowan
Bon bourrage de ciel nocturne à tous ! 🤩
#skywatcher#skywatcher200p#canoneos1000d#asi224mc#neq6#messier#messier101#galaxy#astrophotography#cieletoile