Deep sky astrophotography and telescope processing
Deep sky astrophotography and telescope processing
Equipment: Sony Rx10iv Sky watcher star adventurer Star adventurer tripod bahintov mask intervalometer t-shirt for flat frames Acquisition: ISO 800, F/4.0, 300mm equivalent zoom 362 1 minute exposures, 244 stacked (4 hours 20 minutes total exposure time) 50 flats 100 bias Processing: Stacked with siril Processed with pixinsight (stretched, luminance extraction and reapplication, curves transformation) Image with objects:
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Equipment Sony Rx10iv Sky-Watcher Star Adventurer Star Adventurer tripod Bahintov Mask Intervalometer Acquisition ISO 800, f4.0 26×2″ exposures – total integration time 52″ 100 bias Processing Background extraction TGV denoise apply luminance layer Image with objects
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Equipment Sony Rx10iv Sky-Watcher Star Adventurer Star Adventurer tripod Bahintov Mask Intervalometer Laptop for plate solving Acquisition ISO 800, F4.0, 380mm 123×2′ exposures – total 2 hours 3 mins 100 flats, 100 bias Processing Stacked with siril Deconvolution, TGV denoise, Dynamic background extraction, extracted and reapplied luminance (All in pixinsight) About the image This image contains two star clusters and a planetary nebula. The top star cluster is M46, and within it lies planetary nebula NGC 2438. The bottom cluster is M47.
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M13 was discovered by Edmond Halley in 1714, and cataloged by Charles Messier on June 1, 1764 into his list of objects not to mistake for comets; Messier’s list, including Messier 13, eventually became known as the Messier Catalog. About one third of the way from Vega to Arcturus, four bright stars in Herculēs form the Keystone asterism, the broad torso of the hero. In this M13 can be seen 2⁄3 of the way, north (by west) from Zeta to Eta Herculis. Although only telescopes with great […]
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Equipment: Sony Rx10iv SWSA SW Tripod taken at 600mm with a stock lens Bahintov Mask Acquisition: 240×30″ exposures 50 darks 100 bias 100 flats ISO 1600 F/4.0 Stacking: Stacked in DSS Processing (all in pixinsight): DBE, color calibration, Green SNCR Streched image Applied Luminance image Played around with curves Annotated image with other objects:
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Equipment: Modded Sony Rx10iv L-enhance filter SWSA SW Tripod taken at 300mm with a stock lens Bahintov Mask Acquisition: 400×1.5min exposures (taken over 4 nights) 100 darks (25 each night) 200 bias (taken one night) 400 flats ( 100 each night) ISO 1600 F/4.0 Stacking: Stacked in Siril Extracted Ha and O3 Processing (all in pixinsight): Individually stretched the b&w images used pixel math R = iif(Ha > .15, Ha, (Ha*.8)+(Oiii*.2)) G = iif(Ha > 0.5, 1-(1-Oiii)*(1-(Ha-0.5)), Oiii *(Ha+0.5)) B = iif(Oiii > .1, Oiii, (Ha*.3)+(Oiii*.2)) DBE, […]
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This star cluster is one of my favorite objects in the night sky. Equipment Sky-watcher Star Adventurer Sony Rx10iv Sky-watcher tripod Acquisition 59x2min exposures 30 darks 50 flats 50 bias iso 1600 f/4.0 540mm Stacking Stacked in DSS Editing stretched in gimp combined starless, non-starless, and original versions to preserve stars and nebulosity. Did you like this image? Let me know in the comments what I should image next!
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This is the Orion Nebula, the brightest Nebula in our sky! Equipment Sony RX10iv Sky-watcher Star Adventurer Sky-Watcher Tripod Acquisition: 60x2min light frames, ISO 800, F/4.0, 540 mm 30 Dark Frames 50 Bias Frames 50 Flat Frames Preprocessing stacked in DSS, 2x drizzle enabled Post-processing stretched data in Gimp combined unstretched and stretched data to preserve the core slight color saturation and curve adjustment Annotated Image Do you like this photo? Comment below what object I should look at next!
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This is the closest galaxy to Earth and the Milky Way – and it will collide with the milky way in about 4 million years! Equipment Sony RX10iv Sky-watcher Star Adventurer Sky-Watcher Tripod Acquisition: 60x2min light frames, ISO 800, F/4.0 30 Dark Frames 50 Bias Frames 50 Flat Frames Preprocessing stacked in DSS Post-processing stretched data in Gimp combined unstretched and stretched data to preserve the core slight color saturation and curve adjustment Gimp Denoise Image with objects: Do you like this photo? Comment below what object […]
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The Pleiades star cluster, also known as the Seven Sisters and Messier 45, is a conspicuous object in the night sky with a prominent place in ancient mythology. The cluster contains hundreds of stars, of which only a handful are commonly visible to the unaided eye. The stars in the Pleiades are thought to have formed together around 100 million years ago, making them 1/50th the age of our sun, and they lie some 130 parsecs (425 light years) away Location My Photo Acquisition 12×2′ light frames 10 dark frames 50 offset frames […]
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