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Crescent Moon, 15 January 2024 - 8 panel mosaic
jonathancd replied to jonathancd's topic in Imaging - Lunar
Thanks, it is easier with a mono video camera to get good resolution and contrast. You can get some good images with a DSLR though, take a few images and pick the sharpest ones out to sharpen. -
Managed to get out this evening for a relatively rare bit of lunar imaging. This was taken using a TEC140, with 2.5x barlow and Altair 174M camera. It is a composite of 8 panels each of which are are the best 15% of 1000 frames stacked in Autostakkert 3 and the mosaic put together with Microsoft ICE. Thanks for looking.
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We have had some good clear nights and as last nights looked to be the last for a while, I took the opportunity to image the Horsehead and Flame Nebulae. The image was taken using my Altair 533c along with my Skywatcher Equinox 80 and the Altair Triband filter. It was captured using Sharpcap with stacking and initial processing with Siril and final tweaking with Photoshop. The image is made up of 510 30 second exposures. Please with how this has turned out from my Bortle 8 skies.
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Quick capture from earlier this evening. Taken with my TEC140, 2.5x barlow and Altair 290c. This is the best 15% of 5000 frames using Autostakkert3 and tweaked with Registax6.
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This is my first galaxy picture with my recently purchased Askar 180 imaging scope. Love the widefield it gives. This was taken using my Altair 533c camera and an Optolong LS-Pro filter from my bortle 8 garden in East London. The image is about 4 hours of 1-minute exposures stacked and processed in Siril with final tweaking in Photoshop, it was also cropped and tilted a little for framing. I am really enjoying learning how to use Siril and am finding it gives much more colourful images than my previous processing techniques. M31 - The Andromeda Galaxy
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Thanks to the wonders of Siril, I have finally managed to generate a Hubble palette style image from my one shot colour and triband filter data. I have over processed this a bit so the stars are a bit funny. This was taken using my Telescope Service 60mm scope, a 0.8 reducer, Altair 533C and the Altair Triband filter. this was around 3 hours of data captured with Sharpcap. Really looking forward to using Siril more to generate Hubble and HOO style images.
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This is the first time I have managed to image Jupiter this apparition. Seeing seemed very steady around 3.15am last night. This was taken with my TEC140 and a 2.5x barlow, I used my Altair 533c cropped to 752x752 which provided a steady 40 frame a second. This is the best 20% of a 1000 frames, stacked in Autostakkert3 and tweaked in photoshop. You can also see Ganymede close by to Jupiter's disk.
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Pleased with how this turned out last night given we are stuck with astronomical twilight for the next 8 weeks down here in London. This is around 3 and a half hours of data on the Butterfly Nebula -IC 1318. This was taken using my Telescope Service 60mm ED telescope, a 0.8 reducer and Altair Astro 533C camera with a Triband Filter. This was captured using Livestacking in Sharpcap 4 and I tweaked the output from the live stacked image in Photoshop. Hope to keep going with imaging in astro twilight with the Triband filter over the next few months until darkness returns.
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Most if the time I use around 950 gain and 30 offset in Sharpcap. With the Triband filter though I do often up the gain to 1800.
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Made the most of the last night with any astronomical darkness down here in London for a couple of months and got 4 hours of data on the Pelican Nebula (IC 5070). This was taken using my 102ED telescope, a 0.8 reducer and Altair Astro 533C camera with a Triband Filter. This was captured using Livestacking in Sharpcap 4 and I tweaked the output from the live stacked image then tweaked in Photoshop. Hope to keep going with imaging in astro twilight with the Triband filter over the next few months until darkness returns.
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Lovely warm May day for solar imaging. There follows the sun in Hydrogen Alpha (Lunt 35) two versions one processed to show prominences and another surface detail, CalciumK (TEC140, Herschel Wedge and Altair CalciumK filter) and White Light (TEC140, Herschel Wedge). All were imaged using the Altair Astro 174M. Processed Autostakkert3 (best 10% of 1000 frames) and tweaked in Microsoft Photo. HA with prominences HA - surface detail CalciumK White light
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Managed to pop out to do a bit of solar imaging at lunchtime. There follows the sun in CalciumK (TEC140, Herschel Wedge and Altair CalciumK filter) and White Light (TEC140, Herschel Wedge Baader Solar Continuum filter). All were imaged using the Altair Astro 174M. Processed Autostakkert3 (best 10% of 1000 frames) and tweaked in Microsoft Photo. CalciumK full disk White Light full disk
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Lovely day for solar imaging. There follows the sun in Hydrogen Alpha (Lunt 35), CalciumK (TEC140, Herschel Wedge and Altair CalciumK filter) and White Light (TEC140, Herschel Wedge). All were imaged using the Altair Astro 174M. Processed Autostakkert3 (best 10% of 1000 frames) and tweaked in Microsoft Photo. Sun in HA Sun in CalciumK Sun in White Light
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Managed a quick capture of today's sun in hydrogen alpha. The capture was with my Lunt 35 solar scope, 2x Celestron barlow and Altair Astro 174M camera. Best 10% of 1000 frames in Autostakkert 3 processed in Microsoft photo to bring out prominences and surface detail. Thanks for looking.
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Good to be out in the sunshine this afternoon and managed to image the sun in Hydrogen Alpha, White Light and CalciumK. Hydrogen Alpha was with a Lunt 35 and Altair Astro 290M, White light was with TEC140 and Baader Herschel Wedge, solar continuum filter and using Altair 174M. CalciumK was with TEC140 and Baader Herschel Wedge, K-line filter and using Altair 174M. All are the best 10% of 1000 frames processed in Autostakkert 3 and Microsoft photo. Hydrogen Alpha White light CalciumK
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