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MarsG76

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  1. MarsG76

    Deep Sky Imaging

    Collection of my Deep Space objects. These images have been take through a 8" SCT, 80mm refractor or various lenses using a full spectrum modded and cooled Canon 40D or a QHY268M ColdMOS astro camera (as stated in the description of each photo).
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    Solar System Objects

    Planet & Solar System Images taken through a 8" SCT using various cameras and barlow lens combinations as stated in the description of each photo.
  3. You're not the first to point out the orientation of Orion... I did image this from Australia, so kept the orientation in the way it's visible down here...
  4. That is a fantastic image.... to answer your question of where we'll be in 6 years?... I suspect up to APT version 7.2... Full AI integration 😉
  5. The answer to your frustration is a permanent setup... ever since I built a mini observatory that takes me literally minutes to start astronomy, you'll be able to take advantage of every moment of clarity... when theres a break in the clouds, open up and you're looking up.. if the clouds return, shutdown is just as fast... no setup and pulldown frustration or guess work...
  6. I had many moments like that, but the clouds will pass... think of all of the great astronomy nights you had while it was clear, and they will return.. but if you give up, know this.. the moment you sell your gear, it'll seem like it's crystal clear nights every night ... want to risk that?
  7. Hi All, Sharing another of my completed southern sky object images.... The nebulae in this imaged area are is not a popular group of objects or area of the sky being imaged by amateurs... located in the constellation Corona Australis, between γ and ε Coronae Australis and features NGC6726, NGC6729, NGC6727, NGC6723 and IC4812. I suspect that the lack of interest is area is dark and not as vibrant as other more well known and popular objects, but the combination of reflection nebulae crossed by dark nebulae made an interesting image IMHO. I imaged a close up on the blue reflection nebulae back in August 2020 and wanted to expose it at a lower focal length to see what surrounds the blue nebulosity. This image was exposed with a QHY268M through a simple doublet 80mm refractor (at 500mm focal length) over 2 and a half nights, as a 2 plate (heavily overlapped) mosaic so that I would only need to crop out the most distorted edges, retaining the whole original frame size... exposures started just after midnight on 10 July and being completed on the morning of 12 July 2023, for a total integration time of 17 hours and 20 minutes, 8 hours and 40 minutes per plate. Thanks for looking, Clear Skies, MG
  8. It looks great... doesn't look over processed at all.
  9. Awesome details... love it.
  10. Hi All, Sharing with you a quickie image of my Jewel Box Cluster. It is a open star cluster located in the constellation Crux, given the designation "Kappa Crucis". It's windy, and the seeing is horrible, BUT the sky is crystal clear, so I picked a easy and bright target so that a clear sky wasn't wasted... it's a bit soft, but the best guiding I was getting was according to PHD2 was between 1.9 & 2.2" RMS. Imaged on my C8 at f6.3 with the QHY 268M in LRGB. 3hours and 50 minutes of luminance subs and 59 minutes of RGB color data. Clear Skies, MG
  11. Also the coating on the C8 corrector plate rejects a lot of UV wavelength, so we're upto a quadruple whammy.
  12. It's in other images online, including photos imaged by pros on pro telescopes, so I guess it's a jet... It's also clear as day on my HAlpha stack, so I say it's not an artifact but a jet/some nebulosity in the FOV.
  13. Ah, so there is a trade off in resolution for brightness... I guess it depends what's more important for a particular project... speed or detail... either system has it's advantages and disadvantages.
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