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Yes I know 113hrs is overkill haha but compared to other 40hr project I did, the snr was better in this image hands down. But I would see similar results yes

Nope! I’ve moved to pine Colorado about three years ago and the skies are much clearer here. I didn’t know that I didn’t include my equipment! i used an 8rc and edge8hd and an asi1600 all on top of a cem60

Thank you! Yes we were very fortunate. we averaged about 16hrs of day per imaging night with our two rigs. With that anything is possible! Shooting at f/8 has its downsides

Greetings! This was a 113hr collaboration with my friend, Trey Henderson. We totaled 50hrs of HA data (25 ea.), he collected 25hrs of Sii data, and I collected 28hrs of OIII data as well as 10hrs of RGB data for the stars (not presented in this image). As far as this image goes, I will be doing another rendition to show really show off the SHO (sulfur, hydrogen, oxygen) palette. This is also an SHO pallet but I really wanted to try the gold and blue look without the green... so I SCNR’D the greens out. The two looks are very different but awesome in their own way.. Anyway, I digress... ———— This nebula is the most detailed area of what’s better known as the Soul Nebula. I believe it lies nearly 6,500 light years away and is right underneath Cassiopeia. The one structure coming from the Ha and surprising the Sii channel give this nebula such a 3D feel. The spires on the right side of the nebula are nearly transparent! It’s so wild looking to me! The orange colors here are ionized hydrogen and sulfur atoms. These atoms are being excited by the solar winds of the surround massive stars. The beautiful blue hues are ionized oxygen atoms. ———— This collaboration was a TON of work. Long nights of problem solving and trouble shooting connection problems, internal mount issues, data transferring issues (my fault bcs I don’t pay attention, lol), dew issues, scheduling issues, moon/running out of time issues... we barreled through nonetheless! I hope you guys enjoy! Equipment: at8rc/Edge8HD, asi1600, Cem60, Astrodon HA/Oiii/Sii 3nm. Clearest Skies! Teagan

Greetings! So, I've been sitting on this data for a long time. I didnt like the first rendition and I got discouraged and I moved onto another project lol. The stars in my Oiii data were pretty bloated and gave me some major ringing. I grew a pair and went at it again tonight and Im quite happy with it! I think I fixed the ringing for the most part.. It definitely took awhile! But anyway, this image consists of 34 hours of data (17hrs Ha / 17hrs Oiii). Hope you all enjoy! Equipment: AT8rc ASI1600mm CEM60 Astrodon 3nm Ha/Oiii qhy5L-ii Guice Cam Clear skies! Teagan

I desaturate my stars in my Ha Oiii image and I over saturated my RGB image and I just layer then in photoshop using “lighten”. I then create a star mask in Pixinisght and saturate the color of the stars until I like them!

Hahah you know I thought the same! I’m like this doesn’t look much like an Iris anymore.. but at the same time there IS that detail in there. Maybe other people fail to pull it out? Maybe I over HDR’d it. Maybe an in between? Thanks

I thought the same. I think by lightening the image or increasing the mid tones would bring it out but after several tries to get a decent balance I decided that the less stretched version looked better. But now I’m re thinking this..

Greetings! I am here posting again so soon due to the clearest bout of dark skies in my life. Nearly 4 weeks straight of clear nights up here in the Rockies. It is our dry season here (finally) which is much dryer than Denver has been around this time in the past. I have been taking full advantage as I have collected over 150 hrs of data on three objects. A personal record I dont intend on beating, haha! Anyways, this is the Iris Nebula. Ive grabbed data on this target only one time before... about 3 years ago. My wife, Sarah (gf at the time) and I had planned a camping trip in the smokies. I brought all my AP gear just to realize that bortle 1 skies dont matter during a full moon. I clearly hadnt thought out the timing of our trip (we all make mistakes, right?). Since then I have always wanted to do a better job. It is such an intriguing target to me. One of the prettiest up there. I spent the past two weeks collecting 31 hours of luminance data while my buddy shared some of his RGB data to save some time. This is 40 total hours of data in bortle 4.5 skies. Clear skies, Teagan AT8RC CEM60 ASI1600MM-pro Astrodon L, Chroma RGB QHY5;L-ii guide cam 294x600s subs Location: Pine, CO

So my focuser is a POS stock. I’m getting s moonlight soon. This may solve the problem but a wind storm came and blew over my imaging rig a few months ago destroying the collimation. That’s may also be the issue. As per the noise.. my image was still rather noisy which was shocking. I admit I did a little too much noise reduction. I plan on processing it again. Thanks so much for the tips!

Thank you astro bug!

Thank you much, Artem!

Thank you very much, Carole

greetings yall! Ive had consistently clear skies the past two weeks so I have been taking full advantage! The WingED Bat Nebula - This is a very small portion of the entire Veil complex, a huge supernova remnant left over from star explosion nearly 10,000 years ago. This star would have shined bright enough to be seen during the day! The thin, spiral like filaments are high in Hydrogen alpha and Oxygen particles creating the red and blue colors you see before you. The stars were added using visible light filters (RGB) to give this image a most natural look. I hope you all enjoy! Exposure details: 30hrs Oiii (3nm) 20hrs Ha (3nm) 1hrs RGB (each) Total exposure time: 53hrs Equipment Details: At8rc cem60 Asi1600mm pro Astrodon HaOiiiRGB

It's been two months in the making. And despite vacations, crappy weather, and equipment reconfiguration, I'VE FINALLY FINISHED! This image consists of 30 hrs each Ha and Oiii (3nm) as well as 1hrs each of RGB data for the stars. I shot the RGB data the past two night during the full moon so a little more data was needed. I originally thought 30 min each would do the trick but 1hr each produced much more colorful stars. This is my longest project to date so I tried to be pretty meticulous when it came to post processing, especially in getting that outer Oiii shell to show. I call it the energy shield! Anyways, I hope you all enjoy! The Crescent Nebula (Description by Nasa's APOD) - "NGC 6888, also known as the Crescent Nebula, is a cosmic bubble about 25 light-years across, blown by winds from its central, bright, massive star. This sharp telescopic portrait uses narrow band image data that isolates light from hydrogen and oxygen atoms in the wind-blown nebula. The oxygen atoms produce the blue-green hue that seems to enshroud the detailed folds and filaments. Visible within the nebula, NGC 6888's central star is classified as a Wolf-Rayet star (WR 136). The star is shedding its outer envelope in a strong stellar wind, ejecting the equivalent of the Sun's mass every 10,000 years. The nebula's complex structures are likely the result of this strong wind interacting with material ejected in an earlier phase. Burning fuel at a prodigious rate and near the end of its stellar life this star should ultimately go out with a bang in a spectacular supernova explosion. Found in the nebula rich constellation Cygnus, NGC 6888 is about 5,000 light-years away. " Eqiupiment: AT8RC CEM60 ASI1600mm-pro Astrodon HA/OIII/RGB QHY5L-ii autoguider phd, spg, pix, ps, dss Exposure details: 180x600s (ha) 180x600s (Oiii) 60x60x RGB (ea.) Dates: 7/4, 7/5, 7/6, 7/7, 7/9, 7/28, 7/29, 7/30, 8/1, 8/2, 8/3, 8/4, 8/6, 8/7, 8/11 8/12, 8/13, 8/14, 8/15,

Thank you, Doug! I’m extremely happy with it!

Wow thank you very much, Rodd!

Greetings! Happy Fourth of July Yall!! Here is the Eagle and Her Pillars. This is hands down one of my top 3 favorite regions of the sky. I have been waiting to shoot this target and do those pillars justice for three years now. I'm glad I finally got it.I feel like every one of us has one or even a couple of those targets that we always want to shoot but for some reason the universe just doesnt let us. Hope you all enjoy! This is a bicolor (Ha/Oiii) image of M16 consisting of 25 hours of data (15ha 10oiii). Equipment: At8rc Asi1600mm p Cem60 EQG Astrodon 3nm Ha/Oiii Gain 139, Offset 21, 300s subs

Greetings! After about two month in an imaging hiatus, my equipment has been fixed! A wind storm came through and blew over my entire imaging rig damaging my mount and 8RC pretty severely. My scope still need some work as collimation is a tad off but my CEM60 has been performing flawlessly, consistently guiding at .7". I was lucky enough to get out and image the day that both my scope and mount were delivered back to me. I have chosen to shoot the Eagle nebula, with an emphasis on the Pillars of Creation. I'm going to be doing a bicolor rendition of this one consisting of 30-40 hrs. I hope you guys enjoy! Details: Ha 3nm: 10hrs ASI1600mm-pro CEM60 AT8RC Astrodon 3nm Ha QHY5L-ii / QHY OAG

Grettings, A few weeks ago a wind storm came through and blew over my entire imaging rig. The biggest issue that has arose are the optics in my 8rc. Collimation was atrocious when I checked it. I have been using a star test for collimation as well as a cheshire eyepiece. I know in the images below the donuts arent PERFECTLY centered but Im noticing an artifact in each unfocused star at about 5 o'clock... The focused rstars look triangular in shape.. not like poor collimation but moreso pinched optics. This wasnt a problem before the fall.. How may I diagnose this issue or figure out which component of my scope is causing the issue? Im hoping the OTA is not bent. Its a carbon fiber OTA.. the fall resulted in a few scratches but thats the only physical damage that I could see. If you have any more questions about my collimation procedure or the incident, let me know. Clear skies Teagan

Yes I’ve noticed these as welll. It was actually a weird stacking artifact that was accentuated during post. This WILL be dealt with lolol

Just a bad wind storm! My tarp lay over my rig to protect it from the drizzle but the wind took it like a wind sail it blew the whole thing over! I still plan on getting about 15 more hours of lum data and then ill Work on RGB. Heres to a working rig!

So.. there's bad news and there's good news.. and some other news. Bad news: I collected 14 hrs of data so far on this project including the 7hrs I got last night. I was planning on finishing this one within the week or next but a nice big gust of wind took my entire imaging rig out (95 LBS of equipment). My scope took the blunt of the fall as my equatorial mounts ha/dec saddle pretty much snapped into pieces. My camera is fine.. the scope.. who knows. The mount..? Gotta get a new piece for the flange holding the head and tripod together. Good news: Its only 40$ to fix and shouldnt take more than 2 weeks to get the parts. Other news: Messier 101. 13 hrs of 25hrs lum data 159x300s gain: unity / offset: 21 Cem60, GSO8rc, ASI1600mm-p, Astrodon lum, QHY oag/guidecam

Wow! Wonderful images! I have not had great luck so far this year. A complete imaging rig swap and a broken ccd has delayed any imaging opportunities since January. Hopefully everyone has had some clear summer nights?? Here my five from 2017