Deep sky imaging showcase 2013

MartinB · January 2, 2014

Please use this thread to showcase your best images captured during 2013. Just one post per member but you can include up to 5 images if you want.

The thread is for all imagers novices and advanced.

Please keep details to a minimum - scope and camera possibly along with a few comments.

The thread needs to be packed with images so please don't respond to the postings

Stephen · January 2, 2014

IC1396 : 24 hours total, four panes, FSQ-85/460ex/Baader Ha and FSQ-106/H694/Astrodon Ha joint project with Velvet (Real thing is about A1 in size )

davew · January 2, 2014

Is it really a year ? Not much to show for it.

All done with a Moravian G2 8300, Astrodon 5nm filters and camera lenses ( 180mm and 250mm in the main )

More colourful than my usual selections but that's because I've had some bad influences this year !

Dave.

JB80 · January 2, 2014

My first half decent shots using an unmodded 450D and 300mm zoom lens on the Polarie which has left me trying not to delve into deep sky further.

Must resist harder.

A couple of familiar objects, M45 and M42

iksose7 · January 2, 2014

First year of deep sky AP over look forward to 2014!

A Colourful M8+M20

M31 Widefield

Four panel mosaic of the Galactic Centre

Barnard E Widefield

Dusty Hyades Cluster

All taken with a Canon 1100D with a Astrotrac apart from the last image which was taken on a NEQ6. I used a Canon EF200L for all apart from the Barnards E widefield where i used a Canon 50mm 1.8

Cheers!

ian_bird · January 2, 2014

December visit to Les Granges. Atik 4000, Riccardi Reducer/Flattener, WO 98 FLT, CGEM DX.

Thanks Ollys!

Cheers

Ian

Fay · January 2, 2014

2013 was a bit of a sparse year. looks like this year will be the same!

IC434 /M42. 21x900, QSI 583ws, 7nm ha, 180mm lens Leitz Telyt APO, F4

M81, M82 21x600, QSI 583ws,CLS, SW120 Equinox Pro, 0.85fr

Moon, Canon 600D, cls, SW120 Equinox Pro,

IC318 and NGC6888, QSI 583ws, 7nm ha, 10x1200 Leitz Telyt Apo lens, F4.

M31, 17x600, QSI 583ws, cls and L filters, SW ED80 pro, 0.85fr

M33, L 30x300, RGB 10x300 each, QSI 583ws, 0.85fr, L, SW ED80 pro

kyokugaisha · January 2, 2014

Have to admit these two images are the only ones I'm remotely happy with this year. But it's my first year of imaging and I'm trying to learn all the time. Both taken with a Canon 1100D through a SW 200P on EQ5Pro.

NGC891

NGC891 by kyokugaisha1, on Flickr

NGC7331 and Stephan's Quintet

NGC7331 & Stephan's Quintet by kyokugaisha1, on Flickr

Leveye · January 3, 2014

Technically this one was started in 2013 but ended just a few hours into 2014 and just so happens to be my best yet i think.

15x5 seconds, 15x30 seconds, 15x120 seconds, 15x300 seconds. Each series went thru DSS and then blended together in PS4 and tweeked in LR4.

The ORION Nebula by Leveye, on Flickr

And this one which has been a dream of mine for well over 3 years to get a decent image of it which i think i finally did here.

PLEIADES by Leveye, on Flickr

PhotoGav · January 5, 2014

Here are the results of my first year of AstroPhotography. All shot using an 80ED with focal reducer on an HEQ5:

M31 - 31 x 240s, 60D. Unguided. Darks.

NGC700 - 11 x 360s, 30D. Unguided. Darks.

M45 - 33 x 180s, 60D. Guided. Darks.

M33 - 13 x 600s, 60D. Guided. Darks, flats & bias. Astronomik CLS clip-filter.

IC1805 - 9 x 1200s, modded 60D. Guided. Darks, flats & bias. IDAS D1 LP filter.

Here's to a clear, steady and image-full 2014 for all....!

Erquy · January 10, 2014

A 1st year in the hobby for me to celebrate: below results:

1) with a skymax 102 Alt/Az, goto, with a unmodded DSLR at prime focus. ISO3200, mutliple short subs of 15-25 sec at 3200 ISO, process in Neb3 (yes... you read right: it is possible to image some deepsky with a slow small aperture scope like a MAK 102 on an alt Az mount, believe it -of course limited to few bright object and quite some files to process -and to reject-, but possible): Orion and M5 (about 20 minutes and 5 minutes in total respectively)