Deep sky imaging showcase 2016

[Uranium235]

Please use this thread to showcase your best images captured during 2016. 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

 

[MikeODay]

Tarantula Nebula ( NGC 2070 ) - Orion Optics CT12, Nikon D5300 unmodified

 

The Great Orion Nebula ( Messier 42 ) - Skywatcher Quattro 10", Nikon D5300 unmodified

 

The Wishing Well Cluster ( NGC 3532 ) - Skywatcher Quattro 10", Nikon D5300 unmodified

 

The Silver Coin Galaxy in Sculptor ( NGC 253 ) - Skywatcher Quattro 10", Nikon D5300 unmodified

Edited January 13, 2017 by mike005

[Herzy]

Edited January 25, 2017 by Herzy

[Uranium235]

All taken with the Atik 383L+

Gamma Cygni and Beyond: 16 panel mosaic, 56 hours (Star 71)

 

Pelican Ultra: 200pds

 

Dusty M45: Star 71

 

Belt to Sword - Mono version: Star 71

 

Virgo Supercluster annotated: 9 panel mosaic, Star 71 (click for fullsize, so you can read it)

 

 

[ollypenrice]

An unusual look and feel to this one. Sh2 126, 2 panel HaLRGB, twin Takashashi FSQ106/fill frame CCD, Mesu 200.

The 'Breaking Wave' extension around Gamma Cass, down to the Pacman. 3 panel, twin Taks.

 

NGC 2170 using twin Tak and TEC 140 data. 35 hours.

 

 

Beverly Hills here we come. A joint effort with Mr and Mrs Gnomus. HaOIIILRGB, 35 hours.

 

And finally IC447, LRGB TEC 140. An eleven hour quickie!

 

 

As ever, the kit is co-owned by myself, Tom O'Donoghue and Yves Van den Broek. Thanks guys and guests, a good year.

Olly

Edited January 18, 2017 by ollypenrice
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[carastro]

Didn't do a huge number of images this year, these are probably the 5 best ones:

IC410 Tadpole Nebula (Taken from SE London)

Dual rig, ED80/Atik460EX & WOZS71/Atik314L

Pacman Nebula NGC281 (taken at an astro camp)

Dual rig (but put cameras on wrong scopes as was a bit out of practice):
Atik460 & WOZS71 
Atik 314 & ED80 

The Bubble Nebula NGC7635 (Taken at Kelling) 

ED120 & Atik314L

Melotte 15 (taken from SE London)

First Light with SW150P & Atik314L

M45 Pleiades Cluster 

First Light with SW130PDS & Atik460EX

 

Carole

Edited January 13, 2017 by carastro
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[Scott]

couldn't find 5

Horsehead Nebula_Fin by Scott Prideaux, on Flickr

NGC281 Pacman (hubble palette) by Scott Prideaux, on Flickr

Aquila 18mm by Scott Prideaux, on Flickr

[gnomus]

5 hours ago, ollypenrice said:

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And finally IC447, LRGB TEC 140. An eleven hour quickie!

 

Have you any idea how annoying that sentence is?  Eleven hours takes about a month where I am.  

[Peco4321]

Here's mine from my first year in astrophotography, all with 150p on eq3-2, and canon 1100d, no tracking except the last 2 images of M42 and Bodes galaxy.  Looking forward to seeing my 2017 efforts now with tracking. 

[almcl]

Pacman Nebula NGC 281

Cocoon Nebula IC5146

Cone Nebula NGC2264

Iris Nebula NGC7023

Edited January 14, 2017 by almcl

[barrie greenwood]

A few of the ones I took last year

New to astrophotography and scope is a skywatcher200p eq5 pro mount Nikon D90 unmodded around 30 -45 seconds exposure unguided

regards Baz

[alan4908]

Five images from 2016 - all taken with my Trius 814 and SW Evostar 80ED DS Pro:

M51

 

M33

M31 - (my first mosaic)

M106

NGC6888

Alan

[alexbb]

Let's lower the mean:

2 taken with the ASI 1600 MMC and a Tair 3s lens, Ha only; 1min subs, guided. IC434 and NGC2237.
2 taken with both Canon 450D and 550D, both on their Tair 3s lens. 5min subs, guided. M31 and M45.
1 taken with both Canon 450D and 550D, on their Tair 3s lens, 30s subs, unguided (laptop battery went out) + some Ha addition taken with the ASI 120 MM with a 135 CZ lens and one Tair 3s. M42.

Alex

[DaveS]

It's not up to much, but as it's the only image I managed to bring to "completion" in 2016 I'll post it.

M33 in Trangulum. 

R+L, G+L, B+L (90 min each I think) no Ha (It was bloating out the red channel) gradient and vignetting removal, DDP and histogram stretch on each layer then final histo stretch and saturation boost. All done in AstroArt 5

TS Photoline 130 f/7 / Baader RGB filters / Trius 694, ASA DDM60 Pro, 5 min subs (LP). An object lesson on the futility of galaxy imaging from London.

Edited January 19, 2017 by DaveS
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[Allinthehead]

2016 for me was about getting to know my gear. Biggest improvement was setting up a permanent pier which i control from my living room meaning i can make the most of any clear skies.

All images taken with Skywatcher 80 ed and Asi 1600mm, mounted on an AZ EQ6.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited January 21, 2017 by Allinthehead
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[wimvb]

NGC 1499, Jan 2016, SW EQ3 Pro, 135 mm @ f/5.6 Pentax K20D (unmodded) 4 minutes subexposures, unguided

 

M31, Jan 2016, SW EQ3 Pro, 135 mm lens, Pentax K20D, 3 and 4 minutes sub exposures, unguided

 

NGC 7000, Aug 2016, SW 150 PDS on AZ EQ6 with Pentax K20D (unmodded), 4 minutes subexposures, unguided

 

NGC 7635, Nov 2016, M52, SW 150 PDS on AZ EQ6 with Pentax K20D, 10 minutes subexposures, guided

 

On my drive I have data from a grand total of 41 imaging nights during 2016. That's an average of 5 nights per month (May - August it's too bright to do any imaging).

In August I upgraded my mount (from EQ3 to AZ EQ6) and in November I started guiding.

[gorann]

1.5 years into AP now. For 2016 I ended up with 8 nebulas that I am rather pleased with and since I found it too difficult to select the best five, I take the liberty of posting all of them (hoping that it is better to ask for forgiveness than permission). Basically they are all RGB data from my Canon 60Da put on a ES 5" Apo on a EQ8 mount. Five are with additional NB data (primarily Ha) kindly provided by  friends on SGL and Astrobin: Ole Alexander Ødegård, Francois Theriault and Jim Matzger (as indicated in the signatures).

[Hicks]

These are my two current best from the back end of 2016.

Both taken with an LX90 8", f6.3 reducer, sxvr-h9 and lodestar guidecam.

Sometime in 2017 I'm hoping to add colour filters and maybe narrow band but given how much cloud we've had of late it'll take me a while to be happy enough with my mono images to up the complexity.

M1 Crab Nebula - Link to Original thread

M27 Dumbbell Nebula - Link to original thread

Edited January 25, 2017 by Hicks
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[MartinB]

[toxic]

some blooming great images up there well done to you all.

i don't know where the rest of you get your skies from but i need some, its been a terrible year. i struggled to get 5 let alone complete them lol but here they are.

 

[RichLD]

Mainly WIP, but that's a given, weather in the UK and life getting in the way! 

HEQ5 used for all capture.

Orion's sword HaRGB, first taken with dual rig - QHY9M + Nikkor ed180 + Baader 7nm for HA, QHY8L + SMC Takumar 200 for RGB. M42 and B33 detail added from QHY8L and SW ED80 (approx 1 hour each plus lum on B33 from DSW) Base image around 2 hours so far...

M31 captured with QHY8L + SW ED80

Cygnus HA 9 panel mosaic WIP captured with QHY9 + Nikkor ed180, Tamron SP90 and Pentax 135, Baader 7nm

Elephant Trunk and Flying Bat HA captured with QHY9M, Nikkor ed180 and Baader 7nm

 

 

 

[Stub Mandrel]

Cripes, it's a challenge to upload anything after seeing that lot, especially the narrowband stuff! Still here we go, some of the highlights from my second year at this game, see signature for gear ...

 

 

 

 

[Adam J]

My first full year of astro imaging. Not much compared to some of the crazy good images above, but not to bad considering I am using a very old DSLR.

Edited March 3, 2017 by Adam J

[wimvb]

Impressive. Never seen such a red pelican.

[Adam J]

51 minutes ago, wimvb said:

Impressive. Never seen such a red pelican.

Thanks, not sure if that is good or bad then, what color is it normally lol.

Edit: Probably the CLS Filter clipping the green out.

Edited March 3, 2017 by Adam J