Deep sky imaging showcase 2021

[Uranium235]

Its that time once again!

Please use this thread to showcase your best images captured during 2021. Just one post per member but you can include up to 5 images if you want.

The thread is for all imagers, both novices and advanced.

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

The thread needs to be packed with images so please don't respond to the postings. The previous years showcase thread(s) can be found here:

 

https://stargazerslounge.com/forum/203-imaging-showcase-threads/

[Uranium235]

I'll kick it off, a quiet year in astro terms - but things didnt really start improving until towards the end of the year.

 

 

 

[Gerr]

My best 5 - all shot with my Canon 650D in the first half of the year with SW200P and SW Evostar 80ED.

 

[Budgie1]

These were all taken with a ZWO ASI294MC Pro, Evostar 100ED DS Pro or 80ED DS Pro on an EQ5 mount at the start of the year and later upgraded to HEQ5.

IC1396 - Elephant Trunk Nebula

M42 - Orion Nebula

IC342 - Hidden Galaxy

NGC6960 - Veil Nebula

M51 - Whirlpool Galaxy

[Lee_P]

These were all taken with an ASKAR FRA400 telescope and ASI2600MC PRO camera, from a Bortle 8 city centre.

 

 

 

 

 

[almcl]

All shot with ASI 2600MC and Skywatcher 190MN

Bubble Nebula, NGC7635

 

M81

 

NGC 7538

 

M106 and friends

 

Ghost, Sh2-185

[Robculm]

2021 was my first year of imaging. Still a lot to learn & hoping for a significantly improved set of images in 2022! Anyway, here are my favourite 5 in chronological order, all with 200PDS & EOS800D. M42, NGC4435 / 4438 (Markarian's chain), M16, NGC6960, M33):

 

 

 

 

 

[alan4908]

Here's five from 2021 - all acquired with my Esprit 150 and a SX Trius 814.

Alan

NGC4449

NGC3628

NGC3184

CDE173

Pickering

[happy-kat]

Captured and processed in 2021, a very quiet year

December Pleiades 1100d | 50ED | EVO-FFv2 | Virtuoso v1

 

 

 

Edited February 14, 2022 by happy-kat

[DaveS]

A bit of a thin year with a lot of half-completed or barely started projects. Nevertheless, here are five (The only ones actually completed) from my hard drive. All captured with the ODK 12, G3 16200 and Chroma filters.

First up, Pickering's Triangle in HOO

Next, M13, the Great Globular in Hercules, in LRGB. This is just about naked eye for me here.

And the rest are galaxies in LRGB

Firstly NGC 3718

Next, the Deer Lick group and Stephan's Quintet

Lastly M106. In this case I made a Super Luminance from the L and RGB for the brutal processing before layering onto the RGB. Had to chuck out a lot of subs that had a light leak in them.

 

NGC 3719 and M106 are WIP as I hope to add more, better, data this year.

[tomato]

Here are my five:

The Dark Shark, RASA8/QHY268c

The Spaghetti Nebula, RASA8/QHY268c,4 panel mosaic

The Needle Galaxy, Esprit 150/ASI 178 dual rig

 

Arp 84, the Heron, Esprit 150/ASI 178

NGC 3938, Esprit 150/ASI 178

[gorann]

Managed to gather data for around 50 images in 2021 with my dual RASA8 rig (with ASI2600MC). All to be seen here https://www.astrobin.com/users/gorann/. So here are 10% of them with focus on never or rarely imaged objects.

Cheers & CS, Göran

 

Supernova remnant CTA 1 (SNR G119.5+10.2) and NGC 40 (IDAS NBZ Ha+Oiii filter)

 

IC348, NGC1333 and the "Strawberry Nebula"

 

LBN437

 

"Predator-Prey Nebula" - unnamed IFN near the Fish Hook nebula. 5 panel mosaic

 

MBM 163 - 165 and LBN 569 in Cepheus

 

[glowingturnip]

Just a feeble two for me this year, the pandemic has still been eating into my scope time.  Hoping for much better this year...

 

heart of the Heart Nebula in SHO

 

Lobster nebula in SHO - needs more data, but I can literally only get 4 frames per night !