Summer starfields and clusters

[GalaxyGael]

Been a few weeks or more since I posted here.

Some of my recent images where I took a fancy to some golden and silver starfields, some dusty LDNs and an experiment to image NGC 7129 while adding spitzer IR data on top.

Hope you like them.

1. B142 and 143 - E nebula (50 x 120s)

2. LDN 769 (180 x 120s)

3. LDN 810 - Coalman nebula (84 x 90s)

4. M39 (123 x 90s)

5. NGC 7129 (cropped a lot, 120 x 240s) - without and with Spitzer IR data

Tak Epsilon 130D with ASI2600 Mc Pro at -10C using gain 0 and gain 100 (I prefer gain 0, I think one of them has gain 100).

iOptron GEM45 with ZWO OAG

Right now I am using my 11 year old 90 mm f/6.6 with that nicely figured triplet that is not made anymore. Smaller stars than the epsilon, sharpest scope I have ever used. The little round stars are like a document in calm easy to read arial font, while the epsilon sometimes feels like a serif times font with all nouns capitalized 😉. That's my little analogy.

I hope I got the image posting resolution OK and that the clear hot day gives you a clear night.

 

 

[GalaxyGael]

Of course the images look horrible in the post....should they be 2048 px at widest point?

EDIT: the seem OK when clicked on.

Edited July 19, 2022 by GalaxyGael

[happy-kat]

Particularly the second image I liked and your analogy was very descriptive

[GalaxyGael]

2 hours ago, happy-kat said:

Particularly the second image I liked and your analogy was very descriptive

That dust feature in the second one looks interesting, like some seahorse or dragon on wheels.