C11 with cooled camera and LPro filter. 2hr 30mins integration processed with APP and PS.
Home, 4th Feb 2022
Three galaxies NGCs 5981, 5982 & 5985 using C11 edgeHD with ASI294MC Pro and LPro filter. 2 hrs integration using 120sec subs. Processed in APP and PS.
Home, 15th May 2024
8” edgeHD with cooled colour camera and LPro filter. No reducer. 25mins integration using 60sec guided frames.
Home, 14th April 2024
135mm Samyang lens at f/2.8 with CMOS colour camera, L-eXtreme dual narrowband filter. 45mins integration with APP and PS.
Home, 6th March 2024
WhiteCAT 51 APO with CMOS colour camera and dual narrowband filter. 2hrs integration with APP and PS.
Home, 18th Jan 2024
135mm Samyang lens at f/2.8 with CMOS colour camera, L-eXtreme dual narrowband filter and iOptron Skyguider Pro. 75x 60sec exposures processed in APP.
Home, 4th Sept 2023
135mm Samyang lens on CMOS colour camera. 15x120sec exposures with LPro plus 30x 120 with HaOIII filter, processed in APP and PS.
Home, 17-19th Jan 2023
C11 and CMOS colour camera with LPro filter. 45 x 120sec exposures processed in APP.
Home, 19th Apr 2023
Samyang 135mm lens shooting at f/2.8 with ASI294MC Pro and L-eXtreme dual narrowband filter under full moon conditions, tracked on iOptron SkyGuider Pro. 1hr 40mins Integration time.
Home, 10th Sep 2022
50mm Canon lens on CMOS colour camera with LPro filter. ZWO AM5 mount unguided. 20mins integration processed in APP and PS.
Home 16th Jan 2023
135mm Samyang lens on CMOS colour camera with dual narrowband filter. 30x120sec exposures, processed in APP and PS.
Home, 19th Jan 2023
135mm Samyang lens with CMOS single shot colour camera and LPro filter on iOptron SkyGuider Pro mount.
1hr integration. Processed in APP.
Astrocamp, Cwmdu, 24th September 2022
IC1805 Heart Nebula, IC1848 Soul Nebual, Stock 2 and the Double Cluster in one field of view of the Samyang 135mm lens shooting at f/2.8 with ASI294MC Pro and L-eXtreme dual narrowband filter under full moon conditions, tracked on iOptron SkyGuider Pro. 2.5hrs Integration time.
Home, 12th Aug 2022
C11 and CMOS single shot colour camera
40x 120sec exposures with light pollution filter
Home, 6th Aug 2022
Samyang 135mm lens shooting at f/2.8 with ASI294MC Pro and L-eXtreme dual narrowband filter tracked on iOptron SkyGuider Pro. 1hr 40mins Integration time.
Home, 16th Sep 2022
C11 with LPro filter and CMOS Colour camera. 50x120sec exposures. Processed in APP and PS.
Home, 6th Aug 2022
Samyang 135mm lens shooting at f/2.8 with ASI294MC Pro and L-eXtreme dual narrowband filter, tracked on iOptron SkyGuider Pro. 2hrs Integration time.
Home, 17th Sep 2022
C11 with CMOS cooled camera with LPro filter
15 x 120sec exposures
Home, 30th April 2022
C11 with single shot colour camera and LPro filter.
120 x 120sec processed in APP and PS
Home, 22nd Feb 2022
C11 with ASI294MC Pro and dual narrowband filter. 2hrs integration time.
Home, 12th Aug 2022
C11 with CMOS OSC and dual narrowband filter.
30x120sec exposure processed in APP and PS.
Home, 19th March 2022
C11 with CMOS single shot colour camera and LPro filter.
15x 120sec exposures, processed in APP.
Home, 29th April 2022
C11 with CMOS OSC camera and L-Pro filter. Two sessions from Feb and March 2022, 2 hours total integration processed in APP and PS.
Home, 20th March 2022
51mm APO and OSC colour camera, L-Pro filter. iOptron SkyGuider Pro. 2-pane mosaic, each of 80min combining The Great Orion Nebula and Hosehead/Flame nebula.
Home, Jan/Feb 2022
C11 with CMOS OSC camera and L-Pro filter.
60x120sec exposures over 2 sessions, stacked & processed in APP and PS.
Home, 25th Feb & 22nd Mar 2022
C11 with CMOS OSC camera and L-Pro filter.
30x120sec exposures processed in APP and PS
Home, 23rd Mar 2022
C11 with CMOS OSC camera and L-Pro filter.
30x120sec exposures processed in APP and PS
Home, 23rd Mar 2022
This is my processed image of the RedCat 51 Summer Challenge 2021 combining 17hrs data from myself and 3 other contributors (UK, USA, Poland) using the same optics.
My data was captured with the RedCat 51 apo, ASI294MC Pro, L-eXtreme filter on an iOptron SkyGuider Pro during Aug 2021 from home. I processed the data in APP and PS.
More on this in the main Blog
C11 with CMOS OSC camera and L-Pro filter.
3-pane mosaic. Each pane 60x120sec exposures processed in APP and PS
Home, 24-26th Mar 2022
51mm APO with CMOS single shot colour camera, iOptron Skyguider Pro, L-Pro filter.
40x 120sec exposures processed in APP
Home, 26th Feb 2022
30x 120sec subs in Ha/OIII narrowband
C11 with CMOS single shot colour camera
Home, 19th Jan 2022
RC 8” with single shot colour camera and dual narrowband filter. 30 x 120sec exposures processed in APP and PS.
Home, 1st Nov 2021
RC 8” with single shot colour camera. 20mins integration time with LPro filter.
Home, 30th Oct 2021
8”RC, 45x 120sec subs in dual narrowband on a one shot colour CMOS camera.
Home, 7th Sep 2020
51mm APO on iOptron StarGuider, CMOS single shot colour camera and dual narrowband filter.
30x 120sec exposures processed in APP and PS.
Home, 12th June 2021
51mm APO with CMOS single shot colour camera, dual narrowband HaOIII filer.
60 x 120sec exposures stacked in APP
Home, 16th Feb 2021
8” RC with single shot colour CMOS camera and LPro filter.
2h 50min total exposure. Processed in APP
Home, 5th April 2021
Two pane mosaic, each comprising 10-15 240sec subs.
51mm APO refractor and CMOS single shot camera with dual narrowband filter, processed in APP.
Home, 1st September 2019
8” RC and CMOS single shot colour camera with LPro filter. 2Hrs integration with APP and PS.
Home, 14th April 2021
Collaboration with Twitter user @AstroMatt75 combining data from our matching scope/ camera/ filter configuration. Each with 51mm APO with CMOS single shot colour camera and LPro filter.
5hrs combined integration time, processed in APP.
Yorkshire & Bath, UK 4-5th April 2021
51mm APO with CMOS single shot colour camera. iOptron Skyguider Pro.
40 x 120sec exposures with LPro filter processed in APP
Home 20th Jan 2022
51mm APO with single shot CMOS colour camera, dual narrowband filter HaOIII.
60x 120sec exposures, processed in APP and PS.
Home, 18 Feb 2021
8” RC with CMOS single shot colour camera and LPro filter. 2hrs integration processed in APP and PS
Home, 15th April 2021
8” RC with single shot CMOS colour camera and L-Pro filter.
60 x 120sec subs processed in APP.
Home, 5th Nov 2020.
8” RC and single shot CMOS colour camera with dual narrowband filter. 40x 120sec exposures stacked and processed in APP.
Home 25th Feb 2021
8”RC with single shot CMOS colour camera and LPro filter.
48mins integration in APP
Home, 7th Nov 2021
72min integration of 180sec subs. 51mm APO and CMOS single shot colour camera. Dual narrowband filter. Guided and tracked on iOptron Skyguider. Processed in APP
Home 21 Sep 2020
51mm APO on iOptron Skyguider Pro with single shot CMOS colour camera and dual narrowband filter.
2hrs 12mins integration from 2min guided subs
Home, 5th Dec 2020
William Optics Whitecat51 APO with single shot CMOS colour camera.
100x 120sec exposures with LPro filter. Processed in APP.
Home 19th Oct 2019
Bright emission nebula directly overhead in December from the UK.
2hrs 48min integration time in dual narrowband Ha OIII. 51mm APO reflector with CMOS single shot colour camera on iOptron Skyguider Pro using 2min guided subs.
Home 12th December 2020
8”RC with CMOS single shot colour camera and SkyMax L-Pro filter.
80x 120sec exposures ~ 2.5hrs integration.
Home 25th April 2020
8” RC and CMOS single shot colour camera
20x 240sec exposures with dual narrowband filter
Home, 7th Nov 2019
60x 120sec exposures in Dual Narrowband
51mm APO with CMOS single shot colour camera. Processed in APP
Home, 6th Feb 2020 on the low cost pier
8” RC with CMOS cooled colour camera
70 x 120sec exposures processed with APP
Home, 17th April 2021
51mm APO with CMOS single shot colour camera
70x 60sec exposures processed in APP
Home 20th Jan 2020, low cost pier
51mm APO on iOptron Skyguider Pro with CMOS single shot colour camera and LPro broadband filter.
70mins integration from 2min guided subs.
Home 25th Nov 2020
Part of the string of galaxies known as Markarian’s Chain.
8” RC and CMOS single shot colour camera with Pro filter.
6-x 120 sec exposures processed in APP and PS.
Home 11th April 2020.
90min HaOIII data captured on 8” RC with single shot colour CMOS camera. Processed in APP.
Home 1st March 2021
This image contains c.75 galaxies with a FOV 0.85 x 0.6 deg. I have overlaid a star chart onto this image. Every ellipse represents a galaxy, centred around the larger galaxies of NGC4889 and NGC4872.
8” RC with CMOS single shot colour camera, LPro filter.
50x 120sec exposures processed in APP.
Home, 20th May 2020
8”RC with CMOS single shot colour camera and LPro filter
50x 120sec exposures processed in APP
Home, 13th April 2020
8”RC with single shot CMOS colour camera, LPro filter.
90min integration time, processed in APP and PS.
Home, 16th March 2021
Also visible is cluster M52 and The Lobster Claw Sh2-157.
Wide shot in dual narrowband with 51mm APO and CMOS single shot colour camera on iOptron Skyguider Pro. 50mins integration.
Inset shot on 8” RC, 15mins integration.
Shot simultaneously 26th Oct 2020 at Home.
8” RC and CMOS single shot colour camera with L Pro filter.
9x 120 second exposures
Home May 2020
8” RC with CMOS single shot colour camera and SkyMax Pro filter.
30x 120sec exposures processed in APP.
Home, 9th April 2020
M82 (left) and M81 Bode’s Galaxy (right).
8”RC and CMOS single shot colour camera
70x 120sec exposures processed in APP
Home, 16 March 2020
8” RC with CMOS single shot colour camera and SkyMax LPro filter.
15x 120sec exposures processed in APP.
Home, 9th April 2020
51mm APO refractor with Pro filter and CMOS single shot colour camera on iOptron Skyguider Pro.
16min integration.
Home, 31st July 2020
I shot this simultaneously at 250mm and 1225mm focal lengths.
Each comprises around 30mins integration time. The wide shot is in narrowband Ha OIII. Processed in APP.
Home 25th August 2019
Single frame 9 sec exposure at ISO1600 with a Panasonic GX7 and 20mm pancake lens on the SiFo MSM rotator.
Lake Mckellar, South Island NZ 23rd Dec 2019
8” RC and CMOS single shot colour camera
50x 120sec exposures, processed in APP
Home, Nov 2019
8” RC with CMOS single-shot cooled colour camera
15x 120sec exposures
Home, July 2019
51mm APO with CMOS single shot colour camera.
60x 120sec exposures, processed in APP.
Home, 23rd March 2020, low cost pier
72mm refractor with CMOS cooled one shot camera
15 x 120sec exposures stacked and processed in APP
Home February 2019
8” RC with CMOS single shot colour camera.
30x 120sec exposures, processed in APP.
Home, 27th March 2020
Same as previous image, but stretched to show all the faint galaxies in the group.
Home, 27th March 2020
51mm APO with CMOS single shot colour shot colour camera.
16x 120sec exposures, processed in APP.
Home 22 March 2020, low cost pier.
72mm refractor with CMOS cooled one shot camera
13 x 60sec exposures stacked
Home, 26th February 2019
8” RC with CMOS cooled colour camera
30 x 120sec exposures, processed in Astro Pixel Processor APP
Home 25th April 2019
72mm refractor with CMOS cooled one shot camera
15 x 60sec exposures stacked
Home, 26th February 2019
65x 120sec subs with 8” RC, CMOS colour camera with LPro filter.
Processed in APP and PS.
Home, 4th April 2021
72mm refractor with CMOS cooled one shot camera
13 x 60sec exposures stacked
Home, 26th February 2019
8” RC with CMOS single shot colour camera and LPro filter.
45mins integration processed in APP.
Home, 26th Nov 2020
This is home of the famous Black Hole photograph published April 2019
M87 and its jet visible around 9 o’Clock on this image
c.5 x 300 sec exposures 8” RC and CMOS cooled colour camera
Home 12th April 2019
c.1hr exposure subs CMOS colour camera with RC scope.
Home 25th March 2019
Spiral arm galaxy in Leo
8” RC with CMOS single shot colour camera
20x 120sec stacked and processed in APP
Home 20th April 2019
NGCs 869 & 884
72mm refractor and DSLR on equatorial mount
Stack of 30sec exposures
Home, 9th January 2019
72mm refractor with CMOS cooled one shot camera
15 x 60sec exposures stacked
Home, 26th February 2019
51mm APO with CMOS cooled colour camera. STC Dual Narrowband filter for Ha OIII.
14x 240sec guided exposures stacked in APP
Home 25th Aug 2019
3hr 40min exposure CMOS colour camera with RC scope.
Known as the Hidden Galaxy, being large but with low surface brightness.
Processed in APP
Home 24-26th March 2019