imaging camera ZWO ASI 1600MM Pro guide camera ZWO ASI290mm Mini mount Skywatcher EQ6-R pro telescope Explore Scientific ED102 APO exposure settings gain 139exposure 30scooling to -20C stacking 50 lights – ZWO Red (x2 panels)50 lights – ZWO Green (x2 panels)50 lights – ZWO Blue … continue readingm31 – andromeda galaxy 2021 update
it’s time to update my version of the rosette nebula for 2021. this was one of the first targets I captured after astromodifying my DSLR last year. I had a series of before and after and it was obvious the astro-mod was worthwhile. However, I’ve … continue readingngc 2244 rosette nebula in SHO
This is another one I captured back in November, but am just now getting to process. I like shooting this galaxy as it is quite bright and fits in my current field of view pretty well. It is 2.7 million light years from earth and … continue readingm33 – triangulum galaxy
I’m finally getting to process some data I captured back in August. At the time, I wasn’t sure I had enough to work with, but decided to give it a shot over the Christmas holiday. More data is always better, and that applies here, but … continue readingngc 7822 – nebula in cepheus
I am finally getting to processing some data I captured on andromeda back in september and october. I captured this target with DSLR previously, and now I’m using the ZWO ASI1600MM Pro mono camera cooled to -20c together with HaRGB filters. here are the imaging … continue readingm31 – andromeda galaxy 2020 update
I captured 15 hours of data on the bubble nebula between Sept 5-6th, 2020. the target is small in the field of view with my telescope focal length and imaging chip combination, but thought it might be interesting because of the unique structure of the … continue readingngc 7635 – bubble nebula
I acquired this data last month between August 12th – Aug 16th. I captured 30 more 180s exposures in each channel Aug 29-30th, but have not combined that into this image yet. the imaging session details are below: imaging camera ZWO ASI 1600MM Pro guide … continue readingngc 281 pacman nebula
I decided to go after the north america nebula in cygnus last weekend. we had a single clear night, and I was able to pull in about 6 hours of data across Ha, Sii, and Oiii using the Explore Scientific ED102 APO and my ZWO … continue readingngc 7000 north america nebula
Previously, I captured 5hrs of Ha, SII, OIII data on the wizard nebula. I had an autoguiding error in the middle of the night and did not capture the planned Oiii data. We had a clear evening to capture more data. Rather than simply finish … continue readingupdate – ngc 7380 wizard Nebula
We’ve had pretty consistent cloudy weather for a while now, but had an opening last night to get the telescope back out. I captured 5hrs of Ha, SII, OIII data on the wizard nebula. After processing the data a bit, its obvious more SII and … continue readingngc 7380 – wizard Nebula