ArvitZ

ArvitZ, 9 days ago to Astronomy

The Elephant's Trunk Nebula IC 1396 was the target of yesterdays clear night and here I would like to share the result:

My first try on a DSO two panel mosaic.
Guiding and banding noise have been quite a problem for this project, well there is always room for improvements...

Disclaimer: This is a "false" color image using a HOO color palette.

#astronomy #astrophotography #astro #astrodon #space #photography #deepsky

ArvitZ, 17 days ago to Astronomy

This is my first image taken out in the wild with my new cooled OSC cam.
As always for a first time I forgot quite some important stuff during this session...

Luckily I was able to fix quite a lot in postprocessing, so the sleep deprivation during the whole night was kind of worth it.
I was quite impressed by the power of the newest GraXpert version.

Btw: the star spikes are the result of a test with a 3D printed spike mask ;)

#astronomy #astrophotography #astrodon #space #photography #stars

ArvitZ, 21 days ago to astrophotography

Finally got my first proper shot of the Eagle Nebula (M16)!

This target was a real pain to photograph from my location, because I had to get up at 3 AM and M16 still is pretty low in altitude for me... but luckily a gap in the surrounding trees made this 6x600s stack possible.

Obviously Focus and Guiding are not optimal, this is still work in progress to get fixed.

Technical Details:
https://www.astrobin.com/wcr69p/

#astrophotography #astronomy #astro #space #photography #m16 #eaglenebula

ArvitZ, 1 month ago to Astro

Finally took my first photo of the #Heartnebula and #Soulnebula!

• photographed with my portable small rig
• Dual Narrowband Filter
• unguided
• 31x300s (~2h40h)

Just the first rought edits...

#astro #astrophotography #astronomy #photography #deepsky #nebula #space

What is your favorite Astro Color Palette?

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ArvitZ, 2 months ago to Astronomy

Watch earths rotation over 30min on a starry night looking at the constellation Orion...

#astronomy #astrophotography #photography #starry #starrynight #orion #constellation #landscape #astro #astrophoto #timelapse

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ArvitZ, 3 months ago to astrophotography

This is probably my best deep sky image yet...

Finally the moon phase allowed me to make better use of my new dedicated astrocam.
So I decided to go for the rosette nebula, since it fits nicely in the field of view at 400mm

I used this image also as a training object for better calibration and post processing using APP, Siril, Starnet++ and Darktable to combine their strengths.

Details: https://www.astrobin.com/kdgxh2/

#astrophotography #astronomy #space #astrodon #RosetteNebula #Cardwell49 #deepsky

stfn, 3 months ago (edited 3 months ago) to astrophotography

Exactly four years ago I took my first #astrophotography. Without star tracking, guiding, just a DSLR on a tripod, an old Russian lens, and a lot of very short exposures.

The photo shows the Orion constellation, the famous belt and the Orion Nebula below it. The first image is how I processed it then, the second one is processed recently, with new tools such as Graxpert and BlurExterminator.

cathieleblanc, 4 months ago to astrophotography

#SkyWatch #Astrophotography The red hydrogen area is part of Barnard's Loop, a large arc of gas on the edge of the Orion constellation that is believed to have formed in a supernova explosion 2 million years ago. The blue area in the upper left is M78, a reflection nebula 1350 light years away that contains at least 45 variable stars visible in infrared. I captured 30 five-minute exposures with my 250mm lens for this image two weeks ago on a rare clear night.