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Astronomy => Astrophotography => Topic started by: Roberto on Apr 08, 2025, 14:19:52

Title: A few more from late March and early April from Petts Wood
Post by: Roberto on Apr 08, 2025, 14:19:52
The weather gods have been kind to us over the last few weeks...

Sun Ha & CaK - 19 March 2025 - 08:50UT - SHG 700

Published: Mar 19, 2025

Acquisition: 7 × 0.43ms

Equipment:
- Telescope: Moonraker 94mm F/7 Refractor
- Camera: ToupTek G3M 678M
- Mount: Astro-Physics 1100GTO
- Filters: Antlia Solar Discover Dualband Energy Rejection Filter (ERF) Antlia Solar Discover Dualband Energy Rejection Filter (ERF), MLAstro SHG 700
- Software: Adobe Photoshop, AstroSharp Ltd SharpCap, Cédric Champeau JSol'Ex, Emil Kraaikamp AutoStakkert!, Filip Szczerek ImPPG (Image Post-Processor), Pleiades Astrophoto PixInsight

For more information, visit AstroBin:
https://app.astrobin.com/i/ob8ur0 (https://app.astrobin.com/i/ob8ur0)

(https://cdn.astrobin.com/thumbs/ymNikSgukix__2560x0_V2up0lON.jpg)

NGC3169, 3165, 3166, 3156 and others in Sextans - LRGB with NB

Published: Mar 25, 2025

Total integration: 25h 5m

Integration per filter:
- LP: 9h 30m (57 × 600')
- Multiband: 5h 50m (35 × 600')
- No filter: 9h 45m (117 × 300')

Equipment:
- Optics: Astro-Physics StarFire EDF 152mm f/7.5, Astro-Physics StarFire GTX 110mm f/6, Astro-Physics Stowaway 92mm f/6.65
- Cameras: Moravian Instruments C5A-100M, ToupTek SkyEye24AC, ZWO ASI2600MC Pro
- Mount: Astro-Physics 1600GTO-AE
- Filters: Antlia ALP-T Dualband 3nm Ha & OIII 2", IDAS LPS-P2 50 mm
- Accessories: Astro-Physics 0.83x CCD Telecompressor Corrector for 110mm f/6 StarFire GTX (110TCC), Astro-Physics 0.8x CCD Telecompressor for 92/105mm (92TCC), Astro-Physics F/5.7 CCD Telecompressor Corrector for 160f/7.5 StarFire EDF (160TCC), Moravian Instruments External Filter Wheel 7x50mm
- Software: Open PHD Guiding Project PHD2, Pleiades Astrophoto PixInsight, Stefan Berg Nighttime Imaging 'N' Astronomy (N.I.N.A. / NINA), Tom Palmer Target Scheduler

For more information, visit AstroBin:
https://app.astrobin.com/i/8cxvrs (https://app.astrobin.com/i/8cxvrs)

(https://cdn.astrobin.com/thumbs/Kb8hM5DCszMH_2560x0_V2up0lON.jpg)

(https://cdn.astrobin.com/thumbs/5nLGoLueH5dR_2560x0_V2up0lON.jpg)

Partial Solar Eclipse - 29 March 2025 - from London in Ha with interloper - including AR14043

This one got IOTD in Astrobin on 8 April 2025.
Published: Mar 29, 2025

Acquisition: 150 × 0.40ms

Equipment:
- Telescope: Moonraker 94mm F/7 Refractor
- Camera: ZWO ASI174MM
- Mount: Astro-Physics 1100GTO
- Filter: Solarscope 60mm Etalon
- Accessory: Meade 3x Telenegative Multi-Coated
- Software: Chris Garry Planetary Imaging PreProcessor (PIPP), Filip Szczerek ImPPG (Image Post-Processor), Pleiades Astrophoto PixInsight, Torsten Edelmann FireCapture

For more information, visit AstroBin:
https://app.astrobin.com/i/9l83zt (https://app.astrobin.com/i/9l83zt)

(https://cdn.astrobin.com/thumbs/sd0bzib3KqMr_2560x0_V2up0lON.jpg)

And plane crossing animation:

(https://cdn.astrobin.com/images/5378/2025/fa31919b-2008-4811-ac40-22f28a953193.gif)

Timelapse:
(https://cdn.astrobin.com/images/5378/2025/7f0dd25d-424f-4dd8-b8a5-dbdf840ceaaa.gif)

Abell 1185, including NGC3561 - Ambartsumian's Knot - in Ursa Major plus NGC3550, PGC34393 - LRGB

Published: Apr 5, 2025

Total integration: 20h 15m

Integration per filter:
- LP: 10h 10m (61 × 600')
- No filter: 10h 5m (121 × 300')

Equipment:
- Optics: Astro-Physics StarFire EDF 152mm f/7.5, Astro-Physics StarFire GTX 110mm f/6, Astro-Physics Stowaway 92mm f/6.65
- Cameras: Moravian Instruments C5A-100M, ToupTek SkyEye24AC, ZWO ASI2600MC Pro
- Mount: Astro-Physics 1600GTO-AE
- Filters: Antlia ALP-T Dualband 3nm Ha & OIII 2", IDAS LPS-P2 50 mm
- Accessories: Astro-Physics 0.83x CCD Telecompressor Corrector for 110mm f/6 StarFire GTX (110TCC), Astro-Physics 0.8x CCD Telecompressor for 92/105mm (92TCC), Astro-Physics F/5.7 CCD Telecompressor Corrector for 160f/7.5 StarFire EDF (160TCC), Moravian Instruments External Filter Wheel 7x50mm
- Software: Open PHD Guiding Project PHD2, Pleiades Astrophoto PixInsight, Stefan Berg Nighttime Imaging 'N' Astronomy (N.I.N.A. / NINA), Tom Palmer Target Scheduler

For more information, visit AstroBin:
https://app.astrobin.com/i/kwxova?r=E (https://app.astrobin.com/i/kwxova?r=E)

(https://cdn.astrobin.com/thumbs/GVwH1LWZ2U0w_2560x0_V2up0lON.jpg)

(https://cdn.astrobin.com/thumbs/cyojw6RSarDO_2560x0_V2up0lON.jpg)

Sun WL and Ha - TEC250MC and 94mm Christen-Moonraker - AR14054, 4048 and Prominences

Published: Apr 6, 2025

Acquisition: 150 × 5.80ms

Equipment:
- Optics: Moonraker 94mm F/7 Refractor, TEC MC250 f/20
- Camera: ZWO ASI174MM
- Mount: Astro-Physics 1100GTO
- Filters: Baader AstroSolar, Baader Solar Continuum (540nm) 10nm, Solarscope 60mm Etalon
- Accessories: Baader Glasspathcorrector 1:1.70 for Binoviewer with T-2 thread, Meade 3x Telenegative Multi-Coated, Sherizhe eADC
- Software: Chris Garry Planetary Imaging PreProcessor (PIPP), Emil Kraaikamp AutoStakkert!, Filip Szczerek ImPPG (Image Post-Processor), Pleiades Astrophoto PixInsight, Torsten Edelmann FireCapture

For more information, visit AstroBin:
https://app.astrobin.com/i/p8w2fr (https://app.astrobin.com/i/p8w2fr)

(https://cdn.astrobin.com/thumbs/vbZhatKtGW5B_2560x0_V2up0lON.jpg)

(https://cdn.astrobin.com/thumbs/Xvt-a2QPmoNw_2560x0_V2up0lON.jpg)

(https://cdn.astrobin.com/thumbs/pLfcTvPr9NSo_2560x0_V2up0lON.jpg)

And one taken in WL with the 10" Maksutov:

(https://cdn.astrobin.com/thumbs/D86OMCloAQmn_16536x0_PBe27Uwd.jpg)

M106 wide field - LRGB with dual filter data for narrowband

Published: Apr 8, 2025

Total integration: 31h 35m

Integration per filter:
- LP: 10h 20m (62 × 600')
- Multiband: 10h 20m (62 × 600')
- No filter: 10h 55m (131 × 300')

Equipment:
- Optics: Astro-Physics StarFire EDF 152mm f/7.5, Astro-Physics StarFire GTX 110mm f/6, Astro-Physics Stowaway 92mm f/6.65
- Cameras: Moravian Instruments C5A-100M, ToupTek SkyEye24AC, ZWO ASI2600MC Pro
- Mount: Astro-Physics 1600GTO-AE
- Filters: Antlia ALP-T Dualband 3nm Ha & OIII 2", IDAS LPS-P2 50 mm
- Accessories: Astro-Physics 0.83x CCD Telecompressor Corrector for 110mm f/6 StarFire GTX (110TCC), Astro-Physics 0.8x CCD Telecompressor for 92/105mm (92TCC), Astro-Physics F/5.7 CCD Telecompressor Corrector for 160f/7.5 StarFire EDF (160TCC), Moravian Instruments External Filter Wheel 7x50mm
- Software: Open PHD Guiding Project PHD2, Pleiades Astrophoto PixInsight, Stefan Berg Nighttime Imaging 'N' Astronomy (N.I.N.A. / NINA), Tom Palmer Target Scheduler

For more information, visit AstroBin:
https://app.astrobin.com/i/xqxn91 (https://app.astrobin.com/i/xqxn91)

(https://cdn.astrobin.com/thumbs/Q2FlrIrikM_1_2560x0_V2up0lON.jpg)

(https://cdn.astrobin.com/thumbs/p1hQlAd6Ld-Z_2560x0_V2up0lON.jpg)

I was very lucky to acquire an excellent refractor in January and this last image was the first one taken with it contributing solely dual-band data:

(https://cdn.astrobin.com/thumbs/j1vnzZMwB60L_2560x0_V2up0lON.jpg)


Title: Re: A few more from late March and early April from Petts Wood
Post by: Carole on Apr 09, 2025, 13:07:19
Fabulous set of images Roberto.  Which one of the 3 is the new one? 

Carole
Title: Re: A few more from late March and early April from Petts Wood
Post by: Roberto on Apr 09, 2025, 16:48:30
Quote from: Carole on Apr 09, 2025, 13:07:19Fabulous set of images Roberto.  Which one of the 3 is the new one? 

Carole

Thank you Carole! The one nearest.
Title: Re: A few more from late March and early April from Petts Wood
Post by: Dave A on Apr 11, 2025, 12:34:47
Fantastic images Roberto
I love the Solar eclipse with plane flying in front
Title: Re: A few more from late March and early April from Petts Wood
Post by: garrick on Apr 11, 2025, 18:12:58
Beutifiul Set up Roberto :) You just need to get rid of the tree in the background. Great result on Abell 1185.

G
Title: Re: A few more from late March and early April from Petts Wood
Post by: Roberto on Apr 11, 2025, 18:58:46
Thank you both!  Lucky catch with the plane.  And that tree is my neighbour's and although it blocks the north west sky for me, in a way is a blessing in disguise as London is there so it does help act as an LP filter!

Roberto
Title: Re: A few more from late March and early April from Petts Wood
Post by: garrick on Apr 13, 2025, 08:31:09
Best LP Filter I have seen. Beautiful. :)
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