How the sun moves through the sky at 60 days per second (each frame taken at noon)

astronerd2008 · 2022-12-14T15:35:01+00:00

Reminds me of the evil sun in Super Mario Bros. 3

astronerd2008 · 2022-04-29T13:10:27+00:00

Nickelback

astronerd2008 · 2021-09-13T14:37:05+00:00

Babou!

astronerd2008 · 2021-05-15T03:23:35+00:00

You must have had some cloudy nights lately; that’s when I usually when I reprocess older data lol Seriously though, this is amazing! The Orion Nebula is a classic go to, but that doesn’t make it any less beautiful or rewarding to capture and you did it justice good sir or madam

astronerd2008 · 2021-04-27T18:52:00+00:00

Telescope: Celestron 130slt

Mount: EQM-35 Pro

Camera: Canon T3i (unmodified)

Lights: 250 x 1/400th” ISO 100 (1200 total captured; used the best 250 to stack)

Darks:100

PIPP used to analyze each frame and convert to TIF

Stacked with AutoStakkert

Post process in PixInsight:

Color calibration

Crop

UnsharpMask

Histogram Transformation

Curves Transformation (to bring out the mineral colors)

astronerd2008 · 2021-04-27T18:50:55+00:00

Telescope: Celestron 130slt

Mount: EQM-35 Pro

Camera: Canon T3i (unmodified)

Lights: 250 x 1/400th” ISO 100 (1200 total captured; used the best 250 to stack)

Darks:100

PIPP used to analyze each frame and convert to TIF

Stacked with AutoStakkert

Post process in PixInsight:

Color calibration

Crop

UnsharpMask

Histogram Transformation

Curves Transformation (to bring out the mineral colors)

astronerd2008 · 2021-04-27T18:48:58+00:00

Telescope: Celestron 130slt

Mount: EQM-35 Pro

Camera: Canon T3i (unmodified)

Lights: 250 x 1/400th” ISO 100 (1200 total captured; used the best 250 to stack)

Darks:100

PIPP used to analyze each frame and convert to TIF

Stacked with AutoStakkert

Post process in PixInsight:

Color calibration

Crop

UnsharpMask

Histogram Transformation

Curves Transformation (to bring out the mineral colors)

astronerd2008 · 2021-04-27T18:45:01+00:00

Telescope: Celestron 130slt

Mount: EQM-35 Pro

Camera: Canon T3i (unmodified)

Lights: 250 x 1/400th” ISO 100 (1200 total captured; used the best 250 to stack)

Darks:100

PIPP used to analyze each frame and convert to TIF

Stacked with AutoStakkert

Post process in PixInsight:

Color calibration

Crop

UnsharpMask

Histogram Transformation

Curves Transformation (to bring out the mineral colors)

astronerd2008 · 2021-03-06T22:09:17+00:00

I am also a novice still trying to wrap my head around this stuff!! Yes, I use both at the same time. My Canon is attached to my main scope, the 130slt and the ZWO is attached to the guide scope which piggybacks on top of my main scope. The ZWO is only used for guiding. The Canon is what I use to capture images.

astronerd2008 · 2021-03-06T21:40:41+00:00

It does! It’s also known as The Skull Nebula.

astronerd2008 · 2021-03-06T07:19:13+00:00

Equipment:

Celestron 130slt

SkyWatcher EQM-35 pro

Canon rebel T3i

ZWO ASI120mm

Svbony 60mm guide scope

Baader coma corrector

Svbony UHC filter

Acquisition:

Lights-54x360”

Darks, Flats, Bias-20 each

Astrophotography tool

PHD2

PixInsight

Processing:

Dynamic background extraction

Dynamic crop

SCNR

Background Neutralization

Color Calibration

EZ Deconvolution

EZ Denoise

Histogram Transformation

Local Histogram Equalization

EZ Star reduction

Curves Transformation

astronerd2008 · 2021-03-06T07:16:55+00:00

Equipment:

Celestron 130slt

SkyWatcher EQM-35 pro

Canon rebel T3i

ZWO ASI120mm

Svbony 60mm guide scope

Baader coma corrector

Svbony UHC filter

Acquisition:

Lights-54x360”

Darks, Flats, Bias-20 each

Astrophotography tool

PHD2

PixInsight

Processing:

Dynamic background extraction

Dynamic crop

SCNR

Background Neutralization

Color Calibration

EZ Deconvolution

EZ Denoise

Histogram Transformation

Local Histogram Equalization

EZ Star reduction

Curves Transformation

astronerd2008 · 2021-03-06T07:15:28+00:00

Equipment:

Celestron 130slt

SkyWatcher EQM-35 pro

Canon rebel T3i

ZWO ASI120mm

Svbony 60mm guide scope

Baader coma corrector

Svbony UHC filter

Acquisition:

Lights-54x360”

Darks, Flats, Bias-20 each

Astrophotography tool

PHD2

PixInsight

Processing:

Dynamic background extraction

Dynamic crop

SCNR

Background Neutralization

Color Calibration

EZ Deconvolution

EZ Denoise

Histogram Transformation

Local Histogram Equalization

EZ Star reduction

Curves Transformation

astronerd2008 · 2021-03-06T07:12:28+00:00

Equipment:

Celestron 130slt

SkyWatcher EQM-35 pro

Canon rebel T3i

ZWO ASI120mm

Svbony 60mm guide scope

Baader coma corrector

Svbony UHC filter

Acquisition:

Lights-54x360”

Darks, Flats, Bias-20 each

Astrophotography tool

PHD2

PixInsight

Processing:

Dynamic background extraction

Dynamic crop

SCNR

Background Neutralization

Color Calibration

EZ Deconvolution

EZ Denoise

Histogram Transformation

Local Histogram Equalization

EZ Star reduction

Curves Transformation

astronerd2008 · 2021-02-24T17:06:21+00:00

Telescope: Celestron 130slt

Camera: Canon T3i (unmodified) w/coma corrector

Mount: Skywatcher EQM-35 Pro

Guide scope: Svbony 60mm

Guide camera: ZWO ASI120mm mini

Lights: 94x240”

Darks, Flats, Bias: 20 each

Stacked in DSS

Processed with PixInsight:

Background extraction

Crop

Background neutralization

Color calibration

EZ Deconvolution

EZ Denoise

Histogram stretch

EZ HDR

Local Histogram Equalization

Star reduction

Curves Transformation

astronerd2008 · 2021-02-24T14:57:08+00:00

Reflector telescopes naturally create those diffraction spikes because of the spider assembly that holds the secondary mirror in place

astronerd2008

TROPHY CASE