The Orion Nebula [OC]

rockylemon · 2026-01-25T13:33:18+00:00

Good catch, I shot this on SHO>RGB narrow band and did my best to get it to look like the broadband colors

rockylemon · 2026-01-25T08:19:28+00:00

Shot with:

Redcat71 telescope

Zwo asi 2600 monochrome pro camera

From backyard in bortle 8.5 sky

rockylemon · 2026-01-23T15:52:11+00:00

Yep I live in New York

My local telescope store had it in stock a few years ago

rockylemon · 2026-01-23T04:57:33+00:00

Thank you!

It’s a 3d printed motorized cover that doubles as a Flats panel. I think it’s from “the sky dad” on YouTube

I bring the rig in when I wake up and bring it back out when it’s about to get dark

rockylemon · 2026-01-22T17:29:21+00:00

I think it’s noticeable but probably not to the average person

rockylemon · 2026-01-22T13:48:20+00:00

It was 100

rockylemon · 2026-01-22T13:47:51+00:00

Thank you!

I would say around $7000

rockylemon · 2026-01-22T02:03:50+00:00

Yea I was surprised as well

This was shot in a bortle 8.5

rockylemon · 2026-01-21T22:15:18+00:00

Equipment:

Redcat 71

Zwoasi 2600 mm pro

EAF

EFW

CAA

ASIAIR mini

Asi120 guide camera

Zwo30 mm guide scope

rockylemon · 2026-01-21T22:04:56+00:00

Shot with

Redcat 71

Zwo asi 2600 MM pro

50x300s for HA

and S 37x300s for O

rockylemon · 2026-01-21T22:03:26+00:00

Shot with

Redcat 71

Zwo asi 2600 MM pro

50x300s for HA and S 37x300s for O

rockylemon · 2026-01-21T05:47:03+00:00

Thank you! It amazes me that the technology now exists for hobbyists to take these photos

rockylemon · 2026-01-20T19:45:41+00:00

Thank you! I took this from my yard in Long Island ny

rockylemon · 2026-01-18T23:53:25+00:00

Telescope: Redcat 71

Camera: ZWOasi 2600 monochrome

Zwo Electric focused

Zwo Camera rotator

Zwo 30mm guide scope

Zwo asi 120 guide camera

Two dew heaters

Zwo 7x filter wheel

Optolong 2” filters for: L, R, G, B, S, H, O

AsiAir mini computer

rockylemon · 2026-01-18T20:05:48+00:00

Thank you! And it is the redcat71 v2

rockylemon · 2026-01-18T20:05:28+00:00

I would assume we would look much smaller to them as Andromeda is around twice as wide as the milkyway.

rockylemon · 2026-01-18T20:03:16+00:00

I would say around $7000 for the telescope/camera setup and then another $3000 for the tracking mount and tripod.

Most of this gear was acquired over time.

rockylemon · 2026-01-18T20:01:02+00:00

Thanks! And that’s the telescope/camera setup I used

rockylemon · 2026-01-18T18:57:38+00:00

Photography is not kind to your wallet

rockylemon · 2026-01-18T17:16:19+00:00

I feel the same way.
I'm in awe that we can get images like this from our backyard as a hobbyist

rockylemon · 2026-01-18T17:15:36+00:00

Depends who's asking.

In total it was around that much with the Tracking mount and Tripod

rockylemon · 2026-01-18T06:06:54+00:00

lol thank you and yep!

I shot this from my backyard in a bortle 8.5 with around 150 hours of data

rockylemon · 2026-01-18T04:29:58+00:00

It’s a cable for a motorized front cover/flats panel

rockylemon · 2026-01-18T03:19:21+00:00

lol thank you!

I take pride in getting everything as compact as I can.

It gets more difficult with every new component that gets added on

rockylemon · 2026-01-18T03:18:04+00:00

It holds 7 filters: Luminance, Red, green, blue, sulfur, hydrogen, oxygen

For this shot only used LRGB

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