M81 and M82 with RC 8inch

12 x 300 seconds
8 flats
10 darks
100 bias

M101 Pinwheel - 05.07.2014

This is the second attempt with the GSO RC8" and the QHY8L, this time on M101.
There are 18 lights x 300s , 10 darkds, 20 flats and 100 bias.
Acquisition with EzCAP, guiding with PHD, all image registration/calibration and editing was done in PixInsight - great tool btw :)
The first image was also been streched again in PS, so the processing still continues until i reach a final image that i will be happy with.

M27 with 8" RC

Hello again,

Below is a set of 10 subexposures of 240seconds of the Dumbbell Nebula, taken with my newest addition, the GSO Ritchey-Chretien 8inch scope and the QHY8L.
Darks and flats were used, stacked with DSS, and very quick PS editing (just levels, curves and some denoise).
I am thinking of getting the PixInsight software since the trial is over and it is 10 times as good as Photoshop..

Good night and clear skies,
Andrei

First Newtonian telescope C6-NGT

Hi all,

It's been some time since my last post.
I thought i'd post some images of my first scope which is a 6inch Newtonian and also the QHY8L CCD camera in the case.

M13 Hercules globular cluster

WIKI: "Messier 13 (M13), also designated NGC 6205 and sometimes called the Great Globular Cluster in Hercules or the Hercules Globular Cluster, is a globular cluster of about 300,000 stars in the constellation of Hercules.
M13 was discovered by Edmond Halley in 1714, and catalogued by Charles Messier on June 1, 1764."


Taken also om 26 Apr 2014 with same equipment as below posts.
17 subs x 45 sec , darks and bias, no flats.

M81, M82 and M51 images processed in PixInsight 1.8

Hello everybody,

Below are the same 2 images of M81/M82 and M51, this time processed in PixInsight 1.8.
The images are also on Astrobin and plate-solved at the following URLs:
M51 image
and
M81/M82 image

More to follow...

M51 Whirlpool Galaxy

Hello again,

Here is another image taken last night of the Whirlpool Galaxy M51.
There are 14x600s subexposures with same equipment as in the previous post.

More to follow :)

M81 and M82

Good evening, Here is a cropped image from last night of M81 and M82.
12 x 300s subexposures ( with QHY8L and 6inch newtonian / PHD and DBK21 for guiding)
(10 darks, 20 flats, 100 bias stacked with DSS and barely edited in PS)

More to follow...