Jakob MiskellFeb 2, 2025
Before I collected the last data of the Elephant's Trunk this month, I slewed to the Ring Nebula before it got fully dark out and imaged it for 17 minutes with the L-eNhance filter. It was considerably smaller than I thought it was going to be at 700mm of focal length, but BlurXTerminator and the 1.1"/pixel resolution came in clutch and allowed me to crop the image substantially to reveal the Ring up close.

34x30s lights (17 minutes), flats, biases stacked and edited in PixInsight.
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🌌 Ring Nebula (M57)
🔭 Meade RB-70 (Scope), SkyWatcher GTi (Mount)
📸 Player One Ares-C Pro (Main)
📅 Bloomington, MN (Bortle 8)
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#ringnebula #nebula #nebulae #planetarynebula #planetarynebulae #m57 #pixinsight #optolong #optolonglenhance #astrophotography #astronomy #playerone #playeroneastronomy #arescpro #playeronearescpro #skywatchergti
Jakob MiskellFeb 2, 2025
After a few clear nights on the Elephant's Trunk, I had one more clear night before a week of rain so I went after a bright target that would look decent even with just a night's worth of data on it. The Western Veil Nebula (aka the Witch's Broom) is pretty bright object, and we haven't had a chance to image the Veil the past two years, so I gave it a shot. I got 3.85 hours on it with the Newtonian, and it turned out pretty good.
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🌌 Western Veil/Witch's Broom Nebula (NGC 6960)
🔭 Celestron Astromaster 114 (Scope), Skywatcher GTi (Mount)
📸 Player One Ares-C Pro (Main), ZWO 120mm Mini (Guide)
📅 Bloomington, MN (Bortle 8)
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#highpointscientific #veilnebula #nebula #ngc6960 #astrophotography #astronomy #bloomingtonmn #mn #minnesota #minnesota #bortle8 #bortle8sky #optolong #optolonglenhance #playerone #arescpro #playeronearescpro #pixinsight #photography
AstroHallthorrOct 17, 2023

Wheel of Fortune:

ZWO EFW (Electronic Filter Wheel) 7x 2" und ganz viele Optolong Schmalbandfilter

1.) ... für Darks
2.) L-Pro
3.) L-eXtreme (Gamechanger)
4.) SII - 6.5nm
5.) Ha - 7nm
6.) OIII - 6.5nm
7.) Clear Focusing (New)

#astrofotografie #astrophotography #zwo #optolong

nunux1971Jun 25, 2023
NGC 6888 - La nébuleuse du croissant
version RVB et version HOO
#TSOPTICS Photon 200/800 F4 #ZWO ASI 294 MC -Pro - Gain 130/T -20°c Filtre #Optolong L-Enhance #IOPTRON GEM 28 #ZWOASIAIR 130x60s + 30 DOFs #SIRIL - #Darktable #Astrophotography #astrophoto
PaulGreeneFeb 25, 2023

IC433 The Jellyfish Nebula in Gemini is the remnant of a supernova explosion from 5,000 years ago. Hydrogen within the molecular cloud is excited by the shock waves from the supernova creating the lattice like filaments.

This is approx 4hrs of 3min subs using a William Optics Zenithstar 61 telescope and ZWO ASI 533 MC-Pro camera

#astrophotography #optolong #williamoptics #ZWO

Mark PoveyFeb 11, 2023

The Rosette Nebula, aka
Caldwell 49 🏵️

Equipment: William Optics Zenithstar 61 || APO, ZWO ASI533MC Pro, EQ6-R Pro, Optolong L-eXtreme. Location: Morecambe, UK
30x5' Lights, 10x5' Darks Software: Affinity Photo
20th January 2023

#space #astronomy #rosettenebula #williamoptics #nebula #optolong #stars #astrophotography #affinityphoto

PaulGreeneJan 20, 2023

M42 Orion Nebula

Zenithstar 61 with ZWO ASI 533MC Pro and Optolong L-Pro filter.

Just under 2hrs of integration - tried to bring out the trapezium and some of the surrounding dust but have blown it out a little.

#astrophotography #ZWO #Orion #optolong #williamoptics

PaulGreeneNov 20, 2022
The Andromeda Galaxy (Measier 31) is the closest large galaxy to our Milky Way and is one of the few galaxies that can be seen unaided from the Earth. Image taken in Bortle 5 backgarden.
Zenithstar 61 Telescope
ASI 533MC Pro Camera
Optolong L-Pro Filter
#williamoptics #optolong #ZWO #astrophotography #space
PaulGreeneNov 7, 2022

The Wizard Nebula, 7000 ly away in constellation Cepheus captured last month under 95% moon.

Very noisy but was still pleased to get some data to work with.

#astrophotography #optolong #williamoptics #NGC7380