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#astrophotography
GQ Martinez
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Biophysicist, Pharma, amateur astrophotographer (Insta: @silveradoskies). Silence = violence.
#astrophotography
#astrophotography
It has been cloudy all summer and hard to get many imaging sessions in, but I managed to get this image of the Messier 13 globular cluster.
Used my astrotech AT60EDP with ZWO 2600MC Duo on my Celestron CGX mount. Collected using NINA/PHD2 and processed using Pixinsight.
Last week I also captured IC434, the Horsehead and Flame Nebulas last week. Almost 3 hours of total integration time. Pretty happy with this quick processing job.
Mount: CGX
Telescopescope: EdgeHD9.25 with Hyperstar
Camera: ASI2600MC Duo
Software: NINIA and Pixinsight
JPG image compression doesn't do justice to the detail I was able to get so here is a zoom that highlights those details.
We had several days of clear skies so I set up my Celestron EdgeHD 9.25 with hyperstar attachment to get higher magnification images of each target from my last image. Here is Messier 42, the Orion Nebula and the Running Man Nebula.
After a month since those last images, I had a single clear night to try one of my wide field imaging setups (AT60ED scope with ASI2600MC Duo camera) on my Celestron CGX mount. I did a two panel mosaic to get the orion and running man nebulas (one panel) in the same image as the horsehead nebula (second panel). I've been wanting this image for years, but weather and location have prevented it from happening. Not my best image, but excited to finally get these together. #astrophotography
And another one with the same smart telescope (an inherited Vaonis Stellina) with a mosaic to increase the field of view. Previous image was 15 minutes of exposure time, this one is about an hour and 10 minutes. Mosaic means less integration time at each section, and you can see slightly less detail in the orion nebula even though I imaged it longer. Nebula to the left is barely noticeable.
I'm looking for a venue to post my astrophotography instead of Instagram because I don't want to support misinformation and sites that streamline radicalization. Not sure if mastodon is the place yet. But here's a smart telescope image of the orion nebula (Messier 42).
A couple weeks ago, I also made an image of the pillars of creation from JWST data.