Solar flare and prominence captured between 10:30 and 16:00 on 7th April 2023
Compiled from 1200 still frames taken at 15s intervals.
Scope: Coronado PST
Mount: Sky Watcher NEQ6 Pro
Camera: AltairAstro 178M
Image capture: SharpCap
Compiled to video with PiPP and processed with VirtualDub.
Same set up as on 27th
211 x 60s exposures captured between 19:12 and 22:45, 30 January 2023
Still image compiled from stacking the 211 frames. A first image aligned by stars and a second image aligned on the comet, then combined in Affinity Photo to a single image.
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Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) is racing across the sky right now.
Here is a time-lapse video and a stacked image.
Taken between approximately 19:00 and 22:00 on 27th January 2023
187 x 60s Lights + Darks and Flats
Scope: Sky Watcher ED80 DS Pro
Mount: Sky Watcher NEQ6 Pro
Camera: QHY268C
Guide scope: Sky Watcher Evoguide 50ED
Guide cam: Altair Astro GP-CAM 290M
Image capture: SharpCap
Guiding: PHD2
Planetarium: Cartes du Ciel
Stacked with Deep Sky Stacker.
Processed with Fitswork4 and Affinity Photo V2.0.4
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M108 from April 2020.
22 x 240s Lights + Darks and Flats
Scope: Sky Watcher ED80 DS Pro
Mount: Sky Watcher NEQ6 Pro
Camera: AltairAstro 183C
Guide scope: Sky Watcher Evoguide 50ED
Guide cam: Altair Astro GP-CAM 290M
Image capture: SharpCap
Guiding: PHD2
Planetarium: Cartes du Ciel
Stacked in DSS.
Processed in Affinity Photo V1.10.5
M63 from three nights in April 2020.
96 x 240s Lights + Darks and Flats
Scope: Sky Watcher ED80 DS Pro
Mount: Sky Watcher NEQ6 Pro
Camera: AltairAstro 183C
Guide scope: Sky Watcher Evoguide 50ED
Guide cam: Altair Astro GP-CAM 290M
Image capture: SharpCap
Guiding: PHD2
Planetarium: Cartes du Ciel
Stacked in DSS.
Processed in Affinity Photo V1.10.5
Jupiter was at its closest to the Earth (perigee) on Monday 26th at about 367 million miles, the closest for 59 years. The sky was cloudy that night but cleared yesterday 29th.
Combined two images taken about 30 minutes apart, the times on the image are UTC.
Compiled from two 60 second videos.
Scope: Celestron C8
Mount: Sky Watcher NEQ6 Pro
Camera: Altair Astro 183C
Image Capture: SharpCap
Planetarium: Cartes du Ciel
Stacked with RegiStax
Processed with Affinity Photo
Latest image of The Rosette Nebula (NGC 2237-39 or Caldwell 49)
March 18th, 20th, 22nd, 23rd, 24th, 26th and 27th 2022
461 x 120s Stacked Lights + Darks and Flats for a total integration of 15hrs 22mins
Scope: Sky Watcher ED80 DS Pro
Mount: Sky Watcher NEQ6 Pro
Camera: QHY268C
Guide scope: Sky Watcher Evoguide 50ED
Guide cam: Altair Astro GP-CAM 290M
Image capture: SharpCap
Guiding: PHD2
Planetarium: Cartes du Ciel
Stacked in DSS.
Processed in Affinity Photo V1.10.5
