Starry Starry Night by Terry Hancock

The Veil Nebula by Andre Vilhena Via Flickr: The Veil Nebula in Cygnus, with its intricate structures, is one of my preferred nebulas in the night sky and is the result of a supernova which happened some 10,000 or 20,000 years ago. This image is the re-processing of data taken in 2021, whose first version was published here astrob.in/93bsj3/C/ and I may say that this time I was able to achieve what I envisioned to this photo. I hope you enjoy. Shot at Barcarena on August 2021. Technical details: NB: 111 x 600’’ BB: 20 x 120’’ TS Optics Triplet APO 800/115 | TS Optics TSFLAT2 0.79x | QHYCCD 268C | Omegon IV/IR Cut 2'' | Optolong L-Extreme Acquisition: N.I.N.A. | Processing: Pixinsight

もう一台の望遠鏡と新しいカメラの組み合わせも試してみたくなり、昨晩、仕事の後に1.5時間ほど撮影したはくちょう座の北アメリカ星雲。かなり明るい街中からでもしっかり撮影できます。#svbony #qhyccd #beefdiary https://instagr.am/p/CvL2RPByGz0/

If you are in the market for a new camera, you may be wondering if you should get a scientific camera. Scientific cameras are designed to capture images of very high quality, and they can be used for many different purposes. If you are interested in getting a scientific camera, there are a few things that you should keep in mind. First of all, you will need to decide what type of camera you want. There are two main types of scientific cameras: CCD cameras and CMOS cameras. Each type of camera has its own advantages and disadvantages, so you will need to decide which one is right for you. Once you have decided on the type of camera, you will need to choose a model that is compatible with your computer system. 

“California Dreamin’ NGC 1499” by Terry Hancock,

GrandMesaObservatory.com Purdy Mesa, Colorado

Courtesy of Royal Museums Greenwich

With galaxy season still in full swing, M94 in Canes Venatici is worth visiting. I imaged this one with an older camera under bortel 5 skies (suburban light pollution). The outer disk is very faint so I needed 10hrs total exposure time just to be able to bring out a hint of it from the background. If your skies are darker, you could get even more depth and detail. Tech Details: Astro Tech 8in RC - 10hrs 20min total using the QHY-8 ___________________ #weatherandskyphotography #astronomy #astrophotography #universetoday #deepsky #deepspace #cosmos #astrophoto #nightsky #nightscaper #starphotography #starscape #skylovers #natgeospace #starrynight #milkywaychasers #qhyccd #astro_photography #milkyway #nasa #stars #telescopic #nightimages #longexposureshots #qhy #nightphotography #moodygrams #splendid_shotz #spacetravel #instagram (at Niagara, Ontario) https://www.instagram.com/p/CcDuRXUpi-3/?utm_medium=tumblr

The Andromenda Galaxy by simon.r.hudson Via Flickr: Messier 31 the Andromeda galaxy HaLRGB Thought I’d give this one another whirl today, happy Friday. :) Equipment used; CGX mount QHY9s CCD AA 70 EDQ-R telescope Baader filters Capture details; 24 x 300 red 21 x 300 green 26 x 300 blue 48 x 300 ha 36 x 300 lum 31 x darks 100 bias (super bias pixinsight) Software used; SGP, phd2, pixinsight & Photoshop

Eta carina nebula aka Grand nebula or the great carina nebula. One of the largest nebula complex of bright and dark nebulosity located in the carina-Sagittarius arm of the milky-way. The nebula is home to some of the youngest star clusters like Trumpler 14,15,16, Globules, Stellar Jet, and the most fascinating Eta-carina star, because of which the nebula gets its name. Eta Carina is currently the most massive that can be studied in great detail. Eta Carinae's effects on the nebula can be seen directly. Dark globules and some other less visible objects have tails pointing directly away from the massive star. The entire nebula would have looked very different before the Great Eruption in the 1840s surrounded Eta Carinae with dust, drastically reducing the amount of ultraviolet light it put into the nebula. Swipe left to see cropped and highly detailed parts of the image. The images were captured using N..I.N.A and processed using Pixinsight. The image was 2x drizzled in Pixinsight to get that details out of the faint objects. Basic Ha-RGB workflow was. Individual frames were calibrated using darks and combined using channel combination. Once the RGB image was combined, I used the LRGB combination to combine Ha data as Luminance. ACDNR was used for noise reduction and curves for colour saturation and correction. Final cropping and exporting for the web were done in Photoshop. Details: - QHY294M Pro, 47MP read-out - AT65EDQ - CEM60 - ZWO EFW Mini - Badder RGB-Ha 31mm filters - N.I.N.A, Pixinsight, and Photoshop Integration - 15x120sec RGB each, Gain 200 - 60x120sec 7nm Ha, Gain 200 - Total 3.5Hr integration • • • • • #astrophotography #milkyway #nightsky #stars #astronomy #space #galaxy #universe #nightscape #nightscaper #astrophoto #qhyccd #starrynight #skywatcher #nebula #astro #nasa #telescope #cosmos #photography #astronomia #celestron #universetoday #astrofotografia #ioptron #milkywaychasers #natgeospace #ig_astrophotography #astrophysics #cem60 (at Tauranga, New Zealand) https://www.instagram.com/p/CLlX6rDJjWv/?igshid=guqcyonqyk4k

Un acercamiento al crater de impacto Copernicus, de 93km de diámetro y casi 4km de profundidad Desde la terraza en #mardelplata 🌃 _______________________ #mdp #mdq #mardelplata #mardel #mardelplataarg #astronomia #qhyccd #backyardastronomy #amateurastronomy #astrophoto #astropic #astropics #moon #luna #astrophotographer #astronomer #astrography #spacephotography #spacelovers #cosmos #space #crater #moonoftheday #moon_of_the_day #astronomylover #nasa (en Mar del Plata, Argentina) https://www.instagram.com/p/CIoIbUZj1fh/?igshid=1ql8wcxvnxbty

Moon Rise at Grand Mesa Observatory (World Space Week) de Terry Hancock www.downunderobservatory.com https://flic.kr/p/2huZdsd

The Rho Ophiuchi Cloud Complex is a rather colourful deep sky object that can be found by looking at Antares in the night sky, the core of the Scorpius asterism, the heart of the scorpion, lighting the way with its beautiful reddish colour sparkling in the sky. Antares shown here as a bright yellow star in the yellowish portion of the complex. The complex itself lies some 460 light years away from Earth and is one of the nearest star forming region. M4 can be seen next to Antares and the beautiful dust lanes that can be seen converging to the colourful nebula shows a beautiful surprise at the left edge of the image, that of Jupiter, our beloved gas giant in our solar system. This was shot with a QHY294C with a Nikon 85mm f1.8D shot on an unknown aperture as I feel I may have nudged the aperture control while focusing 😅. The whole setup is mounted on a CEM25P and has a 50mm guidescope and zwo224mc guidecam. Shot with exposures of 180s. Approximately 3hours 21minutes integration. #astrophotography #astro_photography_ #deepskyphotography #deepskyobject #deepskyastrophotography #astrobackyard #messier4 #antares #rhoophiuchicloudcomplex #rhoophiuchi #nebula #nebulae #photowork_community #amateurastrophotography #amateurastrophotographyezine #amateurastrophotography #cem25p #qhy294 #qhyccd #deepskyobject #darknebula #天体観測 #天体写真 https://www.instagram.com/p/B0OIpTglypO/?igshid=8yp88luozjrf

天体写真にここ数年ハマって、楽しんで続いているので大きな投資として冷却CMOSカメラを導入しました。 毎年夏の天体写真ベンチマークとして撮っている亜鈴状星雲を撮影。街中からこれだけ写せるのは本当に楽しい！ #celestrontelescope #qhyccd #beefdiary https://instagr.am/p/CvGvaB_SY8y/

Jupiter photographiée de Kinguélé #science #astrophotography #nightscapes #astrophotoAfrica #celestron #qhyccd #gabon #africa (à Libreville, Gabon) https://www.instagram.com/p/BwaAukdFKYu/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=2r2cmbs23191

M45 - Pleiades. Imaged through Meade's Series 6000 80mm APO. 

Imaging cameras: QHYCCD 183M 

Mounts: iOptron CEM60

Guiding telescopes or lenses: QHYCCD OAG-S 

Guiding cameras: ZWO 120MM Mini 

Focal reducers: Meade 6000 Series 0.8x Reducer - Flattener

PC: Meade Brand Ambassador, William Burns - https://bit.ly/3hK3g06