Nebulae 2023 onwards
Sh2-88
Dual Rig ED80 and ED72 both with an Atik460EX and 0.8 FR, HEQ5Sh2-88
Ha 84 x 600 secs (14 hours) Oiii 36 X 300 secs binned x 2Sii 35 x 300 secs binned x 2
Total 20 hours (the most I have ever capured on one target).
From SE London Bortle 4.
Won Image of the Day on TSS forum 7/7/2023https://theskysearchers.com/app.php/article/7-7-2023-tss-astrophotography-photo-of-the-day
Antares and Rho Ophiuchi Regions
Taken over several years. Twice in Spain and twice in East Sussex.Antares and Rho Ophiuchi Regions
Spain 2017 DSLR and cheap camera lens and Ioptron skytracker. 4 hoursSpain 2019 same set up but with a luminance filter and Mono CCD camera 2 hours I wasn't happy with either as the cheap camera lens produced horrible stars.
Having bought a Samyang 135mm lens at the end of 2019, I decided to try to get better luminance from the campsite I visit from time to time in East Sussex, but it is VERY low from the UK. This time I could take my full rig with me and do longer guided subs. HEQ5, Atik460EX and Samyang 135mm lens.
2022 I captured some luminance with better stars of the Antares region, but half of Rho Ophiuchi was chopped off. 1 hour 20minshttps://www.astrobin.com/sz1393/B/last week April 2023 I captured the area around Rho Ophiuchi and made a mosaic thus completing the image at last. 1 1/2 hours. Of course we can always use more data but given my VERY limited opportunities I think this will be the final version.
Total of 8h 50mins
Latest version now with some star reduction to reduce the 1000s of tiny stars
Gecko Nebula Sh2-126
Data from 2021:Atik460EX and William Optics ZS71 on HEQ5Idas filter (Lum) 450sec subs x 32 = 4 hours, Ha 6 x 600 secsRGB total of 1 hour combined (binned) Taken over 3 nightsTotal imaging time 6 hours. Gecko Nebula Sh2-126
Data from 2023Samyang Lens 135mm @ f2.8 Atik460EXLum 1h 40mins, Ha 1h 40minsRGB 1h 40minsTotal 5hours
Total for both = 11 hours
Jellyfish Nebula IC443
Taken in 2021 but never posted.Jellyfish Nebula IC443
Skywatcher Esprit100 & HEQ5Taken from Bortle 8 (Home)Ha 18 x 600Oiii 7 x 300 binnedSii 6 x 300 binned
Total 4h 5mins
APOD on TSS Forum 10/8/23https://theskysearchers.com/app.php/article/10-8-2023-tss-astrophotography-photo-of-the-day
Praying Ghost Nebula VDB141
Taken in 2022 from Both kelling Heath and the Cotswolds, but due to bad weather in both locations, this is only 1 hour 55 mins. So I have now added more data from 2013 (done in Bortle 3 skies but as part of a widefield image as I can't see an opportunity to get more data in the near future.Praying Ghost Nebula VDB141
8 x 600 + 1 x 300 lum4 x 150 binned and 2 each of RGB
ED80 and Atik460EX With data from 2013 this is now 6hours 40mins
Awarded APOD on TSS Forum 11-5-2023https://theskysearchers.com/app.php/article/11-5-2023-tss-astrophotography-photo-of-the-day
Barnard's Loop inc M78 and LDN1622
Taken on 3 separate occasions. the widefield is taken from Home in 2021 2h 50mBoogeyman LDN1622 was taken in 2022 from Bortle 8 5hours 55mins M78 was taken from Bortle 4 in 2017 4hours 17mcombined for more detail on the smaller targets, total imaging time = 12h 22mBarnard's Loop inc M78 and LDN1622
Award Image of the day APOD on TSS forum on 10/2/2024https://theskysearchers.com/app.php/article/2-10-2024-tss-astrophotography-photo-of-the-day