Witchhead Nebula Widefield, taken with T80 at E-Eye Fragenal de la Sierra, Spain on 1st February 2024.
RGB filters, 5x300 second exposures.
This is something new for Cymbeline Observatory. I subscribed to a plan with iTelescope.net several years ago and have been imaging on and off with some success. I've used telescopes in Spain, the USA and Australia so far.
So I'll be putting up my work with the facilities here. I have quite a variety of stuff to put up.
Images presented here are all thumbnails, click on the image to open a full size version in a new tab, click on the object name to open a link to a description in Wikipedia (if there is one).
From late August 2023 I started to use an image processing program called Siril for stacking my deep sky images as I can do the RGB stacking and compositing using one script, whereas Deep Sky Stacker makes individual R, G and B images that then have to be manually aligned using layers in Photoshop. In general from about the same time I also do some initial stretching and backgound removal with Siril before then using Photoshop CS3 for finishing off. So from January 2024, the gallery picture descriptions will no longer include any processing information unless it differs from this.
I'm adding images so that the newest is first.
Witchhead Nebula Widefield, taken with T80 at E-Eye Fragenal de la Sierra, Spain on 1st February 2024.
RGB filters, 5x300 second exposures.
Rosette Nebula Widefield, taken with T80 at the E-Eye Fragenal de la Sierra, Spain on 28th January 2024.
RGB filters, 5x300 second exposures.
Horsehead Nebula Widefield, taken with T80 at the E-Eye Fragenal de la Sierra, Spain on 27th January 2024.
RGB filters, 5x300 second exposures.
Double Cluster Widefield, taken using T80 at the E-Eye Fragenal de la Sierra, Spain facility on 7th November 2023.
Taken in RGB filters, 3 x 300 second exposures in each filter. Stacked with and pre-processed in Siril and post processed with Photoshop CS3 and de-noised with Topaz De-Noise AI.
NGC 6357, taken using T30 at the Siding Springs Observatory facility in Australia on 21st August 2023.
Taken in RGB filters, 3 x 300 second exposures in each filter. Stacked with and pre-processed in Siril and post processed with Photoshop CS3 and de-noised with Topaz De-Noise AI.
Pinwheel Galaxy, Messier 101 (M101), taken using T20 at the Utah Desert Skies facility on 16th June 2023.
Taken in RGB filters, 5 x 300 second exposures in each filter. Stacked with Deep Sky Stacker and aligned and post processed with Photoshop CS3. Specifically imaged for SN 2023ixf (indicated with red markers)
Trifid Nebula, Messier 20 (M20), taken using T07 at the New Mexico Skies facility on 23rd May 2021.
Taken in LRGB filters, 6 x 300 second exposures in each filter. Stacked with Deep Sky Stacker and aligned and post processed with Photoshop CS3
The Eyes, NGC 4435 & NGC 4438, taken using T02 at the New Mexico Skies facility on 4th April 2021.
Taken in colour, 10 x 300 second exposures in each filter. Stacked with MaximDL and post processed with Photoshop CS3
The Whirlpool Galaxy, Messier 51 (M51), taken using T21 at the New Mexico Skies facility on 11th April 2019.
Taken in RGB filters, 5 x 300 second exposures in each filter. Stacked with MaximDL and post processed with Photoshop CS3
Lagoon and Trifid Nebulas, taken using T12 at the New Mexico Skies facility on 17th August 2018.
Taken in LRGB filters, 5 x 300 second exposures in each filter. Stacked with MaximDL and post processed with Photoshop CS3
NGC 6325, B72, The Snake Nebula, taken using T20 at the New Mexico Skies facility on 21st July 2017.
Taken in Luminance only, 8 x 300 second exposures. Stacked with Deep Sky Stacker and post processed with Photoshop CS3.
NGC 5128, Centaurus A, taken using T13 at the New Mexico Skies facility on 4th April 2017.
Taken in colour, 20 x 300 second exposures. Stacked with Deep Sky Stacker and post processed with Photoshop CS3.
NGC 1333 an area of reflection and dark nebulae in Perseus, taken using T20 at the New Mexico Skies facility on 22nd February 2017.
Taken in LRGB filters, 5 x 300 second exposures in each filter. Stacked with MaximDL and post processed with Photoshop CS3
The Triangulum Galaxy, Messier 33 (M33), taken using T13 at the New Mexico Skies facility on 3rd October 2016.
Taken in LRGB filters, 5 x 300 second exposures in each filter. Stacked with MaximDL and post processed with Photoshop CS3
The Lagoon Nebula, Messier 8 (M8), taken using T13 at the New Mexico Skies facility on 25th June 2016.
Taken in colour, 10 x 300 second exposures. Stacked with MaximDL and post processed with Photoshop CS3
NGC 3190 and Hickson 44, taken using T07 at the New Mexico Skies facility on 26th April 2016.
Taken in LRGB filters, 3 x 300 second exposures in each filter. Stacked with MaximDL and post processed with Photoshop CS3
NGC 185 or Caldwell 18, taken using T20 at the New Mexico Skies facility on 30th December 2015.
Taken in Luminance only, 6 x 300 second exposures. Stacked with DeepSkyStacker and post processed with Photoshop CS3
IC 10, taken using T11 at the New Mexico Skies facility on 30th November 2015.
Taken in LRGB filters, 3 x 300 second exposures in each Filter. Stacked with MaximDL and post processed with Photoshop CS3
Sculptor Dwarf Galaxy, taken using T32 at the Siding Springs Observatory facility on 11th August 2015.
Taken in LRGB filters, 3 x 300 second exposures in each Filter. Stacked with MaximDL and post processed with Photoshop CS3
NGC 300 Galaxy, taken using T31 at the Siding Springs Observatory facility in Australia on 8th August 2015.
Taken in LRGB filters, 3 x 300 second exposures in each Filter. Stacked with MaximDL and post processed with Photoshop CS3
Rho Ophiuchi Complex with M4, taken using T20 at the New Mexico Skies facility on 25th May 2015.
Taken in LRGB filters, 5 x 300 second exposures in each Filter. Stacked with MaximDL and post processed with Photoshop CS3
The Virgo Cluster, taken using T20 at the New Mexico Skies facility on 4 nights from 15th - 23rd April 2015. This is a mosaic of 4 different images.
Taken in LRGB filters, 20 x 300 second exposures in each Filter. Stacked with MaximDL and post processed with Photoshop CS3. There are over 750 galaxies in this image.
M87 Galaxy (M87), taken using T11 at the New Mexico Skies facility on 14th April 2015.
Taken in LRGB filters, 5 x 300 second exposures in each Filter. Stacked with MaximDL and post processed with Photoshop CS3
NGC 4038 & NGC 4039, The Antennae, taken using T11 at the New Mexico Skies facility on 28th February 2015.
Taken in LRGB filters, 5 x 300 second exposures in each Filter. Stacked with MaximDL and post processed with Photoshop CS3
NGC 7635, The Bubble Nebula, taken using T11 at the New Mexico Skies facility on 6th January 2015.
Taken in LRGB filters, 5 x 120 second exposures in each Filter. Stacked with MaximDL and post processed with Photoshop CS3
The Orion Nebula, taken using T20 at the New Mexico Skies facility over several nights in November/December 2014.
Taken in LRGB filters, this is a composite of various exposure times to enhance each part of the nebula. Stacked with MaximDL and post processed with Photoshop CS3
The Large Magellanic Cloud, taken using T12 at the Siding Springs Observatory facility in Australia on 10th October 2014.
Taken in LRGB filters, 5 x 300 second exposures in each filter. Stacked with MaximDL and post processed with Photoshop CS3
NGC 7923, The Helix Nebula, taken using T31 at the New Mexico Skies facility on 3rd September 2014.
Taken in LRGB filters, 2 x 120 second exposures in each filter. Stacked with MaximDL and post processed with Photoshop CS3
Andromeda Nebula, Messier 31 (M31), taken using T20 at the New Mexico Skies facility on 29th August 2014.
Taken in LRGB filters, 5 x 300 second exposures in L and 5 x 180 second exposures in RGB. Stacked with MaximDL and post processed with Photoshop CS3
IC 5067, Pelican Nebula, taken using T16 at the New Mexico Skies facility on 12th August 2014.
Taken in HaRGB filters, 5 x 120 second exposures in each filter. Stacked with MaximDL and post processed with Photoshop CS3
NGC 7331 or Caldwell 30, taken using T07 at the New Mexico Skies facility on 24th July 2014.
Taken in LRGB filters, 2 x 300 second exposures in each filter. Stacked with MaximDL and post processed with Photoshop CS3