Steve Paxton's photos with the keyword: Stacked

This photo came up in a discussion I said I wanted to take a photo of the Nebula I called the Man Riding a Vespa I can not find a name for it at all to show them both. I had to input NGC2001 and then I could see it and then take the photos. you cant mistake the sitting position when you see some one riding a Vespa the real bonus was the head next to the rider. This is a real comparision to the ZWO 183 that was faulty. 24 hours worth of shots rather than this just be a fill in to catch the Witch later in the night. I am impressed with the details that have come out of the small camera. next stop Astro Fest. QHY183C -10c 94 shot 15 min over five nights. Prima Luce Essato Focus , Optolong LeNhance filter, Skywatcher Black DiamondED80 OTA Skywatcher NEQ 6 Pro Guided PHD2, SGP Pixinsight, Ps.

This was a target I first did in 2019 even just this target on its own with the 300mm prime lens and converter. As the moon came up later I wanted to use the dark moomless time to get some detail especially the coloured stars that are associated with this target. what is staggering is the halo look is a multitude of very very small stars that ring the globular target on my computer i can enlarge the shot to see them, uncountable.......... QHY183C -10c 286 shot 2 min over two nights( second night was only up to moon rise). Prima Luce Essato Focus , Optolong LeNhance filter, Skywatcher Black DiamondED80 OTA Skywatcher NEQ 6 Pro Guided PHD2, SGP Pixinsight, Ps.

When the moon is out and you have finished all your trials. You go back and try and learn just a bit more from old data. I know I want to do this again properly not just a trial shot but quite impressed how it worked out none the less. This is right next to the LMC The white Dot top right In the PIP. Here is 35 shots @ 5 min subs. ZWO ASI183MC Pro @ -10c Prima Luce Essato Focus , Optolong LeNhance filter, Skywatcher Black DiamondED80 OTA Skywatcher NEQ 6 Pro Guided PHD2, SGP Pixinsight, Ps.

I had for gotten I took this on the last free night before it rained. This is an area of the sky there are just so many stars and as you can see a huge number of Nebula's in such a small space. This is the New CMOS camera giving me a view of around about 1560mm. Looking at the few trial photos I have taken looking forward to a moonless night and to get a good target. Testing has gone well. 29 shots 10min each @-10c. QHY 183C @ -10c Prima Luce Essato Focus , Optolong LeNhance filter, Skywatcher Black DiamondED80 OTA Skywatcher NEQ 6 Pro Guided PHD2, SGP Pixinsight, Ps & Lr.

The very first shots(3) I took with Carlos guidance then I had to take the rest on my own the very next night., October 2020. a lot better editing with more knowledge in 2021 Its bucketing down outside... 47 shots x 10 min each @-10c ZWO ASI071MC Pro @ -10c Manual focus Optolong LeNhance filter, Skywatcher Black DiamondED80 OTA Skywatcher EQM35Goto Sequence Genorator Pro Guided PHD2, Stacked DSS. Processed PixinSight , PS and Lr.

This is a second look at this Nebula with a whole new Camera QHY183C . I could focus automatically with this camera hence the detail in the eye is much better than the first one with the ZWO. This camera took a bit to get use to as I had to change wires and ports on the computer to get this to run and download photos. 35 shot 10 min each till the tree got in the way. QHY 183C @ -10c Prima Luce Essato Focus , Optolong LeNhance filter, Skywatcher Black DiamondED80 OTA Skywatcher NEQ 6 Pro Guided PHD2, SGP

My first chance to shoot in a very long time so two targets over the two night all auto start. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helix_Nebula Here is 71 shots @ 10 min subs. ZWO ASI183MC Pro @ -10c Prima Luce Essato Focus , Optolong LeNhance filter, Skywatcher Black DiamondED80 OTA Skywatcher NEQ 6 Pro Guided PHD2, SGP Pixinsight, Ps.

My first chance to shoot in a very long time so two targets over the two night all auto start. I can not find a number for this nebula I had to use to small one above and place frame to get the shot. So here is 31 shots @ 10 min subs. ZWO ASI183MC Pro @ -10c Prima Luce Essato Focus , Optolong LeNhance filter, Skywatcher Black DiamondED80 OTA Skywatcher NEQ 6 Pro Guided PHD2, SGP Pixinsight, Ps.

The second look at this Nebula you can see the Pillar of Life better in this shot.. First look. So here is 69 shots @ 5 min subs till the tree got in the way. ZWO ASI183MC Pro @ -10c Prima Luce Essato Focus , Optolong LeNhance filter, Skywatcher Black DiamondED80 OTA Skywatcher NEQ 6 Pro Guided PHD2, SGP Pixinsight, Ps.

This is a very new start a whole new astro Camera . After months of clouds and rain my first night with the new camera did not go as planed. It was a screw on screw off , or supose to be, but I have always known good Focus was HFR 1.9-2.1 that was a value I never got I was getting readings of HFR 7.07 so I thought so far out of focus not worth going any Further. I had a talk to Carlos it was normal for the camera to change the HFR. It has taken a whole month + to get a night I could try again to see if I could make sense of focus and the New Camera. I started by going through the focus range to see I was in the right area. In the end I went back to Old School put the Mask on to check it was right. It proved 100% I was in the right area. This shot I believe is the top limit of Focus as you can see by looking at the stars. Quite a Halo around them, at 4 am I was awake and knew the mount would have stopped as it would have run into the tree. I spent 1 1/2 hours testing focus position and step size to end up with a whole new position and the test shot showed me crisp stars. This 1" camera has AMP Glow and it was a nightmare to procees to get it right so it did not show up but was taken away in the darks. you cant miss the AMP glow on the left hand side what looks like a very bright star is infact electrical interference. this I was not able to stack like I would normaly it was a case of stacking in Pixinsight a very long process but good result. A whole new nebula tonight and tomorrow ( set off from Fremantle while I have a meal inside the Portuguese club mount at home ) this will be the true test out of all I have been trying to work towards. So here is 59 shots @ 5 min subs till the tree got in the way. ZWO ASI183MC Pro @ -10c Prima Luce Essato Focus , Optolong LeNhance filter, Skywatcher Black DiamondED80 OTA Skywatcher NEQ 6 Pro Guided PHD2, SGP Pixinsight, Ps.

With the program that removes stars I had a look back at the 10 shot I Took with the 14mm lens 4 min each 4 had clouds. To this I have done not one colour edit this is straight from raw files. What you see is all the Nebulocity that is in the core all the detail and all the colour that make this up. I will add all the PIPS that go with this shot. There is Lots my fav part of the milky way. Just out of view To the left in order Running Chicken Nebula, Carina, and the Fighting dragons. Running chicken ( still cant find It) Found the chicken on it head Carina Fighting Dragons All of this will get a revisit next year once Guiding works as it should.. In the mean time Enjoy a Heavenly View. All this is captured on Normal photographic gear And a lot of determination.

A focus stacked set of glasses, 7 shot in one. First ever try at this as well quite happy with the results as well. entrant in the SPC Still life.

An exploratory shot for Wednesday and the total Eclipse 4 shots stacked. ISO 800 F8 2 min and 10 sec each shot with 600mm lens on DX so 900mm View. you can pick the moon gets brighter in this 9 min shot of the night sky.