The SH2-124 is an emission nebula located in the constellation of Cygnus, a not popular imaging target, very dim in OIII and SII emissions and in a  rich starfield, so it's a challenge to process.   

Instruments and exposure data:

W.O FLT110 with dedicated TMB field flattenerFeatherTouch 3'' focuser
Starizona MicroTouch autofocuser
W.O ZS80 ED
SBIG ST10XME CFW9
Meade DSI
Filters: Ha 5nm Astrodon_S[II] 8nm Baader_O[III] 3nm Astrodon
Sky-Watcher EQ6 Pro
Ha:50*10min bin1x1
S[II]:34*15min bin1x1
O[III]:39*15min bin1x1

Total exposure time:26h35min

Whirlpool Galaxy M51 wide field

 A totally new processing with the new tools in Pixinsight like Wbpp and Spcc.

Location: Via Lactea Observatory, Kristallopigi Paramithia, Greece

Instruments and exposure data:
Sky-Watcher EQ6 Pro Belt Drive Mod
Guiding:
W.O ZS80 ED
Meade DSI
Imaging:
W.O FLT110 with dedicated TMB field flattener
FeatherTouch 3'' focuser
Starizona MicroTouch autofocuser
SBIG ST10XME CFW9 Filters: Luminance Red Green Blue (Baader Planetarium)

Lum:132*5min, exposure 660min
Red:38*5min, exposure 190min
Green:35*5min, exposure 170min
Blue:36*5min, exposure 180min
Total exposure 20 hours

Jupiter 55 min rotation

 

Jupiter with GRS

 

Imaging Telescope: Meade LX90 UHTC 8" OTA

Imaging Camera: Player One Mars-C

Mounts: Meade LX90

Filters: Baader UV/IR cut 1.25"

Accessories: Tele Vue 2.5x 1.25" Powermate (PMT-2513)

Software: Emil Kraaikamp AutoStakkert! · Grischa Hahn WinJUPOS · Lucien AstroSurface

Via Lactea Observatory, Paramithia, Epirus, Greece

Sculptor Galaxy

 

The Sculptor Galaxy, NGC 253, is an intermediate spiral galaxy in the constellation Sculptor. The Sculptor Galaxy is a starburst galaxy, which means that it is currently undergoing a period of intense star formation.A weighted average of the most reliable distance estimates gives a distance of 11.4 ± 0.7 Mly

Location: Via Lactea Observatory, Kristallopigi Paramithia, Greece

Instruments and exposure data

Sky-Watcher EQ6 Pro Belt Drive Mod

Guiding:

W.O ZS80 ED

Meade DSI

Imaging:

W.O FLT110 with dedicated TMB field flattener

FeatherTouch 3'' focuser

Starizona MicroTouch autofocuser

SBIG ST10XME CFW9 Filters: LRGB (Baader Planetarium)

Lum:180*4min  Red:62*2min Green:60*2 Blue:80*2 

Total exposure:18h 44min

NGC 1333

 

Πρώτο φως από το NGC1333.
Λόγω των άσχημων καιρικών συνθηκών που επικρατούν τους τελευταίους μήνες κατάφερα να συλλέξω μόνο 7 ώρες αν και η αρχική μου πρόθεση ήταν για τουλάχιστον 12 με 14 ώρες.Ελπίζω του χρόνου να καταφέρω να το ολοκληρώσω.
Το NGC1333 είναι ένα νεφέλωμα αντανάκλασης ,βρίσκεται στον αστερισμό του Περσέα και απέχει περίπου 960 έτη φωτός.
Οι φωτεινές περιοχές του νεφελώματος αποτελούνται από πίδακες καυτής σκόνης και λαμπρών αερίων που φωτίζονται από πρόσφατα σχηματισμένα άστρα.
Στην πραγματικότητα το NGC1333 περιέχει εκατοντάδες άστρα ηλικίας μικρότερης του 1 εκατομμυρίου ετών, που τα περισσότερα είναι κρυμμένα από τα οπτικά μας τηλεσκόπια λόγω της υπέρπυκνης σκόνης.
Αυτό το χαοτικό περιβάλλον ίσως είναι παρόμοιο με αυτό που δημιουργήθηκε ο δικός μας ήλιος πριν από 4,5 δισεκατομμύρια χρόνια!!!

Location: Via Lactea Observatory, Kristallopigi Paramithia, Greece

Instruments and exposure data:

W.O FLT110 with dedicated TMB field flattener

FeatherTouch 3'' focuser

Starizona MicroTouch autofocuser

W.O ZS80 ED

SBIG ST10XME CFW9

Meade DSIFilters: Ha 5nm Astrodon__O[III] 3nm Astrodon

Sky-Watcher EQ6 Pro

LUM:140*3min bin1x1

Total exposure time:7h 

The Tulip Nebula SH2-101

 

Το Νεφέλωμα της Τουλίπας(Sharpless 101) είναι νεφέλωμα εκπομπής στον αστερισμό του Κύκνου. Απέχει περίπου 6,000 έτη φωτός από τη Γη και η διάμετρός του υπολογίζεται στα 70 έτη φωτός.

Στο δεξί κάτω άκρο της φωτογραφίας ακριβώς κάτω από το αχνό τόξο που σχηματίζεται, έχει καταγραφεί η περιοχή που βρίσκεται η πρώτη υποψήφια Μαύρη Τρύπα Cygnus X-1 και μια από τις ισχυρότερες πηγές ακτίνων Χ του γαλαξία μας.

The Tulip Nebula (Sharpless 101) is an emission nebula located in Cygnus constellation. It lies at an approximate distance of 6,000 light years from Earth. It occupies an area of 16 x 9 arc minutes of apparent sky and has a linear diameter of about 70 light years

The Tulip Nebula is located in the same region of the sky as the microquasar Cygnus X-1, the first galactic X-ray source widely believed to be a black hole. Cygnus X-1 consists of a star, HD 226868, and a very small high-mass object. The two orbit around each other with a period of 5.6 days. The object was one of the first ever candidates for a black hole.

A new project begins...I hope to finish next year the other 2 narrowband filters

Location: Via Lactea Observatory, Kristallopigi Paramithia, Greece

Instruments and exposure data:
W.O FLT110 with dedicated TMB field flattener
FeatherTouch 3'' focuser
Starizona MicroTouch autofocuser
W.O ZS80 ED
SBIG ST10XME CFW9
Meade DSIFilters: Ha 5nm Astrodon__O[III] 3nm Astrodon
Sky-Watcher EQ6 Pro
Ha:119*3min bin1x1

Total exposure time:5h 57min

The Wizard Nebula

The Wizard Nebula is an emission nebula that surrounds the open star cluster NGC 7380 in the constellation Cepheus. The nebula is known for its unique shape, resembling the appearance of a medieval sorcerer. The active star forming region lies at a distance of 7,200 light years from Earth and has an apparent magnitude of 7.2. It has a radius of 100 light years and occupies 25 arc minutes of the apparent sky. It has the designation Sh2-142 in the Sharpless catalog of H II regions.

Location: Via Lactea Observatory, Kristallopigi Paramithia, Greece

Instruments and exposure data:
W.O FLT110 with dedicated TMB field flattener
FeatherTouch 3'' focuser
Starizona MicroTouch autofocuser
W.O ZS80 ED
SBIG ST10XME CFW9
Meade DSIFilters: Ha 5nm Astrodon__O[III] 3nm Astrodon
Sky-Watcher EQ6 Pro

Ha_OIII_OIII modified palette: Ha_(OIII+0.4Ha)_OIII

Ha:71*10min bin1x1
O[III]:72*10min bin1x1
Total exposure time:23h 50min

i totally reprocessed my previous published image of Wizard Nebula,hope you like it...

Whirlpool Galaxy M51

The Whirlpool Galaxy, also known as Messier 51a, M51a, and NGC 5194, is an interacting grand-design spiral galaxy with a Seyfert 2 active galactic nucleus.It lies in the constellation Canes Venatici, and was the first galaxy to be classified as a spiral galaxy. Its distance is estimated to be 23 million light-years away from Earth.

Location: Via Lactea Observatory, Kristallopigi Paramithia, Greece

Instruments and exposure data
Sky-Watcher EQ6 Pro Belt Drive Mod
Guiding:
W.O ZS80 ED
Meade DSI
Imaging:
W.O FLT110 with dedicated TMB field flattener
FeatherTouch 3'' focuser
Starizona MicroTouch autofocuser
SBIG ST10XME CFW9 Filters: Luminance Red Green Blue (Baader Planetarium)
Lum:132*5min, exposure 660min

Red:38*5min, exposure 190min

Green:35*5min, exposure 170min

Blue:36*5min, exposure 180min

Total exposure 20 hours