Sunday, August 23, 2020

NGC 6888 The Crescent Nebula

 Hubble Palette

Location: My Backyard Bentonville, AR Bortle 5/6

Equipment used: 

Sky-Watcher Esprit 100 F/5.5

ZWO ASI1600MM Pro

ZWO ASI290MM Mini

ZWO ASIAIR PRO

ZWO ASIOAG

Orion EQ-G

PixInsight

DSS

Sulpher-II 9x300s 45mins

Hydrogen Alpha 40x300s 3hrs 20mins

Oxygen-III 20x300s 1hr 40mins

Total integration 5hrs 45min


Sunday, August 16, 2020

M20 Work in progress



I hope to add RGB to this luminance channel..Clouds moved in unexpectedly late yesterday.

Friday, August 7, 2020

Revised M16 Eagle Nebula


Huge learning curve with post processing.
Details:
Esprit 100 @F5.5
ASI 1600MM Pro
ASI 290MM Mini
ASI OAG
ASIAir Pro
30x360 Ha Lights
30x360 Darks
3x300ms Flats

Saturday, August 1, 2020

M16 Eagle Nebula

Tested the new hardware and software last night. This is an Ha image 10-180' lights and darks only

First light!

First light with the Esprit 100