IC434 - The horsehead nebula

Location: Αθήνα 7/11/2015
Lens: Jupiter 21M 200mm / F5.6
CCD: ATIK 314L+ Mono @ -5C
ATIK Manual Filter Wheel
Filters: Baader 7nm Ha 4x600s (40 minutes) Mount : EQ6 Pro
Guiding : Finder 50mm with QHY5L-II colour
Calibration Frames:None

Processing :Nebulosity - Photoshop.

 

First light for the Jupiter Lens. Very sharp and promising.

Dedicated to my friend George.

M42 - Orion Nebula

Location Athens 30/11/2015
Lens: Jupiter 21M 200mm / F5.6
CCD: ATIK 314L+ Mono @ -5C
ATIK Manual Filter Wheel
Filters: Baader 7nm Ha, Baader 8.5nm OIII, Baader 8nm SII (Total exposure 54 minutes - 1x10min, 1x5min, 1x2min και 1x1 min for each filter)
Mount : EQ6 Pro
Guiding : Finder 50mm with QHY5L-II colour
Calibration Frames:BIAS (30)
Nebulosity - Photoshop.
Second Light for the Jupiter 200mm lens. Focusing was manual.


And another on the fly processing.

M31 - Andromeda Galaxy

Telescope: William Optics ZenithStar 80 EDII
Reducer: Meade 0.63x (for SCT)
Mount: EQ6 Synscan
Camera: Atik 314L+ Mono
Filters: Baader IR/UV Cut as L,  Baader RGB, Lumicon Deep Sky 2".
Guiding : 50mm finderscope, QHY5L-II Colour
Exposures: 70x90sec Luminance, 30x90sec RGB (10 for each colour)
Location : Alexandroupolis, Greece

NGC 6960 - The Veil Nebula

Telescope: William Optics ZenithStar 80 EDII
Mount: EQ6 Synscan
Camera: Atik 314L+ Mono
Filters: Baader IR/UV Cut, Baader Ha, Baader OIII
Guiding : 50mm finderscope, QHY5L-II Colour
Exposures: 30x900sec Ha, 16x900sec OIII
Location : Alexandroupolis, Greece

The Heart of the Heart Nebula (IC 1805)

Telescope: William Optics ZenithStar 80 EDII
Mount: EQ6 Synscan
Camera: Atik 314L+ Mono
Filters: Baader IR/UV Cut, Baader Ha, Baader OIII
Guiding : 50mm finderscope, QHY5L-II Colour
Exposures: 20x900sec Ha, 14x900sec OIII
Location : Alexandroupolis, Greece

NGC 6888

Telescope: William Optics ZenithStar 80 EDII
Mount: EQ6 Synscan
Camera: Atik 314L+ Mono
Filters: Baader IR/UV Cut, Baader Ha, Baader OIII
Guiding : 50mm finderscope, QHY5L-II Colour
Exposures: 22x900sec Ha, 22x900sec OIII
Location : Alexandroupolis, Greece

NGC 7380 - Biocolor and Hubble Palette

Telescope: William Optics ZenithStar 80 EDII
Mount: EQ6 Synscan
Camera: Atik 314L+ Mono
Filters: Baader IR/UV Cut, Baader Ha, Baader OIII
Guiding : 50mm finderscope, QHY5L-II Colour
Exposures: 10x900sec Ha, 8x900sec OIII
Location : Alexandroupolis, Greece

NGC 281 - Biocolor and Hubble Pallete

Telescope: William Optics ZenithStar 80 EDII
Mount: EQ6 Synscan
Camera: Atik 314L+ Mono
Filters: Baader IR/UV Cut, Baader Ha, Baader OIII
Guiding : 50mm finderscope, QHY5L-II Colour
Exposures: 20x900sec Ha, 21x900sec OIII
Location : Alexandroupolis, Greece

NGC 7635 - The bubble nebula

Telescope: William Optics ZenithStar 80 EDII
Mount: EQ6 Synscan
Camera: Atik 314L+ Mono
Filters: Baader IR/UV Cut, Baader Ha, Baader OIII
Guiding : 50mm finderscope, QHY5L-II Colour
Exposures: 28x900sec Ha, 20x900sec OIII
Location : Alexandroupolis, Greece

IC 5146

This is a test shot

Telescope: William Optics ZenithStar 80 EDII
Mount: EQ6 Synscan
Camera: Atik 314L+ Mono
Filters: Baader IR/UV Cut, Baader Ha, Baader OIII
Guiding : 50mm finderscope, QHY5L-II Colour
Exposures: 4x900sec Ha, 4x900sec OIII
Location : Alexandroupolis, Greece

Saturn

Telescope: Celestron C8
Mount: EQ6 Synscan
Camera: QHY5L-II Colour
Filters: Baader IR/UV Cut

Exposures: 350 frames
Location : Athens, Greece

NGC6960 - Veil Nebula - Biocolor and Hubble Palette

Telescope: William Optics ZenithStar 80 ED-II
Mount: EQ6 Synscan
Camera: Atik 314L+ Mono
Filters: Baader IR/UV Cut, Baader Ha, Baader OIII
Guiding : 50mm finderscope, QHY5L-Colour
Exposures: 9x600sec HA, 6x600sec OIII
Location : Athens, Greece

M51 Whirpool Galaxy

A test to shoot a galaxy from within a light polluted city.

Telescope: Celestron C8
Mount: EQ6 Synscan
Camera: Canon 450d full spectrum
Filters: Baader IR/UV Cut, Lumicon DeepSky

Guiding : 50mm finderscope, QHY5L-Colour
Exposures: 18x300sec
Location : Athens, Greece

Jupiter

A nice shot of Jupiter with the great spot.

Telescope: Celestron C8
Mount: EQ6 Synscan
Camera: QHY5L-Colour
Filters: Baader IR/UV Cut
Barlow: Televue 2x Barlow
Guiding : No guiding
Exposures: 400 frames
Location : Athens, Greece

Milky Way

The Milky Way Galaxy

This shot was taken from the southern part of Evia.

Camera: Canon 700D

Exposures: 1x20seconds, ISO 3200

Night Shot

Ship in the sea

Camera: Canon 700D with Canon 55-250 IS-II @250mm
Exposures: 1x10seconds, ISO 3200
Location :Karystos Greece

The sun

The sun in false-colour


Telescope: William Optics Zenithstar 80 ED-II
Mount: EQ6 synscan
Camera: QHY5L-Colour
Reducer : Meade F/0,63
Filters: Baader IR/UV Cut, Baader Astrosolar, Baader Continuum.
Guiding : No guiding
Exposures: 250 frames
Location : Athens, Greece

Orion Nebula (M42)

M42 the great Orion Nebula.

Telescope: William Optics Zenithstar 80 ED-II
Mount: HEQ5 non goto
Camera: Canon 450D full spectrum
Filters: Baader IR/UV Cut, Baader UHC
Guiding : No guiding
Exposures: 3x120seconds
Location : Athens, Greece

IR Photography

 IR photography test with a full spectrum Canon 450D.

The sun

The Sun

This picture of the sun was taken on 26th of October 2014. The sun-spot has the size of Jupiter.

Telescope: William Optics Zenithstar 80 ED-II
Mount: HEQ5 non goto
Camera: Canon 700D
Filters: Baader IR/UV Cut, Baader Astrosolar
Guiding : No guiding
Exposures: One single exposure
Location : Athens, Greece

The moon

Photograph was taken one day after the full moon (phase is at 98%)
Telescope: William Optics Zenithstar 80 ED-II
Mount: HEQ5 non goto
Camera: Canon 700D
Filters: None
Guiding : No guiding
Exposures: 1x 1/60sec, ISO 400
Location : Athens, Greece