Pelican Nebula IC 5070

Location: Atlas 5 Observatory Athens Greece 4-8 July 2016
Lens: Pentax SMC 200mm 6x7/ F5.6
Camera: ATIK 314L+ Mono @ 0C
Filter Wheel: Starlight Express 7x1.25
Filters: Baader 7nm Ha (33x10min), Baader 8.5nm OIII (30x10min), Baader 8nm SII (31x10min) Total Exposure 13 Hours
Mount : EQ6 Pro
Guiding : Finder 50mm with QHY5L-II colour
Calibration Frames:BIAS (30), DARK (24), FLATS (30)
Capture : Nebulosity, PHD Guiding

Processing :DSS, Pixinsight, Photoshop.

Very good result for the pelican nebula. Dedicated to the Atlas team. 

Tulip Nebula Sh2-101

Location: Atlas 5 Observatory Athens Greece 8-11 July 2016
Lens: Pentax SMC 200mm 6x7/ F5.6
Camera: ATIK 314L+ Mono @ 0C
Filter Wheel: Starlight Express 7x1.25
Filters: Baader 7nm Ha (26x10min), Baader 8.5nm OIII (27x10min), Baader 8nm SII (26x10min) Total Exposure 13 Hours
Mount : EQ6 Pro
Guiding : Finder 50mm with QHY5L-II colour
Calibration Frames:BIAS (30), DARK (24), FLATS (30)
Capture : Nebulosity, PHD Guiding

Processing :DSS, Pixinsight, Photoshop.

Very nice target but very difficult to shoot through light polluted Athens. Although the result is very good.

Veil Nebula Widefield - RGB & Hubble Palette

Location: Atlas 5 Observatory Athens Greece 11-12 June 2016
Lens: Pentax SMC 135mm 6x7/ F4
Camera: ATIK 314L+ Mono @ 0C
Filter Wheel: Starlight Express 7x1.25
Filters: Baader 7nm Ha (26x10min), Baader 8.5nm OIII (24x10min), Total Exposure 8 Hours
Mount : EQ6 Pro
Guiding : Finder 50mm with QHY5L-II colour
Calibration Frames:BIAS (30), DARK (12), FLATS (30)
Capture : Nebulosity, PHD Guiding

Processing :DSS, Pixinsight, Photoshop.

First light for this lens as well. At F5.6 the lens provides a superb result even at below average total exposure time. Do not forget that we are shooting through light polluted Athens.

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IC 1396 Elephant's trunk nebula widefield. RGB (biocolor) & Hubble Palette

Location: Atlas 5 Observatory Athens Greece 2-6 June 2016
Lens: Pentax SMC 90mm 6x7/ F4
Camera: ATIK 314L+ Mono @ 0C
Filter Wheel: Starlight Express 7x1.25
Filters: Baader 7nm Ha (45x10min), Baader 8.5nm OIII (27x10min), Baader 8nm SII (24x10min) Total Exposure 16 Hours
Mount : EQ6 Pro
Guiding : Finder 50mm with QHY5L-II colour
Calibration Frames:BIAS (30), DARK (12), FLATS (30)
Capture : Nebulosity, PHD Guiding

Processing :DSS, Pixinsight, Photoshop.

 





 First light from my observatory with this superb photographic lens. Very sharp, good value for money and much better quality than other expensive telescopes.

ATLAS 5 Observatory

Jupiter

Telescope: Celestron C8
Mount: EQ6 Synscan
Camera: QHY5LII-Colour
Filters: Baader IR/UV Cut
Barlow: Televue 2x Barlow & WO 1.6x
Guiding : No guiding
Exposures: 1600 frames / 1min
Location : Athens, Greece