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.

Atlas 5 Observatory Athens Greece - Updated

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

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.