Contributions of the group 0P3N.ASTROPHOTOGRAPHY : night sky, stars, planets, galaxies and the whole univers

The Emu Watching over us.

nobody@ipernity.com (Steve Paxton) — Sun, 22 Mar 2026 09:15:19 +0000

Well before the moon came up I saw this shot while I was on my own out in the landscape. The Emu in the Milky Way looking down at us as the milky way comes up on the Sagittarius Arm. This was only ever a TWO shot panorama more of the Sky than the ground but not forgetting the ground Lit by Low Level Lighting. Enjoy 1 am in the morning in the Black of night and the stars shining in the sky above.

D810 6400ISO 13sec
Samyang 14mm F2.4 @ 2.8

NGC 3522 The Wishing Well Cluster

nobody@ipernity.com (Steve Paxton) — Thu, 19 Mar 2026 08:12:47 +0000

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On the far Left the Cluster is Suppose to look like coins in a Fountain. This is a target that has So many stars it takes over the nebulas. This was second fiddle to

As it ran from 1am to Dawn as a fill in. Carina is top right just out of view.

QHY268M -0c 6 days 5 min SHaO 100 odd shot each , 30 shots each RGB 1 min exposure.
QHYCFW3 and 7 Antlia filters LRGBSHaO
ZWOCAA rotator
MeLE Mini PC
Pegasus Astro Pocket Mini power box
Starpoint Australis SP3 Focuser
Skywatcher 200 F4 PREMIUM PHOTO QUATTRO REFLECTOR OTA
Skywatcher F4 Aplanatic Coma Corrector
Skywatcher NEQ 6 Pro Hypertuned
SVbony 50MM Guide scope
ToupTek G3m Guide camera
Guided PHD2, Nina
Pixinsight, Ps

NGC1928

nobody@ipernity.com (Steve Paxton) — Wed, 18 Mar 2026 06:01:44 +0000

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In part why I did a 42 panel look at the LMC area there is just so much here to look at. You can see this in the middle of the shot below.

This is almost the Heart of the LMC cloud we see in the sky at Night. I make 100% no apologies for the Number of stars in the Shot I have only tried to lower there value rather than the number.
Top left is the area we see the most shots of the LMC Tarantula Nebula but by no means the total of the LMC area.

This was shot over 6 nights till about 1 am before the LMC got really to low to image.
Enjoy one of the jewels of our Southern skies a Little bit more past the Normal...
QHY268M -0c 6 days 5 min SHaO 100 odd shot each , 30 shots each RGB 1 min exposure.
QHYCFW3 and 7 Antlia filters LRGBSHaO
ZWOCAA rotator
MeLE Mini PC
Pegasus Astro Pocket Mini power box
Starpoint Australis SP3 Focuser
Skywatcher 200 F4 PREMIUM PHOTO QUATTRO REFLECTOR OTA
Skywatcher F4 Aplanatic Coma Corrector
Skywatcher NEQ 6 Pro Hypertuned
SVbony 50MM Guide scope
ToupTek G3m Guide camera
Guided PHD2, Nina
Pixinsight, Ps

First Bow of the night

nobody@ipernity.com (Steve Paxton) — Sun, 15 Mar 2026 07:59:40 +0000

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This was after the drive up we left Perth 8 pm it was then set up swag(one man tent) the drive over to the park. This was shot around 1 am in the morning. As there where still cars moving about there is some unusual lighting in the shot . Brake lights they have a great intensity I thought i had reshot them and removed it all but there is still evidence of it.

This is 360 degree view of the area we went to as there where others out and about. In all 5 others in the area and cars moving in the shot.
On the drive up we drove over( between the wheels) an echidna. the shot below was from the car head lights as we turned back to look at it as neither of us have ever seen one before. We waited for it to uncurl but it never did se we left it in peace to finish walking over the road.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Echidna

Pip is a very different area but same park

D810 6400ISO 13sec
Samyang 14mm F2.4 @ 2.8

Sentinels of time and Stars.

nobody@ipernity.com (Steve Paxton) — Sun, 15 Mar 2026 07:55:38 +0000

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My last shot just before The moon was about to start showing at 1:20 am. The sky was Inky black and stars shone so well in the night sky. If you look closely at the bottom of the left hand end you can see the moon starting to have an effect.

Pip is a very different area but same park

D810 6400ISO 13sec
Samyang 14mm F2.4 @ 2.8

MOON rise.

nobody@ipernity.com (Steve Paxton) — Sun, 15 Mar 2026 07:57:42 +0000

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You can pick the fact the moon is about to rise the colour in the sky give's it away. Just below left hand end you can see the moon starting to rise the other bright light is made up of town ship and far right mining night lights.1:30am ish in the morning.

Pip is a very different area but same park

D810 6400ISO 13sec
Samyang 14mm F2.4 @ 2.8

Keel Nebula NGC3199

nobody@ipernity.com (Steve Paxton) — Sat, 07 Mar 2026 05:06:21 +0000

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The Keel Nebula with filters show so much more detail than the straight colour shot . This is in the Hubble pallet S Ha O.

The ship has changed colour due to the area being strong in Oxygen to a blue boat. Still a boat sailing on a sea of stars though past the rocks.

QHY268M -0c 6 days 5 min SHaO 120 shot each , 30 shots each RGB 1 min exposure.
QHYCFW3 and 7 Antlia filters LRGBSHaO
ZWOCAA rotator
MeLE Mini PC
Pegasus Astro Pocket Mini power box
Starpoint Australis SP3 Focuser
Skywatcher 200 F4 PREMIUM PHOTO QUATTRO REFLECTOR OTA
Skywatcher F4 Aplanatic Coma Corrector
Skywatcher NEQ 6 Pro Hypertuned
SVbony 50MM Guide scope
ToupTek G3m Guide camera
Guided PHD2, Nina
Pixinsight, Ps

RCW 20 & 19 ( Bigger one)

nobody@ipernity.com (Steve Paxton) — Thu, 19 Feb 2026 09:41:49 +0000

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In the plan below you can see these two top left area ,This is still in the Vela area and once again an area not that much imaged but I have to say like the image. This was the only glitch that happened in Nina since I have been Using it. that was one whole night Ha filter shot the whole night dispite the fact all the other filters where in the program in the equence. I over came this by night two no Ha was shot just Oiii Sii till they caught up. I turned out it was a glitch in the program it was not just me but a lot of others that where also affected world wide.

This is in the Hubble pallet one of the most usefull pallets you can use.This is still part of the Orion arm that we are on and our sun. As said if you can see Orion in the sky you are looking at our arm of the milky way.

This is half way between the two target did not work as well as I thought so only two nights. NGC2451 is a galaxy but it is over shadowed by the big star and the resultant spikes from the spider.

QHY268M -0c 4 days 5 min SHaO full nights., 30 shots each RGB 1 min exposure.
QHYCFW3 and 7 Antlia filters LRGBSHaO
ZWOCAA rotator
MeLE Mini PC
Pegasus Astro Pocket Mini power box
Starpoint Australis SP3 Focuser
Skywatcher 200 F4 PREMIUM PHOTO QUATTRO REFLECTOR OTA
Skywatcher F4 Aplanatic Coma Corrector
Skywatcher NEQ 6 Pro Hypertuned
SVbony 50MM Guide scope
QHY5L-II-M Guide camera
Guided PHD2, Nina
Pixinsight, Ps

Wind Swept Cosmic Mountains BBW 56

nobody@ipernity.com (Steve Paxton) — Fri, 13 Feb 2026 00:37:26 +0000

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This was a look see wide in planning to see what is about, this formation as a surfer stood out as a shark fin. You are looking at an area that is not normaly imaged if I had not got out to a wide view I would never have seen it at all.

So I had to wait for this to come up, you are looking at a panorama of 3 vertical shot to get the whole mountain in. This is a very Hydrogen rich area hence all the red so this is in the pallet Ha Sii Sii all red components.

Mid way I got the remnants of a cyclone but dumping Clouds and rain down our way. So I got the chance to bring in the Scope to clean the Mirrors and then rebuild ready to shoot again.

This is the lining up with the camera that sits in the Focuser looking in (The Red part in the middle ) all the part are rebulit to match the circle of the bottom of the focuser. its worth noteing the mirror in the picture is eliptical not at all round you have to get the view round ( see shot below).... that is the black frame in the middle with a view of the main mirror in view and the red camera and sensor. The main big area of white is a A4 sheet of white paper so the small secondary mirror stands out.

QHY268M -0c 5 min S Ha and three full nights of data , 30 shots each RGB 1 min exposure.
QHYCFW3 and 7 Antlia filters LRGBSHaO
ZWOCAA rotator
MeLE Mini PC
Pegasus Astro Pocket Mini power box
Starpoint Australis SP3 Focuser
Skywatcher 200 F4 PREMIUM PHOTO QUATTRO REFLECTOR OTA
Skywatcher F4 Aplanatic Coma Corrector
Skywatcher NEQ 6 Pro Hypertuned
SVbony 50MM Guide scope
QHY5L-II-M Guide camera
Guided PHD2, Nina
Pixinsight, Ps

2025 + 2026 Accidental panorama Do look as large as you can.

nobody@ipernity.com (Steve Paxton) — Sat, 31 Jan 2026 08:49:52 +0000

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The Gem Cluster NGC 3293 that is next to Carina. Originally taken as a fill in as the other shots got stopped at 2am by the palm tree this became a fill in.
Then the accident happened "what if" , my third shot with the QHY268M was of Gabriela Mistral area would they go together. PTGui put them straight together, so it meant a reedit so the two photos looked like they where taken to match. Then edit them both as one.

Differences between
2025 Feb is a horizontal shot, 2026 Jan is a rotated vertical shot.
Biggest is the dates a full year apart.
2025 is @-10 2026 is @ 0
2025 is the last taken with the Esatto focuser, 2026 Starpoint Australis SP3 focuser
And a trip to China for repairs.

Other wise every thing else is exactly the same. There is more data in the single shot than is in the shot in the panorama by two nights.
May be I should reedit with the full amount of data but as it was just a "what if" I went with what I had.

QHY268M -0c 4 days 5 min SHaO 2am to Nautical dawn and three full nights of data , 30 shots each RGB 1 min exposure.
QHYCFW3 and 7 Antlia filters LRGBSHaO
ZWOCAA rotator
MeLE Mini PC
Pegasus Astro Pocket Mini power box
Starpoint Australis SP3 Focuser
Skywatcher 200 F4 PREMIUM PHOTO QUATTRO REFLECTOR OTA
Skywatcher F4 Aplanatic Coma Corrector
Skywatcher NEQ 6 Pro Hypertuned
SVbony 50MM Guide scope
QHY5L-II-M Guide camera
Guided PHD2, Nina
Pixinsight, Ps

Gem Cluster NGC 3293

nobody@ipernity.com (Steve Paxton) — Sat, 31 Jan 2026 08:50:26 +0000

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The Gem Cluster NGC 3293 that is next to Carina. Originally taken as a fill in as the other shots got stopped at 2am by the palm tree this became a fill in. To get a photo of better quality I had to add a further 3 Full nights data to the data that was gained from the fill in time shots. The wisps you see are quite amazing.

Do read the info on the accidental panorama below.

QHY268M -0c 4 days 5 min SHaO 2am to Nautical dawn and three full nights of data , 30 shots each RGB 1 min exposure.
QHYCFW3 and 7 Antlia filters LRGBSHaO
ZWOCAA rotator
MeLE Mini PC
Pegasus Astro Pocket Mini power box
Starpoint Australis SP3 Focuser
Skywatcher 200 F4 PREMIUM PHOTO QUATTRO REFLECTOR OTA
Skywatcher F4 Aplanatic Coma Corrector
Skywatcher NEQ 6 Pro Hypertuned
SVbony 50MM Guide scope
QHY5L-II-M Guide camera
Guided PHD2, Nina
Pixinsight, Ps

LDN1608 and Dust.

nobody@ipernity.com (Steve Paxton) — Wed, 28 Jan 2026 01:08:13 +0000

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LDN1608 is the small nebula on the left hand side of the shot I was taken by the dust lanes. Having walked a lot of NZ with my father he always had topographical maps of where we where walking. I was struck by the similarity of the rest of the image on the right side how much it looked like one of those maps. It was not unknown for my father to hand the map and compass to my bother and myself "we are lost" get us out of here. I am so glad I did not have this in WA almost flat face less land.

Another shot of the area but much closer up as the shot is made with a 1" sensor QHY183M verses a QHY268M ASPC both mono and same filters and same scope.. I took Oiii 41 shots as there was only one very small amount of blue nebula in the shot. Ha 79 shots and 126 shots Sii as this area is mostly these two elements . Sadly the palm tree is getting in the shot earlier and as I have been able to reach 20hours combined shot time I will move to a palm tree free target...

QHY268M -0c 6 days 5 min SHaO 8:20pm to 2 am , 30 shots each RGB 1 min exposure.
QHYCFW3 and 7 Antlia filters LRGBSHaO
ZWOCAA rotator
MeLE Mini PC
Pegasus Astro Pocket Mini power box
Starpoint Australis SP3 Focuser
Skywatcher 200 F4 PREMIUM PHOTO QUATTRO REFLECTOR OTA
Skywatcher F4 Aplanatic Coma Corrector
Skywatcher NEQ 6 Pro Hypertuned
SVbony 50MM Guide scope
QHY5L-II-M Guide camera
Guided PHD2, Nina
Pixinsight, Ps

Lower's Nebula SH2-261

nobody@ipernity.com (Steve Paxton) — Tue, 20 Jan 2026 12:36:38 +0000

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You have heard the saying Stuck between a Rock and Hard place. This is the result of 6 nights, The Rock is a Palm tree big and not going anywhere 2 am it all stops, the Hard place is the brand new street light JUST over the fence.

The monkey head had to be terminated much as I wanted to take more it got so low it was in direct line with the Street light every thing failed. This was the Nebula I really wanted to do but the Bright light ended that. BUT I have asked the question to the local council can they put a Skirt on the light my side so there is No direct light shining into the telescope.

Do I do not hold much out that there will be help forth coming other than tough luck.

Lower's Nebula or SH2-261 is one you have seen before but nothing like this. These targets are on the Orion arm of the Milky way Thats Where we the earth are on.... these are all in the South Hemisphere Northern targets.

QHY268M -0c 6 days 5 min SHaO 8:20pm to 2 am , 30 shots each RGB 1 min exposure.
QHYCFW3 and 7 Antlia filters LRGBSHaO
ZWOCAA rotator
MeLE Mini PC
Pegasus Astro Pocket Mini power box
Starpoint Australis SP3 Focuser
Skywatcher 200 F4 PREMIUM PHOTO QUATTRO REFLECTOR OTA
Skywatcher F4 Aplanatic Coma Corrector
Skywatcher NEQ 6 Pro Hypertuned
SVbony 50MM Guide scope
QHY5L-II-M Guide camera
Guided PHD2, Nina
Pixinsight, Ps

Seagull Nebula SH2-296

nobody@ipernity.com (Steve Paxton) — Sun, 11 Jan 2026 22:47:41 +0000

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This was one that I wanted to come back to as I could rotate my view to suit the target much like I could when I used my 300mm Nikon lens and coloured camera. This was done as a 3 panel vertical panorama to get the whole of the spread of the wings. It was a case of for each panel I shot for 3 nights each to get enough data to get all the smaller parts to show up in detail. I shot at my summer temp of -0 as some of the days where well over 30c when I started hence the start temp of 0c rather than -10c. The value of the filters they show up considerably more details than the coloured camera ever could.

QHY268M -0c 3 days 5 min SHaO each panel, 30 shots each RGB 1 min exposure.
QHYCFW3 and 7 Antlia filters LRGBSHaO
ZWOCAA rotator
MeLE Mini PC
Pegasus Astro Pocket Mini power box
Starpoint Australis SP3 Focuser
Skywatcher 200 F4 PREMIUM PHOTO QUATTRO REFLECTOR OTA
Skywatcher F4 Aplanatic Coma Corrector
Skywatcher NEQ 6 Pro Hypertuned
SVbony 50MM Guide scope
QHY5L-II-M Guide camera
Guided PHD2, Nina
Pixinsight, PtGui, Ps

Dolphin Head Nebula SH2-308

nobody@ipernity.com (Steve Paxton) — Wed, 31 Dec 2025 07:30:14 +0000

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Known as Shapeless SH 2-308 As this is my last image for the year Happy New Year to all on Ipernity.

This is an area very strong in Oxygen (blue) the visible gasses blown about. This is 28hours of data capture of Ha and Oiii and combined as HaOiiiOiii to get the object above. As its getting consistently warmer its harder to work with -10c as I started this so I will end and start on summer -0c.

The filters bring out the very faint red found in the background the the colour camera does not see nor the faint blue wisps next to the head. Enjoy one of the Marvels of space.

QHY268M -10c 6 days 5 min HaO , 30 shots each RGB 1 min exposure.
QHYCFW3 and 7 Antlia filters LRGBSHaO
ZWOCAA rotator
MeLE Mini PC
Pegasus Astro Pocket Mini power box
Starpoint Australis SP3 Focuser
Skywatcher 200 F4 PREMIUM PHOTO QUATTRO REFLECTOR OTA
Skywatcher F4 Aplanatic Coma Corrector
Skywatcher NEQ 6 Pro Hypertuned
SVbony 50MM Guide scope
QHY5L-II-M Guide camera
Guided PHD2, Nina
Pixinsight, PtGui, Ps

Large Magellanic Cloud 42 panels : Do look at this as large as you can.

nobody@ipernity.com (Steve Paxton) — Mon, 15 Dec 2025 01:34:05 +0000

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So what are you looking at in the picture above, on the right side there are two white clouds the Big one is the Large Magellanic cloud and the small is the small Magellanic cloud. Above is detail of the Larger one.

This looks like one photo but is far from it the more that you read you will see just what I mean.

This was the bold plan that I started on the 17/10/2025 I had thought to do two nights per panel but 70 nights clear was way to big an ask. I settled on the 35 nights as a far more realistic plan. It entailed getting the images SHaO and RGB stars edit the data then save it as per panel number of the night. Slowly build the panorama up each morning, As panel 35 came up first I started and worked down to 1. As I noted there is more missing targets on the right side just out of view I made a new panorama of 7 panels pushing the number up to 42. So I had a written plan
Panel 5 Joins 36
Panel10 Joins 37
Panel15 Joins 38
Panel 20 Joins 39
Panel 25 Joins 40
Panel 30 Joins 41
Panel 35 Joins 42

As well as the original plan above So I knew just where every thing lined up trying to match the jumble of photos I had.

It became very obvious that my normal workings was not going to work as the panorama build it got over 4 GB and in some programs not editable. I spent one whole day saving files slowly shrinking to find out the right size to keep me under 4Gb saved tiff file. I have had to slowly shrink it down further to get the bigger panorama under 4GB. I started at 100% save size now down to 70% save size as the panorama got bigger and bigger. The original size is 36253 x 27872 pixels a far cry to the 4000 one above so I can upload to Ipernity and 7.36Gb size. When it has come to editing the shot as its is so big it is set edit off then let it process. nothing is fast it is a real test of patience.

This is an area I have always wanted a closer look at the targets, there is a bucket load of them here I have put the ones I have taken as PIP's so you are able to see them in more detail. I will come back and shoot some of what looks like hole through to another world past this target. Look at the top middle and bottom right you can see "blacker areas" in the middle of a lot of smaller nebula's. There is even a human form in blue at the top playing with two balls in the right hand well worth a look at.... There is so many shapes and forms in this shot its a delight to look at full size but sadly not able to down load here.

QHY268M -10c & -0c Very hot days 5 min SHaO over 42 nights , 30 shots each RGB 1 min exposure.
QHYCFW3 and 7 Antlia filters LRGBSHaO
ZWOCAA rotator
MeLE Mini PC
Pegasus Astro Pocket Mini power box
Starpoint Australis SP3 Focuser
Skywatcher 200 F4 PREMIUM PHOTO QUATTRO REFLECTOR OTA
Skywatcher F4 Aplanatic Coma Corrector
Skywatcher NEQ 6 Pro Hypertuned
SVbony 50MM Guide scope
QHY5L-II-M Guide camera
Guided PHD2, Nina
Pixinsight, PtGui, Ps

The Ghost of Barnards Galaxy Or Sting Ray

nobody@ipernity.com (Steve Paxton) — Wed, 03 Dec 2025 05:08:14 +0000

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This one I did a one night trial but never followed up on. Faint dusty lanes.

www.aapod2.com/blog/sh2-63-dark-nebula-sagittarius

This was shot LRGB 28x300 Lum 5 each RGB x120 sec. My exploratory shot showed me nothing but BLACK So I just left it as a total waste of time so did not go further.

LRGB are only shot moon free as this was 25-9--2025 very small amount of moon worth the trial.

I know a bit more now so had a relook even on such a small amount of data.. Well worth a second go BUT we think the ring of black is caused by a streetlight or the very little bit of moon light there was so worth trying next time with the lens hood on the scope.

QHY268M -10c 28 Shots Lum 5min. 5 shots each RGB at 2 min
QHYCFW3 and 7 Antlia filters LRGBSHaO
ZWOCAA rotator
MeLE Mini PC
Pegasus Astro Pocket Mini power box
Starpoint Australis SP3 Focuser
Skywatcher 200 F4 PREMIUM PHOTO QUATTRO REFLECTOR OTA
Skywatcher F4 Aplanatic Coma Corrector
Skywatcher NEQ 6 Pro Hypertuned
SVbony 50MM Guide scope
QHY5L-II-M Guide camera
Guided PHD2, Nina
Pixinsight, Ps

Last Bow End of the night. - Look on black.

nobody@ipernity.com (Steve Paxton) — Mon, 17 Nov 2025 12:41:49 +0000

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As the bow got lower we walked to the top of the hill in the scrub in the breeze that was starting. I chose not to light the foreground I left it to the Moon, to see this result best you look on black with no white screen.. It was case of pack up all our camera and lighting gear and put the Swags together next to the car in the carpark on the ground. We both slept soundly got the swag put away early before any body came next morning. No one knew we had even been there.

We Left a lot of foot prints took a whole load of photos.. Enjoy.

The Man on a Vespa- Do look as large as you can.

nobody@ipernity.com (Steve Paxton) — Tue, 04 Nov 2025 22:08:14 +0000

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The Man On the Vespa. This is the name I gave its not an official name as I could not find any official name. The riding position is so very distinctive to some one riding a Harley or a Big Race Bike. Any one who has been to Italy and seen them you cant mistake the style of riding.

As I am struggling to take a 35 shot panorama of the LMC area and buy enough night clear to do this in good time. I asked Carlos Taylor if he could take the shots for me, as his scope 10" afforded a bigger view than mine.

My shot before any way to rotate... Back in Nov 2024 But I have reprocessed it with what I know now and Learning.

So this image is all Carlos Taylor apart from the stacking and editing that is all me. This was taken over 15 nights just a few shots each night. They slowly added up to close to 100 shot Ha S O and 30 RGB stars, this was taken pre his main target so it did not interfere with his plans either. A big thank you to Carlos for this and to me a bigger learning curve to get the info and create the final result. Info is from one of his photos as I know this is what he uses, I also use Pixinsight and Photoshop so it is current.
Equipment used:
Skywatcher 10" f4 Newtonian 250P
Skywatcher F4 Aplanatic Coma Corrector
Skywatcher EQ6 Pro
ZWO ASI2600MM Pro Cooled Camera
ZWO Camera Angle Adjuster
ZWO ASI290MM Mini Guide Camera
William Optics 50mm Uniguide
ZWO Electronic Filter Wheel
Antlia Pro 36mm unmounted filters
Ashby Backyard Observatory
Bortle 6
Data acquisition software: NINA Astronomy Software, Starpoint Australis Control Panel
Processing software: PixInsight and Photoshop CC

Tarantula Nebula NGC2070

nobody@ipernity.com (Steve Paxton) — Tue, 07 Oct 2025 07:36:04 +0000

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This is a shot I took 2019 one of my very first nikon camera and a zoom lens on the tracker.

Once I got a bit further into the world of deep space I was able to see it a whole lot better and capture an image that really showed this area up..

I took this as a photographer, The way I did this, Ha 300sec 100 shots 120sec 50 shots, Oiii 300sec 100 shots 50 shots 120sec and as Sii is not as bright as Ha Oiii I went to 160 shots 300sec. This was made possible as I found out you can stack as one quite a few exposure time as long as you have a differential figure between then as part of the Exeptions when stacking. I am happy the way that this came out you see the detail of all the tendrils in this part of space.

I have combined this as the Hubble pallet Sii Ha Oiii with RGB stars so they look nore natural.I have chosen to make the stars a touch smaller so the nebulosity show up more rather than a blown out star fest.. This is the bright dot in the shot below next to the Large Magellanic Cloud.

QHY268M -10c 5 min and other times each filter over 5 nights , 30 shots each RGB 1 min exposure.
QHYCFW3 and 7 Antlia filters LRGBSHaO
ZWOCAA rotator
MeLE Mini PC
Pegasus Astro Pocket Mini power box
Starpoint Australis SP3 Focuser
Skywatcher 200 F4 PREMIUM PHOTO QUATTRO REFLECTOR OTA
Skywatcher F4 Aplanatic Coma Corrector
Skywatcher NEQ 6 Pro Hypertuned
SVbony 50MM Guide scope
QHY5L-II-M Guide camera
Guided PHD2, Nina
Pixinsight, Ps