Photos, videos and docs of Steve Paxton, with the keywords: "Stacked"

M16 NGC6611 Eagle Nebula

nobody@ipernity.com (Steve Paxton) — Sun, 27 Jul 2025 03:52:06 +0000

This has been a very long winded project due to rain and clouds. It has gone so long winded the tree next door no longer lets me get a whole nights worth of shots . Some of the nights where clear before rain storms so it was stay up watching the sky and the rain coming in. Alot of my targets this year have been past by do to the rains and clouds.

This gives you are close up view of the "Pillars of Creation " the part that Is in the middle of the shot that looks like a begging dog.

This is taken with filters and is in The Hubble pallet . Interesting side note this has taken me about 30 min to upload and add info gone are the 3 min uploads.

QHY183M -10c Ha Sii Oiii about 80 shots 5 min each filter over 4 part nights .. 30 shots each RGB 1 min exposure.
ZWO Filter wheel and 7 Antlia filters LRGBSHaO
MeLE Mini PC
Pegasus Astro Pocket Mini power box
Starpoint Australis SP3 Focuser Rotated 22 degrees from last
Skywatcher 200 F4 PREMIUM PHOTO QUATTRO REFLECTOR OTA 800mm
Skywatcher F4 Aplanatic Coma Corrector
Skywatcher NEQ 6 Pro Hypertuned
SVbony 50MM Guide scope
QHY5L-II-M Guide camera
Guided PHD2, Nina
Pixinsight, Ps, Lr

Man Riding A Vespa

nobody@ipernity.com (Steve Paxton) — Sat, 13 Nov 2021 01:35:58 +0000

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This photo came up in a discussion I said I wanted to take a photo of the Nebula I called the Man Riding a Vespa I can not find a name for it at all to show them both. I had to input NGC2001 and then I could see it and then take the photos. you cant mistake the sitting position when you see some one riding a Vespa the real bonus was the head next to the rider. This is a real comparision to the ZWO 183 that was faulty.

24 hours worth of shots rather than this just be a fill in to catch the Witch later in the night. I am impressed with the details that have come out of the small camera. next stop Astro Fest.
QHY183C -10c 94 shot 15 min over five nights.
Prima Luce Essato Focus ,
Optolong LeNhance filter,
Skywatcher Black DiamondED80 OTA
Skywatcher NEQ 6 Pro
Guided PHD2, SGP
Pixinsight, Ps.

47 Tucanae NGC104

nobody@ipernity.com (Steve Paxton) — Sun, 24 Oct 2021 01:17:36 +0000

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This was a target I first did in 2019 even just this target on its own with the 300mm prime lens and converter. As the moon came up later I wanted to use the dark moomless time to get some detail especially the coloured stars that are associated with this target. what is staggering is the halo look is a multitude of very very small stars that ring the globular target on my computer i can enlarge the shot to see them, uncountable..........

QHY183C -10c 286 shot 2 min over two nights( second night was only up to moon rise).
Prima Luce Essato Focus ,
Optolong LeNhance filter,
Skywatcher Black DiamondED80 OTA
Skywatcher NEQ 6 Pro
Guided PHD2, SGP
Pixinsight, Ps.

Close up of Tarantula Nebula NGC2070

nobody@ipernity.com (Steve Paxton) — Thu, 23 Sep 2021 14:11:47 +0000

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When the moon is out and you have finished all your trials. You go back and try and learn just a bit more from old data. I know I want to do this again properly not just a trial shot but quite impressed how it worked out none the less. This is right next to the LMC The white Dot top right In the PIP.

Here is 35 shots @ 5 min subs.

ZWO ASI183MC Pro @ -10c

Prima Luce Essato Focus ,

Optolong LeNhance filter,

Skywatcher Black DiamondED80 OTA

Skywatcher NEQ 6 Pro

Guided PHD2, SGP

Pixinsight, Ps.

Major part of the Small Magnallenic cloud.

nobody@ipernity.com (Steve Paxton) — Mon, 20 Sep 2021 05:31:39 +0000

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I had for gotten I took this on the last free night before it rained. This is an area of the sky there are just so many stars and as you can see a huge number of Nebula's in such a small space. This is the New CMOS camera giving me a view of around about 1560mm. Looking at the few trial photos I have taken looking forward to a moonless night and to get a good target. Testing has gone well.

29 shots 10min each @-10c.

QHY 183C @ -10c

Prima Luce Essato Focus ,

Optolong LeNhance filter,

Skywatcher Black DiamondED80 OTA

Skywatcher NEQ 6 Pro

Guided PHD2, SGP

Pixinsight, Ps & Lr.

Sculptor Galaxy NGC253

nobody@ipernity.com (Steve Paxton) — Wed, 15 Sep 2021 13:18:57 +0000

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The very first shots(3) I took with Carlos guidance then I had to take the rest on my own the very next night., October 2020. a lot better editing with more knowledge in 2021 Its bucketing down outside...
47 shots x 10 min each @-10c
ZWO ASI071MC Pro @ -10c

Manual focus

Optolong LeNhance filter,

Skywatcher Black DiamondED80 OTA

Skywatcher EQM35Goto

Sequence Genorator Pro

Guided PHD2,

Stacked DSS. Processed PixinSight , PS and Lr.

Helix Nebula NGC7293

nobody@ipernity.com (Steve Paxton) — Mon, 13 Sep 2021 07:55:58 +0000

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This is a second look at this Nebula with a whole new Camera QHY183C . I could focus automatically with this camera hence the detail in the eye is much better than the first one with the ZWO. This camera took a bit to get use to as I had to change wires and ports on the computer to get this to run and download photos.

35 shot 10 min each till the tree got in the way.
QHY 183C @ -10c

Prima Luce Essato Focus ,

Optolong LeNhance filter,

Skywatcher Black DiamondED80 OTA

Skywatcher NEQ 6 Pro

Guided PHD2, SGP

Helix Nebula NGC7293- You are right they are watching US.

nobody@ipernity.com (Steve Paxton) — Tue, 17 Aug 2021 03:33:03 +0000

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My first chance to shoot in a very long time so two targets over the two night all auto start.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helix_Nebula

Here is 71 shots @ 10 min subs.

ZWO ASI183MC Pro @ -10c

Prima Luce Essato Focus ,

Optolong LeNhance filter,

Skywatcher Black DiamondED80 OTA

Skywatcher NEQ 6 Pro

Guided PHD2, SGP

Pixinsight, Ps.

Man On Vespa

nobody@ipernity.com (Steve Paxton) — Tue, 17 Aug 2021 03:32:41 +0000

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My first chance to shoot in a very long time so two targets over the two night all auto start. I can not find a number for this nebula I had to use to small one above and place frame to get the shot.

So here is 31 shots @ 10 min subs.

ZWO ASI183MC Pro @ -10c

Prima Luce Essato Focus ,

Optolong LeNhance filter,

Skywatcher Black DiamondED80 OTA

Skywatcher NEQ 6 Pro

Guided PHD2, SGP

Pixinsight, Ps.

Eagle Nebula M16

nobody@ipernity.com (Steve Paxton) — Fri, 06 Aug 2021 15:43:35 +0000

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The second look at this Nebula you can see the Pillar of Life better in this shot.. First look.

So here is 69 shots @ 5 min subs till the tree got in the way.

ZWO ASI183MC Pro @ -10c

Prima Luce Essato Focus ,

Optolong LeNhance filter,

Skywatcher Black DiamondED80 OTA

Skywatcher NEQ 6 Pro

Guided PHD2, SGP

Pixinsight, Ps.

Swan Nebula/ Omega Nebula M17

nobody@ipernity.com (Steve Paxton) — Thu, 05 Aug 2021 06:16:58 +0000

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This is a very new start a whole new astro Camera . After months of clouds and rain my first night with the new camera did not go as planed. It was a screw on screw off , or supose to be, but I have always known good Focus was HFR 1.9-2.1 that was a value I never got I was getting readings of HFR 7.07 so I thought so far out of focus not worth going any Further. I had a talk to Carlos it was normal for the camera to change the HFR.

It has taken a whole month + to get a night I could try again to see if I could make sense of focus and the New Camera. I started by going through the focus range to see I was in the right area. In the end I went back to Old School put the Mask on to check it was right. It proved 100% I was in the right area.

This shot I believe is the top limit of Focus as you can see by looking at the stars. Quite a Halo around them, at 4 am I was awake and knew the mount would have stopped as it would have run into the tree. I spent 1 1/2 hours testing focus position and step size to end up with a whole new position and the test shot showed me crisp stars. This 1" camera has AMP Glow and it was a nightmare to procees to get it right so it did not show up but was taken away in the darks. you cant miss the AMP glow on the left hand side what looks like a very bright star is infact electrical interference.

this I was not able to stack like I would normaly it was a case of stacking in Pixinsight a very long process but good result. A whole new nebula tonight and tomorrow ( set off from Fremantle while I have a meal inside the Portuguese club mount at home ) this will be the true test out of all I have been trying to work towards.

So here is 59 shots @ 5 min subs till the tree got in the way.

ZWO ASI183MC Pro @ -10c

Prima Luce Essato Focus ,

Optolong LeNhance filter,

Skywatcher Black DiamondED80 OTA

Skywatcher NEQ 6 Pro

Guided PHD2, SGP

Pixinsight, Ps.

Star Less Milky Way Center

nobody@ipernity.com (Steve Paxton) — Sat, 22 Aug 2020 09:32:04 +0000

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With the program that removes stars I had a look back at the 10 shot I Took with the 14mm lens 4 min each 4 had clouds. To this I have done not one colour edit this is straight from raw files.

What you see is all the Nebulocity that is in the core all the detail and all the colour that make this up. I will add all the PIPS that go with this shot. There is Lots my fav part of the milky way. Just out of view To the left in order Running Chicken Nebula, Carina, and the Fighting dragons.

Running chicken ( still cant find It)

Found the chicken on it head

Carina

Fighting Dragons

All of this will get a revisit next year once Guiding works as it should.. In the mean time Enjoy a Heavenly View. All this is captured on Normal photographic gear And a lot of determination.

Still life -Glasses.

nobody@ipernity.com (Steve Paxton) — Thu, 14 May 2020 18:51:49 +0000

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A focus stacked set of glasses, 7 shot in one. First ever try at this as well quite happy with the results as well.

entrant in the SPC Still life.

Moon Travel

nobody@ipernity.com (Steve Paxton) — Fri, 26 Jan 2018 11:54:05 +0000

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An exploratory shot for Wednesday and the total Eclipse 4 shots stacked. ISO 800 F8 2 min and 10 sec each shot with 600mm lens on DX so 900mm View. you can pick the moon gets brighter in this 9 min shot of the night sky.