Our Beautiful Universe - Photos and Videos

[Andy Resnick]

When I put together the above panorama, I noticed a small interestingly-shaped dust cloud (located in the upper middle section); last night I had the chance to image that cloud with my 400mm lens:

The density of stars is amazing. Here's a 1:1 crop:

Total integration time was 43 minutes, ISO 500.

 

[Andy Resnick]

Veil nebula; 3 h total integration time @ 400/2.8, ISO 800:

Image scaling results in a lot of artifacts... here are some 1:1 crops:

 

[Andy Resnick]

ISS flyover last night- here's a single frame from a video I am currently assembling. The inset is 1:1 @ 800/5.6, 1/2000 second exposure, ISO 800.

 

[Andy Resnick]

Here's a link to the 'movie'; 1:1.8 enlargement. You may notice that I had to change the ISO a few times during the event. A few frames have both ISS and Jupiter (full frame, not these crops). Enjoy!



https://youtu.be/0cp9czFbK9c

 

[bruha]

Hello,
I attach last image of Saturn (with compact put front of eyepiece Hyperion 80 mm )
two mages corrected just by two click of magic wand and original image

have nice day

 

[bruha]

Pardon Hyperion 8 mm

 

[DennisN]

Stars, the Moon and Northern Lights... and beautiful landscapes.

Iceland under Full Moon

 

[davenn]

Stars, the Moon and Northern Lights... and beautiful landscapes.

Stunning huh !
Iceland is still on my bucket list, just so expensive to get there from my part of the world

 

[bruha]

Hi, it is really amazing ! and very impressive, fot me it is as well very expensive to get there :)

 

[Andy Resnick]

Andromeda and the Pleiades are in good viewing positions for me this time of year:

400/4 lens, about 3 hours @ ISO 1250. Stopping down the lens gives the brightest stars a 'starburst effect' and also flattens the overall field enough so I don't need to correct. A nice visual feature is the contrasting coloration of the central pair of stars... which is actually a group of several (1:1 crop):

Here's Andromeda, looking like a Hellmouth:

400/2.8, 6h @ ISO 1000. The noise reduction step brings out the dust pattern, but some of the detail may be processing artifacts - here's a 1:1 crop:

Orion should be in a good position in a month or so... stay tuned!

 

[Andy Resnick]

I realized I hadn't posted my recent ISS flyover timelapses; one was on 9/19, the other on 10/8: each frame was taken with my 800/5.6 at 1/2000 s, ISO 320 (IIRC). Both times I had 'equipment problems' partway through, so I didn't get the full pass:

 

[DennisN]

I realized I hadn't posted my recent ISS flyover timelapses

That's definitely an IFO. Identified Flying Object.

 

[Andy Resnick]

Constellation Orion is in a good position (for me) this time of year, and it contains a lot of spectacular nebulas to image. I accidentally 'discovered' NGC1999 when I was examining an image of M42, and last night I got a chance to view and image it at 800mm. This is a 1:1 crop [800/5.6, 37m @ ISO 1600]:

The dark patch is not dust, it's a hole through the nebula. If you look carefully, I think was able to partially extract one of the two nearby Herbig-Haro objects, probably HH2, at about the 5 o'clock position in the lower half of the image. I'd probably need at least 4h of integration time to really pull out both HH1 and HH2

 

[Tom.G]

Here it is with the exposure stretched 5x, i.e. brightness 0 to 51 is now 0 to 255.
Since the original was .JPG format, a lot of the compression artifacts are showing.

 

[bruha]

Hello,
very impresive ! Last night I did my first attempt of Orion Nebula image M42 so I attach it (done just with sony compact putted on Hyperion eyepiece 8 mm.
Lot of succes !

 

[Andy Resnick]

Here it is with the exposure stretched 5x, i.e. brightness 0 to 51 is now 0 to 255.
Since the original was .JPG format, a lot of the compression artifacts are showing.

View attachment 255079

In the future, if you choose to manipulate one of my posted images, please ensure that you explicitly mention ('properly cite') the original source, thanks.

 

[Andy Resnick]

Another clear night; even though seeing was bad and the waxing gibbous moon was about 40 degrees away from NGC 1999, I was able get 'good enough' images to pick up another 35 minutes of integration time, here's what 1 hour of viewing reveals:

Compare this with a screen shot from Google Sky:

Both HH1 and HH2 are now visible, which I think is pretty amazing.

 

[bruha]

Hello, last night I take photo of Venus- when aplly magic wand click countour emerged -could be Venus (with atmosf) iself which was o origin image hidden in glowing..?

 

[Tom.G]

That looks like an optical effect in the optics. I suspect chromatic aberration from an off-center lens.

 

[bruha]

Hello and thank you for reaction. Yes.. you probably mean this unregular shape around approx. "half-circle" yellow contour-its surely optics defect.. (Just if you magnifice image, inside yellow approx. half-cirlce contour there is inner "half circle" blue contour which emerged with magic wand click... I just wander if it could reflect some real object or shape...:)
Have nice day

 

[bruha]

Hi , I attach next Venus image, now with erased (darkened) glowing surrounding.
lot of succes

 

[bruha]

Hello, here is from yesterday Moon (little sharpened) and Venus (with darkened surrounding)
Lot of succes

 

[bruha]

Hello, here is little beter moon image (little sharpened)

 

[davenn]

Hello, here is little beter moon image (little sharpened)

looking better, keep practicing

 

[bruha]

Hi thanks, - I would like to get Andromeda galaxy.. (as I get Orion nebula in my countryhouse) do you think it is possible with Newton 600*150 and Hyperion 5 or 8 mm?

have nice day

 

[davenn]

Hi thanks, - I would like to get Andromeda galaxy.. (as I get Orion nebula in my countryhouse) do you think it is possible with Newton 600*150 and Hyperion 5 or 8 mm?

have nice day

for sure it would be possible

 

[bruha]

Hi, these images are corrected by Gimp ( or )

Lot of succes

 

[bruha]

Hello, I send still moon pictures by Registax..(made just from 3 images)

Hello

 

[bruha]

Hello, it is my next attempt- Moon detail by registax...

 

[bruha]

Maybe this one looks interesting...

 

[bruha]

and coloured...

 

[bruha]

Hi, this is Venus from yesterday- stacked and sharpened ( I am not able to get really planetary (circular) shape... )

 

[davenn]

I am not able to get really planetary (circular) shape..

well Venus isn't a full circle at the moment, it looks like a gibbous phase moon

 

[mfb]

NASA APOD, March 1. The hole has a diameter of 35 meters and is about 20 meters deep (hole to surface, not counting the crater depth).
Craters like these show us things that are normally below the surface.

 

[bruha]

Hello, very impressive image ,:) -its Mars?