Martin Bracken - FRAS -CitySpaceAstro

Jupiter with three moons visible. Europa on the left and Io and Ganymede on the right.
Celestron C6. ASI585 MC

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Thanks Kev 👍

Kev do you a filter at all for Moon shots? In every case of my images some areas especially peaks are always overexposed or is that just me being a dummy?

Thanks Kev

Yes 😀

C6 scope, ASI 585 MC camera, HEQ5 Pro mount. Imaged using Sharpcap.:-)

Jupiter looking nice tonight through my Celestron 6" SCT

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The Horsehead and Flame Nebula.
55 years ago I saw an image of the Horsehead in a book on Astronomy, that image sparked a lifetime love of the subject.
This is 1 hour of data from last night in SHO.

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Lovely Kev fantastic detail..:-)

Yes :-)

My Eq mount is on a Pier and I am petty close to 0 but tbh I haven’t polar aligned for ages :-)

Thanks Kev

What do you image when the clouds clear for only half an hour?
M42 of course.
Esprit 100ED, ASI2600MM Pro.

2x300s Red, Green and Blue and 50x5s Red, Green and Blue

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YouTube video by Ollies Space Perfectly Justified Expense - Welcome to Astrophotography?

Excellent video from Ollies Space for the Astrophotographers out there :-)

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Hi Telescope Skywatcher Esprit 100ED camera ASI 294 MC Pro :-)

M78 in Orion. Data from 2024
Esprit 100ED, ASI294MC Pro, UV/IR cut filter
6 Hours of data.

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M1 The Crab Nebula.
Re-processing older data starting with the Messier Catalogue.

Data from March 2025
C6, ASI585MC

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Thanks Nigel :-)

Tadpole Nebula NGC 1893, Data from 2021.

Close crop. Processed in HOO
Esprit 100ED ASI294 MC Pro, L-eXtreme Filter

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Where in Essex Nigel?

NGC 2264-The Christmas Tree Cluster.

Data from 2024 reprocessed in HOO

Esprit 100ED, ASI294 MC Pro, Optolong L-Ultimate dual narrowband filter.

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It is on constellation of Cassiopeia:-)

Thanks Bryan years of practice using OSC. Got the mono cam and filters early Jan only had 2 short clear sessions so far but am amazed at the quality of the mono data.

It is called the Hubble Palette I.e. the colours assigned to the wavelengths of light of sulfer, hydrogen and oxygen to the red green and blue channels in a colour image, as for real we all see colours differently if you were to be able to see this in straight RGB it would look mainly red

About 7,000 light years :-)

IC1848 - The Soul Nebula. I am officially blown away by the detail in my first real SHO image. This is just 30 mins on each filter. I can't wait to see the results when I get several hours on it.
ASI2600 MM, Esprit 100ED, Altair 3nm Ha, Sii and Oiii filters.

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I own an S50 and it is a great introduction to astrophotography. I haven’t used the S30 especially the S30 pro version looks great also :-)

ASI2600 MM :-)

This is a narrowband image of the Soul nebula using a filter which only allows a very narrowband 3nm of Hydrogen alpha light through. I used a mono camera which means the light is gathered in every pixel unlike a One shot Colour camera which will only collect Ha light in the red channel.

An image of the soul nebula which resembles an unborn child. Skywatcher Esprit 100 ED, ASI2600 MM, Altair 3nm Ha filter.

The Soul Nebula in Ha. This is 30 mins in Ha from the only clear spell since my mono set up arrived. The signal is so much stronger than with my one shot colour camera.
I guess 30 mins in mono is equivalent 120 mins with OSC
Can't wait to get the Sii and Oiii.

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