Mike Asbury

Feel free to reach out with questions. Mono can be daunting. It’s 3 times the work but, in my opinion, so worth it.

Congrats and welcome to the mono world!

This is my next project. This is the Heart Nebula, nearby to the Soul Nebula which was my last project. This one is going to take a while. So far this is only 3 panels. I'm not sure how many panels it'll take to cover the whole thing. #astrophotography

This is the untouched mosaic which I processed and cropped to produce the final picture. If anyone is interested I can post the individual frames.

Technical Details:
6 panel mosaic
Telescope: Edge HD 800 with 0.7x reducer
Camera: ZWO ASI 2600 MM Pro
Filters: Antlia 3nm HA, SII, OIII
Acquired using NINA
Processed in Pixinsight and Photoshop

I was able to get the left portion of the Soul Nebula, so this is my final version of the Soul Nebula, an emission nebula in Cassiopeia, approximately 6500 light years from Earth. #astrophotography

Technical Details:
Telescope: EdgeHD 800, 0.7x reducer
Camera: ZWO ASI 2600MM Pro
Filters: Antlia 3nm HA, SII, OIII
Between all 5 panels there is about 46 hours of data
Acquired using NINA
Processed in Pixinsight and Photoshop

I'm not sure if I'm finished with this project or not. This is a 5 panel mosaic image of the right portion of the Soul Nebula. There's a whole other section off to the left of this image. #astrophotography

Technical Details:
Telescope: EdgeHD 800 with 0.7x reducer
Camera: ZWO ASI 2600MM Pro
Filters: Antlia 3nm HA, OIII, SII
Each panel is about 10 hours of data
Acquired using NINA
Processed in Pixinsight

I’m making progress on my latest project. This is the Soul Nebula. This is currently a 4 panel mosaic and is cropped to make it as much of a rectangular FOV as possible. #astrophotography

Thanks! My background is in astronomy, so I’ve always had an interest. For tips, I’d start watching YouTube videos for amateur astrophotography. That’s pretty much how I started. Let me know if you have specific questions. I’ll try to help however I can.

I used Pixinsight for mostly everything. I had to process each panel for each filter separately and then put them together, then combine all the filtered combined panels into the false color picture. From there it was a matter of just adjusting the color to my liking. It took about an hour.

Technical Details:

Telescope: Celestron EdgeHD 800, 0.7x reducer
Camera: ZWO ASI 2600 MM Pro
Filters: Antlia 3nm HA, OIII, SII
Each panel
HA: 48 x 300 sec
OIII: 36 x 300 sec
SII: 36 x 300 sec
Acquired using NINA
Processed in Pixinsight and Photoshop

This is my current project. This is a mosaic of the Soul Nebula. I imagine there are at least 4 more panels to go, this is only 2 so far. #astrophotography

Technical Details:
Telescope: EdgeHD 800, 0.7x reducer
Camera: ZWO ASI 2600 MM Pro
Filters: Antlia 3nm HA, OIII, SII
HA: 48 x 300 sec
OIII: 36 x 300 sec
SII: 36 x 300 sec
Acquired using NINA
Processed in Pixinsight and Photoshop

This was last night’s observation, the Fish Head Nebula. #astrophotography

A further edit. I think I like this version better. I got rid of some of the weird coloring.

Technical Details:
Telescope: EdgeHD 800 with 0.7x reducer
Camera: ZWO ASI 2600 MM Pro
Filters: Antlia L, R, G, and B
L: 48 x 300 seconds
R: 61 x 300 seconds
G: 82 x 300 second
B: 72 x 300 seconds
Acquired using NINA
Processed in Pixinsight and Photoshop

This is my current project, the Iris Nebula. I end up with about 23 hours of data over 4 nights. #astrophotography

I use a Celestron EdgeHD 800, with a 0.7x reducer. I use a ZWO ASI 2600MM Pro camera with Antlia filters. Bottle 7 skies. Thanks for the compliment!

This is my current project, the Iris Nebula. So far I have 4 hours luminance, 6 hours red, and 7 hours green data. Just for kicks I used the luminance data in place of the blue channel and this is the result. Hopefully I'll get blue data this evening. #astrophotography

Comet Lemmon last night using my Celestron EdgeHD 800 with reducer. This is 12 30-second exposures in R, G, and B Antlia filters. Acquired with NINA. Processed in Pixinsight and Photoshop. #astrophotography

Technical Details:

Telescope: EdgeHD 800, 0.7x reducer
Camera: ZWO ASI 2600 MM Pro
Filters: Antlia RGB
24 x 300 seconds in each filter
Acquired using NINA
Processed in Pixinsight and Photoshop
I took some narrowband images as well, but ended up just using the red master as luminance for detail.

I took this image a couple of nights ago. The bright star near the bottom left is called the Garnet Star. It is a red super giant, 4th magnitude, easily visible to the naked eye under good seeing. This area of the sky is located in the constellation Cepheus. #astrophotography

Technical Details:

Telescope: EdgeHD 800, 0.7x reducer
Camera: ZWO ASI 2600 MM Pro
Filters: Antlia 3nm HA, SII, and OIII
Approximately 2 hours of 5 minute exposures per filter
Acquired using NINA
Processed in Pixinsight and Photoshop

This is last night's observation. This is NGC 7822 an emission nebula in the constellation Cepheus. #astrophotography

Technical Details:
Telescope: EdgeHD 800, 0.7x reducer
Camera: ZWO ASI 2600MM Pro
Filters: Antlia 3nm HA, OIII, SII
Approximately 2 hours of 5 minute exposures with each filter
Acquired using NINA, processed in Pixinsight and Photoshop.

This is last night’s observation. This is called the Cygnus Wall, a 20 light year long ridge of gas and dust where star formation is occurring. #astrophotography

Technical Details:
Telescope: EdgeHD 800, 0.7x reducer
Camera: ZWO ASI 2600MM Pro
Filters: Antlia 3nm HA, OIII, SII
24 x 300sec each filter
Acquired using NINA, processed in Pixinsight and Photoshop

This was last night’s observation, the Elephant Trunk nebula. #astrophotography