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NGC 281, Pacman
2600MC Duo, Carbonstar 150, 60 second subs for a total of 20.5 hours integration. No filter
I'm in a Bortle 6/7 zone
#astrophotography #astronomy #photography

Snowglobe! I have a very crappy image of this, yours is much better. Now I'm tempted to try it again. lol

Very nice! I can't get more than 15 minutes a night so I haven't tried it yet.

IC 1318 - Sadr region SQA85 - 405mm, 2600 MC Duo, UVIR Pixinsight, BlurX, NoiseX

Sadr region, I think it looks like a Swallowtail Butterfly but I've heard broken heart as well. #astrophotography #IC1318 #nebula

405mm and the cameras is APS-C sized.

Elephant Trunk nebula IC 1396 or IC 1396A Askar SQA85, ZWO 2600 MC PRO, Combined UVIR and Antlia Quad filters, 900 minutes

Elephant Trunk Nebula #IC1396, up to over 900 minutes for the year so far, combination of UVIR and Antlia Quad filter. I can't decide on an angle so just take the whole thing! #astrophotography #ElephantTrunk 🔭

Askar 103 APO Ogma 585 MC Antlia TRIBAND filter 81 minutes

Managed 81 minutes of the Tulip Nebula. #astrophotography @kat-astro-bot.bsky.social
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Give the hocus focus plugin a try, and set default improvement down to 10% or greater. I refocus every hour using the advanced sequencer. It's still not perfect and can be fooled, but I like the fact it takes an image, records the HFR, runs focus, then compares new HFR to old. Good luck!

2025 total lunar eclipse photo with stars FRA300 telescope, 2600MC Pro camera, 10 second exposure Edited with PixInsight

We all stayed up for the eclipse last night. My first editing attempt. FRA300, ASI 2600MC Duo, taken within 5 minutes of maximum. Seeing this up in the sky looked like Mars with a polar cap. Very very cool. #astrophotography #eclipse #lunareclipse #spacepics #space #photography

Thanks Andy.

Horsehead and Flame nebula, 127 minutes total exposure Askar 71F (490mm focal length) ASI 294MC Pro color camera UVIR filter

I'm up to 127 minutes on the Horsehead using the Askar 71F and an older 294MC Pro camera. Took a month just to get 2 nights of images. Broadband, UVIR filter. #astrophotography #Barnard33 #space #photography

That's a sad attitude to have, I hope it's not too prevalent. What if one applied that statement to anything else? We do things because we can, we learn, we experience, we create a souvenir that we made. Not sure how else to explain it.

Rosette nebula, Cone nebula, Christmas Tree cluster. Rokinon 135mm lens, ASI 2600 MC Duo camera Pixinsight and blurX to clear up slightly wonky stars.

I'm working on a widefield rig by pairing a 2600 with a Rokinon 135mm lens. I was able to get down to F2.8 using paper spacers (if you have this lens you know!). This was the only mostly clear night I've had recently. Not perfect but a decent first try. #astrophotography

I'm an amateur astrophotographer.

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Caldwell 49 - Rosette Nebula Askar 71F 490mm focal length telescope ZWO 2600 MC Duo camera No Filters - Mark Stephens

Rosette Nebula taken back on 11/29 and 12/1 with an Askar 71F and 2600MC camera. I miss clear nights! #astrophotography #Caldwell49

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NGC 2174 - Mark Stephens Askar 71F, 2600MC Duo one shot color camera Pixinsight editing My goal is to simply brighten / sharpen what the camera sees

My first look at NGC 2174, commonly called the Monkey Head nebula. Askar 71F, 2600MC PRO, 14F(-10C)! Seeing was fantastic, temps not so much. #astrophotography #astronomy #ngc2174

Very nice, and a doublet at that! Seti Astro has released a suite of free tools that somewhat mimic the paid versions if your interested. Siril, also free, with the free Starnet plugin to remove stars will really help as well.

Here's my version, also Pixinsight, and used Seti Astro tools plus the Xterminators. Increased saturation using Siril. I prefer to show the dusty background and you have a lot of good data, given more time this could look even better. What scope/camera combo?

C-2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) Dec 1st 2024 by Mark Stephens Askar 71F ZWO 2600MC Pro

Comet C-2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) still visible from the driveway (front corner of the garage in this case). Amazingly clouds cleared for the 50 minutes I can see this. Count the stars ... #astronomy #astrophotography #comet

Rosette Nebula, 128 minutes from a very cold driveway last night. Askar 71F, 2600MC Duo. #astrophotography

Pleiades astro photo by Mark Stephens

First post, let's make it #astrophotography

Pleiades, Askar FRA300, 2600MCPRO
Taken over 5 nights from the driveway