Alex Nackenoff

This image is a a photograph of the Lagoon and Trifid Nebulae, located in the dense core of the Milky Way. Both celestial bodies appear as bright, gaseous forms rendered in shades of red, pink, and blue.

We started photographing the Lagoon and Trifid Nebulae fairly late in the Milky Way season, but I'm still pleased with how the final images turned out.

This is a photograph of the Swan or Omega Nebula, which is comprised of luminous dust and stars. The image has been colored using the Foraxx Palette, which causes much of the nebula's structure to be rendered in golden tones.

Proof of life! @anackenoff.bsky.social and I spent the summer imaging M17 a.k.a the Omega (or Swan) Nebula.

Imaged by Alex: NYC-Bortle 9 / 458 x 300s subs / Poseidon-C Pro / Z61 (f5.9, 360 mm) /AM5 /ZWO asi120mm mini / Anti-Halo PRO Dual-Band Filter

Processed by me in Pixinsight and Photoshop

blocked and reported

Part of the difficulty of shooting unfiltered (mostly broadband targets) with a slow telescope from NYC. But that's how I can justify fancy server parts.....to permit @emilylwehby.bsky.social brute force signal processing of 24 nights of data

One of my favorites

This image is a photograph of the Veil Nebula, which is the result of a violent supernova. The nebula's main structure is comprised of several distinct strands of luminous gas and dust.

Here's our latest astrophotography project as an apology for disappearing for the last four months.

This image is a photograph of the Leo Triplet, which is comprised of three galaxies grouped together.

Galaxie seson is icumen in.

The Leo Triplet imaged by @anackenoff.bsky.social 
NYC-Bortle 9 / 154 x 300s subs / Poseidon-C Pro / Z61 (f5.9, 360 mm) /AM5 /ZWO asi120mm mini / UVI IR-CUT filter

My process: #Pixinsight

Pulling off CLARITY on human tissue was a lot of fun, though full credit goes to the rest of the authors who really got the project going after I handed it off

This image is a photograph of the Horsehead and Flame Nebulae, which appear as luminous bursts of red and orange light.

The Horsehead and Flame Nebulae
For my final edits, I selected a "natural" palette, as we would have needed significantly more imaging time to gather enough blue/green data to create a synthetic HOO channel required for the Foraxx Palette.

This image is a photograph of the Rosette Nebula, which appears as a luminous cloud of gold and pale blue against a starry sky.

To process our Rosette Nebula images, I opted to use the Foraxx Palette. Its dynamic color range highlights the Rosette’s regions of dark nebulosity.

Imaging by @anackenoff.bsky.social | My edits

That Player One filter is amazing

Projects completed out of spite are the most satisfying though

Bonus points for astrophotography without ending up on Nextdoor and/or criminal charges

I feel like more astrophotographers should report their average Richter scale as well. Should be some bonus points for our old images captured over a subway induced shaky fire escape

Always a good day when you can close 1,200 Firefox tabs

Always fun replicating the way film photography used to demand non-instant gratification. Both the image acquisition (multiple nights, almost ~24hrs) and processing to pull it off. At least the new AM5 lets me get some sleep for the acquisition part

Wow the new iPhone camera is quite impressive /s

Hard mode Bortle 9000 astrophotography is my version of the phrase "it's more fun to drive a slow car fast than a fast car slow"

Bortle 9000 astrophotography from our light polluted NYC balcony. Always blows my mind that this is even possible.