MUG OF THE MONTH Feb - March 2018
"WINNER" - Description: (Gallery image 5) orion nebula running man canon 600d starwave 70-ed x0.8 reducer/flattener
eq-5 mount.
image no 5 gary_williams_orion_nebula_running_man_1_20180329_2028409294
Description: (Gallery image 6) Image comprised of 23x 40s exposures at ISO 800 - total exposure time 15mins 20s. Darks applied. Equipment used: Skywatcher 80ED DS pro on EQ5 pro mount - unguided. Images captured using unmodified Canon 1100D from my back garden in light polluted Birmingham. Images stacked in Deep Sky Stacker and all post processing carried out in Star tools ...diffraction spikes added because I like sparkly things :)
image no 6 astrotace downton orion 29Mar18
Description: (Gallery image 3) M42 the Orion Nebula with most of the running man nebula Imaged between clouds Optolong L-Pro filter Ostara 102ED at prime focus HEQ5 Pro mount with belt mod on a fixed pillar. Camera Atik Horizon cooled to -10C Captured in ATIK Infinity Software 3 x 600s images No Calibration Frames. Guided with an Altair Astro 50mm scope and ZWOASI120mm Taken 19/03/2018 in Suffolk Stacked in DSS. Processed in Startools and CS6
image no 3 BobBowers m42_the_orion_nebula_1_20180328_1052647163
Description: (Gallery image 4) M81 Bodes Nebula captured from Srtetford, Manchester. Opticstar ARX200 8" f/3.9 Astrograph with Opticstar f/3.9 Coma corrector Sky-watcher HEQ5 Un-modded Nikkon D5100 ISO 1600 Lumicon Deep Sky Filter, Nebula & Galaxy Transmission ( Oxygen-III 496nm 77% Oxygen-III 501nm 97% Hydrogen-Beta 486nm96% 250 X 45 sec Light 50 x 45 sec Dark 50 x 45 sec Flat 50 x 45 sec dark Flat 30 x 1/4000 Bias Stacked in Deep Sky Stacker Processed Star Tools
image no 4 m81_bodes_nebula_1_20180324_1148236259
Description: (Gallery image 2) 1 hour 40 minutes of 360s with dark, flat & bias frames. Stacked in DSS, processed with Startools. Equinox 80ED Pro, Canon 1300D & CLS filter, Guided EQ3 Pro.
image no 2 Nigel Gilchrist m81-m82__friends_1_20180321_1879754789
Description: (Gallery image 7) A little Whirlpool Star Tools workout to integrat RGB and Ha data files.. pre-process with Astro Pixel Processor - only 5 x 6 min , Bad Pixel Map, Darks Flats and Bias, plus 6 x 15min Ha data .. individually processed in ST then combined using ST layer module. Equipment SW 72ED Ioptron smartEq pro, Canon 600Da, Orion Guider with Altair 290M .. image no 7 David Harvey whirlpool gallery M51 Star Tools RGB Ha combining data file Star Tools workout.._1
Description: (Gallery image 1) M51 Orion ED80T-CF/AVX, ASI294MC Sharpcap 3.1 for capture. (30x20s)
Gain 400. no filters, red/orange light
pollution..
image no 1 Robert Johnson M51