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Gallery of Masterpieces
Mily
Way, stars clusters, molecular clouds and other objects
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Subject:
Milky Way
Author:
Akihiro
Yamazaki
Optics:
DSLR Nikon D810a with Tamron 15-30 mm at 30 mm f/3 on tripod
Exposure:
12x 5 s at ISO 3200
Location:
Japan
Date:
2022
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Subject:
Corona Australis and NGC 6723 with IFN
Author:
Warren A. Keller and
Brett Soames (acquisition)
Optics:
Takahashi FSQ106 refractor
Accessory: LRGB
filters
CCD:
SBIG STL-11000M
Exposure:
some hours
Image processing:
PinInsight 1.7, Photoshop
Location:
NSW, Australia
Date:
~2015
W.Keller
has developed the PixInsight
software and is the author of the book "Insight PixInsight".
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Subject:
Milky Way
Author:
Axel Mellinger
Optics:
SLR Minolta with 28 mm f/2, on piggyback
Film:
Kodak Ektapress PJM2 and PJ-400
Exposure:
Stacking of 51 images, 30-45 min. each
Image processing:
GIMP for flat-fielding and Aitoff projection
Location:
California, South Africa, Germany
Date:
July 1997 and May 2000
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Subject:
Rho Ophiuchus, and Milky Way to Scorpio (Antarès, M8, M20, M4)
Author:
Rogelio Bernal Andreo
Optics:
Telelens
CCD:
CentraIds with cooling system
Exposure:
Stacking of 56 images, total integration time over 100 hours
Image processing:
Yes
Location:
Various places, mainly in the U.S.A.
Date:
2011
Won the "Flicker's
Chosen Few" award and more than 10 other prestigious awards.
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Subject:
Rho Ophiuchus, and Milky Way to Sagittarius (Antarès, M16, M20)
Author:
Stéphane Guisard
Optics:
Takahashi FSQ 106 ED f/3.6 refractor
Accessory:
NJP160 mount
CCD:
SBIG STL
Exposure:
Stacking of 1200 RGB images, total integration time ~200 hours
Image processing:
Yes
Location:
Cerro Paranal, Chile (ESO Obs.)
Date:
2009
The field is 24x30° wide.
Included in the GigaGalaxyZoom
project.
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Subject:
Orion and the Milky Way
Author:
Johnny Wang
CCD:
ZWO ASI6200MC Pro
Optics:
Téléobjectif Zeiss OTUS 100 mm f/1.4 + RGB filters
Accessory:
iOptron CEM 70EC mount
Exposure:
70-80 h (mosaïc of 40 images exposed ~2h each)
Image processing:
Adobe Photoshop CC 2019, PixInsight 1.8 Ripley PixInsight 1.8.8
Location:
China (remote personal observatory)
Date:
2022
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Subject:
Barnard's Loop, Lambda Orionis, Rosetta and Fox Fur nebulae, Orion
Author:
Stanislav Volskiy
Optics:
Canon 200L lens
Accessory:
ASA Direct Drive DDM60 PRO mount
CCD: SBIG
STL-11000
Exposure:
Stacking of 1400 LRGB images, 212 hours incl. 75 hours in Hα
Image processing:
Yes
Location: San Pedro
de Atacama, Chile
Date: 2013-2014
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Subject:
Barnard's Loop and Lambda Orionis, IFN, Orion
Author:
Rogelio Bernal Andreo
Optics:
Takahashi FSQ 106 EDX refractor with reducer (386 mm f/3.6)
Accessory:
Takahashi EM-400 mount, Orion StarShoot autoguider
CCD: SBIG STL-11000
Exposure:
28 hrs, stacking of 32 LRGB images (L:3x 5 min., R,G,B: 3x 3 min. each, Hα:
1x 15 min.)
Image processing:
PixInsight, Photoshop
Location: San
Antonio Lake, Henry Coe State Park, DARC Obs., California, USA
Date:
7-10 Oct and 12-14 Oct 2010
Field
over 25° wide.
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Subject:
Orion and Barnard's loop
Author:
Axel Mellinger
Optics:
SLR Minolta with 135 mm f/2.8 stopped at f/4, on piggyback
Exposure:
Stacking of 2 images, 45 min. each
Film: Kodak PJ-400
Image processing: GIMP for flat-fielding and transformation
Location: Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, Arizona
Date:
31 Dec 1999 and 03 Jan 2000 |
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Subject: M45, Taurus
Author:
Oliver Czernetz
Optics:
Takahashi FSQ-106EDXIII refractor
Accessories:
Astro-Physics Mach1AP GTO+GTOCP3, Paramount MyT mount, guiding camera Starlight Xpress Lodestar
CCD:
QSI 683 swg-8
Exposure:
10h33m or 62 LRGB images (L:15x 600 s, R:16x 600 s, G:16x 600 s, B:15x 600 s)
Image processing:
PhotoShop CS5 Extended, Fitswork4 Fitswork 4, Auriga Imaging Registar, Deep Sky Stacker 3.3.2
DSS 3.3.2
Location:
Deep Sky West Observatory, Austria
Date:
23 Sep 2016
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Subject: M45, Taurus
Author: Shindler
Leung
Optics: DSLR Canon EOS 700D (IDAS D1)
with Canon EF 300 mm f/2.8L IS lens
Accessory: Vixen SXD2 mount
Exposure: 1h05m or 13x
300 s at f/3.2, ISO 1600 + 8 dark frames
Image processing:
PixInsight, DeepSkyStacker, Photoshop CC
Location: Hong Kong
Date: 13 Dec 2015
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Subject: M45,
Taurus
Author:
Chris Hetlage
Scope:
Astro-Physics 130 mm f/8 EDT StarFire refractor on
AP 600E GTO mount
CCD: SBIG STL-11000
Location: USA
Date: 2014
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Subject:
M45, Taurus
Author:
George Greaney
Scope:
Astro-Physics 155 mm f/7 EDF StarFire refractor
Exposure:
Stacking of 4 color images exposed 50 minutes each
Film:
Hypered Kodak PPF Pro 400, format 6x7
Image
processing: Picture Windows 2.0, Photoshop 5.0
Date: 1998
Location:
Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
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Subject: M45, Taurus
Author:
Chuck Vaughn (AA6G)
Scope:
Astro-Physics 130 mm f/8 EDT StarFire refractor with Field flattener
Accessory: RGB Schott Filters
Film:
Kodak TP 2415
Exposure:
RGB stacking, R:90 min., G:180 min., B:180 min.
Image processing: Yes
Date:
Sep-Oct 1998
Location:
California, USA, ~750 m of altitude (2500') |
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Subject: M45,
traces of IFN, Taurus (field of ~15°)
Author:
Vincent Cheng
Optics:
Samyang 135 mm f/2 lens
Accessories:
CentraIds CDS-5D2 cooling system (-12°C), Vixen GP2 mount
Exposure:
171x 1 min. at ISO 3200 + dark frames + bias frames
Image processing:
PixInsight, Photoshop CS5
Location:
Meizhou, China
Date:
17 Sep 2015
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Subject: M45,
NGC 1499 (California neb.) and OB2 Persei Association, IFN, Tau-Per
Author:
Fritz Helmut Hemmerich
Optics:
DSLR Sony A7s modified with Samyang 135 mm f/2 lens at f/2.5
Accessory:
CentraIds CDS system (cooling at -12°C), Sky-Watcher EQ8 autoguided mount
Exposure:
4h30m (45x 360 s) under IDAS LPS-V4 (C2, Hα, Hβ, OIII) filter
Image processing:
Yes
Location:
Tenerife, Canaries island, 1180 m of altitude
Date:
3 Nov 2015
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Subject: M45,
NGC 1499 (California neb.) and OB2 Persei Association, Tau-Per
Author:
Alan
Dyer
Optics:
6x7 Pentax camera with 165 mm f/3.5 lens
Exposure:
18 minutes on Ektachrome E200 film (ISO 200)
Image processing:
Photoshop (glow added around stars)
Location:
USA
Date: 2003
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Subject: M13, Hercules
Author: Maurizio Cabibbo
Scope: Takahashi refractor
TOA 130 mm f/7.7 on Losmandy G11 mount
Accessory: Orion StarShoot AutoGuider (SSAG) on Sky-Watcher refractor 70/500
Exposure: 5 hrs LRGB
stacking (L:120, R,G,B:60 min.)
CCD: SBIG STL-11000
Image processing: PinInsight and Photoshop CS5
Location:
Casole d'Elsa, Siena, Italy
Date: June 2016
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Subject: M13, Hercules
Author: Ray Gralak
Scope: RCOS 250 mm f/9
on Astro-Physics AP1200 GTO mount
Location: USA
Date:
28 May 2000
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Subject:
M13, Hercules Author:
Kunihiko
Okano Scope:
310 mm (12.2") f/5 Newtonian with SBIG ST-4 guiding system
Exposure:
RGB stacking (R, G:16 min., B:24 min.)
CCD:
HPC-1 Image
processing:
Real Color Enhancement Method Location:
Tokyo, JapanDate:
1999
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Subject:
M13, Hercules
Author:
Akira Fujii
Scope:
300 mm (12") f/5 Newtonian
Exposure:
40 minutes with Cold camera
Film:
Fujichrome R-100
Location: JapanDate:
1990
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Subject: Omega Centauri, Centaurus
Author: Astrooptik
Scope: Zen astrograph 16", 400 mm f/8
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Subject:
CTA 102 (4C 11.69) and NGC 7305 (at its right), Pegasus
Author:
Tom Polakis
Scope:
317 mm (12.5") f/6.7
Exposure:
3 minutes under V filter
CCD: SBIG ST-6303
Field
: 45'x 30' on enlargment
Location: USA
Date :
16 December 2016
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Subject:
3C273, Virgo
Author: David Hanon
Scope:
600 mm (24")
Exposure: RGB
stacking
CCD: SBIG ST8E
Date: ~2000
Location: USA
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