Hi, here's the Leo Triplet of galaxies from last night. I took a few days off work this week and for some inexplicable reason the UK weather has actually turned out ok. Esprit 120 | ASI1600mm | CEM70 ~3 hrs Luminance, 1 - 1.5 hrs each R,G,B #Science #Astronomy #Astrophotography #PixInsight

M63 Sunflower Galaxy I wasn't happy with the colour in my previous processing run, so I got some more data, and reprocessed. ASI1600mm | Skywatcher Esprit 120 | CEM70 230 x 120s L, 97 x120s R, 97 x 120s G, 109 x 120s B Acquired with NINA, processed in PixInsight #Astronomy #astrophotography

M63, this time with added colour Esprit 120 | CEM70 | ASI1600mm ~5hrs Lum, 2hrs each R,G,B #pixinsight #astronomy #science #astrophotography

A first look at some M63 data from last night. I'm hoping to grab some more data this evening so that I can process the full LRGB image tomorrow. Details ~3hrs Lum x 120s ASI1600mm | Esprit 120 | CEM70 #astrophotography #pixinsight #space #science #astronomy

M97 Owl Nebula + M108 Surfboard Galaxy, 14th March. Not much time between clouds, but the end result came out okay given the short integration time. ASI1600mm 1hr x 180s Lum ~20min x180s R,G,B Esprit120 | CEM70 #science #astrophotograpy #astronomy #pixinsight

Finally a clear night, albeit somewhat moonlit. Here's the first colour image from my (new to me) mono camera, which may not make sense now that I read that back to myself. These are Bode's galaxy (M81) and the Cigar Galaxy (M82), with a hint of integrated flux nebula. #space #astronomy #astrophoto

It's still cloudy so I'm reprocessing old data. This is M101 from March. In the original version, I used the wrong dark calibration files. I really like the new multiscale adaptive stretch in PixInsight. If you haven't used it yet, it's worth a look. 307 x 180s | Esprit 120 | CEM70 #astrophotography

A reprocessed Mesiier 33, using OSC data from earlier last year, plus December's luminance data from my new, but old, mono camera. Esprit120 | ASI1600mm | Altair 26C | CEM 70 | Pixinsight #science #astrophotography #astronomy

So I picked up an old mono camera on eBay. I don't have any L-RGB filters yet, so no colour images just now. Hoping to do great things with it in 2026. Here are some test shots taken over the last few evenings. #science #astronomy #space #astrophotography

NGC 1333 Great to have my mount back after repair. 84 x 180s Altair 26C | Esprit 120 | CEM70 #science #astrophotography #astronomy #space

Our nearest galactic neighbour, the Andromeda galaxy, isn't really very pretty. Way back when, Apple pulled a satellite galaxy, M110 bottom right, out of its wallpaper for OSX to make everything more aesthetically pleasing. #science #astrophotography #astronomy Zenithstar 61ii | Altair 26C | CEM70

This is something of a target rich environment for amateur scopes. The Dear Lick Group and Stephan's Quintet from yesterday evening, Oxfordshire, UK 115 x 180s Altair 26C | Esprit 120 | CEM70 #science #astronomy #astrophotography #skywatcher

Messier 33, from last night 146 x 180s | Altair 26C | Esprit 120 | CEM70 Oxfordshire, UK #space #astrophotography #astronomy #science

Cygnus region, with Crescent and Veil nebulae Somehow managed to get COVID again, but summoned just enough energy to put a regular camera out on the driveway. Feeling better now anyway. Nikon Z6 + 85mm 1.8S | iOptron SkyTracker 106 x 60s | ISO 800 @f4 | BackyardNikon | PixInsight #astronomy #space

NGC 6888 again, from a few weeks back Details: 174 x 180s | Altair 26C + dual band filter | Esprit 120 | CEM70 #astrophotography #space #astronomy

NGC 6946 from last night. I've processed it to show up the foreground dust from our own Galaxy. I think that I may still have some internal reflection issues to fix though. Details: 116 x 180s | Altair 26C | Esprit 120 | CEM70 #astrophotography #space #science #skywatcherusa

NGC 6888 Crescent Nebula, from southern UK. Still battling guiding issues. The CEM70 mount is not really living up to expectations, it's just too high maintenance. I miss the EQ6R. 10 x 300s | Altair 26C | Skywatcher Esprit 120 + L-Extreme | iOptron CEM 70 #space #astronomy #astrophotography

Sh2-155 Cave Nebula, from southern UK. Good to be back outside with a telescope and camera now that darker skies are here again. Excuse the dust bunnies, my scope needs a clean. 35 x 180s | Altair 26C (IMX571) Skywatcher Esprit 120 | iOptron CEM 70 #space #pixinsight #astronomy #astrophotography

Just back from a trip to Rencontres Astronomiques du Printemps 2025 with some good astro-friends. The skies there were so much better than at home. This is around 5 hrs of data on M51 through an Esprit 120. #astronomy #astrophotography #pixinsight #space #skywatcher

Hello Blue Sky, things have been less than sub optimal recenty. My mount died, sent it off, got it back, it's mostly okay. But it's really not great. In this line of work, you absolutely have to track below 1 arc second RMS, half that is better. Currently struggling >.8 RMS. Anyway, reprocessed M106

NGC 3718, NGC 3729 + HCG 56, from last night (UK)

I thought it would be interesting to compare last year's Whale Galaxy image with this year's. I'd be interested to know what people think.

The Whale Galaxy (NGC 4631) and the Hockey Stick Galaxy (NGC 4656/NGC4657), as imaged last night (UK) 93 x 300s Esprit 120 | Altair 26C | CEM70 NINA | PHD2 #PixInsight #Space #Astronomy #Astrophotography

Messier 88 and surrounding sky, as imaged last night, UK 72 x 300s | Esprit 120 | Altair 26C Acquired with NINA | PHD2 Processed in #Pixinsight #Science #astronomy #space #astrophotography

M100 + NGC 4312 from last night, UK 6.5hrs (78 x 300s) | Altair 26C | Esprit 120 | CEM70 NINA | PHD2 | PixInsight #Space #Astrophotography #Science #Astronomy

Having another run at M101 now that it's looking as though we may have some clear, moonless nights ahead of us. Here's the first ~8 hours' worth. 157 x 180s | Esprit 120 | Altair 26C | CEM70 #pixinsight #science #astronomy #astrophotography

Messier 63, Sunflower Galaxy, as imaged last night. The data was pretty dreadful, so had to work at this one. I'd love to attempt this one in clearer skies. For example, with the neighbour's garage lights out. 133x180s | Esprit 120 | CEM70 #PixInsight #Astronomy #Astrophotography #Science

M66, M65 and NGC 3826 aka the Leo Triplet from last night This data was hard earned as guiding was bad, and I am still getting up to speed with NINA. Still not entirely convinced by any of the autofocus routines. 44 x 5 mins | Altair26C | Skywatcher Esprit120 #astronomy #astrophotography #science

Added some more data to my M81/M82 session to try and get a little more IFN. Somewhat challenging to process as I'm in a Bortle 5 area. 13.25hrs x 180s Esprit 120 | Altair 26C | CEM70 #astrophotography #astronomy #science #pixinsight

Lugged all my telescope gear to a field 20 miles away to capture an ISS lunar transit. 12:05am, Oxfordshire UK, somewhat cloudy #astronomy #science #NASA Altair 26C @ 0.5ms | Esprit120 @F7

I collected a few more hours on M51 last night, so here's a reprocessed version. 340 x 180s Esprit 120 | Altair 26C | CEM70 #astronomy #astrophotography #pixinsight #science

I've had the telescope out on the driveway for 5 nights in a row now, which is unprecedented. I now have a good idea what it would be like to have an permanent observatory, which sadly I don't (nowhere to put one). Here's M94 from last night. 130 x 180s | Esprit 120 | CEM70 #astronomy #science

The UK weather is being unusually kind just now. Here's a planetary nebula and a few galaxies, from last night. M108 (Surfboard galaxy), M97 (Owl Nebula) 176 x 180s, Oxfordshire UK Skywatcher Esprit 120 | Altair 26C | CEM70 #PixInsight #Astronomy #Astrophotography #Science

Messier 106 and a fair few other galaxies, some quite distant, from last night 4hr39m x 180s, Oxfordshire UK Esprit 120 | Altair 26C | CEM70 #astronomy #astrophotography #science #skywatcher

Ok, so I've had a few processing runs at this, but I can't seem to get it to come out quite as I might want, but anyway here's M51 216 x 180s Altair 26C | Esprit 120 | CEM 70 #astrophotography #astronomy #pixinsight #science #skywatcher

‪Roland Gooday‬ ‪@misplacedphotons.bsky.social‬ · 20m M81, M82 and some IFN Just over six hours on Bode's and Cigar galaxies, Wantage UK (Bortle 5) Esprit 120 | Altair 26C | CEM70 #PixInsight #Astrophotography #Skywatcher #astronomy

Somewhat moonlit, and not a little humid, but hey, here's M101 from last night. Also having issues with pinched optics at -4C, dew heaters not really helping. Other than that, optimal conditions all round. 6hr40min x 180s | Esprit 120 | Altair 26C | CEM70 #astronomy #astrophotography #pixinsight

Emberson Jones 1 - The Headphone Nebula, 10th January 64 x 10 min | Esprit 120 | CEM70 | Altair 26C | L-Extreme filter I used completely the wrong gain setting by mistake on this one (forgot to enable 'high conversion gain', so subs were somewhat faint. #astrophotography #astronomy #pixinsight

IC 342, The Hidden Galaxy, from Thursday night 154 x 180s | Esprit 120 | Altair 26C APT4.6 | PHD2 #astronomy #astrophotography #science #PixInsight #Skywatcher #iOptron /Felt this post probably deserved more than two..upvotes? so have retagged, and reposted. Thanks for those that did :)

Managed to scratch together just under of four hours' of slightly suspect data on the skies around Orion. Esprit120 | CEM70 | Altair 26C | 154 x 90s #Pixinsight #Celestron #astronomy

The weather here in the UK has not been kind for astrophotographers. I'd like to say recently, but it's more accurate to say...ever. I am very seriously considering shipping my gear over to a remote site in Spain and running it from there. There may be a gap in image posts in the meantime.

NGC 7129 Rosebud Nebula 12 October 2024 30 x 360s | Altair 26C | Esprit 120 CEM70 | ZWO OAG + ASI 178mm Oxfordshire UK #astronomy #astrophotography #pixinsight

One of the challenges in astrophotography is knowing when to stop reprocessing data. So..here's another version of the Iris Nebula data from earlier 7h24m | Esprit 120 | Altair 26C | iOptron CEM70 APT4.x | PHD2 | iOptron Commander | SharpCap 4.x Processed in #PixInsight #astronomy #astrophotography

NGC 7023 Iris Nebula, from last night 74 x 360s (7h24m) Esprit 120 | Altair 26C | iOptron CEM70 APT4.x | PHD2 | iOptron Commander | SharpCap 4.x Processed in #PixInsight #astronomy #astrophotography

Managed to grab 30 minutes on Orion at the end of the Cave Nebula session. I know we see a lot of Orion images in this line of work and increasingly from this time of year onward here in the UK but the nebula never really fails to impress. Esprit 120 | Altair 26C | iOptron CEM70 #astronomy

Cave Nebula, SH2-155, from last night. Really liking the new scope! 7hr30m x 360s Lights | Skywatcher Esprit 120 | iOptron CEM70 ZWO OAG + ASI178mm | Falcon Rotator V2 #Astronomy #Astrophotography #PixInsight

Last raid on the archives. It's clear tonight so I may be able to image something new. This is M101 from March. 5h30m | EdgeHD8@F10 (f=2064mm) | Altair 26C | EQ6R-PRO #astrophotography

Continuing to raid the archives. This is the Bubble Nebula through a dual band filter from September 22. This image was published in the Feb 23 addition of the UK magazine, 'Astronomy Now' 4h30m | EdgeHD8 | Altair 533C | EQ6RPro #astronomy #astrophotography #PixInsight

Another raid on the archives, this time Bode's galaxy from January. 5h30m | EdgeHD8 | Altair 26C | EQ6R-PRO F10 (f=2064mm) #astrophotography #PixInsight

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