Deep Sky Astrophotography
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Hey, Tony!
Fantastic colors and rendering of details that you offer here with your pics of far off worlds.
Congrats to your work.
Can you give me a short insight to your processing here or via PM?
Thanks in advance.
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Would love to be chasing Neowise but can't see it from where I am so here's Antares and Rho Ophiuchi instead:
Antares and Rho Ophiuchi by Tony, on Flickr
Antares and Rho Ophiuchi by Tony, on Flickr
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Was locked down here in Brisbane, Australia over the weekend so got around to doing some driveway astro which I've not done in ages. Shot with a modified Canon 77D with 100mm L Macro tracked with an AZ-GTi. Pretty happy with what I got with just 3 hours of data under Bortle 5/6 sky:
Antares/Rho Ophiuchi and Blue Horsehead by Tony, on Flickr
Antares/Rho Ophiuchi and Blue Horsehead by Tony, on Flickr
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Been real lazy and inactive and not posted in ages...taken last night under Bortle 5 sky and waxing crescent moon. First clear night in ages here is Brisbane, Australia; weather's been terrible some of you's may have seen the news we just suffered through the worst flood we've had in like a decade.
Horsehead and Flame Nebula by Tony, on Flickr
Horsehead and Flame Nebula by Tony, on Flickr
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Thanks guys!
Gear: modified Canon 77D and Sigma 150-600mm Contemporary at 400mm and tracked and controlled with a Skywatcher AZ-GTi + ZWO ASIAIR + 30F4 guidescope + ASI120MM Mini combo.
Image details: 84x 2 minute subs at f/6.3 and ISO 400 + 20x darks, flats and dark flats.
Picture came out nice but really could use more data especially shot under light pollution.
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Argh it's been a long while but finally got some clear skies to shoot some astro, got to test out some new kit as well 
Lagoon and Trifid by Tony, on Flickr
Taken from the driveway at home under Bortle 5/6 sky and only 2 hour total integration time.
Lagoon and Trifid by Tony, on FlickrTaken from the driveway at home under Bortle 5/6 sky and only 2 hour total integration time.
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Vela Supernova Remnant by Tony, on FlickrVela Supernova Remnant taken from the driveway at home under Bortle 5 sky; we've been getting an unbelievable run of clear nights here in Brisbane so I've been busy trying to get as much time on the target as I can. Unfortunately the Supernova sets quite early now so even with the clear nights there's not much time to shoot. This is a 2 panel stitch with the goal of making a 4 panel mosaic; so far total integration time's about 13 hours all up with roughly 6.5 hours of light on each panel.
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Thanks Click! They are very faint signals in the sky too...would love to get 15-20 hours on each panel at least but don't think I will get the chance to if I want to complete the mosaic haha.
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Few recent deep sky efforts:
Crescent Nebula NGC 6888 by Tony, on Flickr
Milky Way Core by Tony, on Flickr
Antares/Rho region by Tony, on Flickr
Crescent Nebula NGC 6888 by Tony, on FlickrMilky Way Core by Tony, on FlickrAntares/Rho region by Tony, on Flickr
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