My Deep Sky Astrophotography

[PETER LOO]

Excellent !

[leslie128]

Excellent !

Thx Peter

[leslie128]

M64, The Black Eye Galaxy is a relatively isolated spiral galaxy 17 million light-years away.
ED102APO with 0.8 reducer. Managed to get some details of the galaxy.
Kampung Mawar, Johor
May 2022
https://photos.app.goo.gl/SyxdWuwmPnnhdW3Z8

[hhzhang]

Like the detail of the galaxy image.

Looks like quite a fruitful trip for astrophotography. Keep it up!

[leslie128]

Like the detail of the galaxy image.

Looks like quite a fruitful trip for astrophotography. Keep it up!

Many thx

[leslie128]

My 1st Hubble Pallet Attempt
Before the outbreak of COVID-19, on 5 Nov 2019, I visited Zhangjiajie Geopark and was attracted by the magnificent pillars there.
At the end of 2021, I saw a local media report that a Singaporean spent 2-3 years from his kitchen in a 5th story HDB flat at Toa Payoh collected data of a few deep sky objects (DSO) and produced a stunning SHO image of “Pillars of Creation”. The “Pillars of Creation” look like those in Zhangjiajie Geopark. Dec 2021, I decided to explore the deep sky.
Because I am very much older than him, I can’t afford 2-3 years for a few DSOs. So, in May 2022, I travelled to Mersing, spent a few nights collecting data of M16 and other DSOs.
This is my 1st SHO attempt and hopefully I can travel more often to Mersing.

ED102APO
EQ6-R PRO
ASI2600MM PRO, guided
Subs as follows:-
Ha: 60x180s
S2: 18x180s
O3: 25x180s
Pixinsight/PS
Kampung Mawar, Johor, May 2022

The magnificent pillars in Zhangjiajie Geopark, China
https://photos.app.goo.gl/6153ouVAS4wmbrMj6
https://photos.app.goo.gl/i1Tg157ee79jhCwTA
https://photos.app.goo.gl/xDdUmoDCMoDcCEL5A

The “Pillars of Creation” (Edited on 15 July 2022)
https://photos.app.goo.gl/tok7xMkmpWHuYJJX6

[leslie128]

M31, The Andromeda Galaxy

https://photos.app.goo.gl/nVDLjjQE7MCEDVCv8

[leslie128]

M8, Lagoon Nebula （礁湖星云）and M20, Trifid Nebula（三裂星云）
I applied a starmask and reduced the intensity and numbers of stars in Pixinsight.

https://photos.app.goo.gl/LByPQ25zyc8JcwBPA

[hhzhang]

Nice M8-M20 shot.

These bright objects are easy to capture but the surrounding dense star fields make it difficult to render nice imagery. Yours is much better than my work.

The M31 shot shows a lot of nice detail. But there are some phantom/glare lights near the corners. Did some lights shine into your tube?

[leslie128]

Nice M8-M20 shot.

These bright objects are easy to capture but the surrounding dense star fields make it difficult to render nice imagery. Yours is much better than my work.

The M31 shot shows a lot of nice detail. But there are some phantom/glare lights near the corners. Did some lights shine into your tube?

Thx. Could be. I was capturing at about 15 degrees.

I will go there again.