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I received my new HyperStar and tested it on several different targets in one night. This is from just 30 minutes (60 x 30s) of imaging using a setup that gathers light 25x faster than the unmodified scope!
2024-01-16
The exposures were few, but the rewards were many. This is M42: the Great Orion nebula, shot in SHO (sulfur, hydrogen, oxygen). Four 5-minute exposures per filter is exactly one-hour total integration time.
2023-11-17
Revisiting existing data to produce an even better result: the exposures were few, but the rewards were many. This is M42: the Great Orion nebula, shot in SHO (sulfur, hydrogen, oxygen). Four 5-minute exposures per filter is exactly one-hour total integration time.
2023-11-17
The combination of a fast-imaging session using HyperStar and a slower narrowband session with the Redcat and SHO filters.
2024-02-04
The third of four pictures from my shakedown/first light test of the new rig. This is M42 (Great Orion Nebula), M43, and NGC1977 (Running Man Nebula) otherwise known as 'Orion's sword.' About 45 minutes of total integration time.
2023-09-23
My first deep space photograph from the new place. Orion was absolutely stunning this morning as it hung low in the horizon. This was pure camera equipment only - no tracking. Just tripod, Sony Alpha 6300, and an F/2 135mm Samyang lens.
2023-09-12
I took another stab at processing the data for this beautiful area of the sky and was not disappointed!
2022-09-28
This bright area of the Orion constellation doesn't take many exposures to reveal the intricate details. This is just 10 3-minute exposures but it was enough.
2022-09-28
It's a popular target, but it never gets old. Although I've visited the Great Orion Nebula (M42) and de Mairan's Nebula (M43) many times before, I believe this is my most detailed capture yet. The data is from two sessions with Stellina taken exactly one year apart on March 4th, 2021, and 2022. I sifted by hand through over 700 10-second captures to cull it down to around 560 of the 'cleanest', stacked it in AstroPixel Processor and processed it in PixInsight.
2022-03-04