#130pds — Public Fediverse posts

M81 Group

I have been adding more data to a project that I started last year. The image now contains more than 30 hours of data.

Blog: https://smilingj.net/article/2024-01-11-new-technique-to-combine-rgb-and-ha-dat

#astrophotography #m81 #m82 #cigargalaxy #bodesgalaxy #heq5pro #130pds #asi294mcpro

Adding narrow-band data to the Soul Nebula Mosaic Project

I was able to add a first batch of narrow-band data to my mosaic project of the Soul Nebula.

Blog: https://smilingj.net/article/2023-08-26-adding-narrow-band-data-to-the-soul-neb

#astrophotography #ic1848 #lbn667 #mosaic #sh2199 #heq5pro #130pds #asi294mcpro

NGC 281: Pacman Nebula

Waiting for the Soul Nebula to rise above the neighbors house, I shot some frames of the Pacman Nebula.

Blog: https://smilingj.net/article/2023-08-22-ngc-281-pacman-nebula

#astrophotography #ngc281 #pacmannebula #heq5pro #130pds #asi294mcpro

The Soul Nebula as 2-Panel-Mosaic

I have started a new multi-night mosaic project to image the Soul Nebula.

Blog: https://smilingj.net/article/2023-08-10-a-new-mosaic-project-the-soul-nebula-as

#astrophotography #ic1848 #lbn667 #mosaic #sh2199 #heq5pro #130pds #asi294mcpro

Bode's Galaxy and Cigar Galaxy (preliminary result April 2023)

The current status of my long-term project to photograph Bode's Galaxy and the Cigar Galaxy. Due to the weather, probably also the final status for 2023.

Blog: https://smilingj.net/blog/2023/04/2023-04-19_bodes_galaxy_cigar_galaxy.html

#astrophotography #m81 #m82 #bodesgalaxy #cigargalaxy #heq5pro #130pds #asi294mcpro

I wanted a deep image of the Rosette Nebula, but all I got was just shy of two hours of imaging time. So that's only an intermediate result.

Blog: https://smilingj.net/blog/2022/12/2022-12-17_rosette_nebula.html

#astrophotography #ngc2237 #rosettenebula #heq5pro #130pds #asi294mcpro

New month, new first light. This time for my new, used bought, L-Extreme duo narrowband filter.

Blog: https://smilingj.net/blog/2022/07/2022-07-15_elephants_trunk.html

#astrophotography #elephantstrunk #elephantstrunknebula #pixinsight #130pds #heq5pro #zwo #asi294mc #asi294mcpro #lextreme