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[jzholloway-sncastro]

The Elephant's Trunk Nebula - IC 1396 As a very popular, and large area for astrophotographers, of course I gave it a go last year, but was disappointed with how my processing ended up. With that said, if you follow my Instagram, you know I have been going back and reprocessing data I have taken with much better and cleaner results. This is just under 2 hours of data taken last year under a moon at around 45% luminosity. This year I plan on taking images under much darker skies! I am really happy with my new technique for removing stars so I can process the nebulosity separately and then add the stars back in (I can also process the stars!) . Link to full resolution at astrobin in bio . 19x360s Dark, flat, dark flat, and bias frames ISO 800 - Bortle 8 - 18° C / 75% RH Moon at 45% Providence, RI - Bortle 8 . Radian Raptor 61mm Canon EOS Ra Optolong L-eNhanced Filter Sky Watcher EQ6-R Pro ZWO 30mm f4 MiniScope (guide) ZWO asi224mc (guide) . @radiantelescopes @optcorp @canonusa @provjournal . . . #astronomy #astrophotography #astrophoto  #highpointscientific #OPTeam #earliestlight  #agenaastro #astromaniacmag  #elephantstrunk #nebula #canonphotography  #radiantraptor61 #stars #cosmos #nasa  #apod #milkyway #yourESA #Cepheus  #nightskyphotography #nightsky  #cityastronomy #ig_astrophotography #space  #photooftheday #photography #rhodeisland  #optolonglenhance #CanonFavPic #optolongfilter (at Providence, Rhode Island) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cf9kOxJJR5o/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[jzholloway-sncastro]

Cygnus Loop (Veil Nebula) Comprised of the Eastern Veil, Western Veil, Pickering's Triangle and more, the Cygnus Loop is a large supernova remnant located in the constellation... Cygnus (go figure!) This is still a work in progress with me wanting to at least double the amount of data that I have right now plus potentially adding my data with other's as a collaboration. Personally, this has been the most challenging data to process, mainly due to the amount of stars and faint dust in the field! Now, just need those pesky clouds to go away! . 72 x 300s (6/12 & 7/10) Dark, flat, dark flat, and bias frames 800 ISO - Bortle 8 . Radian Raptor 61 Canon EOS Ra Optolong L-eNhanced Filter Sky Watcher EQ6-R Pro ZWO 30mm f4 MiniScope (guide) ZWO asi224mc (guide) Pegasus Power Box Advanced . . . #astronomy #astrophotography #astrophoto #highpointscientific #earliestlight #ShotOnCanon #OPTeam #agenaastro #astromaniacmag #CanonFavPic #radiantraptor61 #cygnusloop #veilnebula #veil #cygnus #canoneosr #cosmos #space #science #milkyway #spacephoto #canonphotography #apod #ig_astrophotography #nasa🚀 #narrowband #radiantelescopes #nightsky #rhodeisland #photography (at Providence, Rhode Island) https://www.instagram.com/p/CRWI72Wsin_/?utm_medium=tumblr

[jzholloway-sncastro]

Elephant's Trunk Nebula - HOO Process . So... hot nights... cloudy nights... it has not been a good month (for the most part) for me in regards to astrophotography. Here is my data of the Elephant's Trunk Nebula processed in HOO by utilizing the separate channels function in APP with using the OptoLong L-Enhanced filter . 19x360s Dark, flat, dark flat, and bias frames ISO 800 - Bortle 8 - 18° C / 75% RH Moon at 45% . Radian Raptor 61mm Canon EOS Ra Optolong L-eNhanced Filter Sky Watcher EQ6-R Pro ZWO 30mm f4 MiniScope (guide) ZWO asi224mc (guide) . @radiantelescopes @optcorp @canonusa . . . #astronomy #astrophotography #astrophoto #highpointscientific #OPTeam #earliestlight #agenaastro #astromaniacmag #elephantstrunk #nebula #canonphotography #radiantraptor61 #stars #cosmos #nasa #apod #milkyway #yourESA #Cepheus #nightskyphotography #nightsky #cityastronomy #ig_astrophotography #space #photooftheday #photography #rhodeisland #telescope #CanonFavPic #hpscollections (at Providence, Rhode Island) https://www.instagram.com/p/CS4H7SCrA4i/?utm_medium=tumblr

[jzholloway-sncastro]

Cygnus Mosaic - Sadr Region This was my first attempt at a mosaic and I stumbled on to the fact that I could actually do it by accident. My setup isn't perfect for mosaics - full frame mirrorless camera has a lot of vignetting and unflat corners (leading to bad stars in the corners), but I really wanted to try it. Luckily, I got enough clear nights to get enough panels to make it happen. With 21 hours and 20 mins of total integration, this is officially my most time in one image. Each panel is roughly 4 hours worth of data with the Sadr Region panel having 6.5 hours and the panel right below the Tulip Nebula having 3 hours and 20 min. Processing was a real pain, due mostly to my imaging setup but also random light gradients from being in Bortle 8. It's not perfect by any means, but I am happy with the result (doesn't mean I won't be working on trying to make it better!) . 21 hours, 20 min integration Dark, flat, dark flat and bias calibration frames Bortle8 . Stacked in DeepSkyStacker, stretched in Siril, combined in Astro Pixel Processor, final processing in Photoshop . Radian Raptor 61 Canon EOS Ra Sky Watcher EQ6-R Pro ZWO 30mm f4 MiniScope (guide) ZWO asi224mc (guide) Pegasus Powerbox Advanced . . . #astrophotography #astronomy #photography #highpointscientific #OPTeam #myOPTgear #agenaastro #earliestlight #Cygnus #sadr #crescentnubula #propellernebula #tulipnebula #milkyway #stars #nebula #cosmos #space #nightsky #nasa #canonphotography #radiantraptor61 #rhodeisland #mosaic #astrophoto #spacephoto #ig_spaceimage #ig_astrophotography #nature #narrowband (at Providence, Rhode Island) https://www.instagram.com/p/CfZQJIpLyla/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[jzholloway-sncastro]

M31 - The Andomeda Galaxy I have been attempting processes of this target since I began dabbling in astrophotography, 10 months on this data imparticular. Many people have given me tips and ideas, and they have all helped, but learning how to remove stars to process the target and the stars separately has finally given me a final product I am happy with. Images were stacked in DeepSkyStacker, initial color balance and stretch in Siril. Used Siril to help balance background. Processed in Photoshop. . Link to full resolution at astrobin.com in bio . 191 x 60s - 800 ISO (9/2/21) 91 x 120s - 400 ISO (9/3/21) Dark, flat, dark flat, and bias frames Providence, RI - Bortle 8 . Radian Raptor 61 Canon EOS Ra Optolong L-Pro filter Sky Watcher EQ6-R Pro ZWO 30mm f4 MiniScope (guide) ZWO asi224mc (guide) Pegasus Powerbox Advanced . . . #astrophotography #astrophoto #astronomy #photography #highpointscientific #hpscollections #OPTeam #myOPTgear #agenaastro #astromaniacmag #m31 #andromedagalaxy #andromeda #milkyway #space #cosmos #stars #galaxy #ig_spaceimage #ig_astrophotography #optolonglpro #optolongfilter #canoneosra #canonphotography #CanonFavPic #apod #NASA #rhodeisland #astrobackyard #radiantraptor61 (at Providence, Rhode Island) https://www.instagram.com/p/CgUF3g3OQ8v/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[jzholloway-sncastro]

The Andromeda Galaxy - m31 If you follow me you know that m31, along with the Orion Nebula is one of my great nemesis. I never can seem to get it "right," and to get it better you "need" to do some sort of HDR composite or such. Since I am trying to learn Pixinsight, I decided to throw myself a curveball and attempt adding in Ha from data taken with and L-eXtreme filter with the data I took last year. Unfortunately, the data taken with the L-eXtreme was botched due to a floating piece of dust that moved from frame to frame. Regardless, I gave it a go! Thanks to a tutorial by Visible Dark, I had a direction to take. It's not perfect, it needs more and better Ha data, and I probably need to retake my L-Pro data, but for a first go, I'll take it. . Link to full resolution at astrobin.com in bio,, or here: https://www.astrobin.com/m4j3uk/ . L-Pro 191 x 60s - 800 ISO (9/2/21) 91 x 120s - 400 ISO (9/3/21) L-eXtreme 12 x 300s - 800 ISO (8/28/22) Dark, flat, dark flat, and bias frames Providence, RI - Bortle 8 . Radian Raptor 61 Canon EOS Ra Optolong L-Pro filter Optolong L-eXtreme filter Sky Watcher EQ6-R Pro ZWO 30mm f4 MiniScope (guide) ZWO asi224mc (guide) Pegasus Powerbox Advanced . . . #astrophotography #astrophoto #astronomy #photography #highpointscientific #hpscollections #OPTeam #myOPTgear #agenaastro #astromaniacmag #m31 #andromedagalaxy #andromeda #milkyway #space #optolonglextreme #stars #galaxy #ig_spaceimage #ig_astrophotography #optolonglpro #optolongfilter #canoneosra #canonphotography #CanonFavPic #apod #NASA #rhodeisland #astrobackyard #radiantraptor61 (at Providence, Rhode Island) https://www.instagram.com/p/CiSN0M8uOe3/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[jzholloway-sncastro]

North American & Pelican Nebulae - HOO Palette After spending a couple of weeks shooting Broadband targets (Andromeda, M33, M45, etc), I decided I needed a break and go back to do a night of Narrowband. The night started with my two year old (Tiberius) somehow reseting my Astro Photography Tool settings. I was able to get everything thing back rolling (still a little shakey) and get a couple more hours of data on this target, plus around five hours on Heart & Soul Nebulae within the same frame. Here I stacked and separated the individual channels (the Ha and the Oiii) in Astro Pixel Processor and then combined then into a HOO image. I also simulated an Sii channel, but for today's post I really liked how the colors popped with this process. . 45 x 240s (6-5-2021) 7 x 300s (6-6-2021) 20 x 360s (9-11-2021) 800 ISO - Bortle 8 . Radian Raptor 61 Canon EOS Ra Optolong L-eNhanced Filter Sky Watcher EQ6-R Pro ZWO 30mm f4 MiniScope (guide) ZWO asi224mc (guide) . . . #highpointscientific #OPTeam #earliestlight #astromaniacmag #CanonFavPic #astronomy #astrophotography #photography #apod #photooftheday #rhodeisland #ngc7000 #northamericannebula #pelicannebula #Cygnus #Nebula #space #milkyway #cosmos #nasa #nightsky #nightscape #ig_astrophotography #ig_spaceimage #canonphotography #radiantraptor61 #narrowband #stars #cygnuswall #spacephoto (at Providence, Rhode Island) https://www.instagram.com/p/CT1widnLvQC/?utm_medium=tumblr

[jzholloway-sncastro]

The Sadr Region - the heart of the Cygnus Constellation . Well, it's been a long time coming, since Nov 29, 2021 to be exact, but I finally got back out with my telescope to take pictures of deep space. Getting everything setup to be able to do so was nerve-racking - it seemed every issue I ever had to troubleshoot showed up in one day - but totally worth it. Part of me wondered if I would ever get back out to take images and I am really glad the answer is yes! . This image combines data I took last year (46 x 300s on June 11) with data I took this year (27 x 300s) and is my most successful combination for the tine between the two data sets. If I get some clear nights soon, I will most likely add more data to this set, so we will see! . Lastly, Happy Father's Day to all us dads@ . 46 x 300s (6/11/2021) 27 x 300s (6/17/2022) Dark, bias, flat & dark flat frames used for calibration 800 ISO - Bortle 8 . Radian Raptor 61 Canon EOS Ra Optolong L-eNhanced Filter Sky Watcher EQ6-R Pro ZWO 30mm f4 MiniScope (guide) ZWO ASI224MC (guide) . . . #astrophotography #phototography #astronomy #highpointscientific #OPTeam #myOPTgear #agenaastro #earliestlight #astrobackyard #Canon #canoneosra #canonusa #radiantelescopes #sadrregion #sadr #crescentnubula #brainnebula #Cygnus #space #Nebula #cosmos #milkyway #ig_astrophotography #ig_spaceimage #rhodeisland #photooftheday #fathersday #radiantraptor61 #nightsky #newengland (at Providence, Rhode Island) https://www.instagram.com/p/Ce_MbxMuvav/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[jzholloway-sncastro]

Cassiopeia Centered on M52 - While shooting this Summer with the L-Pro filter by Optolong, I set my telescope on Cassiopeia for an hour waiting on another target to get above my treeline. Cassiopeia is one of my favorite areas of the sky to shoot and normally I do that using my L-eNhanced filter. By using the L-Pro, the nebulosity is a little down, but star color is up! As usual, this image session was taken from the heart of Providence, Ri. . 30 x 120s ISO 400 - Bortle 8 . Radian Raptor 61 Canon EOS Ra Optolong L-eNhanced Filter Sky Watcher EQ6-R Pro ZWO 30mm f4 MiniScope (guide) ZWO asi224mc (guide) . @canonusa @radiantelescopes @optolongfilter @provjournal @rimonthly . . . #astronomy #astrophotography #highpointscientific #OPTeam #myOPTgear #agenaastro #astromaniacmag #earliestlight #m52 #bubblenebula #lobsterclaw #cassiopeia #lpro #milkyway #spacephoto #science #astro_photography #naturephotography #photography #photooftheday #apod #starcluster #stars #ig_spaceimage #ig_astrophotography #canonphotography #CanonFavPic #radiantraptor61 #rhodeisland #cityastronomy (at Providence, Rhode Island) https://www.instagram.com/p/CXgODI6rRJR/?utm_medium=tumblr