Lucian Vancea
@astrovancea.bsky.social
Astrophotographer in perpetual training and hoarder of telescopes. Software engineer during daytime.
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Messier 5, a globular cluster in Serpens, taken with William Optics FLT91 🔭 and a Poseidon-C Pro 📷.
It can be seen with the naked eye (from a dark site) as a faint star. At 23 arcmin is about 2/3 of the size of the full Moon.
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#Astrophotography
It can be seen with the naked eye (from a dark site) as a faint star. At 23 arcmin is about 2/3 of the size of the full Moon.
app.astrobin.com/i/b6fa3y
#Astrophotography
June 13, 2025 at 6:55 AM
Messier 5, a globular cluster in Serpens, taken with William Optics FLT91 🔭 and a Poseidon-C Pro 📷.
It can be seen with the naked eye (from a dark site) as a faint star. At 23 arcmin is about 2/3 of the size of the full Moon.
app.astrobin.com/i/b6fa3y
#Astrophotography
It can be seen with the naked eye (from a dark site) as a faint star. At 23 arcmin is about 2/3 of the size of the full Moon.
app.astrobin.com/i/b6fa3y
#Astrophotography
Rosette Nebula
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Pretty popular target this time of the year, here is my version.
14 hours total exposure over 5 nights, from light polluted city skies. 🔭📷
astrob.in/vlr98m/0/
Pretty popular target this time of the year, here is my version.
14 hours total exposure over 5 nights, from light polluted city skies. 🔭📷
Rosette nebula
An astrophotograph by Lucian Vancea on AstroBin
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February 3, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Rosette Nebula
astrob.in/vlr98m/0/
Pretty popular target this time of the year, here is my version.
14 hours total exposure over 5 nights, from light polluted city skies. 🔭📷
astrob.in/vlr98m/0/
Pretty popular target this time of the year, here is my version.
14 hours total exposure over 5 nights, from light polluted city skies. 🔭📷
Last 🔭📷 picture from last year. Finally got to process it.
The famous Horsehead nebula and Flame nebula around Alnitak, the first star in Orion's belt.
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The famous Horsehead nebula and Flame nebula around Alnitak, the first star in Orion's belt.
astrob.in/vxi20a/0/
Horsehead and Flame Nebulae
An astrophotograph by Lucian Vancea on AstroBin
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January 21, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Last 🔭📷 picture from last year. Finally got to process it.
The famous Horsehead nebula and Flame nebula around Alnitak, the first star in Orion's belt.
astrob.in/vxi20a/0/
The famous Horsehead nebula and Flame nebula around Alnitak, the first star in Orion's belt.
astrob.in/vxi20a/0/
Took a bunch of 45" 🔭exposures of comet C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan–ATLAS back in October. Here are 13 of them, auto stretched and cropped in Siril and then compressed to a 4" mp4 with ffmpeg. So ~12 minutes of actual movement of the comet, down to 4 seconds; (there is some downtime between exposures).
December 15, 2024 at 7:17 AM
Took a bunch of 45" 🔭exposures of comet C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan–ATLAS back in October. Here are 13 of them, auto stretched and cropped in Siril and then compressed to a 4" mp4 with ffmpeg. So ~12 minutes of actual movement of the comet, down to 4 seconds; (there is some downtime between exposures).
Orion Nebula
An easy 🔭target for the cold season. The core is so bright that it's easily overexposed, mostly because of the "young" hot stars at the center.
One of the most studied and photographed objects, what is there left to say about it ... so here is my version:
astrob.in/thvmy2/0/
An easy 🔭target for the cold season. The core is so bright that it's easily overexposed, mostly because of the "young" hot stars at the center.
One of the most studied and photographed objects, what is there left to say about it ... so here is my version:
astrob.in/thvmy2/0/
Orion Nebula
An astrophotograph by Lucian Vancea on AstroBin
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November 29, 2024 at 4:17 AM
Orion Nebula
An easy 🔭target for the cold season. The core is so bright that it's easily overexposed, mostly because of the "young" hot stars at the center.
One of the most studied and photographed objects, what is there left to say about it ... so here is my version:
astrob.in/thvmy2/0/
An easy 🔭target for the cold season. The core is so bright that it's easily overexposed, mostly because of the "young" hot stars at the center.
One of the most studied and photographed objects, what is there left to say about it ... so here is my version:
astrob.in/thvmy2/0/
M27 aka the Dumbbell Nebula www.astrobin.com/gcxjln/
About 23 hours of data collected over multiple nights with a FLT 91 🔭, from Borte 8 skies.
It's about 4 times smaller than the diameter of the full Moon.
About 23 hours of data collected over multiple nights with a FLT 91 🔭, from Borte 8 skies.
It's about 4 times smaller than the diameter of the full Moon.
M27
An astrophotograph by Lucian Vancea on AstroBin
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November 18, 2024 at 7:40 AM
M27 aka the Dumbbell Nebula www.astrobin.com/gcxjln/
About 23 hours of data collected over multiple nights with a FLT 91 🔭, from Borte 8 skies.
It's about 4 times smaller than the diameter of the full Moon.
About 23 hours of data collected over multiple nights with a FLT 91 🔭, from Borte 8 skies.
It's about 4 times smaller than the diameter of the full Moon.
My latest try at NGC6995 www.astrobin.com/kaumq1/
This time with 🔭 WO FLT 91 and Ares-M (IMX533) 📷, with OIII and Hα filters.
This time with 🔭 WO FLT 91 and Ares-M (IMX533) 📷, with OIII and Hα filters.
NGC6995 - Eastern Veil Nebula
An astrophotograph by Lucian Vancea on AstroBin
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November 17, 2024 at 9:25 AM
My latest try at NGC6995 www.astrobin.com/kaumq1/
This time with 🔭 WO FLT 91 and Ares-M (IMX533) 📷, with OIII and Hα filters.
This time with 🔭 WO FLT 91 and Ares-M (IMX533) 📷, with OIII and Hα filters.
📷🔭 M100 - a galaxy in the Virgo Galaxy Cluster, 55 million light years from our own galaxy. Taken from Santa Clara, CA, with an 80 mm telescope; 50 min total exposure for each channel. Processed with Siril and GraXpert.
April 17, 2024 at 12:34 AM
📷🔭 M100 - a galaxy in the Virgo Galaxy Cluster, 55 million light years from our own galaxy. Taken from Santa Clara, CA, with an 80 mm telescope; 50 min total exposure for each channel. Processed with Siril and GraXpert.
The Alien Head nebula, I don't think it's called that, but looks like the xenomorph's head.
Well, it's called Eastern Veil NGC 6992/95
Taken 23/07/2023 from Lick Observatory with a WO RedCat 51 🔭, modified Nikon D7000 📷, Optolong L-eXtreme filter, processed with Siril.
Well, it's called Eastern Veil NGC 6992/95
Taken 23/07/2023 from Lick Observatory with a WO RedCat 51 🔭, modified Nikon D7000 📷, Optolong L-eXtreme filter, processed with Siril.
January 3, 2024 at 4:16 AM
The Alien Head nebula, I don't think it's called that, but looks like the xenomorph's head.
Well, it's called Eastern Veil NGC 6992/95
Taken 23/07/2023 from Lick Observatory with a WO RedCat 51 🔭, modified Nikon D7000 📷, Optolong L-eXtreme filter, processed with Siril.
Well, it's called Eastern Veil NGC 6992/95
Taken 23/07/2023 from Lick Observatory with a WO RedCat 51 🔭, modified Nikon D7000 📷, Optolong L-eXtreme filter, processed with Siril.
Last year, I had the pleasure of taking astrophotos from Lick Observatory during the Photography Nights events they offer. Can wait to go again this year 😁
January 2, 2024 at 4:56 AM
Last year, I had the pleasure of taking astrophotos from Lick Observatory during the Photography Nights events they offer. Can wait to go again this year 😁
One of the first images I took through a 🔭, around 2008. Trapezium at the center of M42 (The Orion Nebula)
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the latest image I took in 2023. The Flame Nebula & Horsehead Nebula near Alnitak (in Orion's belt).
Progress, but still a long way to go (also equipment does make a huge difference 😁) 🖖
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the latest image I took in 2023. The Flame Nebula & Horsehead Nebula near Alnitak (in Orion's belt).
Progress, but still a long way to go (also equipment does make a huge difference 😁) 🖖
January 1, 2024 at 8:56 PM
One of the first images I took through a 🔭, around 2008. Trapezium at the center of M42 (The Orion Nebula)
vs
the latest image I took in 2023. The Flame Nebula & Horsehead Nebula near Alnitak (in Orion's belt).
Progress, but still a long way to go (also equipment does make a huge difference 😁) 🖖
vs
the latest image I took in 2023. The Flame Nebula & Horsehead Nebula near Alnitak (in Orion's belt).
Progress, but still a long way to go (also equipment does make a huge difference 😁) 🖖