Ernestas Iš Plungės
@oldfriender.bsky.social
Hello I am Ernestas. I mostly practice astrophotography (and strive to preserve natural colors), but have a bunch of other hobbies that compete to death for my attention.
2025-12-23 IC 434 Horse head and Flame
The night was pretty windy so I had to reject quite a bit of exposures due to shakes, but the result satisfied me.
Gear:
Stock Canon 6D on SW Quattro 200/800 on ER-6R, Off-axis guiding.
Soft:
APT, PHD2, DSS, SiriL, Gimp, Topaz Denoise
#Astrophotography
The night was pretty windy so I had to reject quite a bit of exposures due to shakes, but the result satisfied me.
Gear:
Stock Canon 6D on SW Quattro 200/800 on ER-6R, Off-axis guiding.
Soft:
APT, PHD2, DSS, SiriL, Gimp, Topaz Denoise
#Astrophotography
December 28, 2025 at 1:57 PM
2025-12-23 IC 434 Horse head and Flame
The night was pretty windy so I had to reject quite a bit of exposures due to shakes, but the result satisfied me.
Gear:
Stock Canon 6D on SW Quattro 200/800 on ER-6R, Off-axis guiding.
Soft:
APT, PHD2, DSS, SiriL, Gimp, Topaz Denoise
#Astrophotography
The night was pretty windy so I had to reject quite a bit of exposures due to shakes, but the result satisfied me.
Gear:
Stock Canon 6D on SW Quattro 200/800 on ER-6R, Off-axis guiding.
Soft:
APT, PHD2, DSS, SiriL, Gimp, Topaz Denoise
#Astrophotography
2025-09-01 NGC7380 Wizard nebula
MY CAMERA IS WORKING AGAIN! Turns out it just needed a bit of time to completely dry out. 5 hours of moonless night.
Gear:
Stock Canon 6D on SW Quattro 200/800 on ER-6R, Off-axis guiding.
Soft:
APT, PHD2, DSS, SiriL, Gimp, Starnet++
#Astrophotography
MY CAMERA IS WORKING AGAIN! Turns out it just needed a bit of time to completely dry out. 5 hours of moonless night.
Gear:
Stock Canon 6D on SW Quattro 200/800 on ER-6R, Off-axis guiding.
Soft:
APT, PHD2, DSS, SiriL, Gimp, Starnet++
#Astrophotography
September 2, 2025 at 7:22 PM
2025-09-01 NGC7380 Wizard nebula
MY CAMERA IS WORKING AGAIN! Turns out it just needed a bit of time to completely dry out. 5 hours of moonless night.
Gear:
Stock Canon 6D on SW Quattro 200/800 on ER-6R, Off-axis guiding.
Soft:
APT, PHD2, DSS, SiriL, Gimp, Starnet++
#Astrophotography
MY CAMERA IS WORKING AGAIN! Turns out it just needed a bit of time to completely dry out. 5 hours of moonless night.
Gear:
Stock Canon 6D on SW Quattro 200/800 on ER-6R, Off-axis guiding.
Soft:
APT, PHD2, DSS, SiriL, Gimp, Starnet++
#Astrophotography
2025-08-19 NGC6992 Eastern veil nebula
A bit sad start of the dark season, my gear got some rain during this shoot and the camera does not connect to the PC anymore.🥲
Gear:
Stock Canon 6D on SW Quattro 200/800 on ER-6R, Off-axis guiding.
Soft:
APT, PHD2, DSS, SiriL, Gimp, Starnet++
#Astrophotography
A bit sad start of the dark season, my gear got some rain during this shoot and the camera does not connect to the PC anymore.🥲
Gear:
Stock Canon 6D on SW Quattro 200/800 on ER-6R, Off-axis guiding.
Soft:
APT, PHD2, DSS, SiriL, Gimp, Starnet++
#Astrophotography
August 23, 2025 at 5:01 PM
2025-08-19 NGC6992 Eastern veil nebula
A bit sad start of the dark season, my gear got some rain during this shoot and the camera does not connect to the PC anymore.🥲
Gear:
Stock Canon 6D on SW Quattro 200/800 on ER-6R, Off-axis guiding.
Soft:
APT, PHD2, DSS, SiriL, Gimp, Starnet++
#Astrophotography
A bit sad start of the dark season, my gear got some rain during this shoot and the camera does not connect to the PC anymore.🥲
Gear:
Stock Canon 6D on SW Quattro 200/800 on ER-6R, Off-axis guiding.
Soft:
APT, PHD2, DSS, SiriL, Gimp, Starnet++
#Astrophotography
#stopkillinggames Dont forget to sign the EU citizen initiative (this is not petition)! This initiative asks for new games to have a EOL plan. eci.ec.europa.eu/045/public/#...
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July 2, 2025 at 4:17 PM
#stopkillinggames Dont forget to sign the EU citizen initiative (this is not petition)! This initiative asks for new games to have a EOL plan. eci.ec.europa.eu/045/public/#...
Big thanks to Phillipp Dettmer and @kurzgesagt.org for the book. It was an inspiring and fun experience to read it. It was deep enough for my curiosity about life in cell scale, in this case the immune system. Im also grateful to be able to read it in my native language ❤️🤩
April 27, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Big thanks to Phillipp Dettmer and @kurzgesagt.org for the book. It was an inspiring and fun experience to read it. It was deep enough for my curiosity about life in cell scale, in this case the immune system. Im also grateful to be able to read it in my native language ❤️🤩
2025-04-01/03 Galaxy field around NGC4874
Everything here that is not a sharp point is a galaxy, good luck counting them all.
total 101 * 7min exposures = 11hr 47min
Gear:
Stock Canon 6D on SW Quattro 200/800 on ER-6R, Off-axis guiding.
Soft:
APT, PHD2, DSS, SiriL, Gimp
#Astrophotography
Everything here that is not a sharp point is a galaxy, good luck counting them all.
total 101 * 7min exposures = 11hr 47min
Gear:
Stock Canon 6D on SW Quattro 200/800 on ER-6R, Off-axis guiding.
Soft:
APT, PHD2, DSS, SiriL, Gimp
#Astrophotography
April 6, 2025 at 4:52 PM
2025-04-01/03 Galaxy field around NGC4874
Everything here that is not a sharp point is a galaxy, good luck counting them all.
total 101 * 7min exposures = 11hr 47min
Gear:
Stock Canon 6D on SW Quattro 200/800 on ER-6R, Off-axis guiding.
Soft:
APT, PHD2, DSS, SiriL, Gimp
#Astrophotography
Everything here that is not a sharp point is a galaxy, good luck counting them all.
total 101 * 7min exposures = 11hr 47min
Gear:
Stock Canon 6D on SW Quattro 200/800 on ER-6R, Off-axis guiding.
Soft:
APT, PHD2, DSS, SiriL, Gimp
#Astrophotography
2025-03-28 NGC6946 Fireworks galaxy
Quite dim galaxy near the Milky-way main star axis. It made the galaxy hard to process since tons of stars make the image crowded.
Gear:
Stock Canon 6D on SW Quattro 200/800 on ER-6R, Off-axis guiding.
Soft:
APT, PHD2, DSS, SiriL, Gimp, Starnet++
#Astrophotography
Quite dim galaxy near the Milky-way main star axis. It made the galaxy hard to process since tons of stars make the image crowded.
Gear:
Stock Canon 6D on SW Quattro 200/800 on ER-6R, Off-axis guiding.
Soft:
APT, PHD2, DSS, SiriL, Gimp, Starnet++
#Astrophotography
March 29, 2025 at 8:04 PM
2025-03-28 NGC6946 Fireworks galaxy
Quite dim galaxy near the Milky-way main star axis. It made the galaxy hard to process since tons of stars make the image crowded.
Gear:
Stock Canon 6D on SW Quattro 200/800 on ER-6R, Off-axis guiding.
Soft:
APT, PHD2, DSS, SiriL, Gimp, Starnet++
#Astrophotography
Quite dim galaxy near the Milky-way main star axis. It made the galaxy hard to process since tons of stars make the image crowded.
Gear:
Stock Canon 6D on SW Quattro 200/800 on ER-6R, Off-axis guiding.
Soft:
APT, PHD2, DSS, SiriL, Gimp, Starnet++
#Astrophotography
Omuamua is a spacecraft - confirmed! 🛸 😅
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March 27, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Omuamua is a spacecraft - confirmed! 🛸 😅
2025-03-06 M101 Pinwheel galaxy.
I was planning to shoot the target 2 nights but moonlight increase from 47% to 57% made the results worse
65 * 4min = 4hr 20min
Gear:
Stock Canon 6D on SW Quattro 200/800 on ER-6R, Off-axis guiding.
Soft:
APT, PHD2, DSS, SiriL, Gimp, Topaz Denoise
#Astrophotography
I was planning to shoot the target 2 nights but moonlight increase from 47% to 57% made the results worse
65 * 4min = 4hr 20min
Gear:
Stock Canon 6D on SW Quattro 200/800 on ER-6R, Off-axis guiding.
Soft:
APT, PHD2, DSS, SiriL, Gimp, Topaz Denoise
#Astrophotography
March 12, 2025 at 5:49 PM
2025-03-06 M101 Pinwheel galaxy.
I was planning to shoot the target 2 nights but moonlight increase from 47% to 57% made the results worse
65 * 4min = 4hr 20min
Gear:
Stock Canon 6D on SW Quattro 200/800 on ER-6R, Off-axis guiding.
Soft:
APT, PHD2, DSS, SiriL, Gimp, Topaz Denoise
#Astrophotography
I was planning to shoot the target 2 nights but moonlight increase from 47% to 57% made the results worse
65 * 4min = 4hr 20min
Gear:
Stock Canon 6D on SW Quattro 200/800 on ER-6R, Off-axis guiding.
Soft:
APT, PHD2, DSS, SiriL, Gimp, Topaz Denoise
#Astrophotography
2025-02-09 (moonlit) M106 Galaxy in Canes Venatici
and the same target 2025-02-20 (DSD), notice the difference.
101 * 2 min = 3hr 22hr
29 * 4min =1h 56min
Gear:
Stock Canon 6D on SW Quattro 200/800 on ER-6R, Off-axis guiding.
Soft:
APT, PHD2, DSS, SiriL, Gimp, Topaz Denoise
#Astrophotography
and the same target 2025-02-20 (DSD), notice the difference.
101 * 2 min = 3hr 22hr
29 * 4min =1h 56min
Gear:
Stock Canon 6D on SW Quattro 200/800 on ER-6R, Off-axis guiding.
Soft:
APT, PHD2, DSS, SiriL, Gimp, Topaz Denoise
#Astrophotography
February 23, 2025 at 4:40 PM
2025-02-09 (moonlit) M106 Galaxy in Canes Venatici
and the same target 2025-02-20 (DSD), notice the difference.
101 * 2 min = 3hr 22hr
29 * 4min =1h 56min
Gear:
Stock Canon 6D on SW Quattro 200/800 on ER-6R, Off-axis guiding.
Soft:
APT, PHD2, DSS, SiriL, Gimp, Topaz Denoise
#Astrophotography
and the same target 2025-02-20 (DSD), notice the difference.
101 * 2 min = 3hr 22hr
29 * 4min =1h 56min
Gear:
Stock Canon 6D on SW Quattro 200/800 on ER-6R, Off-axis guiding.
Soft:
APT, PHD2, DSS, SiriL, Gimp, Topaz Denoise
#Astrophotography