Messier 78 "Casper the Friendly Ghost" Nebula in Orion

5.75 hours of integration

Processed with siril.org, graxpert.com, affinity.serif.com/en-us/photo/

10" f/4 Newtonian OTA
Pegasus Astro Nyx-101 mount
ToupTek imx294 OSC camera

2025 March 14 Lunar Eclipse

Taken with:
High Point Scientific Apertura 10" f/4 Newtonian telescope
ToupTek Astronomy Cameras ATR294C astrophotography camera

Processed with astrosurface.com/pageuk.html

Listening to the audiobook of @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social's Absolution while coming back inside from the misty rain... And this jumps out of me right when the wall of white rabbits is coming into Dead Town... 😱

To even see the stars, the image has to be stretched, changing the balance of light vs dark to bring out the signal. This iteration is gently auto-stretched:

For @carolinejamhour.bsky.social, a behind-the-scenes perspective:

Those 18.3 hours of exposures are pre-processed and stacked to maximize signal vs noise. That results in:

Bubble Nebula (NGC 7635) in Cassiopeia
18.3 hours of exposures over 9 nights
Processed in siril.org/
Captured with:
nighttime-imaging.eu/
RisingCam Colorful imx585
Apertura 10 inch f/4 Newtonian
Baader 2" MPCC V-1 Mark III Coma Corrector
PegasusAstro Nyx-101 Harmonic Gear Mount
Berlebach Uni 18

Orion and Running Man nebulae - natural color (i.e. no saturation)

13 hours, 23 minutes of integration (4820 subs of 10 sec each)
Processed with @siril.org (and a few pixels corrected with GIMP gimp.org)

Captured with:
N.I.N.A. nighttime-imaging.eu

Orion Nebula, 2024 Jan 11

captured with:
RisingCam Colorful 8.3mp HDR imx585
Astro-Tech AT60ED w/ .8 Reducer Field Flattener
PegasusAstro Mount NYX-101
N.I.N.A. nighttime-imaging.eu

processed with:
@siril.org

Bubble Nebula (right) and Messier 52 (left) from last night's astrophotography session