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Prepping for tonight. Video on the Svbony power box coming soon.

#astronomy #astrophotography #telescope
Imaging Rig set up: Askar 91F, ZWO ASI2600MC Pro, ZWO CAA, iOptron iEAF, SV241-Pro, QHY5-III 178m, Svbony 60mm guide scope
November 14, 2025 at 7:55 PM
bradjperry.bsky.social
Comet C/2025 A6 Lemmon
October 20, 2025 – 8:21pm to 8:41pm

Bortle 2 sky
New Brunswick, Canada
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Sony A6000 + Sigma 150-600mm @ 503.9mm
iOptron SkyGuider Pro
40 x 30s F6.3 ISO1600

Processed in Siril and Photoshop

#comet #cometlemmon #cometc2025a6lemmon #astrophotography #photography
A comet with a teal coma and purple tail against a dark background speckled with stars.
October 22, 2025 at 7:37 PM
joegeiger.bsky.social
Here is a single 5 min sub from my latest project, NGC 7331 & Friends images on my 8” SCT. I’ve got 11 hrs of L and am waiting for a couple of moonless clear night to finish capturing RGB and Ha. Hopefully this week, the weather will cooperate. 🔭 #Astrophotography
A star field in the constellation Pegasus. The spiral galaxy NGC 7331 is shown on the left side of the image and a cluster of galaxies called “Stephan’s Quintet” is visible on the left side of the frame. My 8” SCT and mono imaging gear on a iOptron HEM27 Strain wave mount. It is setup on the south lawn of my yard.
October 21, 2025 at 4:02 PM
fred-forge.bsky.social
#Journal #A.Soul.in.Transit

“Life and death are precious !
To disrespect one is to disrespect the other„

#ƒred-ƒorge

Fine art photography :
#Trevor-Dobson (astrophotography)

Milky Way at York, Western Australia.

[Nikon d810a - 50mm - ISO 6400 - f/2.5 - Details in ALT -]
#Journal #A.Soul.in.Transit “Life and death are precious ! To disrespect one is to disrespect the other„ #ƒred-ƒorge Fine art photography : #Trevor-Dobson (astrophotography) Milky Way at York, Western Australia. Nikon d810a - 50mm - ISO 6400 - f/2.5 - Foreground : 7 x 30 seconds - Sky : 35 x 30 seconds - iOptron SkyTracker - Hoya Red Intensifier filter.
October 14, 2025 at 5:57 PM
fred-forge.bsky.social
Nikon d810a - 50mm - ISO 6400 - f/2.5 - Foreground : 7 x 30 seconds - Sky : 35 x 30 seconds - iOptron SkyTracker - Hoya Red Intensifier filter.
October 14, 2025 at 11:14 PM
astropunk.bsky.social
Centaurus A (Hamburger Galaxy)

28th Dec 2024
Leon Mow Dark Sky Site (LMDSS)
iOptron CEM26
Skywatcher ED80
24mm Televue Panoptic
Samsung S22 Ultra
120 x 55S
ISO3200
30 Darks

Stacked in Pixinsight, Processed in Pixinsight, Graxpert & Photoshop

Flickr: flic.kr/p/2qDw1B5
241228_LMDSS_CEM26_ED80_24TEL_S22U_120I_55S_ISO3200_30D_PI_GRAX_PS
Centaurus A (Hamburger Galaxy) 28th Dec 2024 Leon Mow Dark Sky Site (LMDSS) iOptron CEM26 Skywatcher ED80 24mm Televue Panoptic Samsung S22 Ultra 120 x 55S ISO3200 30 Darks Stacked in Pixinsight, Pr...
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January 4, 2025 at 10:49 PM
hawaiianimages.bsky.social
No, but can provide. :)
iOptron 10" truss tube RC w/Apex ED-L .65x reducer (1300mm f/5.3), CEM 70 mount, ZWO ASI533MC-Pro cam w/IR cut filter. 105 x 120s subs, processed in Pixinsight. Feel free to AMA. :)
December 2, 2024 at 5:15 PM
pbjonearth.bsky.social
Celestron C8 with a reducer giving ~1400mm focal length and a ZWO 2600. It was on a recently repaired iOptron iEQ-30. The night was basically a shake down of the new(ish) mount.
November 21, 2024 at 11:08 AM
astropunk.bsky.social
Veil Nebula
Imaged: October 17/18th 2023
Location: LMDSS (Bortle 2)
Camera: Samsung S22 Ultra
Mount: iOptron CEM26B
Scope: Skywatcher ED72 Evostar
Eyepiece: 24mm Tele Vue Optics Panoptic
140 x 55s Lights
ISO1600
60 Darks ISO1600
Stacked in APP & Processed in photoshop.
Flickr: flic.kr/p/2pbgS53
231017_Veil_Nebula_140I_55s_ISO1600_60D_ED72_APP_PS
Veil Nebula Imaged: October 17/18th 2023 Location: LMDSS (Bortle 2) Camera: Samsung S22 Ultra Mount: iOptron CEM26B Scope: Skywatcher ED72 Evostar Eyepiece: 24mm Tele Vue Optics Panoptic 140 x 55s Lig...
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October 24, 2023 at 12:39 PM
hawaiianimages.bsky.social
I just noticed iOptron is now offering a CEM70/10" RC package, good thing I already have the scope. :) I can tell you that the 10" RC is heavier than an Edge 11, never mind an Edge 9.25, the CEM70 will do that *easily*
August 20, 2023 at 8:07 PM
misplacedphotons.bsky.social
NGC 7331, 10th August, Oxfordshire UK
Details:
71 x 360s LightsAltair 26C | EdgeHD8 (f=2064mm)
iOptron CEM70 | Celestron OAG | ASI 178mmAPT4.5 |
PHD2 | iOptron CommanderProcessed in PixInsight
(WBPP->GradX->SPCC->BlurX->Masked Stretch->Curves->NoiseX)
September 5, 2024 at 8:08 AM
oldvalravn.bsky.social
Gear setup: TS 140mm @ f/5.2, iOptron GEM 45, ZWO 1600MM @0, ZWO OAG 42mm & ZWO 290MM, ZWO 5x1.25 EFW, Pegasus Focus Cube, Baader SHO filters. Light subs Ha 20 x 180sec, Oiii 17 x 180. Total exposure 1 hr & 50min taken from Bortle 4 sky class. Captured by NINA, PHD2.
September 3, 2024 at 6:47 AM
westwoodastro.net
Dipping into the driveway archives for some 2022 data on the Cocoon nebula in HaRGB. I imaged this with the 8" EdgeHD, ZWO ASI294MM Pro, and iOptron CEM70G.
IC 5146, the Cocoon nebula.
January 28, 2024 at 10:57 PM
astropunk.bsky.social
Centaurus A
April 7th 2024 LMDSS (Bortle 2)
Camera: Samsung S22 U
Mount: iOptron CEM26
Scope: Skywatcher ED80
Eyepiece: 24mm Tele Vue Optics Panoptic
120 x 55s Lights
ISO3200
30 Darks
Stacked in APP & Proc in PS.
Flickr: flic.kr/p/2pHTfpT
240407_LMDSS_Centaurus_A_120I_ISO3200_55S_S22_ED80_CEM26_24TEL_APP_PS
Centaurus A April 7th 2024 LMDSS (Bortle 2) Camera: Samsung S22 U Mount: iOptron CEM26 Scope: Skywatcher ED80 Eyepiece: 24mm Tele Vue Optics Panoptic 120 x 55s Lights ISO3200 30 Darks Stacked in APP &...
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April 8, 2024 at 12:24 PM
mark-bennett.bsky.social
Work in progress! Managed to get a few hours last night to kick off my next image. A total of 2hrs 42min LRGB on the Bode’s and Cigar galaxies.
📷 ZWO ASI294MM Pro with Astronomik narrowband and LRGB filters.
🔭TS Optics RC6 on an iOptron GEM 28.
#astrophotography
#astronomy
#galaxy
September 10, 2023 at 11:44 AM
wdphotography.bsky.social
“Blood Moon Lunar Eclipse” 🌝

March 14, 2025

Images left to right: beginning of totality and during totality.

Imaged on Nikon Z6 & 200-500 + iOptron Skyguider Pro star tracker. 📷🔭
March 16, 2025 at 8:12 PM
mandydaniels.bsky.social
An aeroplane descending out of the clouds above the setting Sun.

2023 06 16
[Originally published on www.earthsky.org]

Nikon D800, iOptron RC6, FL = 1370 mm

#astronomy #sun #solar #aeroplane #clouds
December 24, 2024 at 11:43 AM
joegeiger.bsky.social
Ahh, mystery solved. It’s not swapped… My image is just rotated a bit counter-clockwise from this very nice image you posted. I used an iOptron HEM27 equatorial EQ mount that I polar aligned to keep the sun centered. I did not rotate the camera, so the rotation was off a bit.
April 30, 2024 at 11:42 AM
hawaiianimages.bsky.social
My improvised pier top adapter is a success! Powered mount, did basic slew test, successfully connected to NINA on my PC. So far so good. Waiting for 2nd counterweight to come in before putting scope on and testing internal USB. : )🔭
IOptron CEM70 center balanced equatorial mount on my enormous CEM Pro tripod
February 15, 2024 at 9:32 PM
jmhastronomy.bsky.social
The camera I used was an SBIG STF-8300C and the mount was an iOptron iEQ45 (the original version).
The image is comprised of about 30 individual 120 second exposures stacked and processed in PixInsight and finished in Photoshop.
November 14, 2024 at 4:17 AM
rick-wayne.bsky.social
IOptron CEM-25P's various RJ-11 ports are labeled in dark gray on black -- PERFECT readability in the dark. My bad that I connected 12V to the ST-4 port, but theirs that it was (a) possible and (b) so poorly labeled. Smoke from mount: never good. So the next image was...costly.

#astrophotography
January 6, 2025 at 1:11 AM
astropunk.bsky.social
Another blast from the past. This was last year.

Eagle Nebula
April 11th 2024 LMDSS (Bortle 2)
Camera: Samsung S22 U
Mount: iOptron CEM26
Scope: Skywatcher ED80
Eyepiece: 24mm Tele Vue Optics Panoptic
230 x 55s Lenhance
ISO3200
30 Darks
Stacked in APP & Proc in PS.

flic.kr/p/2pK1WWj
240411_LMDSS_Eagle_233I_Lenhance_55S_ISO3200_CEM26_ED80_24TEL_S22U_APP_PS
Eagle Nebula April 11th 2024 LMDSS (Bortle 2) Camera: Samsung S22 U Mount: iOptron CEM26 Scope: Skywatcher ED80 Eyepiece: 24mm Tele Vue Optics Panoptic 230 x 55s Lenhance ISO3200 30 Darks Stacked in A...
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February 17, 2025 at 5:08 AM
ufofeed.bsky.social
Reprocess of M45

https://www.ufofeed.com/153398/reprocess-of-m45/

120 x 60s lights at ISO 1600 30 x darks 30 x flats 30 x biases Canon Rebel T7 Redcat 51 WIFD IOptron Skyguider Pro (WO Wedge) Bortle 3 Work Flow: Siril: -Stack using OSC_Preprocessing Script -plate solve image -photometric colour …
Reprocess of M45
120 x 60s lights at ISO 160030 x darks30 x flats 30 x biasesCanon Rebel T7 Redcat 51 WIFD IOptron Skyguider Pro (WO Wedge)Bortle 3Work Flow:Siril:-Stack using OSC_Preprocessing Script-plate solve image-photometric colour calibration-background extraction -Starnet Star Removal -GHS Transformation -Set Blackpoint-Saturation Adjustments -Recomposite Stars Affinity Photo 2:Manually Remove Background:-Duplicate Pixel Layer-Select DSO -Inpaint-Gaussian Blur, slider all the way to the right -Set blend mode to reflect -Adjust opacity as needed for a smooth transition between the DSO and background by Charming_Employee982
www.ufofeed.com
October 6, 2025 at 11:38 PM
hawaiianimages.bsky.social
iOptron CEM70. Last week I plugged everything in and tested the internal wiring, etc...but it's been clouds and rain since then.
a center-balanced equatorial mount and truss-tube telescope
March 15, 2024 at 5:45 AM
bombsfall.bsky.social
Sup #gamers it's NGC 281, otherwise known as the Pacman Nebula. Pacman in god form. Old Pacman.

specs:
~9 hours of H and O
5 hours of S
5 min exposures
Processed in SHO palette
Scope: ED127cf
Cam: QHY268m
Mount: iOptron GEM45
#astrophotography
October 5, 2023 at 4:18 PM