The Image Index is a system based on likes received on images, that incentivizes the most active and liked members of the community. Learn more.
The Contribution Index (beta) is system to reward informative, constructive, and valuable commentary on AstroBin. Learn more.
Imaging telescopes or lenses: Nikon 200 f/2
Imaging cameras: FLI Microline 16200
Mounts: 10Micron 1000HPS
Software: Astro Pixel Processor APP · Pleiades Astrophoto PixInsight 1.8 Ripley · Photoshop
Filters: Astrodon 3nm OIII · Astrodon LRGB Tru-Balance E-series Gen II · Astrodon 3nm Ha
Dates:March 6, 2020 , March 7, 2020 , March 9, 2020 , March 10, 2020 , March 18, 2020 , March 19, 2020 , March 21, 2020 , March 22, 2020 , March 23, 2020 , April 16, 2020 , April 17, 2020 , May 9, 2020 , May 10, 2020 , May 11, 2020 , May 12, 2020 , May 13, 2020 , May 14, 2020 , May 15, 2020 , May 17, 2020 , May 24, 2020 , May 25, 2020 , May 30, 2020 , June 2, 2020 , June 7, 2020
Frames:
Astrodon 3nm Ha: 40x600" -20C bin 1x1
Astrodon 3nm OIII: 40x600" -20C bin 1x1
Astrodon LRGB Tru-Balance E-series Gen II: 740x180" -20C bin 1x1
Integration: 50.3 hours
Darks: ~30
Flats: ~20
Flat darks: ~30
Bias: ~30
Avg. Moon age: 18.31 days
Avg. Moon phase: 52.24%
Bortle Dark-Sky Scale: 1.00
Astrometry.net job: 3659077
RA center: 11h 41' 59"
DEC center: -60° 26' 27"
Pixel scale: 25.108 arcsec/pixel
Orientation: 1.297 degrees
Field radius: 16.684 degrees
Resolution: 4054x2540
Locations: Chilescope, Fundina, Chile
Data source: Amateur hosting facility
Remote source: ChileScope
Zoom version (highly recommended !!)
‐-----------------------------------
Hello eveyone,
I am happy to share with you this image that kept me busy for more than 3 months, both for acquisitions and processing.
This image is a mosaic of 25 tiles, made over 3 months between April and June 2020.
It presents a particularly rich region of the southern sky of 600 degrees square: the iconic Southern Cross in the Milky Way, and some beautiful jewels scattered in the constellations of Crux, Centaurus, Carina, Vela and Musca : emission nebulae, clusters, dark nebulae...
Among the most notable objects, we can find the Carina nebulae, the Chicken run, the Statue of Liberty, the Coalsack Nebula, but also beautiful open clusters such as the jewel box, the Pincushion Cluster, the southern Pleiades, the Pearl cluster, etc.
This image is composed of 25 tiles, each composed of 3 RGB layers + Ha and OIII layers for the nebulosity areas. I have also added some more detailed images previously made for nebulae.
In total, there are thus :
- 820 raw images for the RGB (180s), Ha and OIII (600s) layers;
- 75 stacked images for the RGB layers (25 tiles per color) + 4 Ha and OIII images (on the nebulosity areas);
- 50 hours of exposure.
All the preprocessing and processing was done with Pixinsight.
The assembly of the mosaic was done with Astro Pixel Processor.
The final corrections (contrast, colors, etc.) were made with Photoshop.
I strongly recommend you to view this image in "full" version in order to really appreciate it!
A "zoomable" version is available here (easier to navigate on the image). .
More information about this project and this image, as well as about the main visible objects, on my personal site.
I hope you will enjoy looking at this image! :)
JB
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Bonjour à tous,
Je suis heureux de partager avec vous cette image qui m'a occupé pendant plus de 3 mois, entre les acquisitions et le traitement.
Cette image est une mosaïque de 25 tuiles, réalisée sur 3 mois entre avril et juin 2020.
Elle présente une région du ciel austral de 600 degrés carré particulièrement riche : se situant dans le plan de la Voie Lactée, on y trouve l'iconique constellation de la Croix du Sud, et quelques beaux joyaux disséminés dans les constellations du Centaure, de la Carène, de la Mouche et des Voiles : nébuleuses, amas, nuages obscurs...
Parmi les objets les plus notables, on trouve les nébuleuses de la Carène, du Poulet qui court, de la Statue de la Liberté, le sac à charbon, mais aussi de beaux amas ouverts tels que la boite à bijoux, l'amas des Lucioles, les Pléiades du sud, l'amas de la Perle, l'amas de la Pieuvre, etc.
Cette image rassemble 25 images composées chacune de 3 couches RGB + des couches Ha et OIII pour les zones de nébulosités. J'ai également ajouté certaines images plus détaillées réalisées auparavant pour les nébuleuses.
Au total, ce sont donc :
- 820 images brutes pour les couches RGB (180s), Ha et OIII (600s) ;
- 75 images empilées pour les couches RGB (25 tuiles par couleur) + 4 images Ha et OIII (sur les zones de nébuleuses) ;
- 50 heures de pose.
L'ensemble du prétraitement et du traitement a été réalisé avec Pixinsight.
L'assemblage de la mosaïque a été réalisé avec Astro Pixel Processor.
Les corrections finales (contraste, couleurs, etc.) ont été réalisées sous Photoshop.
Je vous invite vraiment à consulter cette image en "full" afin de pouvoir pleinement l'apprécier !
Une version "zoomable" est disponible ici (plus simple pour naviguer sur l'image). .
Plus d'informations sur ce projet et cette image, ainsi que sur les principaux objets visibles, sur mon site personnel.
J'espère que vous prendrez plaisir à regarder cette image ! :)
JB
Description: Mosaic construction ! :)
Description: "light jpeg version" (25% zoom) For full real version, please look at version A (download may take a long time...).
Description: AAPOD² celebration (17/07/2020)
You have no new notifications. |
This page or operation is not available at the moment, because AstroBin is in READ ONLY mode. For more information, please check out our Twitter feed: https://twitter.com/AstroBin_com
This feature is only offered at higher membership levels.
Would you be interested in upgrading? AstroBin is a very small business and your support would mean a lot!
If this user has been harassing you, and you shadow-ban them, all their activities on your content will be invisible to everyone except themselves.
They will not know that they have been shadow-banned, and the goal is that eventually they will get bored while having caused no harm, since nobody saw what they posted.
You will remove your shadow-ban on this user, and their comments, messages, etc, will appear again on your content.
Such limitation improves the website as a whole by discouraging people from creating fake accounts to like their own content. Thank you for understanding!
Currently, your Image Index is .
To learn more about the Image Index, please visit the FAQ page. Thanks!
Comments