The Flickr Zwocameras Image Generatr

The universe loves to keep us guessing, and this latest image is no exception. A near-perfect question mark is a fun reminder of how much we still have to learn about the cosmos.

This unique emission nebula, located in the constellation of Cepheus, lies approximately 2,900 light-years from Earth.

34 hours and 20 min total integration
Ha subs 37 * 1,200sec = 12 hours 20 minutes
OIII subs 38 * 1,200sec = 12 hours 40 minutes
SII subs 28 8 1,200sec = 9 hours 20 minutes

Imaging Equipment:
Askar ALC200 focal length 200mm
Rainbow Astro RST-135,
ZWOASI2600MM Pro camera
3nm Ha, OIII &SII filters

NGC 300 galaxy in LHaRGB

The Full Wolf Moon passing in front of Mars (occultation) on Monday evening. This coincided with Mars closest approach to earth on Jan 12.

Occultation takes place when a celestial body with a greater apparent diameter passes in front of a body with a smaller apparent diameter. For example, when the moon passes in front of a star or planet. The occultation of the Sun by the Moon is called a solar eclipse.
Credit: www.starwalk.space.com

This is a composite image of Mars' path taken at one minute intervals. (18:51:45 through 20:40:19MST)
10ms exposures, 3.2 frames per second for 10 seconds every minute. 50% stacked. Acquired with Sharpcap 4.1, processed in Autostakkert 4, IMPPG and Photoshop.

Imaging equipment:
SharpStar 140PH Triplet 910mm focal length
Mesu 200 MKII mount,
ZWO2600 camera

M29 or Messier 29, also known as NGC 6913 or the Cooling Tower Cluster. This small and rather inconspicuous open star cluster was discovered by Charles Messier in July 1764. Located in the Cygnus Constellation about 5,240 light-years from Earth.

The concept for this image focuses on unveiling the intricate background nebulosity surrounding the star cluster.

Image captured over 8 nights; 2023-11-17, 2023-12-12, 16, 17, 2024-05-04, 09, 10, 2024-08-29
19 hours and 10 minutes total integration
Ha subs 32 * 1,200 sec = 10 hours 40 min
OIII subs 10 * 1,200 sec = 3 hours 20 min
SII subs 11 * 1,200 sec = 3 hours 40 min
RGB stars: (30+30+30) * 60 sec = 1 hour 30 min

Imaging Equipment:
SharpStar 140PH Triplet 910mm focal length
Mesu 200 MKII mount,
ZWOASI2600MM Pro camera
SHO 3.0nm filters and RGB filters

The Cygnus Wall is a prominent feature within the North America Nebula (NGC 7000), an emission nebula located in the constellation Cygnus. It is an area of intense star formation and rich interstellar activity. Located about 1,500 light years from Earth.

Image captured over 10 nights; 2024-07-07, 08, 31, 2024-08-01, 05, 09, 30, 31, 2024-09-01 & 03
34 hours and 10 minutes total integration
Ha subs 49 * 1,200 sec = 16 hours 20 min
OIII subs 29 * 1,200 sec = 9 hours 40 min
SII subs 20 * 1,200 sec = 6 hours 40 min
RGB stars: (15+15+15) * 120 sec = 1 hour

Imaging Equipment:
SharpStar 140PH Triplet 910mm focal length
Mesu 200 MKII mount,
ZWOASI2600MM Pro camera
SHO 3.0nm filters and RGB filters

Telescope: Newtonian Astrograph FótonAstro 8" F4
Mount: Sky-Watcher AZ-EQ6 GT
Camera: ZWO ASI2600mm Pro
Filters: V-Pro Series from Antlia
Guide camera: ZWO ASI120mm Mini

With the important presence objects, like NGC 3311/3312/3314

SH2-232 (upper left), SH2-235 (lower center), SH-231 (right center) and the smaller SH2-233 (far right), are large faint regions of HA nebulosity in the constellation Auriga. But they aren’t the only objects in the image. The small oval blue/teal structure just below centre of Sh2-232 is the planetary nebula, PK173.5+03.1.
SH2-231 to SH2-235 form a complex of HA regions located together in the Perseus arm in the outer galaxy. This complex may be associated with an old (330 thousand years) supernova remnant, FVW 172.8+1.5.
There is a giant molecular cloud, G174+2.5, containing these Sharpless objects that is at a distance of about 5,870 light years.
Image captured over 11 nights; 2023-04-15, 2023-11-09 & 17, 2023-12-12, 2024-01-03 & 04, 2024-02-01, 2024-03-06 & 08 & 11 & 14.
34 hours and 52 min total integration
Ha subs 65 * 1,200sec = 21 hours 40 minutes
OIII subs 16 * 1,200sec = 5 hours 20 minutes
SII subs 17 * 1,200sec =5 hours 40 minutes
R subs 26 * 120sec = 52 minutes
B subs 20 * 120sec = 40 minutes
G subs 20 * 120sec = 40 minutes
Imaging Equipment:
SharpStar 140PH Triplet 910mm focal length
Mesu 200 MKII,
ZWOASI2600MM Pro camera
3nm Ha, OIII & SII filters, R,G,B filters

The Jewel Box Cluster with surrounding H-Alpha cloud (NGC 4755)

Hey guys!! This is my LHaRGB capture of the Wishing Well Cluster (NGC 3532).
There are 30h39' of integrated data. I used my FótonAstro 8" Telescope on a Sky-Watcher AZ-EQ6 GT. My camera is a ZWO 2600mm with Antlia V-Pro Series Filters.

The image of this nebula was achieved through many hours of integrated data. I used the LRGB+HOO combination to reveal certain details of it. The point is that this fog of H-Alpha and Oxygen (Ha and OIII) that we have above the nebula generated some doubts in me and my friends.

An image loaded with Bright and Dark Nebula

Lynds' Bright Nebula 292, 305
Lynds' Dark Nebula 899, 900, 901 & 902

LBN 292 is a diffuse emission nebula in the constellation Cygnus. It lies about 4,500 – 6,000 light years away.
Within LBN 292 lies another LBN 305 and 4 dark nebula LDN 899, 900, 901 & 902.

These objects belongs to the luminous nebulae of Lynds, having a particular characteristic of diffuse and irregular dark areas contrasted with the intense bright areas that surround it. Objects listed in the catalogue are numbered with the prefix LBN or LDN (LBN = bright, LDN = dark)

The catalogue was originally compiled in the 1960s by Beverly Lynds.

Image captured over 6 nights; 2023-04-14, 22 & 23, 2023-05-14, 15 & 16
21 hours total integration
Ha subs 33 * 1,200 sec = 11 hours
OIII subs 10 * 1,200 sec = 3 hours 20 min
SII subs 17 * 1,200 sec = 5 hours 40 min
R, G, B for stars = 1 hour

Imaging Equipment:
SharpStar 140PH Triplet 910mm focal length
Mesu 200 MKII mount,
ZWOASI2600MM Pro camera
SHO 3.0nm filters

Sh2-119 is a fascinating emission nebula in the constellation Cygnus and lies some 2,200 light years away. This nebula is a glowing cloud of gas and dust, illuminated by the light of nearby stars. The bright, blue-white stars within Sh2-119 are responsible for ionizing the gas within the nebula, causing it to emit light at specific wavelengths.

The Clamshell Nebula earns its name due to its distinctive structure resembling two shells arranged to the east and west of the 68 Cygni star. The Cygni star resembles the pearl inside the shell.

Like many other nebulae, Sh2-119 is a reminder of the incredible power of the universe. The stars within the nebula are born out of clouds of gas and dust, and as they age and exhaust their nuclear fuel, they release this material back into space, seeding the formation of new stars and planets.

Image captured over 7 nights; 2022-11-19, 21 & 23 and 2023-08-14, 15, 16 & 24
29 hours 40 minutes total integration
Ha subs 43 * 1,200 sec = 14 hours 20 min
OIII subs 14 * 1,200 sec = 4 hours 40 min
SII subs 29 * 1,200 sec = 9 hours 40 min
RGB = 1 hour

Imaging Equipment:
SharpStar 94EDPH with reducer at 414mm focal length,
Rainbow Astro RST-135,
ZWOASI2600MM Pro camera
SHO 3.0nm filters & RGB filters

The ghost of a long-dead star, the W63 supernova remnant shines like a faint cosmic smoke-ring along the plane of the Milky Way galaxy toward the northern constellation Cygnus the swan. Its wraithlike appearance is traced against the region's rich complex of interstellar clouds and dust by an eerie blue glow. Spanning over four full moons on the sky. Likely over 5,000 light-years away, the visible part of the still expanding shell supernova remnant is around 150 light-years in diameter. So far no source has been identified as with the remains of W63's original star. Light from the star's supernova explosion would have reached Earth over 15,000 years ago.

Image captured over 6 nights; 2023-10-06, 07, 08, 14, 15 & 19
27 hours total integration
Ha subs 23 * 1,200 sec = 7 hours 40 min
OIII subs 47 * 1,200 sec = 15 hours 40 min
SII subs 11 * 1,200 sec = 3 hours 40 min
RGB = 1 hour

Imaging Equipment:
SharpStar 94EDPH with reducer at 414mm focal length,
Rainbow Astro RST-135,
ZWOASI2600MM Pro camera
SHO 3.0nm filters & RGB filters

I get this data from Takahashi FSQ-85 by my observatory friend!

Telescope: FotonAstro Newtonian Astrograph F4 8"
Mount: Sky Watcher AZ-EQ6 GT
V-Pro Series Filters by Antlia
Cam: ZWO ASI2600MM Pro

NGC 1491 is roughly 10,700 light-years from Earth and was discovered by William Herschel in 1790. It is located in the constellation Perseus.

If you use your imagination, you can 'see' the footprint. The heal is the lower right and the toes are the upper left.

Image captured over 9 nights; 2023-02-11, 14, 15, 2023-03-16, 18, 19, 20, 22, 25
30 hours total integration
Ha subs 50 * 1,200 sec = 16 hours 40 min
OIII subs 22 * 1,200 sec = 7 hours 20 min
SII subs 15 * 1,200 sec = 5 hours
R, G, B for stars = 1 hour

Imaging Equipment:
SharpStar 140PH Triplet 910mm focal length
Mesu 200 MKII mount,
ZWOASI2600MM Pro camera
SHO 3.0nm filters

Solar Image AR3354, 2023-06-29

Still image for comparison to time-lapse. One processed in native B&W the other processed with false colour. Best 8% of 2,000 images used.

Equipment details:
Orion 80mm refractor
Quark Chromosphere filter
ZWO294MM Pro using ROI
Processed in Autostakkert, IMPPG and Photoshop

Solar Image AR3354, 2023-06-29

Still image for comparison to time-lapse. One processed in native B&W the other processed with false colour. Best 8% of 2,000 images used.

Equipment details:
Orion 80mm refractor
Quark Chromosphere filter
ZWO294MM Pro using ROI
Processed in Autostakkert, IMPPG and Photoshop

LHaRGB. The H-Alpha details are so beautiful!