Category Archives: Astrophotos

M101 and friends – 2016

2016-04-10 Peter Folkesson Leave a comment

2015-03-13 23:00-04:00
Clear, rising moon, no wind, -1 degrees C

2016-03-31 22:00-00:00
Low clouds followed by clear weather, some wind, no moon, 1 degrees C

2016-04-09 22:00-04:00
High clouds followed by clear weather, no wind, no moon, -1 degrees C

M101
Exposures:
(32+9+30)x480s LIGHT
192x480s DARKS
200 BIAS

Camera: Canon EOS-600Da, IDAS LPS-P2, ISO800
Lens: Sky-Watcher Esprit 80ED + Sky-Watcher field flattener
Mount: HEQ5 Pro
Skywatcher SynGuider auto guider and Celestron 80mm guide scope
Software: BackyardEOS, PixInsight, Photoshop

Astrophotos

Double Cluster – 2016

2016-03-18 Peter Folkesson Leave a comment

NGC869, NGC884 - 2016, Double Cluster — NGC869, NGC884 (Double Cluster) – 2016

2016-01-04 17:30-19:00
High clouds followed by low clouds, no wind, -5 degrees C

Exposures:
9x300s LIGHT

2016-02-03 19:00-03:30
Clear, no wind, no moon, moist, -2 degrees C

Exposures:
8x480s LIGHT
120x480s DARK
200 BIAS

Astrophotos

M81, M82 – 2016

2016-03-05 Peter Folkesson Leave a comment

2014-04-27 23:00-03:30
High clouds, no moon, no wind, 10 degrees C

M81+M82
Exposures:
28x480s LIGHT

2016-02-03 19:00-03:30
Clear, no wind, no moon, moist, -2 degrees C

M81+M82
Exposures:
24x480s LIGHT

2016-02-12 20:30-01:30
Clear followed by cloudy weather, no wind, setting moon, -6 degrees C

M81+M82
Exposures:
8x480s LIGHT

2016-02-28 19:30-23:00
Clear followed by fog, no wind, no moon, -3 degrees C

M81+M82
Exposures:
26x480s LIGHT

Total:
86x480s LIGHT
448x480s DARKS
200 BIAS

Astrophotos

M46, M47

2016-03-01 Peter Folkesson Leave a comment

2016-02-29 19:30-22:30
Clear, no wind, no moon, -4 degrees C

M46+M47
Exposures:
30x240s LIGHT
116x480s DARKS
200 BIAS

Astrophotos

M78 – 2016

2016-02-14 Peter Folkesson Leave a comment

2016-02-04 18:30-23:30
Clear, no wind, no moon, -2 degrees C

M78
Exposures:
10x300s+28x480s LIGHT

2016-02-12 20:30-01:30
Clear followed by cloudy weather, no wind, setting moon, -6 degrees C

M78
Exposures:
21x480s LIGHT

206x480s DARK
200 BIAS

Astrophotos

M35, NGC2158

2016-02-05 Peter Folkesson Leave a comment

2016-01-05 19:30-03:00
Some low clouds and ice crystals, no wind, -10 degrees C
Exposures:
8x480s LIGHT

2016-02-03 19:00-03:30
Clear, no wind, no moon, moist, -2 degrees C
Exposures:
14x480s LIGHT

169x480s DARK
200 BIAS

Astrophotos

M42 – Orion Nebula

2016-01-16 Peter Folkesson Leave a comment

2016-01-05 19:30-03:00
Some low clouds and ice crystals, no wind, -10 degrees C
M42
Exposures:
6x480s+11x240s+10x60s+11x30s+10x15s LIGHT

2016-01-13 21:00-23:00
Clear, turbulent, low clouds, no wind, -11 degrees C
M42
Exposures:
8x300s LIGHT

2016-01-14 20:00-00:00
Clear, setting moon, no wind, -13 degrees C
M42
Exposures:
2x480s+18x300s+12x240s LIGHT

Total:
8x480s+26x300s+23x240s+10x60s+11x30s+10x15s LIGHT
79x480s DARK
200 BIAS

Astrophotos

IC434 – Horsehead Nebula

2016-01-12 Peter Folkesson Leave a comment

2016-01-06 20:30-01:00
Clear, no wind, -12 degrees C

IC434
Exposures:
35x300s+18x240s+2x120s LIGHT

2016-02-26 19:30-22:30
Clear, no wind, rising moon, -3 degrees C

IC434
Exposures:
2x120s+14x300s+12x480s LIGHT

Total
12x480s+49x300s+18x240s+4x120s
303x480s DARK
200 BIAS

Astrophotos, Blog

Heart and Soul Nebulae

2016-01-01 Peter Folkesson Leave a comment

Testing the PixInsight GradientMergeMosaic tool.

IC1848:
2014-04-03 22:00-05:00 (2 hours lost due to a combination of hardware and software problems)
Clear, moon at the horizon, no wind, 0 degrees C
Exposures:
8x480s LIGHT
28x480s DARK
200 BIAS

IC1805:
2015-12-13 17:30-21:00 (2 hours lost due to Canon driver issue with Windows 10 and USB 3.0 setting in VMWare Fusion 8.1.0)
Some low clouds followed by fog, no wind, -3 degrees C
Exposures:
9x480s LIGHT
60x480s DARK
200 BIAS

Astrophotos

IC1805, Heart Nebula

2015-12-21 Peter Folkesson Leave a comment

2015-12-13 17:30-21:00 (2 hours lost due to Canon driver issue with Windows 10 and USB 3.0 setting in VMWare Fusion 8.1.0)
Some low clouds followed by fog, no wind, -3 degrees C

IC1805
Exposures:
9x480s LIGHT
60x480s DARK
200 BIAS

Astrophotos

M31, M32, M110 – 2015

2015-10-17 Peter Folkesson Leave a comment

2014-09-26 22:00-01:30
Fast moving low clouds, windy, 10 degrees C

M31 – Andromeda Galaxy
Exposures:
20x60s+13x180s+5x480s LIGHT

2015-10-14 21:00-03:00
Some high clouds, no moon, some wind, 5 degrees C

M31 – Andromeda Galaxy
Exposures:
10x60s+40x480s LIGHT

48x60s+20x180s+100x480s DARK
200 BIAS

Astrophotos, Blog

Supermoon Eclipse 2015

2015-09-28 Peter Folkesson Leave a comment

The supermoon lunar eclipse photographed from my backyard.

6 s exposure at ISO200.

Camera: Canon EOS-600Da, IDAS LPS-P2, ISO200
Lens: Sky-Watcher Esprit 80ED + Sky-Watcher field flattener
Mount: HEQ5 Pro
Software: BackyardEOS, Photoshop

I’ve also made a short timelapse movie of the event from my images taken that night: