All posts by Peter Folkesson

M3

2015-03-18 Peter Folkesson Leave a comment

2015-03-12 00:00-03:30
Very clear, rising moon, no wind, -1 degrees C

M3
Exposures:
20×60+20×120+20x300s LIGHT
39×240+68x480s DARK
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

NGC2237, NGC2244 – Rosette Nebula

2015-03-15 Peter Folkesson Leave a comment

2015-03-12 20:00-23:00
Some high clouds, no moon, no wind, 1 degrees C

2015-03-13 20:00-23:00
Few high clouds, no moon, no wind, 1 degrees C

NGC2244
Exposures:
46x480s LIGHT
67x480s DARK
200 BIAS

Astrophotos

M37

2015-03-06 Peter Folkesson Leave a comment

2015-03-04 21:30-00:00
Clear, full moon, some wind, -2 degrees C

M37
Exposures:
28x240s+2x300s LIGHT
40x240s DARK
200 BIAS

Astrophotos

NGC1499

2014-12-31 Peter Folkesson Leave a comment

2014-12-25 18:30-23:00
Clear, setting moon, -10 degrees C

NGC1499 – The California Nebula
Exposures:
30x480s LIGHT
30x480s DARK
200 BIAS

Astrophotos

IC405, IC410

2014-12-27 Peter Folkesson Leave a comment

2014-12-25 23:30-04:00
Clear, setting moon, -10 degrees C

IC405, IC410
Exposures:
30x480s LIGHT
30x480s DARK
200 BIAS

Astrophotos

M45

2014-12-21 Peter Folkesson 2 Comments

2014-12-20 19:00-03:00
Very clear, no moon, -2 degrees C

M45 – The Pleiades
Exposures:
20x60s+20x120s+20x240s+29x480s LIGHT
30x480s DARK
200 BIAS

Blog

Testing Pixinsight Drizzle Integration

2014-11-07 Peter Folkesson Leave a comment

The first picture is a test using Pixinsight drizzle integration on the same image data as the picture below it. Although the images have been processed quite differently, there is definitely an improvement in the amount of details possible when using 2X drizzle (artificially doubling the resolution of the original data).

Astrophotos

M33

2014-10-31 Peter Folkesson Leave a comment

2014-10-28 19:30-23:30
High and fast moving low clouds, humid, 9 degrees C

2014-10-29 22:30-00:30
Some initial clouds followed by clear, humid, 2 degrees C

M33 – Triangulum Galaxy
Exposures:
30+20x360s LIGHT
40+40x360s DARK
200 BIAS

Astrophotos

M31, M32, M110

2014-09-28 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
20x60s+20x180s+18x480s DARK
200 BIAS

Astrophotos

Veil Nebula

2014-09-06 Peter Folkesson Leave a comment

Pickering's Triangular Wisp — Pickering’s Triangular Wisp

2014-09-03 23:00-04:00
Clear, 12 degrees C

Veil Nebulae
Exposures:
30x480s LIGHT
18x300s DARK
200 BIAS

Astrophotos

M11, NGC6712, IC1295

2014-08-28 Peter Folkesson Leave a comment

2014-08-27 22:45-02:00
Scattered low clouds, 11 degrees C

M11, NGC6712, IC1295
Exposures:
24x300s LIGHT
50x300s DARK
200 BIAS

Astrophotos

M27

2014-08-09 Peter Folkesson Leave a comment

2014-08-06 23:45-03:00
Setting moon, high clouds, 15 degrees C

M27
Exposures:
16x300s+8x240s+9x180s LIGHT
16x300s+20x240s+13x180s DARKS
200 BIAS

Blog

AAPOD winner of July 20th 2014

2014-07-20 Peter Folkesson 2 Comments

This image of the central part of Auriga containing the star clusters M36, M38, NGC1931 as well as the nebulae IC417 and NGC1907 was chosen as the Amateur Astronomy Picture of the Day today (July 20th 2014) 🙂

Astrophotos

NGC4565, NGC4559, NGC4494

2014-05-25 Peter Folkesson Leave a comment

2014-04-04 23:00-05:00
Clear, setting moon, no wind, 3 degrees C

NGC4565+NGC4559
23x480s LIGHT
34x480s DARK
200 BIAS
40 FLAT

Astrophotos

M53, NGC5053

2014-05-01 Peter Folkesson Leave a comment

2014-05-01 23:30-03:00
Clear, no moon, no wind, 2 degrees C

M53+NGC5053
Exposures:
21x480s LIGHT
20x480s DARKS
200 BIAS
40 FLAT

Astrophotos

M81, M82, NGC2976, NGC3077

2014-04-27 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
45x480s DARKS
200 BIAS
40 FLAT

Astrophotos

Coma Cluster

2014-04-27 Peter Folkesson Leave a comment

2014-04-26 00:00-03:30
Some high clouds initially, no moon, no wind, 10 degrees C
2014-04-27 00:00-03:30
Some high clouds, no moon, no wind, 10 degrees C

Coma Cluster
Exposures:
42x480s LIGHT
45x480s DARKS
200 BIAS
40 FLAT