Check out this unbelievable picture of the Great Orion Nebula . It ’s not from the Hubble Space Telescope . It ’s the piece of work of amateur astrophotographer Marcus Davies , and it just one of the finalist for this twelvemonth ’s Astronomy lensman of the Year .
When you witness the marvels of the universe that average geeks are able to trance from their back yards , it ’s enough to keep you up at nighttime … take your own photograph . The finalists in this class ’s astronomy competition are just mind - blowing . Here are a few more of the finalist , plus a few of the pics from the contest’sFlickr poolthat we feel should have been on the shortlist ! More details about the contest at the connectedness . [ Telegraph ]
The Great Orion Nebula photograph byMarcus Davies . This amazing image catch the superheated gasoline and dust of the closest star - forming region to Earth , 1350 light years forth . Tons more amazing images at the connection .
The big Magellanic Cloud – Central , byDave Trimarchi on Flickr .
Mosaic Panels : 3
exposure per mosaic venire : R:5 hours + Ha:5 hours , B:5 hours + OIII : 5 hour ( 20 hours per tile , 60 60 minutes sum )
Total Field Covered : 240 x 130 arcminutes .
date : 12th , 13th , 22nd and 23rd November , second , tertiary , 12th and 13th December 2009 .
Location : Gold Coast , Queensland .
Processing :
Sub - Image calibration and per - filter colour image sigma rejected addition with CCDStack .
screen background correction using the PixInsight software ’s active Background Extraction Tool .
Green Synthesis , RGB combination , mosaic assembly , levels and Adobe RGB 1998 colourspace spiritual rebirth with Adobe Photoshop CS4 .
Notes :
This simulacrum was an experimentation in dealing with abstemious pollution from my site by blending Narrowband filter with RGB and synthesize Green , usually the most knotty color .
Using Ha and OIII filters to limit the earthly luminescence and commingle the insipid background from these with standard Red and Blue filter .
For this exceptional image , being a mosaic , there is approximately 60 hour of pic here without taking any Green or SII , which would have take another 30 hours of exposures in this case .
In an attempt to limit light defilement influences and also reduce the entire amount of time need to take all the exposures for this three - panel , pseudo RGB double , the Green channel was synthesize from the combined R = R+Ha and B= B+OIII image .
Telescope : Takahashi FSQ106ED
Focal Length : 390 millimetre
photographic camera : SBIG ST10XE
Pixels : 2184 x 1472 x 6.7um
Spin Cycle bySteph Hall on Flickr .
ISO 400 , f/3.5 , 100×30sec .
Steel wool whirl ISO 200 , f/8 , 144sec . heap in Startrails.de
Nikon D90 , 18 - 105 mm lens
And it’savailable for sale .
The Sun ( composite of four exposures ) byR. Nicola on Flickr .
Takahashi APO 130
H - Alfa Coronado SolarMax
Nikon D300
work with PSCS5
More picture atAstrofiliPC.it .
Rose Nebula byHo Yoel Ryu on Flickr . This was n’t a finalist , but we find it should have been !
FSQ106ED with reducer
QSI 583 narrow band image
Veil - Nebula - Full byMPastro2001 on Flickr . This was n’t a finalist , but we palpate it should have been !
2 panel mosaic of the Veil Nebula in Cygnus using just Ha and OIII data point . Taken with an SBIG STL1000 M and a Takahashi FSQ106N mounted on a Software Bisque Paramount ME . Exposure time is 10.5:10 hours .
Rosette Narrowband 2010 crop byEndosidney on Flickr . This was n’t a finalist , but we felt it should have been !
setting : TSA102
Mount : EM200
Camera : STL 11000 M
pic : Ha 5 nm 25×20 min/ SII 3 nm 18×20/ OIII 3 nm 18×20/
entire exposure 20 hours ; my longest pic to date
M42 The Orion Nebula byTrevor W. on Flickr . This was n’t a finalist , but we felt it should have been !
quarry : M42 The Orion Nebula ( and M43 )
Camera : Canon 350d modify , Astronomik CLS magazine filter
Exposure Capture : DLSR Focus
Scope : GSO CF RC200 with WO F2 reducing agent
EFR : f/6.4
Mount : EQ6 Pro
Exposure place setting : meridian focus , ISO800 ICNR off Custom WB
Exposures : 19 x LX , 16 x 330s lights taken between 8:00 and 11:00pm 16/12/09
Seeing : no moon , svelte sess haze and wind
Guiding : Orion Starshoot Autoguider using PHD with ED80
Focus : DSLR Focus
Stacking : DSS with shadow or apartment
Processing : PS CS3
Right Ascension 05 : 35.4 ( enthalpy : m )
Declination -05 : 27 ( deg : m )
aloofness 1.3 ( kly )
Visual Brightness 4.0 ( mag )
patent attribute 85×60 ( arc min )
Swan Nebula – M17 byGreekastronomy on Flickr . This was n’t a finalist , but we felt it should have been !
Telescope : LX200GPS 14″ – HS 3
CCD : ATIK 314L+
Guiding Telescope : SkyWatcher 4″
Guiding Camera : Meade DSI 2
directional Software : PHD conduct
Filter : Baader Ha ( 7 nm ) , O3 , S2 , Hb
Processing : MaximDl / AstroArt /PS3
vulnerability : 18 Hours
Date : May & June 2010
Place : Athens Greece
The Wall in NGC 7000 in Cygnus , byKarelteuwen on Flickr . This was n’t a finalist , but we felt it should have been !
Instrument : 40 cm Dream[email protected]mounted on an ASA DDM85
sensor : FLI ML16803 + CFW-5 - 7
Filters : Baader LRGB + Baader H - Alpha 7 nm
Exposures : Lum : 110 min , H - Alpha : 470 minute , RGB 90:90:90 min ( all 1x1bin )
positioning : Verclause ( France )
Date : 24 , 28/06/ and 03 , 2025-04-28
remark : data win remotely – add 50 % H - Alpha to Red
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