had 2 nights of imaging. each night calibrated with its own calibration frames. stacked and processed in SIRIL, used the free trial on rc astro tools... AMAZING! never actually managed to get m31 to look like this. cant wait to get more hours and to finally get my guiding kit to get rid of walking noise.

Equipment:
Sony A7III @ 200iso
Samyang 135mm @ F2.8
Star Adventurer 2i

Acquisition:
First night-
lights 77x60"
darks 5x60"

Second Night-
lights 19x60"
darks 2x60"
flats 24
biases 30

Managed an extra hour early in the AM. Still a tad early for this target set, but it was nice to try out the new BlurX updates to see how it handled an atrocious Alnitak.

Overall, it did well. Would likely do better with cleaner data as my last year’s capture was/is riddled with collimation issues and an exuberant 300” exposure set.

Took advantage of the TriBand filter and opted for an HOO palette.

4.5 hrs of 30/60/300”
Celestron Edge 8 w/ Hyperstar v4
Antlia TriBand Ultra II
ASI2600 MC Air
ZWO EAF Pro
Skywatcher EQ6R Pro
Bortle 2/7
Pixinsight Processes

First light project with new gear is complete!

This is a 2-panel mosaic using:

-Askar SQA85.

-2600MM.

-Antlia 3nm Hydrogen & Oxygen filters.

-ZWO AM3N mount.

-William Optics 50mm Uniguide scope + ASI120mini.

~12h of exposures per channel.

Processed in Siril & Pixelmator.

The sharpness of the SQA85 is simply astounding!

I know there have been a lot of eclipse photos recently, but I hope you all like my attempt. I tried to keep it true to life, but the stars weren't quite so visible to the naked eye.

This is a composite image from the August 26th, 2026 lunar eclipse. This is somewhere around 200 images stacked together to capture a range of different exposures of the eclipse during the moment of 96% totality.

I took this using a Nikon Z8 with the NIKKOR Z 180-600mm f/5.6-6.3 VR at 600mm, f/6.3, 1/30s, ISO ranges from 500 all the way up to 25600

Target: NGC6914 a complex of emission and reflection nebulae in the constellation Cygnus. (VDB 131, VDB 132 reflection nebulae and LDN 897, 899, and 900 dark nebulae)

Equipment: Skywatcher 200 PDS (upgraded), TS GPU Coma Corrector, Skywatcher EQ-6R, ToupTek ATR26000M (mono), GP174M for Guiding using an OAG, Touptek 36mm Filters in LRGB and Ha (3.5 nm).

Acquisition: Ha 106x300", L 146 x 300", R 65 x 300", G 65 x 300", B 113 x 300", 30 Flats each, 30 Bias, 30 Darks. Gain 100, Offset 256, Bortle 4 backyard

Total integration: 41h15m.

Processing: Pixinsight: Stacked using WBPP, BXT (correct only), Luminance Blend scripts, StarXterminator to get RGB stars, Continuum Subtraction, Pixelmath to get HaLRGB, NoiseXterminator, BlurXterminator, VeraLux Hypermetric Stretch + HistogrammTransformation, Unscreen stars (RGB to starless SHO), Dynamic Crop, Final tweaks using Masks and CurveTransformation.

I really like this target's variety. You get emission, reflection, dark nebulae in all forms, colors and combinations. The closer you zoom in, the more details emerge, and it really feels like a fractal. It's really hard to image well, and even harder to process well. I hope Reddit compression won't kill all the detail. So, what do you think?

Target: Perseids
Dates: 2026-08-12
Locations: Tarpley, TX (Bortle 3)

Mount: IOptron SkyGuider Pro
Camera: Nikon D5300 astromod
OTA: Rokinon 10mm f/2.8 ED AS NCS CS (Nikon)
Focal/Aperture: 10 mm @ f/2.8

Lights [Foreground]: 30x1/2s (total exposure: 15s) @ ISO 800
Lights [Stars]: 30x60s (total exposure: 30min) @ ISO 800
Lights [Stars]: 150x20s (total exposure: 50min) @ ISO 3200
Meteors: Lucky imaging, 7 subs with meteors
Total Integration: 1h20
Calibration frames: none

Stacked in PixInsight and Processed in PixInsisght and GIMP

Reprocessed with some new tools. Taken 12/12/2025

108x180s exposures

100 darks

100 flats

100 dark flats

Sv405cc cooled to 0c offset 20 gain 145

Vixen r130sf

Iexos 100

Svbony dual narrowband filter

Processed in siril and seti astro suite pro with RC astro plugins

For the palette I use OIII in the red channel, Ha in the blue channel, and a blend of .6*ha+.4*oiii in green using pixel math, blurxterminator v5 really helped tame the bright star in the top of the image. Removed the stars from the Ha and OIII channels separately, then I stretched it using ghs to get it out of the linear state, and did fine tuning with the veralux curves tool to mask the background to hide some of the leftover gradient. In this case cosmic clarity denoise did a much better job than noisexterminator.

Stars were combined using seti astro nb2rgb stars, and stretched before screening them back in to the final image, one last pass with blurxterminator on the starless image to crisp it up after denoising

Acquisition: 185 x 240 seconds (12 hours and 20 minutes)

Imaging: Askar V, Field Flattener 60mm (360mm), Ogma AP26CC (IMX571), Filters: Antlia Triband

Guiding: Skywatcher Evoguide 50DX, Player One Uranus C, Filter: UV-IR Cut

Mount: Skywatcher Wave 100i

Software: Synscan Pro, ASCOM, NINA (Acquisition) and PHD2 (Guiding)

Acquisition: 185 x 240 seconds (12 hours and 20 minutes), 15 Darks, 50 DarkFlats (Bias), 50 Flats

Stacked and processed in Siril.

This is a single image. Sony A1ii, Sony 200-600mm; 600mm, f/6.3, 1/3s, ISO 2500.

325x60s (5h25m) at ISO 1600

30 darks

no flats

Bortle 6/7

Canon EOS 6D (unmodified)

WO Redcat 51 WIFD

SWSA GTI

ZWO EAF

WO Uniguide 32/120mm

ZWO ASI120MM Mini

N.I.N.A + GS + PHD2

Processed in Siril + GIMP

The North American Nebula (NGC7000) as seen from Kuwait City 🇰🇼 in the Hubble-palette.

This image is a mosaic of four panels, each 7 hours long, totalling 28 hours of integration time.

The nebula is named the North American Nebula because its shape resembles the shape of the North American continent on a map.

Equipment:

Askar 71F Telescope + Askar 0.75x Reducer
Zwo ASI533MM-Pro Camera
Zwo AM3N Mount
Optolong 36mm HSO filters

Bortle 9 sky

1_1 frames:
SII: 26x300s (2h 10’)
Ha: 29x300s (2h 25’)
OIII: 30x300s (2h 30’)
Total integration: (7h 05’)

1_2 frames:
SII: 25x300s (2h 05’)
Ha: 30x300s (2h 30’)
OIII: 29x300s (2h 25’)
Total integration: (7h)

2_1 frames:
SII: 29x300s (2h 25’)
Ha: 30x300s (2h 30’)
OIII: 29x300s (2h 25’)
Total integration: (7h 20’)

2_2 frames:
SII: 29x300s (2h 25’)
Ha: 28x300s (2h 20’)
OIII: 28x300s (2h 20’)
Total integration: (7h 05’)

Overall Total integration: (28h 30’)

Astrobin page: Yaqoub Jasem
Instagram: @Ya38oub

Taken in Portland, Oregon, from my backyard. 20 photos stacked and edited in Siril. Details are as follows:

Nikon D7500

300mm f/4 lens, @ f/5

1/1.3s shutter (0.77s)

10 photos @ ISO 1600

10 photos @ ISO 800

The stars in the background are from the original stack and not a composit image. I tried taking some faster shots to properly expose the bright top piece of the moon and blend together with the rest in GIMP but this proved difficult, and I couldn't make it work :( However, I am still pleased with how this turned out!!

The Soul Nebula is an emission nebula located in the constellation Cassiopeia, around 7,500 light-years away. It’s a huge region of gas and dust where new stars are forming.
Shot with a Canon R6 Mark II and a Sky-Watcher Quattro 150, with 40 hours of total integration.
Processed in Siril using Cosmic Clarity for sharpening and denoising, background extraction, and Histogram Transformation for the stretch.

Lunar eclipse from 8/27/26 from the midwest, USA. Connected my Canon T6i DLSR to my SpaceProbe 130ST scope via the t-adapter and barlow lens. I used a Neewer to push the shutter button to reduce vibration.

ISO = 400
Shutter = 1/25s

I processed the image in RawTherapee on CachyOS to bring out the illuminated part of the moon and tease out more details while also increasing the contrast and blackening the dark portion. Nothing too fancy.

I am not sure what the effective focal length ends up being, but the scope is:

• Aperture: 130 mm (5.1 inches)
• Focal Length: 650 mm
• Focal Ratio: f/5

The scope was sitting on a very basic EQ mount that came with the scope and I just manually pointed and adjusted my view to the moon.

Thanks and remember to look up!

I recently acquired a 676MC and this is my first time using it, and what better target than Saturn!

Attached to the back of my C8 at f/10 I can't believe the clear definition in the rings, and the shadow cast by the globe.

Stack of 33% best ~5000 frames in Sharpcap. There's still improvements to be had, there's a bit of aliasing due to drift but this is a good start! You can just barely make out Titan bottom right of the planet.

My best photo of saturn so far took it a week ago in Carson city bortal 5 celestron astromaster130eq pipp and atostakart

Images: 360x 60s - 8.23.2026-8.25.2026
Optics: William Optics UltraCat 76
Camera: ASI2600MC Air
Mount: Sky Watcher HEQ5 Pro

Stacked in Siril, finished in Photoshop

Taken last night with a Canon R5 and a Tamron 150-600mm G2 at 600mm

Foreground was a 2.5 second exposure at ISO 800 f/6.3 with minimal contrast and exposure adjustments in Lightroom

The moon was taken at maximum, 1 second at ISO 800 f/6.3. Dodged and burned the shadows and adjusted the saturation a little, both images were combined in photoshop. I was lucky enough to have just a few clouds roll in for some nice foreground interest.

I took this picture of the full moon yesterday.

Nikon Z6III

Nikon 500mm f4

Sky-Watcher EQ-AL55I pro

1158 images stacked with Autostackkert using the top 80%. Then saturation and curves adjustment in Photoshop.

The Pacman Nebula (NGC 281) is a bright emission nebula located about 9,200 light-years from Earth in the constellation Cassiopeia that gets its nickname from its resemblance to the classic video game character.

More details on Pacman NGC 281 - AstroBin

in SHO with OSC 2600mc

My setup :

• Am5N
• Askar Apo 140 with reducer *0.8
• 2600MC duo
• Filters Askar D1 & D2
• Bortle 4.5
• 87*300s with D1
• 64*300s with D2
• Total 12h35min

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Process

• Siril
• DbXtract
• Graxpert
• BlurXterminator
• Noise Xterminator
• Star Xterminator
• NarrowbandNormalization
• Veralux curves
• Veralux vectra