Comet Lemmon taken by Theresa Zittritsch of Williston
Comet Lemmon taken by Theresa Zittritsch of Williston on 10/21/2025 with a ASI6200MM monochrome camera with Chroma RGB filters camera through a The telescope is an Astro-Physics AP110GTX telescope with 0.83X focal reducer on an Astro-Physics Mach2 mount. I used the JPL ephemeris to track the comet vs. the stars.. Pixinsight was used to process the data. I took 13 images each of R, G and B at 90second exposures in RGB succession. The stars trailed in 90s so used blurxterminator to correct the star trails and used typical pixinsight comet processing and processed the comet separately from the stars. This was a very challenging comet as the skies low in the west were not clear and contained significant clouds and/or haze which challenged me to remove gradients for a pleasing image. I shot the comet on 2 nights, but only the night of the 21st had useful data. Just too few good frames from the 22nd. In any case, it’s not perfect but it’s ok. I particularly like the dust trail moving away from the comets ION trail. I hope you enjoy it. A note: 300k is very for an astrophoto, might be better to allow a couple of mb. As always, the Eldorado star party is a fun and friendly place to...
Read MoreEclipse taken by Theresa Zittritsch of Williston
Eclipse taken by Theresa Zittritsch of Williston on 10/14/2023 with a Canon EOS Ra camera through a TEC 140ED with 2X Televue Powermate and Baader solar film filter on Astro-Physics 1100GTO mount.. Images were processed and colorized in photoshop. Minimal processing was done but they are significantly minimized to fit in the size...
Read MoreIris Nebula, NGC7023 taken by Theresa Zittritsch of Williston
Iris Nebula, NGC7023 taken by Theresa Zittritsch of Williston on 10/12/2023 with a ASI2600MC camera through a TEC140ED with Astro Physics Quad Telecompressor Corrector on Astro Physics 1100 GTO mount. Approximately 4 hours of image acquisition of 240 second individual frames. Calibrated, aligned and stacked with Pixinsight, final processing with photoshop. The Iris nebula is a beautiful reflection nebula which is also associated with the star cluster Collinder...
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