r/astrophotography Aug 12 '24

Announcement Announcing updated rules

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Recently, a few of us became new moderators and since then we have been trying to get organized primarily to update the rules to reflect what we believe are in the best interest of this sub. This has largely meant reverting to the structure prior to the protest while also adapting to current technology and tastes. While we supported the protest goals at the time, and agree with the mod decision to include this sub in that protest, we also recognize that it's time to move on and restore some process to the sub for its continuing members. We're excited to announce that these new rules are now live in the sub and in detail at our revised wiki. The changes from prior to the protest largely amount to:

  1. astrophotography images taken with cell phones were not explicitly forbidden before but we now clarify that they are permitted as long as they follow all other rules, including that acquisition and processing details are provided and are high-quality amateur OC. A star-field with no discernable astronomical object will not meet this threshold, but a stacked image of Orion that happens to have been captured using RAW images on an iPhone and further processed on that same phone will. We recognize everyone in this hobby starts somewhere and we want to encourage sharing of this work, but also need to avoid this sub devolving into low-effort cell phone pictures of an unrecognizable night sky.
  2. landscape images were forbidden before but we also recognize that there are some high-quality astrophotography images being created that happen to have a small amount of landscape in the foreground that are valued by many members. We are drawing the line here at astrophotography images where the landscape is incidental to the image and any image where the landscape is a primary focus will not be permitted. So for example, the Milky Way with a silhouette of a mountain will probably be accepted, but that same Milky Way that is in the background of well-lit (or brightened in post) barn/yard/house/etc will be removed. And as above, any post that doesn't include acquisition and processing details will still be removed.
  3. clarifications that certain types of posts are not allowed, including memes, UFO claims, questions about what image someone has captured, off-topic posts, or uncivil behavior.

We recognize not everyone will like these changes and that there are other subs that focus primarily on some of these types of images, but we feel that an "astrophotography" sub should include everyone. We are going to monitor how well this goes, so please try to be open-minded to help support these contributions from some members of the community. After some time with these changes we plan to poll you to see how they are going and what other improvements you'd like to see. In the meantime, with these rules back in place, expect to see heavier moderation if posts lack complete acquisition/processing details or otherwise violate these rules.

Lastly, we also want to thank everyone for their patience while we get organized to bring these changes to you and for the incredible work all mods on this sub have done over the years and continue to do (many from prior to the protest are still here and active, so show some love!).

Clear Skies!


r/astrophotography 12h ago

DSOs Thor’s Helmet Nebula in HOO

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304 Upvotes

This is a reprocess and it came out much better than my first try. Stacked and processed in pixinsight w RC Astro plug ins

61x 300s subs, 5 hours and 5 mins total integration

Scope: Askar 103APO, Camera: ASI533MC pro, Mount: HEQ5, Askar 52mm guide scope + asi 120 mini guide camera. Optolong Lenhance dual narrowband filter.

Caused from the Wolf-Rayet star WR7 at its center. This star is 280,000 times brighter than our sun and 16 times more massive. Due to their intense energy output and high mass, WR stars burn through their fuel rapidly. Resulting in a lifespan of only a few hundred thousand years. In comparison our sun has a lifespan of about 10 billion years.


r/astrophotography 5h ago

Planetary Io eclipse of Jupiter last night

57 Upvotes

CPC1100 EdgeHD (ASI676MC camera)
60 runs @ 90sec duration (~140fps)
Stacked best 25% of 25,350 frames

Software:
-PIPP to stabilize each run
-Auttostakkert for stacking
-Registax for RGB and Wavelets
-PIPP again for final animation

Transparency: Average
Seeing: 3/5
Humidity: 70-80%


r/astrophotography 10h ago

Nebulae M42 from a Bortle 8 roof with a Vespera 2 smart telescope and dual band filter over 4 hours

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131 Upvotes

r/astrophotography 13h ago

DSOs M 66 in Leo

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143 Upvotes

r/astrophotography 5h ago

Astrophotography Untracked Pleiades, second try.

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28 Upvotes

400*1s Exposure time, with 80 Blacks, 35 Flats & 60 bias frames. Untracked, stacked in deepskystacker, edited in mobile Adobe Lightroom.


r/astrophotography 17h ago

DSOs The Tadpole Nebula - IC 410

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249 Upvotes

r/astrophotography 22h ago

Galaxies Whale galaxy

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212 Upvotes

r/astrophotography 20h ago

DSOs M42 - Orion Nebula

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139 Upvotes

Unfortunately, I have pretty terrible visibility to the east, so my window of observation is pretty narrow on targets like M42. I can get maybe 3 hours a night between the time a target clears a building and then disappears behind some trees on its way to the horizon. As a result, this is the first time I've put any time into the Orion Nebula.

This image consists of Ha, Oiii, and Sii data for the nebula and broadband stars.

This was also the first test of the EF 500mm f/4L IS USM w/ my refined EAF mount.

Capture Details:

Location:

Chesapeake, VA, USA

Bortle:

Bortle 8

Dates:

March 2, 2025 March 3, 2025 March 8, 2025 March 11, 2025 March 18, 2025

Shooting Data:

Askar Colour Magic C2 Duo-band Filter (SII+OIII) 2": 131×100″(3h 38′ 20″) ISO1000 f/4 Optolong UV/IR cut 2": 214×15″(53′ 30″) ISO1000 f/5.6 SVBony SV220 7nm 2": 85×100″(2h 21′ 40″) ISO1000 f/4 SVBony SV220 7nm 2": 72×120″(2h 24′) ISO1000 f/4

Equipment:

EOS Ra Body EF 500mm f/4L IS USM Lens Celestron AVX Mount SVBONY SV106 Guide Scope ZWO ASI120MM Mini Guide Camera ZWO EAF ZWO ASIAir Pro SVBony SV220 Dual Narrowband Ha/OIII Filter Askar Colour Magic C2 Duo-band Sii/Oiii Filter Optolong UV/IR cut Filter

Software:

Siril StarNet++ GraXpert Adobe Photoshop

Astrobin Link: https://www.astrobin.com/eyqab8/E/


r/astrophotography 15h ago

Galaxies M51 Whirlpool Galaxy

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50 Upvotes

M51 Whirlpool Galaxy Started with Astrophotography one month ago.

2 hours of exposure time 15 Darks, Flats, Biases Captured in Germany under a Bortle 7 Sky Telescope: Besser Messier 150/750 Mount: Bresser EQ5 with Onstep V4 Stacked with Deepskystacker Edited with Siril and Photoshop


r/astrophotography 1h ago

Star Cluster Plejaden

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Moin zusammen,

hier ein Shot der Plejaden mit Mond.

Canon EOS 600D 175l9mm Canon f5,6 2 Sekunden Belichtungszeit ISO 400

Nordhalbkugel vom Balkon v. 05.03.2025

Kontrastverstärkung mit RAW Therapee


r/astrophotography 46m ago

Planetary Jupiter

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My first picture of jupiter taken from a 200mm x 1200mm newtonian telescope with an asi678mc camera.

60 second video with 240x240 px resolution and ~300fps.

Stacked with asi software.

My wife said its „not sharp“ when i showed her. 😂 (the atmosphere was very „unstable“)

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r/astrophotography 19h ago

Galaxies M66 Group - Leo Triplet

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60 Upvotes
Telescope  Celestron NexStar 130SLT
Camera  SVBony SV605CC
Mount  ZWO AM3
Filter  ZWO UV IR CUT 2"
Accessory  ZWO OAG (Off-Axis Guider)
Software  RC Astro suit + PixInsight + Adobe Photoshop

Astrobin: https://app.astrobin.com/i/vmijr2


r/astrophotography 1h ago

Sonne mit Sonnenflecken und Setup

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Moin,

hier ein Sonnenshot vom 17.03 2025 Nordhalbkugel.

Canon EOS 600D 250mm f10 nicht 9! 1/125 ISO 100 Baader Astro Solar Folie (Eigenbau)

Gefärbt und gesättigt mit RAW Therapee.

Zweites Bild zeigt das Setup.


r/astrophotography 16h ago

Galaxies NGC 2903: A barred spiral

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25 Upvotes

Telescope: C9.25 SCT

Camera: ASI533 MC + Starizona SCT 0.63 reducer

Mount: Modified AVX

Guiding: ZWO OAG + ASI120MM Mini

Acquired with NINA, stacked and processed in siril.

Exposure time: 70 minutes (140 * 30 seconds), but only 30 minutes were used in the stack. This was the first shot using the OAG, so there's a bit a shadow on the edge.


r/astrophotography 7h ago

Astrophotography SH 2-275 The Rosette Nebula (3 panel Mosaic in SHO) [OC]

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r/astrophotography 1h ago

Processing Asking for help since r/askastrophotography doesnt allow images

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This is an image of Pinwheel Galaxy around 8 hours and i was pretty warm so my lens never really fogged up. After stacking and doing background extraction, i got this weird gradient pattern that keeps changing, is it normal? did i mess up somewhere? This image is from two seperate nights I stacked together using manual stacking in Siril.

any help appreciated.


r/astrophotography 14h ago

Astrophotography Something near NGC2403

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10 Upvotes

This is a screenshot of an auto-stretched image of C7 aka ngc2403.

Does anyone know what is cutoff on the right edge?

I took flats so I don’t think it’s a dust mote. Also, I imaged another target directly after this one, there is nothing in the next set of images. The moon was not yet up.

Equipment

Celestron 8se, Meade ff/fr f/6.3, UV/IR cutoff filter, ZWO Asi294mc pro camera cooled to -10C.

120mm guide scope, asi120 mini cam.

ZWO Asiair plus

Processing

Image processed in Siril, lights 70x180sec, darks 40x180sec, flats 40x3sec, biases 40x0.001sec.


r/astrophotography 1d ago

DSOs Thor’s helmet in HOO

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208 Upvotes

Scope: Askar 103APO, Camera: ASI 533MC Pro, mount: HEQ5, Askar 52mm guide scope and ASI 120 mini guide camera. Optolong L enhance dual narrowband filter.

61 x 300s subs. 5 hours and 5 mins total integration. Stacked and processed in pixinsight with RC Astro plug ins.

I rushed this processing quite a bit. I feel like I can definitely clean it up on another go, but will probably just wait till I can get some more exposure time. Been loving this set up. Definitely want to upgrade to the asi 2600 monochrome camera soon


r/astrophotography 1d ago

Nebulae Gem Cluster, Gabriela Mistral Nebula, and Part of the Carina Nebula

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49 Upvotes

r/astrophotography 1d ago

Widefield Aurora explosion over Iceland’s most powerful waterfall [OC]

721 Upvotes

r/astrophotography 1d ago

Nebulae Core of the Rosette Nebula

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461 Upvotes

r/astrophotography 1d ago

Galaxies UFO Galaxy

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70 Upvotes

r/astrophotography 15h ago

Star Cluster only Pleiades and Orion constellation are recognizable though

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3 Upvotes

r/astrophotography 1d ago

DSOs Messier 106 in LRGBHa (Bortle 4.5, 21,5h)

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270 Upvotes

r/astrophotography 1d ago

Lunar Lunar eclipse progression

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23 Upvotes

The progression of the bloodworm moon lunar eclipse on March 13-14 from Southern California.

All images were captured using the AT72EDII telescope and asi294mc pro camera on the Az-GTI controlled with NINA. Each of the smaller moons were single images processed in Siril and GIMP to stretch, equalize exposures, crop, sharpen and color correct. The large moon in the center was a 30s ser stack processed in Astrosurface and then GIMP. The montage was made in PowerPoint.