Reworked SN2023ixf in M101

 

Reworked my image of supernova 2023ixf in M101.

Setting: TAL200K f/8.5 with ASI2600MC (bin2x2)on EQ8-R Pro
Guiding: ASI290MM with 60x240mm
Filter:Optolong L-Pro
Moon: Full Moon
Lights: 12x300s, flats, darks, bias, dark flats
Software: ASIAir plus
Editing: APP, CS4, DeNoise AI

Tools APP: Light pollution remover and Star Color Calibration

Sun in H-Alpha June 3, 2023

 

The sun in H-alpha using SolarMax III 70/400 f/5.7 DS BF15 with ASI290MM and 0,5x reducer.
See filament at the top of the picture near the limb resulting in a prominence.

Software: SharpCap4, AS3!, AstroSurface and CS4.
Lights: 3000 frames - best 10%

False colours: CS4 Levels: R 1,3 G 0.44 B 0,2 RGB 1,8

Sun in H-alpha

 

The sun in H-alpha using SolarMax III 70/400 f/5.7 DS BF15 with ASI290MM and 0,5x reducer.

See filament at the top of the picture near the limb resulting in a prominence. 

Software: SharpCap4, AS3!, AstroSurface and CS4.

Lights: 3000 frames - best 10%

Supernova 2023ixf in M101

This morning I was able to image Supernova 2023ixf in galaxy M101, Pinwheel Galaxy. The supernova is a type II supernova and is located in constellation Ursa Major and about 21million light years away from Earth. My estimation of the brightness of the SN is less then magn 11.

Setting: TAL200K f/8.5 with ASI2600MC (bin2x2)on EQ8-R Pro

Guiding: ASI290MM with 60x240mm

Filter:Optolong L-Pro

Moon: Full Moon

Lights: 12x300s, flats, darks, bias, dark flats

Software: ASIAir plus

Editing: APP, CS4, DeNoise AI

Mars in Beehive M44

On June 2, 2023, Mars could be observed in open star cluster M44 "Beehive".

Different images were taken up to 8° above the horizon. 

Setting: TLAPO80/480 f/6 with ASI2600MC on EQ6

Filter: Optolong L-Pro

Moon: 94%

Guiding: Miniscope 30 f/4 with ASI290MM

Software: SharpCap4, N.I.N.A., 

Lights: 10x180s, Darks (5), Flats (10), Dark Flats(10) and Bias (5), 

Editing: APP, CS4, DeNoise AI

Again circumscribed halo with parhelic circle

Second day on a row.... a circumscribed halo with parhelic circle. For more information see my other blognote. See this link

Rare Parhelic Circle and Circumscribed Halo

 

The Sun yesterday, May 28, 2023. It's altitude was 57° above the horizon. Some high clouds with ice cristals cause the forming of halo's. This time a circumscribed halo and a rare parhelic circle. A parhelic is a reflection of the 22° (or this time the circumscribed halo). The parhelic circle runs through the center of the sun's disk and the centerpoint of the circleis located at the zenith.

I use CS4 to make some color/black white images to increase contract in order to see the parhelic circle.

An interesting website for more detailes on this optical phenomen : see this link. 

Halo             22   Parhelia   Tangent arc   Sun pillar    Circumzenithal   Parhelic circle   Supralateral arc/46� halo   120 parhelia   Parry arcs   Pyramidal crystal halos    All others

Relative Frequency 100  73  27  16  13   4 4.2 1.2 1.1 0.3 1.5

This means that a 22° halo can be seen 100 times per year. A circumzenithal circle 13 times a year and the mentioned parhelic circle 4 times a year.