Photoshop Tutorial DIY Filmstrip

The making of a 35mm Filmstrip was done using the website link. I'm using CS4 and a filmstrip is not part of the toolbox. 

This how the template looks like. Have fun!

Venus - Mercury Traject May 18-23 Film Strip

My Helios collegue Guido inspired me to represent my pictures of the 5 day Venus-Mercury traject. During those 5 days Mercury was "moving up" towards  Venus and eventualy passing it by. 

Guido presented my pictures using an old fashioned film strip. I liked this so much that I took time to make my own film strip template  in CS4.

My picture of supernova SN2020jfo in M61 published in Astromical magazine Heelal

The astronomical magazine Heelal of July 2020 (vol 65, number 7, p26) is publishing my picture of supernova type 2 SN2020jfo in galaxy Messier M61. 

Globular Cluster Messier M69

Globular Cluster Messier M69 is located in constellation Sagittarius and is about 29000 light years away from Earth.

Picture taken with Nikon D7500 and TLAPO80/480 f/6. Setting ISO800 and 11x30s exposure time. Raw data converted to DNG files and stacking using DeepSkyStacker. Editing using CS4 and DeNoise AI.

Ptolemy Cluster Messier M7

Open starcluster Messier M7, Ptolemy Cluster, is located in constellation scorpius and is about 980 light years away from Earth. The cluster has been known already since 130AD and observed by the Greek astronomer Ptolemy. 

The open starcluster is the most southern Messier Object with an altitude op 3,5° above the southern horizon. So it's a real challenge to find it. It can only be seen with a perfect view on the southern horizon.

Picture taken with Nikon D7500 and TLAPO80/480 f/6. Setting ISO640 and 16x30s exposure time. Raw data converted to DNG and stacking using DeepSkyStacker. Editing using CS4 and DeNoise AI.

 

Butterfly Cluster Messier M6

Open starcluster Messier M6 or Butterfly Cluster is located in constellation scorpius and about 1590 light years away from Earth. The cluster is moving around our own galaxy every 200 million years. 

The picture is taken withn Nikon D7500 and TLAPO80/480 f/6. Setting ISO320 and 26x30s exposure time. Raw data was converted to DNG and stacking with DeepSkyStacker. Editing using CS4 and DeNoise AI.

At the moment of making the pictures, M6 was only 5° above the southern-eastern horizon.

Lagoon Nebula Messier M8

Picture of the Lagoon Nebula (Messier M8) with Nikon D7500 and TLAPO80/480 f/6. Setting ISO1250 and 55x30s exposure time. Stacking using DeepSkyStacker after converting from RAW to DNG format. Editing using CS4 and DeNoise AI.