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Mike Asbury @masbury.bsky.social · 1d

Technical Details:
Telescope: EdgeHD 800, 0.7x reducer
Camera: ZWO ASI 2600 MM Pro
Filters: Antlia 3nm HA, OIII, SII
HA: 48 x 300 sec
OIII: 36 x 300 sec
SII: 36 x 300 sec
Acquired using NINA
Processed in Pixinsight and Photoshop

Mike Asbury @masbury.bsky.social · 1d

This was last night’s observation, the Fish Head Nebula. #astrophotography

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Mike Asbury @masbury.bsky.social · 10d

A further edit. I think I like this version better. I got rid of some of the weird coloring.

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Mike Asbury @masbury.bsky.social · 11d

Technical Details:
Telescope: EdgeHD 800 with 0.7x reducer
Camera: ZWO ASI 2600 MM Pro
Filters: Antlia L, R, G, and B
L: 48 x 300 seconds
R: 61 x 300 seconds
G: 82 x 300 second
B: 72 x 300 seconds
Acquired using NINA
Processed in Pixinsight and Photoshop

Mike Asbury @masbury.bsky.social · 11d

This is my current project, the Iris Nebula. I end up with about 23 hours of data over 4 nights. #astrophotography

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Mike Asbury @masbury.bsky.social · 12d

I use a Celestron EdgeHD 800, with a 0.7x reducer. I use a ZWO ASI 2600MM Pro camera with Antlia filters. Bottle 7 skies. Thanks for the compliment!

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Mike Asbury @masbury.bsky.social · 12d

This is my current project, the Iris Nebula. So far I have 4 hours luminance, 6 hours red, and 7 hours green data. Just for kicks I used the luminance data in place of the blue channel and this is the result. Hopefully I'll get blue data this evening. #astrophotography

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Mike Asbury @masbury.bsky.social · 12d

Comet Lemmon last night using my Celestron EdgeHD 800 with reducer. This is 12 30-second exposures in R, G, and B Antlia filters. Acquired with NINA. Processed in Pixinsight and Photoshop. #astrophotography

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Mike Asbury @masbury.bsky.social · 18d

Technical Details:

Telescope: EdgeHD 800, 0.7x reducer
Camera: ZWO ASI 2600 MM Pro
Filters: Antlia RGB
24 x 300 seconds in each filter
Acquired using NINA
Processed in Pixinsight and Photoshop
I took some narrowband images as well, but ended up just using the red master as luminance for detail.

Mike Asbury @masbury.bsky.social · 18d

I took this image a couple of nights ago. The bright star near the bottom left is called the Garnet Star. It is a red super giant, 4th magnitude, easily visible to the naked eye under good seeing. This area of the sky is located in the constellation Cepheus. #astrophotography

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Mike Asbury @masbury.bsky.social · Oct 6

Technical Details:

Telescope: EdgeHD 800, 0.7x reducer
Camera: ZWO ASI 2600 MM Pro
Filters: Antlia 3nm HA, SII, and OIII
Approximately 2 hours of 5 minute exposures per filter
Acquired using NINA
Processed in Pixinsight and Photoshop

Mike Asbury @masbury.bsky.social · Oct 6

This is last night's observation. This is NGC 7822 an emission nebula in the constellation Cepheus. #astrophotography

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Mike Asbury @masbury.bsky.social · Oct 5

Technical Details:
Telescope: EdgeHD 800, 0.7x reducer
Camera: ZWO ASI 2600MM Pro
Filters: Antlia 3nm HA, OIII, SII
Approximately 2 hours of 5 minute exposures with each filter
Acquired using NINA, processed in Pixinsight and Photoshop.

Mike Asbury @masbury.bsky.social · Oct 5

This is last night’s observation. This is called the Cygnus Wall, a 20 light year long ridge of gas and dust where star formation is occurring. #astrophotography

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Mike Asbury @masbury.bsky.social · Oct 4

Technical Details:
Telescope: EdgeHD 800, 0.7x reducer
Camera: ZWO ASI 2600MM Pro
Filters: Antlia 3nm HA, OIII, SII
24 x 300sec each filter
Acquired using NINA, processed in Pixinsight and Photoshop

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Mike Asbury @masbury.bsky.social · Oct 4

This was last night’s observation, the Elephant Trunk nebula. #astrophotography

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Mike Asbury @masbury.bsky.social · Sep 27

I took the first picture last fall. It’s a mosaic of 4 panels of the Andromeda Galaxy. I never liked the gradient issue on the right side and was never able to get rid of it. Just for kicks I asked ChatGPT to get rid of it and the 2nd picture is the result.

Mike Asbury @masbury.bsky.social · Sep 7

Now I see buffalo as well!

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Mike Asbury @masbury.bsky.social · Sep 6

Technical Details:

Telescope: EdgeHD 800, 0.7x reducer
Camera: ZWO ASI 2600 MM Pro
Filters: Antlia 3nm HA, SII, OIII
HA: 24 x 300 seconds
OIII: 22 x 300 seconds
SII : 22 x 300 seconds
Acquired using NINA
Processed in Pixinsight and Photoshop

Mike Asbury @masbury.bsky.social · Sep 6

This was last night's observation. This is a closeup of a portion of the Pelican Nebula This is just shy of 6 hours of data. #astrophotography

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Mike Asbury @masbury.bsky.social · Sep 5

Last night’s observation, the Eagle Nebula.

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Mike Asbury @masbury.bsky.social · Aug 23

I think I am already signed up with them. I always forget to add tags.

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Mike Asbury @masbury.bsky.social · Aug 23

Technical Details:
Telescope: EdgeHD 800, 0.7x reducer
Camera: ZWO ASI 2600MM Pro
Filters: Antlia 3nm HA, SII, & OIII
4 hours with each filter over 2 nights.
Acquired using NINA, processed using Pixinsight and Photoshop.

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Mike Asbury @masbury.bsky.social · Aug 23

Last night’s observation. This is called the Tulip Nebula, an emission nebula in the constellation Cygnus approximately 6000 light years from Earth

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Mike Asbury @masbury.bsky.social · Aug 17

Technical Details:

Telescope: EdgeHD 800, with 0.7x reducer
Camera: ZWO ASI 2600MM Pro
Filters: Antlia 3nm HA & OIII
HA: 36 x 300 seconds
OIII: 36 x 300 seconds
Acquired using NINA
Processed in Pixinsight (the star color is simulated using SetiAstro NB to RGB star combination script), Photoshop.