Thursday, May 25, 2017

Supernova SN 2017eaw

Supernova SN 2017eaw in Fireworks galaxy (NGC 6946). 

The supernova is marked by green dashes (to the upper-right from the galaxy).
Other stars (visible in the picture) belong to our own galaxy, Milky Way.

Captured near local midnight 20-21 May 2017 from Kyiv.


Setup: SkyWatcher 15075OTAW/EQ5 motorized (no guiding), Canon EOS 600D
95x30s ISO=1600

Processing: IRIS, FITStacker, RawTherapee, FITSwork4

A position of the supernova is marked by green dashes in the next picture:


Location of the galaxy NGC 6946 (by nova.astrometry.net)


Another view:


Friday, May 19, 2017

Comet C/2015 V2

Comet C/2015 V2
17-05-2017 22:50-23:54 (UT+3)
Kyiv

Setup: Canon EOS 600D + SkyWatcher 15075 OTAW / EQ5 motorized (no guiding).
Processing: Deep Sky Stacker, FITStacker, RawTherapee. 78x30s (19 darks, 19 biases, 10 flats).

Image size: 50x50 arcmin


Orbit diagram (calsky.com)


Friday, May 12, 2017

Moon in May 2017

Pictures taken at the beginning of May 2017
Kyiv
SkyWatcher 15075 + TeleVue PowerMate x5 (1.25") + Canon EOS600D

 3 May 2017: Albategnius

6 May 2017 Sinus Iridum in color

6 May 2017 Hainzel

6 May 2017 Plato



Jupiter and Io's shadow

Io's shadow on Jupiter
6 May 2017 22:19 (UT+3)
Kyiv, Osokorky


CanonEOS 600D + TeleView PowerMate x5 + SW 15075 OTAW + EQ5 motorized
ISO=1600; Tv=1/50
PIPP (3000 кадров, 2min), 25% of 3000 frames AS!2, Registax6 (RGB aligh), AstraImage3 (Lucy-Richardson), AstraImage5 (adaptive filtering), FITSwork4, RawTherapee.