Mike Sharrott Astrophotography

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Milky Way over North Boambee Valley, Coffs Harbour31-Aug-24Single shotCanon R5 Mark IIRF24-105mm F/4 Lens24mm, f/5.6, 89...
16/09/2024

Milky Way over North Boambee Valley, Coffs Harbour

31-Aug-24
Single shot
Canon R5 Mark II
RF24-105mm F/4 Lens
24mm, f/5.6, 89sec exposure
Move Shoot Move tracker
(on the edge of star trails)

Finally getting back into Astro again. Telescopes and mount are nearly setup. Backyard observatory tent on order to al...
21/07/2024

Finally getting back into Astro again. Telescopes and mount are nearly setup. Backyard observatory tent on order to allow a semi-permanent set-up.

Quick photo of the full moon from this evening. Cold and clear.

21-Jul-2024
Canon 5D Mk IV, Canon 100-400mm lens @ 400mm.
Kratz Drive, Coffs Harbour.

Feb-2023Having relocated from Coonabarabran and the Warrumbungles Dark Sky Park to Toormina near Coffs Harbour, the valu...
19/02/2023

Feb-2023
Having relocated from Coonabarabran and the Warrumbungles Dark Sky Park to Toormina near Coffs Harbour, the value of a dark sky can not be overestimated! My telescopes are all in storage, but even by the naked eye or through just a camera, the light pollution is huge! A couple of untracked stacked shots from the back yard were quite a battle to address gradients from street lights, city glow and neighbour's flood lights! I have been spoilt! I think our permanent home will need to be away from the suburbs! The skies are OK here and the nebula are visible. I am already looking forward to getting my telescopes and mounts back from storage.

The first shot is looking north at Orion and includes the Orion Nebula. The second shot is the Milky Way to the South with the head of the emu.

M99 Coma Pinwheel Galaxy(Astrobin: https://www.astrobin.com/u2893n/)Description:- The M99 Coma Pinwheel galaxy is approx...
25/09/2022

M99 Coma Pinwheel Galaxy
(Astrobin: https://www.astrobin.com/u2893n/)

Description:
- The M99 Coma Pinwheel galaxy is approx. 42 million light years away.
- It is a spiral galaxy (like the Milky Way) and is approx. 62 thousand light years across.
- The galaxy is moving away at approx. 2,380 km per second.
- Note a tiny galaxy in the top left of the image. It is 600 million light years from Earth and is estimated at over 100 thousand light years across.

Details:
- Captured on 27-Jun-22.
- Celestron Edge 11 (280mm aperture, focal length 2800mm, f/10).
- ZWO ASI1600MM Pro monochrome camera (cooled to -10 DegC).
- EQ8Rh Pro mount, ASIair.
- 5x 300sec captures of each of R, G and B images, using Astrodon filters (1.25 hours).
- No calibration frames.
- Processed in PixInsight and Topaz Sharpen AI.
- Image size and resolution reduced for Facebook.
- Full version on Astrobin: https://www.astrobin.com/u2893n/

Location:
- APT Building, Siding Spring Observatory, Coonabarabran, NSW, Australia.

Information from SkySafari.

NGC 6188 Nebula (in SHO)( Astrobin: https://www.astrobin.com/1d4hk3/)Description:- This image is part of the NGC 6188 ne...
18/09/2022

NGC 6188 Nebula (in SHO)
( Astrobin: https://www.astrobin.com/1d4hk3/)

Description:
- This image is part of the NGC 6188 nebula which is also known as the Fighting Dragons of Ara. You cannot really see the claws in this subset.
- The full nebula is nearly 22 light years across and is a mixture of young stars and emission nebula. It is 3,800 light years away from Earth.
- This version is based on narrowband data. It is a combination of captured frames using the narrow bandwidths of Hydrogen (Alpha), Oxygen and Sulphur which have been merged to form the image. It can be considered to be artifical colour. This approach captures more structure in the nebula.

Details:
- Captured on 18-Jun-22.
- Celestron Edge 11 (280mm aperture, focal length 2800mm, f/10).
- ZWO ASI1600MM Pro monochrome camera (cooled to -10 DegC).
- EQ8Rh Pro mount, ASIair.
- 8x 300sec captures of each of S, H and O images, using Astrodon 5nm filters (2 hours).
- 10x 300sec each of Dark frames, then calibration frames of Flats, Flat Darks and Bias.
- Processed in PixInsight and Topaz Sharpen AI.
- Image size and resolution reduced for Facebook.
- See full version on AstroBin at:
https://www.astrobin.com/1d4hk3/

Location:
- APT Building, Siding Spring Observatory, Coonabarabran, NSW, Australia.

Information from SkySafari.

NGC 3132 EightBurst NebulaWhat $15K investment gets you (see my previous post) compared to a $10bn investment (James Web...
17/07/2022

NGC 3132 EightBurst Nebula

What $15K investment gets you (see my previous post) compared to a $10bn investment (James Webb). Seems worth it to me…. I need a bigger telescope…!

NGC 4945 Galaxy( Astrobin: https://www.astrobin.com/kij3g2/)Description:- The NGC 4945 galaxy is approx. 13 million ligh...
10/07/2022

NGC 4945 Galaxy
( Astrobin: https://www.astrobin.com/kij3g2/)

Description:
- The NGC 4945 galaxy is approx. 13 million light years from Earth.
- It is a spiral galaxy (like the Milky Way) but is being viewed edge-on.
- The galaxy has a diameter of approx. 76,000 light years (our Milky Way’s diameter is approx. 100,000 light years).

Details:
- Captured on 18-Jun-22.
- Celestron Edge 11 (280mm aperture, focal length 2800mm, f/10).
- ZWO ASI1600MM Pro monochrome camera (cooled to -10 DegC).
- EQ8Rh Pro mount, ASIair.
- 4x 300sec captures of each of Red, Green and Blue images, using Astrodon filters (1 hour).
- Calibrated with Dark, Flats, Flat Darks and Bias frames.
- Processed in PixInsight and Topaz Sharpen AI.
- Image size and resolution reduced for Facebook.
- See full version on AstroBin at:
https://www.astrobin.com/kij3g2/

Location:
- APT Building, Siding Spring Observatory, Coonabarabran, NSW, Australia.

Information from SkySafari.

NGC 3132 EightBurst Nebula (in SHO)( Astrobin: https://www.astrobin.com/ujwfi3/)Description:- The Eight Burst Nebula, or...
06/07/2022

NGC 3132 EightBurst Nebula (in SHO)
( Astrobin: https://www.astrobin.com/ujwfi3/)

Description:
- The Eight Burst Nebula, or NGC 3132, is 2,300 light years away from Earth which is close in the scheme of astronomical distances!
- It is named the Eight Burst Nebula since it looks like it is made up of multiple rings.
- Dust lanes are visible across the central core.
- It is a small nebula in the sky, but is still 0.7 light years across.
- This version is based on narrowband data. It is a combination of captured frames using the narrow bandwidths of Hydrogen (Alpha), Oxygen and Sulphur (SHO) which have been merged to form the image. It can be considered to be artifical colour. This approach captures more structure in the nebula.

Details:
- Captured on 14-Jun-22.
- Celestron Edge 11 (280mm aperture, focal length 2800mm, f/10).
- ZWO ASI1600MM Pro monochrome camera (cooled to -10 DegC).
- EQ8Rh Pro mount, ASIair.
- 20x 60sec captures of each of S, H and O images, using Astrodon 5nm filters (1 hour).
- 20x 60sec each of Dark frames, Flats, Flat Darks and Bias frames.
- Processed in PixInsight and Topaz Sharpen AI.
- Image size and resolution reduced for Facebook.
- See full version on AstroBin at:
https://www.astrobin.com/ujwfi3/

Location:
- APT Building, Siding Spring Observatory, Coonabarabran, NSW, Australia.
Information from SkySafari.

NGC 3132 EightBurst Nebula (in RGB)( Astrobin: https://www.astrobin.com/psqjap/)Description:- The Eight Burst Nebula, or...
06/07/2022

NGC 3132 EightBurst Nebula (in RGB)
( Astrobin: https://www.astrobin.com/psqjap/)

Description:
- The Eight Burst Nebula, or NGC 3132, is 2,300 light years away from Earth which is close in the scheme of astronomical distances!
- It is named the Eight Burst Nebula since it looks like it is made up of multiple rings.
- Dust lanes are visible across the central core.
- It is a small nebula in the sky, but is still 0.7 light years across.
- This version is a combination of captured frames of Red light, Green light and Blue light (RGB) which have been merged to form the image. It can be considered to be real colour.

Details:
- Captured on 14-Jun-22.
- Celestron Edge 11 (280mm aperture, focal length 2800mm, f/10).
- ZWO ASI1600MM Pro monochrome camera (cooled to -10 DegC).
- EQ8Rh Pro mount, ASIair.
- 20x 60sec captures of each of R, G and B images, using Astrodon filters (1 hour).
- 20x 60sec each of Dark frames, Flats, Flat Darks and Bias frames.
- Processed in PixInsight and Topaz Sharpen AI.
- Image size and resolution reduced for Facebook.
- See full version on AstroBin at:
https://www.astrobin.com/psqjap/

Location:
- APT Building, Siding Spring Observatory, Coonabarabran, NSW, Australia.
Information from SkySafari.

Anglo-Australian Telescope (AAT) under the Milky Way- The dome of the AAT telescope at Siding Spring Observatory under t...
03/07/2022

Anglo-Australian Telescope (AAT) under the Milky Way

- The dome of the AAT telescope at Siding Spring Observatory under the Milky Way on a very clear (but windy) night

Details
- Canon 5D mark IV, Sigma f/1.4 20mm lens
- Single 10sec exposure

NGC 1935 Nebula( Astrobin: https://www.astrobin.com/8l0eyo/)Description:- The NGC 1935 Nebula is 160 thousand light year...
18/05/2022

NGC 1935 Nebula
( Astrobin: https://www.astrobin.com/8l0eyo/)

Description:
- The NGC 1935 Nebula is 160 thousand light years away and is located in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) (like the Tarantula Nebula).
- The LMC is one of our closest galaxies outside the MIlky Way. In a dark sky area, it is visible to the naked eye at night as a "cloud" to the side of the Milky Way. The Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC), another galaxy, is visible as a smaller "cloud" near the LMC.
- This Nebula is approx. 916 light years across.

Details:
- Captured on 01-May-22.
- Celestron Edge 11 (280mm aperture, focal length 2800mm, f/10), ZWO ASI1600MM Pro camera (cooled to -10 DegC),
- EQ8Rh Pro mount, ASIair.
- Quick capture.
- 1x 600sec capture of each of H, O and S narrowband images, using Astrodon filters (30 mins).
- No calibration frames.
- Processed in PixInsight and Topaz Sharpen AI.
- Image size and resolution reduced for Facebook.
- See full version on AstroBin at:
https://www.astrobin.com/8l0eyo/

Location:
- APT Building, Siding Spring Observatory, Coonabarabran, NSW, Australia.
Information from SkySafari.

NGC 2070 Tarantula Nebula( Astrobin: https://www.astrobin.com/ly2qsa/ )Description:- The NGC 2070 Tarantula Nebula is 16...
01/05/2022

NGC 2070 Tarantula Nebula
( Astrobin: https://www.astrobin.com/ly2qsa/ )

Description:
- The NGC 2070 Tarantula Nebula is 160 thousand light years away and is in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC).
- The LMC is one of our closest galaxies outside the MIlky Way. In a dark sky area, it is visible to the naked eye at night as a "cloud" to the side of the Milky Way. The Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC), another galaxy, is visible as a smaller "cloud" near the LMC.
- The Tarantula Nebula is approx. 1,800 light years across.

Details:
- Captured on 11-Apr-22.
- Celestron Edge 11 (280mm aperture, focal length 2800mm, f/10), ZWO ASI1600MM Pro camera (cooled to -10 DegC),
- EQ8Rh Pro mount, ASIair.
- 10x 300sec captures of each of H, O and S narrowband images, using Astrodon filters (2.5 hours).
- 15x 300sec Darks, 30x Flats, 30x Flat Darks, 30x Bias.
- Processed in PixInsight and Topaz Sharpen AI.
- Image size and resolution reduced for Facebook.
- See full version on AstroBin at:
https://www.astrobin.com/ly2qsa/

Location:
- APT Building, Siding Spring Observatory, Coonabarabran, NSW, Australia.

Information from SkySafari.

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