@fcain.universetoday.com Saw your Leo Triplet with the S50 at the end of one of your vids so thought I'd share this one to give you an idea of the S30s capabilities as well.

Shot data.

3025 x 10s
8hrs 24mins total integration
Internal UV/IR cut filter

Processed in PixInsight

Leo Triplet

Some more Seestar S30 action from the dark skies of Nusa Lembongan in beautiful Indonesia 🇮🇩. The tiny aperture of the S30 isn't really suited to galaxy work but I thought I'd give it a go. 🔭

Clear skies all!

#astronomy #seestarS30 #astrophotography #zwo #seestar

And I did exactly that with the Askar C2 and @altairastro.bsky.social 4nm Dual Narrowband Ha Oiii in my "Hubble-a-like" Bubble Nebula image 😀

In the top left of the first image you can see the Elephant's Trunk Nebula and there is some lovely dark nebulas in amongst this widefield.

Shot from my backyard with the Samyang 135mm f/2 lens and the Touptek ATR2600C, Altair 4nm Dual Narrowband Ha Oiii 2" filter and the IDAS NBZ-II 2" Ha Oiii

Sh2-129 - Flying Bat and Squid Nebula

This was one of the most difficult targets I shot last year. The faint Oiii signal in the Squid Nebula is really more suited to a mono setup and required over 20 hours of integration to really pull the details out using an OSC.🔭
#astrophotography #spacepics

Yes, well kind of, and requires a bit of scripting to do. @naztrono.my has an excellent video on how to do it.

Thankfully this wasn't a mosaic just the full native FOV

8inch Newtonian, Sky-Watcher 200P-DS 😊

A rock and roll 1hr 36mins!! Had to ditch around a 3rd of the subs due to star trails (didn't take a wedge with me so it was alt/az mode only). Manually integrated and processed in PixInsight.

Lagoon and Trifid nebulae.

Been away on the beautiful island of Nusa Lembongan in Indonesia. Dark skies gave me an opportunity to let the Seestar S30 do it's thing. 🔭

Clear skies all!

#astronomy #astrophotography

2 Panel Mosaic

Sky-Watcher 200P-DS 1000mm at f/5 from
Touptek ATR585C
Sky-Watcher EQ6R-Pro
Altair Astro 4nm Dual Narrowband Ha Oiii

Panel 1: 254 x 180s at Gain 100

Panel 2: 283 x 180s at Gain 100

30 x flats per panel

Total integration 26 hrs 51 mins
Processed in PixInsight with RC Astro tools.

NGC 7380 - Wizard Nebula

With the recent weather in Jakarta not allowing any astrophotography, I thought I'd reprocess some data I shot from back in September/October of last year.

Shot from the backyard in Somerset. 🔭

Clear skies all!

#astronomy #astrophotography
#space
#spacepics

Shot data:

Sky-Watcher 200P-DS 1000mm at f/5
Touptek ATR585C
Sky-Watcher EQ6R-Pro
ZWO 2" UV/IR Cut filter (for the RGB)
Altair Astro 4nm Ha Oiii Dual Narrowband filter (for the Ha)

100 x 180s RGB
96 X 300s Ha Oiii

13hrs total integration

Processed in PixInsight

Messier 82 - Cigar Galaxy

Shot this again over christmas using the Touptek ATR585C this time. This starburst galaxy is very active and the hydrogen jets give an interesting spectacle.

Shot from my backyard in Somerset UK.

Clear skies all!

#astrophotography #astronomy

It's a fun and interesting little scope eh? I have brought bot the S30 and S50 with me to Indonesia while I'm out here for a few months....sods law it's been cloudy and rainy for the 2 weeks since I got here! Clear skies!

Very much looking forward to reading it! Clear skies!!

What's the name of your book Sam? Would love to read this. I've only be doing astronomy/astrophotography since Feb 2023 and have so much to learn.

Nuanced and incredibly well written as ever Hardeep

Hey everyone let's all welcome Antonio to BlueSky!

Looking forward to seeing some amazing work.

#astronomy #astrophotography

Hello bluesky!

I am a lecturer of Electronics and Physics, and an amateur astronomer. I share all of my astrophotography, astronomy tips, and other photography to my socials.

I have recently switched away from X, Facebook, Instagram, and am now only on Bluesky.

Welcome aboard Antonio!

Very kind words Mark! Very much still learning my craft as I only started in Feb 2023. What an amazing and deep rabbit hole astrophotography is. Clear skies!

Absolutely, it should be. Williamina Fleming did all the hard work with this one and discovered it photographically. She was such a pioneer and incredibly talented. Here's to all the amazing women who have advanced science and especially those who went uncredited.

#astrophotography #astronomy

Shot data:

2 panel mosaic

Rother Valley Optics Horizon 72ED 432mm at f/6
RisingCam ATR3CMOS26000KPA
Skywatcher EQ6R-Pro
@altairastro.bsky.social 4nm Ha Oiii Dual Narrowband 2" filter

60 x 300s at gain 100 per panel

Processed in PixInsight

Veil Nebula and Pickering's Triangle

When a star dies, its outer material gets thrown off and can leave behind beautiful structures in the night sky. These gases can go on to produce new stars. The beauty of rebirth.

Shot from my backyard in Somerset UK

Clear skies all!

#astrophotography

Hi Kevin, very amateur astrophotographer here. What was the resolution of the sensor on Voyager 2? Love seeing this data being reprocessed. Clear skies!

Well, the weather here in Jakarta hasn't allowed the Seestars to produce anything yet, so here is a throwback to when I used an APS-C astronomy camera to image the moon through my 8 inch Newtonian 🔭. 126GB of data were used to make this.

Clear skies all!

#astrophotography #moon #space #spacepics

Shot Data:

Samyang 135mm at f/2.8
RisingCam ATR3CMOS26000KPA (APS-C IMX571 based OSC)
Sky-Watcher HEQ5 Pro
Optolong L-Pro 2"filter

48 x 300s Gain 100 HGC on.

4 hours total integration.

A wider look at Messier 31.

Really enjoying using the Samyang 135mm lens. Really gives a different perspective to so many familiar objects in the night sky.

As ever, shot from my backyard in Somerset UK

Clear skies all. 🔭

#astrophotography #space #spacepics
#astronomy

Awesome! I'm currently back in Jakarta at the moment, with just a pair of Seestars for company for the next few months. Hoping to explore the incredible southern sky.