Wispy clouds of ionized hydrogen gas glow red against the starry background of space. Covering a region more than ten times the area of the full moon, it's too dim to see with the naked eye, but this stack of about 130 x 120s exposures starts to bring out some of the details.

NGC 7000, also known as the North American Nebula. #Astrophotography by me using my #SVBONY SV503 102mm/f7 scope, 0.8X FF/FR, #PegasusAstro Focus Cube, #Optolong L-eNhance filter, #ZWO OAG with #ASI290MM Mini, #SkyWatcher EQ6R Pro, and #ASI2600MC Pro cam. #Siril and #GIMP for processing. 🌌🔭🦛

URANUS MOUNTING PLATE
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Thought I would share a few photos of the mounting plate I designed and printed in the Spark Lab at the library.
#thespaklab #pegasusastro #astrophotography #3Dprint

Imaging Setup

Just one more step to complete the configuration of my imaging setup.

One more evening of tilt correction, and I’ll be ready to get back to imaging.

- #BaaderPlanetarium Apo 95
- Neumann #CTU XT
- #PegasusAstro OAG, PPBA, FC
- #Stellarmate OS
- #ToupTek #SkyEye62AM

#astrophotography #telescope

Technical details are:

57 x 30s subs
#ZWO #ASI2600MC OSC @ 0deg C
#SVBONY #SV503 100mm/f7 with 0.8X FF/FR
#PegasusAstro Focus Cube
@skywatcherusa.bsky.social #EQ6RPro Mount
#SkyShedPOD Personal Observation Dome
#NINA #Siril #GIMP

Other things attached to the #SVBONY: a dew strip, an Off-Axis Guider, a #ZWO #ASI290MM guidecam, and a top plate with a #PegasusAstro Pocket Powerbox Advance Gen2 and a #RaspberryPI 4B control computer.

The black scope on the right is a #Celestron Super C8 Plus with a 31mm #Luminos eyepiece.

I take my #Astrophotography images primarily using an #SVBONY SV503 102mm/f7 APO telescope (left) with a 0.8X field flattener/focal reducer, a #PegasusAstro Focus Cube, and a #ZWO #ASI2600 color camera. All permanently mounted on a @skywatcherusa.bsky.social #EQ6RPro inside a #SkyShedPOD from 43N.