Leo Triplet (Seestar S 50)

5 hours on the Leo Triplet in EQ mode. I'm impressed with the amount of detail the scope captured in that time (zoom in to see it). Bortle 8/9. Processed in Siril, SETi Astro, Graxpert, and Affinity 2/JR Macros.

The Moon on April 8, 2025

I finally got around to processing an image of the Moon captured at the beginning of the month under exceptional seeing conditions. This image is a stack of 700 from a total AVI capture of 1400 frames. Stacked in Autostakkert, wavelets in Registax 6, and the size of the final image was doubled in Astrosurface.

The Tulip Nebula—Hubble Palette

This image is just over 3 hours of integration on the Tulip Nebula. The image was stacked with star processing, initial histogram stretch, and Hubbleization in Siril. Main processing in SETI Astro Suite (with Cosmic Clarity), and further tweaks in Photoshop.

NGC 2064

77 minutes on NGC 2064. I tried a new workflow: stacking and star removal/restoration in Siril, noise reduction and background gradient removal in Graxpert, image enhancement in SETI Astro Suite, and final tweaks in Photoshop.

The Moon on April 4, 2025. Seestar S50.

The Moon under exceptional seeing on April 4, 2025. A stack of 500 from 1000 captures with 2X enlargement.

The Sun Today--April 4, 2025

The Sun today, showing some interesting spot groups. The spots in two linear groups toward the center of the image, has the potential to produce M-Class flares.

The Moon with the Dwarf 3

I was able to capture the moon under superb seeing conditions last night. This image is a stack of the best 350 from 700 captures. It was stacked in Autostakkert with very minimal wavelets in Registax 6. There's lots of detail if you zoom in. The image is a testament not only to the seeing conditions, but to the optics of the Dwarf 3. There are three craters in the center of the disk on the terminator. The first is Theophilus, is a 60-mile-wide ring that borders the shore of Mare Nectaris (Sea of Nectar). On this image, you can see the long shadow cast by the cluster of mountain peaks at Theophilus's center 4,600 feet in height). Next to Theophilius is Cyrillus. Part of its circumference has been breached by Theophilus. The adjacent crater,Catharina, is similarly-sized, but it lacks a central peak and its walls have partly disintegrated. Near Catharina's rim you can see the Rupes Altai mountain range. Not bad for a 35mm lens :) Compare this image with the Seestar 50 image posted earlier.