NGC 2244 with the Seestar S50--a 6-hour integration

NCG 2244, the Satellite Cluster, is located in the Rosette Nebula. This image of the cluster's brightest stars is a 6-hour capture (20-second subs) with the S50. It was stacked an processed in Siril, with Cosmic Clarity and multiple VeraLux scripts. I tweaked contrast and brightness in Affinity Photo. If you click and zoom on this image, it shows a wealth of detail that the S50 captured--impressive for such a short total integration time. I also processed the image for a more "natural" look, resisting the tempation to boost the saturation and change hues 🙂

M42--12 hours with the Dwarf 3 scope

The Dwarf 3 is the perfect scope to capture detailed, wide views of the sky. This ability is particularly suited to large DSOs like the Orion Nebula. This image is a 12 hour integation on 60s subframes, stacked and procssed in Siril (with Varilux and Cosmic Clarity scripts). At 12 hours, the faint nebulosity surrounding M42 starts to become visible and the Dwarf does a fine job of capturing it. Click image to see the large version.

NGC 1333--20H with the Seestar S50 Bortle 8/9

NGC 1333. 20 hours total integration time under Bortle 8/9 skies. Processed in Siril with Veralux Hypermetric Stretch and cosmic clarity. Final tweaks in Affinity.

M 33 -- 2.5 hours with the Seestar S50

Last night, we had extremely clear and transparent skies here in Charlotte. Rather than drizze and stack it myself, I took the image below from a 4K raw FIT file stacked by the Seestar. The total integration time was 2.56 hours, with 20 second subs in EQ mode. I processed the image in Siril with Veralux and Cosmic Clarity. I adjusted saturation to bring out the many colors captired by the scope in Affinity 2.

NGC 1333 with the Seestar S50

This is a 12.5 hour integration of NGC 1333 under Bortle 8/9 skies. Given those conditions, this was a tough one, especially as it's a reflection nebula, so I couldn't use a narrowband filter. The light gradients on the stacked image were terrible, but I was able to remove them with Graxpert. Most of the processing was done in Siril--special thanks to the amazing Veralux script and Cosmic Clarity for really pulling out the detail and color. I tweaked the final image in Affinity 2.

16 hour integration of the Heart Nebula with the Dwarf 3 telescope

The Heart Nebula can be a challenging object due to its low surface brightness, especially in my neighborhood where I image under Bortle 8/9 skies. The total integration time for this image is 16 hours with 60-second subs captured in EQ mode with the duoband filter on the D3. I used Siril to stack and calibrate the images and to remove the light gradients. I then denoised in Graxpert and sharpened in Cosmic Clarity. The final result was tweaked in Affinity 2. Click the image to see it enlarged, which reveals lots of detail in the nebulosity.

25.5 Hours on M31 with Seestar S50

This image of M31 has a total of 25.5 hours of integration time. Being able to capture the galaxy without using a mosaic just one of the strengths of this little scope. I have hard time processing M31 and I'm never entirely satisfied with the result, inclusing this one. Captured with the D3 and processed in SIRIL, Graxpert, Cosmic Clarity and Affinity 2. I drizzled the individual frames x2.