Windy City Astrophotography

Astrophotography, mostly from the luminous skies of Chicago!

Celestron RASA 8
ZWO ASI1600MM Pro
iOptron CEM40
ASIAir Plus

[Windy City Astrophotography @Nickjlake]

Really pleased with how this HaRGB Andromeda image came out! RGB data captured in October from dark skies, H-alpha from Chicago a couple nights back. Processed in #pixinsight

🎬: https://t.co/lZW7ug3DTa

#Astrophotography #galaxy #telescope

[Mike Simonsen 🐉 @mikesimonsen]

This is incredible.

From @Jamie_Lane where AirBnBs are fully booked next week.

[Windy City Astrophotography @Nickjlake]

@Planetreef2 Thanks! Depends on the filter in use but generally 3-4 sheets for broadband filters. Some cloudy night a while back I set up the scope inside and figured it out for each filter so I have them handily pre-stacked.

[Windy City Astrophotography @Nickjlake]

Really pleased with how this HaRGB Andromeda image came out! RGB data captured in October from dark skies, H-alpha from Chicago a couple nights back. Processed in #pixinsight

🎬: https://t.co/lZW7ug3DTa

#Astrophotography #galaxy #telescope

[Windy City Astrophotography @Nickjlake]

@jdsoubeyran Thanks @jdsoubeyran 😊 Yes it has been a while. Life! Martin's videos are so great and I have no experience with an OAG (yet) so glad you connected!

[Windy City Astrophotography @Nickjlake]

Awesome #starlink pass over Chicago! As predicted it went right through the frame for the Soul Nebula! Not spaced out enough to see many individual trails in the 2-min exposure, but quite an impressive streak.

#Astrophotography

[Windy City Astrophotography @Nickjlake]

Comet ZTF zooming through the sky from Chicago!

[Windy City Astrophotography @Nickjlake]

Comet hunting in the bright skies of Chicago!

15-min live-stack from the ASIAir Plus and you can see how much the comet has moved in just that time!

Equipment:
@Celestron RASA 8
@zwoasi 533MC Pro

#Astrophotography #greencomet #space

[Windy City Astrophotography @Nickjlake]

Not a bad-looking comet from very light-polluted skies in Chicago!

Gotta play around more with reducing the star trails, but given the conditions I am very happy with how this turned out!

170x10" (28ish minutes)

#Astrophotography #space #CometZTF #greencomet

[Windy City Astrophotography @Nickjlake]

@xRMMike Yes, going with 10s subs since I am fighting B9 skies and only using the IR cut filter. Adds up quickly!

[Windy City Astrophotography @Nickjlake]

@xRMMike Yes, was able to get some undithered data last night and stacked that with the comet alignment tool. Really powerful!

[Windy City Astrophotography @Nickjlake]

@MathCancer It's a good thought! I think I will round out the hour here and then do another hour with no dithering!

[Windy City Astrophotography @Nickjlake]

Here is the original 2-panel mosaic I cropped from

[Windy City Astrophotography @Nickjlake]

Love this area of the Soul Nebula; lots of cool features!

Total of 4.5 hours here (RASA 8 from Chicago)

Two cameras: the 1600MM (crispy Ha luminance) and the 533MC (color data with NBZ)

More details in ALT
#Astrophotography

[Windy City Astrophotography @Nickjlake]

@SkidKidd @zwoasi @OPT_Telescopes @Celestron Thank you!

[Windy City Astrophotography @Nickjlake]

Hello, 🔥 and 🐴

Giving the 533MC Pro a try and very happy with it so far! Tried some new things with processing.

Just 2.5 hours integration with NBZ filter on the RASA 8 from Chicago 😎

#Astrophotography

[Windy City Astrophotography @Nickjlake]

@chucksastropho1 @zwoasi @OPT_Telescopes @Celestron Thanks so much, Chuck! Really pleased so far

[Smail @smailtronic]

Glad to see everyone finally coming around on #CocaineBear . Little known fact, Cocaine Bear was first visualized by English astronomer John Flamsteed in 1776.

[Windy City Astrophotography @Nickjlake]

Live stack from the ASIAir Plus.
Just 12 minutes!

Filter: IDAS NBZ
Camera: 533MC Pro
Scope: RASA 8
Skies: Bortle 9

#Astrophotography #orion

[Windy City Astrophotography @Nickjlake]

The view from the Roosevelt platform after work 😎

Should be a great night for #Astrophotography 🔭📷

#chicago #cta #s22ultra