M 8 Nebula
M 8 nebula or more known as the "Lagoon Nebula" is a great target for all kind of telescopes, easy to see even with a small pair of binoculars together with the M8 nebula from a decent sky makes it one of the best "Summer" targets for Amateur Astronomers.
Location : Tragana Village - Greece
Telescope : Sky Watcher 80mm ED Apo refractor
Camera : SBIG STF -8300M
Filter : Baader 2" Luminance
Mount : Orion Atlas EQG (EQ6)
Guiding : 50mm finder scope with ASI 290MM
Exposures : 15x300 seconds
Dark - Bias - Flat reduction.
Software : MaxIm DL - Lightroom - Photoshop
M 20 Nebula
M 20 nebula or more known as the "Triffid Nebula" is a great target for all kind of telescopes, easy to see even with a small pair of binoculars from a decent sky makes it one of the best "Summer" targets for Amateur Astronomers.
Location : Tragana Village - Greece
Telescope : Sky Watcher 80mm ED Apo refractor
Camera : SBIG STF -8300M
Filter : Baader 2" LRGB
Mount : Orion Atlas EQG (EQ6)
Guiding : 50mm finder scope with ASI 290MM
Exposures : 15x300 seconds each filter
Dark - Bias - Flat reduction.
Software : MaxIm DL - Lightroom - Photoshop
NGC 6960
Veil Nebula (part 01)
NGC 6960 is a part of the giant Veil Nebula complex, it is a great target from small telescopes with wide field, like my ED80mm or a small telephoto lens, and even with much bigger telescopes like my 10" Astrograph or a 11" SCT.
The reason for beeing such a great target is just because it has a lot of fine details that can be seen with almost any field of view.
Location : Athens - Greece
Telescope : Sky Watcher 80mm ED Apo refractor
Camera : SBIG STF -8300M
Filter : Baader 2" Hydrogen Alfa 7nm & Oiii 7nm
Mount : Orion Atlas EQG (EQ6)
Guiding : 50mm finder scope with ASI 290MM
Exposures : 25x600 seconds
R(Ha)G(Oiii)B(Oiii)
Dark - Bias - Flat reduction.
Software : MaxIm DL - Lightroom - Photoshop
IC 5067
IC 5067 is a nice and easy target for narrowband imaging if you live in the light polluted sky of a big city like I do.
It is located in the constellation of Cygnus and it really pops easily with just a few nice exposures, small wide field telescopes are going to give you an amazing view of many nebulas around the center of the main one, but also a big telescope with narrow field of view will amaze you with the fine details that will reveal in the structure of the nebula.
Location : Athens - Greece
Telescope : Sky Watcher 10" F/4 Newtonian Astrograph
Camera : SBIG STF -8300M
Filter : Baader 2" Hydrogen Alfa 7nm
Mount : Orion Atlas EQG (EQ6)
Guiding : 50mm finder scope with ASI 290MM
Exposures : 30x600 seconds
Dark - Bias reduction.
Software : MaxIm DL - Lightroom - Photoshop
Sh2-155 "Cave Nebula"
Cave Nebula is a difficult target as it comes from the "Sharpless" catalogue wich means it has a lot of diffused Hydrogen.
Also by taking images from the center of Athens with a heavy light polluted sky I had to double the amount of the exposures that would be used in other more clear skyies.
Location : Athens - Greece
Telescope : Sky Watcher 10" F/4 Newtonian Astrograph
Camera : SBIG STF -8300M
Filter : Baader 2" Hydrogen Alfa 7nm
Mount : Orion Atlas EQG (EQ6)
Guiding : 50mm finder scope with ASI 290MM
Exposures : 75x600 seconds
Dark - Bias reduction.
Software : MaxIm DL - Lightroom - Photoshop
NGC 2244 "Rosette Nebula"
Rosette Nebula is located near the Great Orion Constellation in Monoceros. A fairly easy target for small or moderate telescopes that can give great LRGB or HaSiiOiii images.
Location : Athens - Greece
Telescope : Orion US 80mm ED Apo Refractor
Camera : SBIG STF -8300M
Filter : Baader 2" Hydrogen Alfa 7nm
Mount : Orion Atlas EQG (EQ6)
Guiding : 50mm finder scope with DMK21AU
Exposures : 25x300 seconds
Dark - Bias reduction.
Software : MaxIm DL - Lightroom - Photoshop
Elephants Trunk Nebula
This is Elephant Trunk Nebula in Cepheus constellation. A really beautifull nebula with nice dark structures. This picture is a mosaic of 9 frammes (3x3 mosaic) of the whole region.
Location : Athens - Greece
Telescope : Orion US 80mm ED Apo Refractor
Camera : SBIG STF -8300M
Filter : Baader 2" Hydrogen Alfa 7nm
Mount : Orion Atlas EQG (EQ6)
Guiding : 50mm finder scope with DMK21AU
Exposures : 25x600 seconds for each framme
Dark - Bias reduction.
Software : MaxIm DL - Lightroom - Photoshop
LBN 468 Nebula
LBN Catalogue nebulas are great targets for small telescopes under really dark sky, most of them are well imaged with wide field cameras and lens and are not often seen. This image was taken from Filipaioi mountain near the city of Grevena during the 13th Panhellenic Amateur Astronomers Gathering.
Location : Filipaioi / Grevena - Greece
Telescope : Orion US 80mm ED Apo Refractor
Camera : SBIG STF -8300M
Filters : Baader 2" LRGB
Mount : Orion Atlas EQG (EQ6)
Guiding : 50mm finder scope with DMK21AU
Exposures : Lum : 900 seconds Subs with 8 Hours total exposure Bin 1x1
Dark - Flat - Bias reduction.
Software : MaxIm DL - Photoshop
Iris Nebula - NGC 7023
Iris Nebula or NGC 7023 in the constelation of Cepheus is a really beautifull nebula with a lot of galactic dust around it. This image was taken from Filipaioi mountain near the city of Grevena during the 13th Panhellenic Amateur Astronomers Gathering.
Location : Filipaioi / Grevena - Greece
Telescope : Orion US 80mm ED Apo Refractor
Camera : SBIG STF -8300M
Filters : Baader 2" LRGB
Mount : Orion Atlas EQG (EQ6)
Guiding : 50mm finder scope with DMK21AU
Exposures : Lum : 900 seconds Subs with 8 Hours total exposure Bin 1x1
RGB : 600 seconds Subs with 4 hours total at Bin 2x2
Dark - Flat - Bias reduction.
Software : MaxIm DL - Photoshop
Sharks Head Nebula
VDB_150 is a magnificent "Dark nebula" in the constelation of Cepheus. This image was taken from Filipaioi mountain near the city of Grevena during the 13th Panhellenic Amateur Astronomers Gathering.
Location : Filipaioi / Grevena - Greece
Telescope : Orion US 80mm ED Apo Refractor
Camera : SBIG STF -8300M
Filters : Baader 2" LRGB
Mount : Orion Atlas EQG (EQ6)
Guiding : 50mm finder scope with DMK21AU
Exposures : Lum : 900 seconds Subs with 8 Hours total exposure
RGB : 600 seconds Subs with 4 hours total at Bin 2x2
Dark - Flat - Bias reduction.
Software : MaxIm DL - PixInside - Photoshop
Image Processing by : Evangelos Souglakos
NGC 7000 North America Nebula
This is NGC 7000 Nebula in Cygnus constellation. A really beautifull nebula with nice dark structures. This picture is part of the center of that nebula as it is much bigger than our FOV,
One of our plans is to start taking more frammes of the region in order to make a great mosaic of this great nebula.
Center (RA, Dec):(314.616, 43.952)
Center (RA, hms):20h 58m 27.840s
Center (Dec, dms):+43° 57' 06.088"
Size:1.69 x 1.28 deg
Radius:1.060 deg
Pixel scale:1.86 arcsec/pixel
Orientation:Up is 9.31 degrees E of N
Location : Athens - Greece
Telescope : Orion US 80mm ED Apo Refractor
Camera : SBIG STF -8300M
Filter : Baader 2" Hydrogen Alfa 7nm
Mount : Orion Atlas EQG (EQ6)
Guiding : 50mm finder scope with DMK21AU
Exposures : 25x600 seconds
Dark - Bias reduction.
Software : MaxIm DL - Lightroom - Photoshop
Orion over the Mountains of Greece
Orion is propably one of the most known constellations to the public, it is an easy constellation to recognize ever from a light polluted city like Athens and also hosts some of the most amazing nebula there is to observe in the night sky.
During March of 2019 we had the chance to travel for a workshop of Solar observing in a remote city of Greece, and in the route we had some amazing view of this constellation, this is a picture of Orion traveling above the Greek Mountains were the mountain itshelf is light by the moon.
Location : near Agrinio City
Camera : Canon EOS 6D
Lens : 35mm F/1.4 Prime
Exposure time : 10 Seconds
ISO : 6400
Software : Lightroom & Photoshop
Horshead and Flame Nebula
Horshead and Flame Nebulas in Orion are 2 of the most photographed nebulas of the night sky, each one of them is a great target for a moderate to big telescope, but both of them together are great for a wide field small refractor.
As I am living in Athens, the capitol of Greece I am always using narrowband filters to take pictures of nebulas like theese. Here is a portrait of those two nebulas using a Hydrogen Alfa filter.
Location : Athens - Greece
Telescope : Orion US 80mm ED Apo Refractor
Camera : SBIG STF -8300M
Filter : Baader 2" Hydrogen Alfa 7nm
Mount : Orion Atlas EQG (EQ6)
Guiding : 50mm finder scope with DMK21AU
Exposures : 10x600 seconds
Dark - Flat - Bias reduction.
Software : MaxIm DL - Lightroom - Photoshop
Milky Way Portrait
Milky Way is our own galaxy. Beeing able to travel around and get away from the light pollution of the city, we can get some of the most amazing views of the night sky we can ever have. This is one of the best things on beeing an amateur astronomer, you travel to find the perfect location to take pictures of the night sky, and when you find it, the sky never stops to amaze you.
Location : Mt. Parnon at South Greece
Camera : Canon EOS 6D
Lens : 17-40 f/4
Exposure time : 30 Seconds
ISO : 6400
Software : Lightroom & Photoshop
Veil nebula mosaic
Veil complex is a beautifull target for small telescopes and telephoto lens, This is a mosaic that we captured a few years ago using a telephoto lens and a CCD camera with a Hydrogen Alfa filter, while we were having vacation at a Greek island named Rhodes.
The sky there was great letting us use extreme exposure times without overexposing our background due to light pollution.
Telescope : 300mm f/4 telephoto lens
Camera : Atik 16 Hr mono CCD
Filter : Baader Hydrogen Alfa 7nm
Mount : Sky Watcher HEQ-5
Guiding : 50mm finder scope with DMK21AU
Exposures : 5x900 and 5x1600 second for each picture of the Mosaic
Dark - Flat - Bias reduction.
Software : MaxIm DL - Photoshop