Showing posts with label Messier 4. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Messier 4. Show all posts

Wednesday, 20 September 2023

StarFixer AI software

M31,M32 and M110

Antares and M4

Constellation Auriga widefield

Globular star cluster M15 widefield

 "All the above images were reprocessed using StarFixer artificial intelligence based software as a part of the data reduction process.. Thanks Filippo for letting us trial your excellent software".  - Joel Cairo CEO of the Jodrell Plank Observatory.

https://www.starfixer.org/

Saturday, 24 June 2023

Rho Ophiuchi Star Clouds

 

Rho Ophiuchi star clouds of gas and dust associated with Antares. Canon 600d DSLR and 135mm Samyang lens on a Star Adventurer EQ mount. A stack of 6x30sec lights.at ISO800. Image Credit Pip Stakkert.

"Pip used all the specialist software on this data to bring out the emission and reflection nebulae in this interesting area of the Summer night sky, that unfortunately never rises high above our southern horizon  here in Lowestoft. He also managed to show the many dust clouds and lanes that permeate this area of space. The data was stacked using AffinityPhoto2 and then processed using it and Starnet GUI, Topaz Denoise AI, GradientXterminator, Image Plus 6.5 and Astro Sharp AI.  A note of gratitude to Professor Ian Morison for his excellent website Professor Morison's Astronomy Digest www.ianmorison.com - It is a treasure trove of astro-imaging information!" - Kurt Thrust current Director of the Jodrell Plank Observatory.

Thursday, 15 June 2023

Antares rival of Mars

 


The red supergiant star Antares and globular star clusters Messier 4 and NGC6411. Canon 600d DSLR and 135mm Samyang lens on a Star Adventurer EQ mount. Credit Kurt Thrust.
"The star Antares in the constellation Scorpius, never gets very high above the southern horizon as viewed from the Jodrell Plank Observatory. We managed to get a window of opportunity for about forty minutes after midnight on the 13th of June. Antares and it's attendant globular star clusters, sit within part of the Rho Ophiuchi cloud complex of gas and dust." - Kurt Thrust current Director of the Jodrell Plank Observatory.