Tuesday, November 3, 2015

Asteroid 2015 TB145

A near-Earth asteroid, 2015 TB145 (roughly 600 meters in diameter) safely passed 1.27 lunar distances from Earth on 1 November 2015 at 02:01 KST (31 October 2015 at 17:01 UTC).
Date: 2015.11.01 01:29
Location: Malloesan Eco Park, Jincheon, Korea
Telescope: FSQ106ED (FL: 530 mm, F/5.0)
Guide scope: FS60CB (FL: 355 mm, F/5.9)
Mount: iEQ45
Camera: STF-8300M w/ Baarder filters
Guide Camera: QHY5L-II-C
Exposure: (L) 10 sec for Asteroid, (LRGB) 120 sec x 3~4 / each for Background 

Date: 2015.11.01 01:28 ~ 01:32
Location: Malloesan Eco Park, Jincheon, Korea
Telescope: FSQ106ED (FL: 530 mm, F/5.0)
Guide scope: FS60CB (FL: 355 mm, F/5.9)
Mount: iEQ45
Camera: STF-8300M w/ Baarder filters
Guide Camera: QHY5L-II-C
Exposure: 10 sec/frame

Friday, September 25, 2015

Comet Lovejoy (C/2014 Q2)

Lovejoy (C/2014 Q2) is a long-period comet discovered on 17 August 2014 by Terry Lovejoy. Its blue-green color is the result of diatomic carbon being burned off the comet as it passes through space [Wikipedia].

Date: 2015.01.10. 21:30~21:41
Location: Daejeon Education Training Institute, Gongju, Korea
Telescope: FSQ-106ED (FL: 530 mm, F/5.0)
Mount: iOptron iEQ45
Camera: Canon EOS 6D
Exposure: ISO 800 30 sec x 20


Monday, September 21, 2015

The Andromeda Galaxy (M 31)

The Andromeda Galaxy (Messier 31) is a spiral galaxy approximately 2.5 million light-years from Earth.
Date: 2015.09.19-20.
Location: Daejeon Education Training Institute, Gongju, Korea
Telescope: FS-60CB with a focal reducer (FL: 264 nm, F/4.4)
Guide scope: CCTV lens (FL: 100 mm, F/3.5)
Mount: Unitec SWAT-300
Camera: SBIG STF-8300M w/ Baarder filters
Guide camera: QHY5L-II-C
Exposure: Ha (1bin) 300s x 4, (2bin) 300s x 5; L (1bin) 300s x 2, 180s x 7, 120s x15;
RGB (1bin) 120s x 5/each, (2bin) 120s x 5/each

Sunday, September 20, 2015

The Elephant Trunk Nebula (IC 1396)

The Elephant Trunk Nebula (IC 1396), bright nebula in Cepheus
Date: 2015.09.13.~14.
Location: Daejeon Education Training Institute, Gongju, Korea
Telescope: FS-60CB with a focal reducer (FL: 264 mm, F/4.4)
Guide scope: CCTV lens (FL: 100 mm, F/3.5)
Mount: Unitec SWAT-300
Camera: SBIG STF-8300M w/ Baarder filters
Guide camera: QHY5L-II-C
Exposure: Ha 300s x 15, L 300s x 5, RGB (2bin) 300s x 5/each

Saturday, September 19, 2015

The Butterfly Nebula and Sadr (IC 1318)

The diffuse emission nebula surrounding Sadr (or Gamma Cygni), located in the center of Cygnus's cross.
Date: 2015.09.09. ~ 10.
Location: Daejeon Education Training Institute, Gongju, Korea
Telescope: FS-60CB with a focal reducer (FL: 264 mm, F/4.4)
Guide scope: CCTV lens (FL: 100 mm, F/3.5)
Mount: Unitec SWAT-300
Camera: SBIG STF-8300M w/ Baarder filters
Guide camera: QHY5L-II-C
- Exposure: Ha 300s x 5, L 300s x 5, RGB (2bin) 300s x 3/each
- Image Processing: PixInsight

 

Monday, August 24, 2015

The Jellyfish Nebula (IC 443)

The Jellyfish Nebula (IC 443) is a Galactic supernova remnant in the constellation Gemini.

- Date: February 8, 13-14, 2015
- Location: Daejeon education training institute, Gongju, South Korea
- Telescope: FSQ 106ED f/5.0 w/ ST-80 f/5.0
- Mount: iEQ45
- Camera: STF-8300M w/ Baarder filters, QHY5L-II-C for autoguide
- Exposure: Ha 600s * 9, RGB 300s * 6/each
- Image Processing: PixInsight

Sunday, August 23, 2015

The Lagoon Nebula (M 8, NGC 6523)

The Lagoon Nebula is an emission and giant interstellar cloud in the constellation Sagittarius.
- Date: May 26, 2015
- Location: Unknown, South Korea
- Telescope:FSQ106ED f/5.0 w/ ST-80A f/5.0
- Mount: iEQ45
- Camera: STF-8300M w/ Baarder filters, QHY5L-II-C for guide
- Exposure: L 300s x 1, Ha 300s x 1, RGB 300s x 1/each
- Image Processing: (L 20% and Ha 80%) + RGB, Dark/Bias/Flat applied, PixInsight

Saturday, August 22, 2015

The North America Nebula (NGC 7000 or Caldwell 20)

The North America Nebula (NGC 7000 or Caldwell 20) is an emission nebula in the constellation Cygnus.
- Date: August 14, 2015
- Location: Jeoksang-san, Muju, South Korea
- Telescope: FSQ106ED f/5.0 w/ FS60CB f/5.9
- Mount: iEQ45
- Camera: STF-8300M w/ Baarder filters, QHY5L-II-C for guide
- Exposure: L 300s * 10, Ha 300s * 5, RGB(2bin) 300s * 5/each
- Image Processing: (L 20% and Ha 80%) + RGB, Dark/Bias/Flat applied, PixInsight

Thursday, August 20, 2015

A reflection nebula in the constellation Orion (M 78, NGC 2068)

- Date: January 17, 2015
- Location: Daejeon education training institute, South Korea
- Telescope: FSQ106ED f/5.0 w/ ST-80A f/5.0
- Mount: iEQ45
- Camera: STF-8300M w/ Baarder filters, QHY5L-II-C for guide
- Exposure: L 600s * 15, RGB 300s * 10, Dark/Bias/Flat applied
- Image Processing: PixInsight

Rosetta Nebula (NGC 2237)

- Date: October 18, 2014; December 27-28, 2014; January 11, 2015
- Location: Gorimsa, Goesan; Daejeon education training institute, Gongju, South Korea
- Telescope: FSQ106ED f/5.0 w/ ST-80A f/5.0
- Mount: iEQ45
- Camera: STF-8300M w/ Baarder filters, QHY5L-II-C for guide
- Exposure: Ha 600s x 5, Ha 300s x 28, RGB 300s x 10/each, Dark/Bias/Flat applied
- Image Processing: PixInsight

Jupiter

2015.02.14. / Gongrim-sa, Goesan, Korea / Takahashi FSQ106ED w/ GSO 3x barlow / iEQ45 / QHY5L-II-C / 120 sec / Autostekkert & PixInsight

Scorpius Milky Way

The Milky Way, looking towards the center of our own galaxy.

2015.04.24. / Sagye Port, Seogwipo, Jeju, Korea/ Canon 6D / Sigma Art 50 mm / F4.0 / ISO800 / 300 sec / SWAT-300

2015.04.24. / Sagye Port, Seogwipo, Jeju, Korea/ Canon 6D / Sigma Art 24 mm / ISO800 / F4.0 / 300 sec / SWAT-300

Wednesday, August 19, 2015

The blue moon

Be happy with the Blue Moon.

Color change of the moon by photoshop adjustment, it's NOT real!!
2015.08.01. / Yesan, Korea / Canon EOS 6D / Takahashi FS-60CB / ISO 100 / 1/125 sec






Tuesday, August 18, 2015

Perseid meteor across Cygnus

Combination of 52 pics for Milky way and 1 pic for Perseid meteor / 2015.08.14-15. / Biam-sa, Sejong, Korea / Canon 6D / Sigma Art 24 mm / F4.0 / ISO 1600 / 30 sec x 1, 90 sec x 3, 120 sec x 46, 180 sec x 2 / Kenko Softon-A Pro1D

Starry Night at Biam-sa

2015.08.15. / Biam-sa, Sejong, Korea / Canon 6D / Sigma Art 24 mm / F4.0 / ISO 1600 / 30 sec / Kenko Softon-A Pro1D