Richard Boudreau Astrophotography

A look back at my 2020 astrophotography....Happy New Year and clear skies for 2021!

A few adjustments with exposure and contrast on IC 405 ...also referred to as the Flaming Star nebula ,is an emission and reflection nebula in the constellation Auriga, surrounding the bluish star AE Aurigae....Took a while but finally have enough data to assemble something together as a HOO bi-color image. Started acquiring Ha frames on Nov. 14...and with just a few hours per night...shot the last of my O3's on Dec 18....totalling 6 different nights on this target. Gain 13...9 @ -15c 56 x 300sec Ha 80 x 300sec O3 Darks and Flats calibrated -Gear- Camera : ZWO ASI 1600 Mono Pro Cooled Telescope : Sky-Watcher ED80 Pro Corrector : .85 Flattener/Reducer EQ mount : Celestron AVX Autoguider : Orion Starshoot Filter wheel : ZWO EFW mini Filters : Optolong 7nm Ha 1.25" Optolong 6.5nm OIII 1.25" Dew prevention : Kendrick controller and straps -Software- AstroPhotographyTool 3.84 PHD2 DeepSkyStacker Photoshop See more

IC 405 ...also referred to as the Flaming Star nebula ,is an emission and reflection nebula in the constellation Auriga, surrounding the bluish star AE Aurigae....Took a while but finally have enough data to assemble something together as a HOO bi-color image. Started acquiring Ha frames on Nov. 14...and with just a few hours per night...shot the last of my O3's on Dec 18....totalling 6 different nights on this target. Gain 139 @ -15c... 56 x 300sec Ha 80 x 300sec O3 Darks and Flats calibrated -Gear- Camera : ZWO ASI 1600 Mono Pro Cooled Telescope : Sky-Watcher ED80 Pro Corrector : .85 Flattener/Reducer EQ mount : Celestron AVX Autoguider : Orion Starshoot Filter wheel : ZWO EFW mini Filters : Optolong 7nm Ha 1.25" Optolong 6.5nm OIII 1.25" Dew prevention : Kendrick controller and straps -Software- AstroPhotographyTool 3.84 PHD2 DeepSkyStacker Photoshop

IC 405 Flaming Star nebula Second time doing this target..framed differently this time.At some point , I'll have to replace my Hydrogen Alpha filter...not too happy with bright large halos around the larger stars...I did manage to minimize a bit...hopefully it's not too long of a wait to add data and Oxygen III to this image Gain 139 @ -15c... 42 x 300sec Ha Darks and Flats -Gear- Camera : ZWO ASI 1600 Mono Pro Cooled Telescope : Sky-Watcher ED80 Pro Corrector : .85 Flattener/Reducer EQ mount : Celestron AVX Autoguider : Orion Starshoot Filter wheel : ZWO EFW mini Filters : Optolong 7nm Ha 1.25" Optolong 6.5nm OIII 1.25" Dew prevention : Kendrick controller and straps -Software- AstroPhotographyTool 3.84 PHD2 DeepSkyStacker Photoshop

The Rosette Nebula...an H II region located near one end of a giant molecular cloud in the Monoceros region of the Milky Way Galaxy. Second time doing this target since purchasing the ASI 1600...My first attempt was short lived , after starting late in the season and a stretch of bad weather...it left me with 11 frames of Ha and 18 frames of O3...This time... 4hrs of Ha , and 4 hrs of O3 Gain 139 @ -15c 48 x 300sec Ha... 48 x 300sec O3 Flats and Darks calibrated -Gear- Camera : ZWO ASI 1600 Mono Pro Cooled Telescope : Sky-Watcher ED80 Pro Corrector : .85 Flattener/Reducer EQ mount : Celestron AVX Autoguider : Orion Starshoot Filter wheel : ZWO EFW mini Filters : Optolong 7nm Ha 1.25" Optolong 6.5nm OIII 1.25" Dew prevention : Kendrick controller and straps -Software- AstroPhotographyTool 3.84 PHD2 DeepSkyStacker Photoshop