The Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) is based upon work supported by NASA under award No. 80NSSC17M0076. Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer.
【Orion’s Belt Region in Gas and Dust】
Astrophotographer: Matt Harbison
Camera: QHY600
Telescope: Takahashi FSQ-106EDX IV
Mount: Astro-Physics Mach 1 GTO
Integration: 20 hours
【The Tail of a Christmas Comet】
Photographer: Rolando Ligustri, Lukas Demetz
Camera: QHY600M
Telescope: RH200
Exposure: RGB=3x90s L=9x90s, binning 2×2
【The Dark Seahorse in Cepheus】
Photographer: Valerio Avitabile
Camera: QHY294M camera
Telescope: Sky-Watcher Newton 200/800 Wide Photo
Mount: SkyWatcher EQ6-R Pro
Integration: 5h 12′
Photographer: Leo Shatz
Camera: QHY367C camera
Telescope: Takahashi FSQ 130ED
Mount: Astro-Physics Mach1 GTO CP4
Integration: 10h 21′
【Triple Transit and Mutual Events】
Photographer: Christopher Go
Camera: QHY5III462C
Integration: 3hrs
【AR2835: Islands in the Photosphere】
Photographer: Michael Teoh, Heng Ee Observatory, Penang, Malaysia
Lunt Solar Wedge
Baader ND Filter OD 3.0
Baader Solar Continuum Filter 540nm
Televue 2x Barlow
QHY5L-II-M Camera
Wavelet adjustment with Registax 6
Fine-tune and false-color with Photoshop 2020
Photographer: Terry Hancock ,Tom Masterson

Photographer: John Chumack
Lunt 60mm/50F Hydrogen Alpha Solar telescope
QHY5III290M Camera
0.5x reducer
Celestron portable Advanced VX mount

Photographer: Francesco Battistella
Telescope: AIRY APO 130T f/6.6Mount: NEQ6-Pro
Camera : QHY168C — GAIN:10 ; OFFSET:9 — -20°C
Filter: Optolong 2” L-Pro Filter
Frames: RGGB 30 x 240s — 5 x 30s
Total Integration: 2 Hours
Environment Temperature: -8°C ( 17,6 F )
Relative Humidity: 65%