APOD Collection

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.

APOD20240424-Horsehead and Orion Nebulas

By Antoine & Dalia Grelin

https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap240910.html

Imaging Telescopes or Lenses: Radian Raptor 61

Imaging Cameras: QHY600M

Mount: Atlas EQ-G Motorized Mount

Filters: Chroma 3nm Narrowband

Integration: 30h

APOD20240424-NGC6164/NGC6165-The Dragon Egg

https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap240424.html

By Rowan Prangley

Camera: QHYCCD QHY268M

Telescope: Celestron RASA 36cm (14″)

Mount: 10Micron GM3000 HPS

Frames:
Baader H-alpha Highspeed(f/2) Ultra-Narrowband 3.5nm (CMOS-Optimized) 2″: 88×300″(7h 20′)
Baader O-III Highspeed(f/2) Ultra-Narrowband 4nm (CMOS-Optimized) 2″: 339×300″(28h 15′)
Baader S-II Highspeed(f/2) Ultra-Narrowband 4nm (CMOS-Optimized) 2″: 92×300″(7h 40′)

Total Integration 43h15′

 

APOD 20231123——Along the Taurus Molecular Cloud

https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap231123.html

By Yuexiao Shen, Joe Hua

 

APOD 20231004—IC 2118: The Witch Head Nebula

https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap231004.html

By Abdullah Alharbi

Imaging Telescopes or Lenses: Askar FRA600

Imaging Cameras: QHY268M

Mount: iOptron CEM40

Filters: Chroma 36mm LRGB Ha

Frames:
Ha: 600s*11
L 300*42
R 300s*25
G 300s*25
B 300s*25

Total: 11.5 hours

 

APOD 20230904—NGC 6888 and bubble soap nebula

https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap230904.html

By Abdullah Alharbi

Imaging Telescopes or Lenses: Askar 600

Imaging Cameras: QHY268M

Mount: iOptron CEM40

Filters: Chroma 36mm LRGB Ha OIII

Frames:
Ha 300s*126
OIII 300s*262
L 300*36
R 300*21
G 300*24
B 300*29

Total: 44 hours 30 min

APOD 20230526 — The ‪Virgo‬ Cluster

https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap230526.html

By Abdullah Al-Harbi

Camera: QHY 268M

‎‏Filters: Chroma 36mm LRGB

Telescope: Askar 600

‎‏Mount: CEM-40

Exposures:
L 300*131
R 300s*35
G 300s*35
B 300s*35

Total integration 19.6 hours

Plowing Through Space, APOD 20230428

https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap230428.html

By Andre Vilhena

Imaging Telescopes Or Lenses: TS-Optics Photoline 115mm f/7

Imaging Cameras: QHYCCD QHY268 Pro M

Filters: Astronomik H-alpha CCD 6nm 36 mm · Optolong Blue 36 mm  · Optolong Green 36 mm  · Optolong Red 36 mm

Frames:

The Andromeda Galaxy, APOD 20230322

https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap230322.html

By Abdullah Al-Harbi

Imaging Telescopes Or Lenses: Askar 600

Imaging Cameras: QHY 268M

Mounts: CEM 40

Filters: Chroma 36mm LRGB Ha

Frames:
Ha: 600s*18
L 300*52
R 300s*32
G 300s*34B 300s

Total integration 15.5 hours

Perihelion Sun 2023 (APOD2023 Jan 14)

https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap230114.html

Photographer: Peter Ward (Barden Ridge Observatory)

Camera: QHY533M

Telescope: Astro-Physics 130GTX

Filter: Coronado 90mm Etalon HA filter

 

APOD 20230110: The Cone Nebula

https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap230110.html

Astrophotographer: Matthew Dieterich

Imaging Telescopes Or Lenses: Planewave CDK600

Imaging Cameras: QHY600PH M

Frames:
Hydrogen-alpha 26x30min
Luminance 60x5min
Red 24x5min
Green 24x5min
Blue 24x5min

Integration: 24h

Horsehead Nebula Region

https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap221229.html

Astrophotographer： Jason Close

Camera： QHY294M

Telescope：Stellarvue SVX130T

Mount： Sky-Watcher EQ8-R Pro

Total Integration：10.3h

 

APOD 20221004: M16 – The Eagle Nebula

https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap221004.html

Astrophotographer: Yannick Akar

Imaging Telescopes Or Lenses: Celestron RASA 11″ V2

Imaging Cameras: QHYCCD QHY268PH M

Mounts: iOptron CEM60

Frames: Baader Blue (CMOS-Optimized) 50×50 mm: 90×30″(45′) (gain: 0.00) f/2.2 -5°C bin 1×1
Baader Green (CMOS-Optimized) 50×50 mm: 90×30″(45′) (gain: 0.00) f/2.2 -5°C bin 1×1
Baader H-alpha Highspeed(f/2) Ultra-Narrowband 3.5nm (CMOS-Optimized) 50×50 mm: 265×120″(8h 50′) (gain: 56.00) f/2.2 -5°C bin 1×1
Baader O-III Highspeed(f/2) Ultra-Narrowband 4nm (CMOS-Optimized) 50×50 mm: 163×120″(5h 26′) (gain: 56.00) f/2.2 -5°C bin 1×1
Baader Red (CMOS-Optimized) 50×50 mm: 90×30″(45′) (gain: 0.00) f/2.2 -5°C bin 1×1
Baader S-II Highspeed(f/2) Ultra-Narrowband 4nm (CMOS-Optimized) 50×50 mm: 164×120″(5h 28′) (gain: 56.00) f/2.2 -5°C bin 1×1

Integration: 21h 59′

APOD 2022 Sep 08: NGC 7000 BiColor Image

https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap220908.html

Astrophotographer: Frank Sackenheim

Imaging Telescopes Or Lenses: Takahashi FSQ-106ED

Imaging Cameras: QHYCCD QHY600M-L

Mount: SW EQ6-R pro

Filter: Astronomik Ha OIII RGB

Integration: 24x300s Ha, 24x300s OIII, and 15x60s RGB each

 

APOD 20221111: Orion’s Belt Region in Gas and Dust

https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap220111.html

Astrophotographer: Matt Harbison

Camera: QHY600

Telescope: Takahashi FSQ-106EDX IV

Mount: Astro-Physics Mach 1 GTO

Integration: 20 hours

APOD 20220820: Stardust and Comet Tails

https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap220820.html

Astrophotographer: Rolando Ligustri

Telescope: H8 NW 200/600

Camera: QHY600

 

APOD 20211225: The Tail of a Christmas Comet

https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap211225.html

Photographer: Rolando Ligustri, Lukas Demetz

Camera: QHY600M

Telescope: RH200

Exposure: RGB=3x90s   L=9x90s, binning 2×2

20211105: The Dark Seahorse in Cepheus

https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap211105.html

Photographer: Valerio Avitabile

Camera: QHY294M camera

Telescope: Sky-Watcher Newton 200/800 Wide Photo

Mount: SkyWatcher EQ6-R Pro

Integration: 5h 12′

 

APOD 20211029: Haunting the Cepheus Flare

https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap211029.html

Photographer: Leo Shatz

Camera: QHY367C camera

Telescope: Takahashi FSQ 130ED

Mount: Astro-Physics Mach1 GTO CP4

Integration: 10h 21′

 

APOD20210821: Triple Transit and Mutual Events

Photographer: Christopher Go

https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap210821.html

Camera: QHY5III462C

Integration: 3hrs

 

APOD 20210702: AR2835: Islands in the Photosphere

Photographer: Michael Teoh, Heng Ee Observatory, Penang, Malaysia

https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap210702.html

Photographer: Terry Hancock , Tom Masterson

https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap210513.html