APOD COLLECTION

APOD

QHY600PH Series (PH, SBFL, Lite) USING QHYCCD CAMERAS

QHY410C USING QHYCCD CAMERAS

QHY168C/247C/128C/367Cpro USING QHYCCD CAMERAS

QHY5III174 M/C USING QHYCCD CAMERAS

QHY294 Pro USING QHYCCD CAMERAS

A Series CCD Cameras USING QHYCCD CAMERAS

APOD

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′

 

【Haunting the Cepheus Flare】

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

Equipment Details: APM-TMB 228/2050 Telescope
Lunt Solar Wedge
Baader ND Filter OD 3.0
Baader Solar Continuum Filter 540nm
Televue 2x Barlow
QHY5L-II-M Camera
Post-processing Details: Stacked with AutoStakkert!3
Wavelet adjustment with Registax 6
Fine-tune and false-color with Photoshop 2020

【The Comet, the Whale, and the Hockey Stick 】

Photographer: Terry Hancock ,Tom Masterson

System 1
Lum 136 x 60 sec
RGB 60 x 60 sec
System 2
149 x 60 sec
Camera System 4a: QHY410C Back-Illuminated Full Frame Color CMOS
Camera System 1: QHY600 Mono CMOS Photographic version
Optics System 4a: Takahashi E-180 Astrograph
Optics System 1: Takahashi FSQ 130 APO Refractor @ F5
【Space Station, Solar Prominences, Sun】
Photographer:Mehmet Ergün
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap210504.html
Camera: QHY5III174M
captured with QHY16200A
【North of Orion’s Belt NASA APOD】
Photographer: Terry HancockImaging
cameras: QHYCCD QHY410C
Guiding cameras: QHYCCD QHY5ii
Imaging telescopes or lenses: Takahashi Epsilon E180
Mounts: Software Bisque Paramount GT1100S
Software: PixInsight 1.8 · Adobe Photoshopc CC
Accessory: qhyccd mini guidescope 30mm qhy mini guidescope 30mm
Resolution: 6072×4044
【Full Solar Disk Close-up shots of the 2019 Mercury Transit】
Photographer: John Chumack
Lunt 60mm/50F Hydrogen Alpha Solar telescope
QHY5III290M Camera
0.5x reducer
Celestron portable Advanced VX mount
【NGC4565：Galaxy on Edge】
Photographer: Lorand Fenyes
Camera: QHY168C camera
【Clouds in the Unicorn】
Photographer: Bray Falls
Camera: QHY367C

【The Great Orion Nebula】

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%