See Ringed Saturn at Opposition and More Best Astrophotos Of The Week [2-9 September]

Autumn may be just around the corner, but the skies are still full of summer’s wonders. Astrophotographers around the globe have taken advantage of the season, capturing breathtaking sights in space. From Saturn’s opposition to dazzling meteors streaking through the night, and spectacular nebulae, this past week has been filled with stellar beauty!

Here’s a fresh round-up of the best astrophotos, complete with their original captions.

Wizard Nebula

The first astrophoto features a charming Wizard nebula (NGC 7380).

“The included photo is an HLRGB image of the Wizard nebula. It’s not perfect, but it reflects my current level of imaging/processing experience,” shared the author, Rodney Hatchett.

North America Nebula

The next two astrophotos reflect the beauty of the famous North America Nebula.

“One of my favorite #nebula,” says Cody Davis, the photographer.

One more striking image of this celestial object is made by Yuriy Bodjov:

“NGC7000 North America Nebula

Captured on 2024-09-05 and 2024-09-06

From Montreal, Quebec, Canada (Bortle 9)

Integration time: 5h (100 x 180 sec)

Scope: Askar FRA400 with Askar 0.7 reducer f/3.9

Camera: ZWO ASI533MC-Pro, Gain 100, -10C

Filter: ZWO Duo Band Filter

Guiding: ZWO ASI120MM-Mini on Orion 50 guidescope, PHD2

Capturing: N.I.N.A. on MeLE 4C

Processing: Siril, GraXpert, Photoshop.”

Saturn’s Rings

Saturn’s shined with all its glory last week. Here are some great astrophotos of it:

“I just found this image from last night the ring’s are so bright the at 12:00 am using my 11inch cpc Schmidt Cassegrain celestron Telescope using a gstar ex3 planetary camera Deep Sky using pipp Autostakkert3 Regiestax6 9/8/2024,” wrote Kim Brkic about his photo bellow.

Saturn

“Saturn Opposition – 07/09/2024
Derotation of 7 images for a total of 20 minutes,” shared Kanellos Dimitropoulos.

One more Saturn image belongs to Sergio Rinaudo.

“Since you liked Saturn so much, I offer my first Jupiter of the season: it is certainly not easy to capture the planets during the day, but when the planet is in the south, it is at an altitude of a little more than 70° (it was so high that I had to turn the camera so as not to bump into the telescope) , the temptation is too strong. Despite all the difficulties, I am satisfied so far and plan to take more photos when the conditions improve even more.

LX 90 10 inch telescope, Omegon ADC, ADSI 678 color camera (210 fps for this shot),” he commented on it.

Wolf’s Cave Nebula

Now let’s move again to our favourite nebulae. Here is a great shot of Wolf’s Cave Nebula by Max Ullberg:

“LDN 1217/ Bernard 175, vdB 152 and DtHt 5.

HaOiiiRGB image combined, total of nearly 25 hrs of data.

Imaged with my C6 SCT with the added Hyperstar 6 v4 at 300mm f2.

Processed with Pixinsight and Photoshop.”

Forsaken Nebula

And “this is a image of the Forsaken Nebula (IC 5068), is a low emission nebula composed of clouds of hydrogen gas,” told Ken Weilding, photographer. “The nebula is best known for the streaks of dark clouds that separate the hydrogen coloured regions. Its lies about 1600 light years from Earth and is found in the constellation of Cygnus. Imaged from North Yorkshire UK.”

Meteors Over Tenerife

The summer is over, but time after time, single meteors, and bright Milky Way are still still pleasing our eyes.

“Few meteor passing thru. I can see 3, maybe more. Capture by iPhone.

Teide Observatory, Tenerife,” shared astrophotographer Kapten Kun.

Thank you to all the photographers who shared their amazing images for our best astrophotos of last week’s list! We greatly appreciate your dedication and passion for astrophotography and wish you clear skies for your future captures!