ASG Astronomy

New Tool Release - ASG MaxQ Wrench System

This could be the best tool you ever own! Use the various collars designed in popular astronomy spacer set sizes to grab those tiny spacers and easily remove them.

https://asgastronomy.com/store/asg-max-q-camera-spacer-removal-tool/

Use 1 or 2 wrenches, depending on the situation, grab even the smallest of spacers. No more channel locks or scratched parts. 100% printed carbon reinforced materials with no metal to scratch or ruin adapters, spacers, male/male adapters.

Grab even those little 1mm-2mm male/male spacers. Safe to use on the threads as well. Simply slide on a spacer, pinch the pliers together for even pressure, and they spin right off!

Sizes listed on product page!

CHECK OUT THIS IMAGE!

Ken Hall submitted this image, taken with team Steeve Body and Tim Schaeffer using a RASA 11 and a RedCat 51.

600 HOURS of integration time. Hoinga – Supernova Remnant G249.5+24.5

It took them around 6-7 months of capturing that much data on this target. Pretty amazing target. Full Image on Astrobin: https://www.astrobin.com/a3ge9n/

Both the RASA 11 and RedCat 51 used Photon Cages and we are proud to be a part of such projects. To learn more about our cages, visit: https://www.asgastronomy.com/photon-cage/

William Optics Celestron

SNEAK PEAK

It's awesome to see our ASG EAT photon cage on a Astro-Physics 130 GTX. Thanks to Nils Harnischmacher for sending us the photos and initial successful runs using the tool.

Follow the project @ https://www.asgastronomy.com/asg-electronically-assisted-tilt-eat-project/

More to Come!!!

Guess star count in this image...? without running it through any software!

full image on astrobin: https://www.astrobin.com/full/mth2sn/0/

Taken on the Celestron RASA 11" astrograph with ZWO Astrophotography 6200mm camera in HaRGB filters. 9hrs of integration time.

M17 Omega, M16 Eagle, SH2-54 Nebulas of Scutum

With 3 great nights over a new moon, this image came together in a 1×2 mosaic near the Scutum & Sagittarius constellations comprised of M17 to SH2-54. The famous Eagle Nebula is front and center in this narrowband Sulfur, Hydrogen, Oxygen composition. Approximately 9 hrs of capture time with 109 x 300 second images were used.

Date: June 8th- 11th
Ha: 50 x 300 seconds
Oiii: 30 x 300 seconds
Sii: 29 x 300 seconds

Total Integration time ~9 hrs

Calibration Bias: 20
Calibration Dark: 20
Calibration Flats: 25 for each filter

Gain: 100
Cooling: -10
Processing Software: Captured with NINA, Stacked with Astro Pixel Processor, Processed in PixInsight

Telescope: Celestron RASA 11 (620mm focal @ f/2.2)
Filters: Astronomik MaxFR 50x50mm Square SHO & Deep Sky RGB
Main Camera: ZWO ASI 6200mm-pro Monochrome
Tilt & BackFocus Adjuster: ASG Electronically Assisted Tilt (EAT)
Mount: iOptron CEM 120EC
Guide Scope: William Optics 50mm Uniguide
Guide Camera: ZWO ASI 290mm-mini

Our May Photography Contest Winner Is!!!

Joseph DiPietro
This was a pretty unique and cool experience for most of us in the U.S. and this image over Lake Ontario captured it very well!

https://www.asgastronomy.com/asg-picture-of-the-month-contest/asg-picture-of-the-month-contest-may-2024/?contest=photo-detail&photo_id=2876

Last day to enter our APOM contest for May!

https://www.asgastronomy.com/asg-picture-of-the-month-contest/asg-picture-of-the-month-contest-may-2024/

Get your images in... and get ready for June contest! We release new contest each month. fun contest, win an ASG Tshirt, chance to win a free photon cage... what could be better?

ASG Picture of the Month Contest – May, 2024 - ASG Astronomy Feel free to use any of the images on here as you see fit. You can either give credit or not give credit if you use an image, the pictures taken on this site free to use wherever and however you like. Drop us a line if you use any so we can see how they look!

Memorial Week Sale!

Sales on both the small 78mm and large 90mm Photon Cages this week only!

We don't have sales often, so grab a discount while they are available.

www.asgastronomy.com

Don't forget you can compete in our monthly APOM contest for a chance to win at the end of the year a Photon Cage!

Don't Forget!!! Submit those images for our May APOM Contest & Win.

Astronomy Magazine Picture of the Day!!! Thanks

https://www.astronomy.com/picture-of-the-day/photo/galactic-cirrus/

Don't forget this month's ASG Picture of the Month Contest! Submit up to 3 images, win a prize!

https://www.asgastronomy.com/asg-picture-of-the-month-contest/

Galactic cirrus | Astronomy Magazine Josh Jones, taken from Pendleton, Oregon Mandel-Wilson 1 (MW1) is not a traditional deep-sky object — rather it is made of extremely faint, wispy gas that lies outside the plane of our galaxy. While it appears to surround Polaris, it is in fact much more distant, lit not by a single star, but the ...

Celestron RASA 11" Dew Shield Project...

Problem with dew shields is reaching in to change a filter, not to mention cable management. This little guy is modular and has magnetic filter access ports to just reach in from the side.

A magnetic lid makes it easy to seal up, and possibilities of fabric cover lids for flats, or a nice platform for a light panel.

This all sits with a ASG electronic Photon Cage on the losmandy rail mount system... It's a fast monster light bucket!

Don't forget... chance to win a free tshirt and end of year a FREE Photon Cage if you enter the monthly Astro Picture Contest!

www.asgastronomy.com

ASG Astronomy Astro Photo Contest Winner for April!!!

Jason C**n - Eclipse

View all our monthly winners at www.asgastronomy.com or enter for the May contest and a chance to win SWAG and Photon Cage!

Check out these six images from Jason C**n and CAPAstro... One will win a t-shirt this month, unless more submissions!!!

Voting Open: https://www.asgastronomy.com/asg-picture-of-the-month-contest/asg-picture-of-the-month-contest-april-2024/

Want to get in the running for a free T-Shirt and chance to win a $700 dollar photon cage at the end of the year? Submit those images each month!!!

April Contest Open... Any 3 Images... Win a FREE T-Shirt!

ASG Picture of the Month Contest - April, 2024 - ASG Astronomy ASG Astronomy Picture of the Month (ASG APOM) is organized and owned by ASG Astronomy, llc and its staff, managers, and owners. The contest is open to anyone except its own employees, staff, or judges.

Polaris – MW-1 Integrated Flux Nebula

This is a capture of the Integrated Flux Nebula that was cataloged by Mandel-Wilson, MW-1. IFN is simply is gaseous bodies beyond our regular galaxy nebulae we capture and faint in contrast. The nebula and gas sit outside the galactic plane of the Milky-Way galaxy and gets it’s reflective light from all of our stars and galaxy light rather than traditional nebula within our galaxy.

Full Image on Astrobin: https://www.astrobin.com/7e0e9o/

Telescope: Celestron RASA 11 (620mm focal @ f/2.2)
Filters: Astronomik MaxFR 50x50mm Square SHO & Deep Sky RGB
Main Camera: ZWO ASI 6200mm-pro Monochrome
Tilt & BackFocus Adjuster: ASG Electronically Assisted Tilt (EAT)
Mount: iOptron CEM 120EC
Guide Scope: William Optics 50mm Uniguide
Guide Camera: ZWO ASI 290mm-mini

Date: March 31, April 1st, April 9th

R: 70 x 5 seconds
G: 70 x 5 seconds
B: 70 x 5 seconds
R: 63 x 300 seconds
G: 49 x 300 seconds
B: 41 x 300 seconds

Total Integration time ~12.75 hrs

March - Astro Picture of the Month contest winner!!!

Marc Anderson from Newcastle, Australia

Taken with a Celestron RASA 11. ASG T-Shirt Headed your way!!!
great image.

Winning Image: https://www.asgastronomy.com/asg-picture-of-the-month-contest/march-2024-asg-picture-of-the-month-contest/?contest=photo-detail&photo_id=2771

Check out the Astro Photo Contest -> www.ASGastronomy.com

IC410, IC417,IC405 - Tadpole, Spider, Flame Nebula

Got a little time this March on the target. Trying out 5 second exposures on RGB star data.

The Celestron RASA 11" astrograph was used with a ZWO Astrophotography 6200mm monochrome camera. 5 second RGB exposures with 300 second SHO narrowband Astronomik MaxFR.

This was taken with the ASG Electronically Assisted Tilt (EAT) prototype for tilt/backfocus management... almost a requirement at F/2 speeds and full frame sensors.

March 'Rosette Nebula' Contest is closing in 2 days!!! Some pretty cool submissions here. If you have an old or new Rosette Nebula, enter to win.

12 month winners will be in a end of year prize to win a full $700 dollar Photon Cage! Not to mention you could pick up some cool swag as a monthly winner!

https://www.asgastronomy.com/asg-picture-of-the-month-contest/march-2024-asg-picture-of-the-month-contest/

Don't forget those Rosette Images this month!

ASG's Astro Picture of the Month for March is open!

This month is a Rosette Nebula contest... upload 1 image of your best ever Caldwell 49 and may the best image win!

https://www.asgastronomy.com/asg-picture-of-the-month-contest/march-2024-asg-picture-of-the-month-contest/

We had amazing images last month and sponsors/partners include
Lunatico Astro
www.overcastobservatory.com
If you run an astronomy business and want to be a partner/sponsor, let us know!

February ASG APOM contest winner!

Great Shot!

Ani Shastry's Jellyfish Nebula
View at www.asgastronomy.com

Follow Ani on Astrobin:
https://www.astrobin.com/users/ashastry/

Our February Contest closes today... last chance to upload and submit those images. Here are a few of the amazing shots by fellow astronomers around the globe.

https://www.asgastronomy.com/asg-picture-of-the-month-contest/asg-february-2024-picture-of-the-month-contest/

Next month primer, we will have 1 single image per person with their best Rosette Nebula image ever! Should be fun to see those images!

https://www.asgastronomy.com/asg-picture-of-the-month-contest/march-2024-asg-picture-of-the-month-contest/

Remember, we got prizes, swag, and even some partners such as Lunatico Astro and Overcast Observatory...

Welcome our newest partner to join our ASG astronomy picture of the month contest! Chris was kind enough to kick in a donated item, so submit, win, and choose from a few prizes we are offering!

https://www.overcastobservatory.com/

We're keeping the contest light & fun. Submit up to 3 images each month!

View all our industry and contest partners here: https://www.asgastronomy.com/asg-picture-of-the-month-contest/asg-contest-sponsor-partner/

Terrible winter and haven't imaged since November. Finally was able to capture 16hrs this February on NGC 2244 the Rosette Nebula star cluster. The core of this region is producing new hot blue stars in the center with lots of Hydrogen, Sulfur, and Oxygen around.

Located in the region of sky near the popular Orion region, within the constellation Monoceros.

Full image over on astrobin: https://www.astrobin.com/6rpep6/

Chris is very knowledgeable in the ways of light, will be cool to see how the little experiment goes.

Beta Testing ASG Electronic Assisted Tilt (EAT) Device - AstroBin AstroBin is an image hosting platform and social network for amateur astronomers and astrophotographers.

February's Contest is open and you can start submitting images to this month's contest.

https://www.asgastronomy.com/asg-picture-of-the-month-contest/asg-february-2024-picture-of-the-month-contest/

Check out some of our last month's honorable mention winners!

Ryan Voykin
Jason C**n
Chris Fellows

Voting will be open last week of the month!

Our first APOM for January winner is Daniel Carter with this crazy good SH2-308 Dolphin Head Nebula.

Daniel took this from a remote observatory in New Mexico on an Epsilon 160ed. 12.5hrs of integration went into this hard target!

Congratulations to Daniel!

Full Image Here
https://www.asgastronomy.com/asg-picture-of-the-month-contest/asg-january-2024-picture-of-the-month-contest/?contest=photo-detail&photo_id=2568

Our February APOM is open and ready to go, so start submitting those images for a chance to win! Remember, end of the year we will pick from our top 12 monthly APOM winners to receive a $700 dollar Photon Cage.

Enter February challenge here:
https://www.asgastronomy.com/asg-picture-of-the-month-contest/asg-february-2024-picture-of-the-month-contest/

Last day to submit the ASG Astronomy Picture of the Month of January!

https://www.asgastronomy.com/asg-picture-of-the-month-contest/asg-january-2024-picture-of-the-month-contest/

Each Month, 3 Images... 3 Chances to win!