Sendhil Chinnasamy lives in Georgetown, Texas USA and got involved in amateur astrophotography since July 2020. He images from his Bortle 4 backyard using Sky-Watcher Espirit 100ED, Takahashi FSQ106ED, QHYCCD QHY600M, Chroma filters on Astrophysics 900GTO mount and processes his images using PixInsight.
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Featured below are some of his work.
Rosette Nebula
Imaging telescopes or lenses: Sky-Watcher Espirit 100ED Super Apo
Imaging cameras: QHYCCD QHY600M
Mounts: Sky-Watcher EQ6 R pro
Guiding telescopes or lenses: Skywatcher Evoguide 50ED
Guiding cameras: ZWO 290MM Mini
Focal reducers: Riccardi 0.75x reducer/flattener
Software: Pleaides Astrophoto PixInsight 1.8.8-6
Filters: Chroma SII 3nm 50mm · Chroma Ha 3nm 50mm · Chroma 3nm Oiii 50mm
Accessory: Optec ThirdLynx DirectSync SVX30 · Gerd Neumann Camera Tilting Unit CTU-M48 · ZWO filter wheel
Frames:
Chroma 3nm Oiii 50mm: 24×600″ (4h) (gain: 26.00) -5C bin 1×1
Chroma Ha 3nm 50mm: 40×600″ (6h 40′) (gain: 26.00) -5C bin 1×1
Chroma SII 3nm 50mm: 22×600″ (3h 40′) (gain: 26.00) -17C bin 1×1
Chroma SII 3nm 50mm: 2×600″ (20′) (gain: 26.00) -5C bin 1×1
Integration: 14h 40′Cone Nebula
Imaging telescopes or lenses: Sky-Watcher Espirit 100ED Super Apo
Imaging cameras: QHYCCD QHY600M
Mounts: ASTRO-PHYSICS AP900 CP4
Guiding telescopes or lenses: Skywatcher Evoguide 50ED
Guiding cameras: ZWO 290MM Mini
Focal reducers: Riccardi 0.75x reducer/flattener
Software: Pleaides Astrophoto PixInsight 1.8.8-6
Filters: Chroma SII 3nm 50mm · Chroma Ha 3nm 50mm · Chroma 3nm Oiii 50mm
Accessory: Optec ThirdLynx DirectSync SVX30 · Optec Alnitak Flip-Flat Flat Fielder · Pegasus Ultimate Power Box V2 · ZWO filter wheel
Frames:
Chroma 3nm Oiii 50mm: 18×900″ (4h 30′) (gain: 26.00) -5C bin 1×1
Chroma Ha 3nm 50mm: 10×900″ (2h 30′) (gain: 26.00) -5C bin 1×1
Chroma SII 3nm 50mm: 6×900″ (1h 30′) (gain: 26.00) -5C bin 1×1
Integration: 8h 30′The Blue Horsehead Nebula
Imaging telescopes or lenses: Sky-Watcher Espirit 100ED Super Apo
Imaging cameras: QHYCCD QHY600M
Mounts: ASTRO-PHYSICS AP900 CP4
Guiding telescopes or lenses: Skywatcher Evoguide 50ED
Guiding cameras: ZWO 290MM Mini
Focal reducers: Riccardi 0.75x reducer/flattener
Software: Pleaides Astrophoto PixInsight 1.8.8-6
Filters: Chroma SII 3nm 50mm · Chroma Ha 3nm 50mm · Chroma 3nm Oiii 50mm
Accessory: Optec ThirdLynx DirectSync SVX30 · Optec Alnitak Flip-Flat Flat Fielder · Pegasus Ultimate Power Box V2 · ZWO filter wheel
Frames:
Chroma Luminance 50mm: 72×600″ (12h) (gain: 26.00) -5C bin 1×1
Chroma Red 50mm: 6×600″ (1h) (gain: 26.00) -5C bin 1×1
Chroma Green 50mm: 6×600″ (1h) (gain: 26.00) -5C bin 1×1
Chroma Blue 50mm: 6×600″ (1h) (gain: 26.00) -5C bin 1×1
Integration: 8h 30′Flaming Star
Imaging telescopes or lenses: Sky-Watcher Espirit 100ED Super Apo
Imaging cameras: QHYCCD QHY600M
Mounts: Sky-Watcher EQ6 R pro
Guiding telescopes or lenses: Skywatcher Evoguide 50ED
Guiding cameras: ZWO 290MM Mini
Focal reducers: Riccardi 0.75x reducer/flattener
Software: Pleaides Astrophoto PixInsight 1.8.8-6
Filters: Chroma SII 3nm 50mm · Chroma Ha 3nm 50mm · Chroma 3nm Oiii 50mm
Accessory: Optec ThirdLynx DirectSync SVX30 · Gerd Neumann Camera Tilting Unit CTU-M48 · ZWO filter wheel
Frames:
Chroma 3nm Oiii 50mm: 13×900″ (3h 15′) (gain: 26.00) -5C bin 1×1
Chroma Ha 3nm 50mm: 36×900″ (9h) (gain: 26.00) -5C bin 1×1
Chroma SII 3nm 50mm: 38×900″ (9h 30′) (gain: 26.00) -5C bin 1×1
Integration: 21h 45′Bode’s galaxy, Cigar galaxy and IFN
Imaging telescopes or lenses: Sky-Watcher Espirit 100ED Super Apo
Imaging cameras: QHYCCD QHY600M
Mounts: Sky-Watcher EQ6 R pro
Guiding telescopes or lenses: Skywatcher Evoguide 50ED
Guiding cameras: ZWO 290MM Mini
Focal reducers: Riccardi 0.75x reducer/flattener
Software: Pleaides Astrophoto PixInsight 1.8.8-6
Filters: Chroma Blue 50mm · Chroma Green 50mm · Chroma Red 50mm · Chroma Luminance 50mm
Accessory: Optec ThirdLynx DirectSync SVX30 · ZWO filter wheel
Frames:
Chroma Luminance 50mm: 180×600″ (30h) (gain: 26.00) -5C bin 1×1
Chroma Blue 50mm: 36×600″ (6h) (gain: 26.00) -5C bin 1×1
Chroma Green 50mm: 36×600″ (6h) (gain: 26.00) -5C bin 1×1
Chroma Red 50mm: 36×600″ (6h) (gain: 26.00) -5C bin 1×1
Integration: 48hThe Jellyfish Nebula
Imaging telescopes or lenses: Sky-Watcher Espirit 100ED Super Apo
Imaging cameras: QHYCCD QHY600M
Mounts: ASTRO-PHYSICS AP900 CP4 · Sky-Watcher EQ6 R pro
Guiding telescopes or lenses: Skywatcher Evoguide 50ED
Guiding cameras: ZWO 290MM Mini
Focal reducers: Riccardi 0.75x reducer/flattener
Software: Pleaides Astrophoto PixInsight 1.8.8-6
Filters: Chroma SII 3nm 50mm · Chroma Ha 3nm 50mm · Chroma 3nm Oiii 50mm
Accessory: Optec ThirdLynx DirectSync SVX30 · Optec Alnitak Flip-Flat Flat Fielder · Pegasus Ultimate Power Box V2 · ZWO filter wheel
Frames:
Chroma 3nm Oiii 50mm: 32×900″ (8h) (gain: 26.00) -5C bin 1×1
Chroma Ha 3nm 50mm: 60×900″ (15h) (gain: 26.00) -5C bin 1×1
Chroma SII 3nm 50mm: 37×900″ (9h 15′) (gain: 26.00) -5C bin 1×1
Integration: 32h 15′The North America and Pelican nebula
Imaging telescopes or lenses: TAKAHASHI FSQ-106ED
Imaging cameras: QHYCCD QHY600M
Mounts: ASTRO-PHYSICS AP900 CP4
Guiding telescopes or lenses: Skywatcher Evoguide 50ED
Guiding cameras: ZWO 290MM Mini
Focal reducers: Takahashi 0.6X F/3 Reducer
Software: Pleaides Astrophoto PixInsight 1.8.8-6
Filters: Chroma SII 3nm 50mm · Chroma Ha 3nm 50mm · Chroma 3nm Oiii 50mm
Accessory: Optec ThirdLynx DirectSync SVX30 · Optec Alnitak Flip-Flat Flat Fielder · Pegasus Ultimate Power Box V2 · ZWO filter wheel
Frames:
Chroma 3nm Oiii 50mm: 6×900″ (1h 30′) (gain: 26.00) -5C bin 1×1
Chroma Ha 3nm 50mm: 10×900″ (2h 30′) (gain: 26.00) -5C bin 1×1
Chroma SII 3nm 50mm: 10×900″ (2h 30′) (gain: 26.00) -5C bin 1×1
Integration: 6h 30′