Northern Hemisphere 2023 Public Vote

The deadline came and went for the 2023 Northern Hemisphere Competition and what a whole load of treats we found in our inbox!

As always the quality of the entries speak for themselves. Fortunately for the public vote we only had to choose a final 13, but which one do you think is the best?

Peruse the images below and vote in the grid. Don’t forget to leave a comment on why you made your choice!

The Public Vote is now closed. Well done Carl from the USA for winning. Enjoy your bragging rights!

Zlatko from Croatia enters Details of NGC 7822.
Equipment used: EDT Tecnosky 80/480
CCD- Atik 414 Ex
Filter-Ha/O3/S2
Imaging Target: NGC 7822-SHO
Digital processing methods employed: Maxim DL & Pixinsight

Andre from Spain enters The Colorfull Moon.
Equipment used: Orion Optics AG-12” Astrograph, F3.42 F=1028 mm with 3” Wynne corrector & ASI6200 MC pro camera, 0.745″/px on Paramount ME
Imaging Target: The Moon
Digital processing methods employed: Pixinsight & photoshop

Josep from Spain enters the Rosette Nebula.
Image taken with redcat51 and l-enhance filter Camera is qhy268c and mount ioptron cem 26.
Stack of 30 photos about 300″ each taken with sharpcap in gain mode, 56 gain, offset 30.
Stacked with astropixel processor, cropped and cleaned with pixinsight and final retouches with lightroom

Oliver from France enters a mosaic the Orion Constellation.
Equipment used: sigma art 135mm, heq5 pro goto, canon 6d mod, lacerta mgem 3 guiding
Imaging Target: all nebula in Orion Constellation
Digital processing methods employed: stacking siril, after pixinsight

Lorand from Hungary enters The hidden nebula of Merope (IC349).
Equipment used: Starfire 206 EDF, Fornax 150, QHY 268C
Imaging Target: The big picture is dominated by the diffuse nebula NGC 1435, located south of Merope. Its brilliant luminosity and filaments make for a stunning sight. It is known as the Merope Nebula. However, it is not the main theme in this image, but the tiny object with the catalogue number IC 349, discovered in November 1890 by the American astronomer Edward Emerson Barnard, who described it as a comet-like nebula. It hides next to Merope.

Omar from Israel enters the Astronomical Zoo.
Telescope: TS Optics 80mm Triplet
Camera: Nikon D3400 full spectrum modded
Mount: SkyWatcher EQM 35 Pro
Filter: Optolong UV/IR cut, Optolong L-enhance
Guide scope: Svbony 60mm guide scope
Guide camera: ASI120mm mini
Imaging Target: IC 434 The Horsehead and flame nebula
Digital processing methods employed: Post processed in Pixinsight: stretch, DBE, color balance,noise reduction, sharpening.

Souyadeep from India enters Comet C/2022 E3 ZTF.
Equipment used: Takahashi FSQ-106ED, FLI PL16083, Paramount Mx+, Astrodon LRGB Filters
Imaging Target: Comet C/2022 E3 ZTF
Digital processing methods employed: Stacked via Pixinsight. Processed via Pixinsight, Adobe Camera Raw and Photoshop

Emil from the UK enters the Heart Nebula Mosaic.
Equipment used:
Mount: StellarDrive GT6
AstroTech 106LE with upgraded Moonlite focuser
TSFlat 2″ field flattener
ASI294MM Pro Cmos camera, cooled at – 15°C
8×1.25″ ZWO USB filterwheel
Chroma 1.25″ RGB and Chroma 1.25″ 3nm SHO filters
Qhyccd QHY5L-IIM guide camera
OpticStar AR90 as guidescope
Qhyccd Polemaster
For each of the 6 panels I shot:
Ha: 20x300sec Bin 2×2, Gain 125 Offset 30
Oiii: 20x300sec Bin 2×2, Gain 125 Offset 30
Sii: 20x300sec Bin 2×2, Gain 125 Offset 30
Red: 10x60sec; Green: 10x60sec; Blue: 10x60sec; Bin 2×2, Gain 125 Offset 30
Total integration time 33 hours
Stacked and blended in AstroPixel Processor and processed in Pixinsight (with help from Star Xterminator and Noise Xterminator) and Photoshop CC 2022. Software used: Eqmod, SGP – Sequence Generator Pro, PHD2, Stellarium, SharpCap for polar alignment

Matthew from the UK enters the Soul Nebula (IC 1848) from a light-polluted inner city garden.
Equipment used:
Skywatcher EvoGuide ED50 as imaging scope
ZWO ASI 585MC
ZWO ASIAIR mini
Skywatcher AZ-GTi
Optolong L-extreme dual narrowband filter
Imaging Target: Soul Nebula (IC 1848)
Digital processing methods employed: Stacked, noise reduction, starnet to remove stars, histogram transformations, all in pixinsight

Carl from the USA enters Triangulum Blues.
Equipment used: Takahashi FSQ-106EDXIII, QHY600M, Astro-Physics 900GTO, Baader LRGB filters, Chroma Ha filter
Imaging Target: M33
Digital processing methods employed (if any): Processed in PixInsight. Ha data was added to the red channel to enhance the hydrogen clouds in the galaxy.

Derek from the USA enteres The Coma Cluster (Abell 1656).
Equipment used: 1st- 11″ edge hd, 1960mm f/7, Optics Fastfocus system, asi 2600mc pro, Ioptron cem60 on tripier. Captured from Death Valley during President’s day weekend.
Imaging Target: Abell 1656
Digital processing methods employed (if any):Captured with NINA capture software and processed in Pixinsight.

Marcin from the USA enters Ancient Petroglyphs.
Equipment used: Nikon D810
Imaging Target: Milky Way core
Digital processing methods employed: Photoshop

Prashant from the USA enters A Cosmic Helping Hand.
Object: LDN 1355 aka the “Helping Hand” Nebula in Cassiopeia
Equipment: Skywatcher Esprit 100, Astro Physics Mach1 GTO, QHY 268M, Chroma LRGB Filters
Processing: All pre and post processing in PixInsight – Linear noise reduction, channel combination, stretching of channels, L-RGB Combination, Further non-linear processing

What is your favourite 2023 Northern Hemisphere Image?

18 ( 1.61 % )

97 ( 8.7 % )

282 ( 25.29 % )

150 ( 13.45 % )

4 ( 0.36 % )

1 ( 0.09 % )

27 ( 2.42 % )

77 ( 6.91 % )

39 ( 3.5 % )

401 ( 35.96 % )

6 ( 0.54 % )

8 ( 0.72 % )

5 ( 0.45 % )

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