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pass this winter, and is quite interesting in its loneliness... there aren't many other dso's in the field, at least none that I could find visually. This is almost full APS frame, cropped only for stacking error due to a little flex. Just for fun, I have included a 200% blow up of the area around the nebula, soft, but interesting with lots of colorful stars... hope you enjoy... |
| Telescope | Explore Scientific David H. Levy Comet Hunter Maksutov-Newtonian 152mm f/4.8 mounted piggyback on Meade LX 200 Classic 12 inch |
| Camera | Canon XT/350d modified with Baader type 1 filter by Hap Griffin |
| Exposure | 40 five-minute sub-exposures at iso 800 for a total of 200 minutes. |
| Guiding | PHD Guide from Stark labs with Meade DSI pro I on Meade 12-inch LX 200 Classic at f/3.3 - the stars after stacking are a real testiment to the sky and machine. It doesn't always work this well... {:<)) |
| Software | Images acquired, calibrated, stacked and color corrected with Nebulosity 2.2.4 from Stark Labs. Further processing in Photoshop CS 3. including GradientXTerminator, Carboni's actions, and SMI enhancement. |
| some comments |
The sky was really quite good for this, and I finally quieted my mirror drift, at least on this series.. I am pleased with the star size and shape, and with the performance of the little Mak-Newt. I think with care, and some lucky skies, one can make interesting images of tiny objects with the wide field camera. |