furgle
26-09-2018, 01:58 PM
Clear nights during a full moon seem wasted, so I've tried my hand at a bright globular, M2.
Better resolution here (https://observatory.site/astrophotography/Messier_2_Globula_Cluster/)
Image:
15x 25s red
19x 300s red
12x 45s green
17x 300s green
12x 45s blue
17x 300s blue
Total integration 4 hours 25 minutes.
Hardware:
Celestron 11" EdgeHD
Celestron EdgeHD 0.7x focal reducer
Skywatcher EQ8 Pro mount
QSI 683-ws8 Camera @ -15°C
Astronomik luminance, deep sky RGB filters
Starlight Xpress Lodestar X2 Autoguider
Starlight Xpress Active Optics
Innovations Foresight On Axis Guider
Starlight Instruments Focus Boss II
Location:
Imaged on a single night, full moon, orange zone in Brisbane, Australia. (Bortle 7)
Software:
Planning & camera alignment with Aladin 10
Captured with TheSkyX Professional
Guiding with PHD2
FocusLock live focusing
PixInsight: Calibrate, align, stack, crop, HDR combination, dynamic background extraction, color calibration, reduce noise, RGB combination, background neutralization, histogram stretch, HDM multiscale transform, curves.
Better resolution here (https://observatory.site/astrophotography/Messier_2_Globula_Cluster/)
Image:
15x 25s red
19x 300s red
12x 45s green
17x 300s green
12x 45s blue
17x 300s blue
Total integration 4 hours 25 minutes.
Hardware:
Celestron 11" EdgeHD
Celestron EdgeHD 0.7x focal reducer
Skywatcher EQ8 Pro mount
QSI 683-ws8 Camera @ -15°C
Astronomik luminance, deep sky RGB filters
Starlight Xpress Lodestar X2 Autoguider
Starlight Xpress Active Optics
Innovations Foresight On Axis Guider
Starlight Instruments Focus Boss II
Location:
Imaged on a single night, full moon, orange zone in Brisbane, Australia. (Bortle 7)
Software:
Planning & camera alignment with Aladin 10
Captured with TheSkyX Professional
Guiding with PHD2
FocusLock live focusing
PixInsight: Calibrate, align, stack, crop, HDR combination, dynamic background extraction, color calibration, reduce noise, RGB combination, background neutralization, histogram stretch, HDM multiscale transform, curves.