M83 testing out new telescope

[benklerk]

Just would like to share my first WIP image using my new telescope. I only have 4hrs of LUM data. But the spiral details are starting to coming in nicely.
Images are in 4min subs and with no guiding. I'm imaging in bin 2 which gives me a scale of 0.61 arc sec/ pixel.

Telescope - Planewave CDK 14 f7.2
Mount - 10micron GM3000
Camera - QHY600M bin2

[gregbradley]

Welcome to the CDK club!

A great first light. Lots of detail.

I find the CDK design very forgiving and easy to use compared to RC scopes.

Greg.

[benklerk]

Thanks Greg

I’m very happy with the scope, no more stuffing around. I’ll be getting a lot of fun out of it.

[rustigsmed]

very nice!

[astronobob]

Too Good, :jawdrop:

[benklerk]

Thought I might share a update. This is about 15hrs of RGB only with very quick processing done to it. Like BlurX, noiseX and SPCC.

Data looks very nice, once I get some more LUM and HA, I will post up the final image in a new post.