I’ve been very busy lately working on my BackyardEOS project and I haven’t done much imaging or processing. I rented a cottage last weekend about 2 hours out of town and oh boy was I ever happy I decided to tear down the NEQ6 off the concrete pier and bring it along with the EON 120. The skies where clear both nights and I could see the horizon all around – I had a blast.
I took close to 10 hours of M33 with the CLS clip filter and about 4 hours of IC434. I did not get the chance to process IC434, but here is my first rendition of M33.
Critical comments are more than welcome, I still struggle when it comes to stretching in PS, but I’m getting better, I think
Telescope: Orion EON 120mm ED
Mount: SkyWatcher NEQ6 Pro
Guiding: Orion 80ST, SSAG, PHD
Camera: Canon Digital 40D (Modded by HyperCams – Brent Oliver)
Filter: Astronomik CLS Clip Filter
Temperature: 2 Celsius (35 Fahrenheit)
Exposures: 96 x 360 seconds @ ISO 1600
Calibration: 81 darks, 25 flats, and 25 bias
TOTAL: 9 hours 36 minutes
Acquisition: BackyardEOS - RAW
Processing: Nebulosity – Calibrated (Bap Pixel Map, Bias, Flats), Registered, Stacked
Post-processing: Photoshop, NeatImage, Carboni’s Tool
Location: Nangor Resort, Ontario, Canada
Date(s): October 10 & 11, 2010