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Leo Triplet - my best image
Given my lack of imaging for the last 6 months, I thought it would be good to really spend some time processing my old data. I've spent probably about 6 hours on this one after reading through various tutorials and trying out different techniques. I'm pretty pleased with the result and have to say, it's probably right up there with my best image so far. Still need more data to reduce the noise. As you can see in my raw sub, not a lot to work with as this region of the sky is the most light polluted region of my sky.
Details
Scope: 8" Newt
Mount: EQ6
Guide scope: 60mm f/11 tasco refractor
Guide camera: unmodded Toucam
Guiding software: PhD
Imaging camera: unmodded Canon 400D
Settings: about 6hrs of data made up for 480 and 600sec subs @ ISO800 and ISO1600
Stacked in DSS and processed in CS3.
First image shows final result and second image shows a raw sub (600secs @ ISO1600).
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