[aarong (Aaron)]

Hi all,

The southern pinwheel galaxy, M83 was used a my subject to test out my new autoguider set up. I'm still working on getting the set up right and trying to get consistent 10 min subs from night to night. I want to add at least another 1hr worth of exposures to this image, ideally using 10 min subs.

Here I took 24 x 5 miin exposures (total 2hrs worth), 10 dark frames and 10 bias. All stacked and aligned in registax and the resulting pic processed in Photoshop. Lots to learn still regarding image processing, but slowly getting there.

Comments and suggestions welcome. Particularly, tips on processing, how adding more exposures may help and at what time e.g. 5 min, 10 min etc.

Equipment: Canon 1D mk3 dslr, Meade LX90GPS 8 inch, DBK 21AU618.AS camera for the autoguider cam, Orion 400mm short tube80 for guidescope.
Software: BackyardEOS, PHD guiding, Registax and PS.

Cheers,
Aaron