M104 Sombrero Galaxy with 2600MC
Finally some cold clear moonless nights this week and into next week so captured a few galaxies including M104 Sombrero which is one of my favourites
South Coast NSW Bortle 3
Seeing good
NexDome Obs
8” f5 GSO newt
Skywatcher EQ6-R mount
ZWOASI2600MC set to Ascom highest dynamic range Gain 0 , cooled to -15C
45 x 3 minute dithered guided subs
Goto and Nav EQMOD and Stellarium
Framed focused and captured with APT
PHD2 Multistar Guiding at 0.70 arc sec total
Stacked in DSS
Processed in Startools V1.7
Original frame
Cropped frame
Super crop frame to show closer detail
Also first time using my own custom made Dome rotation control system which worked well ( only required 1 intervention to re align over 3 hours )
Comments welcome
Thanks
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