Imaged at Perth Observatory The first test for my new Skywatcher Star Adventurer DSLR mount. Almost without reading the manual and a visual N/S alignment this shows that it track pretty well. Quite a bit of red light in the lower sky. See also uncropped version. Also see reprocessed versions with darks added. DeepSkyStacker 3.3.4 Stacked 85% (22) of 26 Images ISO 3200 @ 25 Sec, 0 DARK @ 120 Sec, 16 BIAS, 16 FLATS, Post-processed with Adobe Photoshop CC 2015 Canon 60D with Tokina AT-X 116 Pro DX II 11-16mm F/2.8 lens with Hoya NXT MHC UV filter, field ~50'x 70 degrees , Ambient ~18C. Skywatcher Star Adventurer mount, sidereal tracking rate on Inca camera tripod with a quick visual polar align.
Imaged at Perth Observatory The first test for my new Skywatcher Star Adventurer DSLR mount. Almost without reading the manual and a visual N/S alignment this shows that it track pretty well. Quite a bit of red light in the lower sky. See also cropped version. Also see reprocessed versions with darks added. DeepSkyStacker 3.3.4 Stacked 85% (22) of 26 Images ISO 3200 @ 25 Sec, 0 DARK @ 120 Sec, 16 BIAS, 16 FLATS, Post-processed with Adobe Photoshop CC 2015 Canon 60D with Tokina AT-X 116 Pro DX II 11-16mm F/2.8 lens with Hoya NXT MHC UV filter, field ~50'x 70 degrees , Ambient ~18C. Skywatcher Star Adventurer mount, sidereal tracking rate on Inca camera tripod with a quick visual polar align.
Imaged at Perth Observatory The first test for my new Skywatcher Star Adventurer DSLR mount. Almost without reading the manual and a visual N/S alignment this shows that it track pretty well. Quite a bit of red light in the lower sky. See also uncropped version. Also see first processed versions without darks included. DeepSkyStacker 3.3.4 Stacked 85% (22) of 26 Images ISO 3200 @ 25 Sec, 16 DARK @ 15 Sec, 16 BIAS, 16 FLATS Canon 60D with Tokina AT-X 116 Pro DX II 11-16mm F/2.8 lens at 16mm with Hoya NXT MHC UV filter, field ~50' x 70' , Ambient ~18C. Skywatcher Star Adventurer mount, sidereal tracking rate on Inca camera tripod with a quick visual polar align.
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