Image captured at Perth Observatory. Single test image - clear signs of dark and emission nebulosity. Worth pursuing this with a longer capture session in dark skies with this duration. Single test image - just seeing signs of nebulosity. Given this is a 10 minute image in darkish skies, it is probably beyond being able to be captured with this gear. Tracking errors, the source of which I have yet to find, and coma evident. ST4 cable issue or OAG optical setup issue? DeepSkyStacker 3.3.2 Stacked 100% of 1 Images ISO 800 600 Sec, 39 DARK @120 Sec, 75 BIAS, 0 FLATS, Post-processed with Adobe Photoshop CS5 Telescope - Bintel BT200 f/4.0 Newtonian (borrowed from Stephen Boyd) with Televuew 2X 2" PowerMate, no filters, Canon 40D DSLR field 32' x 48', Ambient 9C. EQMOD EQASCOM with Ascom 6 for mount control. Backyard EOS 2.09 for Image acquisition. Mount - Skywatcher NEQ6 Pro. Guidescope - Teleskop Service OAG9 Off Axis Guider with Starlight Xpress Superstar (mono) CCD guide camera and Stark Labs PHD auto guiding software.
Imaged remotely using iTelescope New Mexico equipment ACP->iTelescope.Net T3 Tak TOA-150 F=1095 D=150 f/7.3 SBIG ST-2K Color Dual CCD Camera' 80% (8) of 10 LIGHT of 120s at -20C 'stacked' by DeepSkyStacker 4.1.1 to create TIF and post processed with Adobe Photoshop CC 2019. Prior Calibration done by iTelescope follows: Bias Subtraction (Bias 1, 1600 x 1200, Bin1 x 1, Temp -20C, Exp Time 0ms) Dark Subtraction (Dark 1, 1600 x 1200, Bin1 x 1, Temp -20C, Exp Time 120s) Flat Field (Flat Color 1, Color, 1600 x 1200, Bin1 x 1, Temp -20C, Exp Time 1s) Flat-Bias(Bias 1,1600 x 1200,Bin1 x 1,Temp -20C,Exp Time 0ms)
DeepSkyStacker 3.3.2 Stacked 85% of 12 Images ISO 800 120 Sec, 39 DARK, 75 BIAS, 0 FLATS, Post-processed with Adobe Photoshop CS5 Telescope - Bintel BT200 f/4.0 Newtonian (borrowed from Stephen Boyd) with Baader MPCC Coma Corrector, Hutech IDAS LPS-P2 filter, Canon 40D DSLR field 64' x 95', Ambient 9C. EQMOD EQASCOM with Ascom 6 for mount control. Backyard EOS 2.09 for Image acquisition. Mount - Skywatcher NEQ6 Pro. Guidescope - Teleskop Service OAG9 Off Axis Guider with Starlight Xpress Superstar (mono) CCD guide camera and Stark Labs PHD auto guiding software.
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