Imaged at Perth Observatory using their remote access equipment. Early experimenting with a CCD camera. Single shot monochrome with (this) and without (see other image) calibration applied. Overexposed and CCD Blooming present. 1 x LIGHT 60sec at -5C saved from FITSLiberator and processed using Adobe Photoshop CC 2019. Bias Subtraction (Bias 1, 2184 x 1472, Bin1 x 1, Temp -5C, Exp Time 0ms) Dark Subtraction (Dark 9, 2184 x 1472, Bin1 x 1, Temp -5C, Exp Time 60s) Flat Field (Flat Open 1, Open, 2184 x 1472, Bin1 x 1, Temp -5C, Exp Time 300ms) Telescope - Celestron 14" f/11 with Optec ~0.5x Focal Reducer to f/5.4 F=1914mm, SBIG Filter Wheel with Open, B, V, R, IR, SPEC100, Ha and OIII filters, SBIG ST-10 CCD camera 2184x1472 6.8µ pixels with field 26' x 17' , Optec TCF-S Temperature Compensating Focuser with FocusMAX autofocus software, CCD at -5C. Maxim DL for Image acquisition. Mount - Paramount ME. Boltwood Cloud Sensor II. TheSky planetarium software.
Imaged at Perth Observatory using their remote access equipment. Early experimenting with a CCD camera. Single shot monochrome with (see other image) and without (this) calibration applied. Overexposed and CCD Blooming present. 1 x LIGHT 60sec at -5C saved from FITSLiberator and processed using Adobe Photoshop CC 2019. No Bias, Dark or Flat applied Telescope - Celestron 14" f/11 with Optec ~0.5x Focal Reducer to f/5.4 F=1914mm, SBIG Filter Wheel with Open, B, V, R, IR, SPEC100, Ha and OIII filters, SBIG ST-10 CCD camera 2184x1472 6.8µ pixels with field 26' x 17' , Optec TCF-S Temperature Compensating Focuser with FocusMAX autofocus software, CCD at -5C. Maxim DL for Image acquisition. Mount - Paramount ME. Boltwood Cloud Sensor II. TheSky planetarium software.
DeepSkyStacker 3.3.2 Stacked 85% of 10 Images ISO 800 90 Sec, 163 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 23-22C. 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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