Neptune and Triton and NGC7309 Spiral Galaxy - 23/8/2014 (Processed stack)
Reflector's are not ideal for fainter planetary imaging, due to diffraction patterns, however Neptune's large moon Triton is visible, as is a faint and distant spiral galaxy NGC7309 mid lower left. See also separate crops of each.
DeepSkyStacker 3.3.4 Stacked 100% of 2 Images ISO 800 @ 90 Sec, 26 DARK @ 120 Sec, 32 BIAS, 17 FLATS, Post-processed with Adobe Photoshop CC 2014
Telescope - PowerNewt 200mm f/4 with PowerNewt(ASA) f/2.84 Reducer/Coma Corrector, No filter, Baader BCF modified Canon 70D DSLR field 90' x 134' , Ambient 11C. EQMOD EQASCOM with Ascom 6 for mount control. Backyard EOS Pro 3.0.3 for Image acquisition. Mount - Skywatcher NEQ6 Pro. Guidescope - Orion ShortTube 80 with Starlight Xpress SuperStar (Mono) CCD Auto Guider and Stark Labs PHD auto guiding software.
