Imaged at Perth Observatory. This was just for something different at the end of a long night... Saturn overexposed as a 'star' wandering in the dust clouds of Sagittarius and Ophiuchus. DeepSkyStacker 3.3.4 Stacked 100% (2) of 2 Images ISO 800 @ 120 Sec, 70 DARK @ 120 Sec, 32 BIAS, 18 FLATS, Post-processed with Adobe Photoshop CC 2016 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 22C. EQMOD EQASCOM with Ascom 6 for mount control. Backyard EOS Pro 3.1.8 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.
First test of new ED80 at home in the daytime. Venus is to the west of, and on Earth's side of, The Sun now and shows a thin crescent. See also uncropped version and 4X PowerMate version. Telescope - Skywatcher ED80 80/600 with no Field Flattener, Thousand Oaks Solarlite filter, Baader BCF modified Canon 70D DSLR field 85' x 127' , Ambient 29C. EQMOD EQASCOM with Ascom 6 for mount control. Backyard EOS Pro 3.1.8 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.
First test of new ED80 at home in the daytime. Venus is to the west of, and on Earth's side of, The Sun now and shows a thin crescent. See also cropped version and 4X PowerMate version. Telescope - Skywatcher ED80 80/600 with no Field Flattener, Thousand Oaks Solarlite filter, Baader BCF modified Canon 70D DSLR field 85' x 127' , Ambient 29C. EQMOD EQASCOM with Ascom 6 for mount control. Backyard EOS Pro 3.1.8 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.
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