BEHIND THE IMAGE
Notes from the session
Source: Wikipedia
Some larger foreground stars from the Milky Way have been digitally removed to enhance the galaxy.
Image:
91x240s Luminance
51x120s Red
51x120s Green
48x120s Blue
Total integration 11 hours, 4 minutes.
Hardware:
Skywatcher Esprit 120
Skywatcher EQ8 Pro mount
QSI 683-ws8 Camera @ -15°C
Astrodon LRGB Gen2 E-Series Tru-Balance filters
Starlight Xpress Lodestar X2 Autoguider
Celestron Large Format off-axis guider
Starlight Instruments Feather Touch Focuser
Location:
Exposed over 3 nights between 1st September and 3rd September 2019.
Orange zone in Brisbane, Australia. (Bortle 7)
Software:
Planning & camera alignment with Aladin 10
Captured with TheSkyX Professional
Guiding with PHD2
PixInsight: Calibrate, align, integrate, dynamic background extraction, noise reduction, LRGB combination, photometric color calibration, histogram, curves, crop.
PixInsight: Spot healing brush on large stars.
Some larger foreground stars from the Milky Way have been digitally removed to enhance the galaxy.
Image:
91x240s Luminance
51x120s Red
51x120s Green
48x120s Blue
Total integration 11 hours, 4 minutes.
Hardware:
Skywatcher Esprit 120
Skywatcher EQ8 Pro mount
QSI 683-ws8 Camera @ -15°C
Astrodon LRGB Gen2 E-Series Tru-Balance filters
Starlight Xpress Lodestar X2 Autoguider
Celestron Large Format off-axis guider
Starlight Instruments Feather Touch Focuser
Location:
Exposed over 3 nights between 1st September and 3rd September 2019.
Orange zone in Brisbane, Australia. (Bortle 7)
Software:
Planning & camera alignment with Aladin 10
Captured with TheSkyX Professional
Guiding with PHD2
PixInsight: Calibrate, align, integrate, dynamic background extraction, noise reduction, LRGB combination, photometric color calibration, histogram, curves, crop.
PixInsight: Spot healing brush on large stars.