BEHIND THE IMAGE
Notes from the session
Numerous background galaxies are visible, and I am quite happy with their colour showing through.
Image:
39x 240s luminance
16x 120s red
20x 120s green
22x 120s blue
Total integration 8 hours 10 minutes.
Hardware:
Celestron 11" EdgeHD
Skywatcher EQ8 Pro mount
QSI 683-ws8 Camera @ -15°C
Astronomik luminance, deep sky RGB filters
Starlight Xpress Lodestar X2 Autoguider
Starlight Xpress Active Optics
Innovations Foresight On Axis Guider
Starlight Instruments Focus Boss II
Location:
Orange zone in Brisbane, Australia. (Bortle 7)
Imaged over 2 nights. New Moon.
Software:
Planning & camera alignment with Aladin 10
Captured with TheSkyX Professional
Guiding with PHD2
FocusLock live focusing
PixInsight: Calibrate, align, stack, crop, dynamic background extraction, color calibration, light deconvolution, reduce noise, LRGB combination, background neutralization, SCNR green, histogram stretch, HDR multiscale transform, curves.
Image:
39x 240s luminance
16x 120s red
20x 120s green
22x 120s blue
Total integration 8 hours 10 minutes.
Hardware:
Celestron 11" EdgeHD
Skywatcher EQ8 Pro mount
QSI 683-ws8 Camera @ -15°C
Astronomik luminance, deep sky RGB filters
Starlight Xpress Lodestar X2 Autoguider
Starlight Xpress Active Optics
Innovations Foresight On Axis Guider
Starlight Instruments Focus Boss II
Location:
Orange zone in Brisbane, Australia. (Bortle 7)
Imaged over 2 nights. New Moon.
Software:
Planning & camera alignment with Aladin 10
Captured with TheSkyX Professional
Guiding with PHD2
FocusLock live focusing
PixInsight: Calibrate, align, stack, crop, dynamic background extraction, color calibration, light deconvolution, reduce noise, LRGB combination, background neutralization, SCNR green, histogram stretch, HDR multiscale transform, curves.