BEHIND THE IMAGE
Notes from the session
Image:
38x 180s Red
35x 180s Green
33x 180s Blue
31x 300s 6nm Hα
Total integration 7 hours, 53 minutes.
Hardware:
Skywatcher Black Diamond 80ED
Skywatcher EQ8 Pro mount
QSI 683-ws8 Camera @ -15°C
Astronomik 6nm Hα, deep sky RGB filters
Starlight Xpress Lodestar X2 Autoguider
Innovations Foresight On Axis Guider
Starlight Instruments Focus Boss II
Location:
Imaged on 2 nights: 31st May and 4th June 2019.
Orange zone in Brisbane, Australia. (Bortle 7)
Software:
Planning & camera alignment with Aladin 10
Captured with TheSkyX Professional
Guiding with PHD2
FocusLock live focusing
PixInsight: Calibrate, align, stack, deconvolution, NBCombinator, histogram stretch, curves.
38x 180s Red
35x 180s Green
33x 180s Blue
31x 300s 6nm Hα
Total integration 7 hours, 53 minutes.
Hardware:
Skywatcher Black Diamond 80ED
Skywatcher EQ8 Pro mount
QSI 683-ws8 Camera @ -15°C
Astronomik 6nm Hα, deep sky RGB filters
Starlight Xpress Lodestar X2 Autoguider
Innovations Foresight On Axis Guider
Starlight Instruments Focus Boss II
Location:
Imaged on 2 nights: 31st May and 4th June 2019.
Orange zone in Brisbane, Australia. (Bortle 7)
Software:
Planning & camera alignment with Aladin 10
Captured with TheSkyX Professional
Guiding with PHD2
FocusLock live focusing
PixInsight: Calibrate, align, stack, deconvolution, NBCombinator, histogram stretch, curves.