Dan's Astrophotography

Image Location and Date: San Juan Capistrano on April 04, 2010
Object: M3 Globular Cluster in Canes Venatici
Mount: CG5GT
Imaging scope: Omni XLT 150 Newtonian
Imaging FL: 750mm
Imaging focal ratio: f5
Imaging camera: unmodified Nikon D60
Lights: 54 x 60 sec ISO 3200 (54min)
Calibration: Darks and Flats
Guide scope: Antares 8×50mm finder with Orion StarShoot Auto Guider
Other details: guided with PHD, stacked in DSS processed in Photoshop

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I tried shooting an hours worth here but the wind ruined so many exposures that I only got 10 minutes at ISO3200 . I’ll come back to this in a month or two.

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