Pocketrubbish

This one was very very tough. I had some very bad gradients from light pollution, upper atmosphere clouds and a red LED that somehow leaked light into the scope causing some nasty images in the core frame. I’m not sure if I’m happy with the colors or not so I may come back to this [...]

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Image Location and Date: SDAA dark sky site at Tierra Del Sol on October 29th, 2011 Object: IC405 Flaming Star Nebula in Auriga Mount: Orion Atlas EQ-G Imaging scope: Omni XLT 150mm Newtonian Imaging FL: 750mm Imaging focal ratio: f5 Imaging camera: Modified Canon 350D Lights: 30 x 600sec @ ISO 800 (5 Hours) Calibration: [...]

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Image Location and Date: SDAA site @ Tierra Del Sol on September 23rd and 24th, 2011 Object: NGC7293 Helix Nebula Mount: Orion Atlas EQ-G Imaging scope: Omni XLT 150 Newtonian Imaging FL: 750mm Imaging focal ratio: f5 Imaging camera: Modified Canon 350D Lights: 9 x 600sec @ ISO 800 (1 Hour 30 Minutes) Calibration: None! [...]

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Image Location and Date: SDAA site @ Tierra Del Sol on September 23rd and 24th, 2011 Object: M45, The Pleiades Mount: Orion Atlas EQ-G Imaging scope: Omni XLT 150 Newtonian Imaging FL: 750mm Imaging focal ratio: f5 Imaging camera: Modified Canon 350D Lights: 23 x 600sec @ ISO 800 (3 Hour 50 Minutes) Calibration: None! [...]

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Image Location and Date: Tierra Del Sol on May 16th, 2010 Object: M8 Lagoon Nebula Mount: CG5GT Imaging scope: Omni XLT 150 Newtonian Imaging FL: 750mm Imaging focal ratio: f5 Imaging camera: unmodified Nikon D60 Lights: 28 x 180 sec ISO 3200 (1 hour 24 minutes) Calibration: Darks, flats. Guide scope: Antares 8×50mm finder with [...]

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Image Location and Date: SDAA site at Tierra Del Sol on December 24th 2009 Object: M42 Nebula in Orion Mount: CG5GT Imaging scope: Omni XLT 150 Newtonian Imaging FL: 750mm Imaging focal ratio: f5 Imaging camera: unmodified Nikon D60 Lights: 65 x 30 sec ISO 3200 (32min) Calibration: None Guide scope: None Stacked in DSS [...]

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