This came out a little better than I anticipated, only because I had left my camera at ISO3200!!!! When I set up my shots, I usually take a 30 second exposure at ISO3200 to make sure the object is well-centered. I did that as usual, but then forgot to take the ISO down to my usual settings (800 or 640) for my light frame acquisition. So, it's a bit busier than normal and I seemed to have collected a lot of data (check out all those background stars!) AND it took forever to process as a result. Lesson learned! Anyway, it's my best M27 shot yet, I think. Nice color and shape to the object itself.
Image Details:
- Imaging Scope: Astrotelescopes 80mm ED Refractor
- Imaging Camera: Nikon D7000
- Guiding Scope: William Optics 66mm Petzval Refractor
- Guiding Camera: Meade DSI-C
- Mount: Celestron CGEM
- Exposures: 8 * 7 minute lights, dark and bias frames
- ISO 3200! (oops)
- Aligned and Stacked in Deep Sky Stacker
- Post-Processing in GIMP (contrast, saturation, curves and unsharp mask)
- Noise Reduction in NeatImage (Filter and Sharpen)
2 comments:
Very nice, Phil! M27 is always an interesting target. It's just nice to have a clear sky, no?
It's amazing! We had another good night last night, despite SkyClock predicting otherwise.
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