Marc G
Loc: East Grinstead, West Sussex, England
As predicted the clouds disappeared late last night thus allowing some imaging.
Despite the moon being bright I was still able to capture data upon Markarians Chain
Techy Bits......
Askar 180mm
Altair Astro filter holder
L Pro Max filter
Altair Astro 269c pro tec
Skywatcher HEQ5 Pro
Sharpcap for PA
APT for focus, plate solve & imagining
Lights 300 @ 60s 285g HGC 25os
Darks 10 60s
Flats & Flat Darks x 30
Stacked, registered, intergrated in APP
Post Processed in PS CC2015
Sweet! I counted at least 28-30 galaxies.
Ballard
Loc: Grass Valley, California
Marc G wrote:
As predicted the clouds disappeared late last night thus allowing some imaging.
Despite the moon being bright I was still able to capture data upon Markarians Chain
Techy Bits......
Askar 180mm
Altair Astro filter holder
L Pro Max filter
Altair Astro 269c pro tec
Skywatcher HEQ5 Pro
Sharpcap for PA
APT for focus, plate solve & imagining
Lights 300 @ 60s 285g HGC 25os
Darks 10 60s
Flats & Flat Darks x 30
Stacked, registered, intergrated in APP
Post Processed in PS CC2015
As predicted the clouds disappeared late last nigh... (
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Beautiful image of the Markarian Chain. Spring is definitely galaxy season.
bwana
Loc: Bergen, Alberta, Canada
Marc G wrote:
As predicted the clouds disappeared late last night thus allowing some imaging.
Despite the moon being bright I was still able to capture data upon Markarians Chain
Techy Bits......
Askar 180mm
Altair Astro filter holder
L Pro Max filter
Altair Astro 269c pro tec
Skywatcher HEQ5 Pro
Sharpcap for PA
APT for focus, plate solve & imagining
Lights 300 @ 60s 285g HGC 25os
Darks 10 60s
Flats & Flat Darks x 30
Stacked, registered, intergrated in APP
Post Processed in PS CC2015
As predicted the clouds disappeared late last nigh... (
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"fuzzies galore" and each with a few hundred thousand stars and planets...
Nicely done!
bwa
Marc G
Loc: East Grinstead, West Sussex, England
alberio wrote:
Sweet! I counted at least 28-30 galaxies.
Thanks mate, according to astrometry there is around 2000 galaxies
Marc G
Loc: East Grinstead, West Sussex, England
Thanks mate, it most certainly is galaxy season.
TBH not my favourite time of year
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