Top image processed with STARTOOLS and PHOTOSHOP TOPAZ Denoize Ai
Bottom image processed with PixInsight and PHOTOSHOP TOPAZ Denoise Ai
14.5" RC Telescope and SBIG STX CCD Camera
6" refractor and QHY268C OCS Camera
Excellent effort. Really like the core detail.
Imaged with 14.5 RC and STX16803 CCD Camera RGB filters
Processed with CCDSTACK and PhotoShop
Imaged with AP160 Refractor and QHY268C OSC Camera with Optalong L-Enhance filter
About three hours total integration time
Processed in PixInsight and Photo Shop
Thanks all.
I was on the AP list for years. Never got the call. Finally was able go buy used.
AP160 Refractor and QHY268C Camera
AP160 Refractor and QHY268C Camera
Join a local astronomy club. You can get a lot of useful advice. If they have star parties you would have an opportunity to look through various scope set ups and see if what you can see actually interests you. It would also give you a better idea on the type of scope set up that would suit you and the required budget before you spend your money on something that would not make you happy.
Correction: Total integration time was 4.25 hours
Total integration time was 14x180sec frames. Taken with a one shot color camera (QHY268C0.
130mm refractor telescope. Acquisition software TheSkyX, MaximDl, FocusMax all controlled by CCSComander.
Guiding by MaximDL.
Data calibrated, registered, stacked and combined in PixInsight. Processed using StarTools.
Thank you all for the positive comments.
AP130GTX and QHY268C CMOS Camera with L-Enhance filter
180sec exposures 0 GAIN
Processed in PixInsight and StarTools
Great image. Has a 3d quality