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Title: Milky Way around M27
Post by: The Thing on Aug 01, 2016, 11:23:33

Finally a clear night! Though the clouds didn't leave me alone all night. Next door had a wild party until 3am so there was music to entertain.

10x300s @ iso1600 @ f4 Camera pigybacked on NEQ6 belt drive mount. Guided with OAG/QHY5L-II Mono and PHD 2. Captured with APT 3.12.

Image date, time and location:   2016-08-01 02:00 CET Manche, France
Telescope aperture and focal ratio:   Pentax 35-105mm Lens f4
Camera and filters used:     Canon 1000D Baader Filter, CLS-CCD
Processing applied:     DeepSkyStacker, Irfanview, Lightzone. No calibration.

(http://gallery.orpington-astronomy.org.uk/albums/userpics/10050/normal_CygnusArea-2016-08-01_iv_lzn_final.jpg) (http://gallery.orpington-astronomy.org.uk/albums/userpics/10050/CygnusArea-2016-08-01_iv_lzn_final.jpg)

Title: Re: Milky Way around M27
Post by: RachelC on Aug 01, 2016, 19:30:55

Wow! That is incredibly beautiful. Well done :)

Title: Re: Milky Way around M27
Post by: Fay on Aug 01, 2016, 21:54:44

Duncan, you have been outside!! what a rarity!
Raining here

well done

Fay

Title: Re: Milky Way around M27
Post by: MarkS on Aug 01, 2016, 23:48:35

A good view of the Milky Way. It does have a bit of colour gradient though - always difficult to remove on a widefield.

Mark

Title: Re: Milky Way around M27
Post by: The Thing on Aug 04, 2016, 12:32:28

Thanks Mark and Fay.

I didn't do anything like gradient or vignetting correction. Too lazy.

Title: Re: Milky Way around M27
Post by: MarkS on Aug 05, 2016, 06:00:46

Quote from: The Thing
Thanks Mark and Fay.

I didn't do anything like gradient or vignetting correction. Too lazy.

It's a good result, all the same!

Mark

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Astronomy => Astrophotography => Topic started by: The Thing on Aug 01, 2016, 11:23:33