Thanks for the compliments... Next step is to make a mosaic of this object. Regards All, Tim
M8 taken in the early morning hours over several days. A stack of nine images each RGB channel at 6 minutes per (54m per channel). Maxim DL used...
Thanks for the encouraging words guys... Tim Edit: correct typo.... :(
As the old B&W TV shows used to say, "now in color" M16 over several nights with ~4 images of 360 seconds per RGB channel. Some were not used...
very well done Doug... Figured I'd give it a go also, this is only two stack at 6 minutes each. Seeing was about same ~3.5 FWHM. Didn't come...
The AC 4040 / C2 is a good price point. The BSI version would be more desirable, but the price is astronomical. Tim
Thanks for sharing and being up Early Colin. The second one is my favorite - wonderful. Tim
Sure does... Sensors dark current is very low while being very sensitive to the photons. The sensor + cooling + Dark Subtract yields good...
Here's an m16 taken last night - a stack of fifteen with each exposure of 6 minutes (1.5 hrs total). Temps are warm in the SW deserts of US but...
A lot of stars for sure with the STC and TMB turning in a good result. My processing failed as I blew out the core. Missing the old days of...
A monochrome version with 240 second 2x2 binned exposures stacked. Using Maxim DL for capture and processing. Camera: STC-7 Scope: TMB 152...
Thank Colin... Here is a similar image taken over many nights, using only the crème de la crème of the images. It's convenient that Maxim DL can...
Thanks Collin.....
For a pump I used a "comet elegant 12v submersible water pump". If you search for that sources will be found. The water is pulled from the...
An H-alpha image of the Crescent Nebula taken 05/24 at 04:00AM local. This is a stack of four at 360' each. Maxim DL used for capture and...
IC 4617 Galaxy, 37 million LY distant, at about 11:30 o'clock on the top mid-left border. Also M13. Taken 22 May at 06:38 UTC with a 70% moon at...
Stacked twenty images of 240 seconds (unguided) each in L channel. Captured and processed with Maxim DL 6.27 Camera: STC-7 Scope: TMB 152...
Thank you....
Imaged last night under good conditions. Cropped to remove empty FoV. A stack of twelve images at 240' each, unguided. CCD: STC-7 L-filter...
Stack of SIX images, 240 seconds each - unguided - at -10c using a TMB 152/1200 on AP 900 mount. The seeing was decent early on but by 02:00AM...
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