Image taken with SBIG 8300 M with filter wheel. The prominent in Springtime Sunflower Galaxy. Taken with Planewave CDK 17 inch telescope located in Rodeo, New Mexico. IR filter - 30 X 1200 (10 hours, binned 1x1) Red filter - 12 X 600 ( 2 hours, binned 2x2) Green filter - 12 X 600 ( 2 hours, binned 2x2) Blue Filter - 12 X 600 ( 2 hours, binned 2x2) Assembled in Maxlm DL Processed in photoshop an
Yes . Good scope with good camera yields good image . I pretty much use maxim dl to control camera and guiding . Also , I assemble in maxilm then use align ,Stacking ( sigma clip) and DDP stretch from maxlm . Then into photoshop to assemble LRGB where I use saturation to enhance color of LRGB and remove any artifacts with clone stamp and or healing brush. Then into pixinsight where I use blur exterminator then mask galaxy and do noise reduction. HMDR is then used to bring out galaxy center detail . Curves is usually last step to adjust brightness. Joe
