This image was acquired over the past months from July 16th through Nov 15th. Images acquired using MaxIm and ACP Expert. After culling the data, I ended up using 83 – 15-minute luminance frames and 68 – 15- minute frames for the RGB data for a total of 37-3/4 hours, one of my longer projects. The image was processed in Pix Insight 1.8. Imaged through my OGS RC telescope mounted on the AP1200GTO using my SBIG STL-11002M/FW8 and Baader filters. There was a strong glow in the lower left corner from nearby 2.27 magnitude Caph and two of the diffraction spikes is evident in the image. The direct link is http://www.astral-imaging.com/vdB1-RC2.html Thanks for looking. Steve
Very nice. The big distraction spikes aren't too distraction - quite amazing the level of detail in the image. 16" OGS ?
