Saturday, 18 September 2021

Three nights on NGC7000

Combined sessions from 07, 15 and 17 September 2021.

Scope:     Sky Watcher ED80 DS Pro
Mount:    Sky Watcher NEQ6 Pro
Camera:  QHY268C

Guide scope: Sky Watcher Evoguide 50ED
Guide cam:   Altair Astro GP-CAM 290M

Image capture: SharpCap
Guiding:           PHD2
Planetarium:    Cartes du Ciel

Stacked in DSS.

Processed in Affinity Photo V1.10.1 and Photoshop Elements 13.

07/09/2021 - 95 x 60s Lights + Darks and Flats

15/09/2021 - 120 x 60s Lights + Darks and Flats

17/09/2021 - 120 x 60s Lights + Darks and Flats

Total integration time: 5h 35m.




Thursday, 16 September 2021

Jupiter and Moons

Taken with the ED80 scope and QHY268C APS-C camera, captured more detail than I was expecting considering the size of the scope and large sensor.

Scope:     Sky Watcher ED80 DS Pro

Mount:    Sky Watcher NEQ6 Pro

Camera:  QHY268C

Image capture: SharpCap

Planetarium:    Cartes du Ciel

Compiled from a well exposed Jupiter and overexposed to image the Moons.

Jupiter video - 125ms exposure for 60sec

Moons video - 2s exposure for 60 sec

Original frame size 1600 x 1200, cropped to 795 x 509 then doubled in size to 1590 x 1018

Processed in Affinity Photo V1.10.1 and Photoshop Elements 13.

Moons left to right Callisto, Europa, Io and Ganymede




Wednesday, 8 September 2021

NGC7000 - The North America Nebula

First light with a new QHY268C camera.

Scope:     Sky Watcher ED80 DS Pro
Mount:    Sky Watcher NEQ6 Pro
Camera:  QHY268C

Guide scope: Sky Watcher Evoguide 50ED
Guide cam:   Altair Astro GP-CAM 290M

Image capture: SharpCap
Guiding:           PHD2
Planetarium:    Cartes du Ciel

Stacked in DSS.

Processed in Affinity Photo V1.10.1 and Photoshop Elements 13.

95 x 60s Lights + Darks and Flats