Kwychang
M51 BG 200Q coma 7_03_2019STb
M51 Whirlpool galaxy
Image taken on 7th March 2019
Location was Rochdale, UK.
Equipment used was a Skywatcher 8" quattro steel tube on HEQ5 pro mount, no guiding.
Canon 1100d dslr camera with an intervalometer.
The final image is a combination of 100 sixty second exposures at ISO 800. Plus calibration frames consisting of 40 of each, darks, flats, dark flats and bias.
Software used to combine all the shots and create the final image was DeepSkyStacker, to stack all the images together. StarTools to process the final image.
M51 BG 200Q coma 7_03_2019STb
M51 Whirlpool galaxy
Image taken on 7th March 2019
Location was Rochdale, UK.
Equipment used was a Skywatcher 8" quattro steel tube on HEQ5 pro mount, no guiding.
Canon 1100d dslr camera with an intervalometer.
The final image is a combination of 100 sixty second exposures at ISO 800. Plus calibration frames consisting of 40 of each, darks, flats, dark flats and bias.
Software used to combine all the shots and create the final image was DeepSkyStacker, to stack all the images together. StarTools to process the final image.