First light M67

Shot date: 8th februari 2011

Camera: Nikon D3x

Optics: Aquila 90mm F=500mm f=5.5

(this is my guidescope of my new setup)

Mount: Sky-Watcher HEQ6 Pro

 

DeepSkyStacker settings:

Stacking mode: Standard

Alignment method: Bicubic

24 frames 30 seconds, total exposure: 12 mn 0 s

RGB Channels Background Calibration: Yes

Per Channel Background Calibration: No

Method: Kappa-Sigma (Kappa = 2.00, Iterations = 5)

 

Offset: 120 frames exposure: 1/8000 s

Method: Kappa-Sigma (Kappa = 2.00, Iterations = 5)

 

Dark: 25 frames exposure: 30 s

Method: Kappa-Sigma (Kappa = 2.00, Iterations = 5)

 

Flat: 30 frames exposure: 1/15 s

Method: Kappa-Sigma (Kappa = 2.00, Iterations = 5)

 

Stacking: DeepSkyStacker 3.3.2

 

Postprocessing: PixInsight 1.6

 

This is my first light of my new setup and is unguided.

Also this is through my guidescope which gives me no correction since there is no coma corrector in place.

 

Also the image is not quite in focus.

Done