M36

M36 is an open cluster in the constellation Auriga. I took these pictures last week and tried to stack them with Siril but they didn’t come out that well. I downloaded Astro Pixel Processor last night and tried again with far better results.

 

Telescope: William Optics Zenithstar 71ED

Mount: Astrotrac TT320AG

Camera: Modified Canon T3i

Filter: Altair Triband filter

Software: AstroDSLR, Astro Pixeo Processor and GIMP

Frames: 89 15 sec

Dark: 8 frames

Flats: 30 frames

Bias: 100 frames

Bortle: 9

Done