Pleiades_stack_8bit
A portion of the Pleiades open star cluster [Messier M45]. Image taken with a Meade 10" LX50 SCT, guided using an Orion Off-Axis Guider. The scope was mounted on an Orion Atlas EQ/G mount. An Orion Starshoot Pro Color camera was used to take 5 minute "light" images with "dark" and "flat" correction images. These were processed with MaximDL Essentials and then stacked with DeepSkyStacker. Final lens corrections at the periphery and color enhancements done in Photoshop CS3. Images were taken in my suburban back yard on a moonless night in November 2009. (copyright Michael Herman 2009)
Pleiades_stack_8bit
A portion of the Pleiades open star cluster [Messier M45]. Image taken with a Meade 10" LX50 SCT, guided using an Orion Off-Axis Guider. The scope was mounted on an Orion Atlas EQ/G mount. An Orion Starshoot Pro Color camera was used to take 5 minute "light" images with "dark" and "flat" correction images. These were processed with MaximDL Essentials and then stacked with DeepSkyStacker. Final lens corrections at the periphery and color enhancements done in Photoshop CS3. Images were taken in my suburban back yard on a moonless night in November 2009. (copyright Michael Herman 2009)