C63 - Helix Nebula

What should have been a great clear night of imaging was a bit of a let down. This was the best I could retrieve from the data what with the scope slipping focus slightly on the Eagle nebula plus me trying to capture things too low down and into the light polution. I think I also balls-ed up my flat frames as there's a noticeable light gradient in this shot which should be averaged out. Unfortunately, as the weather has been so cloudy for the last 6 weeks, I've missed a whole load of interesting subjects for this year, they're all sinking too low after dark.

 

20 x 180s Lights

9 Darks

20 Flats

20 Bias

Skywatcher Evo100ED + 0.85 reducer/flattener

Skywatcher HEQ5Pro with EQMOD and PHD2 guiding

Altair Astro 60mm guidescope with GPCAM3 385C

Nikon D5100 astro-mod DSLR @ISO1600

IDAS D2 Light Pollution Suppression Filter

 

 

 

Done