QHY268M First Light: M81, M82 &NGC3077

Test and Tune of the QHY268M....

I managed 2 nights of imaging last week, sky quality wasn't the best. I suspect wildfires from Canada may have affected the conditions. Prior to imaging on both nights, I noticed Venus looked very orange.

I tried a couple of different settings

Camera: QHY268M

Telescope: 11" Celestron Edge HD w/Hyperstar V4

**Photographic Mode: Gain 0 Offset 30

R/G/B 20x30 each filter

LUM-60x30

**High Gain Mode: Gain 56 Offset 30

LUM 35x30

HA 15x180

I used a couple of frames from the piggyback setup as well

Camera: QHY128C

Telescope: Astrotech AT65EDQ

LUM-8x300

Processed with Astro Pixel Processor, Pixinsight and Photoshop

Seen in this test image are M81 (Bode's Galaxy NGC3031) center, M82 (Cigar Galaxy NGC3034) top and NGC3077 bottom. all are located in the constellation of Ursa Major aka the Great Bear or commonly known as the Big Dipper. They are all approximately 12 million light years away

 

Done