NGC896 closeup

This past week I've been testing some software to assist SX squishing an annoying bug affecting their AO unit, when used with a QSI camera.

 

I hate to waste photons though, so despite the bright moon and objectionable transparency conditions, I've managed to put together something workable.

 

This is an SHO representation.

Exposure times as follows:

 

Ha (5nm): 18 x 30m

OIII (3nm): 19 x 30m

SII (3nm): 25 x 30m

 

Total exposure time: 31 hours

 

Main Camera: QSI 583 WSG

Guide Camera: SX Lodestar (on OAG)

Mount: Astro-Physics Mach 1

Scope: Celestron Edge HD 8" (FL: 2171mm)

Adaptive Optics Unit: SXV-AO-LF

Image Aquisition software MaximDL

Registed, Calibrated, Stacked and Post Processed with PixInsight 1.8

 

 

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Uploaded on November 9, 2014