California and Pleiades
- www.kevin-palmer.com - On a rare winter night when it was both clear and above freezing, I headed out to Spring Lake for some astrophotography. I began to set up my iOptron Skytracker, when I realized I forgot my polar scope. That meant I could only do a rough polar alignment and was limited to about 1-minute subs. I was surprised how much detail was captured. This is a stack of 15 1-minute pictures, plus dark and bias frames taken with a 50mm lens. After stacking I processed it in Photoshop using the Astronomy Tools plugin to help bring out the nebulosity.
California and Pleiades
- www.kevin-palmer.com - On a rare winter night when it was both clear and above freezing, I headed out to Spring Lake for some astrophotography. I began to set up my iOptron Skytracker, when I realized I forgot my polar scope. That meant I could only do a rough polar alignment and was limited to about 1-minute subs. I was surprised how much detail was captured. This is a stack of 15 1-minute pictures, plus dark and bias frames taken with a 50mm lens. After stacking I processed it in Photoshop using the Astronomy Tools plugin to help bring out the nebulosity.