Mike Jolley
Messier 81
Bode's Nebula and the Cigar Galaxy.
It's been cloudy for months and now the nights are so short, imaging time is severely limited. Despite this, I had a chance to finally test out the ASI 2600mm mono camera and capture a few hours of M81.
There are only 6 Ha subs of 10 minutes, and 12, 2-minute subs with the Blue and Green filters combined to make a HaGB image processed in Pixinsight.
Darks are easy because I can cool the camera and do them throughout the day!
This was using a Skywatcher Esprit 100ED scope and a HEQ5 mount. I had to be quick with alignment since the night is so short, so I am using a Polemaster and Starsense to get the mount ready quick.
Messier 81
Bode's Nebula and the Cigar Galaxy.
It's been cloudy for months and now the nights are so short, imaging time is severely limited. Despite this, I had a chance to finally test out the ASI 2600mm mono camera and capture a few hours of M81.
There are only 6 Ha subs of 10 minutes, and 12, 2-minute subs with the Blue and Green filters combined to make a HaGB image processed in Pixinsight.
Darks are easy because I can cool the camera and do them throughout the day!
This was using a Skywatcher Esprit 100ED scope and a HEQ5 mount. I had to be quick with alignment since the night is so short, so I am using a Polemaster and Starsense to get the mount ready quick.