Star Watcher
The Owl and the Galaxy - M97-M108
Taken on the night of 11th April. The planetary nebula M97 aka The Owl and the galaxy M108. M97 is a planetary nebula at a distance of about 2000ly and the galaxy M108 is around 46 million ly! A lovely pairing. There are myriad other galaxies in the frame if studied carefully.
Skywatcher 25cm Quattro CF. Skywatcher EQ6 mount auto guided with PHD. QHY8L camera.
Software used at scope - APT, Carte du Ciel, PHD.
Image processing - Astro Pixel Processor and Photoshop.
10 x 8 minute exposures plus all calibration frames
I've finally given up on Deep Sky Stacker - I know it's free but it just doesn't give the same quality of result that APP does.
The Owl and the Galaxy - M97-M108
Taken on the night of 11th April. The planetary nebula M97 aka The Owl and the galaxy M108. M97 is a planetary nebula at a distance of about 2000ly and the galaxy M108 is around 46 million ly! A lovely pairing. There are myriad other galaxies in the frame if studied carefully.
Skywatcher 25cm Quattro CF. Skywatcher EQ6 mount auto guided with PHD. QHY8L camera.
Software used at scope - APT, Carte du Ciel, PHD.
Image processing - Astro Pixel Processor and Photoshop.
10 x 8 minute exposures plus all calibration frames
I've finally given up on Deep Sky Stacker - I know it's free but it just doesn't give the same quality of result that APP does.