Andromeda M31 with AT130
Further testing of the AT130-EDT APO Refractor and the QHY12 One Shot Color CCD, I want to capture some popular objects first of all and what better than the Mighty Andromeda Galaxy M31.
For this I was using the AT130 with the .8 reducer @F5.6, mated with the QHY12 OSC CCD and it's large APS size chip giving a 76.3 x 112 arcmin Field Of View, despite very windy conditions when I captured this the stars are reasonably round from edge to edge.
Captured from The Stephen F. Wessling Observatory in Fremont
Western Michigan September 22nd and 23rd 2015
Total Integration Time 3.6 hours
Image details
Location: Wessling Observatory, Fremont MI
Dates of Shoot: September 22, 23, 2015
RGB 220 min 22 x 10 min
Total Integration Time 3 hours 50 mins
Equipment
Optics: Astro Tech AT130 @ F5.6
QHY12 One Shot Color CCD cooled to -20C
RainbowAstro RST-400 EQ Mount
Image Acquisition: Maxim DL, Processing, calibration and Stacking: CCDStack, Post Processing: PS CS5
Andromeda M31 with AT130
Further testing of the AT130-EDT APO Refractor and the QHY12 One Shot Color CCD, I want to capture some popular objects first of all and what better than the Mighty Andromeda Galaxy M31.
For this I was using the AT130 with the .8 reducer @F5.6, mated with the QHY12 OSC CCD and it's large APS size chip giving a 76.3 x 112 arcmin Field Of View, despite very windy conditions when I captured this the stars are reasonably round from edge to edge.
Captured from The Stephen F. Wessling Observatory in Fremont
Western Michigan September 22nd and 23rd 2015
Total Integration Time 3.6 hours
Image details
Location: Wessling Observatory, Fremont MI
Dates of Shoot: September 22, 23, 2015
RGB 220 min 22 x 10 min
Total Integration Time 3 hours 50 mins
Equipment
Optics: Astro Tech AT130 @ F5.6
QHY12 One Shot Color CCD cooled to -20C
RainbowAstro RST-400 EQ Mount
Image Acquisition: Maxim DL, Processing, calibration and Stacking: CCDStack, Post Processing: PS CS5