| Exposure: |
Taken 5-7-05 at the Texas Star Party.
3 X 300 sec. ISO 800. |
| Processing: |
Raw images converted to 16bit TIFs, dark subtracted and stacked (average) in
ImagesPlus. Levels and curves adjusted in Photoshop. |
| Equipment: |
Canon Digital Rebel (modified) with the stock lens working at approximately 80mm.
The camera was mounted piggyback on a Meade 10" SCT and a Losmandy G-11 Gemini mount.
Guiding was through the SCT using an SBIG ST-4 autoguider. |
| Notes: |
This image almost ended up in the bloopers section! I had planned to shoot and
stack 10-12 images, but the camera's memory card filled up after the third image and I
lost the rest. Unfortunately, I didn't notice this until I had already set up for
the next shot. The image is a little noisy due to the short exposure, but I thought
it came out pretty well for considering it was a total of only 15 minutes. |
