crimbfighter2 1
Been spending a lot of time on here!
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Wow, I haven't poked my head in here in quite a while! Now that my kids are getting more independent, I feel like a bear crawling of hibernation.. Plus, I just bought a Z8, so thats renewed my drive to get out and shoot!
Over the last few clear nights I added quite a bit of exposure time to my Pleiades image, bringing the total integration time up to 38hrs 3min. The image is a two panel panorama, as the FOV of my scope will not cover all of the target.
Pleiades is a star cluster in the constellation Taurus, sitting about 444 light years from us. It's easily visible to the naked eye in the east, low toward the horizon just after dark, this time of year. The blue gas is thought to be a stationary gas cloud that is being illuminated by the stars as they are moving through the cloud.
Between the added exposure time and improvements in processing techniques and tools, the new version has an astonishing amount of detail! The two cropped images show just how much improvement there was between the last image and the current one. Click the astrobin link below to view the full resolution 11,874 x 14,192 pixel image!
Equipment:
- Telescope: Astro-Tech AT130EDT
- Camera: ZWO ASI2600MC Pro
- Mount: iOptron HAE43
- Filter: Optolong L-Pro 2"
- Accessories: Astro-Tech .8X Reducer Version II for AT130EDT (ATREDT30V2), MeLE Quieter4 Mini PC, Pegasus Astro Powerbox Micro, QHYCCD PoleMaster, ZWO EAF, ZWO Filter Drawer (M42)
- Software: Adobe Photoshop, Main Sequence Software Sequence Generator Pro (SGP), Open PHD Guiding Project PHD2, Pleiades Astrophoto PixInsight
For more information, visit AstroBin:
Crop of the previous version:
Crop of the same region, new version:
Over the last few clear nights I added quite a bit of exposure time to my Pleiades image, bringing the total integration time up to 38hrs 3min. The image is a two panel panorama, as the FOV of my scope will not cover all of the target.
Pleiades is a star cluster in the constellation Taurus, sitting about 444 light years from us. It's easily visible to the naked eye in the east, low toward the horizon just after dark, this time of year. The blue gas is thought to be a stationary gas cloud that is being illuminated by the stars as they are moving through the cloud.
Between the added exposure time and improvements in processing techniques and tools, the new version has an astonishing amount of detail! The two cropped images show just how much improvement there was between the last image and the current one. Click the astrobin link below to view the full resolution 11,874 x 14,192 pixel image!
Equipment:
- Telescope: Astro-Tech AT130EDT
- Camera: ZWO ASI2600MC Pro
- Mount: iOptron HAE43
- Filter: Optolong L-Pro 2"
- Accessories: Astro-Tech .8X Reducer Version II for AT130EDT (ATREDT30V2), MeLE Quieter4 Mini PC, Pegasus Astro Powerbox Micro, QHYCCD PoleMaster, ZWO EAF, ZWO Filter Drawer (M42)
- Software: Adobe Photoshop, Main Sequence Software Sequence Generator Pro (SGP), Open PHD Guiding Project PHD2, Pleiades Astrophoto PixInsight
For more information, visit AstroBin:
Crop of the previous version:
Crop of the same region, new version:
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