Work in Progress
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This is my first light test image made with the Sky-Watcher Esprit 150 f/7 triplet ED refractor and QHY-16200A camera with Optolong filters. This is 15x3m L plus 4x5m R,G,B, all unguided.
Esprit 150 on loan from Sky-Watcher USA
QHY-16200A on loan from Astrofactors and QHYCCD
Filters provided by Optolong
Tekkies:
QHY-16200A camera (on loan from Astrofactors), Optolong RGB filters, 150mm Sky-Watcher Esprit 150 at f/7, Paramount MX. No guiding. Acquisition with the SkyX. Focusing by hand with Bahtinov mask. All pre-processing and processing in PixInsight. Acquired from my SkyShed in Guelph on May 25 and 26, 2018. Nearly full moon, no cloud, average transparency and average seeing.
Image scale is 1.1″ per pixel.
Hi Ron. I never get tired of these pictures. I really enjoy all of them.