Globular cluster M3

May 17th, 2022

Processing the material in Siril. Globular star cluster M3. Captured on April 29 through a Sky-Watcher bkp2001 HEQ-5 PRO telescope with a Nikon D5300 (binning 2), a SharpStar 0.95x coma corrector, and a ZWO ASIAIR PLUS. Imaging done in ASIAIR, stacking in DSS, background alignment, curves, and white balance in Siril, post-processing in Photoshop. A total of 42 frames at 40 seconds and 35 frames at 1 minute were stacked, ISO 400. Total integration time: 1 hour. For calibration, 15 dark frames were taken.

May 3rd, 2022

1 h 3 m

Globular cluster M3. Captured on April 29th using a Sky-Watcher bkp2001 HEQ-5 PRO telescope with a Nikon D5300 (binning 2), a SharpStar 0.95x coma corrector, and a ZWO ASIAIR PLUS. Acquisition via ASIAIR, stacking in DSS, background leveling in FitsWork4, gamma adjustment in FitStacker 13, and post-processing in Photoshop. A total of 42 frames at 40 seconds and 35 frames at 1 minute were stacked at ISO 400. Total integration time: 1 hour. 15 dark frames were used for calibration.