M51 - Whirpoolgalaxy

Posted: 23 Feb, 2020

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Technical Info

Telescope or Lens: TS Optics RC8

Camera: ZWO ASI183MM Pro

Mount: SkyWatcher EQ6-R Pro

Guide Scope: 50mm standard finder scope

Guide Camera: atik infinity

Software: Deepskystacker, Pixinsight, Lightroom, Astrophotographytool, PHD2 Guiding

Exposure:

9 x 240" ISO/Gain: 139 - Red Filter @binning 2x2

12 x 240" ISO/Gain: 139 - Green Filter @binning 2x2

13 x 240" ISO/Gain: 139 - Blue Filter @binning 2x2

Yellow zoneLight Pollution:

Dessau-Roßlau, GERMANY

2 h 16 m

1476

First Light for my TS RC8 after some problems with bad collimation. The sky was only clear for a short time so I decided to capture just a minimum of frames for RGB to get a colour image but I could´nt capture any Luminance data. I also didnt use a field flattener to keep the original focal length of 1624mm.

Resolution: 3270x2042 px

Scale: 2899 KB

Dirk Willfeld

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Sergei Malik

Great Job, Dirk! Glad to see your here again.

23 Feb, 2020 Reply

Dirk Willfeld Replied to Sergei Malik

Thank You very much Serg, I´m glad you like it and really appreciate your comment! The weather has been so bad lately with much rain and wind. But I hope I can collect some new data next week! Clear Skies and happy astroimaging!

23 Feb, 2020 Reply

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