Whirlpool Galaxy
First combined exposures using Bry's Observatory!
Equipment:
Scope: Celestron Edge HD 9.25 (with 0.7x reducer)
Mount: Celestron CGX-L mount
Imaging Camera: ZWO ASI 1600mm-Pro camera (Cooled to -20, unity gain 139/50).
Off-axis Guider: Celestron OAG with a Touptek Guide Camera
Filter/Filterwheel: Astromania Manual Filter wheel, Astromania LRGB Filters
14 x 300s Red
15 x 300s Green
11 x 300s Blue
200 total minutes of integration shot from a Bortle 7/6 zone near Salt Lake City, Utah.
Software:
PHD2 for guiding
Sharpcap for Polar Alignment
Sequence Generator Pro for exposure acquisition
Celestron PWI for mount interface
PixInsight for:
Exposure registration and integration
Dynamic cropping
Mono channel registration
Dynamic cropping
Background extraction
LinearFit to Blue Channel
Channel combination
Dynamic background extraction
ScreenTransferFunction
Curves and histogram manipulation to generate contrast
SCNR to remove background green and blue noise
MultiscaleLinearTransfer to increase detail/sharpness
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