ThomasM
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Let's see your 1st DSOs
in Imaging - Deep Sky
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My first DSO image (not counting robotic scopes).
M17 Swan nebula taken at this year's Herstmonceux astronomy festival.
It's a bit noisy and suffers from "manual filter wheel syndrome" (i.e. I ran out of time to collect Blue so this is Clear and Red combined) but even so I'm quite pleased with the result. It really looks like a swan and fits nicely onto the CCD frame!
Celestron Edge 8" with Atik 314L unguided
22x 10 secs luminance
11x 15 secs red
Polar alignment was a bit off hence the short exposures. Stacked in PixInsight with a curves transformation to improve contrast.