Dumbbell Nebula - 2nd try

[MM617]

It's been a while since I posted here, sadly the weather has been taunting us so in meantime I upgraded our rig with a ZWO 120mm mini guiding camera and have it running on Stellarmate via a Raspberry Pi 4.

We wasted pretty much time to get familiar with this new setup, so the image only has 20 minutes of integration time, nonetheless I'm really satisfied with the results we got considering it's just our 2nd try on astrophotography
Some details on the picture:
Captured with a ZWO ASI178mc, 20x 60s exposure, 5 dark frames, 10 bias frames, no lights (yet) and a UHC filter.
SkyWatcher Evostar 80ED scope with a HEQ5 mount controlled/guided by stellarmate
Processed & edited in PixInsight

 

 

[MarkAR]

Really good for only 20 mins. Worth getting more I think.

[MM617]

Thanks I was really surprised by the detail we got for just 20 mins, the plan was to get at least 60 minutes. But we wasted approximately 2-2,5 hours on tweaking things in stellarmate to get it all running nicely. Fingers crossed for another clear night so we can add some more time to this