I spent the nights of Thursday 17~Saturday 19 at CalStar 2009, an annual Star Party that takes place at Lake San Antonio in California, a site that although it isn't high at all (900 feet) it has pretty decent dark skies.
I spent each of the three nights after 3am on this field that surprisingly is not very commonly photographed. If you cannot recognize these three stars, you must live in a place that's always cloudy in winter, as they are visible even from very light polluted skies :-)
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DATE September 18th, 2009
PHOTO Exposure: L: 10 x 15', RGB: 6x10' each,
Total: 5.5 hours
Focal: 385mm, f/3.6 |
EQUIPMENT Imaging Scope: FSQ 106 EDX w/Reducer
Camera: STL11k
Guide Camera: StarShoot Autoguider
Imaging Scope: EM-400
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SITE & CONDITIONS CalStar @ Lake San Antonio, California
Seeing: Good
Transparency: Very Good
SOFTWARE Stacking: DeepSkyStaker
Processing: PixInsight & Photoshop
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