Original size: 977x651
DATE
March 23rd, 2008
PHOTO
Exposure: 6 x 2 minutes
Focal: 540mm, f/5.2
EQUIPMENT
Imaging Scope: Televue NP101is
Camera:Canon 400D Stock (unmodified)
Guide camera: None
Guide scope: None
Mount: Takahashi EM-400
SITE & CONDITIONS
Fremont Peak, CA
Seeing: Good
Transparency: Excellent
SOFTWARE
Stacking: None
Processing: Photoshop
AUTHOR
Rogelio Bernal Andreo
COMMENTS
This was my "first night out" with the EM400 and the NP101.
Since I wasn't guiding and wasn't sure how long the EM400 would track without
creating trailing stars I kept exposures extremely short. Despite the very little
light gathered, the image came out somewhat ok.
