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Messier 63

Posted: May 5th, 2008


Original size: 4316x2867

DATE
May 5th, 2008

PHOTO
Exposure: 5 x 4 minutes
Focal: 540mm, f/5.4

EQUIPMENT
Imaging Scope: Televue NP101is
Camera:Canon 450D Stock (unmodified)
Guide camera: None
Guide scope: None
Mount: Takahashi EM-400

SITE & CONDITIONS
Henry Coe State Park, Morgan Hill, CA
Seeing:Good
Transparency: Excellent

SOFTWARE
Stacking: None
Processing: Photoshop

AUTHOR
Rogelio Bernal Andreo

COMMENTS
Do you notice guiding problems in this image? That's because it's unguided. So I'm at the mercy of a great (?) polar alignment, and the accuracy of the mount. But hey, it's still a newbie picture. Despite that, the amount of detail isn't too bad considering...

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