Original size: 1200x805
DATE
July 27th, 2008, 10:30pm to 1am PST
PHOTO
Exposure: 21 x 6 minutes
Focal: 540mmm, f/5.4
EQUIPMENT
Imaging Scope: NP101is, 1.25" H-Alpha filter
Camera:Canon 40D IR/UV filter
Guide camera: StarShootAutoGuider
Guide scope: Orion Short 80mm
Mount: Takahashi EM-400
SITE & CONDITIONS
My backyard, Sunnyvale, CA
Seeing:Bad
Transparency: Very poor
SOFTWARE
Stacking: DeepSkyStacker
Processing: PixInsight + Photoshop
COMMENTS
This is one of my first H-Alpha images. Something went wrong during the stacking process that left
the resulting image in that "shaky" state. I'll probably try to stack it using MaximDL or CCDStack and see
if things improve. I don't really dislike that uninvited effect, other than it leaves the image ressembling
a painting more than a photography. It was comforting however to see how much H-Alpha can the modified 40D
capture. With an unmodified DSRL this would have been impossible.
