Closeup of the galaxy
DATE
September 27th, 2008
PHOTO
Exposure: 15 x 5 minutes (75 minutes total)
Focal: 1175mm, f/5.0
EQUIPMENT
Imaging Scope: C9.25 with the Optec 0.5 focal reducer
Camera: Canon 40D IR/UV filter
Guide camera: StarShoot Guider
Guide scope: Orion Short 80mm
Mount: Takahashi EM-400
SITE & CONDITIONS
Calstar (Lake San Antonio, CA)
Seeing: Good
Transparency: Good
SOFTWARE
Stacking: DeepSkyStacker
Processing: Photoshop & PixInsight
COMMENTS
During CalStar'08 I tried this famous edge-on galaxy. As with most images takenduring CalStar, I didn't try to take a great image but rather just capture the object,as I was shifting my imaging "duties" with some observing, and it was after observing thisimage that I decided to capture it, and because it's not a very large galaxy, I used theC9.25 instead of the NP101.
