Unprocessed/reduced image of the entire field of view
DATE
October 4th, 2008
PHOTO
Exposure: 30 x 1' + 6 x 4' (54 minutes total)
Focal: 2350mm, f/10
EQUIPMENT
Imaging Scope: C9.25
Camera: Canon 40D IR/UV filter
Guide camera: StarShoot Guider
Guide scope: Orion Short 80mm
Mount: Takahashi EM-400
SITE & CONDITIONS
Coyote Lake, Gilroy, CA
Seeing: Bad
Transparency: Poor
SOFTWARE
Stacking: DeepSkyStacker
Processing: Photoshop & PixInsight
COMMENTS
I went to Coyote Lake to try some tiny planetary nebulas with the C9.25.I started with the Cat's Eye nebula, but that was the only small PN Iimaged that night.
While I don't like the final "look" of the nebula, as it looks almost as ifit was a painting, I was happy to get some detail in the core, consideringhow tiny this nebula was in the field of view.
