Bigger size: 1652x1156
DATE
October 4th, 2008
PHOTO
Exposure: 7 x 8 minutes (56 minutes total)
Focal: 1175mm, f/5
EQUIPMENT
Imaging Scope: C9.25 with 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
Coyote Lake, Gilroy, CA
Seeing: Bad
Transparency: Poor
SOFTWARE
Stacking: DeepSkyStacker
Processing: Photoshop & PixInsight
COMMENTS
This was my first trip to Coyote Lake. A bit less drive than Henry Coe, but also less altitude (900 ft versus 2600 ft at Coe) and a bit more light-polluted sky. I didn't take more subs because clouds suddenly formed right up above. The clouds later dissappeared, but I was already onto something else :-)
