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Images => Deep Sky Images => Topic started by: Duczmal on August 31, 2012, 12:32:31 pm

Title: Ara / Norma widefield with 383L+
Post by: Duczmal on August 31, 2012, 12:32:31 pm

This is my only second attempt with the Atik 383L+, a short exposure monochrome wide field image of the Milky Way in the border of constellations Ara and Norma, showing various NGC objects. 

Setup:
Atik 383L+ CCD camera (at -10C temperature);
FS-60CB with f/4.3 reducer (focal length 255mm);
Orion Atlas EQ-G;
GSO IR-block filter.
Total exposure: 20 minutes (20 X 60 seconds) unguided.
Field: approximately 3 x 4 degrees.

This image was obtained from my apartment window, under severe light pollution and one day before the full moon. No fancy image processing - only darks/flats calibration and light pollution gradient removal (Iris). Still a lot to learn! This is only a register of my first steps in astrophotography. My congratulations to the Atik team for building this great camera!

Luiz

Title: Re: Ara / Norma widefield with 383L+
Post by: Steve on August 31, 2012, 12:55:45 pm

Thanks Luiz,

Great result for a quick bit of imaging.
Steve