M63

[dpaul]

Attached was taken with Atik Horizon Mono Camera - 15 second LRGB frames (about 15 integrated for each filter) - processed in Pixinsight - 30'' Newtonian with Lockwood Optics

David

[murphyme]

Lovely image.

[dpaul]

Thanks!

[JimH123]

Another impressive capture David!

I'm posting one of M63 using the Infinity on a much smaller Explore Scientific ed102.  No competition for your 30" scope, of course.  But sufficient to show individuals that even a smaller scope can see galaxies.  In case anyone is interested, this was using the Atik Infinity SW and was a stack of 13 images for a total time of 780 sec (60 sec each).

[dpaul]

Hi Jim,

I'm use Pixinsight to process images - its an amazing software.  I took your image and the attached took 5 minutes to show further detail is in there!

With the raw images I bet you it would be way better than this.

You may be surprised what amazing things are possible with a smaller scope!

David

[JimH123]

Thanks David,

I hear it is quite the SW for enhancing.  I see that most of the better images have all been processed with it.

[dpaul]

Hi Jim,

Yes I think its great processing tool but a difficult learning curve.

David