Corius Astronomy - Digital Astrophotography

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Landgraaf
GSO 8" f4 Newton + MPCC
Baader UHC-S
Losmandy G-11

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Atik 1HS, Vixen VMC110L & Guidedog
Canon 350D
25 x 180 sec @ ISO800
1h 15m

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Maximum Resolution 1024 x 768 Pixel (299 kB)

Object info

Discovered in 1779, this spiral galaxy is part of the M51 galaxy group. M63 (NGC5055) is located in the constellation Canes Venatici and is at a distance of 37 million light years.

Processing

DSLRFocus was used for focussing. All separate frames were calibrated, aligned and stacked in ImagesPlus 2.8. Photoshop CS2 was used for further processing - curves adjustment, levels adjustment, noise reduction, etc.

Comments

Taken at rising (50%) Moon. Need (a lot) more FL for this object.

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