Friday, March 3, 2017

M42 Orion Nebula with ZWO ASI1600mm-c

We finally had enough clear sky that I could play with the new Astrophotography camera. This is my image taken last night. M42 Orion Nebula.

Camera: ZWO ASI1600mm-C
Telescope: Skywatcher 10 inch Newtonian
Mount: Orion EQ6g
Guider: Orion Starshoot
Software: Sequence Generator Pro, EQMOD, Carte Du Ciel, PHD2, Deep Sky Stacker, and final processing in StarTools.

Lum = 45 each @ 3 seconds
Red = 40 each @ 12 seconds
Blue = 40 each @ 9 seconds
Green = 40 each @ 11 seconds
Gain = 200 Offset = 60