Images through my Meade ETX-80 F/5
Post date: Dec 01, 2013 10:21:43 PM
I bought a Meade ETX-80 F/5 refractor for wider field telephotography. I modified my wedge adapter plate slightly so I can mount the ETX-80 in a polar mode.
A waning crescent moon.
Meade ETX 80 F/5 with Nikon D5200
Polar Mount
Raw Images DSC_0081 - DSC_0088
ISO-1250, 1/160 sec
Registax 6.1.0.8
DSC_0081 - 0088_20131130_095828_ST1_WSL1_0GL_WVb250g100v189_b150g100v128_b150g100v79_b0g100v10_b0g100v10_b0g100v10__CB100_0_GA100_HIB_52_255_G100_LMIX_R298G587B114
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Contrast stretched
Cropped and rotated in Irfanview 4.35
M31 - The A
ndromeda Galaxy
NGC0224 M31 The Andromeda Galaxy
Meade ETX-80 F/5 Polar mounted (80mm aperture, 400mm focal length)
Nikon D5200, ISO-6400
Stack of 5 images at 60 seconds exposure each, for a total exposure time 5 minutes.
Staked DSC_0144 to DSC_0148 in DeepSkyStacker 3.3.2
Registax 6.1.0.8
DSC_0144_20131130_223534_ST5_WSL1_0G_WVb500g100v251_b400g100v239_b200g100v146_b0g100v10_b0g100v10_b0g100v10__CB100_0_GA100_HIG_138_180_G100
In Nikon ViewNX-2, further contrast stretched using Shadow Protection at 50%
Auto Axial color aberration corrected at 50%
Auto Laterial color aberration corrected
Cropped and rotated 90 degrees
M27 - Dumbbell Neb
ula
M27 Dumbell Nebula
Meade ETX-80 F/5 with Nikon D5200
ISO-3200, 8 images at 30 seconds for a total expsure of 4 minutes
Stacked in DeepSkyStacker 3.3.2, images DSC_0103 - DSC_0110 with two dark frames
Cropped in Irfanview 4.35
Registax 6.1.0.8
M27_DSS_01_20131130_231208_ST1_WSL1_0G_WVb550g100v226_b400g100v269_b350g100v110_b0g100v10_b0g100v10_b0g100v10__CB100_0_GA100_HIB_107_188_G100