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

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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

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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