2015-10-16: Images from Council Bluff Lake, MO

Post date: Oct 17, 2015 9:0:15 PM

I imaged at Council Bluff Lake, MO on the night of Oct 16 - 17, 2015 in the campground field.

M45 the Pleiades and NGC1435 the Merope Nebula.

Total exposure of 30 minutes at ISO-800 through a Stellarview SV80 with 0.8X focal reducer and flattener, f=384 mm, F/4.8 system mounted on a Celestron Advanced VX system and Nikon D5300 at prime focus. Autoguided with a 50 mm F/3.3 guide scope and Orion SSAG camera using PHD2. Stack of 6 bright, 5 dark and 20 bias frames. Camera control using BackyardNIKON. Stacked in DeepSky Stacker and processed in Photoshop.

NGC6960, NGC6992 and NGC6996 the Veil Nebula

NGC6960, NGC6992 and NGC6996 the Veil Nebula. Imaged with a Nikkor f=155 F/5.0 lens on a Nikon D5200 full spectrum camera with Baader UHC filter. Total exposure of 60 minute at ISO-1600 in 12 light, 6 dark and 20 bias frames. Autoguided on a Celstron AVX mount. Stacked in DeepSkyStacker and processed in Photoshop. A red luminance layer was added at 60% opacity.

This image suffers from significant defocus, unfortunately. I will need to re-image it.