Equipment and image details: Camera: Canon 350D Baader modified
Lens: Minolta MD 135mm f/2.8
Mount: Takahashi EM200 Temma II Jr
16 x 3min lights (unguided)
16 x 3min dark frames
16 x 1/4000sec bias frames
All frames were aligned calibrated and stacked with the Deep Sky Stacker for this final composite image
Aperture: f/5.0
ISO 800
FOV: 93.96% of the original
Conditions were not friendly:
- Target was low at the horizon (and thus the limit of 16 exposures)
- Transparency was below average
- Temperature was steadily 30 deg Celsius
But at least it's better than my last effort almost a year before:
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