In a clear night on La Palma I made some single-shots from the moon, the Orion nebula, the Andromeda galaxy and the Triangulum galaxy.
Recently Dark Sky Travels Magazine contacted me and asked if they could publish one of my blog articles in their magazine. The article describes how one can use DeepSkyStacker to stack conventional DSLR camera RGB frames. Of course I didn't say no and in the end it just happened and I saw my article on page 42/43 in Issue 4 of the DarkSkyTravels magazine!
I am very happy about that opportunity and the chance to share my experience this way.
Thanks and clear skies!
 | Date | 2018/12/31 |
 | Location | La Palma / Spain |
 | Object | Andromeda Galaxy (M31) |
 | Camera | Atik383L+ |
 | Guiding | yes, QHY5-II Mono via OAG |
 | Telescope | 8 |
 | Barlow lens | none |
 | Mount | EQ6 Syntrek |
 | Cooling | -10°C |
 | Luminance | 6x 600s, bin: 1x1 |
 | Red | 5x 150s, bin: 2x2 |
 | Green | 5x 150s, bin: 2x2 |
 | Blue | 5x 150s, bin: 2x2 |
 | Dark | 2x |
 | Flat | 10x |
 | Total exposure | ~1h38m |
| Date | 2017/07/20 |
| Location | La Palma / Spain |
| Object | Trifid nebula (M20) & open cluster M21 |
| Camera | Atik383L+ |
| Guiding | yes, QHY5-II Mono via OAG |
| Telescope | 8" GSO Newtonian |
| Barlow lens | none |
| Mount | EQ6 Syntrek |
| Cooling | -10°C |
| Luminance | 8x 600s, bin: 1x1 |
| Red | 7x 150s, bin: 2x2 |
| Green | 7x 150s, bin: 2x2 |
| Blue | 7x 150s, bin: 2x2 |
| Dark | 2x |
| Flat | 10x |
| Total exposure | ~2h12m |
