 | Date | 2012/09/13 |
 | Location | Böblingen / Germany |
 | Object | M31 (Andromeda Galaxy) |
 | Camera | Atik383L+ |
 | Guiding | yes, DMK31AU03.AS via OAG |
 | Telescope | 8 |
 | Barlow lens | none |
 | Mount | EQ6 Syntrek |
 | Cooling | -10°C |
 | Luminance | 5x, 300s, bin: 2x2 |
 | Red | 3x, 300s, bin: 2x2 |
 | Green | 3x, 300s, bin: 2x2 |
 | Blue | 3x, 300s, bin: 2x2 |
 | Dark | 4x |
 | Flat | none |
 | Total exposure | ~1h10min. |
Tonight I made a first try with “The Image Source DMK31AU03.AS” on the Lagoon Nebula (M8). This nebula is quite close to the galactic center – that means roughly in this direction is the black hole of our galaxy located!
| Date | 2012/07/14 |
| Location | Böblingen / Germany |
| Object | M8 (Lagoon Nebula) |
| Camera | DMK31AU03.AS |
| Guiding | none |
| Telescope | 8 |
| Barlow lens | none |
| Mount | EQ6 Syntrek |
| Cooling | none |
| Luminance | 8x 40s |
| Red | none |
| Green | none |
| Blue | none |
| Dark | 4x |
| Flat | none |
| Total exposure | ~5m20sec. |
Here are additional camera parameters I used: Total exposure: ~5m20s, Date: 2012/07/14, Location: Boeblingen / Germany, Camera: DMK31AU03.AS, Telescope: 8″ f/5 GSO Newton, Image type: IR only, L: 8x 40s (IR), Camera settings: Auto max value: 1/30 (auto), Auto reference: 126, Brightness: 20, Gamma: 100, Gain: 1023.
Last updated: September 8, 2020 at 14:02 pm
| Date | 2012/06/22 - 21:30 UTC |
| Location | Böblingen / Germany |
| Object | M5 (Globular Cluster) |
| Camera | DMK31AU03.AS |
| Guiding | none |
| Telescope | 8 |
| Barlow lens | none |
| Mount | EQ6 Syntrek |
| Cooling | none |
| Luminance | 6x 65s (IR) |
| Red | none |
| Green | none |
| Blue | none |
| Dark | 5x |
| Flat | none |
| Total exposure | 6m30s |
Further camera settings: Auto max value: 1/15 (auto), Auto reference: 126, Brightness: 5, Gamma: 100, Gain: 500. I also published the image here.
For stacking I used giotto V2.21. Last updated: September 8, 2020 at 12:59 pm
