Live Stacks January 5 and 6 2019
Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2019 12:34 am
Hi Folks,
My first moonless clear night of the year! We've been really swamped with rain in in the southeast of the US so having such a clear night was a very nice change.
All images were live stacked in SharpCap,
My equipment is RC 6 inch, ZWO ASI294 MC Pro camera, iOptron Cem60 mount, 50mm Stellarvue guide scope ZWO ASI120MM guide camera + PHD2
All images use the same settings: 30 sec exposure, 300 gain, 10 offset(brightness,) cooler at -15 c (these settings work well for this scope & camera)
Used master dark with 25 subs and master flat with 50 subs. If you follow the image link to flickr you can see camera settings file created in SharpCap.
Since the images are live stacks without any additional processing you'll see some stacking artifacts on the edges and a satellite trail or two in some images.
Thanks for having a look
-Wikkett
NGC 281 Pacman Nebula Stack_88frames_2640s_WithDisplayStretch by Black Wikkett, on Flickr
M33 Triangulum Galaxy Stack_81frames_2430s_WithDisplayStretch by Black Wikkett, on Flickr
NGC2024 Flame Nebula & B33 Horsehead Nebula Stack_57frames_1710s_WithDisplayStretch by Black Wikkett, on Flickr
NGC2359 Thor's Helmet Stack_38frames_1140s_WithDisplayStretch by Black Wikkett, on Flickr
M50 Open Cluster Stack_38frames_1140s_WithDisplayStretch by Black Wikkett, on Flickr
M63 Sunflower Galaxy Stack_66frames_1980s_WithDisplayStretch by Black Wikkett, on Flickr
SH2-302 Snowman Nebula Stack_40frames_1200s_WithDisplayStretch by Black Wikkett, on Flickr
IC2177 Region Stack_68frames_2040s_WithDisplayStretch by Black Wikkett, on Flickr
IC2177 Seagull Nebula Stack_61frames_1830s_WithDisplayStretch by Black Wikkett, on Flickr
M51 Whirlpool Galaxy Stack_216frames_6480s_WithDisplayStretch by Black Wikkett, on Flickr
M13 Hercules Globular Cluster Stack_33frames_990s_WithDisplayStretch by Black Wikkett, on Flickr
M92 Globular Cluster Stack_30frames_900s_WithDisplayStretch by Black Wikkett, on Flickr
M5 Globular Cluster Stack_20frames_600s_WithDisplayStretch by Black Wikkett, on Flickr
My first moonless clear night of the year! We've been really swamped with rain in in the southeast of the US so having such a clear night was a very nice change.
All images were live stacked in SharpCap,
My equipment is RC 6 inch, ZWO ASI294 MC Pro camera, iOptron Cem60 mount, 50mm Stellarvue guide scope ZWO ASI120MM guide camera + PHD2
All images use the same settings: 30 sec exposure, 300 gain, 10 offset(brightness,) cooler at -15 c (these settings work well for this scope & camera)
Used master dark with 25 subs and master flat with 50 subs. If you follow the image link to flickr you can see camera settings file created in SharpCap.
Since the images are live stacks without any additional processing you'll see some stacking artifacts on the edges and a satellite trail or two in some images.
Thanks for having a look
-Wikkett
NGC 281 Pacman Nebula Stack_88frames_2640s_WithDisplayStretch by Black Wikkett, on Flickr
M33 Triangulum Galaxy Stack_81frames_2430s_WithDisplayStretch by Black Wikkett, on Flickr
NGC2024 Flame Nebula & B33 Horsehead Nebula Stack_57frames_1710s_WithDisplayStretch by Black Wikkett, on Flickr
NGC2359 Thor's Helmet Stack_38frames_1140s_WithDisplayStretch by Black Wikkett, on Flickr
M50 Open Cluster Stack_38frames_1140s_WithDisplayStretch by Black Wikkett, on Flickr
M63 Sunflower Galaxy Stack_66frames_1980s_WithDisplayStretch by Black Wikkett, on Flickr
SH2-302 Snowman Nebula Stack_40frames_1200s_WithDisplayStretch by Black Wikkett, on Flickr
IC2177 Region Stack_68frames_2040s_WithDisplayStretch by Black Wikkett, on Flickr
IC2177 Seagull Nebula Stack_61frames_1830s_WithDisplayStretch by Black Wikkett, on Flickr
M51 Whirlpool Galaxy Stack_216frames_6480s_WithDisplayStretch by Black Wikkett, on Flickr
M13 Hercules Globular Cluster Stack_33frames_990s_WithDisplayStretch by Black Wikkett, on Flickr
M92 Globular Cluster Stack_30frames_900s_WithDisplayStretch by Black Wikkett, on Flickr
M5 Globular Cluster Stack_20frames_600s_WithDisplayStretch by Black Wikkett, on Flickr