M13 & M51 LRGB, each 2h 55m integration

[turfpit]

Captured April 2020. Each object was captured over 2 nights - 1 for Luminance frames and 1 for RGB frames.

M13-M51-LRGB-captures.jpg (264.57 KiB) Viewed 999 times

Hardware: Vixen 81s refractor, Vixen 0.67x reducer, Xagyl USB filter wheel, Atik 314E CCD camera, Teleskop LRGB filters (1.25").
Capture Software: SharpCap 3.2, FITS Liberator.
Processing Software: Astro Pixel Processor v1.079, GIMP 2.10.
Unguided, focus with Bahtinov Mask.

L: 80x60s bin 1x1, R: 40x57s bin 2x2, G: 40x33s bin 2x2, B: 40x52s bin 2x2.
40 flats, 40 bias bin 1x1, 40 bias bin 2x2, 30 darks bin 1x1, 20 darks bin 2x2.
530 frames total.
Total Integration Time 2h 55m.

Other objects visible in the images (from astrometry.net) are shown below:

M13-annotated.JPG (54.77 KiB) Viewed 999 times

M51-annotated.JPG (44.24 KiB) Viewed 999 times

Dave

[oopfan]

Gorgeous color, Dave! You nailed the exposure on M13, individual stars in the core, nothing blown out. Great work!

Brian

[turfpit]

Thanks Brian.