First Light!
Celestron Advanced VX, Edge HD 8. Canon 20D guided by a Meade DSI Pro in an Orion 50mm mini guidescope. No flats, no LPR filter (dang it!). Basically no processing.
Through the Soup: Messier 27 on a humid night over a brightly lit city
Messier 27, the Dumbbell Nebula, taken from suburban Dallas on a night with 80% – 90% humidity with the object in the light dome of a massive shopping complex just a mile away. Yes, you can practice astrophotography in the city! This image was built from 41 minutes worth of 60 second sub-exposures stacked …
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