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This is an RGB image made by combining pictures taken through red, green, and blue filters. It is prettier than any of the monochrome pictures but I am not convinced the colours are as real as they appear.
Date and Time: 7th July 2007 23:17 UT.
Camera: Atik ATK1 HS.
Telescope: LX200 with 0.33 focal reducer and Astronomik RGB filters.
Capture: K3CCDTools. High gamma, exposure 5 sec, 91% gain, 60 frames each colour.
Processing: K3CCDTools. 42-60 frames stacked, histogram 0-180, unsharp mask 3,0,200.
Combined in Photoshop.
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This is a monochrome image made using my MX716 camera. The scale is somewhat smaller because of the sensor in this camera has larger pixels than the ATK1.
Date and Time: 1st November 2011 18:58 to 19:04 UT.
Camera: Starlight Xpress MX 716.
Telescope: LX200 with 0.33 focal reducer and Astronomik CLS filter.
Capture: star_mx7. Exposure 1, 5, 10 secs, 10 frames for each exposure.
Processing: star_mx7, dark subtraction, and initial enhancement factor 25 on each frame.
RegiStax6. Each set stacked separately and then combined into the final image.
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