M33 - "Pinwheel Galaxy" in Triangulum
| Telescopes: | Takahashi FS-102
@ f/8 |
| Camera: | Canon 350D Raw capture ISO 800 |
| Mount: | Losmandy G11 Gemini |
| Exposures: | 34 @ 5 min. |
| Processing: | Images were focused, captured, and aligned in ImagesPlus. Two sets of 11 exposures were made before the camera was modified by Hutech. Then, another set of 12 exposures were made. These three images were aligned in RegiStar and combined in Photoshop CS, where it was adjusted (Levels, Curves, Color Balance, Unsharp Mask). The image was smoothed using Grain Surgery. |
| Location: | My backyard observatory in southeastern Minnesota. Seeing was fair. Humidiity was high. |
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