A694 First Light

The A694 finally saw first light after an extended bought of bad weather and other personal issues.  This is a single 20 minute frame without any bias, dark, or flat calibration taken through an AP130EDT f/8 reduced to f/6.35 with the AP 0.75X reducer all riding on an Atlas mount.

 

Apogee A694 First Light AP130EDT w/ Reducer Atlas EQ-G No Calibration
Apogee A694 First Light
AP130EDT w/ Reducer
Atlas EQ-G
No Calibration

Campmeeting Observatory – Starlapse

A series of short exposures combined in Deep Sky Stacker using a maximum pixel value to create an apparent long exposure without burning out foreground features.  The green leaf pattern on the observatory is from the lights across the street shining through the trees.

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