Friday, April 9, 2010

M97 and M51

Another try with AO8 unit under a still somewhat hazy skies, though not as wet as the night before.
Main goal was to check how the AO8 would handle and not so much about the picture itself.
It seems I still have to work on the setup since the stars are not perfectly round. Reasons for this could be decollimated optics, misalignment of imaging train on the visual back...


This time I aimed at M97 and M51.
Setup:
C11 + 0.63x FR + AO8 + ST2kXM/CFW10
Losmandy G-11

M51
1x 1200" @-20ºC
Darks, Flats and Bias
MaxIm & CS4
full resolution
M97
6x 600" @-20ºC
Darks, Flats and Bias
MaxIm & CS4

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