Author: Roland Roberts

M13 Test Image

This was really an equipment test after replacing the Dec motor on my CEM25. But before I called it quits, I decided to do a single 120 second cropped exposure using my ASI2600MC on the RedCat 51. No calibration frames, just some denoising in PixInsight to get a pretty picture.

Taurus Region

Another one from Cherry Springs, this time centered on Taurus. I realize the orientation is a bit odd, but it’s part of the meandering set of frames I hope to eventually turn into a mosaic. Rigel is the bright star in the lower right, with the nebulosity around Orion’s “head” of Sharpless 264 showing clearly. …

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Auriga

I’m going to need to start a new constellation portrait section to organize these, and the problem is my ability to get good data has outstripped my ability to process them into good images. I spent October 13, 2020 at Cherry Springs (PA) and while it was not as clear as the night I spent …

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