Milky Way centered at Double Cluster in Persei

 

Date: 10/21/2006

Location: Vallecito County Park, California

Conditions: 0% moon, seeing 8/10, transparency 7/10, temperature 65-45 F, very dry night.0% moon, seeing 8/10, transparency 7/10, temperature 65-45 F, very dry night.

Telescope: none

Mount: Losmandy G11, Gemini goto, polar scope used along with my first ever drift alignment done. For drift alignment, I used a C8 with a 10mm reticule ep at 200 magnification, taking about 1 hour getting close, but not perfect.

 

Camera: Canon 20DA with 24 -70 mm Canon L series lens at 70mm all loaned to me by Jose Magsaysay. Mounted on the Losmandy G11 with a Losmandy 2 point camera attachment.

Focusing: Manual on star Capella using Canon Lens and a portable Marshal high resolution 8" portable monitor.

Exposures: (1) 3 min JPEG 1600 ISO, (2) 2 min JPEG 1600 ISO

Processing: IP- align-rotate, combine median, PS CS- white point levels, Black point levels, cropped,mild unsharp mask, reduced size for web.

 

Comments: This is really a nice camera having many more features than mine. I especially like the built in noise frame subtraction, live display in the view finder, and the mirror lock features. It also appears to be less noisy and has less amp glow than my 300D.