M3

2017-01-21 0 comment(s)

Unfortunately M3 was in the middle of the light pollution from Stockholm, but I think it still turned out OK! Fun to at least once image a globular cluster other than the standard M13. Click here for more information about this night.

Date: 2017-01-21 / 01:21:00 UTC
Location: Ekerö, Sweden
Temperature: -1 °C
Telescope: Meade LX50 10" SCT
Camera: Canon 500D
ISO: 800
Mount: Skywatcher NEQ6 Pro Synscan
Exposure time: 28 X 30 sec
Reducer/flattener: Celestron F/6.3 reducer
Other info: Autoguided with RT480 telescope and QHY5-II-M. Used PHD2 (2.2.1) guiding software.
Processing: Stacked and darks-subtracted in DeepSkyStacker. Processed in Photoshop CS6.