The Clear Sky Evening
Bode’s Galaxy and Cigar Galaxy
Astrophoto M81 Bode’s Galaxy – M82 Cigar Galaxy – Clear Sky 13.
These two galaxies were more or less a technical test on an evening with light foggy clouds. Sky was clear for about 30 minutes and i was able to complete my tests and shoot this photo.
Lessons Learned
Since my CANON M100 is not supported on Windows Systems when it comes to astro-control-software, i switched to a Linux System using INDI and EKOS. The primary technical test was trying to dither and it was a real milestone for me.
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Session details
| Telescope | VIXEN ED80sf |
|---|---|
| Effective focal length | 600 mm |
| Camera | Canon EOS M100 |
| Mount | Skywatcher HEQ5 Pro |
| Guiding equipment | TS-Optics 50 |
| Guiding camera | Omegon 1200b |
| Date of capture | 2021-04-12 |
| Exposure (lights) | 10 × 180 s |
| Total integration | 30 min |
| Calibration frames | FLATS, BIAS |
| Sensitivity | ISO 400 |
| Capture setup | Ubuntu, EKOS/INDI |
| Processing date | 2021-05-16 |
| Software stack | Affinity Photo, SiriL |
| Location | Koblenz |
| Focal ratio | f/7,5 |
| Image scale | 1,28 ″/px |
| Field of view | 128,0 × 85,3 ′ |
