M57

Updated: 8.10.03

This 24 minute exposure is one of the Ring Nebula. Guiding wasn't optimal due to some image shifting during exposure, but adequate for the purposes of camera evaluation. An f/10 image of the ring with the new camera will be forthcoming, given clear skies and a functional off-axis guide setup!

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Image info:

12"LX200 on a Losmandy Titan Mount

Starlight Express
SXV-H9C

6x4 mins

f/4.0? (15 mm spacer used)

Stacked and processed in Astroart

guided with a Mintron 12V1 on a piggybacked 80mm Stellarvue 78L f/9.6 refractor

7.29.03

Norwich, NY