M45 (Pleiades Open Cluster)
What it takes; when “OK” is not quite good enough
Equipment:
Refractor, 98 mm aperture, 618 mm focal length
Reducer / flattener (0.8x)
Starlight Xpress SXVR-H18 (Kodak KAF8300 sensor)
Starlight Xpress Filter Wheel (Baader filters)
Starlight Xpress Lodestar off-axis guider
SkyWatcher NEQ6 mount, Berlebach tripod
USB to serial TTL cable for mount, USB hub etc.
Software: (Windows 7)
Maxim DL 5.24, ASCOM drivers, FocusMax
PixInsight (Mac OSX)
Exposure: (LRGB)
L bin 1; 11 × 300 seconds
R:G:B bin 2; 5 × 300 : 5 × 300 : 10 × 300 seconds
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