I posted this target back in late August after acquiring the AT65EDQ. I think you'll agree this is a much better run at the Double Cluster.
This time I took slightly longer 'Lights' (300 seconds instead of 240 seconds), added more 'Darks', used 'Flats' and 'Bias' frames. Used my newly aquired iOptron iEQ45 Pro mount, instead of the AVX, and totally processed this one using PixInsight (by hand, not the BatchPreprocessing script) and used the Drizzle algorithm to boot.
I think I could probably clip the 'black' just a bit more, but overall I think it came out much better than the previous attempt.
NGC 869 / 884 Double Cluster in Perseus
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NGC 869 / 884 Double Cluster in Perseus
Ron B.
T5i/700D, ASI1600MM-C, ASI120MM, ASI174MM, XAGYL 7x36mm FW
Astronomik Deep-Sky(RGB), CLS, Ha, OIII, SII
SV60EDS 60mm f/5.5 APO
AT65EDQ 65mm f/6.5 ED Quadruplet
SW ProED 100mm f/9.0 Doublet APO
C8 EdgeHD, AT130EDT
AVX, iEQ45 Pro
http://www.astrobin.com/users/rjbokleman/
T5i/700D, ASI1600MM-C, ASI120MM, ASI174MM, XAGYL 7x36mm FW
Astronomik Deep-Sky(RGB), CLS, Ha, OIII, SII
SV60EDS 60mm f/5.5 APO
AT65EDQ 65mm f/6.5 ED Quadruplet
SW ProED 100mm f/9.0 Doublet APO
C8 EdgeHD, AT130EDT
AVX, iEQ45 Pro
http://www.astrobin.com/users/rjbokleman/
Re: NGC 869 / 884 Double Cluster in Perseus
Wonderful image!
Head and shoulders above the prior attempt.
Head and shoulders above the prior attempt.
Andy