M33 Triangulum

One of my favorite targets this time of year...

8X10min
AT66ED (Side by Side)
80MM Meade Guide Scope
EQ-6 (EQMOD)
DSIc (Monochrome) .5 Anteres Reducer
Phillips 900NCP (PHD)
DSS*PSE 2.0*PixInsight LE 1.0
DARKS & FLATS

NGC 7000 and M33

It seems that the only time it's not cloudy, is when the moon is nearly full..

What I like about these two images the most is that a few months ago I purchased a couple of 16' USB repeater cables, finally decided to try them out and captured both of these from the comfort of my home. I just daisy chained them to the mount and ran the cables underneath the back door to my laptop. It was 22deg. outside, but I was wearing shorts and enjoying my favorite beverages in 70deg temps...

NGC7000 Gulf Region

M33

8x5.5min. 8-Darks 15-Flats
AT66ED
80mm guide scope
Home made side by side
DSIc Mono option
SPC900NC
EQ-6 (EQMOD)
PHD
DSS*PixInsight LE*PSE 2.0

DSIc Monochrome Images

It's been 22 straight nights of clouds and or rain and I just couldn't stand it any longer. So I set up the imaging rig and shot around and sometimes through the clouds for about 2hrs. The clouds rolled in big time as I was capturing M33, too bad I couldn't have got another 45mins of data or so...

M33
6X339sec. AT66ED PHD guided EQMOD


Western Veil
6X339sec. AT66ED PHD guided EQMOD


M45
6X339sec. AT66ED PHD guided EQMOD

The Learning Curve

My second DSO imaging attempt...

M42, M33 and NGC 869 all are 30 sec. subs unguided. M42 is a total of 5 images at 15x30 subs each, then merge using Autostitch to create this partial mosaic. I was hoping to complete the mosaic, but I ran out of steam at 5:30am this morning.