11/21/2009

 

This is a full size crop from the wider field version (http://aisig.sdaa.org/astroblogDetail.asp?imgID=2240&UserId=40). 

 

Tierra Del Sol & Mt. Laguna

 

Optics - TV-85, TV 0.8x focal reducer
Mount - Astro-Physics Mach1GTO
Camera - Canon 350D

 

54x300 + 24x30 + 20x2 @ISO800, Guided with PHD

 

ImagesPlus 3.8

Image Processing Software:

 

ImagesPlus 3.8:  Acquisition, calibrate, align, combine and processing.  Transparency layering was used to merge the three exposures.

MS Digital Image Suite:  Transparency effects, color tweak, align & crop, minor sharpening