6/23/2012

 

A wide field shot centered on M17.  M18 is the open cluster to the left. 

A previous attempt at this area with a DSLR is here:
http://aisig.sdaa.org/astroblogDetail.asp?imgID=1917&UserId=40

 

Mt. Laguna

 

Optics - TV-85, TV 0.8x RF, Astrodon Gen2 RGB
Mount - Astro-Physics Mach1GTO
Camera - QSI 583ws

 

12:12:12x300 RGB @ -15C, Guided by PHD

 

Images Plus Camera Control 4.0

Image Processing Software:

 

ImagesPlus 4.50a: Image calibration, alignment, stack, and processing.

Update 6/30/2012:  Reprocessed and replaced dim version:
(http://aisig.sdaa.org/content/astroimage/image/m17%2012x300%20RGB%20ExAvg%20_1-p3-rc.jpg)