Lagoon & Trifid Nebulas (M8 and M20)

Bill Richards

Bill Richards

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Telescope: Esprit 100 ED
Imaging camera: ASI2600MC-Pro
Mount: CEM40
Guide camera: ASI290MM w/OAG
155 x 120 sec, plus Flats, Dark Flats, and Darks
NINA for framing, focusing, and image sequencing, PHD2 for autoguiding, and PixInsight for stacking and post-processing.

Trifid and Lagoon Nebulas.jpg
 
JimFox

JimFox

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This is perfect Bill! One of my favorite areas in the night sky. Love the detail you captured in it.

How do you think the ASI2600MC Pro compares to a mono camera? It looks like you got lots of great color in this.
 
Bill Richards

Bill Richards

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JimFox said:
This is perfect Bill! One of my favorite areas in the night sky. Love the detail you captured in it.

How do you think the ASI2600MC Pro compares to a mono camera? It looks like you got lots of great color in this.
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That's difficult for me to comment on, Jim. My mono cameras are only used for auto-guiding so I have no work of my own to compare them.
 
Bill Richards

Bill Richards

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JimFox said:
Gotcha, thanks Bill. I am just trying to figure what to upgrade to from my DSLR.
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If you are upgrading to a dedicated astrocam from a DSLR, I would recommend starting with a one-shot color first before making the (giant) leap into mono imaging.
 
Mike Lewis

Mike Lewis

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Great stuff - the Espirit 100 and the 2600C work quite nicely together. I find the 100mm aperture refractor (I image with an SVX100) to be a very sweet spot for imaging a number of nebulae. Love the colors and details here.

ML
 
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