M15 – Globular Cluster in Pegasus

Telescope: Meade LXD75 SN6
Camera: Meade DSI Pro III
Filters: IDAS LPS-2, Meade LRGB
Luminance: 32x25sec, saved as FITS
RGB: 10x30sec, saved as FITS
Guide scope: Meade DSX-90, PHD
Software: Envisage, Autostar Image Processing, Nebulosity, Photoshop

This isn’t the best image of M15 I’ve taken, but not bad considering the brilliant gibbous moon was just a few degrees away. This is the first deepsky image taken with my DSI Pro III and I’m pretty happy with the result. It’s been a while since I’ve done LRGB imaging and an update to a newer version of Photoshop should help (I’m still using PS7), but this isn’t a bad start. I really love the relatively large field of view and the small pixels this chip has, it shows a lot of promise for high resolution imaging. (Note this is a re-edit of te image I originally uploaded.)

-John

M15 - Globular Cluster in Pegasus