Telescope: Meade LXD75 SN6
Camera: Meade DSI Pro II
Filters: IDAS LPS-2, Meade LRGB
Luminance: 20x30sec, saved as FITS
RGB: 10x30sec, saved as FITS
Guide scope: Meade DSX-90, DSI Pro, and Envisage
Software: Envisage, Autostar Image Processing, Photoshop

Each year there’s a brief window of opportunity to catch M79 as it passes through a gap in the tree to the south of my house. This is the first year I’ve had a chance to try it with my IDAS LPS-2 filter and I’m pretty happy with the result.

-John