November 23, 2024

Snow Moon – 10:40pm 2/15/2022 EST

Snow Moon – 10:40pm 2/15/2022 EST

Telescope: 8” Meade Wide Field LX200GPS @ f/6.3 (Native), Baader Mk III MPCC

Camera: ZWO ASI 294MC

Filter: GSO IR Blocking Filter

Exposure: 128×0.001sec, Gain 200, saved as TIFF

Seeing: Fair, 3/5

White Balance: Nebulosity Automatic

Software: SharpCap Pro, Registax, Nebulosity, Photoshop

This image was taken as part of in initial test using a Baader Mk III MPCC with this wide field 8” SCT and the original, uncooled version of the ASI 294MC. I’m configuring this for remote observing, but it is working so well that I’m going to conduct some additional tests to see how well it works for general purpose imaging.