Date Taken: 10/22/2011 Photographer:
Dan W. Location: SDAA site @ Tierra Del Sol
Telescope:
Celestron Omni XLT 150 Newtonian with diy carbon fiber tube
Mount:
Orion Atlas EQ-G
Camera:
Modified Canon 350D Exposure: 14 x 600sec @ ISO 800 per frame (7 hours total, this was a three frame mosaic) Other Equipment Used: Antares 8×50mm finder with Orion StarShoot Auto Guider Notes:
guiding with PHD, captured with APT, stacked in Deep Sky Stacker, merged in Photoshop, processed in PixInsight and back to Photoshop for final color adjustment.
If you're looking for a heavy duty GoTo mount for all your observing or astrophotography needs, the Orion Atlas EQ-G computerized GoTo telescope mount is perfect. It supports up to 40lbs and finds over 42,900 celestial objects with pushbutton ease.
The Orion StarShoot is an easy-to-use, affordable autoguider for long-exposure astrophotography. Plug it into an autoguider port on your mount and let it do the work for you. It comes with the software and cables needed to work right out of the box!