10/13/2012
Four Oaks, NC
Orion ED80T CF Triplet Apochromatic Refractor Telescope
Orion Atlas EQ-G Computerized GoTo Telescope Mount
Orion Magnificent Mini Deluxe AutoGuider Package
Canon T2i
DeepSkyStacker, Photoshop CS 5.1
17x300 sec
M33 - the Triangulum Galaxy.
Image composed from 17 5 minute ISO 800 exposures (1 hour 25 minutes total exposure time).
Camera: Canon T2i
Telescope: Orion ED80T CF Triplet
Mount: Atlas EQ-G
Guiding: Orion SSAG w/50mm guide scope.
Software: Backyard EOS for acquisition, PHD for guiding, DeepSkyStacker to calibrate and stack frames, Photoshop CS 5.1 for post-processing.
No dark or flat frames (my camera battery died).