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M51 First Light, Joseph Lupicki
M51 First Light
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M51 First Light

M51 First Light, Joseph Lupicki
M51 First Light
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M51 First Light

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After months of engineering nights this was my first run. I am new to astrophotography so naturally I picked a C9.25 to start with. I started originally with this scope on a non motorized mount and my Canon 70D shooting planets, moon and sun. I was hand guiding the planet lucky imaging runs on a slightly polar aligned mount. It was a busy time.

I have a friend that has been into the game for quite a while. He is the collaborator on this and is the one that did the processing. He was instrumental in refining the rig all the while suggesting that I need to get something easier to get good data with like a refractor.

I finally got the right mix of software, settings, and equipment and everything fell into place. There are no calibration frames because I was just trying to see if I could get everything to work.

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M51 First Light, Joseph Lupicki

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