Imaging telescopes or lenses: 3" f/4 lens
Imaging cameras: unmodded, Nikon D3000
Mounts: homemade extended polar axis equatorial
Guiding telescopes or lenses: 4" f/9 APO
Software: photoshop, DeepSkyStacker
Accessories: Meade Adjustable guiding eyepiece
Resolution: 2579x1727
Dates: Sept. 26, 2011
Locations: Youngstown NY USA
Frames: 10x240" ISO1600
Integration: 0.7 hours
Avg. Moon age: 27.83 days
Avg. Moon phase: 3.25%
RA center: 03:47:17.227
DEC center: +24:21:28.695
Pixel scale: 4.14 arcsec/pixel
Orientation: 110.44 degrees
Field width: 2.96 degrees
Field height: 1.98 degrees
Messier 45 9-26-2011
3 inch f4 lens stopped down to f5.3
stack of 10 240 sec exposures processed in deep sky stacker and photoshop CS2.