Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Hercules (Her)  ·  Contains:  Hercules Globular Cluster  ·  M 13  ·  NGC 6205
M13 With DIY cooled ASI224, cuivenion
M13 With DIY cooled ASI224
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M13 With DIY cooled ASI224

M13 With DIY cooled ASI224, cuivenion
M13 With DIY cooled ASI224
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M13 With DIY cooled ASI224

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had some problems introduced by the cooling mod. The extra weight of the camera was causing the focuser to slip slightly effecting focus. Tightening the focus stop to prevent movement caused tilt. Not entirely figured that one out yet. I'd like to avoid buying a new focuser.

This was taken in early May before the sky became way to bright for imaging, this is around 3 1/2 hours of 30 second exposures. I really needed more time on this target, but I ran out of dark nights unfortunately. I used a small stack of low gain exposures to try making this a HDR image.

Mount: HEQ5

Scope: 130PDS

Imaging Camera: ZWO ASI224 with cooling mod (had the sensor down to around -5c)

Guiding: Colour Altair GPCAM with Finderguider

Software: Sharpcap 3.2, PHD2, Pixinsight

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M13 With DIY cooled ASI224, cuivenion