Very cold, clear conditions. CCD ran from about 2.5 to -5.5 °C with no chiller (it's still broken). The tiniest bit of wind gave no guiding issues. Synched from β Tau and easily acquired the target with the PicGoto; aligned the shot to match my previous Hα image for later combining. Threw out about the first hour's worth of subs due to poor focus. Imaged up to the meridian, then did a meridian flip and took in a few Leonid meteors (I saw a bright one streak right across Orion, leaving a trail). Used Astrotortilla to resynch, reacquired with the PicGoto, and continued imaging until dawn.
Date: 17 Nov 2014
Subject: IC 405, Flaming Star Nebula
Scope: AT8IN + Antares 0.5x Telereducer
Filter: Baader Planetarium Fringe Killer
Mount: CG-5 (Synta motors, PicGoto Simplificado)
Guiding: 9x50 Finder/Guider + DSI Ic + PHD 2.3.1l (Win 7 ASCOM)
Camera: DSI IIc no chiller 2.5 to -5.5 °C
Acquisition: Nebulosity 3.2.1, no dither
Exposure: 78x300 s
Stacking: Neb 3, bad pixel map, bias included, 35 flats, normalize, deBayer & square, trans+rot align, 1.5 SD stack.
Processing: StarTools 1.3.5.289 Crop; Wipe: Aggressiveness 85%, Corner aggressiveness 163%, Drop off point 85%; Develop 82.53%; HDR
ptimize; Color:Scientific, 235%; Life:Moderate; Deconvolute: 1.8 pix; Track 5.3 pix; Magic 1 pix. Photoshop CC 2014 + Carboni Astronomy Tools healing brush; Increase star color; Levels; Astroframe.
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