Another quick test image of one of the most common and popular object of the night sky The Pleiades. This was only "20 x 2 minute exposures" and yet is revealing some of the very faint dust and nebulae.
Total Integration Time 40 minutes
Compare this to an earlier image of mine and Kim's (collaboration) yes much deeper but it has an integration time of over 13 hours
www.flickr.com/photos/terryhancock/15790014857/in/datepos...The new QHY367C, Full Frame 7376x4938, 36.4mega pixel One Shot Color CMOS camera. I used the new Unity Gain (DSO) setting of 2850
Captured from the backyard of John's house on the slopes of Grand Mesa at an elevation of 6600 feet in Western Colorado on the 1st March 2017.
Technical Information
Location: Grand Mesa, Whitewater Colorado
Captured March 1st 2017
Size: 7376 x 4938 pixels
Pixel Size: 4.88um x 4.88um
Total integration Time 40 minutes
QHY367C Full Frame One Shot Color COLDMOS cooled to -20C
Gain 2850, Offset 76
Darks and Flats no Bias
20 x 120 sec @ 1x1
Optics: Takahashi E-180 Epsilon
Paramount GT-1100S German Equatorial Mount
Image Acquisition Maxim DL
Pre Processing Deep Sky Stacker
Post Processing CS6
Please check out the new observatory progress on Grand Mesa, Colorado
www.grandmesaobservatory.com/
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