Globular clusters with an SV405CC, AstroDMx Capture and a Skymax 127 Maksutov

A motor-focus modified Skymax 127 was mounted on a Celestron AVX GOTO mount. an SVBONY SV405CC OSC camera, fitted with an SVBONY UV/IR cut filter was placed at the Cassegrain focus.

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Equipment used

AstroDMx Capture was used to capture 100 x 25s FITS images of each of the globular clusters M3 and M13 with matching dark frames.

Screenshot of AstroDMx Capture saving FITS images of M13

Screenshot of AstroDMx Capture saving FITS images of M3

The images were stacked in Affinity Photo and post-processed in The Gimp and Affinity Photo

M13

M3

The SV405CC camera performed very well with the Skymax 127 Maksutov; and with AstroDMx Capture was able to deliver detailed images of the two globular clusters M3 and M13.

AstroDMx Capture can be downloaded HERE.

AstroDMx Capture is available for Windows, macOS, Linux including Raspberry Pi OS and ChromeOS.