These images were obtained whilst testing the mount-control features of AstroDMx Capture and at the same time testing the newly implemented SVBONY SV605CC
A (slightly out of collimation) Skywatcher Esprit ED 80 APO refractor was mounted on a Celestron AVX GOTO mount. A Field flattener was placed in the optical train. An SVBONY SV605CC OSC camera was directly connected to the optical train, so there was no flexure. To image the Orion nebulae, no filter was used and to image the Rosette nebula a 2" L-eNhance filter was used. An Altair magnetic 2" filter holder was included in the optical train.
The mount was given a 1 star alignment on Aldebaran and the scope was focused using a Bahtinov mask. The focusing was repeated when the filter was inserted.
AstroDMx Capture was used to send the mount to M42, plate solve and centre the object in the field of view.
AstroDMx Capture was used to capture 50 x 20s FITS exposures with matching dark-frames. The images were calibrated, registered, stacked and partly processed in Siril. The final image was post-processed in the Gimp and Neat Image.
The Orion nebulae, M42/34 and the Running man nebula
The L-eNhance narrowband filter was then introduced into the optical train and the scope was refocused using a Bahtinov mask, having been sent to a bright star.
AstroDMx Capture then sent the scope to the Rosette nebula, plate solved and centred the object. The nudge function in AstroDMx Capture was used to further compose the image to get more of the nebulosity in the field of view.
AstroDMx Capture was used to capture 35 x 60s FITS exposures with matching dark-frames. The images were calibrated, registered, stacked and partly processed in Siril. The final image was post-processed in the Gimp and Neat Image.
The Red Channel as seen in Siril
The Rosette nebula
