An Askar 71F quadruplet apochromatic astrograph refractor was used, paired with an SVBONY SC571CC 16 bit OSC cooled camera. The scope was fitted with an iOptron iEAF motor focuser and an Altair V2 magnetic 2” filter holder fitted with an Askar Colour Magic dualband HaO3 filter. AstroDMx Capture pre-release Version 3 for Linux x86_64 running on an Ubuntu Linux mini computer was used to capture the image data as FITS images with matching darks, flats and dark-flats. 3 hour's worth of 5 minute subs of the SH2-54 region of nebulosity were captured. The data were stacked and part processed in PixInsight and further processed in GraXpert, SetiAstroSuitePro and Gimp3 and presented as RGB and HOO and a blend of the two.
Screenshot of version 3 of AstroDMx Capture capturing RAW FITS data on the SH2-54 region of nebulosity
SH2-54 region of nebulosity RGB
HOO
RGB-HOO blend
Each test of pre-release version 3 of AstroDMx Capture searches for bugs and anomalies and brings the release of version 3, code-named Serenitatis, ever closer.
