M104

Here's yet another shot of M42 taken mainly as a test shot from my home during mount optimization. I'm not even sure of the f/ratio, but it is close to f/6. Even shorter exposures are necessary to show the E and F stars well (they only show up as bumps off of the brighter stars in the Trap).

Image info:

12"LX200 on a Losmandy Titan

Starlight Express
MX7C

3x30 secs

f/5.8?

Stacked and processed in Astroart

guided with a Mintron 12V1 on a piggybacked 80mm Stellarvue AT1010

2.15.03

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