Imags below were taken with a modified Digital Rebel through Orion ED80 Refractor with Televue .80X Reducer. The ED80 was mounted on an Orion Atlas EQ-G mount. The EQMOD ASCOM driver was used to drive the mount directly via an EQDIR interface module.
Equipment used:
Temperature ranged between 57 and 65 degrees Fahrenheit and skies were clear with poor transparency. PHD Guiding software was used for autoguiding. The webcam software WcCtrl was used to enable long exposure modes on the Logitech Fusion webcam while autoguiding.
M45 Pleiades Open Cluster:
33 one-minute exposures at ISO 1600 were combined in Images Plus using Sigma Clipped Median. Full Frame Image reduced in size for display.
NGC 7000 North America Nebula:
63 three-minute exposures at ISO 1600 were combined in Images Plus using Sigma Clipped Median. Full Frame Image cropped and reduced in size for display.
M38 Open Cluster, NGC 1907 Cluster, IC 417 Emission Nebula & NGC 1931 Nebula:
24 one-minute exposures at ISO 1600 were combined in Images Plus using Sigma Clipped Median. Full Frame Image cropped and reduced in size for display.
NGC 869 & 884 Perseus Double Cluster:
23 thirty-second exposures and 14 one-minute exposures at ISO 1600 were combined in Images Plus using Sigma Clipped Median. Full Frame Image cropped and reduced in size for display.
M13 Hercules Globuler Cluster:
25 thirty-second exposures at ISO 1600 were combined in Images Plus using Sigma Clipped Median. Full Frame Image cropped and reduced in size for display.
Sun hiding behind clouds before clearing on October 6:
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