M17 (7/8/18) 2.25 second exposure, stack of 5;
gain=38; DB2; HCG; slight denoise & curves in Photoshop
(no darks enabled, so colorful noise at full res)
M17 (7/10/18) 2.25 second exposure, stack of 5;
gain=38; DB2; HCG; slight denoise & curves in Photoshop
(darks enabled + auto WB)
M22 (7/8/18) 2.25 second exposure, stack of 5;
gain=41; hist-auto; gamma 130; DB2; HCG
(no darks enabled, so colorful noise at full res)
M22 (7/10/18) 2.25 second exposure, stack of 5;
gain=41; hist 1-180; gamma 130; DB2; HCG
(darks enabled + auto WB)
M27 (7/8/18) 4 second exposure, stack of 10;
gain=41; hist-auto; gamma 155; sharpen 300%; DB2; HCG
(no darks enabled, so warm pixels & noise)
M27 (7/10/18) 4 second exposure, stack of 10;
gain=41; hist 1-180; gamma 155; sharpen 100%; DB2; HCG
(darks enabled + auto WB)
M57 3 second exposure, stack of 15;
gain=41; hist-auto; gamma 130; sharpen 300%; DB2; HCG
(no darks enabled, so colorful noise at full res)
M20 (Trifid Nebula) 4 second exposure; stack of 10;
gain=49; hist 0-150; gamma 155; sharpen 300% (probably too much); DB2; HCG
(darks enabled + auto WB)
Comet 21P/Giacobini-Zinner (mag 10.2 in Cepheus 7/11/18 2:01 AM EDT)
5 second exposure, stack of 15 with output of 100; cropped;
gain=100; gamma=130; histo=1-150; autoWB; sharpen 300%; DB2; HCG
Jupiter 6 second exposure, stack of 10; gain=7; LCG; cropped
(Quick stop #1 at a big & bright object to check go-to & image window.)
Venus 1 second exposure, stack of 5; gain=5; LCG; cropped.
(Quick stop #2 at a big & bright object to check go-to & image window.)
I had a better exposure earlier in the evening but forgot to snap it.
This shot was as it was setting, down in the murk.
Saturn 20 millisecond exposure, stack of 5; gain=40 sharpen 103%; LCG; cropped
(Quick stop #3 at a big & bright object to check go-to & image window.)
FOV test 8" SCT @f/5 (with .5 FR) effective FL=1016
July 20, 2018 10:54 pm EDT S5/10; T6/10
30 ms exposure, screenshot of live average-stack of 5 frames
Auto WB, gain=1, gamma=1.32, sharp=99, LCG, DB1
Slight wavelets applied to screenshot
FOV test 8" SCT @ f/10 (no FR) native FL=2032
July 20, 2018 11:59 pm EDT S5/10; T6/10
60 ms exposure, screenshot of live average-stack of 5 frames
Auto WB, gain=1, gamma=1, sharp=99, LCG, DB1
Slight wavelets applied to screenshot