Messier 16: Pillars of MetaGuide
- Optics: Celestron C11 at f/5.7
- Mount: Celestron CGE
- Polar alignment: Single AllStar align with low southern star
- Guiding software: MetaGuide ASCOM
- Guiding details - guiding in both Ra and Dec based on video centroid with 1s period
- Camera: Starlight Xpress SXVF-H9
- Filter: Baader 7nm H-alpha filter
- Guiding Camera: Lumenera SKYnyx 2-0M @ 8 fps
- Guiding mode: Off-axis guiding with Taurus mini tracker
- Image Details: 9x10m exposures
- 0.83" per pixel
- Raw FWHM: approx 2.5"
- Image Processing: ImagesPlus, flats, bias, dark used for hot pixel removal, but no dark subtract. No Photoshop
- Date and Location: August 15, 2009. Hudson Valley, NY.
Single calibrated 10m exposure with no processing other than linear stretch and hot pixel removal.
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