• M63 Sunflower Galaxy
• NGC 2264 Cone Nebula

M63 Sunflower Galaxy:

Images 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:

• Orion EQ-G Atlas Mount
• Orion ED 80 APO Refractor with Televue .80X Reducer and Baader IR Filter - for imaging
• Modified Canon Digital Rebel (300D) - for imaging
• Orion Short Tube 80mm refractor - for autoguiding
• Modified Logitech 1.3 Megapixel Fusion USB 2.0 webcam - for autoguiding

Temperature was 24 degrees Fahrenheit and skies were clear. 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.

25 three-minute exposures at ISO 1600 were combined in Images Plus using Sigma Clipped Median. Full Frame Image reduced in size for display.

NGC 2264 Cone Nebula:

50 three-minute exposures at ISO 1600 were combined in Images Plus using Sigma Clipped Median. Full Frame Image was cropped slightly and reduced in size for display.

For other deep sky images taken with the Modified Digital Rebel CLICK HERE.

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