Well, Winter in the Pacific NorthWest...its gray and rainy. But we actually had a clear Moonless night last weekend so I set up the equipment and did a little astro photography. I'm a little out of practice.
I tried something new for me. I set the camera to Bin 2 which actually reduces the picture size but increases the saturation. I did this to try and capture all the faint nebulosity. I have been wanting to try the RedCAT 71 telescope on Orion. I was able to get Orion, the Running Man, the Horsehead nebula and lots of nebulosity all in one photo. This is approximately 1.2 hours of exposure using 30 second sub exposures.
Next up was the Seagull nebula. Same settings, 30 minutes total exposure.
