Total Exposure Time: 4.5 hours L(bin1) 270 minutes // 18x15min frames UNGUIDED
Location RA 06h 08m 31.5s, Dec -06° 26' 31.8"
Pos Angle +270° 27', FL 599.8 mm, 3.87"/Pixel
This image is 1570x1183 pixels

Officina Stellare Riccardi-Honders Veloce 200 RH OTA
ASA DDM60 Pro Mount
Officina Stellare - http://www.officinastellare.com/products_scheda.php?idProd=15
On my site - http://www.pbase.com/boren/officina_stellare_riccardihonders_veloce_rh_200
Deeper technical informaiton on the Riccardi-Honders design - http://www.telescope-optics.net/honders_camera.htm
ASA DDM60 Pro - http://www.astrosysteme.at/eng/mount_ddm60.html
On my site - http://www.pbase.com/boren/asa_ddm60_pro
SBIG ST8300M, Ha Astrodon Gen II 5 nm




Taking this image (and another 4 hours of color data) required driving to the Negev Desert and back (540 km each time) for two nights in a row...
From the "quick and dirty" stacks done in the field, it was already evident that the perfect seeing, transparency and temperature has allowed
the OS Veloce a particularly deep view into the the treasure trove surrounding NGC 2170. So, here's a very first version of the luminance stack
- no processing whatsoever - just a quick view of the data.
I have chosen to name it "The Morning After" image...