01/13/2016
Santa Cruz Mountains,CA
Orion 10 inch RC
Orion HDX110 EQ-G
Orion Parsec 8300m
captured in Maxim DL 6 stretched and nucleus darkened in Ps CS5
L=9min.x8 RGB=8min.x7 each
Orion Nautilus 2 inch x 4 filter Wheel Orion 2 inch LRGB filters ,Orion deluxe off axis guider, SS Auto guider camera
Just getting a taste of exposure times needed for galaxies with the Orion 10 inch RC. At f/8 I will want to expose for much longer than I did for this picture.I am very happy with the performance of this scope.