Image of the Week

Image of the Week, September 9, 2016

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Orion’s Belt, by Kees Scherer

Imaged from Quinta Castelo Novo near the Castelo de Bode lake in Portugal on November 11, 2015.

Equipment used
Skywatcher Esprit 100 mm super APO triplet F5.5
Canon 6D full spectrum modified
IR/UV cut filter
50 mm Orion guiding scope with Starshoot autoguider
Skywatcher AZ-EQ5 GT mount
Backyard EOS and Phd2

45×300 seconds @ ISO1600 (3.75 hrs)
Stacked in DSS with 25 flats and 65 Bias frames.
Processed in Pixinsight.
SQM:20.8

About the photographer

Kees Scherer
Location: Portugal
Twitter, Instagram, Flickr

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