Testing AstroDMx Capture for Windows using a Canon 4000D DSLR and a Skywatcher Explorer 130 PDS 130mm, f/5 Newtonian.
The Skywatcher Explorer 130 PDS 130mm, f/5 Newtonian was mounted on a Celestron AVX mount and the Canon 4000D DSLR was attached via a 2” adapter.
40 x 40s exposures of The Andromeda galaxy were captured at ISO 6400 with matching dark frames using AstroDMx Capture for Windows, which treats the DSLR like any other Astronomy camera, with the camera controls under the control of the software. The Canon 4000D camera has a 14 bit ADC and the captured images were saved as both 16 bit TIFFs and also Camera RAW, which were stored in a folder of their own.
The images were stacked in Deep Sky Stacker and post-processed in the Gimp 2.10, Affinity Photo, Fitswork and FastStone Image viewer.
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Final image of M31, the Andromeda galaxy
70 x 30s exposures of M71, the Angelfish globular cluster, with matching dark frames were captured at ISO 6400 using AstroDMx Capture for Windows.
The best 90 % of the images were stacked in Deep Sky Stacker and post-processed in the Gimp 2.10 and Affinity Photo.
The Angelfish cluster, M71
Steve Wainwright and Nicola Mackin
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