I have always admired the astro-imagers who had 5,6+ hours soaked into one object. I could never do that because I would get so excited with an hours worth of data, process it, then move on to the next object. But not this time. When I saw what I could pull out of the Iris nebula after about 45 minutes, I knew I wanted more. More Dust! This is my first astrophoto that clearly shows dark dust blocking the bright stars behind it. I took these shots over the course of July and August, and ended up with almost 4 hours of "usable" frames. Here are the details:
35 x 210" ISO 1600
25 x 270" ISO 1600
For a total of 3 hours and 40 minutes
Stacked with 45 darks
ES ED80 Triplet Apo
ASCG-5 GT
Orion Mini Guidescope
Meade DSI II
Canon 450d unmodded
Stacked in DSS
Processed in PS CS5
