Under the hazy sky
In the recent hazy situation here in Kuala Lumpur, I decided to braved to warm night to do some Mallincam imaging with the SW 80ED. Using EQMOD to control my HEQ5-Pro mount, I focused on the familiar bright objects in Scorpio and Sagittarius. The sky condition is not perfect. I did not see any clouds, but the haze was pretty thick. I can barely see 2nd magnitude stars with the naked eye! Not a very encouraging sight for the faint hearted. Nevertheless, I did managed to get a few shots. Check it out. Object: M8 Telescope: Skywatcher 80mm ED Equinox Mount: HEQ5 Pro Camera: Mallincam Hyper Color Exposure: 6 sec integration x 50 = 5 mins Software: EQMOD, VirtualDub Post-Processing: Registax, Photoshop CS3 Object: M17, Omega Nebula Telescope: Skywatcher 80mm ED Equinox Mount: HEQ5 Pro Camera: Mallincam Hyper Color Exposure: 6 sec integration x 100 = 10 mins Software: EQMOD, VirtualDub Post-Processing: Registax, Photoshop CS3 It's not a picture perfect photo , but I guess this would sho...