Perseu Toucam SC - First Light: 31 March 2003

Castor: Magnitudes 2.0 & 2.9 seperated by 2".

Stack of 17 1/25 second exposures - no processing.

Perseu Toucam SC in standard mode on 8" SCT at f10.

Castor

M3. Single 15 second frame - no processing.

Perseu Toucam SC in long exposure mode on 8" SCT at f10. Black & white used due to poor transparency effecting colour balance. Gain set to 30%.

  M3 raw image
15 second dark frame. 15s dark frame

M3. Single 15 second frame with dark frame subtracted. Unsharp mask, despeckled and brightness/contrast stretch in PaintShop Pro.

Perseu Toucam SC in long exposure mode on 8" SCT at f10. Black & white used due to poor transparency effecting colour balance. Gain set to 30%.

Captured & pre-processed with K3CCDTools.

M3 processed image

M3. Stack of two 30 second frames with dark frame subtracted.

Perseu Toucam SC in long exposure mode on 8" SCT at f10. Black & white used due to poor transparency effecting colour balance. Gain set to 30%.

Captured with K3CCDTools. Stacked & pre-processed with Registax, final unsharp mask with PaintShopPro.