Sky News - CA (2020-03 & 2020-04)

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M27


Dumbbell Nebula — Kimberly Sibbald,
SpacePaparazzi.com
Calgary, AB

“The image was captured from our back-
yard. My husband and I were testing our
new one-shot colour CMOS camera, as we
wanted to move on from a DSLR. We were
happy with the results from a light-polluted
area (Bortle 8). The new camera is extremely
sensitive. M27 is a relatively bright target,
and we were excited to capture some inter-
nal detail. Our setup was: a ZWO ASI071MC
Pro CMOS camera, a Celestron CGEM II
mount, and an eight-inch Edge HD scope.
We took 21 light subs of 240 second expo-
sures, and 11 dark subs with the same ex-
posure. The images were compiled using
PixInsight and Photoshop.”

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M31


Andromeda Galaxy
— Marc-Étienne Rousseau
Saint-Ferréol-les-Neiges,
QC

“Yes, this is a pretty classic shot
done a million times — always
working on getting the funda-
mental skills right. And it pays
off. I am quite proud of this M31
image, after dabbling with the
hobby for just about a year. I
was surprised how nice and
sharp it came out just after
basic pre-processing. This M31
image was taken on October
26, 2019. The material used was
an Explore Scientiic 80 mm
telescope , a William Optics Flat
6A II ield lattener, and a stock
Canon SL2 DSLR (240 second
exposures at ISO 800) mounted
on a SkyWatcher HEQ5. About
two and a half hours of total
exposure. Processed in PixIn-
sight, trying as much as possi-
ble to keep things 'real.'"
SKYNEWS • MAR/APR 2020

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