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Hickiwan RV Park, Why, AZ, USA
07:10 pm
Telescope: Celestron NexStar Evolution 9.25 235mm f/10 Schmidth Cassegrain
Camera: ZWO ASI2600MCPro
Starizona Hyperstar 4 HSA - C925
Starizona Telrad Reflex Sight Finder white 1001.4
ZWO AsiAir Pro WiFi Camera Controller
ZWO Standard Electronic Automatic Focuser EAF - 5V
Optolong L-Pro 2 " Multibandpass Filter
Mount: Motorized 4 Computerized Fork Mount Celestron NexStar GPS
/SLT/SE
Dew Heatet Astrozap
Dew Shield Celestron
Samsung Cellular Phone
PC Laptop & external drive
Live stacked in ASI, photos downloaded in Bridge and processed in photoshop
Hickiwan RV Park is Native Americans owned park and in light pollution map it is marked deep blue, which means no light pollution. I mounted my telescope and I was waiting for the clouds to clear up. On the southeast direction I saw this Sirius with a little of haze but it helps Sirius to produce more interesting light which for me looks mysterious. So I focused it and started stacking for 10 minutes and the photo is the result of the 10 minute live stacked, it has layers of circular rings and colors. No heavy processing at all. I just crop a little in 4 sides and enhanced the 4 the vibrance. I can even see the surrounding stars.
