by Lynn Francis
2010-04-14, Cumming, GA. USA
The fourth time is the charm. I started with a DIY Barn Door, but I won't subject you to that shot. Then I moved to a manually guided shot where my Camera was riding piggyback on an old manual EQ mounted refractor.
This version, my Canon 300D and Tamron 28-75 (at 60mm) was riding piggyback on my Celestron 8iSE mounted EQ on a DIY wooden wedge. 20-1.5min + 10-3min lights, 15 darks, 15 flats, 15 bias all stacked in DeepSkyStacker. I then used Fitsworks to adjust the lights and darks of the photo.