Proudy's Astrophotography with the GSTAR CCD Camera
unguided video astrophotography

M22, NGC66562
Constellation: Sagittarius (The Archer), RA 18h 36.4m DEC -23d 54m
Distance: 10,100 light years, Visual Magnitude: 5.2, Diameter: 33 arc mins
Transits at the end of twilight at 0:00pm 00 Month, Elevation 00 degrees, due South


- Imaged on 20090729
- 250mm, 10" F/4.7 Newtonian Reflector
- 0.6 focal reducer
- 500 video frames with IR/UV blocking filter at x128 integration
- Bahtinov focusing mask
- rough polar alignment, 45% moon, ok seeing, elevation about 61 degrees
- aligned and stacked in Registax 5.0
- processed in Photoshop 7.0