As I mentioned in one of my previous posts, I got the entry level subscription to SLOOH. The "Student" level subscription at SLOOH costs you 50 USD per year and allows you to piggyback on 5 separate "missions". You can also choose 5 missions from the SLOOH catalog instead of piggybacking as well. However unlike higher level subscriptions, this does not allow total control over the telescope. Horeshead Nebula, Barnard 33 (in the middle) and NGC 2023 reflection nebula near top left. Stack of 15x5min exposures using SLOOHs Chile Two telescope. The Chile Two telescope is a 17" telescope. Compared to my own NexStar 4SE, this one has more than 16x light gathering power. But even with that much of light, you still need to stack a few images to bring out the details. 5min exposure of Barnard 33 using SLOOH's Chile Two telescope. As you can see above, a single 5min exposure of the Barnard 33 still has some details but lacks contrast and brightness. While you can inc...
An amateur's attempts at astrophotography.