Patrick Holland patrick@pcalliance.biz 6/22/2010 3:12:16 PM For a few months now, I've been cursing my Orion Starshoot Pro V2 because I couldn't seem to get rid of all the artifacts and hot pixels out of my images I took with it. It turns out that it was MY problem all along with not understanding how to process images in the Orion stock program called Maxim DL Essentials. So I actually read the manual last night...NOW I can process in Maxim DL Essentials - funny how that works. There has been a lot of "M" in the image pages lately. Thought I would shake it up a bit with a "NGC". Here's NGC6334 AKA the Cat's Paw Nebula. Imaged with my Meade 14" LX200GPS w/hyperstar (F2, FL/700mm) on 6-20-10 (2:50 AM). Attached to the hyperstar was the Orion Starshoot Pro V2. 48-40 second light subs, 50 dark subs and 50 flat frames. Processed in Maxim DL Essentials. I believe I have collimated the hyperstar enough to start getting some good images out of it.
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