Another cold winter session and I’m trying out my new LifePixel modified Nikon D5300. The h-alpha response is incredible. I can finally see strong dark red signal registering. This is a great improvement over my D3200 camera. In addition, I have stopped using dark frames. It is too time consuming and a pain to accurately match them to the sensor temperature during imaging. Dithering is much more effective and produces much better results on DSLRs. By hooking up the camera to BackyardNikon, I can setup a dithering routine with a click of a button.

Horseshoe and Flame nebulae
GEAR USED

Orion ED80
Dedicated 0.85 Reducer/Flattener
AVX Mount
H-alpha modified D5300
ST80/QHY5L-II-M

IMAGE ACQUISITION DETAILS

19 subs x 240 seconds
PHD guiding
BackyardNikon with dithering
Sharpcap polar alignment
DSS, Pixinsight

TAKEN AT
Long Sault Conservation Area Map
Imaging session @ Long Sault Conservation Area

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