Finally posting here, two versions of the first real image taken with the new CDK 12.5 telescope. The full set-up: CDK 12.5 on an AP-1200 mount, ST-10XME camera, Pyxis 3″ rotator. Data captured with Maxim DL and CCDCommander, reduced and aligned in CCDStack, extensive processing in PixInsight with a final touch up in Photoshop. It is 3 hours, 25 Minutes LRGB with 100 minutes luminance and 35 minutes each of red, green and blue. All subexposures were 5 minutes and the color was binned 2×2.

This is the first version.

Here is the second version. A bit more aggressive on the processing on this one.

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