ABSTRACT
Globular clusters appear simple but they ruthlessly reveal poor technique. If the exposure, tracking, focus and processing are all not just so, the result is an indistinct mush with overblown highlights. The version of M3 was the first image from a pier-mounted Paramount MX is fully automated observatory. The new setup enables generous exposures and at the same time M3 is an ideal target to test out the collimation of the 10-inch Ritchey Chretien telescope. TheSkyX is a fully-fledged image acquisition program, with imaging, focusing, guiding and plate solving. It has an application interface or application interface that allows external control too. The optimize option in the Master Dark section of the Image Calibration tool instructs PI to scale the darks before subtraction to minimize the overall noise level. This sometimes has the effect of leaving behind lukewarm pixels. The RGB processing followed more familiar lines, calibrating the color and removing green pixels.
