Exposure Details |
Lens |
Sky-Watcher Esprit 150 |
Focal Length |
1050mm |
Focal Ratio |
F7 |
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Mount |
Paramount MX+ |
Guiding |
Lodestar X2 Off Axis Guiding |
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Camera |
Starlight Xpress Trius SX694 using Baader RGB filters |
Exposure |
12 lights each RGB at 300 seconds - 3 hours total |
Calibration |
30 darks, no flats, 100 bias |
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Date |
September 5th of the year 2016 |
Temperature |
-20 C Below Ambient |
SQM Reading |
A very dark and clear Bortle 2 |
Seeing |
Great |
Location |
Three Rivers Foundation - Crowell, TX |
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Software Used |
Sequence Generator Pro, PixInsight, PHD Guiding, Photoshop, TheSky X Pro |
Notes |
This was a first light image for the camera setup and I must say, I'm pleasantly pleased. The sky had cleared up very nicely before I started capturing the data for this image. I remember viewing this object through a telescope as a kid. It was one of the first objects I learned to find by star hopping. I will later capture a nice set of Ha and OIII to combine with it. This is actually some of the cleanest color data I've ever seen. |