Exposure Details |
Lens |
TMB 130mm |
Focal Length |
780mm |
Focal Ratio |
F6 |
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Mount |
Takahashi NJP Temma2 |
Guiding |
Orion Magnificient Mini Autoguider |
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Camera |
Canon T3i w/ Gary Honis Full Spectrum Modification |
Exposure |
50 lights at 180 seconds each - 2.5 hrs. total exposure |
Calibration |
50 darks, no flats, 100 bias |
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Date |
May 4th of the year 2014 |
Temperature |
30 degrees C |
SQM Reading |
Blue Zone |
Seeing |
Good |
Location |
Palo Pinto Mountains State Park - Strawn, TX |
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Software Used |
Backyard EOS, PixInsight, PHD Guiding |
Notes |
This image was taken from the 2nd annual star party at the new Palo Pinto Mountains State Park in Strawn, TX. I've always enjoyed this target. Whether visual or in pictures there is just something captivating about this galaxy. I've wanted to image it for a while and really want to image it at about 2000mm focal length. |