Hope everyone is well as it's been way too long since I've been on the forum or even doing
Anyway, I dusted off the equipment this month and captured some new photons! Here is my latest image after a year or so hiatus. Hope you enjoy and thanks for looking!!
- Equipment
- Imaging
- Telescope: William Optics Star 71mm
APO f/ 4.9 - Camera: Atik 383L+ mono
- Telescope: William Optics Star 71mm
- Guiding
- Telescope: William Optics Star 71mm
APO f/ 4.9 - Camera: Starlight Xpress Loadestar X2
- Telescope: William Optics Star 71mm
- Mount
- iOptron CEM60
- Filters
- Astrodon 36mm Tru-Balance E-Series Blue
- Astrodon 36mm Tru-Balance E-Series Green
- Astrodon 36mm Tru-Balance E-Series Red
- Astrodon
H-Alpha 3nm - Astrodon SII 3 nm
- Astrodon OIII 3 nm
- Accessory
- Atik
OAG - Moonlite High res stepper motor and Mini-V2 controller
- Atik EFW2 Filter Wheel
- Atik
- Imaging
- Software
- PinInsight 1.8
- Main Sequence Software Sequence Generator
- PHD2
- Dates
- Sept. 1, 2021 , Sept. 2, 2021 , Sept. 3, 2021 , Sept. 4, 2021 , Sept. 5, 2021 , Sept. 9, 2021
- Frames:
- Astrodon 36mm Tru-Balance E-Series Blue: 50x30" (25') -10C bin 1x1
- Astrodon 36mm Tru-Balance E-Series Green: 50x30" (25') -10C bin 1x1
- Astrodon 36mm Tru-Balance E-Series Red: 44x30" (22') -10C bin 1x1
- Astrodon
H-Alpha 3nm: 49x900" (12h 15') -10C bin 1x1 - Astrodon OIII 3 nm: 6x900" (1h 30') -10C bin 1x1
- Astrodon SII 3 nm: 23x900" (5h 45') -10C bin 1x1
- Specifics
- Integration: 20h 42'
- Avg. Moon age: 22.11 days
- Avg. Moon phase: 13.72%
Bortle Dark-Sky Scale: 7.00Astrometry .net job: 4987700RA center: 21h 39' 16"DEC center: +57° 32' 25"- Pixel scale: 3.170 arcsec/pixel
- Orientation: 88.298 degrees
- Field radius: 1.809 degrees