My latest astrophotograph is Collinder 197. Collinder 197 is a young open star cluster in the constellation Vulpecula, composed of several dozen to a few hundred hot, blue stars. It's around 300 million years old and located 2,000 to 3,000 light-years away.
Dates:
3 Mar 2024
Frames:
ZWO Blue 36 mm: 10×30″(5′) -6°C
ZWO Green 36 mm: 10×30″(5′) -7°C
ZWO
H-alpha 7nm 36mm: 17×300″(1h 25′) -5°C
ZWO O-III 7nm 36mm: 20×300″(1h 40′) -5°C
ZWO Red 36 mm: 10×30″(5′) -7°C
ZWO S-II 7nm 36 mm: 11×300″(55′) -6°C
Integration:4h 15′
Avg. Moon age:22.02 days
Avg. Moon phase:51.35%
ZWO ASI2600MM Pro cooled
ZWO ASI290MM mini guide camera
AT127EDT triplet refractor.
Processed with PixInsight into the SHO pallet with
RGB stars.
Telescope: Astro-Tech 127EDT Triplet Refractor
Mount: Skywatcher EQ6-R Pro
Guiding: Orion 60mm guidescope; ZWO ASI290mini mono guide camera
Focuser: Sesto Senso 2 Robotic Focuser
Imaging: ZWO ASI2600MM Pro Cooled; ZWO ASI294MM Pro Cooled
Filters: ZWO EFW 7 x 36mm; ZWO 36mm unmounted LRGB and new type NB
Dew Control: 2 x Astrozap Dew Heater Bands
Power and Dew Heater Control: Pegasus Pocket Powerbox Micro
Software: N.I.N.A Image Capture Software; PHD2 Multistar Guiding; PixInsight Process Software
Sky: Bortle 4.5
