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 |
Exposure |
9.5 Hrs Total Exposure - 300 second subs Ha, L, R, G and B |
Calibration |
30 darks, no flats, 200 bias |
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Date |
February 25th - February 26th of the year 2017 |
Temperature |
-15 C Below Ambient |
SQM Reading |
Bortle 1 |
Seeing |
Great |
Location |
DSOC Remote Observatory - Fort Davis, TX |
|
Software Used |
The SkyX, Sequence Generator Pro, PixInsight, PHD Guiding, Photoshop, |
Notes |
Nothing special to note here. I remember looking at this object many many times as a young boy through a telescope and have always wanted to image it. I finally had the chance! |