| Exposure Details |
| Lens |
Astro Tech AT65EDQ w/80mm 2" extension tube for focus |
| Focal Length |
420mm |
| Focal Ratio |
F6.5 |
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| Mount |
Takahashi EM200 Temma2M |
| Guiding |
Orion Magnificient Mini Autoguider |
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| Camera |
Canon 1000D Rebel XS w/ Full Spectrum Modification |
| Exposure |
79 lights at 300 seconds each - 6.58 total hours |
| Calibration |
30 darks, no flats, no bias |
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| Date |
October 2nd, 3rd and 4th of the year 2013 |
| Temperature |
It was very cold! |
| SQM Reading |
Bortle 1 |
| Seeing |
Great |
| Location |
Kenton, OK |
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| Software Used |
Backyard EOS, Deep Sky Stacker, PixInsight, PHD Guiding |
| Notes |
This image was taken from the dark skies of Kenton, OK during the 2013 Okie-Tex star party. I had a great time on this trip and this was actually a redo. I wanted something to shoot while I waited on Orion to rise at 2am! I didn't realize how much exposure I had on this one. Must have been one of those nights I crashed in the chair on accident =) Data for this image was collected over a consecutive 3 days. A very strange airplane flew over three times while I was taking this picture. The first pass, it had 2 fighter escorts. On it's third flyby later, it burned one of my subs. I described the lighting structure (which was very unique) to a retired USAF pilot and he thinks it was a B2 Stealth Bomber. Had I actually been able to pick up structure, that would have had APOD written all over it. |
