AstroBin - NGC7023 wide (JuhaK)

Contains:

Imaging telescopes or lenses: APM 80/500

Imaging cameras: SBIG STL-11000

Mounts: MesuMount2 MesuMount#2

Focal reducers: Teleskop-Service TSFlat

Software: CCD Stack, Maxim DL, Matt Thomas's CCDCommander

Filters: B, R, Astronomik Green, L

Resolution: 3844x2597

Dates: Jan. 29, 2012

Frames:
B: 10x300" bin 2x2
Astronomik Green: 10x300" bin 2x2
L: 1x600" bin 1x1
L: 5x900" bin 1x1
R: 10x300" bin 2x2

Integration: 3.9 hours

Avg. Moon age: 5.45 days

Avg. Moon phase: 29.97%

RA center: 21:01:41.870

DEC center: +68:06:38.719

Pixel scale: 3.69 arcsec/pixel

Orientation: 94.43 degrees

Field width: 3.94 degrees

Field height: 2.66 degrees

This was the first short test of the new mount and camera.

This would have needed few more hours of Luminance to get the dark areas more visible.

My APM's original focuser can't handle the weight of the STL so maybe I'll get back to this when I get new one...

JuhaK