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NGC7000 Ha Starless, Duane Melvin

NGC7000 Ha Starless

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NGC7000 Ha Starless, Duane Melvin

NGC7000 Ha Starless

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Description

25 subs, 243 Sec each, 1.687 hours    Ha Antlia parfocal 3nM 2-inch dia mounted filter

8 darks at -10 Degrees C sensor temperature, APS-C 26MP    27.7 Degrees C ambient temperature
DF, Flats, and Offset Bias frames were not used

Main scope:   Esprit 100ED   100mm x 550mm triplet refractor with supplied flattener, no reduction
Guide scope:  Orion 80mm x 300mm doublet refractor using Orion Starshoot TM camera on ST4 direct to mount

Main Camera:    QHYCCD QHY268m pro 16 bits
with QHYCCD 7 position filter wheel

PHD guiding
QHYCCD Polemaster system for exact NCP alignment

EQ6R PRO mount with pier extension

Alienware I7 laptop
Astrophotography Tool  (APT) image capture
Deep Sky Stacker
Pixinsight - RC StarXterminator AI
Photoshop

With a full moon, in Bortle 6,  I chose to image this usually boring nebula - it surprised me actually
Thanks for looking

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NGC7000 Ha Starless, Duane Melvin