M81 - ASI533MC Pro First Light (Tony A.)

Celestial hemisphere: Northern · Constellation: Ursa Major (UMa) · Contains: Bode's Galaxy · Cigar Galaxy · M 81 · M 82 · NGC 2959 · NGC 2961 · NGC 3031 · NGC 3034 · NGC 3077

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M81 - ASI533MC Pro First Light

First light with my new ASI533MC Pro, and first astro photo in 4+ years. Finally decided to get back into the game. This isn't a serious attempt at a quality image, more of a systems check while I figure out the software / driver side of things again. I managed to get my mount, camera, polemaster, autofocuser, guide cam, plate solving, and nina all working in one go, which I consider fairly amazing. I had the guide cam working, but did not attempt guiding. I used SharpCap to calculate the camera settings (15s at 101 gain). This is taken from our yard, in heavy light pollution, so I never expected quality... just happy to be able to resolve the target.

I didn't even shoot calibration frames yet. This is only light frames, tossed into APP on "auto".

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Status	Advanced success
Started	...
Astrometry.net job	4355875
PixInsight job	FQ70HQG97W6SKLGHYD4MK0LPIP7S29IP
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PixInsight stage	n/a

RA (center)	09h55m42s.99
RA (top/left)	09h45m45s.53
RA (top/right)	09h44m54s.30
RA (bottom/right)	10h04m48s.43
RA (bottom/left)	10h07m23s.74

Dec (center)	+69°03′33″.2
Dec (top/left)	+70°02′26″.7
Dec (top/right)	+68°11′37″.3
Dec (bottom/right)	+68°02′41″.5
Dec (bottom/left)	+69°52′43″.1

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