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I agreeImaging telescope or lens:Explore Scientific ED102 FCD 100 Air-Spaced Triplet Apochromatic Refractor
Imaging camera:ZWO ASI294MC PRO ASI294MC PRO
Mount:Sky-Watcher HEQ5 PRO
Guiding camera:ZWO ASI 224 MC ZWO
Software:Photoshop CC 2019, PHD 2, STARIZONA PS ACTION SET, PixInsight, PoleMaster
Filter:ZWO UV IR Cut 1.25"
Accessories:ZWO Off-Axis Guider, QHY PoleMaster Polemaster polar camera
Resolution: 2114x1399
Dates:Nov. 3, 2019
Frames:
ZWO UV IR Cut 1.25": 2x120" (gain: 120.00) -15C bin 1x1
ZWO UV IR Cut 1.25": 10x300" (gain: 120.00) -15C bin 1x1
ZWO UV IR Cut 1.25": 5x600" (gain: 120.00) -15C bin 1x1
ZWO UV IR Cut 1.25": 2x900" (gain: 120.00) -15C bin 1x1
Integration: 2.2 hours
Darks: ~2
Flats: ~4
Flat darks: ~4
Avg. Moon age: 6.53 days
Avg. Moon phase: 40.94%
Bortle Dark-Sky Scale: 2.00
Temperature: 10.00
Astrometry.net job: 3029307
RA center: 11.904 degrees
DEC center: -25.267 degrees
Pixel scale: 1.698 arcsec/pixel
Orientation: 271.851 degrees
Field radius: 0.598 degrees
Locations: Backyard, Kerikeri, Northland, New Zealand
Data source: Backyard
Imaging the Sculptor Galaxy early this morning - a lot of unusual challenges during calibration giving me strange results - finally endured and retook long flats & dark flats - recalibrated and things seemed to move along to this stage.
Took a mix of exposures from 120s to 900s to get more experience in how to and at some point determine if it is worth or perhaps more subs at max 300s or 600s. Guiding held up well.
Thanks for taking a look.
Sculptor Galaxy, also known as the Silver Coin or Silver Dollar Galaxy, NGC 253, is an intermediate spiral galaxy and is considered a starburst galaxy, which means that it is currently undergoing a period of intense star formation. Distance 11.42 Milion LY.
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