Imaging telescopes or lenses: Takahashi FSQ106ED
Guiding telescopes or lenses: Takahashi FSQ106ED
Guiding cameras: Starlight Xpress Lodestar X2
Software: Sequence Generator Pro · Adobe Photoshop 6 CS · AstroPixelProcessor · Pixinsight 1.8
Filters: Astrodon Ha 5nm · Astrodon Tru-Balance LRGB E-Series Gen 2 Blue · Astrodon Tru-Balance LRGB E-Series Gen 2 Green · Astrodon Tru-Balance LRGB E-Series Gen 2 Red · Astrodon Tru-Balance LRGB E-Series Gen 2 Luminance
Dates:Nov. 21, 2020
Frames:
Astrodon Tru-Balance LRGB E-Series Gen 2 Blue: 48x600" bin 1x1
Astrodon Tru-Balance LRGB E-Series Gen 2 Green: 48x600" bin 1x1
Astrodon Ha 5nm: 42x1200" bin 1x1
Astrodon Tru-Balance LRGB E-Series Gen 2 Luminance: 72x600" bin 1x1
Astrodon Tru-Balance LRGB E-Series Gen 2 Red: 48x600" bin 1x1
Integration: 50.0 hours
Avg. Moon age: 6.72 days
Avg. Moon phase: 42.94%
Astrometry.net job: 4065196
RA center: 3h 42' 10"
DEC center: +32° 1' 55"
Pixel scale: 2.095 arcsec/pixel
Orientation: 1.077 degrees
Field radius: 1.580 degrees
Resolution: 4418x3157
Locations: E-EyE, Fregenal de la Sierra, Extremadura, Spain
Data source: Own remote observatory
Remote source: e-EyE Extremadura
IC 348 is a star forming region around 1,000 light years away in around the triple star system of Omicron Persei. It consists of a star cluster and surrounding nebula. The cluster is estimated to be around 2 million years old.
This is a two-panel mosaic consisting of data collected between 18 October and 21 November 2020 using an imaging rig in Spain that is privately owned and operated by Barry Wilson and me.
Capture details are as follows:
Telescope: Takahashi FSQ 106
Camera: QSI 683
Filters: Astrodon
Mount: 10 Micron GM1000HPS
Ha: 42 x 1200s
Lum: 72 x 600s
Red: 48 x 600s
Green: 48 x 600s
Blue: 48 x 600s
Total Exposure: 50 hours
Data: Steve Milne & Barry Wilson
Processing: Steve Milne
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