Dates:Jan. 8, 2016
Frames: 52x180"
Integration: 2.6 hours
Avg. Moon age: 27.93 days
Avg. Moon phase: 2.88%
Astrometry.net job: 929177
RA center: 5h 41' 33"
DEC center: +2° 16' 4"
Pixel scale: 70.560 arcsec/pixel
Orientation: -89.782 degrees
Field radius: 24.538 degrees
Resolution: 620x467
Locations: Sutherland dark Skies, Sutherland, Northern Cape, South Africa
As I enter my 4th year of being an astrophotographer, I can finally tick this target off my list.
I've imaged Barnard's before but wasn't satisfied with the result....
And so, it became the 1st target of #EveryNewMoon, an imaging project Cory and I started for 2016.
I'll write more about the project in the next few weeks.
RGB - Canon 60Da
52 x 180 seconds
30 Darks
100 Bias
Integration time: 156 Min. 2h 36m
HA: 12 x 600 Seconds.
No darks or bias
Integration time: 120 min. 2h
Calibrated and Integrated in PixInsight
Total Integration time: 4h 36m
It was very difficult to work with such a rich star field. Shooting at 24mm meant millions of little pin-point stars. 2 Iterations of star reduction, and I'm scared that now the sky appears noisy. But in fact, it's just the ridiculous amount of stars in the image!
Equipment:
Celestron Advance VX
Imaging Cameras:
Canon 60Da
Shot at 24mm, ISO800
QSI 683
Imaging Lens:
Canon 24-70 Lii F/2.8
PixInsight Processing and final finishing off in PhotoShop
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