Imaging telescopes or lenses: Takahashi FSQ 106ED
Imaging cameras: ZWO ASI1600MM-Cool
Mounts: Astro-Physics AP 900 GTO CP3
Guiding telescopes or lenses: Orion Magnificent Mini AutoGuider
Guiding cameras: Starlight Xpress Lodestar x2
Focal reducers: Takahashi .7x Reducer
Filters: Orion LRGB filter set 1.25" · Astrodon Ha 1.25 5nm · Astrodon OIII 1.25 3nm
Dates:Oct. 29, 2016 , Oct. 30, 2016
Frames:
Astrodon Ha 1.25 5nm: 20x480" bin 1x1
Astrodon OIII 1.25 3nm: 57x600" bin 1x1
Integration: 12.2 hours
Avg. Moon age: 28.88 days
Avg. Moon phase: 0.70%
Astrometry.net job: 1355719
RA center: 6h 54' 23"
DEC center: -24° 1' 19"
Pixel scale: 2.159 arcsec/pixel
Orientation: 81.173 degrees
Field radius: 1.069 degrees
Resolution: 1824x1853
Locations: Backyard, Austin, Texas, United States
I started on this target with the ASI1600 and got 22x600 seconds of OIII and only 7x480 seconds of Ha and the plan was to go 50x600 on OIII and at least 30x480 on Ha. But the weather is going to be rainy/cloudy for at least two weeks (or more). I decided to try processing it and it looks decent enough (full size falls apart due to lack of data). There is hardly any Ha contribution to this image.
I am hoping this will be smooth once I get a chance to collect more data on this.
Version B - Reprocess with same data. The weather cleared with super moon, so no chance to collect OIII. Hoping the window clears before the target is out of position for me and collect more data on this.
Version D: 64x10minutes of OIII and 20x10 minutes of HA
Selected as APOD! --> https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap161220.html
Description: Getting tired of reprocessing this one.. Not very happy with the way the background is turning out. I will let this cool down a bit before trying to reprocess it.
Uploaded: ...
Comments