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I agreeImaging telescope or lens:iNova ED70-420 F/6 Fully Coated Carbon Fiber Doublet
Imaging camera:Nikon D7000
Mount:Vixen GP2
Guiding telescope or lens:Pentacon 135mm f/2.8
Guiding camera:QHYCCD QHY5L-II Color
Focal reducer:Altair Astro Lightwave x0.8
Software:photoshop, DeepSkyStacker
Filter:Baader Planetarium SkyGlow
Resolution: 4400x2831
Dates:Nov. 1, 2016
Frames: 147x120"
Integration: 4.9 hours
Avg. Moon age: 1.58 days
Avg. Moon phase: 2.79%
Astrometry.net job: 1322213
RA center: 55.589 degrees
DEC center: 31.981 degrees
Pixel scale: 2.938 arcsec/pixel
Orientation: 175.714 degrees
Field radius: 2.135 degrees
Locations: Observatoire de Borlo, Sint-Truiden, Belgium
IC348, the Atik nebula. Imaged from Belgium with lots of light pollution and a slight haze. I also had lots of problems with the backfocus distance of the corrector on my new ED refractor. The stars are all funny and the image is noisy but I'm happy with the results, given the circumstances.
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