Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Dorado (Dor)  ·  Contains:  NGC 1566
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NGC 1566, a quick attempt with a new 3x barlow, 



    
        

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NGC 1566, a quick attempt with a new 3x barlow

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NGC 1566, a quick attempt with a new 3x barlow, 



    
        

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NGC 1566, a quick attempt with a new 3x barlow

Equipment

Acquisition details

Dates:
Jan. 6, 2017
Frames:
38×45(28′ 30″)
Integration:
28′ 30″
Avg. Moon age:
8.12 days
Avg. Moon phase:
57.79%

RA center: 04h19m58s.469

DEC center: -54°5625.84

Pixel scale: 0.338 arcsec/pixel

Orientation: -97.423 degrees

Field radius: 0.274 degrees

More info:Open 

Resolution: 4660x3505

File size: 24.8 MB

Locations: Back yard, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

Data source: Backyard

Description

A very short and crude attempt using the new 3x barlow which finally arrived, on a very hot (30+C) night with some trouble focusing. May have been able to have less noise and red background if I stuck to ISO-1600 instead of using ISO-3200 on a whim.

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NGC 1566, a quick attempt with a new 3x barlow, 



    
        

            chaosrand