Dates:Jan. 28, 2017
Frames: 72x300"
Integration: 6.0 hours
Avg. Moon age: 0.47 days
Avg. Moon phase: 0.25%
Astrometry.net job: 1428504
RA center: 10h 43' 39"
DEC center: -59° 51' 10"
Pixel scale: 1.232 arcsec/pixel
Orientation: 88.721 degrees
Field radius: 0.986 degrees
Resolution: 1824x1459
Locations: Heathcote, Victoria, Australia, Heathcote, Victoria, Australia
It was time to return to a favourite of southern hemisphere imagers, the mighty Eta Carina nebula, cataloged as NGC 3372..
Location: LMDSS, Heathcote, Victoria, Australia
Date: shot over the Australia Day weekend 26 - 29th Jan 2017.
Scope: Takahashi 130 TOA NBF refractor, focal length 1000 mm
Camera: mono ML16200 with a Loadstar X2 on an Astrodon MOAG off-axis guider.
Acquisition:
Software: Sequence Generator Pro
27 x 180 sec on an Astrodon Lum filter
17 x 180 sec each Red, Green, Blue Astrodon filters
Sensor temp: -30
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