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I agreeImaging telescope or lens:Takahashi TOA 130
Mount:Astro-Physics AP1100 gto
Guiding telescope or lens:Takahashi TOA 130
Guiding camera:Starlight Xpress Loadestar X2
Software:CCDStack 2
Filter:Astrodon LRGB2
Accessory:Astrodon MonsterMOAG Off-Axis Guider
Resolution: 4500x3600
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: 160.915 degrees
DEC center: -59.853 degrees
Pixel scale: 1.232 arcsec/pixel
Orientation: 88.721 degrees
Field radius: 0.986 degrees
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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