Imaging telescopes or lenses: Takahashi FSQ-106 ED
Imaging cameras: Starlight Xpress SX-814 Trius Monochrome CCD
Mounts: Sky-Watcher EZ-EQ6 GT
Guiding cameras: Starlight-XPress Lodestar Autoguider
Software: Sequence Generator Pro · Photoshop CS6 · PIXINSIGHT 1.8
Filters: Astrodon 3nm SII · Astrodon 3nm OIII · Ha 3nm · Red · Green · Blue
Accessory: Lakeside Astro Motor Focus System · Starlight Xpress SX 'Maxi wheel' · Starlight Instruments FTF3545B-A Focuser
Frames:
Astrodon 3nm OIII: 42x1700"
Astrodon 3nm SII: 29x2007"
Blue: 44x586" bin 1x1
Green: 47x600" bin 1x1
Ha 3nm: 45x907" bin 1x1
Red: 51x553" bin 1x1
Integration: 70.2 hours
Astrometry.net job: 1489712
RA center: 1h 33' 47"
DEC center: +30° 37' 33"
Pixel scale: 1.078 arcsec/pixel
Orientation: 359.978 degrees
Field radius: 0.889 degrees
Resolution: 4528x3840
Locations: The Hills Observatory, Manchester, United Kingdom
Data source: Backyard
An image I would never have thought possible from my light polluted Manchester UK garden. I also included OIII & SII data to see this galaxy in a different light to those normally seen.
I have given the average sub exposure times above as they varied a bit. The average SQM-L for the whole 2 year period was 18.6 and never got better than 18.98 which is very rare. So I hope this gives some inspiration to those who image from poor sites to give it a go.
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