Imaging telescopes or lenses: GSO RC 254/2000 Carbon OTA
Imaging cameras: ZWO ASI294MC PRO
Mounts: iOptron CEM60-EC
Guiding telescopes or lenses: Skywatcher EvoGuide 50ED
Guiding cameras: Starlight Xpress Lodestar 2
Focal reducers: Starizona APEX L 0.65
Software: Astro Pixel Processor APP · Adobe Photoshop CC · PixInsight Core Version 1.8 Ripley
Filters: IDAS (Tokai) LP-filter
Dates:Jan. 8, 2021
Frames: 66x300"
Integration: 5.5 hours
Avg. Moon age: 24.41 days
Avg. Moon phase: 26.89%
Astrometry.net job: 4143985
RA center: 5h 34' 26"
DEC center: +22° 0' 36"
Pixel scale: 1.177 arcsec/pixel
Orientation: 258.151 degrees
Field radius: 0.405 degrees
Resolution: 2000x1464
Locations: Osmundstø Observatorium (private backyard observatory), Hidrasund, Vest Agder, Norway
Data source: Backyard
My first attempt this winter for the Crab Nebula. I could bneed a lot more minutes, which I hope to gather during this season. Anyway, it is fascinating to know that this was once a bright star in the sky and that astronomers saw the nova in 1054!
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