Imaging telescope or lens:Explore Scientific PN-208/812 Carbon Fiber OTA
Imaging camera:ZWO ASI 1600MM Cool
Mount:SkyWatcher AZ-EQ5
Guiding telescope or lens:Solomark F50 50mm guidescope
Guiding camera:ToupTek ToupCam GCMOS01200KPB
Filters:ZWO SII 7nm, ZWO OIII, ZWO H-alpha 7nm
Accessory:Explore Scientific HR Coma Corrector
Resolution: 3450x4500
Dates: July 17, 2017, July 19, 2017
Frames:
ZWO H-alpha 7nm: 22x300" (gain: 150.00)
ZWO OIII: 15x300" (gain: 150.00)
ZWO SII 7nm: 17x300" (gain: 150.00)
Integration: 4.5 hours
Avg. Moon age: 23.97 days
Avg. Moon phase: 31.59%
Astrometry.net job: 1730572
RA center: 323.680 degrees
DEC center: 57.623 degrees
Pixel scale: 0.904 arcsec/pixel
Orientation: 256.418 degrees
Field radius: 0.712 degrees
Everything went wrong with this one. I've been trying to capture data on this since June 11, but I ended up trashing over 120 subs due to a slew of errors. Terrible guiding, collimation problems, weather-related issues... it felt like whenever I pointed my scope at this object, the clouds rolled in.
Ultimately, I only ended up with a little over an hour per channel and it came out noisy and very posterized. I'll try again next year. I suggest not viewing this one in full resolution.
Reprocessed from scratch because I should be working and really don't want to...
Last change - pulled back the reds a little.
Increased contrast.
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