Imaging telescope or lens:Takahashi FSQ-106 ED
Imaging camera:Starlight Xpress SX-814 Trius Monochrome CCD
Mount:Sky-Watcher EZ-EQ6 GT
Guiding camera:Starlight-XPress Lodestar Autoguider
Software:Pleiades Astrophoto PIXINSIGHT 1.8, Main Sequence Software Sequence Generator Pro, Photoshop CS6
Filters:Astrodon 3nm OIII, Ha 3nm, Blue, Green, Red
Accessories:Lakeside Astro Motor Focus System, Starlight Xpress SX 'Maxi wheel', Starlight Instruments FTF3545B-A Focuser
Resolution: 4630x3992
Dates: Nov. 25, 2016
Frames:
Astrodon 3nm OIII: 11x1800" bin 1x1
Blue: 14x300" bin 1x1
Blue: 24x600" bin 1x1
Green: 16x300" bin 1x1
Green: 21x600" bin 1x1
Ha 3nm: 1x1800" bin 1x1
Ha 3nm: 1x600" bin 1x1
Ha 3nm: 34x900" bin 1x1
Red: 14x300" bin 1x1
Red: 30x600" bin 1x1
Integration: 30.8 hours
Avg. Moon age: 25.95 days
Avg. Moon phase: 13.81%
Bortle Dark-Sky Scale: 8.00
Mean SQM: 18.50
Astrometry.net job: 1768996
RA center: 10.041 degrees
DEC center: 40.531 degrees
Pixel scale: 1.027 arcsec/pixel
Orientation: 359.961 degrees
Field radius: 0.872 degrees
Locations: The Hills Observatory, Manchester, United Kingdom
Data source: Unknown
Just the southern part of M31, at this scale I would need 9 panels!
Taken over 3 years from 20140826 to 20161125
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