Imaging telescope or lens:Home made 400mm F/4 Newtonian
Imaging camera:Quantum Scientific Imaging QSI583wsg
Mount:10 Micron GM2000 QCI
Guiding telescope or lens:Home made 400mm F/4 Newtonian
Guiding camera:Lodestar
Focal reducer:TeleVue Paracorr Type 2
Software:PixInsight, Diffraction Limited MaximDL 6 Pro, DC-3 Dreams ACP Observatory Control Software, FocusMax
Resolution: 3261x2466
Dates: Nov. 11, 2017
Frames: 9x600"
Integration: 1.5 hours
Avg. Moon age: 22.80 days
Avg. Moon phase: 43.12%
Astrometry.net job: 1810622
RA center: 35.639 degrees
DEC center: 42.334 degrees
Pixel scale: 0.615 arcsec/pixel
Orientation: 268.483 degrees
Field radius: 0.349 degrees
Locations: Burlage Garten, Burlage, Germany
This is the first remote image from my new observatory in Burlage (Germany).
I'ts been almost a year now since construction started, but everything starts working properly now. This image consists of 7 x 600s Luminance, and 1 x 600s each for RGB. Only darks and bias were used for calibration, no flats were shot yet, so I used DBE in PixInsight instead.
Seeing was not great, and the images were quickly taken inbetween rain showers...
There are still some issues with collimation and camera tilt, but I'm getting there! A remotely operated flatfield screen is first priority now.
I noticed I get a lot more signal in a short time at this dark location!
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