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I agreeImaging telescopes or lenses: Orion ED80T CF apochromatic refractor
Imaging cameras: ZWO ASI1600MM-Cool
Mounts: Celestron CGX
Guiding telescopes or lenses: Orion ST 80
Guiding cameras: Lodestar X2
Focal reducers: Orion 0.8 Reducer
Software: DeepSky Stacker · PHD2 · Sequence Generator Pro · PixInsight
Filters: Ha · Astronomik OIII · Astronimik SII
Accessory: ZWO 8x 1.25" Filter Wheel (EFW) · MoonLite CF 2" Focuser · QHYCCD PoleMaster
Dates:Nov. 29, 2017 , Nov. 30, 2017
Frames:
Ha: 104x180" (gain: 139.00) -20C bin 1x1
Astronomik OIII: 90x120" (gain: 139.00) -20C bin 1x1
Astronimik SII: 89x180" (gain: 139.00) -20C bin 1x1
Integration: 12.7 hours
Darks: ~50
Flats: ~50
Bias: ~50
Avg. Moon age: 10.67 days
Avg. Moon phase: 81.97%
Astrometry.net job: 1843167
RA center: 2h 32' 59"
DEC center: +61° 19' 1"
Pixel scale: 1.999 arcsec/pixel
Orientation: 279.891 degrees
Field radius: 1.426 degrees
Resolution: 4093x3104
I've captured Melotte 15 and the Fishhead Nebula before, but this is the first time I tried to capture the entire Heart Nebula in color. It wasn't easy with only 12 hours of data to work with - the OIII and SII was hard to come by, but I gave it a go.
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