Imaging telescopes or lenses: Sky-Watcher Esprit 120
Imaging cameras: ZWO ASI1600MM-Cool
Mounts: Paramount MyT
Guiding telescopes or lenses: Orion StarShoot Autoguider
Guiding cameras: Orion Starshoot Autoguider Pro
Focal reducers: Sky-Watcher Field Flattener Esprit 120
Software: PHD2 · Astro Pixel Processor · PixInsight 1.8 Ripley · Main Sequence Software SequenceGeneratorPro
Filters: Astrodon Red Tru-Balance E-Series Gen 2 · Astrodon Green Tru-Balance E-Series Gen 2 · Astrodon E-Series Tru-Balance [Lum] · Astrodon Blue Tru-Balance E-Series Gen 2
Dates:Dec. 14, 2017
Frames: 300x60"
Integration: 5.0 hours
Avg. Moon age: 26.12 days
Avg. Moon phase: 12.57%
Astrometry.net job: 1974857
RA center: 2h 22' 53"
DEC center: +42° 29' 42"
Pixel scale: 0.912 arcsec/pixel
Orientation: 284.043 degrees
Field radius: 0.713 degrees
Resolution: 4503x3384
Locations: Home Observatory, Wake Forest, NC, United States
Data source: Backyard
I took these frames around mid-December 2017. I shot 500 L's and 100 each of R, G and B. Clouds interfered with about 150 of the L's, and when I integrated the remaining L's, I didn't think the result was as good as a synthetic L extracted from the RGB integration, so I used that instead.
What I like about this image: nice range of star colors, the dust lanes in NGC 891, and quite a few interesting smaller galaxies - I count about 20.
Improvements needed: stars a bit oblong if you pixel peep (probably guiding), background a bit mottled (need more data to smooth it out).
Overall, I'm glad I can get enough LRGB data from my front-yard pier to make LRGB imaging fun! Local skies measure 19.77 SQM with my iPhone app.
Comments and critiques always welcome!
Rowladn
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