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I agreeImaging telescope or lens:Skywatcher Esprit 80ED APO Triplet
Imaging camera:Atik 460EX Mono
Mount:Astro-Physics Mach1GTO
Guiding telescope or lens:Orion Deluxe Mini 50mm Guide Scope with Helical Focuser
Guiding camera:Lodestar X2
Software:IDEIKI AstroPhotography Tool (APT), PixInsight 1.8
Filters:Baader Planetarium L 1.25", Baader Planetarium B 1.25", Baader Planetarium G 1.25", Baader Planetarium R 1.25"
Accessory:Skywatcher Field Flattener for Esprit 80
Resolution: 1280x997
Dates:March 9, 2018, March 11, 2018
Frames:
Baader Planetarium B 1.25": 22x180" bin 1x1
Baader Planetarium G 1.25": 22x180" bin 1x1
Baader Planetarium L 1.25": 30x180" bin 1x1
Baader Planetarium R 1.25": 22x180" bin 1x1
Integration: 4.8 hours
Avg. Moon age: 23.04 days
Avg. Moon phase: 40.70%
Bortle Dark-Sky Scale: 6.00
Astrometry.net job: 1989173
RA center: 202.451 degrees
DEC center: 47.212 degrees
Pixel scale: 1.769 arcsec/pixel
Orientation: 53.581 degrees
Field radius: 0.399 degrees
Locations: Home, Seattle, WA, United States
Data source: Backyard
Subject: M51 (Whirlpool Galaxy): Composed of a dwarf galaxy, NGC-5195, on the left, and its gravitationally interacting galaxy NGC-5194: a grand-design spiral galaxy in Canes Venatici. Roughly 23-25 million light-years distant, NGC-5194 is about a third the size of our Milky Way.
Capture notes: Taken on dark nights, the main notable thing about this image was that it was my first attempt to fully automate my capture process. At the moment I'm using APT (Astro Photography Tool) and if they deliver meridian flip support in the next few months I'll probably stick with it. Auto-focusing has been a challenge -- not that you can tell, but my red channel was a little out of focus for this capture -- but I'm sure with a little patience it'll get better. In any event, I was very excited to get a good night's sleep the night I captured the RGB, and to wake up and find the mount had neatly parked itself at the end.
Processing notes: My L flats were off somehow, so I used PixInsight's DBE to do an additional flat-like correction. Otherwise, this used a pretty ordinary LRGB workflow, with color calibrated vias PhotometricColorCalibration, and with a bit of saturation added by one application of curves.
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