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I agreeImaging telescopes or lenses: William Optics Zenithstar 66
Imaging cameras: Moravian G2-8300
Mounts: Skywatcher AZ-EQ6 GT
Guiding telescopes or lenses: SkyWatcher Finder/Guider 9x50
Guiding cameras: QHY5L-IIc
Focal reducers: William Optics flat 6
Software: PixInsight 1.8 · Sequence Generator Pro · Photoshop C6
Dates:May 5, 2018 , May 6, 2018 , May 7, 2018 , May 8, 2018
Frames:
Astrodon LRGB: 54x300" bin 1x1
L: 39x600" bin 1x1
astrodon Ha 5nm: 12x600" bin 1x1
Integration: 13.0 hours
Avg. Moon age: 21.18 days
Avg. Moon phase: 60.02%
Astrometry.net job: 2056508
RA center: 9h 55' 11"
DEC center: +69° 24' 43"
Pixel scale: 3.454 arcsec/pixel
Orientation: 94.646 degrees
Field radius: 2.002 degrees
Resolution: 3332x2514
Data source: Unknown
While waiting for the big nebulae next summer, I tried my hand at capturing the two famous galaxies M81 and M82, highlighting the surrounding IFN.
This is a very dense region for galaxies, there are not less than 126 galaxies in this image !
What's the IFN ? The iFN is high galactic latitude nebulae that are illuminated not by a single star (as most nebula in the plane of the Galaxy are) but by the energy from the integrated flux of all the stars in the Milky Way.
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