Imaging telescope or lens:Celestron C11
Imaging camera:Nikon D810A
Mount:Skywatcher NEQ6 PRO Synscan
Guiding camera:QHYCCD QHY5L-IIc
Focal reducer:Antares Reducer f/6.3
Accessory:Seletek Armadillo
Resolution: 2661x2120
Dates: Aug. 16, 2018
Frames: 13x300"
Integration: 1.1 hours
Avg. Moon age: 5.60 days
Avg. Moon phase: 31.49%
Astrometry.net job: 2213590
RA center: 283.374 degrees
DEC center: 32.980 degrees
Pixel scale: 0.526 arcsec/pixel
Orientation: 257.662 degrees
Field radius: 0.249 degrees
Locations: Puolivälinkangas - Oulu, Oulu, Finland
Data source: Backyard
Was bored with the newton's FOV, so wanted to experiment with the C11 and the Nikon. The Antares reducer doesn't correct the optical path at all, so had to crop most of the image. Anyway, experiments with MPCC show promising results.
Note the 14.4mag galaxy IC1296 just below the Ring Nebula.
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