Imaging telescopes or lenses: Takahashi FSQ106ED
Guiding telescopes or lenses: Takahashi FSQ106ED
Software: Sequence Generator Pro · Adobe Photoshop 6 CS · Pixinsight 1.8
Filters: Astrodon Tru-Balance LRGB E-Series Gen 2 Blue · Astrodon Tru-Balance LRGB E-Series Gen 2 Green · Astrodon Tru-Balance LRGB E-Series Gen 2 Red
Dates:July 24, 2020
Frames:
Astrodon Tru-Balance LRGB E-Series Gen 2 Blue: 60x300" bin 1x1
Astrodon Tru-Balance LRGB E-Series Gen 2 Green: 60x300" bin 1x1
Astrodon Tru-Balance LRGB E-Series Gen 2 Red: 60x300" bin 1x1
Integration: 15.0 hours
Avg. Moon age: 4.09 days
Avg. Moon phase: 17.75%
Astrometry.net job: 3725375
RA center: 19h 26' 6"
DEC center: +20° 25' 51"
Pixel scale: 2.091 arcsec/pixel
Orientation: 180.627 degrees
Field radius: 1.584 degrees
Resolution: 4398x3224
Locations: E-EyE, Fregenal de la Sierra, Extremadura, Spain
Data source: Own remote observatory
Remote source: e-EyE Extremadura
Brocchi's Cluster (Collinder 399) is a grouping of stars located in the constellation Vulpecula. The stars resemlbe a coathanger, hence the name given to the asterism. The 10 stars forming the asterism are between 240 and 2200 light years from Earth.
The data for this two-panel mosaic was collected between 18 and 24 July 2020 from an imaging rig in Spain that is privately owned and remotely operated by Barry Wilson and me.
Capture details are as follows:
Telescope: Takahashi FSQ 106
Camera: QSI 683
Filters: Astrodon
Mount: 10 Micron GM1000HPS
Red: 60 x 300s
Green: 60 x 300s
Blue: 60 x 300s
A total of 15 hours exposure.
Data: Steve Milne & Barry Wilson
Processing: Steve Milne
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