Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Auriga (Aur)  ·  Contains:  El Nath (βTau)  ·  IC 417  ·  M 37  ·  M 38  ·  NGC 1912  ·  NGC 2099  ·  The star 118Tau  ·  The star 26Aur  ·  The star Elnath  ·  The star φAur  ·  The star χAur
Above Elnath, Richard
Above Elnath
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Above Elnath

Acquisition type: Electronically-Assisted Astronomy (EAA, e.g. based on a live video feed)
Above Elnath, Richard
Above Elnath
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Above Elnath

Acquisition type: Electronically-Assisted Astronomy (EAA, e.g. based on a live video feed)

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Description

Wide view of star clusters in the vicinity of star Elnath. Captured under Bortle class 5 city LP.

Capture details:

iOptron SkyGuider mount on standard 1.5" tripod (at lowest height), roughly polar-aligned. Canon EOS 5D III DSLR and Canon EF200mm f2.8L II lens attached to mount via lens tripod foot.

7x light frames / 30s / f2.8 / ISO 400

7x dark frames

~50x bias frames

no flats

All image processing done in PixInsight as follows (in order):

BIAS frame calibration, DARK frame calibration, LIGHT frame calibration, debayering, star alignment, image integration, ABE, histrogram transformation, curves transformation, minor dynamic crop, image solving, export to JPG

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