Imaging telescopes or lenses: William Optics FLT 132 Triplet APO WOFLT132
Imaging cameras: QHY 16200A
Mounts: Astro-Physics Mach 1 GTO
Guiding telescopes or lenses: William Optics FLT 132 Triplet APO WOFLT132
Guiding cameras: QHY-5-L-II-M QHY5-II Mono
Focal reducers: William Optics Reducer WO 0.80 #1
Software: PixInsight · Adobe Photoshop photoshop PS · Sequence Generator Pro · Adobe Lightroom LR
Filters: Astrodon Tru-Balance LRGB E-Series Gen 2
Accessory: QHY Med OAG QHYOAG-M · Moonlite DRO focuser&rotator Moonlite DRO Focuser & Rotator · Optec Alnitak Flip-Flat Flat Fielder
Dates:March 8, 2019
Frames:Astrodon Tru-Balance LRGB E-Series Gen 2: 100x120" -15C bin 1x1
Integration: 3.3 hours
Darks: ~120
Flats: ~120
Bias: ~120
Avg. Moon age: 1.67 days
Avg. Moon phase: 3.11%
Bortle Dark-Sky Scale: 2.00
Astrometry.net job: 3527146
RA center: 2h 20' 9"
DEC center: +57° 13' 9"
Pixel scale: 1.665 arcsec/pixel
Orientation: -134.231 degrees
Field radius: 1.219 degrees
Resolution: 4466x2791
Locations: Marathon Motel, Marathon Motel, TX, United States; MaRIO, Marathon, Texas, None
Data source: Own remote observatory
Remote source: Marathon Remote Imaging Observatory (MaRIO)
The Double Cluster found in the constellation Perseus. Generally shot in the fall from North America, I shot this as it passed overhead in the winter months with short exposures to keep the stars in check.
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