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I agreeImaging telescope or lens:Takahashi FSQ-106 ED
Imaging camera:Starlight Xpress SX-814 Trius Monochrome CCD
Guiding camera:Starlight-XPress Lodestar Autoguider
Software:Main Sequence Software Sequence Generator Pro, PIXINSIGHT 1.8, Photoshop CS6
Filters:Blue, Green, Red, CLS CCD
Accessories:Lakeside Astro Motor Focus System, Starlight Xpress SX 'Maxi wheel', Starlight Instruments FTF3545B-A Focuser
Resolution: 4430x3773
Dates:May 28, 2019
Frames:
Blue: 24x60" bin 1x1
CLS CCD: 15x180" bin 1x1
Green: 17x60" bin 1x1
Red: 16x60" bin 1x1
Integration: 1.7 hours
Avg. Moon age: 23.77 days
Avg. Moon phase: 33.08%
Bortle Dark-Sky Scale: 8.00
Mean SQM: 18.30
Astrometry.net job: 2716088
RA center: 288.977 degrees
DEC center: 30.271 degrees
Pixel scale: 1.083 arcsec/pixel
Orientation: 0.168 degrees
Field radius: 0.875 degrees
Locations: The Hills Observatory, Manchester, United Kingdom
Data source: Backyard
A very quick image captured during short gaps in the cloud. Short exposures were all I could manage, followed by a quick process.
It makes a nice change to produce a final image in a day or so rather than many weeks, months of even years of image capture and processing.
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