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I agreeImaging telescope or lens:CELESTRON EdgeHD 800
Imaging camera:ZWO ASI1600MM-Cool
Mount:Orion Atlas Pro AZ/EQ-G
Guiding telescope or lens:CELESTRON EdgeHD 800
Guiding camera:ASI120MM
Focal reducer:Celestron 0.7x Focal Reducer
Software:Main Sequence Software Sequence Generator Pro, starnet++, Pleiades Astrophoto PixInsight , Adobe Photoshop, PHD 2
Filters:Astronomik OIII 6nm CCD 1.25", Astronomik SII 6nm CCD 1.25", Astronomik H-alpha 6nm CCD 1.25"
Accessories:Moonlite CHL 2.5" Large Format Crayford Edge Focuser, Orion Thin Off-Axis Guider (TOAG)
Resolution: 2328x1760
Dates:March 19, 2019, March 20, 2019, March 26, 2019, April 1, 2019, April 13, 2019, April 22, 2019, April 24, 2019, April 27, 2019, May 6, 2019, May 8, 2019, May 11, 2019, May 24, 2019, May 27, 2019, June 3, 2019
Frames:
Astronomik Deep-Sky B 1.25": 10x240" (gain: 76.00) -20C bin 1x1
Astronomik Deep-Sky G 1.25": 10x240" (gain: 76.00) -20C bin 1x1
Astronomik Deep-Sky R 1.25": 10x240" (gain: 76.00) -20C bin 1x1
Astronomik H-alpha 6nm CCD 1.25": 180x240" (gain: 139.00) -20C bin 1x1
Astronomik OIII 6nm CCD 1.25": 190x240" (gain: 139.00) -20C bin 1x1
Integration: 26.7 hours
Darks: ~50
Flats: ~50
Bias: ~256
Avg. Moon age: 14.10 days
Avg. Moon phase: 50.97%
Bortle Dark-Sky Scale: 5.00
Astrometry.net job: 2836402
RA center: 303.042 degrees
DEC center: 38.333 degrees
Pixel scale: 1.053 arcsec/pixel
Orientation: 90.759 degrees
Field radius: 0.427 degrees
Data source: Backyard
Here is a look at a target that needs little introduction. The Crescent is just a beautiful tangle of all the elements we love. The nebula is a result of competing stellar winds shed from the internal Wolf-Rayet star.
Enjoy!
| Cloudy Nights |
| Narrowband imaging |
| ZWO ASI1600MM/QHY163M |
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