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I agreeImaging telescope or lens:Takahashi Mewlon 250
Imaging camera:ZWO ASI094MC Pro
Mount:ASA - Astro Systeme Austria DDM60
Software:Pleaides PixInsight Core 1.8, Cyanogen Maxim DL 6 Pro Suite
Resolution: 3693x2470
Dates:Aug. 23, 2019
Frames: 27x120"
Integration: 0.9 hours
Avg. Moon age: 22.02 days
Avg. Moon phase: 51.31%
Astrometry.net job: 2875875
RA center: 193.389 degrees
DEC center: -60.315 degrees
Pixel scale: 0.800 arcsec/pixel
Orientation: 271.141 degrees
Field radius: 0.494 degrees
Data source: Backyard
I've long wanted to shoot this with a longer focal length telescope than a fast refractor. The seeing was ordinary at 3"+ and I quickly discovered at 300s images were saturating the brighter stars so I dropped it back to 120s.
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