Imaging telescopes or lenses: GSO RC 254/2000 Carbon OTA
Imaging cameras: ZWO ASI294MC PRO
Mounts: iOptron CEM60-EC
Guiding telescopes or lenses: Skywatcher EvoGuide 50ED
Guiding cameras: Starlight Xpress Lodestar 2
Software: Astro Pixel Processor APP · Adobe Photoshop CC · PixInsight Core Version 1.8 Ripley
Filters: IDAS (Tokai) LP-filter
Dates:March 29, 2020
Frames: 108x300"
Integration: 9.0 hours
Avg. Moon age: 4.60 days
Avg. Moon phase: 22.08%
Astrometry.net job: 3500810
RA center: 13h 30' 9"
DEC center: +47° 12' 32"
Pixel scale: 1.068 arcsec/pixel
Orientation: 162.659 degrees
Field radius: 0.273 degrees
Resolution: 1500x1062
Locations: Osmundstø Observatorium (private backyard observatory), Hidrasund, Vest Agder, Norway
Data source: Backyard
After weeks of rain and clouds, it finally cleared up a few nights in late March and I was abel to do two sessions of M51. 4,5 hrs combined in each session. Unfortunately my flat fields were not good, but I managed to celan up most of the background using PixInsight.
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