Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cygnus (Cyg)  ·  Contains:  NGC 6960  ·  The star 52 Cyg  ·  Veil Nebula
The Witch's Broom, 



    
        

            dr_klahn
The Witch's Broom
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The Witch's Broom

The Witch's Broom, 



    
        

            dr_klahn
The Witch's Broom
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The Witch's Broom

Equipment

Imaging Telescopes Or Lenses
DIY Newtonian 12" F/4
Imaging Cameras
Canon EOS 60D
Mounts
DIY OTE 150-1 (OTE Astrotec)
Accessories
Lacerta MGEN-1 standalone autoguider

Acquisition details

Dates:
July 25, 2012
Frames:
32×180(1h 36′)
Integration:
1h 36′
Avg. Moon age:
6.45 days
Avg. Moon phase:
40.10%

Basic astrometry details

Astrometry.net job: 6894221

RA center: 20h45m46s.6

DEC center: +30°4152

Pixel scale: 1.919 arcsec/pixel

Orientation: 93.913 degrees

Field radius: 0.563 degrees

Resolution: 4710x2754

File size: 2.4 MB

Locations: Vielbrunn, Vielbrunn, Hessen, Germany

Data source: Traveller

Description

First Light image with my home made 300mm F/4 Newton (Orion UK Mirrors) in 2012.

Unfortunately a guiding error occured and the stars are sligtly elongated.

The image was reprocessed with my new favourite toy PixInsight... ;)

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The Witch's Broom, 



    
        

            dr_klahn