Imaging telescopes or lenses: Boren-Simon PowerNewt 8
Mounts: Sky-Watcher NEQ6
Guiding telescopes or lenses: Boren-Simon PowerNewt 8
Guiding cameras: Lodestar
Focal reducers: Borel-Simon Coma Corrector
Software: PixInsight · Cartes du Ciel · photoshop · EasyHDR
Filters: Astrodon RGB filter set · Astrodon H-alpha 5nm
Accessory: Sky-Watcher SW Electric Focuser
Dates:Dec. 27, 2013 , Dec. 28, 2013 , Jan. 2, 2014 , Jan. 3, 2014
Frames:
Astrodon H-alpha 5nm: 8x15" -15C bin 1x1
Astrodon H-alpha 5nm: 8x180" -15C bin 1x1
Astrodon H-alpha 5nm: 8x30" -15C bin 1x1
Astrodon RGB filter set: 24x180" -15C bin 1x1
Astrodon RGB filter set: 24x20" -15C bin 1x1
Astrodon RGB filter set: 24x5" -15C bin 1x1
Astrodon RGB filter set: 24x60" -15C bin 1x1
Integration: 2.3 hours
Darks: ~10
Flats: ~10
Bias: ~10
Avg. Moon age: 13.17 days
Avg. Moon phase: 14.78%
Bortle Dark-Sky Scale: 4.00
Astrometry.net job: 156180
RA center: 5h 35' 2"
DEC center: -5° 14' 56"
Pixel scale: 1.830 arcsec/pixel
Orientation: -89.518 degrees
Field radius: 1.059 degrees
Resolution: 3352x2532
Locations: Home, Perth, Australia
Data source: Backyard
This is the result of a HDR composition mixing 5, 20, 60 and 180sec in RGB and 15, 30 and 180sec in Ha. The software used to compose the final HDR image is EasyHDR.
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