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I agreeImaging telescope or lens:Officina Stellare HiperAPO105
Imaging camera:QSI 683 ws-8
Mount:Celestron CGEM DX
Guiding telescope or lens:Vixen Finderscope 9x50
Guiding camera:Orion StarShoot AutoGuider
Focal reducer:Officina Stellare 0.75x flattener/reducer
Software:PixInsight, PHD Guiding
Resolution: 3270x2457
Astrometry.net job: 182264
NGC 3372, The Carina Nebula in hydrogen alpha only. A southern sky wonder, this is the first image we have seriously acquired with our QSI683 CCD camera. Data acquired from our home in Johannesburg, South Africa. Overall, we are VERY impressed with this camera!
Image details:
17x 10 minute exposures
170 minutes total integration time
Calibrated / reduced with bias, dark, and flat frames
Officina Stellare Hiper APO 105
QSI683ws8 CCD
Officina Stellare 0.75 focal reducer/field flattener
Celestron CGEM DX mount
50mm finder/guider
Orion SSAG
Acquisition and focusing with Sequence Generator Lite
Reduction, integration and post-processing with PixInsight
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