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I agreeImaging telescopes or lenses:Orion 8" f3.9 Astrograph
Imaging cameras:Canon 550D
Mounts:CGEM DX
Guiding telescopes or lenses:Vixen Finderscope 9x50
Guiding cameras:Orion StarShoot AutoGuider
Focal reducers:MPCC
Software:PHD Guiding , PixInsight , O'Telescope BackyardEOS
Astrometry.net job: 197199
RA center: 5h 41' 15"
DEC center: -2° 10' 22"
Pixel scale: 1.100 arcsec/pixel
Orientation: 132.341 degrees
Field radius: 0.903 degrees
Resolution: 4968x3203
Because this is what we do on New Year's. Even with 78 exposures, the noise came through because the night was so warm at our home in Johannesburg, South Africa. It took quite a bit of noise reduction work to get this looking decent.
Image details:
Data acquired on 2014-01-01
78x 3minutes, 3.9 hours total exposure time
ISO400
Calibrated with dark, flat, and bias frames
Equipment used:
Orion 8" Astrograph
Baader MPCC coma corrector
Canon t2i / 550D DSLR (Baader IR modded)
Celestron CGEM DX mount
Orion SSAG + 50mm finder/guider
Software:
Data acquired with BackyardEOS
Guiding with PhD
Calibration, integration, and post-processing with PixInsight
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