Imaging telescopes or lenses: TS ED 80 APO
Imaging cameras: Canon 1100D
Guiding telescopes or lenses: Orion 50mm
Guiding cameras: QHY5-II Mono
Focal reducers: TS flattener & 0.8 reducer
Software: PHD guiding · Star Tools · Iris · Photoshop
Filters: CLS clip in filter
Dates:March 12, 2014
Frames: 29x180" ISO800
Integration: 1.4 hours
Darks: ~10
Flats: ~10
Bias: ~20
Avg. Moon age: 10.90 days
Avg. Moon phase: 84.02%
Astrometry.net job: 203667
RA center: 13h 42' 12"
DEC center: +28° 22' 33"
Orientation: 88.603 degrees
Field radius: 0.861 degrees
Resolution: 620x508
This picture just "happened" to me.. As we do not have so many clear nights here I have decided to take out my equipment even few days before the full moon. The sky was absolutely clear and big moon was shining like it was a day. I was thinking to wait till late night when the moon will not be that high on the sky. But as I did not want to lose even a minute of the clear night I just randomly pointed to M3 and (somehow atomatically) turned on my canon (thinking that a bit later will try imaging Iris nebula)...
Started to read my book and.......woke up at 4am next day :-DDD My scope was already out of my FOV taking the pictures of my house ))) Even being a bit out of focus, I have decided to stack best 29 frames and post them here.
The final image is a bit out of focus but as I said - this picture just happened to me))))
p.s. after I woke up it was ofcourse too late for Iris nebula..so maybe next time?)))
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