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M97 Owl Nebula, David Wills (PixelSkiesAstro)

M97 Owl Nebula

M97 Owl Nebula, David Wills (PixelSkiesAstro)

M97 Owl Nebula

Description

Taken 23.03.2014 37 x 300 secs (3 Hrs 5 mins) bias,darks no flats. Slighty out of focus or the collimation was out as you can tell by the two large stars at the bottom.

Camera: QHY8L CCD cooled to -20C

Guiding: Maxim DL ,9x50 Finder Scope,QHY5 Mono with IR filter ( Finder Guider )

Optics: Altair Astro 8" F8 Ritchey Chretien Astrograph fitted with a Field Flattener

Filter: Astronomik CLS Filter,

Mount: Skywatcher AZ EQ6-GT EQ & Alt-Az Mount connected to the Sky X and Eqmod via HitecAstro EQDIR adapter

Image Acquisition: Maxim DL 5 Pro

Stacking and Calibrating: Pixinsight 1.8

Processing: Pixinsight 1.8

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M97 Owl Nebula, David Wills (PixelSkiesAstro)

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