Imaging telescopes or lenses: Celestron Nexstar 8SE SCT
Imaging cameras: Sony NEX-3 DSLR
Mounts: Celestron NexStar 6 SE and 8 SE Computerized Mount
Focal reducers: Celestron 0.63x Focal Reducer/Flattener
Software: DeepSky Stacker 3.3.4 · StarTools 1.3.5.286 · Paint.NET 4.0
Dates:May 21, 2014
Frames:
150x10" ISO1600
50x30" ISO1600
Integration: 0.8 hours
Darks: ~25
Flats: ~25
Bias: ~100
Avg. Moon age: 22.09 days
Avg. Moon phase: 50.60%
Bortle Dark-Sky Scale: 6.00
Mean FWHM: 5.75
Temperature: 16.00
Astrometry.net job: 289386
RA center: 10h 44' 42"
DEC center: -59° 38' 2"
Orientation: -102.849 degrees
Field radius: 0.364 degrees
Resolution: 620x454
Part of the great southern nebula surrounding Eta Carina, imaged from suburban Adelaide.
Unguided and taken from an single arm alt-az SE mount, so the result of the integration of many short subs.
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