Imaging telescopes or lenses: ASA - Astro Systeme Austria ASA 1000 mm Richey-Chretien
Imaging cameras: FLI Proline 16803
Mounts: ASA - Astro System Austria DDM85
Software: Pleiades Astrophoto PixInsight 1.8 Ripley · Photoshop
Filters: Astrodon LRGB Tru-Balance E-series Gen II · Astrodon 3nm Ha
Dates:Nov. 29, 2020 , Dec. 7, 2020 , Dec. 8, 2020 , Dec. 9, 2020
Frames:
Astrodon 3nm Ha: 13x300" -30C bin 2x2
Astrodon 3nm Ha: 6x600" -30C bin 2x2
Astrodon LRGB Tru-Balance E-series Gen II: 42x300" -30C bin 2x2
Astrodon Luminance Tru-Balance E-Series Gen II Astrodon Luminance Tru-Balance E-Series Gen: 17x1200" -30C bin 1x1
Integration: 11.2 hours
Darks: ~42
Flats: ~15
Bias: ~40
Avg. Moon age: 20.48 days
Avg. Moon phase: 58.33%
Bortle Dark-Sky Scale: 1.00
Astrometry.net job: 4086549
RA center: 3h 38' 52"
DEC center: -26° 20' 10"
Pixel scale: 0.273 arcsec/pixel
Orientation: 145.255 degrees
Field radius: 0.210 degrees
Resolution: 3900x3922
Locations: Chilescope, Fundina, Chile
Data source: Amateur hosting facility
Remote source: ChileScope
NGC1398 is located 65 million light years away, in the constellation of Fornax. It's diameter is about 135,000 light years, slightly larger than our Milky Way.
The nucleus of this galaxy is surrounded by a ring ; and the whole galaxy is also surrounded by an outer ring.
Image made using the 1m telescope at Chilescope in LRGB-Ha.
Description: Monochrome HDR version of Luminance layer
Description: Comparision with 8m ESO's VLT image (downscaled to fit my image...)
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