Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Orion (Ori)  ·  Contains:  Great Orion Nebula  ·  Lower Sword  ·  M 42  ·  M 43  ·  Mairan's Nebula  ·  NGC 1973  ·  NGC 1975  ·  NGC 1976  ·  NGC 1977  ·  NGC 1980  ·  NGC 1981  ·  NGC 1982  ·  Orion Nebula  ·  The star 42Ori  ·  The star 45Ori  ·  The star θ1Ori  ·  The star θ2Ori  ·  The star ιOri  ·  Upper Sword  ·  the Running Man Nebula
Getting plate-solving status, please wait...
Great Orion Nebula acquired with an Astro-Physics Stowaway and Canon EOS Ra, 



    
        

            Shawn
Great Orion Nebula acquired with an Astro-Physics Stowaway and Canon EOS Ra
Powered byPixInsight

Great Orion Nebula acquired with an Astro-Physics Stowawayand Canon EOS Ra

Getting plate-solving status, please wait...
Great Orion Nebula acquired with an Astro-Physics Stowaway and Canon EOS Ra, 



    
        

            Shawn
Great Orion Nebula acquired with an Astro-Physics Stowaway and Canon EOS Ra
Powered byPixInsight

Great Orion Nebula acquired with an Astro-Physics Stowawayand Canon EOS Ra

Equipment

Imaging Telescopes Or Lenses
Astro-Physics Stowaway92mm f/6.65
Imaging Cameras
Canon EOS Ra
Mounts
AstroTrac TT320X-AG

Acquisition details

Dates:
Dec. 5, 2020
Frames:
32×30(16′)
Integration:
16′
Avg. Moon age:
19.59 days
Avg. Moon phase:
75.93%

Basic astrometry details

Astrometry.net job: 4071810

RA center: 05h35m07s.2

DEC center: -05°2421

Pixel scale: 1.704 arcsec/pixel

Orientation: 58.809 degrees

Field radius: 1.761 degrees

Resolution: 6133x4209

File size: 1.2 MB

Data source: Backyard

Description

With some of the clearest skies of the year, I took a shot at imaging with the Stowaway on an Astrotrac tracking mount (well beyond its rated capacity). Orion was low on the horizon and I was able to balance the scope on the mount and achieved a reasonably good polar alignment. I acquired 32 images - 30 second exposure, ISO 6400) with a Canon EOS Ra. I wasn’t expecting much. Attached is the result edited in Photoshop. Regrettably, I did not take any darks thus the hot spots very present in the images. Still, I’m excited about the future possibilities ahead with a Mach 2 mount on order.

Comments

Sky plot

Sky plot

Histogram

Great Orion Nebula acquired with an Astro-Physics Stowaway and Canon EOS Ra, 



    
        

            Shawn