NGC 5985, NGC 5982 and NGC 5981 ( Bob Rucker )

Celestial hemisphere: Northern · Constellation: Draco (Dra) · Contains: NGC 5976 · NGC 5981 · NGC 5982 · NGC 5985

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NGC 5985, NGC 5982 and NGC 5981

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NGC 5985, NGC 5982 and NGC 5981

Imaging Telescopes Or Lenses: Celestron NexStar 6SE
Imaging Cameras: ZWO ASI294MM Pro
Mounts: Sky-Watcher HEQ5 PRO
Filters: Optolong Blue · Optolong Green · Optolong Luminance · Optolong Red
Accessories: Meade F6.3 SCT focal reducer (7545) · ZWO ASIAIR Plus · ZWO EFW 7 x 36mm
Software: Adobe Photoshop · Aries Productions Astro Pixel Processor (APP) · Pleiades Astrophoto PixInsight
Guiding Telescopes Or Lenses: William Optics UniGuide 50
Guiding Cameras: ZWO ASI120MM Mini

Dates:: May 13, 2022 · May 14, 2022
Frames:: Optolong Blue: 75×60″(1h 15′) (gain: 120.00) -5°C bin 2×2
Optolong Green: 75×60″(1h 15′) (gain: 120.00) -5°C bin 2×2
Optolong Luminance: 165×120″(5h 30′) (gain: 120.00) -5°C bin 2×2
Optolong Red: 75×60″(1h 15′) (gain: 120.00) -5°C bin 2×2
Integration:: 9h 15′
Darks:: 60
Flats:: 60
Flat darks:: 60
Avg. Moon age:: 12.34 days
Avg. Moon phase:: 93.20%
Bortle Dark-Sky Scale:: 5.00
Temperature:: 23.12

RA center: 15h38m40s.761

DEC center: +59°21′13″.74

Pixel scale: 0.475 arcsec/pixel

Orientation: -105.363 degrees

Field radius: 0.431 degrees

WCS transformation: thin plate spline

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Resolution: 5600x3374

File size: 1009.4 KB

Locations: Backyard, FLORENCE, AZ, United States

Data source: Backyard

Even though the moon was annoyingly bright, the Arizona skies were nice and clear allowing some nice imaging time. The galaxy colors are subdued compared to other images I've seen on this target. I'm not sure whether it's due to the moonlight, limited aperture or my processing skills but all in all the little 6SE did OK.

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RA (center)	15h38m40s.761
RA (top/left)	15h36m12s.350
RA (top/right)	15h37m46s.473
RA (bottom/right)	15h41m06s.494
RA (bottom/left)	15h39m36s.367

Dec (center)	+59°21′13″.74
Dec (top/left)	+59°38′58″.20
Dec (top/right)	+58°56′19″.30
Dec (bottom/right)	+59°03′19″.90
Dec (bottom/left)	+59°46′06″.95

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