Imaging telescopes or lenses: William Optics RedCat 51 Petzval APO
Imaging cameras: ZWO ASI294MC Pro
Mounts: SkyWatcher EQM 35 Pro SynScan GoTo
Guiding telescopes or lenses: ZWO 30mm f/4 Mini Guide Scope
Guiding cameras: QHYCCD QHY5L-IIc
Software: Adobe Lighroom CC · Topaz Labs DeNoise AI · ProDigital Software Astronomy Tools Actions Set · PixInsight 1.8 · StarNet++ · Astro Pixel Processor
Filters: Optolong L-eNhance
Accessory: Ikarus Technologies StellarMate OS · Raspberry Pi 3 B+
Dates:March 22, 2020
Frames:Optolong L-eNhance: 30x180" (gain: 120.00) -5C bin 1x1
Integration: 1.5 hours
Darks: ~50
Flats: ~50
Flat darks: ~50
Avg. Moon age: 27.84 days
Avg. Moon phase: 3.21%
Bortle Dark-Sky Scale: 7.00
Temperature: 23.00
Astrometry.net job: 3363054
RA center: 18h 3' 57"
DEC center: -24° 16' 49"
Pixel scale: 1.809 arcsec/pixel
Orientation: 160.540 degrees
Field radius: 0.889 degrees
Resolution: 2500x2500
Locations: KAUST Backyard, Thuwal, Makkah, Saudi Arabia
Data source: Traveller
Thats a crop of am wide field image of the Lagoon and Trifid Nebulae. I finally got myself a PixInsight License and tested a bit how much better (or not) the calibration and stacking is compared to AstroPixelProcessor. Well, they are both super close in the results but PixInsigt produced a much better drizzle result. Other things (like the RGB combine) worked for me much better in APP... so, I thought its a decent result despite it is a crop from a 250 mm RedCat 51 wide field image and worth to present ;-)
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