Imaging telescopes or lenses: Skywatcher Esprit 100ED APO Triplet
Imaging cameras: ZWO ASI 294MC Pro
Mounts: Skywatcher AZ EQ6 GT
Guiding cameras: Lodestar X2
Focal reducers: Skywatcher Esprit 100 F5.5 flattener
Software: Adobe Photoshop 2021 · Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic · Pleiades Astrophoto S.L. PixInsight 1.8 Ripley · Astro Photography Tool - APT · PHD2 Guiding · Cartes du Ciel
Filters: Optolong L-eNhance 2"
Dates:Sept. 18, 2020 , Sept. 19, 2020 , Nov. 6, 2020 , Nov. 7, 2020 , Nov. 12, 2020 , Nov. 20, 2020
Frames:Optolong L-eNhance 2": 70x900" (gain: 120.00) -10C bin 1x1
Integration: 17.5 hours
Darks: ~12
Flats: ~95
Flat darks: ~30
Avg. Moon age: 12.82 days
Avg. Moon phase: 30.59%
Bortle Dark-Sky Scale: 5.00
Mean SQM: 19.40
Temperature: 5.80
Astrometry.net job: 4044406
RA center: 4h 1' 9"
DEC center: +36° 31' 4"
Pixel scale: 1.724 arcsec/pixel
Orientation: 359.155 degrees
Field radius: 1.172 degrees
Resolution: 4036x2768
Locations: Dellbrück, Köln, NW, Germany
Data source: Backyard
Took two months to gather enough photons for this one, clear skies were rare.
Bicolor processing.
Boostet colors and nebula details in v3 (B), comments on which version is better are highly welcome. ;-)
Description: v3 - boosted color and structure details in nebula
| Imaged with APT |
| Suburban Astrophotography |
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