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Cocoon Nebula and Barnard 168, 



    
        

            Ginge Anvik
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Cocoon Nebula and Barnard 168

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Cocoon Nebula and Barnard 168, 



    
        

            Ginge Anvik
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Cocoon Nebula and Barnard 168

Acquisition details

Frames:
Astrodon Gen2 E-Series Tru-Balance Blue 31mm: 59×180(2h 57′) (gain: 76.00) -15°C bin 1×1
Astrodon Gen2 E-Series Tru-Balance Green 31mm: 60×180(3h) (gain: 76.00) -15°C bin 1×1
Astrodon Gen2 E-Series Tru-Balance Lum 31mm: 993×60(16h 33′) (gain: 76.00) -15°C bin 1×1
Astrodon Gen2 E-Series Tru-Balance Red 31mm: 60×180(3h) (gain: 76.00) -10°C bin 1×1
Astrodon H-alpha 5nm 31 mm: 350×180(17h 30′) (gain: 139.00) -15°C bin 1×1
Integration:
43h
Bortle Dark-Sky Scale:
5.00
Mean SQM:
20.25

RA center: 21h50m53s.80

DEC center: +47°1829.4

Pixel scale: 1.571 arcsec/pixel

Orientation: -92.367 degrees

Field radius: 1.216 degrees

WCS transformation: thin plate spline

More info:Open 

Resolution: 4428x3385

File size: 11.0 MB

Locations: Bjarkebu Observatory, Ytre Enebakk, Norway

Data source: Backyard

Description

Still learning I feel, after transitioning from CCD to CMOS, migrating from TheSkyX to KStars/Ekos and also using NoMachine to communicate with a Fitlet running Unix mounted on the rig. This has definitely cleaned up the setup. I also replaced the stock focuser of my Epsilon 180ed with one from Moonlite, which seems to be doing a nice job. Will do some more tuning as a new camera with wider field is about to be mounted on it.

I chose the Cocoon as there are so many brilliant CMOS versions of it here. In that way I would be able to compare and see what I can do better and find out what my scope, camera and the light pollution situation allows me to do.

Clear skies!
Ginge

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Cocoon Nebula and Barnard 168, 



    
        

            Ginge Anvik