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N America nebula

Equipment

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Description

Bortle 6

Exposure
58 subs 240 Seconds each frame;  4 hours 52 minutes light.
Ha Antlia 2-Inch dia mounted 3nm filter in Starizona light sealed magnetic tray

Main Telescope
Wide angle 6 glass TPO 180 with three-element objective of 40mm; F4.5 and three-element reducer/flattener
QHY 294m Pro main camera;14 bits; unlocked 47MP 2.31u pixels;  gain = 2300; offset = 6
8 Darks at 240 seconds, sensor cooled to  -15 Degrees C

Guide Telescope
Orion Starshoot TM camera on short refractor doublet 80mm x 300mm scope
PHD guiding

Mount
EQ6RPRO with pier extension tube

Alignment
QHYCCD Polemaster system for NCP alignment of RA (exact alignment)

Software
APT image capture
Alienware 8K laptop for all activities
Deep Sky Stacker
Pixinsight with RC Blur Xterminator, and RC Star Xterminator
PS

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N America nebula, Duane Melvin