Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Orion (Ori)  ·  Contains:  VdB62  ·  VdB63
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Boogie Man Nebula (LDN 1622) and First Light from Homebuilt Remote Observatory, Andrew Barton
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Boogie Man Nebula (LDN 1622) and First Light from Homebuilt Remote Observatory

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Boogie Man Nebula (LDN 1622) and First Light from Homebuilt Remote Observatory, Andrew Barton
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Boogie Man Nebula (LDN 1622) and First Light from Homebuilt Remote Observatory

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Description

My observatory is located in the Patagonia Mountains in Southern Arizona about 5 miles from the US, Mexico boarder. I broke ground on this project April, 2018 and have continued to work on it over weekends and occasional vacations. I moved my gear into the observatory Jan 16, 2021. This image represents the first two nights of remote operation. The first night I operated the observatory from the house next to the observatory, and the second night from my home in Tucson, 90 miles and 2 hours away by car. I'll post more details on my observatory in the future.

LDN 1622 is a dark nebula located in the constellation Orion near the figure's sword belt. It obscures the red emission nebula behind it creating the silhouette of an ominous figure.

After acquiring this data, I realize I made a mistake in acquisition. The ASI294mm has a high conversion gain mode that kicks in at a gain 120. This mode reduces the read noise from ~5.8e to ~1.7e resulting in increased dynamic range. It looks like I lost 1 stop of dynamic range. I am looking forward to correcting this in my next imaging session.

Acquisition Details:

Dates: 1/16/2021 - 1/17/2021

Gain 110, temp -20C, 2x2 binning

R: 80 x 180 sec

G: 79 x 180 sec

B: 79 x 180 sec

Total integration time: 11.9 hours

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Description: Gear installed in observatory.

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C

Description: View from outside the observatory. You can see my Sky Alert weather station and Raspberry Pi based all sky camera.

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Description: View of the observatory in operation from my first remote session.

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Description: This giant desert centipede visited me one build morning. He's about 6" long.

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Boogie Man Nebula (LDN 1622) and First Light from Homebuilt Remote Observatory, Andrew Barton

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