Imaging telescopes or lenses: Celestron C9.25 Starbright XLT
Imaging cameras: Canon EOS 6D
Mounts: Sky-Watcher EQ6-R Pro
Guiding telescopes or lenses: Lacerta MGEN2-Autoguider with 9x50 Finder Scope
Focal reducers: Celestron F6.3 Reducer/Corrector
Software: Fitswork 4.4.7 · GIMP 2.10.4 · Luc Coiffier's DSS
Dates:May 18, 2020
Frames: 12x210"
Integration: 0.7 hours
Avg. Moon age: 25.66 days
Avg. Moon phase: 15.98%
Astrometry.net job: 3551567
RA center: 18h 18' 46"
DEC center: -13° 49' 55"
Pixel scale: 0.921 arcsec/pixel
Orientation: 11.932 degrees
Field radius: 0.464 degrees
Resolution: 2823x2281
Data source: Traveller
After capturing the Sombrero Galaxy that night, there was a bare hour left before dawn -- so I decided to give this fabulous emission nebula a first short try - call it a by-catch ;-)
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