Imaging telescopes or lenses: Canon 200 mm f/2.8 L II USM · Stellarvue SVQ86
Imaging cameras: Nikon D800 Mod · ZWO ASI1600MM-Cool
Mounts: Skywatcher EQ6-R Pro · Orion Atlas EQ-G
Guiding telescopes or lenses: Astromania 60mm Guide Scope · Orion 50mm Guide Scope with helical focusing
Guiding cameras: ZWO ASI290MM Mini · QHYCCD 5L-II M
Software: Photoshop CS6 · PHD2 Guiding · Main Sequence Software Sequence Generator Pro · Pixinsight 1.8 · Nikita Misiura Starnet++ · DC-3 Dreams Pinpoint · Cartes du Ciel
Filters: Astrodon Tru-Balance 1.25" 5nm Ha
Accessory: Shoestring Astronomy EQDIR
Dates:Nov. 16, 2019 , Nov. 22, 2019
Frames:
20x60" ISO400
Astrodon Tru-Balance 1.25" 5nm Ha: 72x300" (gain: 200.00) -15C bin 1x1
Integration: 6.3 hours
Darks: ~30
Flats: ~30
Flat darks: ~30
Avg. Moon age: 21.81 days
Avg. Moon phase: 52.81%
Bortle Dark-Sky Scale: 9.00
Astrometry.net job: 3075006
RA center: 2h 27' 25"
DEC center: +57° 0' 19"
Pixel scale: 4.669 arcsec/pixel
Orientation: 23.313 degrees
Field radius: 2.844 degrees
Resolution: 3820x2152
Locations: Backyard, Somerville, MA, United States
Data source: Backyard
This is my first experiment with running two full rigs at once. All was shot from my backyard in Somerville, MA (Bortle 9).
H-alpha: ZWO ASI-1600MM-C and Canon 200mm f/2.8 L wide open.
RGB: Nikon D800 (Mod) and Stellarvue SVQ86
This is part of a much larger mosaic I am working on, but I wanted to do a version where the double cluster was emphasized.
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