Imaging telescopes or lenses: SkyWatcher Esprit 120ED APO
Imaging cameras: ZWO ASI094MC Pro · ZWO ASI 1600MM Pro
Mounts: Software Bisque Paramount MX
Guiding telescopes or lenses: SkyWatcher Evostar 72ED
Guiding cameras: ZWO ASI178MM · ZWO ASI 1600MM Pro
Software: TheSkyX Pro · PixInsight
Dates:June 10, 2018 , Oct. 1, 2019
Frames:
Orion Luminance 1.25": 22x120" (gain: 139.00)
Orion Luminance 1.25": 20x300" (gain: 139.00)
OSC Camera: 34x300"
Integration: 5.2 hours
Avg. Moon age: 14.47 days
Avg. Moon phase: 12.66%
Astrometry.net job: 2991887
RA center: 12h 26' 14"
DEC center: -71° 56' 23"
Pixel scale: 1.170 arcsec/pixel
Orientation: -90.786 degrees
Field radius: 1.226 degrees
Resolution: 6400x4000
Data source: Backyard
I love the name "Dark Doodad" ... for a dark nebula with no discernible everyday shape.
Repro of OSC data captured June last year, blended with mono-luminance data captured using an ASI1600. I would have liked to have teased out some more dust, but am happy with the increased image resolution.
The golden globular cluster is NGC4372, and the large blue-white star is our neighbour Gamma Muscae, only 325 light years away and spinning on its axis every 2.7 days.
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