Imaging telescopes or lenses: Skywatcher ED80 Evostar
Imaging cameras: ZWO ASI294MC Pro
Mounts: Skywatcher EQ6-R Pro
Guiding telescopes or lenses: Orion 50mm Deluxe Guidescope
Guiding cameras: ZWO ASI120mini
Focal reducers: Orion 0.8 Reducer
Software: Astro Pixel Precessor · Photoshop CC 2018 · PixInsight
Filters: Astronomik CLS-CCD 2" · Orion Ha 2" 7nm
Dates:June 30, 2019 , July 1, 2019 , July 2, 2019
Frames:
Astronomik CLS-CCD 2": 120x120" (gain: 120.00) -10C bin 1x1
Orion Ha 2" 7nm: 65x240" (gain: 120.00) -10C
Integration: 8.3 hours
Darks: ~46
Flats: ~40
Flat darks: ~40
Avg. Moon age: 28.11 days
Avg. Moon phase: 3.08%
Bortle Dark-Sky Scale: 4.00
Astrometry.net job: 2959020
RA center: 10h 43' 30"
DEC center: -59° 46' 8"
Pixel scale: 3.950 arcsec/pixel
Orientation: 92.062 degrees
Field radius: 1.350 degrees
Resolution: 2048x1365
Data source: Backyard
My last process of Carina for this year. Been sitting on this data for months, but it's taken me that long to find the time, and to get the confidence in my processing skillz to do it justice. A recent purchase was Astro Pixel Processor, which does an amazing job of pre-processing Ha data from a OSC camera. Yes, yes I know it's not the same as a true mono camera, but it has added a whole lot of structure and detail that I just wasn't pulling out of the colour data.
Mono cam is high on the shopping list for 2020, can't wait to have a crack at my favourite DSO armed with that!
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