Imaging telescopes or lenses: GSO RC 254/2000 Carbon OTA
Imaging cameras: Nikon D850
Mounts: iOptron CEM60-EC
Guiding telescopes or lenses: Skywatcher EvoGuide 50ED
Guiding cameras: Starlight Xpress Lodestar 2
Focal reducers: TS Optics TSRCFLAT2 1,0X flattener for RC
Software: Astro Pixel Processor APP · Adobe Photoshop CC · PixInsight Core Version 1.8 Ripley
Filters: Lumicon Deep Sky Filter
Dates:Oct. 15, 2020
Frames:Lumicon Deep Sky Filter: 46x179" ISO1000 bin 1x1
Integration: 2.3 hours
Flats: ~30
Avg. Moon age: 27.98 days
Avg. Moon phase: 2.68%
Astrometry.net job: 3965287
RA center: 20h 45' 38"
DEC center: +30° 42' 21"
Pixel scale: 1.685 arcsec/pixel
Orientation: 322.411 degrees
Field radius: 0.590 degrees
Resolution: 2000x1532
Locations: Osmundstø Observatorium (private backyard observatory), Hidrasund, Vest Agder, Norway
Data source: Backyard
I wanted to test out Nikon's 46 Mp DSLR camera D850 further and used my 10'' RC to capture this 2h 18min exporsure of Western Veil. Flats are most essential and so is a good pixel map, easily created in Astro Pixel processor.
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