Imaging telescopes or lenses: Takahashi FSQ 106ED
Imaging cameras: QHYCCD QHY600m
Mounts: Astro-Physics AP 900 GTO CP3
Guiding telescopes or lenses: Takahashi FSQ 106ED
Guiding cameras: QHYCCD QHY5-L-II-M
Filters: Chroma RGB · L
Accessory: QHYCCD OAG-M · QHYCCD CFW3-L 7-position · Gerd Neumann CTU-M68
Dates:Oct. 10, 2020
Frames: 117x600"
Integration: 19.5 hours
Avg. Moon age: 22.62 days
Avg. Moon phase: 44.99%
Astrometry.net job: 3943902
RA center: 3h 28' 44"
DEC center: +31° 31' 26"
Pixel scale: 4.538 arcsec/pixel
Orientation: 91.710 degrees
Field radius: 2.256 degrees
Resolution: 3000x1955
Data source: Own remote observatory
Remote source: Stellar Skies LLC
First light of my rig set at my tiny little observatory at Stellar skies in Pontotoc Texas!
I got a small observatory closer to Austin that is accessible (it is under 2 hours from my house). After months of dragging my feet, I finally set up the system over at the observatory. I am starting with a widefield setup and hope to get to 2+ m at somepoint.
There are few things that still need to be worked out - Roof control is still manual and it is a bit unnerving not to have automatic closing of roof in case of bad weather :)
There is still work to be done tuning the CTU to fix tilt but it is manageable.
I absolutely love dusty targets in broadband and most of my widefield images are from my backyard in Austin and I could only manage narrowband. So my first target is in the Perseus region with its tons of interesting targets. NGC1333 has always been very interesting and I went after it with 10 minute subs. The result has been delightfully dusty! I really like how this turned out.
This has been processed in Pixinsight and finished in Photoshop.
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