Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Antlia (Ant)  ·  Contains:  IC 2531
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IC 2531, 



    
        

            Nicolas Molina
IC 2531
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IC 2531

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IC 2531, 



    
        

            Nicolas Molina
IC 2531
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IC 2531

Equipment

Imaging Telescopes Or Lenses
Celestron EdgeHD 9.25"
Imaging Cameras
ZWO ASI2600MC Pro
Mounts
ZWO AM5
Filters
Optolong L-Pro 2"
Accessories
ZWO EAF · ZWO OAG-L
Software
Pleiades Astrophoto PixInsight
Guiding Cameras
ZWO ASI178MM

Acquisition details

Dates:
Jan. 23, 2023
Frames:
44×300(3h 40′)
Integration:
3h 40′
Avg. Moon age:
1.90 days
Avg. Moon phase:
4.02%

Basic astrometry details

Astrometry.net job: 7024022

RA center: 09h59m56s.4

DEC center: -29°3639

Pixel scale: 0.327 arcsec/pixel

Orientation: 137.232 degrees

Field radius: 0.333 degrees

Resolution: 6146x3973

File size: 25.6 MB

Locations: Santiago, Lo Barnechea, Región Metropolitana, Chile

Data source: Backyard

Description

IC 2531 is a faint spiral galaxy in Antlia, magnitude 13.19 with a beatiful needle shape.

It was the perfect target to test the ZWO AM5 mount. RMS was usually between 0.3-0.5 at 2370 mm focal lenght of the celestron edgeHD 9.25 without the reducer.

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IC 2531, 



    
        

            Nicolas Molina