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Whirlpool Galaxy (M51) & neighbours in Hα/lrgb

Posted on May 11, 2019December 4, 2020

 

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One of the most common targets.
I use it every year to check my improvements on hardware and test my processing skills also.

It’s only a process of 60% of the taken frames, only the best are used with close to 24 hours of final integration.
All data is from the current year, it not was an integration with frames with other equipment.

Technical card
Imaging telescope or lens:Altair Astro RC250-TT 10″ RC Truss Tube

Imaging camera:ZWO ASI1600MM-Cool

Mount:Astro-Physics Mach-1 GTO CP4

Guiding telescope or lens:Celestron OAG Deluxe

Guiding camera:QHYCCD QHY5III174

Focal reducer:Riccardi Reducer/Flattener 0.75x

Software:Main Sequence Software Seqence Generator Pro, Astro-Physics AAPC, Pleiades Astrophoto PixInsight

Filters:Astrodon L Gen.2 E-series 36mm, Astrodon HA 36mm – 5nm, Astrodon B Gen.2 E-series 36mm, Astrodon G Gen.2 E-series 36mm, Astrodon R Gen.2 E-series 36mm

Accessories:ZWO EFW, MoonLite NiteCrawler WR30

Resolution: 2223×1673

Dates:April 5, 2019, May 5, 2019

Frames:
Astrodon B Gen.2 E-series 36mm: 62×180″ (gain: 75.00) -20C bin 1×1
Astrodon G Gen.2 E-series 36mm: 59×180″ (gain: 75.00) -20C bin 1×1
Astrodon HA 36mm – 5nm: 44×300″ (gain: 200.00) -20C bin 1×1
Astrodon L Gen.2 E-series 36mm: 221×180″ (gain: 75.00) -20C bin 1×1
Astrodon R Gen.2 E-series 36mm: 57×180″ (gain: 75.00) -20C bin 1×1

Integration: 23.6 hours

Avg. Moon age: 0.33 days

Avg. Moon phase: 0.17%

Astrometry.net job: 2687537

RA center: 202.467 degrees

DEC center: 47.203 degrees

Pixel scale: 1.007 arcsec/pixel

Orientation: 270.328 degrees

Field radius: 0.389 degrees

Locations: AAS Montsec, Àger, Lleida, Spain

Data source: Own remote observatory

Remote source: Non-commercial independent facility

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