Antennae Galaxies NGC4038 & NGC4039 LRGB

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Equipment:

Imaging telescope: BeamTech CDK250

Imaging camera: QSI-583wsg

Mount: Astro-Physics 1100GTO

Guiding camera: Starlight Express Lodestar X2 Autoguider

 

Filters:

Astrodon Tru-Balance RGB E-Series Gen 2,

Astrodon E-Series Gen 2 Luminance

 

Software:

Acquisition and automation: Starkeeper.it VOYAGER,

Guiding: PHD2,

Raw image calibration and stacking: CCDStack 2+,

Colour calibration: bf-astro eXcalibrator,

Image tweeking: Photoshop CC-2020, Noel Carboni Astronomy tools for Photoshop.

 

Location:

AstroTerip, Murrindindi Shire, Victoria, Australia

 

Dates:

15 May - 17 June 2020.

 

Frames:

Astrodon Tru-Balance RGB E-Series Gen 2: 91x240" -20C bin 1x1

Astrodon E-Series Gen 2 Luminance: 62x240" -20C bin 1x1

Total Integration: 10.2 hours.

 

Astrometry.net job: 3693857

RA center: 12h 1' 53"

DEC center: -18° 53' 9"

Pixel scale: 0.769 arcsec/pixel

Orientation: 270.002 degrees. Up is 270 degrees E of N

Field radius: 0.445 degrees

Field size: 42.6 x 32.1 arcmin

 

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