William Maxwell- Astrophotography
The Little Scorpion Cluster-wide
NGC 1342 in Perseus
Imaging telescopes or lenses:Astro Tech AT66ED
Imaging cameras:QHYCCD 163C
Mounts:Celestron CG-4 MotorDrive
Guiding telescopes or lenses:MEADE 50mm Finder Guidescope
Guiding cameras:ZWO ASI120MM
Focal reducers:Astro Tech 0.8x Reducer/Flattener
Software:NINA Nighttime Imaging ‘N’ Astronomy , Open Guiding PHD2 Guiding , Astro Pixel Processor , Adobe Photoshop CS4 Photoshop CS4
Filters:Orion SkyGlow Imaging Filter
Dates:Sept. 27, 2020
Frames: 181x120"
Integration: 6.0 hours
Avg. Moon age: 10.74 days
Avg. Moon phase: 82.75%
Basic astrometry details
Astrometry.net job: 3910146
Resolution: 3670x4873
Data source: Backyard
Description
Subs were from a "moon" night , but was the last night out since then (smoke and bad weather) so thought I'd go ahead and process it. Its not bad, but I do wish I could have gotten a bit more of the dust in the background.
The Little Scorpion Cluster-wide
NGC 1342 in Perseus
Imaging telescopes or lenses:Astro Tech AT66ED
Imaging cameras:QHYCCD 163C
Mounts:Celestron CG-4 MotorDrive
Guiding telescopes or lenses:MEADE 50mm Finder Guidescope
Guiding cameras:ZWO ASI120MM
Focal reducers:Astro Tech 0.8x Reducer/Flattener
Software:NINA Nighttime Imaging ‘N’ Astronomy , Open Guiding PHD2 Guiding , Astro Pixel Processor , Adobe Photoshop CS4 Photoshop CS4
Filters:Orion SkyGlow Imaging Filter
Dates:Sept. 27, 2020
Frames: 181x120"
Integration: 6.0 hours
Avg. Moon age: 10.74 days
Avg. Moon phase: 82.75%
Basic astrometry details
Astrometry.net job: 3910146
Resolution: 3670x4873
Data source: Backyard
Description
Subs were from a "moon" night , but was the last night out since then (smoke and bad weather) so thought I'd go ahead and process it. Its not bad, but I do wish I could have gotten a bit more of the dust in the background.