Messier 92

A ball of about 330,000 stars orbiting our Milky Way galaxy.

 

Imaging telescopes or lenses: Meade Starfinder 8

 

Imaging cameras: ZWO ASI1600 cooled mono

 

Mounts: Losmandy GM-8

 

Guiding telescopes or lenses: MEADE 50mm Finder Guidescope

 

Guiding cameras: ZWO ASI120MM

 

Software: NINA Nighttime Imaging ‘N’ Astronomy · Open Guiding PHD2 Guiding · Astro Pixel Processor · Adobe Photoshop CS4 Photoshop CS4

 

Filters: Blue · Green · Red · Orion SkyGlow Imaging Filter

 

Accessory: Rigel Systems Focuser · Baader MPCC coma corrector

 

Dates:April 5, 2021

 

Frames:

Blue: 45x75" 0C bin 2x2

Green: 45x75" bin 2x2

Red: 45x75" (gain: 139.00) bin 2x2

UV/IR Cut Filter UV/IR-Cut 1.25": 117x75" (gain: 139.00) -10C bin 2x2

 

Integration: 5.2 hours

 

Darks: ~100

 

Bias: ~100

 

Avg. Moon age: 23.25 days

 

Avg. Moon phase: 38.36%

Basic astrometry details

 

Astrometry.net job: None

 

Resolution: 3621x2751

 

Data source: Backyard

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