The Owl Nebula

Description

Finally after 3 1/2 months a full night of clear! My cup runneth over..

 

Over the rains I tuned up the mount and made a few other small changes. I'm pleased that its tracking well over the 2 minute subs. I think I only tossed 2 subs. I lost more due to passing clouds..

 

Constellation: Ursa Major (UMa) · Contains: M 97 · NGC 3587 · Owl Nebula

About 8000 years ago the central star shed material as it reached the end of its life. The heavier elements will expand out into the universe and could eventually form planets and, well, things like the materials for my coffee mug...

 

 

Equipment

 

Imaging Telescopes Or Lenses

Meade Starfinder 8

Imaging Cameras

ZWO ASI1600 cooled mono

Mounts

Losmandy GM-8

Filters

Orion SkyGlow Imaging Filter · Blue · Green · Red

Accessories

Baader MPCC coma corrector · OnStep GoTo Controller · Rigel Systems Focuser

Software

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

Guiding Telescopes Or Lenses

Svbony 60mm guidescope

Guiding Cameras

ZWO ASI120MM

 

Acquisition details

 

Dates:

Jan. 27, 2022

Frames:

Blue: 30x120" (1h) bin 2x2

Green: 30x120" (1h) bin 2x2

Orion SkyGlow Imaging Filter: 55x120" (1h 50') -10C bin 2x2

Red: 30x120" (1h) bin 2x2

Integration:

4h 50'

Darks:

100

Bias:

100

Avg. Moon age:

24.21 days

Avg. Moon phase:

28.74%

Bortle Dark-Sky Scale:

4.00

Temperature:

-2.00

 

Basic astrometry details

 

Astrometry.net job: 5445414

 

RA center: 11h14m44s.2

 

DEC center: +55°02′52″

 

Pixel scale: 0.640 arcsec/pixel

 

Orientation: 192.902 degrees

 

Field radius: 0.514 degrees

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Resolution: 4635x3459

 

Data source: Backyard

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