Mizar Alcor and PGC 3807486 2020

I initially ran this as a test of the guiding, but let it run to see if I could pick up very faint galaxies around Mizar. To my surprise, despite the moonlight, I did get PGC 3807486, an 18.5 mag galaxy. It isn't much above the noise floor, but for a 6" scope in the moonlight I'll take it as a success.

 

Equipment

 

Imaging Telescopes Or Lenses

Apertura 6" newtonian

Imaging Cameras

Canon T2i/550D

Mounts

Celestron CG-4 MotorDrive

Filters

Orion SkyGlow Imaging Filter

Accessories

GSO 2" Coma Corrector · OnStep GoTo Controller

Software

Open Guiding PHD2 Guiding · Astro Pixel Processor · Adobe Photoshop CS4 Photoshop CS4

Guiding Telescopes Or Lenses

MEADE 50mm Finder Guidescope

Guiding Cameras

ZWO ASI120MM

 

Acquisition details

 

Dates:

Feb. 12, 2022

Frames:

397x30" (3h 18' 30")

Integration:

3h 18' 30"

Avg. Moon age:

10.86 days

Avg. Moon phase:

83.72%

 

Basic astrometry details

 

Astrometry.net job: 5497252

 

RA center: 13h24m46s.3

 

DEC center: +55°01′44″

 

Pixel scale: 1.047 arcsec/pixel

 

Orientation: 254.829 degrees

 

Field radius: 0.884 degrees

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Resolution: 5081x3347

 

Data source: Backyard

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