Intergalactic Wanderer

It was nice to be out under the stars after such a long run of clouds. It was also rather thrilling that the setup, with all the refinements worked on during the rainy stretch like plate solving and guiding improvements, worked beautifully!

 

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Originally thought to be wandering independently through the universe, this ball of stars is actually in orbit around our Milky Way, just at a great distance (~300,000 light years).

 

 

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:

Feb. 11, 2022

Frames:

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

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

Orion SkyGlow Imaging Filter: 63x120" (2h 6') -10C bin 2x2

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

Integration:

5h 6'

Darks:

100

Bias:

100

Avg. Moon age:

9.97 days

Avg. Moon phase:

76.16%

 

Resolution: 4663x3517

 

Data source: Backyard

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