Messier 3

There are at least 150 of these ball of stars orbiting our Milky Way. Messier 3 is in the northern constellation of Canes Venatici.

 

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

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

Guiding Telescopes Or Lenses

Svbony 60mm guidescope

Guiding Cameras

ZWO ASI120MM

 

Acquisition details

 

Dates:

March 9, 2022

Frames:

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

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

Orion SkyGlow Imaging Filter: 76x120" (2h 32') f/6 -10°C bin 2x2

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

Integration:

5h 32'

Darks:

100

Bias:

100

Avg. Moon age:

6.54 days

Avg. Moon phase:

41.08%

 

Basic astrometry details

 

Astrometry.net job: 5580070

 

RA center: 13h42m03s.8

 

DEC center: +28°22′44″

 

Pixel scale: 0.642 arcsec/pixel

 

Orientation: 268.114 degrees

 

Field radius: 0.506 degrees

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Resolution: 3419x4540

 

Data source: Backyard

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