Messier 82

It was nearly a full moon, but a rare clear November night, so I tried running Ha as a luminance channel. Seems to work pretty well both in terms of dodging the moonlight and in terms of clarity.

 

Equipment

Imaging Telescopes Or Lenses

Meade Starfinder 8 f/6 Newtonian OTA

Imaging Cameras

Canon EOS 500D / Rebel T1i / Kiss X3 (modified) · ZWO ASI1600MM

Mounts

Losmandy GM8 / GM8G

Filters

Astronomik H-alpha CCD 12nm 2" · Baader Neodymium Moon & Skyglow 2"

Accessories

Baader 2" MPCC Mark III Newton Coma Corrector (2458400A)

Software

Adobe Photoshop · Aries Productions Astro Pixel Processor (APP) · Open PHD Guiding Project PHD2 · Stefan Berg Nighttime Imaging 'N' Astronomy (N.I.N.A. / NINA)

Guiding Telescopes Or Lenses

SVBony SV106 60mm Guide Scope

Guiding Cameras

ZWO ASI120MM

 

 

Acquisition details

Dates:

Dec. 5, 2018 · Nov. 8, 2022

Frames:

86×240″(5h 44′)

Astronomik H-alpha CCD 12nm 2": 200×120″(6h 40′) -10°C bin 2×2

Integration:

12h 24′

Darks:

100

Bias:

100

Avg. Moon age:

21.29 days

Avg. Moon phase:

51.72%

Basic astrometry details

Astrometry.net job: 6563857

 

RA center: 09h55m50s.2

 

DEC center: +69°41′20″

 

Pixel scale: 0.640 arcsec/pixel

 

Orientation: 184.558 degrees

 

Field radius: 0.524 degrees

 

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Resolution: 4766x3472

 

File size: 10.3 MB

 

Data source: Backyard

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