The Merope Nebula-2022

My yearly swag at the Merope Nebula. I kept thinking "seems kind of messy" and remembered that it is a big field of dust.

 

Luminance from the 8" newtonian. Color from the 66mm APO.

 

Equipment

Imaging Telescopes Or Lenses

Astro-Tech AT66ED · Meade Starfinder 8 f/6 Newtonian OTA

Imaging Cameras

QHYCCD QHY163C · ZWO ASI1600MM

Mounts

Losmandy GM8 / GM8G · Meade LX70

Filters

Baader Neodymium Moon & Skyglow 2"

Accessories

Astro-Tech .8x Reducer/Field Flattener · Baader 2" MPCC Mark III Newton Coma Corrector (2458400A) · Rigel Systems Stepper motor

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:

Oct. 21, 2021 · Nov. 13, 2022 · Nov. 14, 2022

Frames:

Baader Neodymium Moon & Skyglow 2": 154×120″(5h 8′) bin 1×1

Baader Neodymium Moon & Skyglow 2": 89×120″(2h 58′) bin 2×2

Baader Neodymium Moon & Skyglow 2": 100×120″(3h 20′) -10°C bin 2×2

Integration:

11h 26′

Darks:

100

Bias:

100

Avg. Moon age:

18.43 days

Avg. Moon phase:

81.89%

Basic astrometry details

Astrometry.net job: 6613163

 

RA center: 03h46m00s.2

 

DEC center: +23°54′50″

 

Pixel scale: 0.641 arcsec/pixel

 

Orientation: 184.698 degrees

 

Field radius: 0.523 degrees

 

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Resolution: 4656x3585

 

File size: 14.3 MB

 

Data source: Backyard

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