NGC 891

LRGB from the Starfinder with additional luminance from the Edge.

 

Equipment

Imaging Telescopes Or Lenses

Celestron EdgeHD 8" · Meade Starfinder 8 f/6 Newtonian OTA

Imaging Cameras

QHYCCD QHY163M · ZWO ASI1600MM

Mounts

Losmandy GM8 / GM8G · Vixen GPDX

Filters

Baader Neodymium Moon & Skyglow 2" · Meade Blue 2" · Meade Green 2" · Meade Red 2"

Accessories

Baader 2" MPCC Mark III Newton Coma Corrector (2458400A) · Celestron 0.7X Reducer EdgeHD800 (94242) · OnStep Telescope Mount Goto Controller · 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)

 

 

Acquisition details

Dates:

Aug. 23, 2022 · Sept. 8, 2022

Frames:

Baader Neodymium Moon & Skyglow 2": 150×120″(5h) bin 2×2

Baader Neodymium Moon & Skyglow 2": 90×120″(3h) -10°C bin 2×2

Meade Blue 2": 30×120″(1h) bin 2×2

Meade Green 2": 30×120″(1h) bin 2×2

Meade Red 2": 30×120″(1h) bin 2×2

Integration:

11h

Darks:

100

Bias:

100

Avg. Moon age:

19.32 days

Avg. Moon phase:

54.13%

Basic astrometry details

Astrometry.net job: 6631784

 

Resolution: 3374x4591

 

File size: 11.9 MB

 

Data source: Backyard

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