NGC 1579

Another "Triffid of the North". There seem to be several of these emission/reflection nebulae.

 

I managed to avoid the almost overwhelming urge to keep stretching to pull out the dark nebulae. Sometimes the data is just not there, or certainly not there enough to reach it without compromising the overall image.

 

Equipment

Imaging Telescopes Or Lenses

Meade Starfinder 8 f/6 Newtonian OTA

Imaging Cameras

ZWO ASI1600MM

Mounts

Losmandy GM8 / GM8G

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) · OnStep Telescope Mount Goto Controller

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:

Nov. 18, 2022

Frames:

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

6h 20′

Darks:

100

Bias:

100

Avg. Moon age:

23.93 days

Avg. Moon phase:

31.54%

Basic astrometry details

Astrometry.net job: 6722699

 

RA center: 04h30m01s.9

 

DEC center: +35°18′00″

 

Pixel scale: 0.640 arcsec/pixel

 

Orientation: 184.551 degrees

 

Field radius: 0.518 degrees

 

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Resolution: 4690x3472

 

File size: 14.9 MB

 

Data source: Backyard

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